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Sir John Eliot Gardiner's Classical Mixtape

Take time out with a 30-minute selection of classical music, curated by Sir John Eliot Gardiner in celebration of his 80th birthday.

A sequence of music specially curated by the conductor Sir John Eliot Gardiner on his 80th birthday. He chooses an eclectic range of music including composers and recordings he particularly admires, such as Bach, Rameau and Schumann, as well as some jazz, and a song from the famous Lebanese singer Fairuz.

30 minutes

Last on

Thu 20 Apr 2023 19:00

Music Played

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

    Orchestrator: Sid Ramin. Orchestrator: Irwin Kostal. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • Bernstein: West Side Story: New York Philharmonic, Berstein.
    • CBS.
    • 2.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Liebeslieder-Walzer, op. 52: Wie des Abends sch枚ne R枚te

    Performer: Dinu Lipatti. Performer: Nadia Boulanger. Singer: Marie-Blanche de Polignac. Singer: Ir猫ne Kedroff.
    • Romantic Songs by Mahler, Brahms, Strauss -Vol.3.
    • Documents.
    • 4.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Castor et Pollux (Overture)

    Ensemble: Pygmalion. Conductor: Rapha毛l Pichon.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Jacobus Clemens non Papa

    O Maria vernans rosa

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Pilgrimage to Santiago: Monteverdi Choir/John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Soli Deo Gloria.
    • 18.
  • Fairuz

    Ya Helou Ya Amar

    • Reminiscing with Fairuz.
  • Henry Purcell

    What pow'r art thou (King Arthur)

    Singer: Stephen Varcoe. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Purcell - King Arthur.
    • ERATO.
    • 18.
  • The Modern Jazz Quartet

    Fontessa: Fontessa

    • Four Classic Albums (The Modern Jazz Quartet / Django / Fontessa / The Modern Ja.
    • Avid Entertainment.
    • 21.
  • Robert Schumann

    Das Paradies und die Peri / Part Two

    Singer: Barbara Bonney. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Orchestra: Orchestre R茅volutionnaire et Romantique. Choir: Monteverdi Choir.
    • Schumann: Complete Symphonies; Das Paradies und die Peri.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 49.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No 3 in C major, BWV 1009 (Sarabande)

    Performer: David Watkin.
    • Resonus Classics RES10147.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 10.

Broadcast

  • Thu 20 Apr 2023 19:00

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