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The Private Passions mix

Celebrating 30 years of Radio 3's Private Passions, a 30-minute music mix curated from some of the picks from celebrity guests who have appeared on the programme.

A half-hour mix of uninterrupted classical music, perfect for your end-of-day wind-down.

To celebrate 30 years of Radio 3's Private Passions, this special Classical Mixtape has been curated from suggestions by the programme's presenter Michael Berkeley of music tracks that have featured on the programme. Some of the tracks have been popular choices, picked by multiple guests over the years, and others have been new to Michael and made a lasting impression on him. The choices include John Tavener's The Lamb, one of Strauss's Four Last Songs, Stravinsky's Rag Time, and tracks by celebrated singers Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Ces谩ria 脡vora.

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Tue 15 Apr 2025 19:00
蜜芽传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Richard Strauss

    Four Last Songs: No. 2, September

    Performer: Jessye Norman. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: James Levine.
    • Decca.

  • John Tavener

    The Lamb

    Choir: Choir of New College Oxford. Conductor: Edward Higginbottom.
    • Agnus Dei: Choir of New College, Oxford/Higginbottom.
    • Erato.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Adagio and fugue in C minor, K546

    Ensemble: Armida String Quartet.
    • AVI.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Vocalise

    Performer: Maxim Vengerov. Performer: Vag Papian. Music Arranger: Mikhail Parhamovsky. Conductor: Mikhail Parhamovsky. Ensemble: Virtuosi.
    • Vengerov & Virtuosi.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Ragtime for 11 instruments

    Ensemble: Boston Symphony Chamber Players.
    • Strauss: Waltzes/Stravinsky: Octet, Pastorale: Boston Symphony Chamber Players.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 9.

  • Franz Schubert

    Der Leiermann (Winterreise, D.911)

    Singer: Dietrich Fischer鈥怐ieskau. Performer: Alfred Brendel.
    • Philips.

  • Nando Da Cruz

    Petit pays

    Singer: Ces谩ria 脡vora.
    • Cesaria.
    • RCA Records Label.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Tue 15 Apr 2025 19:00
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3

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