The perfect classical half hour
An eclectic mix featuring classical favourites, lesser-known gems and a few surprises, including music by Zespedes, Chopin, Gade, Bartok and Gabriel Jackson.
A joyful journey through popular classics from Zespedes's toe-tapping Guaracha Ay que me abraso, performed by La Capella Reial de Catalunya and Jordi Savall, to Chopin's Waltz in A flat major, 'L'Adieu', also with Gade's Copenhangen Life waltz, Bartok's Romanian Dances, and Gabriel Jackson's Cecilia virgo for chorus.
Producer: Elizabeth Arno
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Juan García de Zéspedes
Ay que me abraso; El Arrancazacate
Choir: La Capella Reial de Catalunya. Ensemble: Tembembe Ensamble Continuo. Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Conductor: Jordi Savall.- El Nuevo Mundo: Folías Criollas.
- Alia Vox.
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Jacob Gade
Copenhagen Life - Waltz
Orchestra: Odense Symfoniorkester. Conductor: Matthias Aeschbacher.- Jakob Gade: Jealousy - suites: Odense Symhony Orchestra/Aeschbacher.
- Dacapo.
- 13.
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Béla Bartók
Romanian Folk Dances
Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Florent Boffard.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Gabriel Jackson
Cecilia virgo
Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.- Jackson: Not no faceless Angel: Polyphony, Stephen Layton.
- Hyperion.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No 8 in F major, Op 93 (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.- The Beethoven Symphonies: Live from the Edinburgh Festival.
- Hyperion.
- 6.
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Frédéric Chopin
Waltz in A flat major, Op 69 No 1, 'L'Adieu'
Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.- Chopin: The Solo Piano Works: Ashkenazy.
- London.
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Broadcast
- Fri 21 Oct 2022 19:00BBC Radio 3
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