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Classical music for focus or relaxation
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites including Beethoven's Pathétique Piano Sonata and the Adagietto from Mahler's Fifth Symphony.
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites including Beethoven's Pathétique Piano Sonata and the Adagietto from Mahler's Fifth Symphony. There's also two different operatic incarnations of the Orpheus legend: the Toccata from Monteverdi's L'Orfeo and Eurydice's Couplet from Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld sung by the soprano June Bronhill. We also enjoy a Jazz Band in a Parisian Cabaret by Valerie Coleman, Purcell's Curtain Music from Timon of Athens and Ibert's Morning on the Water for harp.
Producer: Ian Wallington
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Claudio Monteverdi
L'Orfeo: Toccata
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano. Conductor: Rinaldo Alessandrini.- Naive.
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Jacques Offenbach
Eurydice Couplet
Singer: June Bronhill. Orchestra: Sadler's Wells Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander Faris.- Orpehus in the Underworld.
- HMV.
- 2.
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Valerie Coleman
Portraits of Langston (Jazz Band in a Parisian Cabaret)
Ensemble: McGill / McHale Trio.- Cedille.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata in C minor, Op.13 'Pathétique' (2nd mvt)
Performer: Jonathan Biss.- Beethoven: Piano Sonatas 8,15,27 & 30: Jonathan Biss.
- EMI.
- 2.
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Henry Purcell
Curtain Tune (Timon of Athens)
Ensemble: Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien. Director: François Lazarevitch.- Alpha.
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Jacques Ibert
Matin sur l'eau (6 Pieces)
Performer: Kyunghee Kim-Sutre.- La Harpe Consolatrice.
- Hortus.
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Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 5: (5th mvt. Adagietto)
Orchestra: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Gielen.- Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor.
- SWR Classic.
- 4.
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- Thu 11 Jul 2024 19:00±«Óătv Radio 3
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