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2 hours

Music Played

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Candide (Overture)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Virgin.
  • Robert Schumann

    Märchenbilder, Op. 113: I. Nicht schnell

    Performer: Alena Baeva. Performer: Vadym Kholodenko.
    • Fantasy.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 1.
  • Jórunn Viðar

    Vökuró

    Performer: Björk. Choir: The Icelandic Choir.
    • Medúlla.
    • One Little Indian.
  • François Couperin

    Pieces de clavecin - ordre no. 6, Les Moissonneurs, Les Langueurs-Tendres, Les Baricades Mistérieuses

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
  • Edward Elgar

    The Wand of Youth, Suite No. 1 Op. 1a: 4. Sun Dance

    Orchestra: Welsh National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Elgar: The Wand Of Youth Suites; Songs From The Starlight Express; Dream Childre.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • Franz Schubert

    An die Musik

    Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Bryn Terfel.
    • An die Musik.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 15.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Idyll, Op. 44

    Conductor: Charles Peebles. Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra.
    • Coleridge-Taylor: Orchestral Works.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 104.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ciacona in D minor BWV 1178

    Performer: Ton Koopman.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829: III. Corrente

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Bach: 6 Partitas, BWV 825-830 (2018 Recording).
    • Hyperion.
  • Ermanno Wolf‐Ferrari

    Il segreto di Susanna (Overture)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Lance Friedel.
    • Naxos.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Soave sia il vento (Così fan tutte K.588)

    Singer: Hillevi Martinpelto. Singer: Alison Hagley. Singer: Sir Thomas Allen. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Simon Rattle on EMI Classics.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 2.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Le Tombeau de Couperin; no.5; Menuet

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
  • Richard Strauss

    Vier letzte Lieder; No. 4: Im Abendrot

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Andris Nelsons. Singer: Rachel Willis-Sorensen.
    • Sony.
  • Richard Strauss

    Arabella - Op.79; Act 1; Aber der Richtige... [Duet - Arabella, Zdenka]

    Conductor: Nicholas Carter. Singer: Louise Alder. Singer: Rachel Willis-Sorensen. Orchestra: Metropolitan Opera.
  • Agustín Barrios Mangoré

    Mazurka appassionata

    Performer: Thibaut Garcia.
    • El Bohemio.
    • ERATO.
    • 3.
  • Jack Seymour

    Plymouth Sound

    Performer: Ken Mackintosh. Ensemble: Ken Mackintosh & His Orchestra.
    • Off-Shore, Vol. 1.
    • Top Tracks.
    • 8.
  • Charles Gounod

    Faust (Waltz)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Rudolf Kempe.
    • Icon: Rudolf Kempe.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1004.

Broadcast

  • Fri 21 Nov 202517:00

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