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Classical music for focus and inspiration
Tonight's mixtape springs off with Boccherini's sparkling music for guitar and string quartet, and takes in flute music from Bach and Talvin Singh, a soothing Nocturne from Chopin, and reflections on life from Orlando Gibbons and Gerald Finzi and from a Northumbrian mining song.
Last on
Fri 24 Apr 202019:00
BBC Radio 3
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Luigi Boccherini
Guitar Quintet no. 4 (Pastorale)
Performer: Johan Löfving. Ensemble: Consone Quartet.- Fandango! Music for Solo Guitar and String Quartet.
- Resonus Classics.
- 8.
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Germaine Tailleferre
Harp Sonata (Perpetuum Mobile)
Performer: Cristina Bianchi.- Scarlatti, Baltin & Others: Harp Works.
- Oehms Classics.
- 5.
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Rakesh Chaurasia & Talvin Singh
Heaven
- Vira.
- Sona Rupa.
- 03.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Flute Sonata in E major, BWV 1035 (1st mvt)
Performer: Andrea Oliva. Performer: Angela Hewitt.- Bach: Flute Sonatas: Andrea Oliva/Angela Hewitt.
- Hyperion.
- 15.
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Frédéric Chopin
Nocturne in E minor Op.72 no.1
Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.- Chopin, Liszt, Ravel: Benjamin Grosvenor.
- Decca.
- 4.
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Gerald Finzi
Farewell to Arms, Op. 9: II. Aria: His golden locks
Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Hill.- A Finzi Anthology.
- Naxos.
- 802.
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Orlando Gibbons
The Silver Swan
Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble. Director: Paul Hillier.- English and Italian Renaissance Madrigals.
- Virgin.
- 12.
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Trad.
Old Miner
Performer: Bob Morton. Performer: Bob Diehl. Performer: Gerry Murphy. Performer: Grace Smith.- Still Gannin' Canny.
- Canny Fettle.
- 07.
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- Fri 24 Apr 202019:00BBC Radio 3
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