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The perfect classical half hour

In Tune's specially curated playlist, including JS Bach's extraordinary First Brandenburg Concerto, a vision of a better world with Burl Ives and Stravinsky's sardonic Devil.

In Tune's specially curated playlist, including JS Bach's extraordinary First Brandenburg Concerto, a vision of a better world with Burl Ives, and Stravinsky's sardonic Devil from The Soldier's Tale. Opening with the tinkling rivulets of Rachmaninov's Twelfth Prelude from his Op 32, there's also the chimes and tiptoes of Ponchielli's Dance of the Hours, an intoxicating Sayat-Nova from Armenia and the bonkers player piano work of Conlan Nancarrow. And there's Jessica Curry's pastoral score to Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, before the dancing final movement of Dvorak's breakthrough Bagatelles.

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 15 Jun 2020 19:00

Music Played

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    13 Preludes Op.32: no.12 in G sharp minor

    Performer: Jorge Bolet.
    • DECCA.
    • 421-0612.
    • 4.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg concerto no. 1 in F major BWV.1046: Allegro

    Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • HMX2908074.77.
    • 3.
  • Burl Ives

    Big Rock Candy Mountain

    • Lavender Blue.
    • JASMINE.
    • JASMCD-3524.
    • 5.
  • Amilcare Ponchielli

    La Gioconda: Dance of the hours

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • EMI CLASSICS.
    • 5689532.
    • 6.
  • Sayat-Nova

    Kani vur djan im

    Ensemble: Hesp猫rion XXI. Performer: Ha茂g Sarikouyoumdjian.
    • ALIA VOX.
    • AVSA9892.
    • 3.
  • Conlon Nancarrow

    Trilogy: III

    Performer: Conlon Nancarrow.
    • WERGO.
    • WER6696-2.
    • 14.
  • Jessica Curry

    Everybody's gone to the rapture: The Light we cast

    Choir: London Voices. Conductor: Ben Parry.
    • SONY.
    • 88875131422.
    • 28.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Bagatelles Op.47

    Ensemble: Tak谩cs Quartet.
    • DECCA.
    • 4300772.
    • 5.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Soldier's tale: The Devil's triumphal march

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • 4711972.
    • 15.

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  • Mon 15 Jun 2020 19:00

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