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Music Played

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in B minor, K.197

    Performer: Yevgeny Sudbin.
    • BIS.

  • César Franck

    Prelude, in B Minor,

    Composer: Jelte Althuis. Ensemble: Calefax Reed Quintet.
    • Hidden Gems.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 701.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Invention No 15 in B Minor, BWV 786

    Performer: Janine Jansen. Performer: Maxim Rysanov.
    • Bach: Inventions & Partita.
    • DECCA.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No. 5 in E Flat Major "Emperor" (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Krystian Zimerman. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Arvo Pärt

    Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten

    Orchestra: Staatsorchester Stuttgart. Conductor: Dennis Russell Davies.
    • Arvo Part: Tabula Rasa.
    • ECM.
    • 2.

  • Cecilia McDowall

    The Lord is good for 2 sopranos and chorus

    Singer: Susanna Fairbairn. Singer: Miranda Laurence. Choir: Sospiri Ardenti. Conductor: Christopher Watson.
    • NAXOS.

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  • Monday19:00
    BBC Radio 3

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