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Relax to a classical evening soundtrack

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 Hildegard of Bingen, Segun Akinola and Anna Phoebe. Plus, a chance to Press Pause with meditation teacher Maude Hirst, and some essential Wind Down Wisdom from science podcaster Caroline Steel on how listening to classical music can instantly make you feel calmer.

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Jesus bleibet meine Freude (Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147)

    Performer: Nick Deutsch. Performer: Alexander Hamilton. Choir: VOCES8. Conductor: Barnaby Smith.
    • After Silence.
    • VOCES8 Records.
    • 17.

  • Moshimoss

    Minasoko

    • Moderna Records.

  • Anna Phoebe

    Breathe

    Performer: Anna Phoebe. Performer: Klara Schumann. Performer: Jake Downs.
    • Sea Souls.
    • Eat The Peach.
    • 6.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Symphony No 1 in F Minor, Op 22 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: 麻豆官网首页入口 Philharmonic. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Gipps: Orchestral Works Vol. 3.
    • Chandos.
    • 08.

  • Alex Baranowski

    Musica Universalis

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Chi茅 Peters. Performer: Jacques Ammon. Orchestra: Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin.
    • Spheres - Einaudi, Glass, Nyman, P盲rt, Richter.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 8.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sonata in B Flat, K 454 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Dan Willett. Performer: Natalia Bolshakova.
    • Stolen Treasures for Oboe and Piano.
    • Albany Records.
    • 2.

  • William Walton

    5 Bagatelles (no.2)

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Delphian.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a: IV. Panorama

    Orchestra: 麻豆官网首页入口 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Xian Zhang.

  • Rob McAllister

    Persist and Persevere

    • Rob McAllister.

  • Arvo P盲rt

    Spiegel im Spiegel for cello and piano - LIVE Cheltenham

    Performer: Santiago Ca帽贸n-Valencia. Performer: Naoko Sonoda.

  • Florence Price

    To A White Rose

    Performer: Lara Downes.
    • Florence Price Piano Discoveries.
    • Flipside Music.
    • 12.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 88 in G Major, Hob. I:88 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • The Leonard Bernstein Collection - Volume 1 - Part 4.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 49.

  • 脫lafur Arnalds & Nils Frahm

    20:17

    • Trance Frendz.
    • Erased Tapes.
    • 1.

  • Charles Wood

    O Most Merciful

    Choir: Giovanni Gabrieli. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • An English Coronation, 1902-1953.
    • Signum Records.
    • 4.

  • Caroline Shaw

    The Children's Eye

    Performer: Ciara Hendrick. Choir: 麻豆官网首页入口 Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Akira Kosemura

    Fallen Flowers

    • SEASONS.
    • Universal Music LLC.
    • 3.

  • Edward Elgar

    Dream Children, Op 43

    Orchestra: New Symphony Orchestra of London. Conductor: Raymond Agoult.
    • British Classical Music: VE Day 75.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 33.

  • Ola Gjeilo

    Home

    Performer: Ola Gjeilo. Ensemble: 12 Ensemble.
    • Winter Songs.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 5.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    Studium divinitatis - Unde quocumque venientes (Mattins Antiphons for St Ursula)

    Choir: Winchester Cathedral Choir. Choir: Lay Clerks of Westminster Cathedral. Choir: Winchester Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Sarah Baldock.
    • Voices of Beauty: Medieval and Renaissance Vocal Music.
    • Menuetto Classics.
    • 15.

  • Jorin Williams

    Astral Tide

    Performer: Jorin Williams.
    • Tombola Music.

  • Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov

    The Enchanted Lake

    Orchestra: 麻豆官网首页入口 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thierry Fischer.
    • Stravinsky: Ballet Russes.
    • Signum Records.
    • 21.

  • Noa Margalit

    Mayim

    Orchestra: 麻豆官网首页入口 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Parkinson.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Slavonic Dance in E minor, Op.72 no.2

    Orchestra: 麻豆官网首页入口 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ji艡铆 B臎lohl谩vek.
    • GB麻豆官网首页入口.

  • Ludovico Einaudi

    Onda

    Performer: Cecilia Chailly.
    • Stanze.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 6.

  • Man-Ching Donald Yu

    Elevation

    Performer: Olga Striletska. Lyricist: Georgia Douglas Johnson. Choir: Gloria Chamber Choir. Conductor: Volodymyr Syvokhip.
    • Phasma-Music.

  • Dustin O鈥橦alloran

    Quartet N.2

    • Fatcat Records.

  • Segun Akinola

    She's The Doctor

    • Doctor Who Series 13 - The Power Of The Doctor (Original Television Soundtrack).
    • Silva Screen Records.
    • 14.

  • Isobel Waller-Bridge

    Haiku

    Ensemble: 12 Ensemble.
    • VIII.
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 2.

  • Mars Smith

    Here There Be Mermaids

    Performer: Daniela Mars. Performer: Paul Smith. Choir: Lyyra.
    • Faroe Islands: Echoes on the Wind.
    • VOCES8 Records.
    • 8.

  • Christopher Tin

    Flocks a Mile Wide

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Tin.
    • The Lost Birds.
    • Universal Music Classics.
    • 1.

  • Bernhard Scholz

    Piano Concerto in B Major, Op 57 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Simon Callaghan. Conductor: Ben Gernon. Orchestra: 麻豆官网首页入口 Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • Rheinberger & Scholz: Piano Concertos (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 76).
    • Hyperion.
    • 5.

  • Luke Abbott

    Modern Driveway

    Performer: Jon Hopkins. Music Arranger: Jon Hopkins.
    • Piano Versions.
    • Domino Recording Co.
    • 3.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 24 in B flat major, K 182 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: 脕d谩m Fischer.
    • Dacapo.

  • Coldplay

    When I Need A Friend

    • Everyday Life.
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 8.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Nulla in mundo pax sincera RV.630

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Catherine Rimer. Performer: Thomas Dunford. Performer: Jan Waterfield. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Director: Christian Curnyn.
    • Nicola Benedetti: Italia.
    • Decca.
    • 15.

  • M. Kim

    A Lightless Day

    Performer: Piano:el.
    • Dec: Breathe.
    • WM Korea.
    • 4.

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