Embrace the evening calm with gentle classical sounds
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 Lili Boulanger, Henry Purcell and Vivaldi. We Press Pause with mindfulness champion Izzy Judd and discover some essential Wind Down Wisdom on how getting your hands dirty with a bit of gardening can help you de-stress from the pressures of your day.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on Greensleeves
Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Nicholas Cleobury.- Conifer.
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Rita Strohl
Solitude - reverie for cello & piano
Performer: HΓ©loΓ―se Luzzati. Performer: CΓ©lia Oneto Bensaid.- Rita Strohl: Volume 2, Musique de chambre.
- La BoΓ®te Γ PΓ©pites.
- 8.
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Dieterich Buxtehude
Sonata in tremulo (Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75)
Ensemble: Gli Angeli Genève. Director: Stephan MacLeod.- Buxtehude - Dayer.
- ΄΅±θ²Ή°ω³ΩΓ©.
- 6.
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Josh Semans
Trust
Performer: Josh Semans.- Josh Semans.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Fur Elise
Performer: Imogen Cooper.- Imogen Cooper plays Beethoven.
- Chandos.
- 46.
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Arash Safaian
Una fantasia (String Orchestra Version)
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven. Performer: Sebastian Knauer. Orchestra: ZΓΌrcher Kammerorchester. Conductor: Arash Safaian.- This Is (Not) Beethoven.
- Modern Recordings.
- 16.
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Johann Pachelbel
Canon in D
Ensemble: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.- Archiv.
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Bill Laurance
In Good Faith
Performer: Bill Laurance.- Affinity.
- Flint Music Limited.
- 5.
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Malcolm Arnold
Arietta 1 (Fantasy for guitar, Op 107)
Performer: Sean Shibe.- Dreams & Fancies.
- Delphian.
- 14.
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Johan Svendsen
Variations On A Norwegian Folk Tune
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. -
Paul Wranitzky
Symphony in D minor (La Tempesta) - 2nd mvt
Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Director: Bernhard Forck.- Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
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Tanya Ekanayaka
Armenia to a Pearl (12 Piano Prisms)
Performer: Tanya Ekanayaka.- Tanya Ekanayaka: 12 Piano Prisms.
- Grand Piano.
- 2.
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Joanna Marsh
In Winter's House
Music Arranger: Julian Azkoul. Orchestra: United Strings of Europe. Conductor: Julian Azkoul.- Renewal.
- BIS.
- 101.
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Gerald Finzi
Romance Op.11
Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.- Introit: The Music of Gerald Finzi.
- Decca.
- 12.
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Trad.
Moon is Bright - lullaby (Northeastern Cradle Song)
Performer: Lang Lang. Music Arranger: Zhao Zhang.- Year of the Dragon - Songs from China.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 4.
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Sjugurd Garmo
Ilva
Performer: BjΓΈrn Odde. Ensemble: Schola Cantorum. Conductor: Tone Bianca Sparre Dahl.- Dyss.
- Melovitten.
- 2.
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Linda Rum
Farbe
Performer: Linda Rum.- Friede.
- Moderna Records.
- 13.
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Lambert
Porcelain
Performer: Lavinia Meijer.- Are You Still Somewhere?.
- Sony Classical.
- 6.
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Leokadiya Kashperova
The Murmur of the Wheat (In the Midst of Nature, No. 5)
Performer: Sarah Cahill.- The Future is Female, Vol 1: In Nature.
- FHR.
- 7.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Sheep may safely graze (Cantata No 208) arr. Stokowski
Orchestrator: Leopold Stokowski. Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.- Stokowski's Symphonic Bach.
- Chandos.
- 1.
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Claude Debussy
Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune
Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ilan Volkov.- GBΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ.
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Will Everitt
Mayim
Composer: Noa Margalit. Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Parkinson. -
Ryuichi Sakamoto
MUJI2020
Performer: Ryuichi Sakamoto.- Playing The Piano 12122020.
- Commmons.
- 2.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 mandolins in G major, RV 532 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Avi Avital. Performer: Alon Sariel. Ensemble: Venice Baroque Orchestra.- Vivaldi pour lire.
- UME - Global Clearing House.
- 37.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Pastorella Larga (after Chamber concerto in D major, RV 95, 'La Pastorella')
Music Arranger: Bo Wiget. Ensemble: Lautten Compagney. Conductor: Wolfgang Katschner.- New Vivaldi.
- Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
- 2.
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Carlos Cipa
Andantino (Schubert redesigned)
Performer: Carlos Cipa.- Redesigns.
- Warner Classics.
- 3.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Romanze (Serenade in G major, K 525, 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik')
Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Andrew Manze.- Mozart: Night music: The English Concert/Manze.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 2.
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Yiruma
la mia notte
Performer: Yiruma.- la mia notte.
- Universal Music Ltd..
- 1.
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Lili Boulanger
Nocturne
Performer: Johan Dalene. Performer: Christian Ihle Hadland.- Stained Glass.
- BIS.
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Henry Purcell
Hear my prayer
Choir: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Singers. Conductor: Owain Park. -
Deborah Henson-Conant
Merceditas
Performer: Evelyn Huber. Orchestra: Philharmonie Salzburg. Conductor: Elisabeth Fuchs.- Fine Music.
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Philippe Paquet
Justification
Performer: Agnes Langlois. Performer: Dominique BeausΓ©jour-Ostiguy. Performer: Jeanne CΓ΄tΓ©. Performer: Marie-Claire Vaillancourt. Performer: Vincent Delorme.- Philippe Paquet.
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Becky Ainge
1911
- 1911.
- Aemeralds GmbH.
- 1.
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Sophia Jani
Meditation from String quartet No 1 (See the grass is full of stars)
Ensemble: Kontai Ensemble.- Neue Meister.
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Gang Chen
Butterfly Lovers Violin concerto (1st mvt)
Composer: Zhanhao He. Performer: Chloe Chua. Orchestra: Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rodolfo BarrΓ΅ez.- Butterfly Lovers Concerto & Paganini.
- Pentatone.
- 1.
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Redi Hasa
Butterfly
Performer: Redi Hasa.- The Stolen Cello (Deluxe).
- Decca.
- 11.
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Tayla-Leigh Payne
Meditation
Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Parkinson. -
Luke Howard
Solidarity
Performer: Lara Somogyi. Ensemble: Shards. Conductor: Kieran Brunt.- Solidarity.
- Mercury Classics.
- 1.
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Natalia Tsupryk
On Firelight Falls
Composer: Angus James William Macrae.- 1134702 Records DK2.
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Clara Schumann
Nocturne from soirees musicales
Performer: Alexandra Dariescu.
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