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Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites by Britten, Bach, Mozart, Sally Beamish, Shostakovich and Albeniz.
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites including Britten's arrangements of Rossini in Soirees Musicales, Bach's Sheep May Safely Graze orchestrated by Stokowski and Mozart's Laudate Dominum sung by Danielle de Niese. Also in the mix are Sally Beamish's depiction of a boardwalk in California, the beautiful slow movement of Shostakovich's second piano concerto and Albeniz's Capricho Catalan played by the Tierolff Saxophone Quartet.
Producer: Ian Wallington
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Benjamin Britten
Soirées musicales [after Rossini]
Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Bonynge.- Britten: Young Person's Guide etc..
- Decca.
- 9-11.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Sheep may safely graze (Cantata No 208)
Orchestrator: Leopold Stokowski. Orchestra: ±«Óătv Philharmonic. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.- Stokowski's Symphonic Bach.
- CHANDOS.
- 1.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Laudate Dominum (Vesperae solennes de confessore K.339)
Singer: Danielle de Niese. Choir: The Apollo Voices. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.- The Mozart Album: Danielle de Niese/OAE/Mackerras.
- Decca.
- 12.
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Sally Beamish
String Quartet No. 2, "Opus California": 1st mvt Boardwalk
Ensemble: Emperor Quartet.- Beamish / Beethoven - String Quartets - Emperor Quartet.
- BIS.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Piano Concerto no.2 in F major Op.102 (2nd mvt)
Performer: JeanâYves Thibaudet. Orchestra: ±«Óătv Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hugh Wolff.- Warsaw Concerto: Jean-Yves Thibaudet.
- Decca.
- 7.
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Isaac Albéniz
España, Op. 165 IIA 16: V. Capricho Catalån (Arr. for Saxophone Quartet)
Ensemble: Tierolff Saxophone Quartet.- España, Op. 165 IIA 16: V. Capricho Catalån (Arr. for Saxophone Quartet.
- Tierolff.
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- Fri 16 Aug 2024 19:00±«Óătv Radio 3
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