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Switch up your listening with classical music

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Music Played

  • John Taverner

    In nomine a 4

    Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude (transcribed from 48 Preludes and Fugues Bk 1 No 10 in E minor)

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
    • DG.

  • Kerensa Briggs

    Media Vita (In the midst of life)

    Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Nightfall.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 13.

  • Johnny Mandel

    The Shadow of your Smile (The Sandpiper, main theme from the film)

    Performer: Michael Lovatt. Conductor: John Wilson. Orchestra: Sinfonia of London.
    • Hollywood Soundstage.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.

  • William Grant Still

    Indian Love Song (American Suite)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Avlana Eisenberg.
    • Still: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 501.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Panorama (The Sleeping Beauty)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.
    • Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Nutcracker: LSO, Previn.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 9.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Elegie Op.44

    Performer: Dana Zemtsov. Performer: Anna Fedorova.
    • Channel Classics.

  • Christian Forshaw

    Glass

    Performer: Christian Forshaw.
    • Lindisfarne: Beyond the Causeway.
    • Christian Forshaw,Universal Music Operations Ltd.
    • 7.

Broadcast

  • Yesterday19:00
    BBC Radio 3

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