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30 minutes of classical inspiration

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music.

30 minutes

Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 846 (Book 1, The Well-Tempered Clavier)

    Performer: Glenn Gould.
    • The Glenn Gould Edition: Bach: The Well-tempered Clavier 1.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Gloria (Missa Solemnis in C major, K 337)

    Performer: David Briggs. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury. Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Singer: Margaret Marshall. Singer: Ann Murray. Singer: Rogers Covey‐Crump. Singer: David Wilson‐Johnson.
    • Mozart: Coronation Mass: King's College Choir/English Chamber Orch/Cleobury.
    • Argo.
    • 8.
  • Emilie Mayer

    Piano Quartet in E Flat Major (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Mariani Klavierquartett.
    • Mayer: Piano Quartets.
    • CPO.
    • 203.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Largo from Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 'From the New World'

    Performer: Lisa Batiashvili. Music Arranger: Tamás Batiashvili. Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Nikoloz Rachveli.
    • DG.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Piano Trio No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 92, R. 129: III. Andante con moto

    Ensemble: Sitkovetsky Trio.
    • Ravel & Saint-Saëns: Piano Trios.
    • BIS.
    • 203.
  • Henry Litolff

    Concerto symphonique No. 2 in B Minor, Op. 22: III. Andante

    Performer: Peter Donohoe. Conductor: Andrew Litton. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.
    • Litolff: Concertos symphoniques Nos. 2 & 4 (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 14).
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.
  • Susan Spain-Dunk

    Suite in B Minor for String Orchestra: II. Interlude

    Conductor: Douglas Bostock. Orchestra: South-West German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim.
    • British Music for Strings, Vol. 3.
    • CPO.
    • 202.

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  • Wed 4 Jun 2025 19:00

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