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Thirty minutes of classical Inspiration

An eclectic mix featuring excerpts from Grieg's Holberg Suite, Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty and Saint-Sa毛ns's Danse Macabre.

An eclectic mix of classical music begins with the waltz movement from Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty ballet and Mahler's Des Knaben Wunderhorn, with music from the video game Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Frank Bridge and Benjamin Britten. The mixtape draws to a conclusion with the third movement of Chopin's Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor and Saint-Sa毛ns's Danse Macabre.

Producer: James Rushworth

30 minutes

Music Played

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Sleeping Beauty (Waltz)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Dor谩ti.
    • Tchaikovsky: Complete Orchestral Works Vol.2.
    • Philips.
    • 8.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Verlor'ne M眉h (Des Knaben Wunderhorn)

    Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter. Conductor: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Von Otter/Quasthoff/Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Holberg suite (Op.40) - 2nd mvt; Sarabande

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • HANSSLER CLASSIC.
  • Stephen Barton

    BD-1 and the Boglings

    Composer: Gordy Haab.
    • Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order.
    • Walt Disney Records.
    • 7.
  • Frank Bridge

    Berceuse

    Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Nicholas Cleobury.
    • Bridge: Suite for Strings etc: Britten Sinfonia/Nicholas Cleobury.
    • Conifer.
    • 15.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Choral Dances from 'Gloriana' (Concord)

    Choir: RIAS Chamber Choir. Conductor: Justin Doyle.
    • Britten: Choral Works.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 2.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Cello Sonata in G minor, Op 65 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Andreas Brantelid. Performer: Marianna Shirinyan.
    • Chopin: Chamber Music Andreas Brantelid.
    • EMI.
    • 3.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Danse macabre, Op. 40

    Conductor: Adrian Boult. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Sir Adrian Boult: A Musical Legacy, Vol. 3.
    • London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • 112.

Broadcast

  • Mon 24 Oct 2022 19:00

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