Slow down with calming 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 Mark Knopfler, Jessica Curry and Takashi Yoshimatsu. Plus, a chance to Press Pause with meditation teacher Michael James Wong and some Wind Down Wisdom from science podcaster Caroline Steel on the calming benefits of drawing.
To listen on most smart speakers just ask Â鶹ԼÅÄ Sounds to play Classical Wind Down.
On radio
Music Played
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Jules Massenet
Poëme pastoral: V. Crépuscule
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Music Arranger: Sir Stephen Hough.- Stephen Hough's French Album.
- Hyperion.
- 8.
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B. E. Boykin
Music of Life
Lyricist: George Parsons Lathrop. Choir: London Voices.- Oxford University Press Music.
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Johannes Brahms
Cello Sonata No 2 in F major, Op 99 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Performer: Inon Barnatan.- Brahms: Cello Sonatas.
- Pentatone.
- 8.
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Marin Marais
[Suite en sol majeur]: VI. Sarabande grave (99)
Performer: François Joubert-Caillet. Ensemble: L’Achéron.- Marais: Troisième livre de pièces de viole.
- Ricercar.
- 6.
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Mark Knopfler
Farewell To Altamira
Performer: Mark Knopfler. Performer: Evelyn Glennie. Performer: Christine Pendrill.- Altamira (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
- EMI.
- 10.
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Eric Sigurd
The Glade
Performer: Eric Sigurd. -
Louise Farrenc
Cello Sonata in B flat major, Op 46 (2nd mvt)
Performer: David Berlin. Performer: Benjamin Martin.- Mellow Cello.
- ABC Classic.
- 4.
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Oliver Davis
Water Variations and Theme: Variation II
Performer: Beth & Flo.- Oliver Davis: Blue.
- Signum Records.
- 8.
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Henning Sommerro
Vårsøg (Arr for Violin and Orchestra)
Performer: Eldbjørg Hemsing. Music Arranger: Ben Palmer. Orchestra: Arctic Philharmonic.- Vårsøg (Arr. for Violin and Orchestra by Ben Palmer).
- Sony Classical/Sony Music.
- 1.
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Takashi Yoshimatsu
Two Little Pieces: II. Noël
Performer: Craig Ogden.- Craig Ogden: Guitar Meditations.
- Chandos.
- 111.
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John Field
Nocturne No 10 in E Minor, H 46B
Performer: Benjamin Frith.- Field: Piano Music, Vol. 2.
- Naxos.
- 1.
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Jessica Curry
An Early Harvest from Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
Orchestra: Â鶹ԼÅÄ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: EÃmear Noone. -
R. Nathaniel Dett
O Holy Lord
Choir: Nathaniel Dett Chorale.- Marquis Classics.
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Georges Ivanovitch Gurdjieff
Woman´s Prayer
Performer: Anja Lechner. Performer: Vassilis Tsabropoulos.- Gurdjieff, Tsabropoulos: Chants, Hymns And Dances.
- ECM New Series.
- 15.
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Tom Ashbrook
Dusk
- Nocturnes.
- The Other Songs.
- 1.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Prelude No 10 in G flat major, Op 23
Performer: Nikolai Lugansky.- Harmonia Mundi UK Limited.
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Rebecca Dale
Paradisum Interlude (Materna Requiem)
Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Clark Rundell.- Dale: Requiem For My Mother.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 6.
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Edmund Jolliffe
Lives in History
Performer: Edmund Jolliffe. -
Alexander Scriabin
Prelude No 3 in D flat major, Op 17
Performer: Barron Ryan.- Charles Patrick Records.
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Massive Attack
Teardrop
Music Arranger: Geoff Lawson. Choir: VOCES8.- Lux.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 4.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Songs without Words Book 6 Op.67 (no.3)
Music Arranger: Andreas Ottensamer. Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Performer: Yuja Wang.- DG.
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Rosey Chan
Solstice
- Platoon.
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Jean Sibelius
Humoresques Op.89 for violin and orchestra; no.2 in G minor
Performer: Fenella Humphreys. Orchestra: Â鶹ԼÅÄ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: George Vass.- Resonus.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Flute Sonata in E Minor, BWV 1034 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Petri Alanko. Performer: Anssi Mattila.- Bach, J.S.: Flute Sonatas, Vol. 1.
- Naxos.
- 3.
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Jordan Seigel
San Miguel
- Back Lot Music.
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Alexis Ffrench
Crest of a Wave
- Dreamland (Deluxe Edition).
- Sony Classical.
- 12.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quintet in G minor K516 (3rd mvt)
Performer: John Crockatt. Ensemble: Consone Quartet. -
Lloyd Coleman
Luminescence
Orchestra: Â鶹ԼÅÄ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Palmer. -
Sally Greenaway
Poem I
Performer: Gillian Pereira. Performer: Sally Greenaway.- Greenaway: Aubade & Nocturne.
- Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
- 3.
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Douglas Guest
For the Fallen
Lyricist: Laurence Binyon. Choir: The Gesualdo Six. Conductor: Owain Park.- Lux aeterna: A Sequence for the Souls of the Departed.
- Hyperion.
- 10.
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Bryce Dessner
Lullaby (Song for Octave)
Performer: Vanessa Wagner.- THE BACK OFFICE.
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Philip Sheppard & Evelyn Glennie
Frost Flowers
- Winter Wonderland.
- KPM Main Series.
- 4.
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Ernst Bacon
Moonlight on the Savannah (Ford's Theater)
Orchestra: Nashville Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.- Naxos.
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River Camille, The Wong Janice & Little Symphony
Ikigai
- Little Symphony Records.
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Lara Somogyi
instead
- instead.
- Mercury Classics.
- 1.
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Frédéric Chopin
4 Mazurkas (No 1 in G sharp minor, Op 3 No 1)
Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov. -
Jon Hopkins
Dawn Chorus
- Dawn Chorus.
- Domino Recording Co.
- 1.
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Leonard Bernstein
Symphonic Dances from West Side Story: Finale
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.- Bernstein: Arias and Barcarolles etc.:LSO/Tilson Thomas.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 23.
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Amy Elise Horrocks
Twilight (Rêverie)
Performer: Alexandra Mackenzie. Performer: Ingrid Sawers.- Beyond Twilight: Music for Cello & Piano by Female Composers.
- Delphian Records.
- 1.
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Jeremy Birchall
Mirroring
- Everything InBetween.
- Manners McDade.
- 2.
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Frederick Delius
By the River (Florida Suite)
Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.- The Essential Delius - Various.
- Chandos.
- 2.
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Erland Cooper
St. Magnus of Hamnavoe
Performer: Erland Cooper. Performer: Daniel Pioro. Music Arranger: Daniel Pioro.- Holm (Variations & B-sides).
- Believe International.
- 4.
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Manuel Ponce
Estrellita
Music Arranger: Jascha Heifetz. Performer: Ray Chen. Performer: Julien Quentin.- DECCA.
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Alaskan Tapes
Oh, Sleeper
- Nettwerk Music (UK) Limited.
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S. J. Bray
Falling, Fallen, Fell
Performer: S. J. Bray. -
Arcangelo Corelli
Adagio from Violin Sonata in G Minor, Op 5 No 5 (Arr for orchestra)
Music Arranger: Leopold Stokowski. Orchestra: Â鶹ԼÅÄ Philharmonic. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.- Stokowski's Symphonic Baroque.
- Chandos.
- 119.
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Wayne Hill
Left Bank Two
Performer: Wayne Hill. -
B O D I E S
Wonder
Composer: Kat Frankie. Choir: B O D I E S. Singer: Kat Frankie.- ³Ò¸éÖ±·³¢´¡±·¶Ù.
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Erik Satie
3 Gymnopedies: No. 2, Lent et triste
Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.- Letter(s) to Erik Satie.
- Warner Music UK Limited.
- 13.
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Trad.
Danny Boy
Performer: Fumito Nunoya. Music Arranger: Brian Mueller.- Ars Produktion.
Broadcasts
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- Mon 6 Jan 2025 18:00Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3 Unwind