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Sink into relaxation with serene 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 Alexis Ffrench, Debussy and Belle Chen. Plus, a chance to Press Pause with meditation teacher Michael James Wong, and some essential Wind Down Wisdom from science podcaster Caroline Steel on the benefits of taking time out to do nothing.

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Music Played

  • Ronald Binge

    Sailing By

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Parry.
    • Keep Calm and Classical.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 2.

  • Betty Jackson King

    Spring Intermezzo (Four seasonal sketches, No 1)

    Performer: Rochelle Sennet.
    • Bach to Black: Suites for Piano, Vol. III.
    • Albany Records.
    • 53.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Much Ado About Nothing, Op. 11, Suite: IV. Intermezzo \"Garden Scene\"

    Performer: Bomsori. Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jakub Hrůša.
    • Korngold: Much Ado About Nothing, Op. 11, Suite: IV. Intermezzo \"Garden Scene\".
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • Luke Faulkner

    Swan Song

    Performer: Luke Faulkner.
    • Halidon.

  • Lera Auerbach

    24 Preludes for violin & piano, Op 46, No 15

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Leif Kaner‐Lidström. Music Arranger: Alistair Vennart.
    • PRISM, Vol. 1.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 2.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Pavane pour une infante defunte

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thierry Fischer.

  • River Camille & The Wong Janice

    Elevate - Reworked

    • Little Symphony Records.

  • Will Todd

    Renew Me In The Sunlight

    Ensemble: Voices of Hope. Conductor: Mark Edwards.
    • Renew Me In The Sunlight.
    • Signum Records.
    • 1.

  • Leokadiya Kashperova

    Piano concerto in A minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Alexandra Dariescu. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Chris Hopkins.

  • Alonso Mudarra

    Conde Claros

    Performer: Guillem Pérez-Quer.
    • Conde Claros.
    • Prima Classic.
    • 1.

  • Alexis Ffrench

    Did I Ever Tell You

    Performer: Alexis Ffrench.
    • Classical Soul Vol. 1 - The Solo Piano Collection.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 18.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Brandenburg Concerto Revisited (From BWV 1046: I. Allegro)

    Performer: Eldbjørg Hemsing. Performer: Tim Allhoff. Music Arranger: Jarkko Riihimäki. Ensemble: Norwegian String Quartet.
    • Bach Brandenburg Concerto Revisited (From BWV 1046: I. Allegro, Arr. for Violin,.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturne in E flat major, Op 9 No 2

    Performer: Pablo Ferrández. Performer: Julien Quentin.
    • Nocturne in E-Flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Karl Jenkins

    Over the stone - concerto for 2 harps, strings and perc: 4th mvt; Tros Y Garreg

    Performer: Catrin Finch. Conductor: Karl Jenkins. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Quirk.
    • Decca.
    • 11.

  • Franz Liszt

    Standchen (Schwanengesang) transcribed for piano

    Composer: Franz Schubert. Performer: Mariam Batsashvili.
    • Romantic Piano Masters.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 7.

  • Jim Perkins

    After Dark

    Ensemble: Curve Ensemble.
    • Bigo & Twigetti.

  • Chiquinha Gonzaga

    Lua Branca

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Performer: Kim Barbier. Music Arranger: Esther Abrami.
    • Lua Branca (Arr. for Violin and Piano by Esther Abrami).
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No 1 in C minor, Op 68 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Brahms: The Symphonies.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 2.

  • Lauri Porra

    A Song for the Sea

    Ensemble: Lauri Porra & Mumintrollen.
    • A Song for the Sea.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Jacob Mühlrad

    Ebb

    Performer: Jacob Mühlrad.
    • Ebb.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Claude Debussy

    Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ilan Volkov.

  • Alex Patterson

    Meditation

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: David Hill.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O virga mediatrix, arr. soprano, piano & electronics

    Performer: David Chalmin. Performer: Katia Labèque. Performer: Marielle Labèque. Music Arranger: David Chalmin. Singer: Barbara Hannigan.
    • Electric Fields.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 1.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Ancient Airs and Dances, suite No 3, No 1: Italiana

    Orchestra: Philharmonie der Nationen. Conductor: Justus Frantz.
    • Respighi, Bartok.
    • Enterprises Sonor.
    • 1.

  • Elliott Jack Sansom

    Finding My Feet

    Performer: Elliott Jack Sansom.
    • Finding My Feet.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 1.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Suite No 4 in D minor: Sarabande

    Ensemble: Jupiter. Conductor: Thomas Dunford.
    • Eternal Heaven - Handel: Suite No. 4 in D Minor: III. Sarabande.
    • ERATO.
    • 1.

  • Yann Tiersen

    Ninnog

    Performer: Yann Tiersen.
    • Rathlin from a Distance _ The Liquid Hour.
    • Mute.
    • 1.

  • Ahren Merz

    A Sketch of Eternity

    Performer: Ahren Merz.
    • Beneath the Tree Music.

  • Anna Phoebe

    By The Sea

    Performer: Anna Phoebe.
    • Sea Souls.
    • Eat The Peach.
    • 1.

  • Becky Ainge

    Look Towards the Sun (and the shadows will fall behind you)

    Performer: Becky Ainge.
    • Becky Ainge.

  • Eluvium

    Vibration Consensus Reality (for Spectral Multiband Resonator)

    • Vibration Consensus Reality (for Spectral Multiband Resonator) / Scatterbrains.
    • Temporary Residence Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Belle Chen

    Closer - extended version

    Performer: Belle Chen.
    • Chia Pei Chen.

  • Luise Adolpha Le Beau

    Cello sonata in D major, Op 17 (2nd mvt) arr. Assad

    Performer: Plínio Fernandes.
    • Le Beau: Cello Sonata in D Major, Op. 17: II. Andante Tranquillo (Arr. Assad for.
    • Decca Records US.
    • 1.

  • Takashi Yoshimatsu

    Disappearance of Snow from White Landscapes, Op 47a

    Performer: John Barrow. Performer: Kate Wilson. Performer: Jonathan Price. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: Sachio Fujioka.
    • Yoshimatsu: Piano Concerto "Memo Flora".
    • Chandos.
    • 109.

  • Eleanor Dunnet

    Exhale

    Conductor: David Hill. Choir: BBC Singers. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.

  • Alex Kozobolis

    Icarus

    Performer: Alex Kozobolis.
    • Altomyra.

  • Cipriano de Rore

    Ben qui si mostra il ciel

    Performer: Toby Carr. Performer: Hannah Ely. Music Arranger: Oliver Webber.
    • The Madrigal Reimagined.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 17.

  • Hans Otte

    The Book of Sounds, Part 11

    Performer: Carlos Cipa.
    • Otte: The Book of Sounds.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 11.

  • Eric Coates

    By the sleepy lagoon

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Chandos.

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