Cooler Classics, Music

Cooler Classics 11th May 2023

A mix of familiar and new music..
Composers include: Copland, Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Wagner, Richard Strauss, Coward.
Performers include: Dame Felicity Lott, English String Orchestra, Jessye Norman, Sir Adrian Boult.


Four new albums from Toccata Classics:
Brahms by Arrangement, Volume Two: Orchestrations by Robin Holloway


Marc’ Antonio Ingegneri: Volume Three


Marie Joseph Erb: Organ Works, Volume One


Ferenc Farkas: Chamber Music, Volume Six

Currently available on mixcloud.com/peter-lewis15

An Announcement!!! Starting Sunday 4th June

Cooler Classics, English Symphony Orchestra, Events and Shows, Interviews, Music, NCCR

Cooler Classics.(Sunday 4th December 2022. 9pm-11pm, Repeats Thursday midnight, Listen Again & on Mixcloud)

  • Irmela Roelke brings us “Cloches et Carillons” (Bells and Chimes) on Toccata Classics.
  • Nimrod Borenstein updates on a busy few months ahead, recording wise!
  • And music from: Wagner, Borenstein, Beethoven,Rimsky-Korsakov, Camille Saint-Saens, Maurice Ravel, George Enescu, Johann Strauss.
  • Played by: Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, Regent’s Ensemble conducted by Ben Woodward, Catherine Woodward, Curtis Symphony Orchestra conducted by Osmo Vänskä, Quartetto di Cremona, Camerata Alma Viva, Rudolf Buchbinder. 

Press Photo. Photo Credit: Nikolaj Lund

Courtesy Deutsch Grammophon

Sunday 9-11pm and repeated Thursday at Midnight. Plus Listen Again (7 days) and Mixcloud (several weeks!)

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Cooler Classics.(Sunday 27th November 2022. 9pm-11pm, Repeats Thursday midnight, Listen Again & on Mixcloud)

  • Ben Woodward, conductor, explains his fascination with opera, and Wagner, as we discuss Toccata Classics album “Wagner By Arrangement.
  • Eleonor Bindman returns to talk about her latest album “J S Bach: Orchestral Suites Transcribed for piano duet by Eleonor Bindman, with Susan Sobolewski..
  • With additional performances from Freddie Mercury, Montserrat Caballe, George Solti, Vienna Philharmonic, Rome,..
  • And three songs from Hans Gal…..

Sunday 9-11pm and repeated Thursday at Midnight. Plus Listen Again (7 days) and Mixcloud (several weeks!)

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Cooler Classics.(Sunday 20th November 2022. 9pm-11pm, Repeats Thursday midnight, Listen Again & on Mixcloud)

  • Rodney Lister-explaining Faith Based Initiative plus…
  • Duncan Moss with Mnemonics Part 1.. and more to come!
  • Martin Skafte introduces his music released on Toccata Classics.

And additional music from: Bach,Karl Reutter & The Loyal Philhartronic Orchestra,  Angèle Dubeau & La Pieta, Tchaikovsky, Gustav Mahler.

Sunday 9-11pm and repeated Thursday at Midnight. Plus Listen Again (7 days) and Mixcloud (several weeks!)

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Cooler Classics.(Sunday 21st August 2022. 9pm-11pm, Repeats Thursday midnight, Listen Again & on Mixcloud)

Playlist includes

  • Berit Hagen(aka The Commander-in-Chief) (Bach)
  • Sheku-Kanneh Mason (Mendelssohn)
  • Martha Argerich (Haydn)
  • Daniel Barenboim (Debussy)
  • John Williams & Yo-Yo Ma(Williams)
  • Sacha Puttnam (Vangelis)
  • Andre Rieu (Kachaturian)
  • Q The Music

And 4 new releases from Toccata Classics:

  • Henriette Bosmans
  • Sir Donald Tovey
  • Robert Fürstenthal
  • Fridrich Bruk

Sunday 9-11pm and repeated Thursday at Midnight. Plus Listen Again (7 days) and Mixcloud (several weeks!)

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