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Your daily classical soundtrack

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music including Nino Rota's iconic love theme from The Godfather and with a few surprises including music by Dobrinka Tabakova and Ferde Grofe thrown in.

Produced by Calantha Bonnissent

30 minutes

Last on

Tue 14 Nov 202319:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Legends, Op.59 No.3

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • PHILIPS.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001: IV. Presto

    Performer: Augustin Hadelich.
    • Bach: Sonatas & Partitas.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.

  • Nino Rota

    The Godfather- Love theme

    Orchestra: Unnamed Orchestra. Conductor: Carlo Savina.
    • Original Motion Picture Soundtrack from The Godfather.
    • MCA.
    • 7.

  • Mariam Batsashvili

    Consolations, Six Pensées poétiques, S.172: iii) Lento placido

  • Trad.

    The Water of Tyne

    Composer: Elizabeth Poston. Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.
    • Signum.

  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Cello Concerto (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Kristina Blaumane. Orchestra: Lietuvos kamerinis orkestras. Conductor: Maxim Rysanov.
    • ECM New Series.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata No 11 in A major, K 331 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Sir András Schiff.
    • The Essential Mozart.
    • Decca.
    • 10.

  • Ferde Grofé

    Sunrise (Grand Canyon Suite)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Enrique Bátiz.
    • EMI.

Broadcast

  • Tue 14 Nov 202319:00
    BBC Radio 3

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