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Music for Sleep

In Tune's specially curated playlist: a sequence of music evoking sleep, including a Chopin Nocturne, an aria by Handel, and an excerpt from Max Richter's eight-hour epic 'Sleep'. Not forgetting, of course, Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata and the Brahms Lullaby.

30 minutes

Last on

Fri 5 Oct 2018 19:00

Music Played

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Nocturne in F sharp major, Op 15 No 2

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Chopin: The Complete Nocturnes and Impromptus: Angela Hewitt, piano.
    • Hyperion.
    • 7.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    He watching over Israel (Elijah)

    Choir: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus. Orchestra: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Shaw.
    • Telarc.
  • Edward Elgar

    Sospiri, Op.70

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: John Barbirolli.
    • EMI.
  • Max Richter

    Sleep Part 2 (Path 5 'Delta')

    Performer: Max Richter.
    • Max Richter from Sleep.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Lascia ch'io pianga (Rinaldo)

    Singer: Simone Kermes. Orchestra: La magnifica comunit脿. Conductor: Isabella Longo.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in C sharp minor, Op.27 No.2 'Moonlight': I. Adagio Sostenuto

    Performer: Stephen Kovacevich.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Wiegenlied (5 Songs Op.49)

    Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter. Performer: Bengt Forsberg.
    • Brahms: Lieder: Anne-Sofie von Otter.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 22.

Broadcast

  • Fri 5 Oct 2018 19:00

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