Take time to relax with a soothing classical playlist
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 Ravel, Rebecca Dale and Drexler. Plus, a chance to Press Pause with meditation teacher Maude Hirst, and some essential Wind Down Wisdom from science podcaster Caroline Steel on how talking through thoughts and feelings can be a powerful tool to reduce stress.
To listen on most smart speakers, just ask BBC Sounds to play Classical Wind Down.
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Fanny Mendelssohn
String Quartet in E flat major (version for string orchestra) (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Orchestre de chambre de Toulouse. Conductor: Lina Tur Bonet.- Felix & Fanny.
- Aparté.
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Marika Takeuchi
Returning
Performer: Marika Takeuchi.- Iridescence.
- Bigo & Twigetti.
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George Butterworth
The Banks of Green Willow
Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Krišs Russman.- BIS.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Thamos, King of Egypt, K 345 - 2nd act interlude
Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ludovic Morlot.![]()
Rebecca Dale
The Lost Composers (Fortissima)
Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Anna Rakitina.- The Lost Composers (Fortissima).
- Sony Classical/Sony Music.
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Alexander Pierce Hill
The Victorious Hymn
Ensemble: Apollo5.- The Victorious Hymn.
- VOCES8 Records.
- 1.
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Alexander Glazunov
3 Études for Piano, Op. 31: No. 3. La nuit
Performer: Alexander Malofeev.- Forgotten Melodies.
- Sony Classical.
- 11.
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Gabriel Fauré
Pavane, Op 50
Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Jac van Steen.![]()
Manu Delago
Draw
Composer: Max Zbiral-Teller. Performer: Manu Delago.- Deuce.
- Session Work Records.
- 1.
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Betty Jackson King
Lullaby
Performer: Rachel Barton Pine. Performer: Matthew Hagle.- Cedille.
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Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in A major Kk.208
Performer: Lavinia Meijer.- Scarlatti: Sonata in A Major, K 208.
- Sony Classical.
- 1.
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Jamie Duffy
Puca
Performer: Jamie Duffy.- Jamie Duffy.
- Kollective Neighbouring Rights Records B.V..
- 8.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No 1 in C minor, Op 11 (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Gewandhaus Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.- Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 11: II. Andante.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 1.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring from Cantata No 147
Performer: Esther Birringer. Music Arranger: Myra Hess.- Bach: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, Cantata BWV 147.
- Rubicon.
- 1.
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Gerald Finzi
5 Bagatelles, Op 23 (No 2, 'Romance')
Performer: Anastasia Schmidlin. Performer: Denis Zhdanov.- Finzi: 5 Bagatelles, Op. 23.
- Prospero Classical.
- 2.
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Mike Lazarev
Serenity
Performer: Mike Lazarev.- Dislodged.
- 1631 Recordings.
- 9.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Idyll, Op 44
Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Emilie Godden.![]()
Jocelyn Morlock
Halcyon
Performer: Tommy Mesa. Performer: Yoon Lee.- 17(67).
- Azica Records.
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Abdullah Ibrahim
Devotion
Performer: Abdullah Ibrahim.- The Balance.
- Gearbox Records.
- 9.
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Garrett Schumann
Sonata for orchestra (after Beethoven's Op 30 No 2) (2nd mvt)
Composer: Yaniv Segal. Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Yaniv Segal.- Beethoven Reimagined.
- Naxos.
- 102.
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Cecilia Tyrrell
Expand your creativity
Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.![]()
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin sonata in E minor, K 304 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Andrea Cicalese. Performer: Julien Quentin.- Mozart: Violin Sonata in E Minor, K.304/300c: II. Tempo di Menuetto.
- Sony Classical/Sony Music.
- 1.
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William Henry Harris
Faire is the Heaven
Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Nicholas Chalmers.![]()
Laura Marling
What He Wrote
Performer: Rosie Bennet.- Laura Marling: What He Wrote.
- Sony Classical.
- 1.
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Maurice Ravel
Pavane pour une infante defunte arr. for wind ensemble
Music Arranger: Guy du Cheyron. Ensemble: Ensemble Ouranos.- Constellations.
- Alpha Classics.
- 5.
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Eydís Evensen
Flow
Performer: Esther Abrami. Performer: Eydís Evensen.- Flow.
- Sony Classical/Sony Music.
- 1.
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Drexler
The Moon Represents My Heart
- Drexler.
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Giovanni Battista Viotti
Violin concerto No 22 in A minor (2nd mvt)
Performer: Christian Tetzlaff. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.- Brahms, Viotti & Dvořák: Orchestral Works.
- Ondine.
- 5.
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Akira Kosemura
The Path Of Life
Composer: 井口寛. Performer: Akira Kosemura. Performer: 井口寛.- Reach for NAGA.
- Universal Music LLC.
- 10.
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Anna Thorvaldsdottir
Hear us in heaven
Ensemble: The King’s Singers.- Head Space: Candlelight.
- Signum Records.
- 4.
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Anna Clyne
Dance (when you're broken open)
Performer: Maja Bogdanović. Orchestra: Phion. Conductor: Xandi van Dijk.- Perfectly Free.
- Challenge Classics.
- 5.
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Henriette Renié
Trio for harp, violin & cello (3rd mvt)
Ensemble: Ensemble Des Equilibres.- Cordes rêvent.
- Klarthe.
- 4.
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Robert Schumann
Intermezzo from F-A-E sonata
Performer: Hana Chang. Performer: Elisabeth Brauss.![]()
Ben Ponniah
Ra Ma Da Sa, Sa Se So Hung
Choir: BBC Singers. Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Graham Ross.![]()
Ananda Chatterjee
Circuits
Performer: Ananda Chatterjee.- Shivers.
- Villager.
- 3.
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zakè
In Return
- Orchestral Tape Studies II.
- Past Inside the Present.
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Camille Saint‐Saëns
Tortoises from Carnival of the Animals, arr. Lewin for guitar & string ensemble
Performer: Alexandra Whittingham. Performer: Thea Sayer. Ensemble: Carducci String Quartet.- Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals, R. 125: IV. Tortoises (Arr. Lewin for Guit.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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