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Radio 3,20 Oct 2026,30 mins

Switch up your listening with classical music

Classical Mixtape

Available for 29 days

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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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Cello Sonata in G minor, Op 19 (3rd mvt)
    Cello Sonata in G minor, Op 19 (3rd mvt)
    Sergey Rachmaninov
  3. 2.
    Dardanus (Act 4, Scene 1, Lieux funestes)
    Dardanus (Act 4, Scene 1, Lieux funestes)
    Jean‐Philippe Rameau
  4. 3.
    Adagio in G minor
    Adagio in G minor
    Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
  5. 4.
    Faire is the heaven
    Faire is the heaven
    William Henry Harris
  6. 5.
    Piano Concerto, Op 45 (3rd mvt, Largo)
    Piano Concerto, Op 45 (3rd mvt, Largo)
    Amy Beach
  7. 6.
    Lovely on the Water (Six Studies in English Folk Song)
    Lovely on the Water (Six Studies in English Folk Song)
    Ralph Vaughan Williams