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Switch up your listening with classical music

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music featuring a Gymnopedie by Erik Satie, a piano trio by Haydn and Voces8 performing a beautiful motet by Jean Mouton.

Produced by Zerlina Vulliamy.

23 days left to listen

29 minutes

Music Played

  • Henriette Renié

    Harp Concerto in C minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Emmanuel Ceysson. Orchestra: Orchestre national Avignon-Provence. Conductor: Samuel Jean.
    • Belle Epoque.
    • Naive.
    • 2.
  • John Ireland

    The Holy Boy (Prelude No 3 arr. for string quartet)

    Ensemble: Maggini Quartet.
    • Ireland - String Quartets.
    • Naxos.
    • 5.
  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Violin Sonata in C major, Op 5 No 3 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Elizabeth Wallfisch. Performer: Richard Tunnicliffe. Performer: Paul Nicholson. Ensemble: Locatelli Trio.
    • Corelli: Violin Sonatas: The Locatelli Trio.
    • Hyperion.
    • 13.
  • Erik Satie

    Gymnopédie no.1 in D major

    Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet.
    • Satie: The Complete Solo Piano Music; Jean-Yves Thibaudet.
    • Decca.
    • 4.
  • Edward Elgar

    Dream Children (No 1)

    Orchestra: Welsh National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Decca.
  • Jean Mouton

    Nesciens mater virgo virum for 8 voices

    Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Christmas.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1501.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Trio in G major, H XV 25, 'Gypsy' (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: The Florestan Trio.
    • Haydn: Piano Trios, Vol.1: The Florestan Trio.
    • Hyperion.
    • 5.

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