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Restore calm with relaxing 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 Jon Batiste, Imogen Holst, and Robert Schumann. Plus, a chance to Press Pause with meditation teacher Maude Hirst, and some essential Wind Down Wisdom from science podcaster Caroline Steel on the benefits of listening to music that reminds you of a relaxing time in your life.
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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Andante from the Sonata for Solo Violin, BWV 1003

    Performer: Mao Fujita.

  • Christopher Tin

    Hope Is the Thing with Feathers

    Lyricist: Emily Dickinson. Choir: VOCES8. Conductor: Barnaby Smith. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • The Lost Birds.
    • Universal Music Classics.
    • 12.

  • Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello

    Concerto for violin, strings & continuo in G major, Bre 9: II. Largo

    Ensemble: La Serenissima. Conductor: Adrian Chandler.
    • Signum Classics.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Fantasien Op 116: No 6, Intermezzo: Andantino teneramente

    Performer: Martin Tchiba.
    • Linkages - Piano music by Brahms, Wagner, Sch枚nberg a.o..
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 6.

  • T玫nu K玫rvits

    Songs from Dolores's Songbook: No 7, Azure (Version for Strings)

    Orchestra: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Risto Joost.
    • T玫nu K玫rvits: Hymns to the Nordic Lights & Other Works.
    • Ondine.
    • 1.

  • Lucy Claire

    Sage

    Performer: Lucy Claire. Performer: Reinoud Ford. Performer: Marie Schreer.
    • Piano Works.
    • 1631 Recordings.
    • 3.

  • John Dowland

    A Dream, P. 75

    Performer: Bor Zuljan.
    • Dowland: A Fancy.
    • Ricercar.
    • 2.

  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony No 2 in C major Op 61 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Philharmonie der Nationen. Conductor: Justus Frantz.
    • Enterprises Sonor.

  • Lucy Walker

    There is no rose

    Performer: Emma Tring. Choir: 麻豆官网首页入口 Singers. Conductor: Nicholas Chalmers.

  • Mars Smith

    Sea in Minor

    Performer: Daniela Mars. Performer: Paul Smith.
    • Sea in Minor.
    • VOCES8 Records.
    • 1.

  • Thomas Ad猫s

    Souvenir

    Performer: Chelsea Lane.
    • Suspensions.
    • Better Company Records LLC.
    • 4.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto grosso in D Major, HWV 323 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Pinnock's Players. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Baroque Concertos.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 19.

  • Philip Glass

    Tissue No 7

    Performer: Camille Thomas. Performer: Julien Brocal.
    • Glass: Tissue No. 7 (Musical Moments).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonate en La Mineur, K 109: Adagio

    Performer: Anne Queff茅lec.
    • Mirare Productions.

  • Laura Cannell

    The Fox Taegl

    Performer: Laura Cannell.
    • A Compendium of Beasts Volume 1.
    • Brawl Records.

  • Esbe

    Mount Iwaki, Cherry Blossom at Hirosaki Castle

    Performer: Esbe.
    • Mountain Aires.
    • New Cat.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Peer Gynt Suite No 2 Op 55: IV. Solveig's Song

    Orchestra: Philharmonie der Nationen. Conductor: Justus Frantz.
    • Enterprises Sonor.

  • Alexis Ffrench

    Together Without You (Solo Piano Version)

    • Together Without You (Solo Piano Version).
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Cecilia McDowall

    The Lord Is Good

    Lyricist: Anonymous. Singer: Madeleine Todd. Singer: Anita Monserrat. Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Cecilia McDowall: Sacred Choral Music.
    • Hyperion.
    • 18.

  • John Tavener

    The Last Sleep of the Virgin (extract)

    Performer: Iain Simcock. Ensemble: Chilingirian Quartet.
    • Tavener : The last sleep of the Virgin & Thunder entered her.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Lloyd Coleman

    Luminescence

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

  • Yumiko Morioka

    Moon Road

    • Metron Records.

  • Hans Sitt

    Albumblatter, Op 39: V. Lento

    Performer: Adrien La Marca. Performer: Danae D枚rken.
    • La Dolce Volta.

  • Hekla

    So虂lin Gekk

    Performer: Hekla.
    • Xiuxiuejar.
    • Phantom Limb.

  • Jon Batiste

    American Symphony Theme

    • Beethoven Blues.
    • Beethoven Blues.
    • 6.

  • Michael Higgins

    View Me, Lord

    Lyricist: Thomas Campion. Choir: Commotio Chamber Choir. Conductor: Griselda Sherlaw-Johnson.
    • Oxford University Press Music.

  • Park Jiha

    Water Moon

    Performer: Park Jiha.
    • All Living Things.
    • tak:til.

  • Frederick Converse

    American Sketches - symphonic suite for orchestra

    Orchestra: 麻豆官网首页入口 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Keith Lockhart.
    • GB麻豆官网首页入口.

  • Erik Sigurd

    The Sycamore Seeds

    Performer: Erik Sigurd.

  • William Herschel

    Violin concerto in C major (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: The Dionysus Ensemble.
    • Leonie Adams.

  • Louise Spencer

    Moments in White

    Composer: Thomas Trueman. Performer: Louise Spencer. Performer: Thomas Trueman.
    • Pretty Decent Music.

  • Imogen Holst

    Variations on "Loth to Depart": Theme

    Orchestra: 麻豆官网首页入口 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Alice Farnham.
    • Imogen Holst: Discovering Imogen.
    • NMC Recordings Limited.
    • 2.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude in B minor, BWV 855a

    Performer: Khatia Buniatishvili. Music Arranger: Alexander Siloti.
    • Labyrinth: Ephemera.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Valentin Silvestrov

    Liturgical Chants: Ave Maria

    Singer: K膩rlis R奴tent膩ls. Conductor: Sigvards K募ava. Choir: Latvian Radio Choir.
    • Silvestrov: To Thee We Sing.
    • Ondine.
    • 7.

  • Eric Coates

    By the Sleepy Lagoon ['Desert Island Discs' Theme Tune]

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • EMI.

  • Chihei Hatakeyama

    Morning Arrive On The Island

    • A Long Journey.
    • Home Normal.
    • 1.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O frondens virga

    Ensemble: Augsburg Early Music Ensemble.
    • Christophorus.

  • Mike Olsen & M脿iri Chaimbeul

    Murmurs

    • Narrative Of A Nervous System.
    • Hand Drawn Dracula.
    • 4.

  • Michael Nyman

    If (The Diary of Anne Frank)

    Music Arranger: John Harle. Orchestra: 麻豆官网首页入口 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Jessica Cottis.
    • Jess Gillam. Rise.
    • DECCA.
    • 006.

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