Classical music for focus or relaxation
Episode m001z6df, broadcast at Wednesday 22nd May 2024, 7:00pm.
“An engaging mix of classical music for half an hour, featuring a much-loved sinfonia from Handel's oratorio, Solomon, as well as chamber music by Françaix and Schulhoff. Plus we hear the sublime voice of José Carreras.”
Track listing
- 0:34 – Suite for Chamber Orchestra (6th mvt, Jazz)
- Orchestra Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor James Conlon
- Composer Erwin Schulhoff
- 5:35 – 6 Polish Songs, S.480: iv) Bacchanal
- Composer Frédéric Chopin
- Music Arranger Franz Liszt
- Performer Mariam Batsashvili
- 7:17 – Gigue (Cello Suite No.3 in C Major, BWV 1009)
- Composer Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer Yo‐Yo Ma
- 10:13 – Octet (4th mvt) (track 4, Francaix - A Huit; Divertissement; Clarinet Quintet)
- Composer Jean Françaix
- Ensemble The Gaudier Ensemble
- 15:13 – My Spirit Sang All Day, Op.17 no.3 (track 15, O Radiant Dawn)
- Composer Gerald Finzi
- Ensemble Apollo5
- 17:30 – Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Solomon)
- Composer George Frideric Handel
- Conductor Giovanni Antonini
- Orchestra Il Giardino Armonico
- 20:29 – Misa Criolla for chorus: Kyrie (track 1, Ramirez: Missa Criolla; Navidad Nuestra; Navidad en Verano)
- Singer José Carreras
- Composer Ariel Ramírez
- Performer Domingo Cura
- Performer Jorge Padin
- Ensemble Coral Salvé de Laredo
- Ensemble Sociedad Coral de Bilbao
- Conductor José Luis Ocejo
- 24:20 – Suite no.1 (Fête)
- Composer Claude Debussy
- Orchestra Les Siècles
- Conductor François‐Xavier Roth