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Switch up your listening with classical music

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites, including music by Rameau, Rachmaninov, and Vaughan Williams.

An engaging mix of classical music for half an hour, featuring Rachmaninov's plaintive Cello Sonata, dedicated to his friend and collaborator Anatoliy Brandukov; Albinoni's iconic Adagio, whose story became entwined with the destruction of Dresden during the Second World War; and the dark, tragic Largo from Amy Beach's Piano Concerto, originally written for the Venezuelan virtuoso Teresa Carreño.

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Music Played

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Cello Sonata in G minor, Op 19 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Gautier Capuçon. Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • Rachmaninoff & Brahms.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 6.

  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Dardanus (Act 4, Scene 1, Lieux funestes)

    Ensemble: Duo Kiasma.
    • Cypres.

  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Adagio in G minor

    Music Arranger: Remo Giazotto. Ensemble: Consort of London. Director: Robert Clark.
    • COLLINS CLASSICS.

  • William Henry Harris

    Faire is the heaven

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Universal.

  • Amy Beach

    Piano Concerto, Op 45 (3rd mvt, Largo)

    Performer: Danny Driver. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rebecca Miller.
    • Piano Concertos.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Lovely on the Water (Six Studies in English Folk Song)

    Performer: Timothy Ridout. Performer: James Baillieu.
    • harmonia mundi.

Broadcast

  • Yesterday 19:00
    BBC Radio 3

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