Half an hour of calming classical
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music from composers such as Rachmaninov, Purcell and Spohr.
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music. Tonight's classical mixtape starts with Monteverdi's jolly Zefiro torna madrigal for 5 voices, followed by Rachmaninov's Prelude No.5 in G major and then the second movement of Beethoven's Sonata in G major for violin and piano. The second half of tonight's mixtape includes Sally Beamish's haunting choral work, In the stillness, followed by Marin Marais' suite for guitar. Tonight's classical mixtape finishes with Louis Sphor's delicate Concertante No.1 in G major for violin, harp and orchestra.
To listen on most smart speakers just say 'ask BBC Sounds to play Classical Mixtape'.
Producer: Zara Siddiqi
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Claudio Monteverdi
Zefiro torna
Choir: I Fagiolini. Director: Robert Hollingworth.- CHANDOS.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
13 Preludes Op.32 (no.2 in G major)
Performer: Nelson Goerner.- Chopin, Polonaise-Fantasie: Nelson Goerner.
- Wigmore Hall Live.
- 18.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Sonata No. 8 in G Major, Op. 30 No. 3: II. Tempo di minuetto, ma molto mo
- Beethoven: Violin Sonatas, Vol. 3.
- BIS.
- 102.
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Henry Purcell
Chacony in G minor
Ensemble: London Baroque.- BIS.
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Sally Beamish
In the Stillness
Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Director: Anna Lapwood.- SIGNUM.
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Marin Marais
The Guitar (Viol Pieces, Book 3)
Ensemble: Les Ordinaires.- Inner Chambers: Royal Court Music of Louis XIV.
- Naxos.
- 405.
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Louis Spohr
Sinfonia Concertante no. 1 in G major
Performer: María Dueñas. Performer: Volker Kempf. Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.- Beethoven and Beyond.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 4.
Broadcast
- Wed 3 Dec 202519:00BBC Radio 3
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