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Ease into the evening with restorative sounds

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 Anoushka Shankar, Poppy Ackroyd and Rimsky-Korsakov 鈥� plus some essential Wind Down Wisdom from award-winning science podcaster Caroline Steel and a chance to Press Pause.

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Music Played

  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Entry of Polymnie (Les Boreades)

    Orchestra: Orfeo Orchestra. Conductor: Gy枚rgy Vashegyi.
    • Rameau: Les Boreades.
    • Erato.
    • 64.

  • Robert Schumann

    Evening Song (from Piano Pieces for Little and Big Kids, Op.85)

    Performer: Kian Soltani. Music Arranger: Michael Rot. Music Arranger: Matthias Spindler. Orchestra: Camerata Salzburg.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Vladimir Valivov

    Ave Maria

    Composer: Giulio Caccini. Music Arranger: Maria Leszczynska-Thieu. Ensemble: SCS Cello Ensemble. Conductor: Jacob Shaw.
    • The Road to Vienna.
    • Evidence Classics.
    • 1.

  • Becky Ainge

    Waves

    Performer: Becky Ainge.
    • Coastlines.
    • Becky Ainge.
    • 1.

  • William Byrd

    Justorum animae

    Choir: 成人论坛 Singers. Conductor: David Hill.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Fleurs from Fiancailles pour rire

    Music Arranger: Jean-Christophe Masson. Ensemble: Van Kuijk Quartet.
    • Impressions parisiennes.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 3.

  • Harry Burleigh

    Southland Sketches No 2 (Adagio ma non troppo)

    Performer: Kristin Lee. Performer: Jeremy Ajani Jordan.
    • American Sketches.
    • First Hand.
    • 10.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano sonata No 16 in C major, K 545 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Khatia Buniatishvili.
    • Sony.

  • Glowworm

    Agape

    • Agape.
    • Hammock Music.
    • 1.

  • Lionel Tertis

    Hier au soir - Pensee Musicale

    Performer: Timothy Ridout. Performer: James Baillieu.

  • Luke Faulkner

    Esja

    Performer: Luke Faulkner. Performer: Alix Vaillot-Szwarc. Performer: Ozgur Kaya.
    • Esja.
    • Curly Records.
    • 1.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The young prince and princess (Sheherazade)

    Orchestra: 成人论坛 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ilan Volkov.

  • Meredi

    Song for Rosemarie

    Performer: Meredi.
    • Stardust.
    • Modern Recordings.
    • 8.

  • Justus R眉menapp

    Different to our daily lives

    Performer: Justus R眉menapp.
    • Retreat.
    • Silent Beat.
    • 10.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in D minor, K 32

    Performer: Nora von Marschall. Music Arranger: Nora von Marschall.
    • D. Scarlatti: 3 Sonatas, K 27, K 32, K 1 (Arr. for Harp by Nora von Marschall).
    • Prospero Classical.
    • 2.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello suite No 6 in D major, BWV 1012 (Sarabande)

    Performer: Abel Selaocoe. Music Arranger: Fred Thomas. Ensemble: Manchester Collective.
    • Bach, JS: Cello Suite No. 6, BWV 1012: IV. Sarabande.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Roger Eno

    Through The Blue (Piano Version)

    Performer: Roger Eno.
    • the skies: rarities.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.

  • Foday Musa Suso

    Tilliboyo [Sunset]

    Performer: Foday Musa Suso. Ensemble: Kronos Quartet.
    • Nonesuch.

  • Gabr铆el 脫lafs

    The Lily (Piano Version)

    • The Lily.
    • Decca Records US.
    • 2.

  • Albert Ket猫lbey

    Bells across the meadows

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Leaper.
    • Ketelbey: In A Monastery Garden / Chal Romano.
    • Marco-Polo.
    • 1.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano trio in B major, Op 8 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: The Florestan Trio.
    • Brahms: Piano Trios 1-3, Clarinet Trio & Horn Trio.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.

  • Sofi Paez

    Amsterdam

    Performer: Sofi Paez.
    • Silent Stories.
    • OPIA Community.
    • 3.

  • Sarah Neutkens

    September IV

    Ensemble: Nederlands Saxofoon Octet.
    • September.
    • Sarah Neutkens.
    • 1.

  • Noa Margalit

    Mayim

    Orchestra: 成人论坛 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Parkinson.

  • Morten Lauridsen

    O Magnum Mysterium

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Eventide (10th Anniversary Edition).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 14.

  • Traditional Catalonian

    El Noi de la Mare

    Performer: Guillem Perez-Quer.
    • El Noi de la Mare (Arr. for Guitar by Guillem Perez-Quer).
    • Prima Classic.
    • 1.

  • Erland Cooper

    Haar over Hamnavoe

    Composer: Bill Ryder-Jones. Performer: Erland Cooper. Performer: Bill Ryder-Jones.
    • Holm (Variations & B-sides).
    • Believe International.
    • 7.

  • Ernest Bloch

    Prayer (From Jewish Life)

    Performer: Natalie Clein. Music Arranger: Christopher Palmer. Orchestra: 成人论坛 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ilan Volkov.
    • HYPERION.

  • Tony Ann

    SAGITTARIUS "The Optimist"

    Performer: Tony Ann.
    • 270掳.
    • Universal Music Division Decca Records France.
    • 3.

  • J贸hann J贸hannsson

    Flight from the City

    Performer: Yuki Numata Resnick. Performer: Tarn Travers. Performer: Ben Russell. Performer: Clarice Jensen.
    • 础迟尘辞蝉辫丑茅谤颈辩耻别.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 12.

  • Gillian Whitehead

    Lullaby for Matthew

    Performer: Dan Poynton.
    • You Hit Him He Cry Out.
    • Rattle.
    • 10.

  • Poppy Ackroyd

    Parallel

    Performer: Manu Delago. Performer: Poppy Ackroyd.
    • Haingeraide.
    • von der haardt.
    • 13.

  • Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger

    Toccata VI (Libro primo d'intavolatura di lauto)

    Performer: Thomas Dunford.
    • Kapsberger: Labirinto d鈥檃more.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 3.

  • Anoushka Shankar

    In the End

    • BMG Rights Management (WW) Ltd.

  • Karen Tanaka

    Night Bird

    Performer: Gerard McChrystal.
    • Aria.
    • First Hand Records.
    • 14.

  • Misha Mullov-Abbado

    The Stage Hand

    Orchestra: 成人论坛 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Parkinson.

  • Olivia Belli & Enrico Belli

    Still Blue

    • Olivia Belli.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    October (Autumn song) from The Seasons

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