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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 Mozart, Brian & Roger Eno and J贸hann J贸hannsson. Plus, a chance to Press Pause with meditation teacher Michael James Wong, and some essential Wind Down Wisdom from science podcaster Caroline Steel on how a bit of daydreaming can help ease stress.

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Music Played

  • Eric Whitacre

    This Marriage

    Choir: Eric Whitacre Singers. Conductor: Eric Whitacre.
    • Enjoy The Silence.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 2.

  • Alexander von Zemlinsky

    Symphony No 1 in D minor (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Zemlinsky: Symphony in D Minor; Symphony in B-Flat Major.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.

  • Melissa Parmenter

    Martina Franca

    Performer: Melissa Parmenter.
    • Martina Franca.
    • Globe Productions.
    • 1.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Czech suite, Op 39 (Romance)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Joseph Swensen.
    • Violin Concertos Collection.
    • Linn Records.
    • 4.

  • Sarah Quartel

    Lux Aeterna (Sanctum)

    Choir: The Oxford Choir. Conductor: Bob Chilcott.
    • Oxford University Press Music.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Quartet in G minor, K 478 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Johan Dalene. Performer: Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad. Performer: Andrei Ioni牛膬. Performer: Eric Lu.

  • Secret Garden

    Aria

    • Dawn Of A New Century.
    • Universal Music AS.
    • 10.

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin concerto no.10 in D major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Zhou Qian. Orchestra: Toronto Camerata. Conductor: Kevin Mallon.
    • Saint-George: Complete Violin Concertos, Vol.2.
    • NAXOS.
    • 5.

  • Florence Price

    Remembrance

    Performer: Lara Downes.
    • Florence Price Piano Discoveries.
    • Flipside Music.
    • 5.

  • John Rutter

    The Holy City (Visions, Part 4)

    Performer: Kerson Leong. Choir: Choristers of Temple Church. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • COLLEGIUM.

  • L茅o Delibes

    Ballade from Coppelia suite

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.

  • Amy Beach

    Columbine (Children's Carnival, Op 25)

    Performer: Elise Williams.
    • Pastel Records.

  • Claude Debussy

    Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune

    Music Arranger: David Walter. Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • HYPERION.

  • Jack Page

    Movement One (from Slow Movements)

    Performer: Jack Page.
    • Slow Movements.
    • B3SCI.

  • Manuel Cardoso

    Requiem, Introitus

    Choir: Sansara. Conductor: Tom Herring.
    • Cloths of Heaven.
    • Convivium Records.
    • 1.

  • Roger Eno & Brian Eno

    Iris

    • Mixing Colours.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 13.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F, BWV 1047 - Andante

    Orchestra: Luxembourg Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leopold Hager.
    • Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068, Cantata No. 51 'Jauchzet Gott in allen La.
    • Forlane.
    • 10.

  • Alexis Ffrench

    Shine (Solo Piano Version)

    Performer: Alexis Ffrench.
    • Shine (Solo Piano Version).
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Arthur Somervell

    Piano concerto in A minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Martin Roscoe. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Somervell: Highland Concerto 鈥� Cowen: Concertst眉ck (Hyperion Romantic Piano Conc.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.

  • Alex Patterson

    Meditation

    Choir: 蜜芽传媒 Singers. Conductor: David Hill.

  • An-Lun Huang

    Chorale in D minor, Op 68 No 1

    Performer: Xing Rong.
    • An-lun Huang: Piano Music.
    • Toccata Classics.
    • 7.

  • Michel Benita & Ethics

    Yeavering

    • River Silver.
    • ECM Records.
    • 5.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Cameos, No 3: Andante

    Performer: Waka Hasegawa.
    • Metropolis Group.

  • Autonomy

    Black Dog

    • Black Dog.
    • Autonomy.
    • 1.

  • Daigo Hanada

    Sakura Sakura

    Performer: Daigo Hanada.
    • Journey Through Memories.
    • Universal Music LLC.
    • 1.

  • Valentin Silvestrov

    The Lord's Prayer (Diptych, No 1)

    Choir: Latvian Radio Choir. Conductor: Sigvards K募ava.
    • Silvestrov: To Thee We Sing.
    • Ondine.
    • 8.

  • Alan Hovhaness

    Symphony No 2, "Mysterious Mountain" (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Grant Llewellyn.

  • Bob Chilcott

    The Last Invocation (The Modern Man I Sing)

    Performer: Paul Silverthorne. Performer: Simone Rebello. Ensemble: 蜜芽传媒 Singers. Conductor: Bob Chilcott.
    • Man I Sing.
    • Signum Records.
    • 18.

  • annasara

    Impressions from Salshog, 1st movement (instrumental)

    • Annasongs.

  • J贸hann J贸hannsson

    Flight from the City (V铆kingur Olafsson Rework)

    Composer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson. Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson. Performer: Yuki Numata Resnick. Performer: Tarn Travers. Performer: Ben Russell. Performer: Clarice Jensen. Performer: Christian Badzura.
    • Retrospective II - Rarities.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.

  • Andrea Tarrodi

    Lume

    Choir: Allm盲nna S氓ngen. Conductor: Maria Goundorina.
    • Femina moderna.
    • BIS.
    • 301.

  • Eleanor Dunnet

    Exhale

    Conductor: David Hill. Choir: 蜜芽传媒 Singers. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Concert Orchestra.

  • John Field

    Nocturne No. 14 in G Major, H. 58

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • Field: Nocturne No. 14 in G Major, H. 58.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • Nala Sinephro

    Continuum 3

    • Endlessness.
    • Warp Records.
    • 3.

  • Martin Kohlstedt

    LUN

    • Flur.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Nico Muhly

    Opening (Howards End)

    Performer: Nico Muhly.
    • Howards End (Original Soundtrack Album).
    • Masterworks.
    • 2.

  • Max Bruch

    Scottish fantasy, Op 46 (Adagio cantabile)

    Performer: Jack Liebeck. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 3 & Scottish Fantasy (Hyperion Romantic Violin Concer.
    • Hyperion.
    • 5.

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