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The eclectic classical mix

Included in the eclectic musical mix are classical favourites from Rachmaninov, Bartok and Britten, one of Handel's most beautiful arias, a jazz classic from Duke Ellington, traditional music from Venezuela and a beautiful motet by Felix Anerio.

Producer: Helen Garrison

29 minutes

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Thu 5 Aug 202119:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Béla Bartók

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Choir: Budapest Festival Chorus. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • Bartok: Orchestral Works Vol.1: Budapest Festival Orchestra/Fischer.
    • Philips.
    • 8.

  • Trad.

    El Castillo (The Castle)

    Music Arranger: Rumillajta. Ensemble: Rumillajta.
    • Urupampa.
    • Rumilajta Recordings.
    • 11.

  • Benjamin Britten

    The trees they grow so high

    Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson. Performer: Graham Johnson.
    • Britten: Canticle 1/Michelangelo sonnets etc: Johnson/Johnson.
    • Hyperion.
    • 10.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Études-tableaux, Op 39 (No 8 in D minor)

    Performer: Freddy Kempf.
    • Freddy Kempf plays Rachmaninov.
    • Bis.
    • 11.

  • Duke Ellington

    I'm beginning to see the light

    Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Performer: Cyrus Chestnut. Singer: Dee Dee Bridgewater. Singer: Ian Coleman. Orchestra: Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. Conductor: John Mauceri.
    • Philips.

  • Felice Anerio

    Christus factus est

    Choir: Platinum Consort. Singer: Emma Walshe. Singer: Zoe Brown. Singer: Raffaele Pé. Singer: Simon Ponsford. Singer: Oliver Jones. Singer: Michael Solomon Williams. Singer: Timothy Murphy. Singer: Nick Ashby. Conductor: Scott Inglis-Kidger.
    • In The Dark: Platinum Consort, Scott Inglis-Kidger.
    • Resonus.

  • Richard Rodney Bennett

    Murder on the Orient Express - Overture

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Marcus Dods.
    • CNR.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Ode for St Cecilia's day; What passion cannot music raise and quell! (Air)

    Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Orchestra: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt.
    • Linn.

Broadcast

  • Thu 5 Aug 202119:00
    BBC Radio 3

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