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Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites, including music by Fryderyk Chopin, Camille Saint-Saens, and Dobrinka Tabakova.

Produced by Laura Yogasundram.

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Music Played

  • Ermengildo Abbate del Cinque

    Sonata No. 15 for Three Cellos in C major: I. Adagio, II. Spiritoso moderato

    Performer: Ludovico Minasi. Performer: Teodoro Baù. Performer: Cristina Vidoni. Performer: Simone Vallerotonda. Performer: Andrea Buccarella.
    • Ermenegildo del Cinque: Sonatas for Three Cellos.
    • Arcana.
    • 9.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturne in B major Op.32 no.1

    Performer: Maria João Pires.
    • Chopin: The Nocturnes: Maria Joao Pires.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 9.

  • Veljo Tormis

    It's time for the little baby to sleep (4 Estonian Lullabies)

    Choir: The Gesualdo Six. Director: Owain Park.
    • Fading.
    • HYPERION.
    • 07.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Le Carnaval des Animaux, R. 125: VII. Aquarium

    Ensemble: Les Siècles. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.
    • Saint-Saëns: Symphonic Poems - Le Carnaval des animaux - L'Assassinat du duc de.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 7.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Symphony no.5 in E minor (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Lindberg.
    • Tchaikovsky: Symphonies 4, 5 & 6.
    • BIS.
    • 3.

  • Alma Mahler-Werfel

    Bei dir ist es traut (5 Songs)

    Singer: Karen Cargill. Performer: Simon Lepper.
    • Linn.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Minuet No 1 in A major (3 Minuets for strings)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jacek Kaspszyk.
    • Puccini: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Jacek Kaspszyk.
    • Collins Digital.
    • 2.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Quartet in G Minor, TWV 43:g4: II. Adagio

    Ensemble: New Collegium.
    • Chameleon.
    • Ramée.
    • 2.

  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Nocturne

    Performer: Evelyn Chang.
    • AVIE.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Apollon musagète, K 048

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • Chandos.

  • Franz Lehár

    Die lustige Witwe, Act II: Vilja-Lied

    Singer: Rachel Willis-Sørensen. Conductor: Frédéric Chaslin. Orchestra: Orchestra del teatro Carlo Felice di Genova. Choir: Capella Cracoviensis.
    • Rachel.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 20.

  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Tambourin en rondeau

    Performer: Martin Fröst. Performer: Roland Pöntinen. Performer: Sebastien Dubé. Music Arranger: Roland Pöntinen.
    • SONY.

  • Manuel de Falla

    Nana (7 Popular Spanish Songs)

    Performer: Martin Frost. Music Arranger: Göran Fröst. Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Roots.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 15.

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