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The Joy of Classical Music - Ep 106 - In Search of the Cloud Atlas Sextet  - 09-06-25

The Joy of Classical Music - Ep 106 - In Search of the Cloud Atlas Sextet - 09-06-25

Update: 2025-06-09
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At the heart of David Mitchell’s 2004 novel Cloud Atlas is a composition called The Cloud Atlas Sextet. What would it actually sound like? We listen to The Cloud Atlas Sextet as imagined by the creators of the 2012 film adaptation then compare it to the composition as described by the book.

From the Cloud Atlas Film Soundtrack - The Cloud Atlas Sextet for Orchestra.

Alexander Scriabin - White Mass

Leonard Bernstein and the Israeli Symphony Orchestra perform Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring, movements 1 and 2

Maria João Pires performs Debussy - Clair de Lune

Miwa Yuguchi performs Toshi Ichiyanagi - Cloud Atlas II

Two Aquarelles - Music by Fredrick Delius, arranged for strings by Eric Fenby

National Hungarian Radio Orchestra performs Alessio Elia - Dimensioni Nascoste
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The Joy of Classical Music - Ep 106 - In Search of the Cloud Atlas Sextet  - 09-06-25

The Joy of Classical Music - Ep 106 - In Search of the Cloud Atlas Sextet - 09-06-25