The perfect classical half hour
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music.
Wind down with 30 minutes of uninterrupted music beginning with a Will-o'-the-wisp by Liszt and a musette based on music by Satie. While pianist Stephen Hough brings some glitz via a Saint-Saens' Piano Concerto, Yo Yo Ma and friends calm things down with their take on a Bach chorale prelude. The programme ends with the sublime Ave Maria by Schubert and the joyful finale of Dvorak's American Quartet.
Producer: Marie Claire Doris
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Franz Liszt
Transcendental Study in B flat major S.139 no.5
Performer: Alice Sara Ott.- 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
- Deutshe Grammophon.
- 5.
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Stephan Koncz
A New Satiesfaction [Gymnopedie no.1]
Composer: Erik Satie. Performer: Ray Chen. Performer: Noah Bendix-Balgley. Performer: Amihai Grosz. Performer: Stephan Koncz.- The Golden Age.
- DECCA.
- 1.
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Camille Saint‐Saëns
Piano Concerto no.2 in G minor Op.22 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.- Saint-Saens: The Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra: Stephen Hough, CBSO, Or.
- Hyperion.
- 6.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Wachet Auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV.645
Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Edgar Meyer. Performer: Chris Thile.- Nonesuch.
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Franz Schubert
Ellens Gesang 3 (Ave Maria)
Performer: Christopher Glynn. Singer: Ailish Tynan.- SIGNUM.
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Antonín Dvořák
String Quartet in F major, Op 96, 'American' (Finale)
Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet.- Dvorak: Quatuor op. 96 "Americain": Jerusalem Quartet.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 4.
Broadcasts
- Fri 30 Jun 202319:00BBC Radio 3
- Fri 28 Feb 202519:00BBC Radio 3
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