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Take 30 minutes out with a relaxing classical mix

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music. To listen on most smart speakers just say 'ask BBC Sounds to play Classical Mixtape'.

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Tue 2 Dec 202519:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • George Lloyd

    Symphony No 6 in D major (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: George Lloyd.
    • Albany Troy.

  • Claude Debussy

    La cathédrale engloutie (Preludes, Book 1)

    Performer: Jean‐Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Debussy: Complete works for piano vol.1: Bavouzet.
    • Chandos.
    • 10.

  • John Tavener

    The Lamb

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Signum Records.

  • Marianna Martines

    Symphony in C Major: 2nd mvt

    Ensemble: Salzburger Hofmusik. Conductor: Wolfgang Brunner.
    • Martines: Symphony in C Major, Psalms 110 & 151.
    • CPO.
    • 202.

  • Charles Avison

    Concerto Grosso in C major, Op 9 No 5 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Pavlo Beznosiuk. Ensemble: Avison Ensemble.
    • Divine Art.

  • Max Richter

    Movement, Before All Flowers

    Performer: Eloisa‐Fleur Thom. Performer: Max Baillie. Performer: Connie Pharoah. Performer: Max Ruisi. Performer: Zara Hudson‐Kozdoj. Performer: Max Richter.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Filiae maestae Jerusalem, RV 638: II. Sileant Zephyri

    Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Ensemble: Ensemble Artaserse.
    • Erato/Warner Classics.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto No.1; 2. Andante

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.

  • Lili Boulanger

    D'un vieux jardin

    Performer: Kunal Lahiry.
    • Fuga Libera.

  • Pau Casals

    Song of the Birds

    Performer: Harriet Krijgh. Orchestra: Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Gimeno.

  • Edvard Grieg

    The Last Spring (2 Elegiac melodies Op.34)

    Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Iona Brown.
    • VIRGIN CLASSICS.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    French Suite No 5 in G major, BWV 816 (Loure)

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.

  • Eleanor Daley

    Upon Your Heart

    Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Choir: Pembroke College Chapel Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.
    • All Things Are Quite Silent.
    • Signum Records.
    • 13.

  • Benjamin Britten

    There is no Rose (A Ceremony of Carols)

    Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Performer: Osian Ellis. Conductor: Sir David Willcocks.
    • Warner Classics.

Broadcasts

  • Thu 5 Dec 202419:00
    BBC Radio 3
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  • Tue 2 Dec 202519:00
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