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The perfect classical half hour

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music including relaxing works by Mozart, Rachel Portman and Jules Massenet.

Producer: Kevin Satizabal Carrascal.

16 days left to listen

29 minutes

Last on

Thu 21 Aug 2025 19:00

Music Played

  • Rachel Portman

    Flight

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Anna Lapwood.
    • Flight.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

    Music Arranger: Myra Hess. Performer: Myra Hess.
    • Sony.
  • Georges Bizet

    Carmen Suite no.1 (Intermezzo)

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • The Best of Bizet.
    • Philips.
    • 12.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Divertimento in D major, K.136

    Ensemble: Hagen Quartett.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Pavane de la belle au bois dormant (Ma mère l'oye)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Antonio Pedrotti.
    • SUPRAPHON SU 4199-2.
    • Supraphon.
    • 13.
  • Sir George Dyson

    Woodland Suite I. At Evening Bell

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Dyson: Nebuchadnezzar.
    • Chandos.
    • 005.
  • Jules Massenet

    Meditation (from "Thais")

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • Chandos Records Limited.

Broadcast

  • Thu 21 Aug 2025 19:00

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