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Expand your horizons with classical music

Sparkling Telemann, bubbling Haydn, lush orchestration from Frank Bridge and a haunting evocation of the solar system by Joby Talbot are all to be found in today's Classical Mixtape.

Producer: Helen Garrison

30 minutes

Music Played

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Overture (Suite) in E minor... [Tafelmusik, 1ere production], Conclusion

    Director: Daniel Cuiller. Ensemble: Ensemble Stradivaria.
    • Telemann: Stradivaria/Daniel Cuiller.
    • Mirare.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in A flat major, Op.23 no.8

    Performer: Howard Shelley.
    • HYPERION.
  • Thomas Tallis

    Salvator Mundi I

    Choir: Stile Antico.
    • The Phoenix Rising: Stile Antico.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 2.
  • Frank Bridge

    Threads (Intermezzo No 2)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Bridge: Orchestral Works Vol.5: Hickox.
    • Chandos.
    • 9.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Sicilienne (Pell茅as et M茅lisande, Op.80)

    Performer: Robert Thuillier. Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Armin Jordan.
    • Pavane: The music of Gabriel Faure.
    • Erato.
    • 5.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Trio in G major, H XV 25, 'Gypsy' (1st mvt)

    Performer: Susan Tomes. Performer: Anthony Marwood. Performer: Richard Lester. Ensemble: The Florestan Trio.
    • Haydn: Piano Trios, Vol.1: The Florestan Trio.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.
  • Joby Talbot

    Chroma - Transit of Venus

    Conductor: Christopher Austin. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Wayne McGregor: Collaboration.
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 12.

Broadcast

  • Mon 5 Jun 2023 19:00

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