Classical music for focus or relaxation
Episode m001zn2g, broadcast at Friday 7th June 2024, 7:00pm.
“An engaging mix of classical music for half an hour, featuring Hans Rott’s symphony for string orchestra, as well as chamber music by Dohnanyi and Smetana, plus the sublime voices of Anne Sofie von Otter and Stephanie D'Oustrac in a perennial favourite by Offenbach.”
Track listing
- 0:01 – On the Seashore, Op.17
- Composer Bedrich Smetana
- Performer Leif Ove Andsnes
- 4:55 – String Symphony in A flat major (3rd mvt)
- Orchestra Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
- Composer Hans Rott
- Conductor Christopher Ward
- 9:27 – Sextet in C major, Op.37 (4th mvt)
- Composer Erno Dohnanyi
- Ensemble Kheops Ensemble
- 14:59 – Barcarolle (The Tales of Hoffmann) (track 8, Anne Sofie von Otter sings Offenbach)
- Conductor Marc Minkowski
- Composer Jacques Offenbach
- Orchestra Les Musiciens du Louvre
- Singer Anne Sofie von Otter
- Singer Stéphanie d'Oustrac
- Choir Chœur des Musiciens du Louvre
- 18:54 – Pavan of Alberti; Galliard
- Conductor Jordi Savall
- Ensemble Hespèrion XXI
- Composer Innocenzio Alberti
- 21:30 – Czech Suite Op.39 (Polka) (track 5, Dvorak: Violin concerto etc: Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Swensen)
- Composer Antonín Dvořák
- Orchestra Scottish Chamber Orchestra
- Conductor Joseph Swensen
- 25:33 – Cantata no. 4 BWV. 4: Sinfonia & 'Christ Lag in Todensbanden'
- Composer Johann Sebastian Bach
- Conductor Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Choir Monteverdi Choir
- Orchestra Monteverdi Orchestra