Classical music for focus or relaxation
Episode m0019yn1, broadcast at Thursday 18th August 2022, 7:00pm.
“An eclectic mix featuring classical favourites, lesser-known gems and a few surprises”
Track listing
- 0:10 – Suite No 16 in A minor (Allemande) (track , Music in Europe 1550-1650: Hesperion XX/Savall)
- Director Jordi Savall
- Ensemble Hespèrion XXI
- Composer Johann Hermann Schein
- 2:34 – Nocturne in D flat major, Op 27 No 2 (track 8, Chopin: Complete Nocturnes: Yundi)
- Composer Frédéric Chopin
- Performer Yundi
- 9:21 – Journey to Blofeld's Hideaway (On Her Majesty's Secret Service)
- Conductor John Barry
- Orchestra Uncredited orchestra
- 10:40 – The Queen's Monastery, Brno (Sinfonietta) (track 3, Great Orchestral Showpieces, Vol.1)
- Orchestra Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
- Composer Leos Janáček
- Conductor David Zinman
- 15:22 – Suite for violin and piano (3rd mvt)
- Composer William Grant Still
- Performer Lynn Chang
- Performer Vivian Taylor
- 17:29 – Pour l'égyptienne (6 Épigraphes Antiques) (track 12, Debussy.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 5; Markl)
- Composer Claude Debussy
- Orchestrator Ernest Ansermet
- Conductor Jun Märkl
- Orchestra Opéra de Lyon
- 20:46 – Long since in Egypt's plenteous land (Judith)
- Choir Crouch End Festival Chorus
- Orchestra London Mozart Players
- Composer Hubert Parry
- Singer Kathryn Rudge
- Conductor William Vann
- 25:23 – Grand March (Aida) (track 1, Marches in Hi-Fi: Arthur Fiedler)
- Composer Giuseppe Verdi
- Orchestra Boston Pops Orchestra
- Conductor Arthur Fiedler