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Slow down with a relaxing classical music playlist

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 Beethoven, Alexis Ffrench and Caroline Shaw 鈥� plus some Wind Down Wisdom from award-winning science podcaster Caroline Steel.

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Music Played

  • Leopold Hofmann

    Cello Concerto in C Major, Badley C3: II. Adagio

    Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia.
    • The Essential Royal Northern Sinfonia.
    • Naxos Special Projects.
    • 401.

  • Clara Schumann

    3 Romances Op.11 ( no.1 in E flat minor)

    Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason.
    • Romance 鈥� The Piano Music of Clara Schumann.
    • Decca.
    • 4.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto for Oboe, Bassoon, Harpsichord and B.c. "Piagge serene": Adagio

    Music Arranger: Andreas N. Tarkmann. Orchestra: Sinfonia Varsovia.
    • New Seasons - H盲ndel f眉r Oboe und Orchester.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 19.

  • Caroline Shaw

    and the swallow (Psalm 84)

    Choir: 蜜芽传媒 Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Polly Carter

    Midnight Clouds

    • Sea Ash Records.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Suite from "24 Negro Melodies": IV. Lament - They Will Not Lend Me a Child

    Conductor: Michael Repper. Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Toussaint L鈥橭uverture, Op. 46 - Ballade Op. 4 - Suites.
    • AVIE Records.
    • 9.

  • Franz Schubert

    Impromptu No.3 in G flat major, D.899

    Performer: Eric Lu.

  • Dario Marianelli

    Rescue Me (Album Version)

    • Atonement OST.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 9.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Five Pieces for 2 Violins and Piano, WoO (Arr. for Clarinet, Piano and 4 Saxopho

    Lyricist: Levon Atovmyan.
    • Fantasia.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 13.

  • Lara Somogyi

    voiles

    Composer: Jean鈥怣ichel Blais.
    • voiles.
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 1.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis for double string orchestra

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Tadaaki Otaka.
    • GB蜜芽传媒.

  • Adrien La Marca

    Tempelhof (Arr. for Viola & Piano by Dana Dorken and Adrien La Marca)

    • LA PRIMA VOLTA.

  • Karl Jenkins

    Over the Stone: IV. Crossing the Stone

    Composer: Trad.. Conductor: Karl Jenkins. Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Crossing The Stone.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.

  • Joaqu铆n Rodrigo

    Canconeta pour violon et orchestre a cordes

    • Arion.

  • Alexis Ffrench

    Across the Ocean

    • Across the Ocean.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Davis Daniel

    Cantilene

    Composer: Josef Rheinberger.
    • Classical.
    • Magnum Opus.
    • 10.

  • Georges Delerue

    La passante du Sans-Souci

    • Les choses de la vie.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 12.

  • Arnold van Wyk

    5 Elegies for String Quartet: No. 3, Adagio. Senza tempo e parlante

    • A Dark Flaring: Works for String Quartet from South Africa.
    • ECM New Series.

  • Eunike Tanzil

    Remembering

    • Remembering.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Kristina Arakelyan

    Meditation

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Mark Heron.

  • Jonas Gewald

    Clouds

    Composer: Marius Lesemann. Composer: Thomas Muis.
    • NORR.

  • Ignacy Jan Paderewski

    Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 17: II. Romanza. Andante

    Conductor: Antoni Wit. Orchestra: Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • PADEREWSKI: Piano Concerto / Polish Fantasy.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

  • Lachlan Skipworth

    Cavern - Quintet for Bass Recorder and String Quartet: II. Tranquillo

    Ensemble: Australian String Quartet.
    • Lachlan Skipworth: Altiora Peto.
    • ABC Classic.
    • 5.

  • Rachel Portman

    Dolomites, pale mountains: IV. Saslonch

    • Dolomites, pale mountains/IV. Saslonch.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Morten Lauridsen

    O Magnum mysterium

    Choir: Nordic Chamber Choir. Conductor: Nicol Matt.
    • Lauridsen - O Magnum Mysterium.
    • Bayer Records.
    • 17.

  • Daigo Hanada

    Haku

    • Haku / Nukumori.
    • Universal Music LLC.
    • 1.

  • Anton Rubinstein

    2 M茅lodies, Op.3: II. Andante (Arr. for Cello and Piano)

    Lyricist: David Popper.
    • 2 M茅lodies, Op.3: II. Andante (Arr. for Cello and Piano).
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Akira Nakada

    A Song Of Early Spring

    Music Arranger: Toru Takemitsu.
    • Transformations.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 22.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.27 in B flat major, K.595 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466 & No. 27 in B-Flat Major,.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Nat Bartsch

    Bartsch: Forever, and No Time At All

    • Forever, And No Time At All.
    • Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
    • 3.

  • Melissa Parmenter

    A Foot On Both Sides / Amy's Piano Theme

    Lyricist: Melissa Parmenter.
    • The Killer Inside Me (Original Motion Picture Score).
    • Universal Ltd..
    • 10.

  • Max Richter

    On the Nature of Daylight (Transc. for Saxophone Quartet and Cello)

    Ensemble: Signum Saxophone Quartet.
    • On the Nature of Daylight (Transc. for Saxophone Quartet and Cello).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Emily Mirla Harrison

    Ukiyo

    Composer: Kenji Azuma.
    • enjou.

  • Ludovico Einaudi

    Due tramonti

    Music Arranger: Anonymous.
    • Passaggio.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 11.

  • Sophie Hutchings

    Secrets To The Sea

    • become the sky.
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 5.

  • Erland Cooper

    Rackwick Glen

    Lyricist: Erland Cooper.
    • Berriedale.
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 5.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Trio in B-Flat Major, Op. 11 "Gassenhauer" (2nd mvmt Adagio)

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Performer: Emanuel Ax.
    • Sony.

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