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Ease into the day with classical music

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Sat 25 Oct 202506:30
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Music Played

  • Louis Spohr

    Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 26: 3. Rondo

    Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin. Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Portraits - The Clarinet Album.
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 12.

  • James Oswald

    Thistle (Airs for the Seasons)

    Ensemble: Concerto Caledonia. Director: David McGuinness.
    • Colin's Kisses: The Music of James Oswald.
    • Linn.
    • 2-3.

  • Gustav Holst

    Venus, the Bringer of Peace (The Planets)

    Orchestra: The National Youth Orchestra. Performer: Dominic Martens. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Strauss / Holst: Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 011.

  • Danny Driver

    Goldberg Variations: 1-4

    • ONYX.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Don Giovanni (Overture)

    Orchestra: Le Concert de la Loge. Director: Julien Chauvin.
    • ALPHA.

  • Marguerite Monnot

    Improvisation on Hymne à l'amour

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud. Music Arranger: Alexandre Tharaud.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet in G major, Op 18 No 2 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.
    • Beethoven - The Complete String Quartets Vol. 1.
    • Zig Zag Territories.
    • 3.

  • François Lazarevitch & Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien

    Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 10, RV 439 "La Notte"

  • Johann Strauss II

    Draussen in Sievering blüht schon der Flieder

    Lyricist: Hans Adler. Conductor: Ádám Fischer.
    • Wien.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 8.

  • Johannes Brahms

    5 Lieder, Op. 49: No. 4, Wiegenlied (Arr. for Piano by Max Reger)

    • Brahms: 5 Lieder, Op. 49: No. 4, Wiegenlied (Arr. for Piano by Max Reger).
    • Evidence Classics.
    • 1.

  • Henryk Wieniawski

    Légende Op.17

    Performer: María Dueñas. Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.
    • Beethoven and Beyond.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 7.

  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Stabat Mater a 8

    Choir: The Sixteen. Director: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.

  • Traditional Irish

    The Gold Ring Jig

    Performer: Jordi Savall. Performer: Andrew Lawrence‐King. Performer: Frank McGuire.
    • The Celtic Viol 2: Savall/Lawrence-King/McGuire.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 8.

  • Astor Piazzolla

    Libertango

    Performer: Miloš Karadaglić. Performer: Ksenija Sidorova. Orchestra: European Film Philharmonia Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Christoph Israel.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in B-Flat Major, Op. 71 No. 1: III. Menuetto (Allegretto - Trio)

    • Haydn: String Quartets Op. 71.
    • Linn Records.
    • 3.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maes

    • Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 3 - Scriabin: Piano Concerto in F-Sharp Mi.
    • Chandos.
    • 101.

  • John Adams

    Absolute Jest: II. Presto

    Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas. Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony.
    • Adams: Absolute Jest & Grand Pianola Music.
    • SFS Media.
    • 2.

  • Franz Liszt

    Liszt: La cloche sonne, S. 238

    • Liszt: Complete Piano Music 27 – Fantasies, Paraphrases & Transcriptions of Nati.
    • Hyperion.
    • 14.

  • Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Carmen, Act I: Seguidilla. Près des remparts de Séville

    Lyricist: Henri Meilhac. Lyricist: Ludovic Halévy. Lyricist: Prosper Mérimée.
    • Aigul.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 2.

  • Michel‐Richard de Lalande

    Grande piece en G re sol „Fantaisie ou Caprice que le Roy demandoit souvent"

    Conductor: Jurgen Gross. Orchestra: Elbipolis Barockorchester Hamburg.
    • Symphonies pour les soupers du Roy.
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 21.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Intermezzo in E flat minor, Op 118 No 6

    Performer: Eric Lu.
    • Late Works by Mozart, Schubert & Brahms.
    • Genuin.
    • 11.

  • Don Rose

    Overture from Girl Crazy

    Composer: George Gershwin. Conductor: Wayne Marshall. Orchestra: Aalborg Symphony.
    • Gershwin - Orchestral Works.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.

Broadcast

  • Sat 25 Oct 202506:30
    BBC Radio 3