Classical music to inspire you
A 30-minute soundscape of classical music, with pieces by Haydn, Bach and Clara Schumann.
The mix begins in sixteenth-century Italy with a lively rustic Vilanella, then moves through eighteenth-century Scotland with a Robert Burns setting, and ends up in twentieth-century Mexico with the song 'Little Star' by Manuel Ponce. There's also some classic Bach, Haydn and Rachmaninov, and there's a serene chamber piece by Clara Schumann.
Producer Roger Short
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Hubert Waelrant
O Villanella
Performer: Jakob Lindberg. Performer: Nigel North. Performer: Paul O’Dette. Performer: Robert Meunier. Singer: Emily Van Evera. Singer: Rogers Covey‐Crump. Singer: Andrew King. Singer: Richard Windstreich.- Three, Four and Twenty Lutes, Lindberg etc..
- BIS.
- 12.
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in G Major, Op. 64, No. 4 IV. Finale. Presto
Ensemble: Amadeus Quartet.- Haydn, J.: 27 String Quartets.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 49.
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Su-a Lee
Ae Fond Kiss
Performer: Su-a Lee.- Dialogues.
- Sky Child Records.
- 15.
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Malcolm Arnold
4 Scottish Dances, Op.59 (Scottish Waltz)
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Malcolm Arnold.- LYRITA.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Italian Concerto, BWV 971 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Susanna Mildonian.- Bach/Pescetti/Soler/Albeniz/Roussel etc: Harp recital: Susanna Mildonian.
- Astoria.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Prelude in B flat major, Op 23 No 2
Performer: Simon Trpceski.- Simon Trpceski Plays Rachmaninov.
- EMI Classics.
- 1.
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Clara Schumann
Piano Trio in G minor Op.17 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Anne‐Sophie Mutter. Performer: Pablo Ferrández. Performer: Lambert Orkis.- SONY.
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Manuel Ponce
Estrellita
Performer: Cyril Garac. Performer: Su-a Lee. Ensemble: Mr. McFall’s Chamber. Singer: Jamie MacDougall.- Guacamaya: Chamber Music and Songs from Mexico.
- Delphian Records.
- 19.
Broadcast
- Fri 17 Nov 202319:00BBC Radio 3
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