Embrace calm with soothing classical music
Niall Breslin brings you calming classical music to help you release the stresses of the day, recharge and prepare to rest.
Three hours of calming classical music to help you release the stresses of the day, recharge and prepare to rest - presented by Irish musician and mindfulness expert Niall Breslin.
This episode features a rich blend of music from the likes of Brian Eno, Francesca Guccione and Brahms. Plus, a chance to Press Pause with meditation teacher Maude Hirst, and some essential Wind Down Wisdom from science podcaster Caroline Steel on how an evening routine is good for wellbeing.
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Hubert Parry
Air from An English Suite
Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- British Composers - Elgar, Stanford & Parry.
- Warner Classics.
- 6.
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Alanna Crouch
Exploration
Performer: Alanna Crouch.- Alanna Crouch.
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Alfred Newman
Main Theme from The Greatest Story Ever Told
Performer: Sebastian Knauer. Music Arranger: David Newman. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: David Newman.- Hollywood.
- Warner Classics.
- 1.
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Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
Adagio in G minor
Music Arranger: Remo Giazotto. Ensemble: Consort of London. Director: Robert Clark.- COLLINS CLASSICS.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Ich will hier bi dir stehen (I will stay here with you) from St Matthew Passion, arr. Rosey Chan for piano
Performer: Rosey Chan. Music Arranger: Rosey Chan.- Unity (Affinity).
- Platoon.
- 1.
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Giovanni Sollima
Igiul
Performer: Abel Selaocoe. Ensemble: Manchester Collective.- Warner Classics.
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Patrick Hawes
Quanta Qualia
Orchestra: Brno Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Patrick Hawes.- Fair Albion: Visions Of England.
- Signum Records.
- 15.
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Johannes Brahms
Piano quartet No 3 in C minor, Op 60 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Krystian Zimerman. Performer: Maria Nowak. Performer: Katarzyna Budnik-Gałązka. Performer: Yuya Okamoto.- Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 60: III. Andante.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 1.
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Francesca Guccione
Continuum
Performer: Francesca Guccione.- Neue Meister.
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Doreen Carwithen
Prelude No 2
Performer: Hiroaki Takenouchi. -
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Valse (6 Pieces, Op 51 No 6)
Performer: Christian Li. Performer: Nicola Eimer. Music Arranger: Clara Peinado.- Tchaikovsky: 6 Pieces, Op. 51: No. 6, Valse sentimentale (Arr. Peinado for Violi.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 1.
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Filipe de Magalhães
Commissa mea pavesco
Choir: Cupertinos. Conductor: Luís Toscano.- Magalhães: Missa Veni Domine & Missa Vere Dominus est.
- Hyperion.
- 43.
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Philip Glass
Paru River (from Aguas da Amazonia)
Ensemble: Third Coast Percussion.- Glass: Aguas da Amazonia.
- Rockwell Records.
- 9.
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Eric Coates
By the sleepy lagoon
Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.- Chandos.
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Amelie Moulin
Appel a l'hiver
Performer: Amelie Moulin.- jours de fête.
- Piano Mosaic.
- 9.
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Matilde Capuis
Solitudine (3 Moments for cello & string orchestra, No 2)
Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Orchestra: Lucerne Festival Strings. Director: Daniel Dodds.- Femmes.
- Sony.
- 10.
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Gustav Mahler
Symphony No 5 in C sharp minor (5th mvt - Adagietto)
Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda. -
Caitlin Edwards
Faithful
Performer: Caitlin Edwards.- Exhale.
- Caitlin Edwards.
- 6.
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Hidden Orchestra
Archipelago: Source Materials, Part 8: Hushed - Clarinets
- Archipelago: Source Materials.
- Tru Thoughts.
- 8.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Andante Cantabile for cello & orchestra (arrangement of String Quartet No 1, 2nd mvt)
Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.- Tchaikovsky: Absolute Music Collection.
- The Classical Label.
- 6.
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Kristina Arakelyan
Meditation
Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Mark Heron. -
Brian Eno
Music for Airports 1/1
- Ambient 1: Music For Airports (Remastered 2004).
- EMI Marketing.
- 1.
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Hideyuki Hashimoto
Time
Performer: Hideyuki Hashimoto.- Time.
- XXIM Records.
- 1.
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Karl Jenkins
Euphonium concerto (2nd mvt - Romanza)
Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.- Chandos.
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Joe Sinha Semple
The Norwegian Sea
Performer: Joe Sinha Semple.- enjou.
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Gabriel Fauré
In Paradisum from Requiem, Op 48
Performer: Lucas Debargue. Music Arranger: Émile Naoumoff.- Requiem, Op. 48: VII. In Paradisum (Arr. for Piano by Émile Naoumoff).
- Sony Classical.
- 1.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quintet in G minor, K 516 (3rd mvt)
Performer: John Crockatt. Ensemble: Consone Quartet. -
Storms Over Oceans
Bircher Common
- Mirika Media.
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Esbe
Sunset on Mount Hotaka
Performer: Esbe.- Mountain Aires.
- New Cat.
- 2.
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Paul Leonard‐Morgan
Linlithgow Palace from A History of Scotland
Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra.- A History of Scotland - music from the ѿý series.
- ѿý.
- 15.
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Kjell Sønksen
Whispers in the Woods
Composer: Jonathan L'Esperance. Performer: Kjell Sønksen. Performer: Jonathan L'Esperance.- enjou.
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Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
Largo from Sinfonietta No 1
Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Paul Freeman.- Perkinson: A Celebration.
- Cedille.
- 2.
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La Louve
Gratitude
Performer: La Louve.- Dawn.
- La Louve.
- 9.
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Hans Zimmer
A Time of quiet between the storms (Dune II Suite)
Orchestra: Odessa Orchestra & Friends. Conductor: Gavin Greenaway.- The World of Hans Zimmer - Part II: A New Dimension.
- Sony Classical/Sony Music.
- 9.
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Robert Schumann
Auf einer Burg (from Liederkreis) arr. cello & guitar
Performer: Jerzy Chwastyk. Performer: Susanne Szambelan.- dichter.liebe. Works by Schumann & Catranis (Arr. for cello & guitar).
- Prospero Classical.
- 21.
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Liam Taylor-West
A Slow Breath
Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Palmer. -
Eren Onsoy
If you must be going
Performer: Eren Onsoy.- place to remind yourself of when you fall.
- Eren Onsoy.
- 3.
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Christian Janssen
According to His will
- According to His will.
- Piano Mosaic.
- 1.
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Cecil Armstrong Gibbs
Dusk (Fancy Dress suite, Op 82 No 3)
Orchestra: The New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.- British Light Music Classics, Vol. 1.
- Hyperion.
- 10.
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