Classical music for your journey
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites.
An engaging mix of classical music for half an hour, featuring Vikingur Olafsson’s transcription of the chorus from Bach’s Cantata No. 21 - Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis – as well as piano music by Brahms, plus Hugi Gudmundsson sets the poetry of Snorri Hjartarson, and Amja Lechner plays Carl Friedrich Abel’s melancholic Arpeggio
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Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Violin concerto in D major Op. Post. no.2 - 2nd movement, Allegro
Performer: Zhou Qian. Orchestra: Toronto Camerata. Conductor: Kevin Mallon.- Saint-George: Complete Violin Concertos, Vol.2.
- NAXOS.
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Carl Friedrich Abel
Arpeggio in D minor
Performer: Anja Lechner.- ECM.
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Johannes Brahms
4 Ballades Op.10 (no.1 in D minor 'Edward')
Performer: Alexandre Kantorow.- Brahms: Piano Works.
- BIS.
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Franz Schubert
String Quartet D. 810 Death and the Maiden; 3rd mvt.
Ensemble: 12 Ensemble.- Death and the Maiden.
- Sancho Panza Records.
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Gioachino Rossini
Il barbiere di Siviglia: Largo al factotum (Arr. for Cello & Orchestra)
Performer: Jan Vogler. Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic. Conductor: Omer Meir Wellber.- Pop Songs.
- Sony Classical/Sony Music.
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Hugi Guðmundsson
HvÃld [Rest] for chorus
Lyricist: Snorri Hjartarson. Choir: Graduale Nobili. Conductor: Þorvaldur Örn DavÃðsson.- ³Õö°ì³Ü°ùó.
- Universal Music Classics.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata no. 21 BWV.21 (Ich hatte viel Bekummernis) - Chorus
Performer: VÃkingur Ólafsson. Music Arranger: VÃkingur Ólafsson.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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- Fri 25 Oct 2024 19:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3
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