Classical music for focus or relaxation
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites, including music by Steve Reich, Dvorak and Joanna Marsh.
Steve's Reich's hypnotic Electric Counterpoint opens today's mixtape, followed by some lush Delius for orchestra and mournful Bach on solo violin. Tchaikovsky's charming Sleeping Beauty lightens the mood, melting into some juicy choral harmonies from Joanna Marsh and a Beethoven piano sonata. The mixtape ends with Dvorak's lyrical Serenade for Strings.
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Steve Reich
Electric Counterpoint (Fast)
Performer: Sean Shibe.- Delphian.
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Frederick Delius
Berceuse (Orchestral suite No 1)
Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: John Andrews.- La belle dame.
- EMF Endeavours.
- 3.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Sonata No 1 in G minor (1st mvt, Adagio)
Performer: James Ehnes.- Bach: Sonatas & Partitas for Solo Violin (Recorded 2020).
- PM Classics Ltd..
- 1.
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Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Panorama (The Sleeping Beauty)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.- Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Nutcracker: LSO, Previn.
- EMI Classics.
- 9.
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Joanna Marsh
Evening Prayer
Choir: Tenebrae. Director: Nigel Short.- A Prayer for Deliverance.
- Signum Records.
- 18.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-Flat Major, Op. 31 No. 3 "La chasse": III. Menuetto. Mo
Performer: Boris Giltburg.- Beethoven 32, Vol. 5: Piano Sonatas Nos. 16-18.
- Naxos.
- 9.
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Antonín Dvořák
Serenade for Strings in E major, Op 22 (1st mvt)
Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Rafael Kubelík.- Rafael Kubelik: Rare Recordings 1963 - 1974.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 9.
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