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Release the day with serene 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 Ennio Morricone, Rebecca Clarke and Robert Schumann 鈥� plus a chance to Press Pause with meditation teacher Maude Hirst.

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Music Played

  • Franz Liszt

    Au lac de Wallenstadt (Ann茅es de p猫lerinage, 1猫re ann茅e, Suisse S160)

    Performer: Till Fellner.
    • In Concert (Live).
    • ECM New Series.
    • 2.

  • Matthew Martin

    Iustorum Animae

    Choir: The Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.
    • All Things Are Quite Silent.
    • Signum Records.
    • 9.

  • Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger

    Libro primo d'intavolatura di chitarone: Toccata arpeggiata

    Performer: Jonas Nordberg.
    • Intavolatura di chitarone.
    • BIS.
    • 601.

  • Olivia Belli

    Sapias

    Performer: Mari Samuelsen. Performer: Julien Quentin. Ensemble: Scoring Berlin. Conductor: Jonathan Stockhammer.
    • LIFE.
    • Universal Music Operations Ltd.
    • 2.

  • Peter Warlock

    Capriol Suite (Pieds en l'air; Mattachins)

    Orchestra: 麻豆约拍 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Keith Lockhart.

  • Takashi Yoshimatsu

    Distant Dream Romance

    Performer: Pascal Rog茅.
    • Triton.

  • Roman Hoffstetter

    String Quartet in F major (2nd mvt, Serenade)

    Ensemble: Modigliani Quartet.
    • Portraits.
    • Mirare.
    • 111.

  • Traditional Spiritual

    My Lord, What a Mornin'

    Music Arranger: Harry Burleigh. Choir: Chattanooga Choral Arts Society. Conductor: Robert Bode.
    • Gothic.

  • Thomas Ad猫s

    Arcadiana (O Albion)

    Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • ECM New Series.

  • Rebecca Clarke

    Morpheus

    Performer: Philip Dukes. Performer: Sophia Rahman.
    • Naxos.

  • Ennio Morricone

    Main Theme/Love Theme (Arr for Guitar)

    Composer: Andrea Morricone. Performer: Pl铆nio Fernandes. Music Arranger: S茅rgio Assad.
    • Cinema.
    • Decca Records US.
    • 1.

  • Miriam Sternlicht

    Peaceful Days

    Performer: Miriam Sternlicht.

  • Michael Praetorius

    Terpsichore: Ballet

    Ensemble: Ensemble Bourrasque. Ensemble: Westra Aros Pijpare. Conductor: Bertil F盲rnl枚f.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Kuolema (Scene with Cranes)

    Orchestra: 麻豆约拍 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.

  • Alexander Scriabin

    Prelude No 11 in B major (24 Preludes, Op 11)

    Performer: Jeneba Kanneh鈥怣ason.
    • 24 Preludes, Op. 11: No. 11 in B Major - Allegro assai.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Carlos Simon

    Be Still and Know

    • Navona.

  • Paul Mealor

    Ae fond kiss

    Composer: Trad.. Lyricist: Robert Burns. Choir: Elora Festival Singers. Conductor: Noel Edison.
    • And so It Goes: Songs of Folk & Lore.
    • Naxos.
    • 6.

  • Peter Gregson

    1.1 Prelude

    Performer: Peter Gregson. Performer: Richard Harwood. Performer: Reinoud Ford. Performer: Tim Lowe. Performer: Ben Chappell. Performer: Katherine Jenkinson.
    • Bach: The Cello Suites - Recomposed by Peter Gregson.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Helen Jane Long

    Frog

    • ANW1427 Romantic Drama.
    • Audio Network.
    • 2.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Quartet in G minor, K478 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Johan Dalene. Performer: Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad. Performer: Andrei Ioni牛膬. Performer: Eric Lu.

  • River Camille & The Wong Janice

    Elevate - Reworked

    • Little Symphony Records.

  • Elizabeth Poston

    The Water of Tyne

    Choir: The Blossom Street Singers. Conductor: Hilary Campbell.
    • This Day.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Brendan Eder Ensemble

    #3 (Rhubarb)

    • Therapy.
    • Brendan Eder Ensemble.
    • 06.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Andante in F, 'Andante favori' WoO57

    Performer: Alexander Gadjiev.

  • Paul Simon

    The Sound Of Silence

    Music Arranger: Geoff Lawson. Music Arranger: Chris Trueman. Performer: Milo拧 Karadagli膰. Ensemble: 12 Ensemble.
    • The Sound of Silence.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Laura Masotto

    Far Away

    • PRCD 267 Here And Now.
    • Primrose Music.
    • 6.

  • Julie Cooper

    Angel in Dark Green

    Ensemble: Oculus Ensemble. Conductor: Jessica Cottis.
    • Oculus.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 103.

  • Robert Schumann

    Phantasiest眉cke Op.88; 3. Duett

    Performer: Martin Owen. Performer: Francesca Dego. Performer: Alessandro Taverna.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Trad.

    Peace in the World (Images of Peace)

    Composer: Alan Bullard. Performer: Griselda Sherlaw-Johnson. Choir: Commotio.
    • Oxford University Press Music.

  • Tangerine Dream

    Sequent C'

    • In Search Of Hades - The Virgin Recordings 1973 鈥� 1979.
    • UMC (Universal Music Catalogue).
    • 4.

  • Bright Sheng

    Never Far Away: I. Moonlight Shadows

    Performer: Yolanda Kondonassis. Orchestra: San Diego Symphony. Conductor: Jahja Ling.
    • Never Far Away: Music of Bright Sheng.
    • Telarc.
    • 2.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Berceuse, Op 57

    Performer: Barron Ryan.
    • Charles Patrick Records.

  • Richard Carr, Caleb Burhans & Clarice Jensen

    Overnight Crossing

    • Bluebridge.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Lady and the Dragon (6 Studies in English Folksong)

    Performer: Gerald Peregrine. Performer: Antony Ingham.
    • Folk Tales.
    • Naxos.
    • 105.

  • Peteris Vasks

    The Fruits Of Silence

    Performer: Huw Watkins. Lyricist: Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu. Choir: VOCES8.
    • Winter.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 11.

  • Frerick Den Haan

    Mrs. Potter's Garden

    • The Hen House Music.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Sadko: Song of India

    Performer: J谩nos B谩lint. Performer: N贸ra Mercz. Music Arranger: N贸ra Mercz.
    • Naxos.

  • A Winged Victory for the Sullen

    The Slow Descent Has Begun

    • All Our Friends Are Vampires.
    • Ninja Tune.
    • 3.

  • Dominum Nominum

    Millenia

    Performer: Dominum Nominum.
    • Spirit of Hule.

  • Alexis Ffrench

    Together At Last

    • Together At Last.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Josef Rheinberger

    Abendlied

    Choir: Sonoro. Conductor: Neil Ferris.
    • Choral Inspirations.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 11.

  • Steve Luck

    Coasting

    Performer: Steve Luck.

  • B茅la Bart贸k

    Heavenly Romanticism

    Orchestra: Jan谩膷kova filharmonie Ostrava. Conductor: Theodore Kuchar.
    • Brilliant Classics.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    One hand, one heart (West Side Story)

    Music Arranger: Renaud Guieu. Ensemble: Les Phil'Art'Cellistes.
    • De La Matiere A La Couleur: Les Phil'art'cellistes.
    • Saphir.
    • 2.

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