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Classical music for focus or relaxation

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music.

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Music Played

  • Mel Bonis

    Suite Orientale, Op 48 - Mvts 1&2

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in D major, Op. 23 no.4

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Decca.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Quartet no. 3 in D major Op.44`1 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Navarra String Quartet.
    • Champs Hill Records.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto in D minor for two violins, BWV 1043 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Elizabeth Wallfisch. Performer: Alison Bury. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.
    • J.S.Bach: Violin Concertos: Elizabeth Walfisch.
    • Virgin Veritas.
    • 8.

  • Granville Bantock

    Hamabdil

    Performer: Ophélie Gailard. Performer: Sandrine Chatron.
    • Sandrine Chatron “A British Promenade”.
    • Aparté.
    • 3.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Novelette in D major, Op 22 No 2

    Performer: Stephen Coombs.
    • Glazunov: The complete Solo Piano Music - 2, Stephen Coombs.
    • Helios.
    • 5.

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  • Last Tuesday19:00
    BBC Radio 3

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