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Elevate your evening with soothing 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 Rachmaninov, Errollyn Wallen and Erland Cooper. Plus, a chance to Press Pause with meditation teacher Maude Hirst, and some essential Wind Down Wisdom from science podcaster Caroline Steel on how listening to slower music can help calm your nervous system.
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Music Played

  • William Byrd

    Retire My Soul

    Choir: Stile Antico.
    • Byrd: Retire My Soul.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Charles Gounod

    O ma belle rebelle

    Performer: Christian-Pierre La Marca. Performer: Amandine Savary.
    • L'heure exquise.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    The Four Seasons, Concerto No 4 in F Minor, RV 297 "Winter" (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Chloe Chua. Orchestra: Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Chan Yoong-Han.
    • Vivaldi: Four Seasons - Locatelli: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 3 No. 12 "Il.
    • Pentatone.
    • 111.

  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Pas des 茅charpes (Suite for piano)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Hyperion.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No 4 in C minor, D 417, 'Tragic'

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Juanjo Mena.

  • Erland Cooper

    Movement 7 - Instrumental

    Performer: Erland Cooper. Performer: Leo Abrahams.
    • Folded Landscapes.
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 11.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    6 Pieces, Op 19 (Nocturne)

    Performer: Narek Hakhnazaryan. Performer: Katya Apekisheva.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Triple Concerto for violin, cello & piano (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali.
    • DECCA.

  • Tom Ashbrook

    Too Soon

    • Sines.
    • The Other Songs.
    • 1.

  • Muzio Clementi

    Piano Concerto in C Major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Felicja Blumental. Conductor: Alberto Zedda. Orchestra: Prague New Chamber Orchestra.
    • Romantic Piano Concertos, Vol. 2.
    • Vox.
    • 6.

  • Haydn Wood

    Serenade to Youth

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Leaper.
    • Wood: Sketch of A Dandy / London Cameos.
    • Marco-Polo.
    • 1.

  • Libby Larsen

    Dear Love (from Love Songs)

    Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: Will Dawes.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No 3 in D Major 'Polish' Op 29 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Tchaikovsky Symphony No.6 'Pathetique', Symphony No.4, Symphony No.3 'Polish'.
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 7.

  • Stephen Paulus

    The Road Home

    Choir: VOCES8. Conductor: Barnaby Smith. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music.
    • After Silence.
    • VOCES8 Records.
    • 21.

  • Errollyn Wallen

    Photography: II

    Ensemble: Ensemble X. Conductor: Nicholas Kok.
    • NMC Recordings Limited.

  • 脫lafur Arnalds

    Epilogue (Nomadland)

    • Nomadland (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 5.

  • Tatiana Stachak

    Walc w kafejce

    Performer: Heike Matthiesen.
    • Guitar Ladies.
    • Vienna2day.
    • 15.

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Amore

    • /04 /05 (2024 Remaster).
    • WM Japan.
    • 3.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Flos Campi (5th mvt)

    Performer: Lawrence Power. Choir: 大象传媒 National Chorus of Wales. Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Vaughan Williams: Flos Campi & Suite; McEwen: Viola Concerto.
    • Hyperion.
    • 17.

  • Joel Christian Goffin

    Waterfelt

    • Bluestone Symphonics.

  • Domenico Puccini

    Piano Concerto in B flat major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Eugene List. Orchestra: Austrian Tonkunstler Orchestra. Conductor: Zlatko Topolski.
    • Viotti & Domenico Puccini: Piano Concertos.
    • Musical Heritage Society.
    • 5.

  • Roger Eno & Brian Eno

    Verdigris

    • Mixing Colours.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 8.

  • Alex Patterson

    Meditation

    Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: David Hill.

  • Chiquinha Gonzaga

    Heloisa

    Performer: Karin Fernandes.
    • Perfume: Chiquinha Gonzaga Waltzes, Vol. 1.
    • Azul Music.
    • 5.

  • Eric Whitacre

    Sleep

    Lyricist: Charles Anthony Silvestri. Ensemble: Ensemble Altera. Conductor: Christopher Lowrey.
    • Dazzling Light.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 14.

  • Alexis Ffrench

    Warm Embrace

    • Piano Diaries.
    • Juice Music.
    • 11.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Vocalise Op.34

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Divertimento No 15 in B flat major, K 287 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Xiaoming Han. Orchestra: Saarbr眉cken Radio Symphony Orchestra. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
    • Shanghai Mozart Dream.
    • Oehms Classics.
    • 10.

  • Diarmuid J Kennedy

    In the field

    Performer: Diarmuid J Kennedy.

  • Jung Jae-il

    26.9

    Performer: Jung Jae-il. Performer: Jung Jae-il. Orchestra: Budapest Scoring Orchestra. Orchestra: Budapest Scoring Orchestra. Choir: Budapest Scoring Choir. Choir: Budapest Scoring Choir. Conductor: 鞝曥潃順�. Conductor: 鞝曥潃順�.
    • psalms.
    • Universal Music Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Dinu Lipatti

    Piano Concertino in the Classical Style, Op 3 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Marco Vincenzi. Conductor: Gert Meditz. Orchestra: Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto.
    • Lipatti: Piano Concertino in the Classical Style / Piano Sonatina / Nocturnes.
    • Dynamic.
    • 1.

  • Liam Taylor-West

    A Slow Breath

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

  • Emahoy Tsegu茅-Maryam Gu猫brou

    Homesickness

    • Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru.
    • Mississippi Records.
    • 4.

  • Howard Skempton

    Ave Virgo sanctissima

    Choir: The Exon Singers. Conductor: Matthew Owens.
    • Howard Skempton: The Cloths of Heaven - Choral Music and Songs.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 20.

  • Jean鈥怣ichel Blais

    yanni (piano)

    • 蝉茅谤茅苍补诲别蝉.
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 6.

  • Laurie Spiegel

    The Unquestioned Answer

    • The Expanding Universe.
    • Unseen Worlds.
    • 11.

  • H茅l猫ne de Montgeroult

    Piano Sonata No 9 in F sharp minor, Op 5, No 3 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Sarah Cahill.
    • The Future is Female, Vol. 3, 'At Play'.
    • First Hand Records.
    • 2.

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