
Hannah French
Hannah French plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.
Hannah French plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.
0930 Playlist starter – listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.
1010 Song of the Day – harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.
1045 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.
1130 Slow Moment – time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Procession of the Nobles (Mlada)
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.- Rimsky-Korsakov: Overture and Suites from the Operas: SNO/Jarvi.
- Chandos.
- 10.
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Gerald Finzi
Clear and gentle stream (7 Part Songs, Op.17)
Music Arranger: Harvey Brough. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.- Introit: The Music of Gerald Finzi.
- Decca.
- 7.
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Maurizio Cazzati
Ciaccona
Music Arranger: Christina Pluhar. Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.- All'Improviso.
- ALPHA.
- 3.
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Maurice Ravel
Alborada del gracioso (Miroirs)
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.- Stephen Hough's French Album.
- hyperion.
- 007.
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Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Violin Concerto in C major Op.5`1 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Miroslav Vilímec. Orchestra: Pilsen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: František Preisler.- Saint-George: Complete violin concertos, Vol.3.
- AVENIRA.
- 3.
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Eric Coates
Concert Waltz 'Footlights'
Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.- Avie.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in C major for 2 violins RV.508
Performer: Florian Deuter. Performer: Mónica Waisman. Orchestra: Harmonie Universelle.- Vivaldi: La Porta Delle Muse: Harmonie Universelle.
- Accent.
- 22.
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Cécile Chaminade
Arabesque in G minor Op.61
Performer: Mark Viner.- Piano Classics.
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Joaquín Rodrigo
Concierto Andaluz (1st mvt)
Ensemble: Los Romeros. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- Philips.
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Charles Gounod
String Quartet no.3 in A minor (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: Quatuor Cambini-Paris.- Gounod: Complete String Quartets.
- 貹é.
- 111.
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Steve Reich
Mallet Quartet (Fast)
Ensemble: Colin Currie Group.- Colin Currie & Steve Reich Live at Fondation Louis Vuitton.
- Colin Currie Records.
- 105.
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Edward Gregson
Festivo
Ensemble: Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra. Conductor: Timothy Reynish.- DOYEN.
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George Butterworth
Loveliest of Trees (A Shropshire Lad)
Singer: Christopher Maltman. Performer: Roger Vignoles.- Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel, Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad: Maltman, Vigno.
- Hyperion.
- 27.
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César Franck
Les Eolides M.43
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Jean-Luc Tingaud.- Franck: Orchestral Works.
- Naxos.
- 5.
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Ludwig August Lebrun
Oboe Concerto no.3 in C major (3rd mvt)
Performer: Heinz Holliger. Ensemble: Camerata Bern. Conductor: Thomas Füri.- Oboe Concertos.
- Archiv.
- 9.
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Anthony Holborne
Muy Linda
Ensemble: Barokksolistene. Director: Bjarte Eike.- BIS.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Marriage of Figaro (Overture)
Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Colin Davis.- Mozart Overtures Sir Colin Davis Staatskapelle Dresden.
- RCA.
- 1.
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Charlie Chaplin
Limelight (The Terry Theme)
Music Arranger: Jarkko Riihimäki. Performer: Daniel Röhn. Orchestra: Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn. Conductor: Case Scaglione.- Berlin Classics.
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Jack Strachey
Theatreland (1940)
Performer: Paul Guinery.- Paul Guinery - Dicky Bird Hop.
- EM Records.
- 01.
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Charles Ives
Memories (A, Very pleasant, B, Rather sad) K.Z.45
Performer: Jan DeGaetani. Performer: Gilbert Kalish.- Charles Ives: Songs.
- Nonesuch.
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Ruggero Leoncavallo
Vesti la giubba (I pagliacci)
Singer: Roberto Alagna. Orchestra: The London Orchestra. Conductor: Yvan Cassar.- Roberto Alagna: My Life is an Opera.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 16.
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Irving Berlin
There's No Business Like Show Business (Annie Get Your Gun)
Music Arranger: Adolph Deutsch. Singer: Judy Garland.- Annie Get Your Gun (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Expanded Edition].
- WaterTower Music.
- 31.
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Florence Price
Silk Hat and Walking Cane (Dances in the Canebrakes)
Performer: William Chapman Nyaho.- MSR CLASSICS.
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Alexander Glazunov
Mélodie (2 Pieces Op.20)
Performer: Jamie Walton. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Okko Kamu.- SIGNUM.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Aida (Gloria all'Egitto, ad Iside, Triumphal March, Vieni, o guerriero)
Choir: Chorus of La Scala, Milan. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- Verdi Choruses.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Jean‐Philippe Rameau
Fanfarinette (Suite La Triomphante)
Music Arranger: Raaf Hekkema. Ensemble: Calefax Reed Quintet.- MDG.
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Anouar Brahem
Kashf
Performer: John Surman. Performer: Dave Holland.- Thimar.
- ECM Records.
- 2.
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Alexander Alexandrovich Alyabiev
Piano Trio in A minor (3rd mvt)
Ensemble: Brahms Trio.- History of the Russian Piano Trio, Vol. 1.
- Naxos.
- 203.
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Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in G major Kk.390
Music Arranger: Julian Gray. Music Arranger: Roland Pearl. Performer: Julian Gray. Performer: Roland Pearl.- DORIAN.
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Johannes Brahms
Academic Festival Overture Op.80
Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.- BIS.
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