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Rest and restore yourself 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 Ennio Morricone, Poppy Ackroyd and J S Bach. Plus a chance to Press Pause with meditation teacher Maude Hirst, and some essential Wind Down Wisdom from science podcaster Caroline Steel on the benefits of sunlight.

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Music Played

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Notturno Napolitano

    Performer: Karin Fernandes.
    • She, Invisible Vol. I.
    • Azul Music.
    • 13.

  • Claude Debussy

    Symphony in B minor (2nd mvt)

    Music Arranger: Tony Finno. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lyon. Conductor: Jun Märkl.
    • Debussy: Complete Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard concerto in F minor, BWV 1056 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Mahan Esfahani. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia.
    • Bach: The Complete Keyboard Concertos.
    • Hyperion.
    • 5.

  • Stephan Moccio

    Like an Old Photograph

    Performer: Branford Marsalis. Performer: Stephan Moccio.
    • Scenes from a Velvet Room.
    • Decca.
    • 6.

  • Ryan Vail

    Stay

    Performer: Ryan Vail.
    • Borders.
    • CSR Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Edward German

    Elegy (Andante) from Symphonic Suite in D minor (The Leeds Suite)

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Sir Edward German.
    • Dutton Epoch.
    • 4.

  • Robert Schumann

    5 Stucke im Volkston, Op 102 (No 2 - Langsam)

    Performer: Christoph Croisé. Performer: Ana Bakradze.
    • R. Schumann: 5 Stücke im Volkston, Op. 102: II. Langsam.
    • AVIE Records.
    • 1.

  • Yoshihiro Hanno

    End of Summer (from The Samurai and the Prisoner soundtrack)

    Performer: Yoshihiro Hanno.
    • The SAMURAI and the PRISONER (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Plaza Mayor Company, Ltd..
    • 4.

  • J A Monteiro

    Woman, behold your son (Seven Last Words, No 3)

    Ensemble: Happenstance Singers. Conductor: Matthew Swann.
    • Monteiro: Seven Last Words.
    • Ulysses Arts.
    • 3.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Clarinet Concerto No 2 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Nicholas Carpenter. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.

  • Poppy Ackroyd

    Weightless

    Performer: Poppy Ackroyd.
    • Liminal.
    • One Little Independent Records.
    • 7.

  • Hilary Kleinig

    A Thing of Beauty

    Performer: Emily Granger.
    • A Thing of Beauty.
    • ABC Classic.
    • 1.

  • Yu‐Peng Chen

    Waltz of the Fireflies

    Performer: Yu‐Peng Chen. Performer: Yixuan Wei. Orchestra: Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin concerto No 4 in D major, K 218 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Aleksey Semenenko. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jiří Rožeň.

  • Violeta Vicci

    Golden Raindrops

    Composer: Bruno Bavota. Performer: Violeta Vicci. Performer: Bruno Bavota.
    • Be Human.
    • Bigo & Twigetti.
    • 2.

  • Bernard Herrmann

    Souvenirs de voyage (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Ma Yue. Orchestra: Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Joshua Tan.
    • John Williams Flute Concerto – Bernard Herrmann Souvenirs de Voyage.
    • PENTATONE.

  • Kevin Day

    Gymnopedie

    Performer: Sterling Elliott. Performer: Richard Uttley.

  • Suena

    Solisima

    Performer: Suena.
    • Solísima.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Alam Khan

    Sanctuary

    Composer: Vijay Iyer. Composer: Nitin Mitta. Performer: Alam Khan. Performer: Vijay Iyer.
    • Sanctuary.
    • AMMP.
    • 1.

  • Noa Margalit

    Mayim

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Parkinson.

  • Ennio Morricone

    Cinema Paradiso

    Ensemble: Café del Mundo. Orchestra: Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg.
    • GuitaRevolution Symphonic.
    • Masterworks/Sony Music.
    • 5.

  • Lucy Walker

    There Will Come Soft Rains

    Ensemble: Mancunium Consort.
    • Lucy Walker: There Will Come Soft Rains.
    • VOCES8 Records.
    • 1.

  • John Hingeston

    Fantazia from Suite a 6 No 2 in F major

    Ensemble: Echo du Danube Ensemble. Conductor: Christian Zincke.
    • Hingeston: Fantasy-Suites.
    • CPO.
    • 101.

  • Duo Unicord

    By the Sea - improvisation

    • Summer Improvisations.
    • Halidon.
    • 4.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin sonata No 1 in G minor, BWV 1001 (1st mvt) arr. for 13 string guitar

    Performer: Anders Miolin. Music Arranger: Anders Miolin.
    • J. S. Bach: Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001: I. Adagio (Arr. for 13-Str.
    • Prima Classic.
    • 1.

  • John Newton

    Amazing Grace

    Composer: Chloe Flower. Performer: Chloe Flower.
    • Amazing Grace (Arr. for Piano by Chloe Flower).
    • Popsical Music Group.
    • 1.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Bassoon concerto in C major, RV 466 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Sergio Azzolini. Ensemble: L’Onda Armonica.
    • Vivaldi: Concerti per fagotto VI.
    • Naive.
    • 19.

  • Adam Peters

    Drive To The Temple In Seoul

    Performer: Adam Peters.
    • State Of Mind.

  • Andrew Bambridge

    Oh Beautiful

    Performer: Min Kwon.
    • America/Beautiful.
    • Delos.
    • 7.

  • Boris Lyatoshinsky

    Beginning, from Grazhyna, Op 58

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.
    • Lyatoshynsky: Grażhyna, Op. 58: No. 1, Beginning - Andante sostenuto.
    • Platoon.
    • 1.

  • Doreen Carwithen

    Cello sonatina (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Andrei Ioniţă. Performer: Lilit Grigoryan.

  • William Jack

    Glenelg

    Performer: William Jack.

  • Yerkesh Shakeyev

    Zhansulu

    Orchestra: London Metropolitan Orchestra. Conductor: Andy Brown.
    • Waves From Heaven.
    • Yerkesh Shakeyev.

  • Emily Lim

    The Sun, Unafraid to Shine

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Parkinson.

  • Patrick Hamilton

    Carved by Time

    Performer: Patrick Hamilton.
    • Colors.
    • Masterworks.
    • 8.

  • Digitonal

    dotdotdot

    • The Night Album.
    • Just Music.

  • Max Bruch

    Scottish Fantasy, Op 46 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Hana Chang. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Ryan Bancroft.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Minuet in G minor, HWV 434 No 4 (arr. Kempf)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Music Arranger: Wilhelm Kempff.
    • Handel: Minuet in G Minor, HWV 434/4 (Arr. Kempff for Piano).
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

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