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Release your day 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 Claude Debussy, Debbie Wiseman and John Barry. Plus, a chance to Press Pause with Maude Hirst, and some essential Wind Down Wisdom from science podcaster Caroline Steel, on how something as simple as a smile can help you de-stress from the pressures of your day.

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Music Played

  • Arvo P盲rt

    Veni Creator

    Performer: Susanne Doll. Choir: Vox Clamantis. Conductor: Jaan-Eik Tulve.
    • Arvo P盲rt: The Deer's Cry.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 5.

  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Valse Lente [2 Pieces for piano]

    Performer: Lang Lang.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Trad.

    Dona Nobis Pacem

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Music Arranger: Yo鈥怸o Ma.
    • Songs of Joy & Peace.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Claude Debussy

    Bruy猫res (Home Session)

    Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.
    • Debussy: Bruy猫res (Home Session).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Pavane pour une infante d茅funte

    Orchestra: 麻豆官网首页入口 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thierry Fischer.

  • Edvard Grieg

    痴氓谤别苍

    Performer: Tor Jaran Apold. Performer: Sjur Hjeltnes.
    • Norway.
    • Acoustic Records.
    • 4.

  • Trad.

    Lovely Joan

    Music Arranger: Danish String Quartet. Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • Keel Road.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 6.

  • Rebecca Dale

    I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud

    Author: William Wordsworth. Ensemble: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Rebecca Dale: Night Seasons.
    • Signum Records.
    • 7.

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Blu

    Performer: Olivia Ouyang.
    • Anthony Colocho.

  • Francesco Canova da Milano

    Ricercar (13)

    Performer: Christopher Wilson.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.

  • Robert Schumann

    Piano Concerto in A minor, Op 54 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Beatrice Rana. Orchestra: 麻豆官网首页入口 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Phantasy Quintet (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Garfield Jackson. Ensemble: Maggini Quartet.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.

  • Ilan Eshkeri

    Down The Stairs (Victoria's Theme)

    Orchestra: London Metropolitan Orchestra.
    • The Young Victoria (Music from the Motion Picture).
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 3.

  • Poppy Ackroyd

    Pause

    • Pause.
    • One Little Independent Records.
    • 4.

  • Ernest John Moeran

    Prelude for cello & piano

    Performer: Gerald Peregrine. Performer: Antony Ingham.
    • Folk Tales.
    • Naxos.
    • 701.

  • Valentin Silvestrov

    Two Dialogues with Postscript - I. Wedding Waltz

    Performer: H茅l猫ne Grimaud. Ensemble: Camerata Salzburg. Conductor: Giovanni Guzzo.
    • The Messenger.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 7.

  • Caleb Burhans

    Magnificat

    Lyricist: Anon.. Choir: Choir of Trinity Wall Street. Conductor: Caleb Burhans.
    • Caleb Burhans: Evensong.
    • Cantaloupe Music.
    • 1.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Schwanenlied

    Performer: Eva Oertle. Performer: Consuelo Giulianelli.
    • Lake Reflections - Music for Flute & Harp.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 11.

  • Elena Kats鈥怌hernin

    Biqui

    Performer: Tamara Anna Cislowska.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Giovanni Bottesini

    Gran Concerto for double bass in F sharp minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Wies de Boev茅. Orchestra: Brussels Philharmonic. Conductor: Joshua Weilerstein.
    • Via Bottesini: Concerti e pezzi concertanti.
    • WM Benelux BV.
    • 6.

  • Masayoshi Fujita

    Fog

    • Book of Life.
    • Erased Tapes.
    • 2.

  • William Grant Still

    The Sentimental One (Lyric Quartet)

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Uncovered, Vol 3.
    • Azica.
    • 4.

  • Guillaume Dufay

    Ave Maris Stella

    Music Arranger: Wolfgang Katschner. Ensemble: Lautten Compagney.
    • The Lute Songbook.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 1.

  • Sarah Quartel

    Blow, blow, thou winter wind

    Lyricist: William Shakespeare. Director: Dr Jennaya Robison. Choir: Luther College.
    • Oxford University Press Music.

  • Debbie Wiseman

    Salvage

    Ensemble: The Locrian Ensemble of London. Conductor: Debbie Wiseman.
    • Wolf Hall: The Mirror and The Light (Original Television Soundtrack).
    • Silva Screen Records.
    • 2.

  • Sarah Frances Jenkins

    Music and Meditation

    Orchestra: 麻豆官网首页入口 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Palmer.

  • Lucy Claire

    Nettle

    • Piano Works.
    • 1631 Recordings.
    • 1.

  • Philip Sheppard & Evelyn Glennie

    Diamond Dust

    • Winter Wonderland.
    • KPM Main Series.
    • 6.

  • Julius Klengel

    Hymnus, Op 57

    Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra Strings.
    • Elgar.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 13.

  • 脫lafur Arnalds & Alice Sara Ott

    Eyes Shut - Nocturne in C Minor

    • The Chopin Project.
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 6.

  • Florence Price

    The Moon Bridge

    Performer: Libby Burgess. Choir: 麻豆官网首页入口 Singers. Conductor: Benjamin Nicholas.

  • Alaskan Tapes & Moshimoss

    When the Earth Yelled Back at Me

    • Something Ephemeral.
    • Nettwerk Music Group.
    • 5.

  • Anton Diabelli

    Trio: II. Andante cantabile

    Performer: Quido H枚lbling. Performer: Anna H枚lblingov谩. Performer: Jozef Zsapka.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.

  • Craig Armstrong

    You Mustn't Give Up Mother

    • Mrs. Lowry And Son (Original Motion Picture Score).
    • UMC - Decca Gold.
    • 4.

  • Ben Lukas Boysen

    Alta Ripa

    • Alta Ripa.
    • Erased Tapes.
    • 4.

  • Claude Debussy

    Des pas sur la neige (from Preludes)

    Orchestrator: Colin Matthews. Orchestra: 麻豆官网首页入口 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.

  • Clara Schumann

    Nocturne from soirees musicales

    Performer: Alexandra Dariescu.

  • Mary Lattimore

    The Warm Shoulder

    • Collected Pieces: 2015-2020.
    • Ghostly International.
    • 10.

  • Angeline Bell

    Balestrand

    Performer: Angeline Bell.

  • Charlie Chaplin

    Smile (Theme from Modern Times)

    Performer: Philippe Quint. Performer: Joshua Bell.
    • Smile (Theme from Modern Times) [with Joshua Bell].
    • Arts Music.
    • 1.

  • Galina Grigorjeva

    In Paradisum

    Choir: Eesti Filharmoonia Kammerkoor. Conductor: Paul Hillier.
    • Ondine.

  • Hania Rani

    Time

    • Matthew Halsall t/a Gondwana Records.

  • John Barry

    Somewhere In Time

    • Somewhere In Time (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Geffen*.
    • 1.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin Sonata No 3 in D Minor, Op 108 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Performer: Nicholas Angelich.
    • Brahms: Piano Concertos, Piano Works & Chamber Music.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 79.

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