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Expand your horizons with classical music
An eclectic mix featuring classical favourites, lesser-known gems and a few surprises, including a Josef Strauss Polka, and some escapism with a trip to the US with Caroline Shaw's Sarabande and Sunrise from the immense Grand Canyon Suite by Ferde Grofé.
Produced by Calantha Bonnissent
Last on
Tue 28 Jun 202219:00
BBC Radio 3
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Josef Strauss
Wiener Leben Op.218
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Zubin Mehta.- New Year's Concert 2015.
- Sony.
- 3.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D major, BWV 1050 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Jacques Zoon. Performer: Giuliano Carmignola. Performer: Ottavio Dantone. Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Orchestra: Orchestra Mozart.- J.S. Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos; Orchestra Mozart, Abbado.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 10.
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Maurice Ravel
La flûte enchantée (Shéhérazade)
Performer: Burcu Karadağ. Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Fatma Said.- Warner Classics.
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Edvard Grieg
The Brook, Op 62 No 4 (Lyric Pieces)
Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.- EMI.
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Johannes Brahms
Piano Trio No 1 in B major, Op 8 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Jeremy Denk. Performer: Joshua Bell.- For the Love of Brahms.
- Sony.
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Caroline Shaw
Partita (Sarabande)
Ensemble: Roomful of Teeth.- New Amsterdam.
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Ferde Grofé
Sunrise (Grand Canyon Suite)
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Enrique Bátiz.- EMI.
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- Tue 28 Jun 202219:00BBC Radio 3
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