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Soothing classical music for inner calm

Restore your inner calm with this collection of soothing classical music.

Restore your inner calm with this collection of soothing classical music.

Alongside soundscapes from the natural world, this mix features Edward Elgar’s Cello Concerto in E Minor and Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Serenade to Music. You’ll also hear other favourites from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Claude Debussy, and Franz Schubert, amongst beautifully calming pieces by Yu-Peng Chen and Sophie Hutchings.

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Music Played

  • Edward Elgar

    Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85: III. Adagio

    Performer: Timothy Ridout. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Elgar: Viola Concerto - Bloch: Suite for Viola and Orchestra.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 3.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    The Seasons, Op. 37a: X. October: Autumn Song (Arr. for Oboe and Piano)

    Performer: Serol Yapici. Performer: Koen Vroemen.
    • Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, Op. 37a: X. October: Autumn Song (Arr. for Oboe and Pi.
    • Télès Music.
    • 1.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Manon Lescaut: Intermezzo

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Lorenzo Viotti.
    • Sommernachtskonzert 2026 / Summer Night Concert 2026.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3.

  • Radiohead

    Pyramid Song

    Music Arranger: Geoff Lawson. Performer: Thomas Gould. Performer: Matthew Sharp. Performer: Eleanor Turner. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Enchanted Isle.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 7.

  • Yu‐Peng Chen

    Wordless Farewell

    Performer: Yu‐Peng Chen. Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Philipp Schupelius. Orchestra: Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Liang Zhang.
    • Universal Music Operations Ltd.

  • Lili Boulanger

    2 Pieces for Violin & Piano: No. 1, Nocturne. Assez lent

    Performer: Alessio Enea. Performer: Lucilla Rose Mariotti.
    • Orchid Classics.

  • Robert Schumann

    Concerto in A Minor for Cello and Orchestra, Op.129: II. Langsam

    Performer: Enrico Dindo. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Amadeus Best.

  • William Grant Still

    Three Songs (Arr. for Flute and Guitar): No. 2, If you should go

    Ensemble: Meraki Duo.
    • Still: Three Songs (Arr. for Flute and Guitar by James Girling): No. 2, If you s.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 1.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 'From the New World'

    Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.
    • Reference Recordings.

  • Hildegard of Bingen

    O eterne Deus (Arr. for Cello & Orchestra)

    Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Music Arranger: Jan-Peter Klöpfel. Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Gordon Hamilton.
    • O eterne Deus (Arr. for Cello & Orchestra by Jan-Peter Klöpfel).
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Robert Pearsall

    Lay a Garland

    Conductor: Bart Van Reyn. Ensemble: Vlaams Radiokoor.
    • Pearsall: Lay a Garland.
    • Antarctica Records.
    • 1.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor, GMW 44: IV. Adagietto. Sehr langsam

    Conductor: Philipp von Steinaecker. Orchestra: Mahler Academy Orchestra.
    • Mahler: Symphony No. 5 on Period Instruments.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 4.

  • Amy Beach

    Dreaming Op.15 No. 3

    Performer: Eline Marlene.
    • Beach: Dreaming.
    • Télès Music.
    • 1.

  • Joseph Canteloube

    Chants d'Auvergne, Vol. 2: No. 1, Pastourelle (Pastorale)

    Performer: Karina Gauvin.
    • CBC.

  • Claude Debussy

    La plus que lente

    Music Arranger: Léon Roques. Performer: María Dueñas. Performer: Itamar Golan.
    • Debussy: La plus que lente, CD 128 (Arr. Roques for Violin & Piano).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Arthur Bliss

    Miracle in the Gorbals, F. 6: III. The Girl Suicide. Andante (movendo)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Seal.
    • Bliss: Miracle in the Gorbals, F. 6 & Metamorphic Variations, F. 122..
    • Chandos Records Ltd.
    • 3.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 13: II. Adagio non lento

    Ensemble: NOVO Quartet.
    • Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 13: II. Adagio non lento.
    • Aparté.
    • 1.

  • Michael Nyman

    The Diary of Anne Frank: If

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Jessica Cottis.
    • Nyman: The Diary of Anne Frank - Arr. Harle: If.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Franz Liszt

    Consolations, S. 172: No. 3, Lento placido

    Performer: Khatia Buniatishvili.
    • Labyrinth.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 16.

  • Samuel Coleridge‐Taylor

    Idyll, Op. 44

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Peebles.
    • Coleridge-Taylor: Orchestral Works.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 4.

  • Mel Bonis

    Allegretto non troppo, Op. 84

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Tom Poster.
    • Theme Varie.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
    • 3.

  • Thomas Adès

    Arcadiana, Op. 12: VI. O Albion

    Ensemble: Signum Quartett.
    • Sound Escapes.
    • CapriccioNR.
    • 10.

  • Akira Nakada

    A Song of Early Spring (Arr. for Guitar)

    Performer: Yuval Te'eni.
    • A Song of Early Spring (Arr. for Guitar by Tōru Tokemitsu).
    • Prima Classic.
    • 1.

  • Franz Schubert

    String Quartet No. 7 in D Major, D. 94: II. Andante con moto

    Ensemble: Diogenes Quartett.
    • Brilliant Classics Licensing BV.

  • George Gershwin

    Three Preludes: II. Andante con moto e poco rubato

    Performer: Lucas Debargue. Music Arranger: Maximilien Ciup.
    • Three Preludes: II. Andante con moto e poco rubato.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Flute Quartet in D Major, K. 285: II. Adagio

    Performer: Anna Besson. Ensemble: a nocte temporis.
    • Mozart: Complete Flute Quartets.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 6.

  • João Marcondes

    Latin American Suite No. 1 for String Quintet: II. Choro

    Performer: João Marcondes. Performer: Gabriela Negri. Ensemble: Quarteto Topázio.
    • Latin American Suite No. 1 for String Quintet.
    • Azul Music.
    • 2.

  • Anthony Hopkins

    Tara

    Performer: Anthony Hopkins. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Jung Jae-il

    Psalm 22.21

    Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Nightfall.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony 6. in F Major, Op.68 "Pastoral": II. Szene am Bach. Andante molto mosso

    Orchestra: Czech Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michaela Rózsa Růžičková.
    • Etymology Classics.

  • Grace Williams

    Sailing Song (Sea Sketches, No 2)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Andrews.
    • Sea Sketches for String Orchestra: II. Sailing Song.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 1.

  • Errollyn Wallen

    Peace on Earth

    Performer: Christopher Williams.
    • Naxos.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    The Swan (From "The Carnival of the Animals", R.125)

    Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Performer: Gabriella Victoria. Performer: Julian Riem. Music Arranger: Julian Riem.
    • Saint-Saëns The Swan (From "The Carnival of the Animals", R.125, Arr. for Cello,.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Miserere mei, Deus

    Choir: Augsburger Domsingknaben. Conductor: Stefan Steinemann.
    • Ars Produktion.

  • Anne Dudley

    Medhel an Gwyns

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Irene Delgado-Jiménez.
    • Women.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 7.

  • Sophie Hutchings

    Landing

    Performer: Sophie Hutchings.
    • Landing.
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 1.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Serenade to Music

    Performer: Juliana Athayde. Conductor: Christopher Seaman. Ensemble: Mercury Opera Rochester. Orchestra: Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony; Serenade to Music.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 5.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 16 Aug 202614:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Mon 14 Sep 202606:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind

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