Expand your horizons with classical music
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites including lively pieces from Shostakovich, Bruckner and Brahms plus the Sami folk-song inspired choral work, Rivers of Light, from composer Eriks Esenvalds.
Produced by Calantha Bonnissent
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Waltz 1 (Jazz Suite no.2)
Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- DECCA.
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Johannes Brahms
Trio in E flat major Op.40 (4th mvt)
Performer: Barry Tuckwell. Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.- Itzhak Perlman: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon.
- DG.
- 8.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Unaccompanied Cello Suite No.4 in E Flat Major, BWV 1010: Sarabande
Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma.- Six Evolutions.
- Sony Classical.
- 4.
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E虅riks Es虒envalds
Rivers of Light
Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton.- HYPERION.
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Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
Nocturne in F minor, 'La s茅paration'
Performer: Christopher Headington.- Russian Trinkets, Minitures for the Piano: Christopher Headington.
- Kingdom.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
String Quartet No 12 'American' (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Hagen Quartett.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Anton Bruckner
3 Pieces for orchestra (no.3)
Orchestra: Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Gimeno.- Pentatone.
Broadcast
- Fri 24 Feb 2023 19:00大象传媒 Radio 3
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