Switch up your listening with classical music
Take time out with a 30-minute classical soundscape, bookended with music inspired by Shakespeare and his wife.
Take time out with a 30-minute classical soundscape, bookended with music inspired by Shakespeare and his wife Anne (also known as Agnes). This edition of the Classical Mixtape opens with Ralph Vaughan Williamsās The Cloud-Cappād Towers (its text taken from The Tempest) and closes with music from Max Richterās Oscar-nominated score for the 2025 film Hamnet. We also hear music from composers Joanna Marsh, Gerald Finzi, Frederic Chopin, JS Bach, Frank Martin, Dobrinka Tabakova and Clara Schumann.
Producer: Christina Kenny.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
3 Shakespeare songs for chorus: no.2; The Cloud capp'd towers
Singer: Grace Davidson. Singer: Victoria Meteyard. Choir: The Kingās Singers.- Signum Records.
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Joanna Marsh
In Winter's House
Orchestra: United Strings of Europe. Conductor: Julian Azkoul.- BIS.
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Gerald Finzi
5 Bagatelles Op.23 for clarinet and piano (No. 3 Carol; No. 4 Forlana)
Performer: Amy Dickson. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.- Decca.
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FrƩdƩric Chopin
Prelude in D flat major 'Raindrop' (24 Preludes Op.28)
Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.- Decca.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No 2 in B minor, BWV 1067: Badinerie
Performer: James Galway. Orchestra: Zagreb Soloists.- RCA.
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Frank Martin
Mass for Double Choir: Sanctus
Conductor: Jan Yngwe. Choir: Pro Musica Chamber Choir.- Swedish Society.
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Dobrinka Tabakova
Desert Swimmers
Performer: Joby Burgess.- Signum Records.
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Clara Schumann
3 Romances Op.22 (no.1)
Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Isata KannehāMason.- Decca.
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Max Richter
Of Agnes (from Hamnet)
- Decca (UMO) (Classics).
Broadcast
- Yesterday19:00BBC Radio 3
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