The perfect classical half hour
Episode m002d7kf, broadcast at Thursday 19th June 2025, 7:00pm.
“Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music, including works by Ravel, Rameau and Amy Beach.”
Track listing
- 0:00 – Le tombeau de Couperin (Prelude) (track , Boulez conducts Debusy and Ravel)
- Composer Maurice Ravel
- Orchestra The Cleveland Orchestra
- Conductor Pierre Boulez
- 3:13 – Le rappel des oiseaux (Pieces de Clavecin)
- Composer Jean‐Philippe Rameau
- Performer Víkingur Ólafsson
- 5:49 – Symphony No 5 in B flat major, Op 55 (2nd mvt) (track 2, Glazunov: Symphonies Nos. 5 and 7)
- Orchestra BBC National Orchestra of Wales
- Composer Alexander Glazunov
- Conductor Tadaaki Otaka
- 10:54 – String Quartet no.1 Op.25 (2nd mvt)
- Composer Charlotte Sohy
- Ensemble Quatuor Hermès
- 18:58 – There Is Sweet Music (4 Choral songs Op.53) (track 9, Music Of The Spheres: Part Songs Of The British Isles)
- Conductor Nigel Short
- Composer Edward Elgar
- Choir Tenebrae
- 23:17 – Romance, Op.22 no.2 (track , Romance)
- Performer Isata Kanneh‐Mason
- Performer Elena Urioste
- Composer Clara Schumann
- 25:57 – Berceuse (3 Pieces Op.40)
- Composer Amy Beach
- Orchestra Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor Yannick Nézet‐Séguin
- Performer Andreas Ottensamer
- Music Arranger Stephan Koncz