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Sarah Walker with three hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh, whether you’re making breakfast or outside enjoying some early autumn sun.
Sarah Walker with three hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh.
Today Sarah discovers gentleness in the meditative choral music of Palestrina, and the cascading harp patterns of Lynn Palmer’s ‘Classical Suite’. And there’s music to awaken the senses, with a flamboyant performance of a Chopin impromptu, and the strident brass of Girolamo Frescobaldi’s ‘Toccata’.
There’s a wistful mood in the air too, as Richard Rodney Bennett injects a beautiful piano duet with syncopated samba rhythms, and Veronique Gens sings Fauré’s first published song about a flower’s unrequited love.
Plus, Dvorak takes us to the Carnival…
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Flute Quartet No. 2 in G Major, K. 285a (II. Tempo di menuetto)
Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Christoph Poppen. Performer: Hariolf Schlichtig. Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras.- Mozart: Flute Quartets Nos. 1 - 4.
- Warner Classics.
- 5.
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Edvard Grieg
Holberg Suite, Op. 40: V. Rigaudon (Allegro con brio)
Conductor: Neeme Järvi. Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra.- Grieg: Complete Music with Orchestra.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 13.
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Girolamo Frescobaldi
Toccata
Music Arranger: Frederic Mills. Ensemble: Canadian Brass.- The Pachelbel Canon - The Canadian Brass Plays Great Baroque Music.
- RCA Red Seal.
- 3.
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Clara Schumann
Romance, Op.22 no.3
Performer: Jennifer Pike. Performer: Tom Poster.- Brahms/Schumann: Jennifer Pike/Tom Poster.
- Chandos.
- 9.
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Vincent d’Indy
Saugefleurie, Op. 21
Conductor: Darrell Ang. Orchestra: Malmö SymfoniOrkester.- d'Indy: Orchestral Works.
- Naxos.
- 301.
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Bobby McFerrin
The 23rd Psalm
Choir: Charter Choir of ѿýrton College, Cambridge. Conductor: Daniel Trocmé-Latter.- CONVIVIUM.
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Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Mandolin Concerto in G Major (III. Rondo)
Performer: Raffaele La Ragione. Performer: Francesco Corti. Ensemble: Il Pomo d’Oro.- Mandolin on Stage.
- Arcana.
- 3.
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Grace Williams
Sea Sketches: V. Calm Sea in Summer
Orchestra: Manitoba Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Roy Goodman.- CBC.
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Percy Grainger
Country Gardens (Handkerchief Dance) - Arr. for Piano Duet
Ensemble: Katia & Marielle Labèque.- Sisters.
- Universal Music Division Decca Records France.
- 13.
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Mademoiselle Laurnt
Le Concert: Premier air
Performer: Louise Ayrton. Performer: Marta Páramo.- ALPHA.
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Antonín Dvořák
Carnival Overture, Op. 92
Conductor: Stephen Gunzenhauser. Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra.- Dvorak (The Very Best Of).
- Naxos.
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Joseph Haydn
Keyboard Sonata in D Major, Hob. XVI:33 (I. Allegro)
Performer: Emanuel Ax.- Emanuel Ax Plays Haydn.
- Sony Classical.
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Benjamin Britten
Simple symphony Op.4 (Playful pizzicato)
Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Britten.- Britten conducts Britten Vol.4.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Henry Purcell
Three Parts Upon a Ground, Z. 731
Ensemble: Taverner Players. Director: Andrew Parrott.- A Baroque Festival.
- Warner Classics.
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Amy Beach
3 Movements for Piano Four-Hands: No. 3, Allegro con fuoco
Ensemble: Piano Duo Genova & Dimitrov.- Beach: Complete Works for Piano Duo.
- CPO.
- 203.
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Claude Debussy
Petite suite, L. 65: No.1, En bateau (Orch. Henri Busser)
Music Arranger: Henri Büsser. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lyon. Conductor: Jun Märkl.- The Sea in Music.
- Naxos.
- 1.
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Gabriel Fauré
2 Mélodies, Op.1 (No.1, Le papillon et la fleur)
Performer: Roger Vignoles. Singer: Véronique Gens.- Nuit d'étoiles - Mélodies françaises.
- Warner Classics.
- 5.
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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Missa Brevis: Agnus Dei I & II
Ensemble: Tallis Scholars. Conductor: Peter Phillips.- GIMMELL.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D Major, BWV1069 (IV. Menuets I & II)
Performer: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Gustav Holst
Brook Green Suite: I. Prelude
Conductor: Howard Griffiths. Orchestra: English Sinfonia.- Holst: Double Concerto / St Paul's Suite / Brook Green Suite.
- Naxos.
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James MacMillan
The Gallant Weaver
Choir: ѿý Singers. Singer: Margaret Feaviour. Singer: Amanda Morrison. Singer: Michaela Haslam. Conductor: James MacMillan.- MacMillan -The Birds of Rhiannon.
- Chandos.
- 5.
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Frédéric Chopin
Fantaisie-Impromptu in C Sharp Minor, Op. 66
Performer: Daniil Trifonov.- Chopin Evocations.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 33.
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Ignace Joseph Pleyel
Partita ex Dis in E-Flat Major (II. Allegretto)
Ensemble: Amphion Wind Octet.- Accent.
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Alexander Borodin
In the steppes of central Asia
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.- Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia; Symphonies Nos.1 & 2.
- Decca.
- 1.
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Thomas Morley
I love, alas, I love thee
Ensemble: amarcord.- The Book of Madrigals.
- Raumklang.
- 12.
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Eric Coates
Dam Busters March
Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.- The Best Of British Light Music.
- Sony Classical.
- 20.
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Richard Rodney Bennett
Four Piece Suite: Samba Triste
Ensemble: David Nettle & Richard Markham.- Scenes from West Side Story (Two Pianos).
- Guild Music.
- 11.
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Lynn Palmer
Classical Suite (IV. Courante)
- Harp Showpieces.
- Naxos.
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François-Joseph Gossec
Symphony in D Major, Op.5, No.3 "Pastorella"
Orchestra: Tafelmusik. -
Igor Stravinsky
3 movements from The Firebird Suite (arranged by Guido Agosti)
Performer: Alim Beisembayev. -
Camille Saint‐Saëns
Danse Macabre Op.40
Performer: Andrés Cárdenes. Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.- Saint-Saens: Organ Symphony/Tone Poems: Pittsburgh Symphony/Maazel.
- Sony Classical.
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Franz Schubert
String Quintet in C major, D.956 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Heinrich Schiff. Ensemble: Hagen Quartett.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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- Sun 29 Sep 2024 09:00ѿý Radio 3