Let go of the day with peaceful 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 Philip Glass, Keaton Henson and Johannes Brahms. We Press Pause with meditation coach Maude Hirst and Caroline Steel reveals some essential Wind Down Wisdom on how a simple activity like doing a jigsaw can help you release stress.
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Music Played
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Claude Debussy
La fille aux cheveux de lin (Preludes, Book 1)
Performer: Jeneba Kanneh鈥怣ason.- La fille aux cheveux de lin.
- Sony Classical.
- 1.
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Ingmar S眉berkr眉b
Open Strings
Ensemble: Kaiser Quartett.- Empire.
- [PIAS] Recordings Germany.
- 4.
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Francisco Guerrero
O sacrum convivium
Choir: 成人快手 Singers. Conductor: Paul Brough. -
Jacques Ibert
Matin sur l'eau (6 Pieces)
Performer: Kyunghee Kim-Sutre.- La Harpe Consolatrice.
- Hortus.
- 1.
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Trad.
Deep River
Music Arranger: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Music Arranger: Kanneh-Mason Trio. Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Braimah Kanneh-Mason.- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Craig Armstrong
Nocturne 8
Performer: Craig Armstrong.- Nocturnes - Music for Two Pianos.
- Modern Recordings.
- 8.
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Chevalier de Saint-Georges Joseph Bologne
Violin concerto in A major, Op 7 No 1 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Fumika Mohri. Orchestra: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice. Conductor: Michael Hal谩sz.- Saint-Georges: Violin Concerto, Op. 7 No. 1: II. Adagio.
- Naxos.
- 101.
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Amy Beach
Dreaming
Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Performer: Julian Riem.- Sony.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String quartet No 16 in E flat major, K 428 (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: The Salomon Quartet.- Mozart: The 6 "Haydn" String Quartets (On Period Instruments).
- Hyperion.
- 10.
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Dobrinka Tabakova
Simple Prayer for Complex Times
Performer: Lara Downes.- Love at Last.
- Pentatone.
- 17.
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Paul von Klenau
Symphony No 8 (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hans Graf.- Dacapo.
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Samanta Yubero Lahoz
Calm Waters
Composer: Kjell Sonksen. Performer: Samanta Yubero Lahoz. Performer: Kjell S酶nksen.- Calm Waters.
- Nordic Euphony Records.
- 1.
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Francisco T谩rrega
Recuerdos de la Alhambra
Performer: Stephen Wake.- Stephen Wake.
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John Dowland
Come, heavy sleep (arr for string quartet)
Music Arranger: Sini Simonen. Ensemble: Castalian String Quartet.- Delphian.
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Ryuichi Sakamoto
solari
Performer: Sumino Hayato.- Sakamoto: solari.
- Sony Classical.
- 1.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Serenade for strings in E major, Op 22 (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Lucerne Festival Strings. Conductor: Daniel Dodds.- Eastbound: Schumann, Dvorak, Schreker (Works for String Orchestra).
- Sony Classical/Sony Music.
- 11.
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Danny Mulhern
Flow State Vestida 4
Performer: Danny Mulhern.- Flow States.
- 1631 Recordings.
- 2.
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Thomas Tallis
In ieiunio et fletu
Choir: The Gesualdo Six. Conductor: Owain Park.- Lux aeterna: A Sequence for the Souls of the Departed.
- Hyperion.
- 2.
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Olivia Belli
Anima 2 - Sleep Rework
Performer: Olivia Belli.- Anima Flow.
- XXIM Records.
- 1.
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Max Richter
A Colour Field (Piano Version)
Performer: Max Richter.- A Colour Field (Piano Version).
- Decca.
- 1.
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George Frideric Handel
Suite No 4 in D minor: Sarabande
Ensemble: Jupiter. Conductor: Thomas Dunford.- Eternal Heaven - Handel: Suite No. 4 in D Minor: III. Sarabande.
- ERATO.
- 1.
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Emily Lim
The Sun, Unafraid to Shine
Orchestra: 成人快手 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Parkinson. -
Keaton Henson
Try
Performer: Keaton Henson. Performer: Daniel Herskedal.- Try.
- Mercury Classics.
- 1.
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Philip Glass
Opening (Glassworks)
Performer: Sergio Sorrentino.- Orange Mountain Music.
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George Walker
My Lord, what a morning (Folksongs for orchestra, No 3)
Orchestra: Seattle Symphony. Conductor: Asher Fisch.- Walker & Dawson: Orchesral Works.
- Seattle Symphony Media.
- 4.
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Johannes Brahms
Intermezzo, Op 117 No 1
Performer: Giorgi Gigashvili. -
Johann Sebastian Bach
Sleepers awake, arr. Bantock
Orchestrator: Granville Bantock. Orchestra: 成人快手 Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.- Bach - Transcriptions for Orchestra.
- Chandos.
- 3.
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Theo Alexander
Hammer Frenzy
Performer: Theo Alexander.- Hammer Frenzy.
- Arts & Crafts Productions Inc..
- 2.
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Trad.
Suo Gan
Performer: Alis Huws. Music Arranger: Haldon Evans.- Long Nights and Starry Skies.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 1.
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Thomas Farnon
A
Performer: Thomas Farnon.- A.
- Chromium Music Group.
- 5.
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Jim Perkins
Footsteps
Performer: Anna de Bruin. Performer: Jim Perkins.- Bigo and Twigetti.
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H茅l猫ne de Montgeroult
Violin Sonata in A minor Op.2 no.3 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Sophie Rosa. Performer: Ian Buckle.- Montgeroult, Viotti, Weber & Mendelssohn: Violin Sonatas.
- Rubicon.
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Matilda Brown
Moving Through Emotions
Orchestra: 成人快手 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Gabriella Teychenn茅. -
Luke Howard
Blue Hands
Performer: Luke Howard.- The Sand That Ate The Sea.
- Mercury Classics.
- 10.
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Lambert
Time Out
Performer: Lambert.- Open.
- Mercury Classics.
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Karen Tanaka
3 Water Dances (no.1)
Performer: Signe Bakke.- 2L.
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Lara Somogyi
alom
Performer: Lara Somogyi.- 谩濒辞尘.
- Mercury Classics.
- 1.
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Kosuke Anamizu
Land
Ensemble: Moshimoss.- Land.
- Moderna Records.
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Giya Kancheli
Herio Bichebo (Earth, This Is Your Son)
Performer: Anastasia Kobekina. Performer: Luka Okros.
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