The eclectic classical mix
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music from favourites like Debussy, Brahms and Bruckner.
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music with the serene piano music of a Rachmaninoff prelude, the beautiful voices of the Monteverdi Choir singing Brahms, spritely concertos from Mozart and Joseph Bologne, and the innocence of children's corner by Debussy.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Prelude in G major, Op 32 No 5
Performer: Vladimir Horowitz.- Vladimir Horowitz The Indespensable.
- BMG Classics.
- 4.
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Johannes Brahms
Es tont ein voller Harfenklang (4 Songs Op 17, No 1)
Performer: Christian Rutherford. Performer: Anthony Halstead. Performer: Delyth Wynne. Ensemble: Monteverdi Choir. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- Brahms: Choral Works.
- Philips.
- 19.
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Claude Debussy
Dr Gradus ad Parnassum (Children's corner)
Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.- Childhood Tales.
- Decca.
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Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Violin Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 5 No. 1: III. Rondeau
Conductor: Renaud Capuçon. Orchestra: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra.- Vivaldi: Les 4 Saisons.
- Warner Classics.
- 18.
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Anton Bruckner
Locus iste
Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.- HYPERION.
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Joseph Canteloube
Baïlèro (Chants d'Auvergne, Set 1)
Singer: Arleen Augér. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.- 100 Best Relaxing Classics.
- EMI Classics.
- 4.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Rondo in B-Flat Major, K. 269
Performer: Baiba Skride. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Eivind Aadland.- Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 1-5.
- Orfeo.
- 401.
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- Fri 11 Apr 2025 19:00ѿý Radio 3
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