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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 Max Richter, Jung Jaeil and Bizet – plus some essential Wind Down Wisdom from science podcaster Caroline Steel on easy ways to de-stress from the pressures of your day.

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Music Played

  • John Field

    Nocturne in B flat major

    Performer: Magdalena Hoffmann.
    • Field: Nocturne in B Flat Major, H. 37 (Version for Harp).
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • Georges Bizet

    Carmen Suite No.1: Entr'acte to Act 3

    Orchestra: Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya. Conductor: Pablo González.
    • NAXOS.

  • Jung Jae-il

    Psalm 22.21

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Nightfall.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Konstantia Gourzi

    melodies from the sea, Op. 86: VI. reflections

    Performer: Nils M?nkemeyer. Performer: William Youn.
    • Konstantia Gourzi: Whispers.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 23.

  • Florence Price

    Piano Concerto: Adagio cantabile

    Performer: Jeneba Kanneh‐Mason. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Leslie Suganandarajah.
    • Decca.

  • Edward Elgar

    Enigma Variations Op.36

    Orchestra: 麻豆约拍 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.

  • Evgeny Grinko

    Prologue

    • Tiny Mouse Tales.
    • Evgeny Grinko.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Arietta (Lyric Pieces, Op 12)

    Performer: Takako Nishizaki. Performer: Jen? Jandó. Music Arranger: Vladimír Godár.
    • Franck / Grieg: Violin Sonatas.
    • Naxos.
    • 8.

  • Howard Skempton

    Lento

    Orchestra: 麻豆约拍 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth.
    • Skempton - Lento.
    • NMC.
    • 1.

  • Francisco Tárrega

    Study in E minor

    Performer: S?ren B?dker Madsen.
    • Popular Guitar Music.
    • Guitarsolo.dk.
    • 19.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Prelude No 4, Op 28

    Performer: Eric Lu.

  • Hannah Peel

    Sunrise Through the Dusty Nebula

    • Sonde Music Limited.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    4 African dances (no.2)

    Performer: David Juritz. Performer: Michael Dussek.
    • Dutton Epoch.

  • Max Richter

    The Twins (Prague)

    Performer: Alessandro Viale. Performer: Assunta Cavallari.
    • KHA.IT srl.

  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Beati quorum via (from Three Motets)

    Choir: 麻豆约拍 Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Joby Talbot

    Transit of Venus

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Ensemble: Jess Gillam Ensemble.
    • TIME.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 12.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations BWV 988: Aria da capo

    Performer: Craig Ogden. Performer: David Juritz. Performer: Timothy Hugh. Music Arranger: David Juritz.
    • Nimbus Alliance.

  • James Newton Howard

    The Village: Morning

    Performer: Hilary Hahn. Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet. Conductor: James Newton Howard. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Night After Night (Music from the Movies of M. Night Shyamalan).
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.

  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Pas trop vite

    Performer: Cristina Ariagno.
    • RSK Entertainment Limited,Brilliant Classics Licensing BV.

  • William Byrd

    Ne irascaris Domine a 5 (Cantiones Sacrae, 1589) (1st mvt)

    Choir: The Gesualdo Six. Conductor: Owain Park.
    • English Motets: From Dunstaple to Gibbons.
    • Hyperion.
    • 15.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in C sharp minor "Moonlight" (1st mvt)

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • Beethoven.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 4.

  • Snorri Hallgrímsson

    Idylle (Avant-dernières pensées - Snorri Hallgrímsson Rework)

    • Avant-dernières pensées: I. Idylle (Snorri Hallgrímsson Rework (FRAGMENTS / Erik.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Mary Howe

    Berceuse

    Performer: Joanna Goldstein.
    • Centaur Records, Inc..

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin Concerto in D major, Op 3 No 1 (2nd mvmt, Adagio)

    Performer: Zefira Valova. Ensemble: Il Pomo d’Oro.
    • Benda, Graun, Saint-Georges, Sirmen: Violin Concertos.
    • 础辫补谤迟é.
    • 8.

  • Housman

    The Invisible World

    • Empire of Light.
    • Aemeralds GmbH.
    • 4.

  • Alexius Tschallener

    Meditative

    Performer: Dominik Luke Marsden Johnson. Performer: Alexius Tschallener.

  • Annabel Rooney

    Lullaby

    Choir: The Choir of Christ's College, Cambridge. Director: David Rowland.
    • Like to a flower.
    • REGENT.
    • 23.

  • Ben Ponniah

    Ra Ma Da Sa, Sa Se So Hung

    Choir: 麻豆约拍 Singers. Director: Graham Ross.

  • Tan Dun

    Waiting (The Banquet OST)

    Performer: Lang Lang. Orchestra: Shanghai Municipal Committee Band. Conductor: 高健.
    • Dreams Of China.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 2.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Trio sonata in B minor Op.2`1 [HWV.386] - 3rd mov, Largo

    Ensemble: Les Abbagliati.
    • Ramee.

  • Francesco Siano

    Warm

    • Noise Shaping.

  • Rosey Chan & Sharon Bezaly

    Duology

    • Platoon.

  • Ola Gjeilo

    The Spheres

    Choir: Tenebrae. Orchestra: The Chamber Orchestra of London. Director: Nigel Short.
    • Ola Gjeilo.
    • Decca.
    • 002.

  • Roger Eno

    The Turning Year

    Performer: Roger Eno. Music Arranger: Christian Badzura. Music Arranger: Max Knoth. Orchestra: Scoring Berlin.
    • The Turning Year.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Franz Liszt

    Consolation No 3 in D flat major

    Performer: Barron Ryan.
    • Charles Patrick Records.

  • Ilan Eshkeri

    Victoria And Albert (The Young Victoria OST)

    Orchestra: London Metropolitan Orchestra.
    • The Young Victoria (Music from the Motion Picture).
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 20.

  • Anna Clyne

    Cello Concerto 'Dance' (When You're Broken Up)

    Performer: Inbal Segev. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Avie.

  • Helen Jane Long

    Porcelain

    • Helen Jane Long.

  • Turlough O'Carolan

    Mabel Kelly

    Music Arranger: Danish String Quartet. Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • Keel Road.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 1.

  • Pippa Reid-Foster

    Undercurrents

  • Franz Schubert

    Arpeggione Sonata in A minor D.821 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Anastasia Kobekina. Performer: Elisabeth Brauss.

  • G?EL

    Mid Air

    • Mid Air.
    • Double J Music.
    • 1.

  • Erland Cooper

    Music For Growing Flowers - Pt. 3

    • Music For Growing Flowers.
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 3.

  • Frank Bridge

    Cradle Song in F Major (Version for Cello & Piano)

    Performer: Gerald Peregrine. Performer: Antony Ingham.
    • Folk Tales.
    • Naxos.
    • 9.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Wiegenlied

    Performer: Truls M?rk. Performer: Juhani Lagerspetz.
    • Erato.

  • Nkeiru Okoye

    African Sketches: II. Dusk

    Performer: Rochelle Sennet.
    • Bach to Black: Suites for Piano, Vol. III.
    • Albany Records.
    • 43.

  • Claude Debussy

    Beau Soir

    Performer: Santiago Ca?ón-Valencia. Performer: Alim Beisembayev.

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