Classical music for focus or relaxation
Episode m001w8lf, broadcast at Wednesday 21st February 2024, 7:00pm.
“This evening's musical journey on the Classical Mixtape starts with music by Sibelius, moving through solo JS Bach to a concerto for two cellos by Romberg. We travel via part of Prokofiev's score to Romeo and Juliet to music by CPE Bach, Joseph White and ending with one of Dvorak's Slavonic Dances. Producer Rebecca Bean”
Track listing
- 0:00 – Karelia Suite (Alla marcia) (track 3, Sibelius: Finlandia/Luonnota U.A. : Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra/Jarvi)
- Composer Jean Sibelius
- Orchestra Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor Neeme Järvi
- 4:34 – Keyboard Concerto no.4 in A major BWV.1055 (1st mvt)
- Composer Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer Angela Hewitt
- Director Richard Tognetti
- Orchestra Australian Chamber Orchestra
- 8:35 – Concertino for 2 Cellos in A Major, Op. 72 - III. Rondo. Con allegrezza
- Conductor Reinhard Goebel
- Performer Stephan Koncz
- Performer Bruno Delepelaire
- Composer Bernhard Romberg
- Orchestra Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern
- 14:03 – Dance with Mandolins (Romeo and Juliet)
- Orchestra Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor Claudio Abbado
- Composer Sergei Prokofiev
- 15:50 – Keyboard Sonata in F sharp minor Wq.52`4 (3rd mvt) (track 3, CPE Bach: Keyboard Sonatas: Danny Driver)
- Composer Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
- Performer Danny Driver
- 20:15 – Violin Concerto in F sharp minor (2nd mvt)
- Performer Rachel Barton Pine
- Composer Joseph White
- Orchestra Encore Chamber Orchestra
- Conductor Daniel Hege
- 25:01 – Slavonic Dance in D major, Op 46 No 6 (track 6, Dvorak: Slavonic Dances etc.: RPO/Detroit SO/Dorati)
- Conductor Antal Doráti
- Composer Antonín Dvořák
- Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra