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Comforting classical music for inner peace

Listen to this calming mix of classical music to help you find peace.

To find your inner peace, listen to this calming mix of classical music, carefully curated to help you relax. Alongside beautiful soundscapes from the natural world, this mix features BBC orchestral performances of works by Imogen Holst, Sergei Rachmaninov and Gareth Glyn. Also listen out for choral pieces from David Bednall and Johann Sebastian Bach, and chamber works from Jose White Lafitte and Amy Beach.

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Music Played

  • Edward Elgar

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

    Performer: Alban Gerhardt. Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Elgar: Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85: III. Adagio.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

  • Imogen Holst

    Variations on "Loth to Depart": Var. V

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Alice Farnham.
    • Imogen Holst: Discovering Imogen.
    • NMC Recordings Limited.
    • 7.

  • 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.

  • David Bednall

    Put Out Into the Deep

    Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six. Conductor: Owain Park.
    • Wishing Tree.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.

  • Joseph Bologne

    Violin Concerto in A Major, Op. 5 No. 2: II. Largo

    Performer: Romuald Grimbert-Barré. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Cannes. Conductor: Benjamin Levy.
    • Saint-George, Pécou: Caribbean Violin Concertos.
    • Aparté.
    • 8.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    12 Romances, Op. 21: V. Lilacs

    Performer: Fedor Veselov.
    • 12 Romances, Op. 21: V. Lilacs (Arr. for Piano by Sergei Rachmaninoff).
    • Prima Classic.
    • 1.

  • Rachel Portman

    Tipping Points: II. Air

    Performer: Niklas Liepe. Orchestra: WDR Funkhausorchester. Conductor: Erina Yashima.
    • Rachel Portman: Tipping Points, Vivaldi/Kerschek: The New Four Seasons.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 2.

  • William Croft

    Ground (Arr. for Harp)

    Performer: Alis Huws.
    • Croft: Ground (Arr. Watkins for Harp).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Franz Schubert

    Nacht Und Traume, D. 827 (Arr. for Cello and Piano)

    Performer: Benedict Kloeckner. Performer: Yu Kosuge.
    • Berlin Classics.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Intermezzo, Don't Be Weary, Traveler

    Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Repper.
    • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Toussaint L’Ouverture, Op. 46 - Ballade Op. 4 - Suites.
    • AVIE Records.
    • 7.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83: II. Adagio assai

    Performer: Seong‐Jin Cho. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • Ravel: The Piano Concertos.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Francisco Guerrero

    O sacrum convivium

    Performer: Andrew van der Beek. Performer: Andrew Lawrence‐King. Performer: James O’Donnell. Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir. Conductor: David Hill.
    • Treasures of the Spanish Renaissance.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.

  • Sir George Dyson

    Three Songs of Praise: III. A Poet's Hymn

    Composer: Robert Herrick. Choir: BBC Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.

  • Lara Somogyi

    mirabel

    Composer: Cyrus Reynolds. Performer: Lara Somogyi. Performer: Cyrus Reynolds.
    • mirabel.
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 1.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95: II. Largo (Transc. for Violin and Piano)

    Performer: Thomas Lefort. Performer: Pierre-Yves Hodique.
    • Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95: II. Largo (Transc. for Violin and Pia.
    • Mirare.
    • 1.

  • John Rutter

    Five Orchestral Meditations: No. 5, The Lord bless you and keep you

    Conductor: Graham Ross. Ensemble: The Dmitri Ensemble.
    • John Rutter: A Clare College Celebration (The Christmas Edition).
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 3.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Piano Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25, MWV O 7: II. Andante

    Conductor: Andrew Constantine. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Stewart Goodyear.
    • Orchid Classics.

  • José White Lafitte

    Violin Concerto in F-Sharp Minor: II. Adagio ma non troppo

    Performer: Rachel Barton Pine. Conductor: Daniel Hege. Orchestra: Encore Chamber Orchestra.
    • Violin Concertos by Black Composers Through the Centuries.
    • Cedille.
    • 2.

  • Olivia Belli

    Alcova

    Performer: Olivia Belli.
    • Alcova.
    • XXIM Records.
    • 1.

  • Philip Glass

    Suite from "The Hours": I. - Arr. for Piano, Strings, Harp and Celesta

    Composer: Michael Riesman. Performer: Simone Dinnerstein. Ensemble: Baroklyn.
    • naive, a label of Believe Group.

  • Gareth Glyn

    Vita Davidis: Taught by a white dove

    Performer: Catrin Finch. Conductor: Grant Llewellyn. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
    • Vita Davidis.
    • Tŷ Cerdd Records.
    • 4.

  • Florence Price

    Adoration

    Performer: Carolyn Enger.
    • Divine Art Limited.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, K. 216: II. Adagio

    Performer: Ning Feng. Conductor: Susanne von Gutzeit. Orchestra: Potsdam Chamber Academy.
    • Mozart: Complete Violin Concertos.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 2.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Requiem, Op. 48: VIII. In Paradisum

    Conductor: Laurence Equilbey. Choir: Accentus. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France.
    • Faure Requiem.
    • naïve.
    • 08.

  • Ennio Morricone

    Gabriel's Oboe (From "The Mission")

    Performer: Davide Giovanni Tomasi.
    • Embers.
    • Prima Classic.
    • 13.

  • Amy Beach

    Romance, Op. 23

    Performer: Miclen LaiPang. Performer: Nigel Yandell.
    • Deep River.
    • Delos.
    • 8.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    In allen meinen Taten, BWV 97: IV. Aria. Ich traue seiner Gnaden

    Music Arranger: Ayres Extemporae. Ensemble: Ayres Extemporae.
    • Erbarme dich!.
    • Linn Records.
    • 13.

  • Peter Warlock

    An Old Song

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: David Hill.
    • Maltworms & Milkmaids.
    • EMF Endeavours.
    • 2.

  • Eunike Tanzil

    Pearl's Lullaby

    Performer: Eunike Tanzil.
    • Pearl's Lullaby.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Song of Proserpine

    Music Arranger: Erik Bach. Lyricist: Percy Bysshe Shelley. Conductor: Duncan Aspden. Ensemble: Excalibur.
    • EM Records.

  • Georges Bizet

    Carmen Suite No. 1: III. Intermezzo

    Conductor: Bertrand de Billy. Orchestra: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien.
    • Bizet, G.: Carmen Suites / Debussy, C.: Prelude A L'Apres-Midi D'Un Faune / Rous.
    • Oehms Classics.
    • 5.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto

    Performer: Dong-Hyek Lim. Conductor: Alexander Vedernikov. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.
    • 'Arioso' - Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Ravel, Rachmaninov.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 46.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    Spiritus Sanctus Vivificans

    Performer: Anna Sandström. Conductor: Christopher Monks. Ensemble: Armonico Consort.
    • Naked Byrd Two.
    • Signum Records.
    • 6.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Holberg Suite, Op. 40 (Arr. for guitar quartet): III. Gavotte-Musette

    Ensemble: VIDA Guitar Quartet.
    • Grieg: Holberg Suite, Op. 40 (Arr. for guitar quartet by Mark Eden): III. Gavott.
    • Deux-Elles Limited.
    • 1.

  • William Mival

    Tristan - still: II. Poco meno messo. Tenero e fragile

    Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • Tristan - still: II. Poco meno messo. Tenero e fragile.
    • Signum Records.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Johannes-Passion, BWV 245, Pt. 2: No. 39, Chor. "Ruht wohl, ihr heiligen Gebeine

    Conductor: Edward Higginbottom. Orchestra: Capricorn. Choir: Choir of New College Oxford.
    • 40 Most Beautiful Sacred Songs.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 29.

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