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Peaceful classical tracks for deep relaxation

Let soothing harmonies and blissful melodies guide you to a place of relaxation with this calming classical music mix.

Let soothing harmonies and blissful melodies guide you to a place of relaxation. This calming mix of classical music features delicate piano works, gentle orchestral movements, and serene choral pieces to help you unwind and find peace in quiet moments.

With music from Robert Schumann, Amy Beach and Ludwig van Beethoven, plus Anna Lapwood, Rosey Chan, Will Todd, and more.

Produced by James C Taylor
An Overcoat Media Production for BBC Radio 3 Unwind, MM

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Music Played

  • Sir George Dyson

    Woodland Suite: III. Moon-Fairy

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
  • Robert Schumann

    Fantasiestücke, Op. 73: I. Zart und mit Ausdruck

    Performer: Victor Aviat. Performer: Kim Barbier. Music Arranger: Victor Aviat.
    • Victor Aviat, un portrait.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 4.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in A major Kk.208

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer.
    • Scarlatti: Sonata in A Major, K 208.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Alexander Pierce Hill

    The Victorious Hymn

    Ensemble: Apollo5.
    • The Victorious Hymn.
    • VOCES8 Records.
    • 1.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Flute Concerto No. 1 in G Major, K. 313: Adagio non troppo

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Tamás Vásáry.
    • Gentle Classical Music.
    • Basilica Music.
    • 32.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Serenade for Strings in E Major, Op. 22, B. 52: IV. Larghetto

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung.
    • Listening to Dvořák.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 44.
  • Ethel Smyth

    2 Canons: I. Nocturne. Canon by inversion

    Performer: Liana Șerbescu.
    • Smyth: Complete Piano Works.
    • jpc schallplatten Versandhandels GmbH.
    • 09.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Septet in E Flat Major, Op. 20: 2. Adagio cantabile

    Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Octet.
    • Beethoven: Septet in E flat/Sextet in E flat.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 02.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    The Swan (Le Cygne)

    Performer: Han‐na Chang. Music Arranger: Chris Hazell. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • Summer In The Park.
    • Angel Records.
    • 8.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    6 Pieces, Op. 51: No. 6, Valse sentimentale

    Performer: Véronique Teruel. Performer: Marc Andre.
    • Tchaikovsky: Valse sentimentale.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.
  • Anna Lapwood

    Arise, Shine

    Performer: Sophia Membery. Choir: Pembroke College Chapel Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.
    • Arise, Shine.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Alberto Giurioli

    Love Story

    Performer: Alberto Giurioli.
    • Love Story.
    • Alberto Giurioli.
    • 1.
  • Sarah Class

    Journey of the King Fish

    Performer: Sarah Class. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Elizabeth Purnell.
    • Africa (Original Television Soundtrack).
    • Silva Screen Records Ltd.
    • 1.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    6 Pieces for Piano: No. 3, Notturno

    Performer: Reed Tetzloff.
    • Respighi: 6 Pieces for Piano: No. 3, Notturno.
    • Aparté.
    • 1.
  • Ross Edwards

    Enyato I: Chorale and Ecstatic Dance - 1. Sereno

    Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Mills.
    • Stillness: Music Of Calm In A Changing World.
    • Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
    • 27.
  • Rosey Chan

    Jasmine Flower

    Performer: Rosey Chan.
    • Platoon.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 52, "Lobgesang": Ic. Sinfonia. Adagio ...

    Orchestra: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 52, "Lobgesang": Ic. Sinfonia..
    • Platoon.
    • 1.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Les chemins de l'amour, FP 106

    Performer: Serol Yapici. Performer: Tudor Cioceanu.
    • Les chemins de l'amour, FP 106 (Arr. for Oboe and Piano by Serol Yapici).
    • Télès Music.
    • 1.
  • Ken Burton

    A prayer

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Var. 25. a 2 Clav. Adagio

    Performer: Yunchan Lim.
    • J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, 2025).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 26.
  • Clara Schumann

    3 Romances, Op. 22: III. Leidenschaftlich schnell

    Performer: Shuichi Okada. Performer: Clément Lefebvre.
    • Johannes Brahms, Robert & Clara Schumann.
    • Mirare.
    • 8.
  • Belle Chen

    Closer

    Performer: Belle Chen. Performer: CheWei Yeh. Conductor: Ben Palmer. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Closer.
    • Platoon.
    • 1.
  • Ruth Gipps

    Ambarvalia, Op. 70

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Gipps: Orchestral Works Vol. 3.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
    • 02.
  • Amy Beach

    By the Still Waters, Op. 114

    Performer: Joanne Polk.
    • Arabesque Recordings.
  • Will Todd

    Veni Creator (A reflection on Orlando Gibbons - Veni Creator)

    Performer: Suzi Digby. Ensemble: ORA Singers. Conductor: Harry Baker.
    • Songs of Angels.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 23.
  • Peteris Vasks

    Vientulais Engelis: Meditation for Violin and String Orchestra

    Performer: Mari Samuelsen. Conductor: Jonathan Stockhammer. Orchestra: Konzerthausorchester Berlin.
    • Mari.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 4.
  • César Franck

    Violin Sonata in A Major, FWV 8: I. Allegro ben moderato

    Performer: Lidy Blijdorp. Performer: Tobias Borsboom. Music Arranger: Jules Delsart.
    • Franck, Boulanger, Debussy & Vermeulen: Works for Cello and Piano.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 1.
  • Bennie Benjamin

    Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood

    Composer: Sol Marcus. Composer: Gloria Caldwell. Performer: Ashley Jackson. Lyricist: Bennie Benjamin. Lyricist: Sol Marcus. Lyricist: Gloria Caldwell.
    • Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood.
    • Decca Records US.
    • 1.
  • Undine Smith Moore

    We shall walk through the valley

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.
  • Henriette Renié

    Harp Concerto in C Minor: II. Adagio

    Performer: Emmanuel Ceysson. Orchestra: Orchestre national Avignon-Provence. Conductor: Samuel Jean.
    • Believe International.
  • Peteris Vasks

    The Fruit of Silence

    Music Arranger: George Morton. Performer: Ksenija Sidorova. Orchestra: Estonian Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • Prophecy.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 6.
  • Karl Jenkins

    The Armed Man - A Mass For Peace - XII. Benedictus

    Performer: Guy Johnston. Lyricist: Karl Jenkins. Conductor: Karl Jenkins. Conductor: Mike Brewer. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Choir: National Youth Choir.
    • The Armed Man & Other Selected Works.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 12.
  • Rachel Portman

    Flight

    Performer: Angèle Dubeau. Performer: La Pietà.
    • Flight.
    • Groupe Analekta, Inc.
    • 1.
  • Rebecca Clarke

    Ave Maria

    Ensemble: Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford. Conductor: Owen Rees.
    • Ave Maria.
    • Signum Records.
    • 1.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Suite for Violin and Piano, Op. 3: II. Cavatina

    Performer: Randall Goosby. Performer: Zhu Wang.
    • Roots (Deluxe Edition).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 20.
  • Joaquín Rodrigo

    Concierto de Aranjuez: II. Adagio

    Performer: Raphaël Feuillâtre. Performer: Gábor Takács‐Nagy. Orchestra: Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra. Orchestra: Verbier Festival Orchestra.
    • Spanish Serenades.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 10.

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