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Slow down with relaxing 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 Eric Satie, Gabriel Olafs and Maya Youssef . 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 building your own furniture .

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Music Played

  • Edward MacDowell

    To a wild rose

    • Unexpected Songs.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 19.
  • Richard Addinsell

    Tune in G

    Conductor: Kenneth Alwyn. Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra.
    • Addinsell: Goodbye Mr. Chips / A Tale of Two Cities.
    • Marco-Polo.
    • 6.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi Nabucco Piano Variation (From Nabucco: Va' pensiero, Arr. for Piano by Jan

    Lyricist: Jan-Peter Klöpfel.
    • Verdi Nabucco Piano Variation (From Nabucco: Va' pensiero, Arr. for Piano by Jan.
    • Masterworks/Sony Music.
    • 1.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Sonata in A Major HWV.361, Op.1 No.3

    Performer: Geneva Lewis. Performer: Sam Armstrong.
  • Philip Glass

    Études: No. 2 (Reworked By Christian Badzura)

    • Philip Glass: Piano Works.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Lucy Walker

    I Saw Eternity

    Conductor: Andrew Earis. Ensemble: St Martin's Voices.
    • Lucy Walker: Choral Works.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 19.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622 - Arr. for accordion and strings by

    Music Arranger: Richard Galliano.
    • Mozart.
    • Universal Music Division Decca Records France.
    • 9.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Op. 60: II. Romance

    Conductor: Paavo Järvi. Orchestra: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.
    • Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Op. 60 & Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 1.
    • Telarc.
    • 6.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Concord (Gloriana)

    Music Arranger: Matthew Barley. Performer: Matthew Barley.
    • SIGNUM.
  • Amy Beach

    Piano Quintet in F sharp minor, Op 67 - 2nd movement, Adagio espressivo

    Performer: Martin Roscoe. Ensemble: Endellion Quartet.
    • ASV.
  • William Grant Still

    Symphony No 1 (Afro-American) - 2nd mvt

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Freeman.
    • Black Composer Series, Vol. 2: William Grant Still & Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (Re.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.
  • Erik Satie

    Gnossienne No. 1 (Transcr. for Guitar by Francis Kleynjans)

    Music Arranger: Francis Kleynjans.
    • Chapeau Satie.
    • Platoon.
    • 1.
  • Luke Faulkner

    The Wanderer

    • The Wanderer.
    • Aemeralds GmbH.
    • 1.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Amen from Lo, the full, final sacrifice

    Music Arranger: Paul Mealor. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Decca.
  • Richard Harvey

    A Tale of Sorrow

    • WOM 192 Strings Of Sorrow.
    • West One Music.
    • 11.
  • Al MacSween

    My ѿýland

    Composer: Maya Youssef.
    • Finding ѿý.
    • 8.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis for double string orchestra

    Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Tadaaki Otaka.
    • GBѿý.
  • Charlie Jefferson

    This Little Island

    • Long Way ѿý.
    • Platoon.
    • 20.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Sonata No. 8 in G Major, Op. 30 No. 3: II. Tempo di minuetto, ma molto mo

    • Martha Argerich and Friends Live at the Lugano Festival 2011.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.
  • Trad.

    Limu, limu, lima (Arr. Schindler for Piano)

    • Piano Book (Deluxe Edition).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 38.
  • Ella Macens

    The Brightest Star in the Night 1. Space and Time

    • Muses Trio.
  • Gabríel Ólafs

    The Monolith

    • Polar.
    • Decca Records US.
    • 6.
  • Luise Adolpha Le Beau

    Cello Sonata in D Major, Op. 17: II. Andante Tranquillo (Arr. Assad for

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

    Prelude in B minor, BWV 855a (Arr. by Alexander Siloti)

    Performer: Khatia Buniatishvili. Music Arranger: Alexander Siloti.
    • Bach: Prelude in B minor, BWV 855a (Arr. by Alexander Siloti).
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    The Birds

    Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
  • Carlos Simon

    Memory of Summer

    Performer: Carlos Simon.
    • Together.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 6.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.13 in D major (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: La Diane Française. Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras. Conductor: Stéphanie-Marie Degand.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Emily Lim

    The Sun, Unafraid to Shine

    Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Parkinson.
  • Maggie Kaposamweo

    Abide with Me

    Lyricist: Henry Francis Lyte. Lyricist: Maggie Kaposamweo. Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Choir: Pembroke College Chapel Choir.
    • A Hymn for St Cecilia & Abide with Me.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Kuolema (Scene with Cranes)

    Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
  • Florian Christl

    Budapest (Solo Piano Version)

    • Budapest (Solo Piano Version).
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.
  • Ronald Binge

    Alto Saxophone Concerto: II. Andante espressivo

    Conductor: Ernest Tomlinson. Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Binge: Watermill (The) / Scottish Rhapsody.
    • Marco-Polo.
    • 2.
  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    In the bottoms - characteristic suite for piano: Prelude (Night)

    Performer: Clipper Erickson.
    • My Cup Runneth Over.
    • NAVONA.
    • 6.

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