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Switch off with calming classical music

Niall Breslin brings you calming classical music to help you release the stresses of the day, recharge and prepare to rest.

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Music Played

  • Jean Sibelius

    Humoresque, Op 89 No 2

    Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Sibelius: Works for Violin & Orchestra.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.

  • Muri毛l Bostdorp

    Hope

    Performer: Muri毛l Bostdorp.
    • Hope.
    • Andante Piano.
    • 1.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    String quartet in E flat major (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Aris Quartett.
    • Fanny Mendelssohn: String Quartet in E-Flat Major: I. Adagio ma non troppo (Musi.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • Henry Purcell

    Siciliana from Sonata in C minor, Op 4, No 9

    Performer: Maya Magub. Performer: Matthew Schellhorn.
    • Sonata in C Minor, Op. 4, No. 9, H.93: III. Siciliana (Arr. for violin and piano.
    • CRD Records.
    • 1.

  • Edward Elgar

    Falstaff's Dream (Falstaff, Op 68, No 14)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Elgar: Falstaff & Orchestral Works.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 14.

  • Joe Hisaishi

    Princess Mononoke

    Performer: Ang猫le Dubeau. Ensemble: La Piet脿.
    • A Time for Us (Silence, on joue!).
    • ANALEKTA.
    • 16.

  • Eric Whitacre

    This marriage

    Performer: Owain Park. Choir: 大象传媒 Singers.

  • Florence Price

    Piano Concerto: Adagio cantabile

    Performer: Jeneba Kanneh鈥怣ason. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Leslie Suganandarajah.
    • Decca.

  • Franz Schubert

    Psalm 23, D 706

    Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • This Is the Day: Music on Royal Occasions.
    • Collegium.
    • 3.

  • Frederick Delius

    The Walk to the Paradise Garden

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • GB大象传媒.

  • Lara Somogyi

    Dusk

    • Mercury Classics.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Summer's Eve (Lyric Pieces, Book 10, No 2)

    Performer: Einar Steen-N酶kleberg.
    • The Ultimate Lullaby Collection.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String quartet No 36 in A major (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Aeolian Quartet.

  • Arvo P盲rt

    Fur Alina

    Performer: Peter Broderick.
    • F眉r Alina.
    • Western Vinyl.
    • 1.

  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Missa Papae Marcelli - 5 Agnus Dei

    Choir: Stile Antico.
    • Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli: V. Agnus Dei: a. Agnus Dei I.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Peter Gregson & Lambert

    The Dive

    • Haingeraide.
    • von der haardt.
    • 12.

  • Henri Vieuxtemps

    脡l茅gie Op. 30

    Performer: Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad. Performer: David Meier.
    • Correspondances.
    • Rubicon.
    • 5.

  • John Dowland

    Lachrimae Antiquae Pavan (arrangement of Flow My Tears)

    Performer: 脕lvaro Pierri. Music Arranger: Helmuth Brandenburg. Conductor: Helmuth Brandenburg. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin.
    • GUITAR ROMANCE - Alvaro Pierri.
    • SCD.
    • 004.

  • Meredith Monk

    Ellis Island

    Performer: James McVinnie. Music Arranger: James McVinnie.
    • Pentatone.

  • William Grant Still

    Summerland (3 Visions)

    Performer: Bruce Levingston.
    • Citizen.
    • Sono Luminus.
    • 201.

  • Will Everitt

    Be Kind to Yourself

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Gabriella Teychenn茅.

  • Th茅odore Dubois

    Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: C茅dric Tiberghien. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Dubois: Piano Concertos: Cedric Tiberghien/大象传媒SSO/Andrew Manze.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.

  • Rosey Chan

    Autumn

    Performer: Rosey Chan.
    • Platoon.

  • Henrik Lindstrand

    Enghave Lys (Reimagined by Alex Somers)

    • Reimagined.
    • One Little Independent Records.
    • 4.

  • Oliver Leith

    Non Voglio Mai Vedere Il Sole Tramontare

    Performer: Eloisa鈥怓leur Thom. Ensemble: 12 Ensemble.
    • PLATOON.

  • Karl Jenkins

    Hymn

    Performer: Karl Jenkins.
    • Karl Jenkins: Piano.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 5.

  • Hania Rani

    Glass

    Performer: Hania Rani.
    • Matthew Halsall t/a Gondwana Records.

  • Akira Kosemura

    pause (almost equal to) play

    Performer: Akira Kosemura.
    • Pause (almost equal to) Play.
    • Universal Music LLC.
    • 4.

  • Leonard Cohen

    Hallelujah

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Didier Osindero. Performer: Alinka Rowe. Performer: Yong Jun Lee.
    • Inspiration.
    • Decca.
    • 12.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Prelude (5 Pieces)

    Performer: Laura Ayoub. Performer: Sarah Ayoub. Music Arranger: Laura Ayoub. Music Arranger: Sarah Ayoub. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mark Messenger.
    • The Ayoub Sisters.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 7.

  • Anne Dudley

    Two Brothers

    Performer: Anne Dudley. Ensemble: Quartet of London.
    • A Different Light.
    • Angel Records.
    • 6.

  • Moby

    Separation

    • All Visible Objects.
    • Warner Music Russia.
    • 9.

  • Lloyd Coleman

    Luminescence

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Palmer.

  • Nainita Desai

    My Mind is Still

    Performer: Thomas Gould. Performer: Leif Kaner鈥怢idstr枚m. Performer: Elsa Bradley. Music Arranger: Geoff Lawson. Choir: VOCES8.
    • Infinity.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 12.

  • Sarah Frances Jenkins

    Music and Meditation

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Palmer.

  • A. Blomqvist

    New Beginning (Arr. for Strings by Carlos Hof)

    Performer: A. Blomqvist. Music Arranger: Carlos Hof.
    • New Beginning (Arr. for Strings by Carlos Hof).
    • XXIM Records.
    • 1.

  • Daigo Hanada

    Hide Away

    Performer: Daigo Hanada.
    • Journey Through Memories.
    • Universal Music LLC.
    • 6.

  • Alessandro Marcello

    Adagio (from Oboe Concerto in D Minor)

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Music Arranger: John Harle. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Balcombe.
    • Decca.

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