Power through with classical music
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites, including music by Pejačević, Faure and Ešenvalds.
An engaging mix of culinary-inspired classical music for half an hour, featuring the work Mendelssohn wrote in response to clarinettist Heinrich Joseph Baermann and his son Carl’s invitation to compose a piece for a forthcoming tour in return for steamed dumplings and sweet-cheese strudel, as well as the tuned wine glasses that accompany Ēriks Ešenvalds’ setting of words by Sara Teasdale, and Faure portrays the muted hues of Verlaine’s Venice.”
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Felix Mendelssohn
Konzertstück op.113 for Basset Horn, Clarinet and Piano
Ensemble: The Clarinotts. Ensemble: Wiener Virtuosen Streichensemble.- Mercury Classics.
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Frédéric Chopin
Berceuse in D flat major Op.57
Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.- Erato.
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Ēriks Ešenvalds
Stars
Choir: VOCES8.- Lux.
- Decca.
- 7.
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Dora Pejačević
Piano Quartet in D Minor, Op. 25: II. Adagio
Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.- Brahms & Contemporaries, Vol. 3.
- Chandos.
- 102.
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Frank Martin
Pavane Couleur du Temps
Ensemble: Oxalys.- Passacaille.
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Regino Sáinz de la Maza
Sacrificio (from music to the film La Frontera de dias)
Performer: Thibaut Garcia.- Erato.
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Gabriel Fauré
Cinq Melodies 'de Venise', Op. 58 - II. En sourdine
Performer: Tristan Raës. Singer: Cyrille Dubois.- Aparte.
Broadcast
- Fri 1 May 202619:00BBC Radio 3
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