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The eclectic classical mix

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites. This edition of the Mixtape includes choral music by Gabriel Fauré and Caroline Shaw.

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites. This edition of the Mixtape includes choral music by Gabriel Fauré and Caroline Shaw, instrumental arrangements of beloved works by Reynaldo Hahn and François Couperin, plus gems by Rebecca Clarke, Clara Schumann, Max Richter and Giovanni Sollima. Produced by Christina Kenny for BBC Audio.

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Music Played

  • Richard Strauss

    Zueignung Op.10 No.1

    Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin. Orchestra: New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.

  • Reynaldo Hahn

    A Chloris (for Cor Anglais and orchestra)

    Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Lyricist: Reynaldo Hahn. Music Arranger: Albrecht Mayer. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Mathias Mönius.
    • The Sound Of Albrecht Mayer (By Classic FM).
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 16.

  • Rebecca Clarke

    I'll bid my heart be still

    Performer: Avril Piston. Performer: Shamonia Harpa.
    • Heartache: Piston / Harpa.
    • Guild.
    • 17.

  • Caroline Shaw

    and the swallow (arranged for choir and strings)

    Music Arranger: Piers Connor Kennedy. Orchestra: United Strings of Europe. Conductor: Tom Herring. Choir: SANSARA.
    • Platoon.

  • Max Richter

    Spring 1

    Composer: Antonio Vivaldi. Performer: Daniel Hope. Orchestra: Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin. Conductor: André de Ridder.
    • Recomposed By Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 2.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Cantique de Jean Racine, Op 11

    Choir: VOCES8 Foundation Choir. Orchestra: VOCES8 Foundation Orchestra. Conductor: Barnaby Smith.
    • Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11 (Arr. Davis for Choir & Orchestra).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • François Couperin

    Les baricades mistérieuses (Pieces de clavecin - ordre no. 6)

    Music Arranger: Thomas Adès. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Insomnia.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.

  • Clara Schumann

    Piano Sonata in G minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Romance.
    • Decca.
    • 14.

  • Giovanni Sollima

    L.B. Files: Igiul

    Performer: Abel Selaocoe. Ensemble: Manchester Collective.
    • Hymns of Bantu.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Fantasy in F Minor, Op 49

    Performer: Tom Borrow.

  • Erland Cooper

    Music For Growing Flowers - Pt. 8

    Performer: Erland Cooper.
    • Music For Growing Flowers.
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 8.

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