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Calming classical music to soothe the soul

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, Neruda and Fanny Mendelssohn. Plus, a chance to Press Pause with meditation expert Maude Hirst, and some essential Wind Down Wisdom from science podcaster Caroline Steel on how scrapbooking can be a good way to wind down.

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Music Played

  • Gustav Holst

    The Planets, Op. 32: II. Venus, the Bringer of Peace

    Conductor: Daniel Harding. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • BR-Klassik.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Vier Lieder für das Pianoforte, Op. 2: No. 3, Villa Mills. Allegretto grazioso H

    Performer: Olga Pashchenko.
    • Guess Who?.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 9.
  • George Fenton

    Birds Eye View

    Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: George Fenton.
    • Wild Isles: Our Precious Isles (music from TV series soundtrack).
    • Shogun Music Ltd.
    • 04.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano concerto No 2 in B flat major, Op 19 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hannu Lintu.
    • Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5.
    • Hyperion.
    • 5.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Violin Sonata in F major, Op 57

    Performer: Tai Murray. Performer: Gilles Vonsattel.
  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Symphony No. 1 in G Major, Op. 11, No. 1: II. Andante

    Music Arranger: Dominique-René de Lerma. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Freeman.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Ludovico Einaudi

    Adieux

    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
  • Frédéric d’Erlanger

    Poëme in D Major

    Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones. Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales.
    • Hyperion.
  • Rachel Portman

    The Swallow

    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in C Major, Op. 33 "The Bird": III.

    Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.
    • BIS.
  • Thomas Tallis

    Blessed are those that be undefiled

    Choir: ѿý Singers. Conductor: David Hill.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 73, J. 114: II. Adagio ma non troppo

    Conductor: Peter Ruzicka. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin.
    • Orfeo.
  • Hania Rani

    Intermezzo cis-moll

    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Morten Lauridsen

    O nata lux (Lux aeternum)

    Performer: Jörg Halubek. Choir: Chamber Choir of Europe. Conductor: Nicol Matt.
    • HANSSLER.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Children's Intermezzo (Othello)

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Fawzi Haimor.
    • Coleridge-Taylor: Othello, Op. 79: II. Children's Intermezzo.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • Lara Downes

    It Only Ever Rains in November

    • PENTATONE.
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, D. 485: II. Andante con moto

    • harmonia mundi.
  • Edward Elgar

    Elegy, Op 58

    Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • Sir Andrew Davis conducts Elgar.
    • WARNER.
    • 4.
  • Pavel Grigorievich Chesnokov

    10 Communion Hymns, Op. 25: No. 5, Spaseniye sodelal

    Lyricist: Anon.. Conductor: Graham Walker. Choir: St John's Voices. Choir: Cambridge University Chamber Choir.
    • Naxos.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 12 in A major, K. 414 - Andante

    • Forlane.
  • Alice Coltrane

    Radhe-Shyam

    • Decca Records US.
  • Henryk Mikołaj Górecki

    Symphony No 3, Op 36 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs' (2nd mvt)

    Singer: Dawn Upshaw. Orchestra: London Sinfonietta. Conductor: David Zinman.
    • Gorecki: Symphony No. 3: Dawn Upshaw.
    • Elektra Nonesuch.
  • Dalal

    Kindred

    • Warner Classics.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Cello Concerto in C Minor, RV 401: II. Adagio

    Conductor: Paul Robinson.
    • RCA Red Seal.
  • Alexis Ffrench

    A Personal Journey

    • Juice Music.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11: II. Andante cantabile

    • Rubicon Classics.
  • Paul Leonard‐Morgan

    Linlithgow Palace from A History of Scotland

    Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Leonard‐Morgan.
    • A History of Scotland - music from the ѿý series.
    • ѿý.
    • 15.
  • Carlo Gesualdo

    Miserere

    Conductor: Nigel Short. Choir: Tenebrae.
    • Archiv Produktion.
  • Johann Baptist Georg Neruda

    Concerto For Trumpet And Strings In E Flat - 2. Largo

    Composer: Pacho Flores. Conductor: Christian Vásquez. Orchestra: Konzerthausorchester Berlin.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Mel Bonis

    Phoebé, Op. 30 (Arr. for Violin and Piano by Ismaël Margain)

    • Evidence Classics.
  • Glowworm

    Agape

    Composer: Asia Dojnikowska.
    • Hammock Music.
  • Julia Christine Andersson

    Nostalgi

    • Moderna Records.

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