 
                
                        The perfect classical half hour
An engaging mix of classical music for half an hour, featuring chamber music by Henri Bertini and Giovanni Gabrieli, as well as an ode to love from Dowland’s First Booke of Songes or Ayres, plus the sublime voices of Anne Sofie von Otter and Stephanie D'Oustrac in a perennial favourite by Offenbach
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    ![]()  Henri BertiniNonetto in D Major, Op. 107: III. Scherzo. Prestissimo risoluto Ensemble: Linos Ensemble.- Bertini: Nonetto in D Major, Op. 107 & Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 43 "Grand".
- CPO.
- 103.
 
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    ![]()  John DowlandCome again, sweet love doth now invite Performer: David Mayoral. Music Arranger: Rainer Seiferth. Ensemble: Tracea.- ALPHA.
 
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    ![]()  Jacques OffenbachBarcarolle (The Tales of Hoffmann) Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter. Singer: Stéphanie d'Oustrac. Choir: Chœur des Musiciens du Louvre. Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.- Anne Sofie von Otter sings Offenbach.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 8.
 
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    ![]()  Giovanni GabrieliCanzone a tre cori Music Arranger: Bruno Maderna. Orchestra: Orchestra della Svizzera italiana. Conductor: Dennis Russell Davies.- ECM.
 
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    ![]()  Alexandre DesplatThe Silence of love (from The Shape of Water) Conductor: Alexandre Desplat.- Decca.
 
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    ![]()  Amy BeachA Hermit Thrush at Eve, Op. 92 No. 1 Performer: Finghin Collins.- The bright day is done.
- Claves Records.
- 6.
 
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    ![]()  King Henry VIII of EnglandIf Love Now Reynyd Choir: Taverner Choir. Ensemble: Taverner Players. Conductor: Andrew Parrott.- AVIE: AV2352.
- Avie.
- 6.
 
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    ![]()  George GershwinThe man I love (The George Gershwin Songbook for piano) Performer: Richard Rodney Bennett.- Gershwin/Kern etc: That certain feeling: Richard Rodney Bennett.
- CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE.
 
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