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

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Music Played

  • Heitor Villa‐Lobos

    Prelude No. 1 for guitar (Homage to the Brazilian Sertanejo)

    Performer: Giulia Ballaré.
    • Heitor Villa-Lobos: Complete Solo Guitar Works.
    • Da Vinci Publishing.
    • 1.

  • John Field

    Nocturne no.18 in E major 'Le Midi'

    Performer: Finghin Collins.
    • The bright day is done.
    • Claves Records.
    • 5.

  • Ethel Smyth

    String Quintet in E major, Op.1 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Joachim Griesheimer. Ensemble: Mannheim String Quartet.
    • CPO.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Mass in B Minor (Dona nobis pacem)

    Choir: Amsterdam Baroque Choir. Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ton Koopman.
    • Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 26.

  • Florence Price

    An Elf on a Moonbeam

    Performer: Anna Lapwood.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Bernhard Crusell

    Clarinet Quartet no.1 in E flat major Op.2 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Osmo V�nsk�. Performer: Pekka Kauppinen. Performer: Anu Airas. Performer: Ilkka Pälli.
    • Finntastic.
    • Bis.
    • 015.

  • Josef Suk

    Serenade for Strings in E-Flat Major, Op. 6: I. Andante con moto - Più mosso

    Orchestra: London Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Warren‐Green.
    • Essential Strings.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.

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