Classical music for your journey, chosen by Radio 3 listeners
Episode m001sm4d, broadcast at Friday 1st December 2023, 7:00pm.
“Half and hour of back to back music in a special Classical Mixtape curated by Radio 3 listeners. Many of you contacted us to suggest tracks that you felt would work well, and this is the second mixtape formed out of your music choices. So sit back and enjoy music by Bernstein, Gavin Bryars, Dufay and Warlock, alongside an electronic take on Debussy by Tomita, a popular barcarolle, and piano music by Schubert. Producer: Helen Garrison”
Track listing
- 0:20 – Mambo (Symphonic Dances from West Side Story) (track 1, Dance Mix: Baltimore Symphony Orchstra/Zinman)
- Composer Leonard Bernstein
- Orchestra Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor David Zinman
- Orchestrator Irwin Kostal
- Orchestrator Sid Ramin
- 2:40 – My First Homage (track 112, Pianisphère 1)
- Performer Gavin Bryars
- 7:03 – Oboe Concerto in D minor Op.8 No.9 (1st mvt) (track 13, Vivaldi: The Four Seasons)
- Composer Antonio Vivaldi
- Conductor Giovanni Antonini
- Ensemble Il Giardino Armonico
- Performer Paolo Grazzi
- 10:08 – Belle nuit, o nuit d'amour (The Tales of Hoffmann) (track 16, Sir Charles' Precious Music Box 2: Philharmonia/Groves)
- Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra
- Composer Jacques Offenbach
- Conductor Sir Charles Groves
- 12:52 – The Ruins of Athens Op.113 (Turkish March) (track 12, Beethoven: Die Ruinen von Athen, Op. 113 (Version with Narration) & Other Works)
- Composer Ludwig van Beethoven
- Conductor Leif Segerstam
- Orchestra Turku Philharmonic Orchestra
- 14:46 – Frensham Pond (Arr. P. Cigleris for Clarinet & Strings) (track 501, Eclogue)
- Music Arranger Peter Cigleris
- Composer William Lloyd Webber
- Ensemble Chamber Ensemble of London
- 17:35 – Je me complains
- Ensemble Orlando Consort
- Composer Guillaume Dufay
- 19:45 – Sonata in E Major, D. 459: III. Adagio (track 207, Franz Schubert: Complete Piano Sonatas)
- Composer Franz Schubert
- Performer Elisabeth Leonskaja
- 26:25 – The Snow is Dancing (Children's Corner) (track 1, Tomita: Snowflakes are dancing)
- Composer Claude Debussy
- Music Arranger Isao Tomita
- 28:34 – Mattachins (Capriol Suite) (track 12, English String Classics 2: Vaughan Williams/Warlock/Tippet/Elgar etc)
- Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Composer Peter Warlock
- Conductor Clio Gould