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Your daily classical soundtrack

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music.

You’ll need your dancing shoes on for tonight’s Classical Mixtape, which starts with a Waltz by Khachaturyan, followed by Dvořák’s Slavonic Dance in E Minor. Plus - music by Vivaldi, J.S. Bach, Rachmaninov and Schubert, finishing off with a light waltz from Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony. Produced by Kevin Satizabal Carrascal.

29 minutes

Last on

Mon 19 Aug 202419:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Masquerade Suite (Waltz)

    Orchestra: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Kondrashin.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Slavonic Dance in E minor, Op.72 No.2

    Performer: Midori. Performer: Robert McDonald.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Mandolin Concerto in C major, RV 425 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Gertrud Tröster-Weyhofen. Orchestra: Bavarian State Mandolin Orchestra. Conductor: Gerhard Vogt.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite No 2: Badinérie

    Performer: Wilbert Hazelzet. Ensemble: Musica Antiqua Köln.
    • ARCHIV.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Variation no. 17

    Performer: Lang Lang. Orchestra: Orchestra of Mariinsky Theatre. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Sonata No. 20, III. Scherzo Allegro vivace

    Performer: Paul Lewis.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony no.5 in E minor Op.64 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.

Broadcasts

  • Mon 17 Jul 202319:00
    BBC Radio 3
  • Mon 19 Aug 202419:00
    BBC Radio 3

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