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Essential Classics Dreamscapes

Relax and unwind before bed with a specially chosen playlist of relaxing classical music inspired by dreams. Enjoy evocative piano music by Teresa Carre帽o, music from Mendelssohn's Midsummer Night's Dream and dreamy guitar music by Francisco T谩rrega.

1 hour

Music Played

  • Johannes Brahms

    Wiegenlied, Op. 49 No. 4 (Lullaby)

    Performer: Emma Johnson. Ensemble: Carducci String Quartet.
    • NIMBUS.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Nocturne in E flat major, Op 9 No 2

    Performer: Jean鈥怸ves Thibaudet.
    • Chopin: Preludes/Nocturnes/Waltzes: Thibaudet.
    • Dal Segno.
    • 26.
  • Francisco T谩rrega

    Sueno for guitar

    Performer: Giulio Tampalini.
    • Tarrega: Complete Works for Guitar.
    • Concerto.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concerto in C major for flute and harp, K.299 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: William Bennett. Performer: Claire Jones. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Watkins.
    • Claire Jones plays Gli猫re, Debussy and Mozart.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 7.
  • Claude Debussy

    Reverie

    Music Arranger: Paul Cassidy. Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet.
    • Chandos.
  • Teresa Carre帽o

    Venise (Deux Esquisses italiennes, Op 33)

    Performer: Alexandra Oehler.
    • Teresa Carreno: Klavierwerke (Piano works).
    • ARS MUSICI.
    • 007.
  • Florence Price

    Night

    Performer: Laura van der Heijden. Performer: J芒ms Coleman. Music Arranger: Tom Poster.
    • Path to the Moon.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer night's dream Op.61 (Intermezzo)

    Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jeffrey Tate.
    • Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream; Tate.
    • EMI Classics.
  • Turlough O'Carolan

    O'Carolan's Dream

    Performer: Ronn McFarlane.
    • The Celtic Lute.
    • Sono Luminus.
    • 107.
  • Franz Liszt

    Liebestr盲ume - 3 Notturnos S.541 (no.3)

    Performer: Clifford Curzon.
    • Decca.
  • Takashi Yoshimatsu

    Dream Coloured Mobile II, Op.58a

    Performer: Joe Houghton. Performer: Kate Wilson. Ensemble: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: Sachio Fujioka.
    • Chandos.
  • Arnold Schoenberg

    Notturno

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Jane Berthe. Orchestra: Z眉rcher Kammerorchester.
    • Daniel Hope - Belle Epoque.
    • DG.
  • Leroy Anderson

    Forgotten Dreams

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.
    • NAXOS.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No 1 in G minor, "Winter Daydreams" (3rd movement, Scherzo)

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • Tchaivkosky: Symphony No. 1.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.
  • Tan Dun

    Buddha Passion, Act IV "Zen Garden" - Zen Dream

    Choir: Internationale Chorakademie. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lyon. Conductor: Tan Dun.
    • Decca.

Broadcast

  • Sat 4 May 2024 01:30