
Your perfect Sunday soundtrack
Sarah Walker chooses three hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh, whether you’re popping out to the shops or solving the Sunday crossword.
Sarah Walker with three hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh.
In Sarah’s selections today, pianist Andras Schiff dances across the keys with Mozart, Smetana harks to Bohemian folk traditions, and Benjamin Britten reimagines Schubert in a recording from the Insula Orchestra.
And while Rachel Portman draws inspiration from the natural world in a new piece for violin and orchestra, Morten Lauridsen turns to the supranatural in one of his most transformative choral works.
Plus, music from the self-proclaimed inventor of the archlute…
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata No. 16 in C major, K. 545, 'Facile' (I. Allegro)
Performer: Sir András Schiff.- DECCA.
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Antonín Dvořák
Legends, Op. 59, B. 122 (VI. Allegro con moto)
Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Cristian Măcelaru.- LINN.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Gloria in D major (I. Gloria in excelsis)
Performer: Mark Bennett. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.- DG.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Fugue in C sharp major, BWV 848 (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, No. 3)
Performer: Pierre‐Laurent Aimard.- DG.
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Claude Debussy
Children's Corner
Music Arranger: André Caplet. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lyon. Conductor: Jun Märkl.- NAXOS.
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Morten Lauridsen
O Magnum Mysterium
Ensemble: Chamber Choir of Europe. Conductor: Nicol Matt.- HANSSLER.
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Louise Farrenc
Clarinet Trio in E flat, Op. 44 (IV. Allegro)
Ensemble: Linos Ensemble.- CPO.
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Claudio Monteverdi
Voglio di vita uscir
Singer: Jakub Józef Orliński. Orchestra: Il Pomo d’Oro.- ERATO.
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Bedrich Smetana
The Bartered Bride (Overture)
Orchestra: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jorge Mester.- ABC.
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Claude Arrieu
Dectet for winds (2nd mvmt)
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Winds.- ALBANY.
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Hildegard von Bingen
Aer enim volat
Performer: Michael Popp. Ensemble: VocaMe.- BERLIN CLASSICS.
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Joseph Haydn
Piano Trio in G major, Hob. XV:25, 'Gypsy Rondo' (III. Rondo)
Ensemble: The Florestan Trio.- hyperion.
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George Frideric Handel
Organ Concerto No 1 in G minor, HWV 298 (IV Andante)
Performer: Simon Lindley. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Bradley Creswick.- NAXOS.
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Rachel Portman
Leaves and Trees
Performer: Niklas Liepe. Orchestra: WDR Funkhausorchester. Conductor: Erina Yashima.- SONY.
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Berlin Brass Quintet
Puttin' on the Ritz
- BETONT.
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Franz Schubert
Die Forelle, D.550
Orchestrator: Benjamin Britten. Singer: Stanislas de Barbeyrac. Orchestra: Insula Orchestra. Conductor: Laurence Equilbey.- ERATO.
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Gottfried Finger
Ouverture in F major
Ensemble: La Petite Ecurie.- ARCANA.
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Béla Bartók
Romanian Folk Dances, Sz 68
Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.- ONYX.
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Clara Schumann
3 Romances, Op. 22 No 3
- Romance – The Piano Music of Clara Schumann.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso in D major, Op. 6 No. 7
Orchestra: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Clara Schumann
3 Romances, Op. 22 No 1
- Romance – The Piano Music of Clara Schumann.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 8.
Broadcast
- Sun 21 Jul 2024 09:00ѿý Radio 3