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Classical music for your commute

In Tune's Classical Music Mixtape: an imaginative, eclectic mix featuring classical favourites, lesser-known gems and a few surprises thrown in for good measure. Today鈥檚 programme is an exhilarating cocktail containing musical treats by Britten, Handel, Mozart, Brahms and Widor

30 minutes

Music Played

  • Benjamin Britten

    Six Metamorphoses after Ovid, Op 49 (Phaeton)

    Performer: Roy Carter.
    • EMI Classics.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Air on a G string (Suite no.3 in D major BWV.1068)

    Music Arranger: Jacques Loussier. Ensemble: Jacques Loussier Trio.
    • Air On A 'G' String - The Very Best Of Jacques Loussier.
    • Music Club.
    • 1.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Trio in E flat major Op.40 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Barry Tuckwell. Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Itzhak Perlman: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon.
    • DG.
    • 8.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Suite for jazz band (Waltz 2)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Shostakovich: The Jazz Album - Brautigam, Masseurs.
    • Decca.
    • 13.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Concerto No 1 in B flat major, K 207 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Vilde Frang. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • Warner.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Va tacito (Giulio Cesare)

    Singer: Janet Baker. Performer: Frank Lloyd. Orchestra: The English National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Handel: Julius Caesar (highlights): Mackerras.
    • EMI.

Broadcast

  • Thu 29 Apr 2021 19:00

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