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Today's mixtape includes a sparkling bit of J.S. Bach, a moving dance from the brilliant French composer Germaine Tailleferre, a traditional Macedonian song played on four guitars, and Leo Delibes's famous Pizzicato from his ballet Sylvia.

Producer: Nick Taylor

29 minutes

Last on

Mon 21 Aug 202319:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Concerto in A major after BWV 1055 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • Rachel Podger, Brecon Baroque - J.S. Bach violin concertos.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 10.

  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Arabesque for clarinet in B flat and piano

    Performer: Davide Bandieri. Performer: Guillaume Hersperger.
    • L'Esprit des Six.
    • CLAVES RECORDS.
    • 16.

  • Traditional Macedonian

    Pajduska

    Ensemble: Aquarelle Guitar Quartet.
    • Dances Aquarelle Guitar Quartet.
    • Chandos.
    • 13.

  • Tomás Luis de Victoria

    O quam gloriosum

    Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir. Conductor: James O’Donnell.
    • Hyperion.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Quintet in A major, D 667, 'Trout' (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Emanuel Ax. Performer: Pamela Frank. Performer: Rebecca Young. Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Edgar Meyer.
    • Schubert: Trout Quintet/Arpeggione Sonata:Ax/Frank/Ma/Meyer/Bonney.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerto for flute, recorder and strings (TWV.52:e1) in E minor, Largo

    Ensemble: Brandenburg Consort. Conductor: Roy Goodman.
    • Rondeaux Royaux: The Brandenburg Consort, Roy Goodman.
    • Hyperion.
    • 21.

  • Niccolò Paganini

    Caprice in G minor, Op 1 No 6

    Performer: Tanja Becker-Bender.
    • Paganini: 24 Caprices, Op. 1: Tanja Becker-Bender.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.

  • Léo Delibes

    Pizzicato (Sylvia)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Anatole Fistoulari. Conductor: Anatole Fistoulari.
    • Delibes: Sylvia & Coppelia: LSO/Fistoulari/Minneapolis SO/Dorati.
    • Mercury.
    • 5.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Mazurka In C Sharp Minor, Op. 50/3

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.
    • Chopin: Mazurkas.
    • HYPERION.
    • 017.

Broadcast

  • Mon 21 Aug 202319:30
    BBC Radio 3

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