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Half an hour of the finest classical music

An uninterrupted sequence of classical music including favourites by Rachmaninov, Vaughan Williams and Mendelssohn, serenades from Britten and Schubert, lush film music from Gabriel Yared, and virtuoso singing from Cleo Laine performing Duke Ellington.

Producer: Helen Garrison

30 minutes

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Wed 20 Oct 2021 19:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Octet for strings (Op.20) in E flat major - iii. Scherzo

    Ensemble: Emerson String Quartet.
    • DG.

  • Moritz Moszkowski

    脡tincelles (8 Morceaux caracteristiques Op.36)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Hyperion.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Turtle Dove (extract)

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Songs of Farewell.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 701.

  • Gabriel Yared

    The English Patient; Rupert Bear

    Performer: John Constable. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Harry Rabinowitz.
    • Fantasy.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Sonnet (Serenade)

    Singer: Ian Bostridge. Performer: Radek Babor谩k. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • EMI.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    10 Preludes Op.23 (no.5 in G minor)

    Performer: Nikolai Lugansky.
    • The Rachmaninov Experience.
    • Warner Classics and Jazz.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    L' Orfeo - Sinfonia

    Performer: Jordi Savall. Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations.
    • Alia Vox : AVSA9911.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 1.

  • Franz Schubert

    Serenade

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: James McMillan.
    • UNIVERSAL : UCJ-4763159.
    • UNIVERSAL.
    • 6.

  • Claude Debussy

    Danse sacr茅e et danse profane

    Performer: Lisa Wellbaum. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Ravel: Sheherazade / Tombeau / Pavane; Debussy: Danses / Ballades de Villon.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 10.

  • Duke Ellington

    Take all my loves & My love is a fever

    Composer: Billy Strayhorn. Performer: Cleo Laine. Performer: John Dankworth.
    • Philips.

Broadcast

  • Wed 20 Oct 2021 19:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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