Elevate your evening with glorious 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 Jóhann Jóhannsson, Margaret Bonds and Erik Satie – plus some essential Wind Down Wisdom from science podcast Caroline Steel on how cooking a simple dinner can help you de-stress from the pressures of your day.
To listen on most smart speakers just ask BBC Sounds to play Classical Wind Down.
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Valentin Silvestrov
Cherubic Song (Liturgical Chants: 4 Spiritual Songs)
Lyricist: Anon.. Choir: Latvian Radio Choir. Conductor: Sigvards Kļava.- Ondine.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Cello Suite No 6 in D Major, BWV 1012 (IV. Sarabande) (Arr. for Cello & Strings)
Performer: Abel Selaocoe. Music Arranger: Fred Thomas. Ensemble: Manchester Orchestra.![]()
Margaret Bonds
Bright Star
Performer: Lara Downes.- Flipside Music.
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Johannes Brahms
Trio No 1 in B major, Op 8
Ensemble: ATOS Trio.![]()
Isobel Waller-Bridge
For a Moment
Ensemble: 12 Ensemble.- Mercury KX.
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John Field
Nocturne No 1 in E flat major
Performer: Elizabeth Joy Roe.- Decca.
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Mokale Koapeng
KHUTSO - Chant for Peace
Performer: Charl du Plessis. Choir: Singkronies Chamber Choir. Choir: Vocal Ensemble Cant'afrika. Orchestra: University of Pretoria Camerata. Conductor: Johannes Theodorus van der Sandt.- Andreas Lamken.
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Anon.
Jeux Interdits - Spanish Romance (arr. for guitar and orchestra)
Performer: Miloš Karadaglić. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Watkins.- Deutsch Grammophon.
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Fiona Brice, Jim Perkins & Tony Woollard
As The Night Draws In
- Bigo and Twigetti.
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Herbert Howells
A Spotless Rose
Choir: Apollo5.- VOCES8 Records.
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Jóhann Jóhannsson
Good Night, Day
Performer: Hildur Guðnadóttir. Orchestra: Air Lyndhurst String Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Weeden.- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Orlando Gibbons
Fantasia No 1 a 4 'For Ye Great Dooble Base"
Ensemble: Fretwork. Conductor: Richard Boothby.- Warner Classics.
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Helena Munktell
Violin Sonata in E flat major Op.21 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Cecilia Zilliacus. Performer: Bengt Forsberg.- db Productions.
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Hayato Sumino
Nocturne III - Once in a Blue Moon
- Sony Classical.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Quintet
Performer: Annelien Van Wauwe. Ensemble: Van Kuijk Quartet.![]()
Erik Satie
Mercure, Scene 1: La nuit
Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique et lyrique de Nancy. Conductor: Jérôme Kaltenbach.- Naxos.
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Clint Mansell
Ghosts of Things to Come (Requiem for a Dream OST)
Performer: Clint Mansell. Ensemble: Kronos Quartet.- Nonesuch.
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Gustav Holst
Ave Maria Op.9b for female chorus a 8
Choir: Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea. Conductor: William Vann.- SOMM.
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Rachel Portman
much loved (feat. Caroline Dale)
- Node Records.
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George Frideric Handel
Suite No 4 in E Minor, HWV 429 (4th mvt, Sarabande)
Performer: Danny Driver.- Hyperion.
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Helen Leach
Where Hope Was Sown: I. The Day of the Peewits' Return
Performer: Richard Simpson. Ensemble: Victoria String Quartet.- Divine Art.
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Trad.
Despair Not, O Heart (Arr For String Quartet)
Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.- ECM New Series.
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Nightports & Matthew Bourne
Window
- The Leaf Label.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto in D major Op 35 (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.![]()
Robert Schumann
Abendlied Op.85 no.12
Music Arranger: Joseph Joachim. Performer: Lena Neudauer. Orchestra: German Radio Philharmonic. Conductor: Pablo Gonzalez.- Hänssler Classics.
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The Wong Janice
Cello for the New Moon
- The Wong Janice.
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Ezio Bosso
Before 6
Performer: Vanessa Wagner.- THE BACK OFFICE.
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Hildegard von Bingen
Ave generosa
Choir: Oxford Camerata. Conductor: Jeremy Summerly.- Naxos.
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Erland Cooper
Hoxa Sound
- Believe International.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Six Studies in English Folk Song: No. 2, Spurn Point
Performer: Timothy Ridout. Performer: James Baillieu.- harmonia mundi.
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Nils Frahm
The Dane
- Erased Tapes.
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Alan Hovhaness
Prayer of Saint Gregory
Performer: Olivier Theurillat. Orchestra: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Laurent Gay.- Indesens.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Songs Without Words Op 19 No 6 in G minor 'Venetian Gondola Song'
Performer: Jan Lisiecki.- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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A Winged Victory for the Sullen
So That The City Can Begin To Exist
- Artificial Pinearch Manufacturing.
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Franz Schubert
String Quartet in G minor D173 (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: Leonkoro Quartet.![]()
Mary Lattimore
We Wave From Our Boats
- Ghostly International.
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Adolphus Hailstork
Meditation on 'Amazing Grace'
Ensemble: Eastern Virginia Brass Quintet.- Albany Records.
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Patrick Yeboah
Differences
- Patrick Yeboah.
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Paul Leonard‐Morgan
Together
Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Leonard‐Morgan.- BBC.
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Eleanor Daley
Requiem (In Remembrance)
Choir: The Gesualdo Six. Conductor: Owain Park.- HYPERION.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Bagatelle in G major, Op 126 No 5
Performer: Georges Solchany.- EMI Classics.
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Barrington Pheloung
Sisters
Orchestra: London Metropolitan Orchestra. Conductor: Barrington Pheloung.- Sony Classical.
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Emma Jackson
Cherished
Performer: Emma Jackson.![]()
Tomat & Federico Bisozzi
Virus et Homo
- 7K!.
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Francis Poulenc
Sarabande for Guitar, FP 179
Performer: Sean Shibe.- PENTATONE.
Broadcasts
- Thu 28 Nov 202418:00BBC Radio 3 Unwind
- Mon 16 Dec 202418:00BBC Radio 3 Unwind
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