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Classical music to inspire you

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music by Praetorius, Salieri, Liszt, Gabriela Lena Frank, Puccini, Shostakovich, Forqueray and Holst.

Take time out and relax to a 30-minute soundscape including an elegant concerto for flute and oboe by Antonio Salieri, Gabriela Lena Frank's depiction of Andean men - 'romanceros' - singing a flirtatious love song and Kiri Te Kanawa as Tosca, baring her soul in Vissi d'Arte from Puccini's opera.

Also in the mix is music by Praetorius, Liszt, Shostakovich, Forqueray and Holst.

Producer: Ian Wallington

30 minutes

Music Played

  • Michael Praetorius

    Suite de Voltes (Dances from Terpsichore)

    Ensemble: Early Music Consort of London. Conductor: David Munrow.
    • EMI.
  • Antonio Salieri

    Concerto in C major for flute and oboe (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Susan Milan. Performer: David Theodore. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
  • Franz Liszt

    Consolation No 2 in E major (6 Consolations)

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
    • DG.
  • Gabriela Lena Frank

    Leyendas - An Andean Walkabout (Coqueteos)

    Ensemble: Del Sol String Quartet.
    • Zia.
    • Sono Luminus.
    • 6.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Vissi d'arte (Tosca)

    Singer: Kiri Te Kanawa. Orchestra: Op茅ra de Lyon. Conductor: Kent Nagano.
    • Puccini's Heroines: The Power of Love.
    • Warner.
    • 3.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Tahiti Trot, Op. 16 (Tea for Two)

    Orchestra: Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Shostakovich: Jazz & Variety Suites.
    • BIS.
    • 501.
  • Antoine Forqueray

    10 Pi猫ce 脿 trois violes en R茅 Mineur: II. Courante

    Performer: Christophe Rousset. Performer: Marion Martineau. Performer: Atsushi Saka茂. Performer: Isabelle Saint-Yves.
    • Couperin: Pi猫ces de viole.
    • 础辫补谤迟茅.
    • 110.
  • Gustav Holst

    Fantasia on the Dargason (Suite in F major for military band, Op 28 No 2)

    Ensemble: Cleveland Symphonic Winds. Conductor: Frederick Fennell.
    • Telarc.

Broadcast

  • Wed 31 Jan 2024 19:00

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