Switch off with calming classical music

Classical Wind Down

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 Henry Mancini, Hans Zimmer and Bach. Plus, a chance to Press Pause with meditation teacher Michael James Wong, and some essential Wind Down Wisdom from science podcaster Caroline Steel on how having a set mealtime can help you to unwind.
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Alessandro Marcello

Concerto for Oboe, Strings and Basso continuo in D minor: II. Adagio
Performer: Miloš Karadaglić. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Director: Jonathan Cohen.
- Baroque.
- Sony Classical.
- 10.
Louise Farrenc

25 Piano études faciles, Op 50: No 2
Performer: Maria Stratigou.
- Grand Piano.
Evelyn Glennie & Philip Sheppard

Celestial Aurora
- KPM Main Series.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Symphony No 29 in A major, K 201
Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.
Marie Awadis

Étude No 10: Void
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
Trad.

Still, still, still weils Kindlein schlafen will
Music Arranger: Mack Wilberg. Singer: Bryn Terfel. Choir: London Voices. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
John Jenkins

Fantasia III a 6
Ensemble: L’Achéron. Conductor: François Joubert-Caillet.
- Ricercar.
Fabrizio Paterlini

Waltz
- Believe International.
Harold Arlen

Over the Rainbow (Arr for Marimba)
Performer: Fumito Nunoya.
- Ars Produktion.
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

Violin concerto in D major, Op.3`1 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Zhou Qian. Orchestra: Toronto Camerata. Conductor: Kevin Mallon.
- Saint-George: Complete Violin Concertos, Vol.2.
- NAXOS.
- 8.
Bernat Vivancos

Aeternam
Choir: Latvian Radio Choir. Conductor: Sigvards Kļava.
- Neu Records.
Clara Schumann

3 Preludes & Fugues, Op 16: No 2 in B flat major
Performer: Jean-Pierre Armengaud.
- Grand Piano.
Julie Cooper

LULLABY in Valley Green
Performer: Cara Berridge. Performer: Camilla Pay. Performer: Julie Cooper. Ensemble: Her Ensemble.
- Signum Records.
Helen Leach

Diary of the Bee: III. Wild Rose
Performer: John Bradbury. Ensemble: Victoria String Quartet.
- Divine Art.
Henry Mancini

Moon River (Arr for Guitar)
Performer: Plínio Fernandes.
- Decca Records US.
John Foulds

A Lament (Keltic Suite, Op 29)
Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
- GBBBC.
Taku Matsushiba

acaille in Barcelona
Performer: Taku Matsushiba.
- avex pictures.
Luigi Boccherini

String Quartet Op2 no1 in E flat G159
Ensemble: Chaos String Quartet.
Hans Zimmer

Interstellar Suite: Part 1, Day One
Composer: Alexander Gibson. Composer: Ryan Rubin. Performer: Aleksandra Suklar. Singer: Gan-Ya Ben-Gur Akselrod. Orchestra: Odessa Orchestra & Friends. Conductor: Gavin Greenaway.
- Sony Classical/Sony Music.
Takashi Yoshimatsu

Digital Bird Suite, Op 15: II. A Bird in the Twilight
Performer: Manuela Wiesler. Performer: Noriko Ogawa.
- Naxos Music UK Ltd.
Jeremy Birchall

Listening
- Manners McDade.
Johann Sebastian Bach

Cello Suite No 1 in G major: Sarabande
Performer: Santiago Cañón-Valencia.
Ava Rasti

Music For The Motion Picture Double Life
- RooBeRoo Mansion.
Sam Rapley

Ease
Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Palmer.
Anna Lapwood

O Nata Lux
Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.
- Signum.
Harold Budd & Brian Eno

A Stream With Bright Fish
- Virgin Catalogue.
Guillaume Dufay

Saltarello
Conductor: Jordi Savall. Orchestra: Hespèrion XXI. Ensemble: La Capella Reial de Catalunya.
- Alia Vox.
Eleni Karaindrou

Eternity And A Day: 2. By The Sea
- ECM New Series.
Jóhann Jóhannsson

The Wedding (The Theory of Everything OST)
Conductor: Anthony Weeden. Conductor: Ben Foster. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
- Back Lot Music.
Johannes Brahms

Romance in F major Op 118 no 5
Performer: Eric Lu.
Sally Greenaway

Resonance
Choir: Luminescence Chamber Singers. Conductor: Roland Peelman.
- Modern Classical X.
Christina Vantzou & John Also Bennett

Dwelling
- Editions Basilic.
Mary Lattimore

Pine Trees
- Ghostly International.
Franz Schubert

String Quartet in G minor D173 (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: Leonkoro Quartet.
Shin Suzuma

Always
Performer: Shin Suzuma.
Georgs Pelēcis

Fiori Musicali: Vientula kalla
Orchestra: Kremerata Baltica.
- SKANI.
Johann Ludwig Krebs

Concerto for Guitar and Streichorchester in G Major: Satz 2
Performer: Jozef Zsapka. Performer: Dagmar Zsapkova. Orchestra: Slovenský komorný orchester Bohdana Warchala. Conductor: Bohdan Warchal.
- Denon.
Dmitry Shostakovich

Shostakovich Jazz Waltz Variation (After Jazz Suite No 2)
Performer: Louis Philippson.
- Masterworks/Sony Music.
Balmorhea

Rose in Abstract
Performer: Balmorhea. Performer: Morris Kliphuis. Performer: Clarice Jensen. Singer: Lisa Morgenstern.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
William Shield

String Trio No 1 in E flat major (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: Trio Szabadi.
- Hungaroton.
Alexis Ffrench

Hummingbird
- AFM.
James Bassi

Quem pastores laudavere
Ensemble: ORA. Conductor: Suzi Digby.
- harmonia mundi.
Peter Broderick

Earnest Leslye
- HUSH.

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