Classical music for focus or relaxation
Episode m0029jwl, broadcast at Monday 7th April 2025, 7:00pm.
“Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music, including a peaceful nocturne by Schoenberg, delicious choral harmony from Palestrina, glorious strings by Glazunov and Jean Cras, and a deftness of piano writing by none other than Mozart and Rachmaninov. Producer: Zara Siddiqi”
Track listing
- 0:00 – 10 Preludes, Op. 23: No. 8. Allegro vivace in A-Flat Major (track 109, Rachmaninov: 24 Preludes)
- Composer Sergey Rachmaninov
- Performer Nikolai Lugansky
- 3:18 – Notturno for violin, harp and strings (track , Daniel Hope - Belle Epoque)
- Performer Daniel Hope
- Performer Zürcher Kammerorchester
- Composer Arnold Schoenberg
- Performer Jane Berthe
- 6:24 – Vox dliecti mei (Song of Songs)
- Choir The Sixteen
- Conductor Harry Christophers
- Composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
- 8:35 – String Quartet No 2 in F major, Op 10 (2nd mvt) (track 2, Utrecht String Quartet: Complete String Quartets Vol.2/Glazunov)
- Composer Alexander Glazunov
- Ensemble Utrecht String Quartet
- 14:05 – Piano Concerto No. 23, K.488 (3rd mvt) (track 7, Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 22, K. 482 & No.23, K. 488)
- Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Performer Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
- Orchestra Manchester Camerata
- Conductor Gábor Takács‐Nagy
- 21:28 – Op. 54, No. 1: Scottish Legend (track 5, Neglected Works For Piano)
- Performer Bengt Forsberg
- Composer Amy Beach
- 23:52 – Quintette: I. Assez anime (track 1, French Music for Flute, Harp And String Trio)
- Ensemble Linos Ensemble
- Composer Jean Cras