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Classical music to inspire you

An eclectic mix featuring classical favourites, lesser-known gems and a few surprises including Ella Fitzgerald singing Cole Porter's classic, Anything Goes, a favourite from Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake and Louise Farrenc's Nonet in E flat major.

Produced by Calantha Bonnissent

30 minutes

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Thu 14 Apr 202219:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Joseph Haydn

    Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Hob.VIIh:1 "Lyra organizzata"; I. Allegro con spirito

    Performer: Ana de la Vega. Performer: Ramón Ortega Quero. Ensemble: TrondheimSolistene. Conductor: Geir Inge Lotsberg.
    • Haydn, A. Stamitz & C. Stamitz: Concertos.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 1.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Diabelli Variations, Op 120 (Variation 33)

    Performer: Georges Solchany.
    • Beethoven The Collector's Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 34.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Nonet in E flat major, Op.38 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Consortium Classicum.
    • DIVOX.

  • Hugo Alfvén

    The Mountain King Suite, Op. 37: IV. Dance of the Herdmaiden

    Conductor: Lukasz Borowicz. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin.
    • Alfvén: Symphony No. 3 in E Major, Uppsala Rhapsody & The Mountain King Suite.
    • CPO.
    • 4.

  • Joaquín Turina

    Tocata (Ciclo pianistico arr Zabaleta)

    Performer: Nicanor Zabaleta.
    • Albeniz/Falla/Turina/Granados etc: Arpa Espanola (Spanish harp): Zabaleta.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake - ballet Op.20: Act 3; Valse: Interpolation 2 (Tempo di valse)

    Orchestra: Mariinsky Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.
    • Swan Lake.
    • DECCA.
    • 16.

  • Cole Porter

    Anything Goes

    Performer: Ella Fitzgerald.
    • Verve.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Piano Concerto in G - iii. Presto

    Performer: Zoltán Kocsis. Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • Debussy / Ravel: The Works for Piano and Orchestra.
    • Philips.
    • 3.

Broadcast

  • Thu 14 Apr 202219:00
    BBC Radio 3

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