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Classical music for your journey, chosen by Radio 3 listeners

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music, chosen by Radio 3 listeners.

Half and hour of back to back music in a special Classical Mixtape curated by Radio 3 listeners. Many of you contacted us to suggest tracks that you felt would work well, and this is the second mixtape formed out of your music choices. So sit back and enjoy music by Bernstein, Gavin Bryars, Dufay and Warlock, alongside an electronic take on Debussy by Tomita, a popular barcarolle, and piano music by Schubert.

Producer: Helen Garrison

30 minutes

Music Played

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Mambo (Symphonic Dances from West Side Story)

    Orchestrator: Sid Ramin. Orchestrator: Irwin Kostal. Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Zinman.
    • Dance Mix: Baltimore Symphony Orchstra/Zinman.
    • Argo.
    • 1.
  • Gavin Bryars

    My First Homage

    Performer: Gavin Bryars.
    • Pianisph猫re 1.
    • SOOND.
    • 112.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Oboe Concerto in D minor Op.8 No.9 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Paolo Grazzi. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Vivaldi: The Four Seasons.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 13.
  • Jacques Offenbach

    Belle nuit, o nuit d'amour (The Tales of Hoffmann)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Charles Groves.
    • Sir Charles' Precious Music Box 2: Philharmonia/Groves.
    • Denon.
    • 16.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    The Ruins of Athens Op.113 (Turkish March)

    Orchestra: Turku Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leif Segerstam.
    • Beethoven: Die Ruinen von Athen, Op. 113 (Version with Narration) & Other Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 12.
  • William Lloyd Webber

    Frensham Pond (Arr. P. Cigleris for Clarinet & Strings)

    Performer: Peter Cigleris. Music Arranger: Peter Cigleris. Ensemble: Chamber Ensemble of London.
    • Eclogue.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 501.
  • Guillaume Dufay

    Je me complains

    Ensemble: Orlando Consort.
    • Hyperion.
  • Franz Schubert

    Sonata in E Major, D. 459: III. Adagio

    Performer: Elisabeth Leonskaja.
    • Franz Schubert: Complete Piano Sonatas.
    • eaSonus.
    • 207.
  • Claude Debussy

    The Snow is Dancing (Children's Corner)

    Music Arranger: Isao Tomita. Performer: Isao Tomita.
    • Tomita: Snowflakes are dancing.
    • RCA.
    • 1.
  • Peter Warlock

    Mattachins (Capriol Suite)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Clio Gould.
    • English String Classics 2: Vaughan Williams/Warlock/Tippet/Elgar etc.
    • Apex.
    • 12.

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  • Fri 1 Dec 2023 19:00

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