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Let go of the cares of the day with 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 Mozart, Phamie Gow and Respighi Plus, a chance to Press Pause with meditation expert Maude Hirst, and some essential Wind Down Wisdom from science podcaster Caroline Steel on how going for a walk near water can help you relax.

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Music Played

  • Giovanni Bottesini

    Meditazione "Aria di Bach"

    • Meridian Records.

  • Max Bruch

    String Quintet in E flat major (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Bruch: String Quintets And Octet.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.

  • Arthur Bliss

    Miracle in the Gorbals, F. 6: IV. The Young Lovers. Tempo di valse

    • Chandos Records Ltd.

  • Phamie Gow

    Annandale

    • Phamie Esther Cameron Gow.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    The Seasons, Op. 67, Pt. 4 "Autumn": No. 15, Petit adagio

    Conductor: José Serebrier. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op.16: 2 - Adagio

    • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO).

  • Enrique Granados

    12 Danzas españolas: No. 2, Oriental (Arr. Barrueco & Müller-Pering for Two Guit

    • Warner Classics.

  • Tamara Konstantin

    Moonlight Rhapsody

    • Naxos.

  • Reinhold Moritzevich Glière

    Concerto for Harp and Orchestra in E-Flat Major, Op. 74: II. Tema con variazioni

    Conductor: Tugan Sokhiev. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic.
    • Platoon.

  • Joel Thompson

    The Rose

    Performer: Andrew Rupp. Performer: Richard Pearce. Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Owain Park.

  • Kristina Arakelyan

    Starlight

    • Platoon Ltd.

  • Heitor Villa‐Lobos

    Bachianas brasileiras No. 1, W246: II. Prelúdio. Modinha (Arr. for

    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Giya Kancheli

    Herio Bichebo (Earth, This Is Your Son)

    Performer: Anastasia Kobekina. Performer: Luka Okros.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata No. 8 in A Minor, K. 310: II. Andante cantabile con espressione

    • Sony Classical.

  • Florence Price

    Suite No. 1 for Organ (Arr. for Reed Quintet by Jelte Althuis): III. Air

    Music Arranger: Jelte Althuis.
    • Organisms.
    • Pentatone.
    • 115.

  • Percy Grainger

    La Scandinavie: II. Vermelandsvisa (Arr. for Oboe and Piano by Serol Yapici)

    • Télès Music.

  • Mattia Vlad Morleo

    Bloom

    • Warner Classics.

  • John Metcalf

    Calm

    Music Arranger: David John Roche. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Jac van Steen.

  • Caroline Dale

    To Unpathed Waters, Undreamed Shores

    • Dharma Records.

  • Claude Debussy

    La plus que lente, L. 121 (Arr. for Harp & Violin)

    • Naxos.

  • Simeon Walker

    Weave

    • Sentric Music Limited.

  • Max Richter

    Late and Soon

    Performer: Max Richter.
    • Decca.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Madrigals, Book 9: Si dolce è il tormento (Perf. on Sheng, Viola &am

    • ECM New Series.

  • Akira Kosemura

    Untouched Rainforest, Pt.3

    • 1631 Recordings.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Rückert-Lieder: No. 3, Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (Arr. Lozakovich for V

    • Warner Classics.

  • Alex Baranowski

    Constellations

    Performer: Alex Baranowski.
    • DG.

  • Henri Duparc

    Cello Sonata in A Minor: II. Lamento

    • Cello Music from Proust's Salons.
    • BIS.
    • 601.

  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Albinoni's adagio

    Composer: Remo Giazotto.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Mike Lang

    Water in Autumn

    • Piano Scores.
    • Inside Tracks.
    • 19.

  • Lauren Scott

    After The Storm

    • iMusician.

  • 윤한

    Emerald River

    • Sleeping Science: THE NATURE.
    • Universal Music Ltd..
    • 1.

  • 윤한

    Emerald River

    • Universal Music Ltd..

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    6 Pieces, Op. 19: No. 4, Nocturne. Andante sentimentale - Arr. for Cello & Strin

    • Halidon.

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