Expand your horizons with classical music
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music from Caroline Shaw, Florence Price, George Dyson and Tchaikovsky.
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music.
This episode features choral music from Caroline Shaw, music conjuring a cold, wintry morning from Norwegian composer Ola Gjeilo, orchestral music from the prolific French composer Mel Bonis, and Yuja Wang playing the piano in Benjamin Wallfisch's score to the film 'Summer in February'.
Producer: Joe Blamey
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Caroline Shaw
And the swallow
Conductor: Paul Hillier. Choir: Ars Nova Copenhagen.- ...and....
- Naxos.
- 1.
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Ola Gjeilo
Winter Light (Version for Saxophone & Ensemble)
Performer: Jess Gillam. Ensemble: Jess Gillam Ensemble.- PRISM, Vol. 1.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 4.
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Mel Bonis
Le Rêve de Cléopâtre (Cleopatra's Dream)
Orchestra: Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse. Conductor: Leo Hussain.- Bru Zane.
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Florence Price
Fantasie Nègre No 2 in G minor
Performer: Lara Downes.- Florence Price Piano Discoveries.
- Flipside Music.
- 15.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Eugene Onegin, Op 24 (Act 1, Scene 1, Introduction)
Conductor: Vladimir Fedoseyev. Orchestra: USSR TV And Radio Large Symphony Orchestra. Choir: USSR TV and Radio Large Chorus.- Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin.
- Intermusic S.A..
- 1.
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Benjamin Wallfisch
Lamorma (from 'Summer in February')
Performer: Yuja Wang. Conductor: Benjamin Wallfisch. Orchestra: The Chamber Orchestra of London.- Summer In February.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 1.
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Sir George Dyson
Woodland Suite (1st mvt, At Evening Bell)
Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- Chandos Records Limited.
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