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.
To listen on most smart speakers just ask ѿý Sounds to play Classical Wind Down.
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Gustav Holst
The Planets, Op. 32: II. Venus, the Bringer of Peace
Conductor: Daniel Harding. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.- BR-Klassik.
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Fanny Mendelssohn
Vier Lieder für das Pianoforte, Op. 2: No. 3, Villa Mills. Allegretto grazioso H
Performer: Olga Pashchenko.- Guess Who?.
- Alpha Classics.
- 9.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Ludovico Einaudi
Adieux
- Decca (UMO) (Classics).
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Frédéric d’Erlanger
Poëme in D Major
Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones. Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales.- Hyperion.
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Rachel Portman
The Swallow
- Sony Classical/Sony Music.
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in C Major, Op. 33 "The Bird": III.
Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.- BIS.
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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.
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Hania Rani
Intermezzo cis-moll
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Morten Lauridsen
O nata lux (Lux aeternum)
Performer: Jörg Halubek. Choir: Chamber Choir of Europe. Conductor: Nicol Matt.- HANSSLER.
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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.
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Lara Downes
It Only Ever Rains in November
- PENTATONE.
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Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, D. 485: II. Andante con moto
- harmonia mundi.
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Edward Elgar
Elegy, Op 58
Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.- Sir Andrew Davis conducts Elgar.
- WARNER.
- 4.
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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.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 12 in A major, K. 414 - Andante
- Forlane.
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Alice Coltrane
Radhe-Shyam
- Decca Records US.
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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.
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Dalal
Kindred
- Warner Classics.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Cello Concerto in C Minor, RV 401: II. Adagio
Conductor: Paul Robinson.- RCA Red Seal.
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Alexis Ffrench
A Personal Journey
- Juice Music.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11: II. Andante cantabile
- Rubicon Classics.
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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.
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Carlo Gesualdo
Miserere
Conductor: Nigel Short. Choir: Tenebrae.- Archiv Produktion.
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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).
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Mel Bonis
Phoebé, Op. 30 (Arr. for Violin and Piano by Ismaël Margain)
- Evidence Classics.
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Glowworm
Agape
Composer: Asia Dojnikowska.- Hammock Music.
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Julia Christine Andersson
Nostalgi
- Moderna Records.
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