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Switch up your listening with classical music

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music from your favourite composers; Rachmaninov, Faure, Satie, Chausson, Dvorak, Ockeghem and Bonis.

Producer: Zara Siddiqi

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30 minutes

Last on

Tue 7 Oct 2025 19:00

Music Played

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    10 Preludes, Op. 23: No. 4 in D Major. Andante cantabile

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Rachmaninoff: Preludes, Op. 23 & 32.
    • Hyperion.
    • 5.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Requiem Op.48 for soprano, baritone, chorus and orchestra; In Paradisum

    Performer: John Scott. Choir: Corydon Singers. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Matthew Best.
    • Hyperion.
  • Erik Satie

    Gymnopédie no.1 in D major

    Orchestrator: Claude Debussy. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • Erik Satie: Gymnopedie No.1 (Orchestral Version by Claude Debussy).
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 101.
  • Ernest Chausson

    Concerto for Violin, Piano and String Quartet, Op. 21 - II. Sicilienne

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Lise de la Salle. Orchestra: Zürcher Kammerorchester.
    • Belle Époque.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 8.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Legends, op.59 - No 2 in G major

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: José Serebrier.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Johannes Ockeghem

    Deo Gratias

    Choir: Huelgas Ensemble. Conductor: Paul Van Nevel.
    • Utopia Triumphans.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 004.
  • Mel Bonis

    Meditation in F major, Op 33

    Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Performer: Julian Riem.
    • Méditation in F Major, Op. 33.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

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  • Tue 7 Oct 2025 19:00

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