Expand your horizons with classical music
Episode m0027m4m, broadcast at Sunday 23rd February 2025, 5:30pm, and Tuesday 11th February 2025, 7:00pm.
“Today's mixtape starts with Khachaturian's Sabre Dance, followed by Rossini's Thieving Magpie. Plus virtuosic violin and piano music by Antonio Bazzini, Han Kun Sha's Shepherd's Song arranged for string quartet, chamber music by Max Bruch, a song by Alma Mahler and the Sarabande from J.S. English Suite no. 1 in A Major. To listen on most smart speakers just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play 'Classical Mixtape'" Producer: Kevin Satizabal Carrascal”
Track listing
- 0:00 – Sabre Dance (Gayaneh) (track 6, Ballets russes)
- Conductor Paavo Järvi
- Composer Aram Khachaturian
- Orchestra Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France
- 2:21 – La Gazza ladra [The thieving magpie]: Sinfonia (EXCERPT)
- Composer Gioachino Rossini
- Orchestra Virtuosi Brunensis
- Conductor Alberto Zedda
- 7:18 – La ronde des lutins, Scherzo fantastique for violin and piano (track 1, Homage: James Ehnes)
- Performer James Ehnes
- Composer Antonio Bazzini
- Performer Eduard Laurel
- 12:11 – Shepherd's Song (track 501, China Song)
- Composer Han-Kun Sha
- Music Arranger Yi-Wen Jiang
- Ensemble The Shanghai Quartet
- 16:54 – Amarcord - Main titles
- Orchestra Orchestra
- Composer Nino Rota
- Conductor Carlo Savina
- 18:56 – 8 Pieces Op.83 (no.7 in B major) (track 10, Mozart, Schumann & Others: Clarinet Trios)
- Performer Michael McHale
- Composer Max Bruch
- Performer Michael Collins
- Performer Isabelle van Keulen
- 22:19 – Laue Sommernacht (5 Songs) (track 1, Charmes)
- Composer Alma Mahler
- Singer Olena Tokar
- Performer Igor Gryshyn
- 24:35 – English Suite No. 1 in A Major, BWV 806: VII. Sarabande (track 14, Bach, JS: English Suites Nos 1, 3 & 5)
- Composer Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer Piotr Anderszewski