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Expand your horizons with classical music

In Tune's Classical Music Mixtape: an imaginative, eclectic mix featuring classical favourites, lesser-known gems and a few surprises thrown in for good measure. With music by Poulenc, Bach, Britten, Shostakovich and Handel

30 minutes

Music Played

  • Francis Poulenc

    Flute Sonata (1st mvt)

    Music Arranger: Lennox Berkeley. Performer: Emily Beynon. Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.
    • British Flute Concertos - Beynon/麻豆社 NOW/Tovey.
    • Chandos.
    • 10.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita No 1 in B flat major for keyboard, BWV 825: Gigue

    Performer: Igor Levit.
    • Igor Levit: Bach - Partitas.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 6.
  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Bells; Intonazione ottavo tono; Canzona No.13 a 12

    Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort. Director: Paul McCreesh.
    • VIRGIN CLASSICS.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker Suite (Russian Dance, 'Trepak')

    Conductor: Lorin Maazel. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra.
    • Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet, Nutcracker Suite; Maazel, the Cleveland Orchestra.
    • Telarc.
    • 5.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Arethusa (Six Metamorphoses after Ovid)

    Performer: Hansj枚rg Schellenberger.
    • Campanella.
  • Henry Purcell

    The Indian Queen Z.630 (Overture; Trumpet Tune)

    Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Purcell: The Indian Queen: Monteverdi Choir/English Baroque Soloists/Gardiner.
    • Erato.
    • 4-6.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Prelude and Fugue in B major, Op 87 No 11 (Fugue)

    Performer: Tatiana Nikolayeva.
    • Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues Op. 87: Tatiana Nicolayeva.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.
  • George Frideric Handel

    "Mi lusinga", from Alcina

    Singer: Della Jones. Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Handel: Alcina.
    • EMI.
    • 5.

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  • Fri 2 Jul 2021 19:00

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