
Your perfect Sunday soundtrack
Sarah Walker with two hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh, whether you’re perusing the papers or cooking up a storm.
Sarah Walker with two hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh.
Sarah’s selections include some foot tapping favourites from Dmitri Kabalevsky’s overture to Colas Breugnon and ballet music from Cinderella by Prokofiev as well as meditative music to extend your horizons from composers including Ina Boyle, Jasmine Reuter and David Lang.
There’ll also be baroque ceremonial marching music, a tune from the 16th century in the hands of Gustav Holst and a masterpiece by Mozart for clarinet and strings.
Plus, pianist Alexandre Tharaud plays François Couperin's hypnotic and mysterious piece Le dodo ou l'amour au berceau - which is not about an extinct bird, rather a musical depiction of the celestial hand that rocks the cradle…
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherazade, Op. 35 - The Young Prince and the Young Princess
Performer: Herman Krebbers. Conductor: Kirill Kondrashin. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.- Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra - A Selection.
- UME - Global Clearing House.
- 59.
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François Couperin
Le Dodo Ou L'Amour Au Berceau
- François Couperin: Tic toc choc.
- harmonia mundi.
- 115.
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Gustav Holst
St. Paul's Suite, Op. 29 No. 2: IV. Finale, "the Dargason"
Conductor: Howard Griffiths. Orchestra: English Sinfonia.- Holst: Double Concerto / St Paul's Suite / Brook Green Suite.
- Naxos.
- 4.
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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Sicut cervus
Choir: The King’s Singers.- Gold.
- Signum Records.
- 26.
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Jasmin Reuter
Salomea
Orchestra: World Chamber Orchestra.- Classical Chill.
- Naxos Special Projects.
- 13.
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Hector Berlioz
Béatrice et Bénédict, H. 138: Overture
Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.- Berlioz: Overtures.
- Chandos.
- 2.
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Robert Schumann
Arabeske in C Major Op.18
Performer: George Li.- Movements - Schumann: Arabeske in C Major, Op. 18.
- Warner Classics.
- 1.
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Charles Avison
Concerto grosso No. 1 in A Major (IV. Allegro)
Performer: Pavlo Beznosiuk. Ensemble: Avison Ensemble.- Avison: Concerti grossi After Scarlatti.
- Divine Art.
- 104.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
By the side of the Shannon
Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor. Singer: Gerald Finley.- Beethoven: Triple Concerto, Op. 56.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 10.
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Igor Stravinsky
Pulcinella - 14. Tarantella
Conductor: Christopher Hogwood. Orchestra: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra.- Stravinsky: Pulcinella; Dumbarton Oaks / Gallo: Sonatas / Pergolesi: Sinfonia.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 17.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Quintette avec Clarinette, K. 581 (IV. Allegretto con Variationi)
Performer: Wolfgang Meyer. Ensemble: Quatuor Mosaïques.- Mozart: Quintette avec clarinette.
- Believe International.
- 04.
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David Lang
Alleluia Amen (II. amen)
Ensemble: Trio Mediæval.- An Old Hall Ladymass.
- 2L.
- 18.
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Lou Harrison
Avalokiteshvara (Music for Harp) - 1964
Performer: Floraleda Sacchi.- Minimal Harp.
- Universal Music Italia srL..
- 2.
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Giacomo Puccini
Crisantemi for String Orchestra
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.- Puccini: Messa di Gloria.
- Warner Classics.
- 18.
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Dimitri Kabalevsky
Colas Breugnon Overture, Op. 24
Performer: Kathryn Stott. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky.- Kabalevsky: Piano Concertos, Vol. 1.
- Chandos.
- 1.
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Tomás Luis de Victoria
Requiem Mass for 6 voices (Requiem aeternam)
Choir: Tenebrae. Director: Nigel Short.- SIGNUM.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Petite Suite de Concert, Op. 77 (III. Un sonnet d'amour)
Conductor: Anthony Parnther. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra.- Coleridge-Taylor: Petite Suite de Concert, Op. 77: III. Un sonnet d'amour.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 1.
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Henry Purcell
Sonata in D major for trumpet, strings and continuo arr Hurford
Music Arranger: Peter Hurford. Performer: Peter Hurford. Ensemble: Michael Laird Brass Ensemble.- Trumpet Voluntary: Hurford, Brass Ensemble.
- Argo.
- 6.
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Ina Boyle
Phantasy for Violin and Chamber Orchestra
Performer: Daniel Hope. Conductor: Daniel Geiss. Orchestra: Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra.- Boyle: Phantasy for Violin and Chamber Orchestra.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 1.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude No. 15 in G Major, BWV 884
Performer: Angela Hewitt.- Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier Books 1 & 2, BWV 846-893 (1997 Recording).
- Hyperion.
- 77.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Cinderella, Duet Of The Prince And Cinderella
Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra.- Prokofiev: Cinderella/Glazunov: The Seasons.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 36.
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John Dowland
The Frog Galliard
Performer: Paul O’Dette.- My Favourite Dowland.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 008.
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