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30 minutes of classical inspiration

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites including Dido's Lament from Purcell's opera and the soundtrack to the 2005 Pride and Prejudice.

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites including Dido's Lament from Purcell's opera; the soundtrack to the 2005 Pride and Prejudice; and some festival carols from composers Benjamin Britten and Cecilia McDowall. To listen on most smart speakers just say 鈥渁sk 大象传媒 Sounds to play Classical Mixtape鈥.

Produced by Zerlina Vulliamy.

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29 minutes

Last on

Sun 15 Dec 2024 17:30

Music Played

  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Chaconne (Dardanus Suite)

    Orchestra: Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Barthold Kuijken.
    • The Lully Effect.
    • Naxos.
    • 22.
  • Cecilia McDowall

    O Oriens

    Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Hyperion.
  • Dario Marianelli

    Pride and Prejudice (End Credits)

    Performer: Jean鈥怸ves Thibaudet. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Wallfisch.
    • Pride and Prejudice: 15th Anniversary Edition.
    • Universal Music Classics & Jazz.
    • 17.
  • Henry Purcell

    When I am laid in earth (from Dido and Aeneas)

    Singer: Joyce DiDonato. Orchestra: Il Pomo d鈥橭ro. Conductor: Maxim Emelyanychev.
    • ERATO.
  • Franz Schubert

    String Quartet in E flat major, D.87 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Casals Quartet.
    • Schubert: String Quartets D87 & D887: Cuarteto Casals.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 3.
  • Benjamin Britten

    A Boy was Born (Corpus Christi Carol/In the Bleak Midwinter)

    Choir: St Paul's Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • HYPERION.

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  • Tue 10 Dec 2024 19:00
  • Sun 15 Dec 2024 17:30

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