
Your perfect Sunday Soundtrack
Linton Stephens with three hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh, whether you’re staying warm inside or off on a bracing winter walk.
Linton Stephens, sitting in for Sarah Walker, with three hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh.
Today Linton’s choices include warming winter sounds from Vivaldi, Haydn and Dvorak, lyrical melodies from Clara Schubert, Mozart and Grieg, and a picture of the sea from Elgar.
There’s also music from the Danish String Quartet, a vibrant new release of music by Ruth Gipps, and choral music from Vicente Lusitano.
Plus, Gershwin inspires Hollywood…
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Antonio Vivaldi
Winter from The Four Seasons (Concerto No 4 in F minor, Op 8, RV 297)
Conductor: Nicholas McGegan. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra.- Baroque Masterpieces.
- Sony Classical.
- 22.
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Claude Debussy
Preludes Book 2 ('Bruyeres')
Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.- Debussy: Music For Concentration.
- UME - Global Clearing House.
- 201.
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Florence Price
Symphony No 1 in E minor (2nd mvt)
Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin. Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra.- Florence Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 2.
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Francesca Caccini
Ciaccona
Performer: Luigi Cozzolino. Director: Gian Luca Lastraioli. Ensemble: Cappella di Santa Maria degli Angiolini.- Maria, dolce Maria.
- Brilliant Classics.
- 3.
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John Taverner
Audivi vocem de Caelo (I heard a voice coming from Heaven)
Ensemble: Stile Antico.- Harmonia Mundi UK Limited.
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Ola Gjeilo
Winter Light (Version for Saxophone & Ensemble)
Ensemble: Jess Gillam Ensemble.- Gjeilo: Winter Light (Version for Saxophone & Ensemble).
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 1.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Wachet Auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV 645
Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Edgar Meyer. Performer: Chris Thile.- Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645.
- Nonesuch.
- 1.
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Alexander von Zemlinsky
Humoreske
Ensemble: Atéa Quintet.- Coviello Classics.
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Ruth Gipps
Horn Concerto, Op 58 (1st mvt)
Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.- Gipps: Orchestral Works Vol. 3.
- Chandos.
- 103.
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Joseph Haydn
The Seasons Hob XXI:3 (Winter: Introduction)
Lyricist: Gottfried van Swieten. Lyricist: James Thomson. Conductor: Colin Davis. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra.- Haydn: The Seasons.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 29.
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Jeff Alexander
Come Wander With Me
Composer: Tony Wilson. Lyricist: Jeff Alexander. Lyricist: Tony Wilson. Ensemble: VOCES8.- Winter.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 9.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No 40 in G minor, K 550 (1st mvt)
Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.- Berlin Phil Media GmbH.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Prelude on Rhosymedre
Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. Ensemble: Tredegar Band.- Vaughan Williams on Brass.
- Albion.
- 08.
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Hildegard von Bingen
O virtus Sapientiae (O strength of Wisdom)
Conductor: Christopher Monks. Ensemble: Armonico Consort.- Naked Byrd Two.
- Signum Records.
- 9.
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Alma Deutscher
When the Day Falls into Darkness (Cinderella)
Performer: Alma Deutscher.- From My Book of Melodies.
- Sony Classical.
- 5.
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Trad.
Unst Boat Song (arr for string quartet)
Music Arranger: Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen. Music Arranger: Frederik Øland. Music Arranger: Asbjørn Nørgaard. Music Arranger: Fredrik Sjølin.- Last Leaf.
- ECM New Series.
- 12.
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George Gershwin
An American in Paris
Orchestra: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Louis Langrée.- Fanfare Cincinnati.
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Nicolas Vallet
Onder de linde groene
Performer: Toyohiko Satoh.- Lute Music from the Netherlands.
- NM Classics.
- 020.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto In D, Op 35, TH 59 (3rd mvt, Finale)
Conductor: Daniel Harding. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra.- Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Sarah Quartel
Lux Aeterna (Sanctum)
Conductor: Bob Chilcott. Choir: The Oxford Choir.- Oxford University Press Music.
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Ottorino Respighi
La Pentola Magica, P 129 (No 2b, 'Dance')
Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda. Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra.- Respighi: La Boutique fantasque, La pentola magica & Prelude and Fugue in D Majo.
- Chandos.
- 111.
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Clara Schumann
Three Songs, Op 12 (No 2, 'Liebst du um Schönheit')
Performer: Iain Burnside. Singer: James Atkinson. -
David John Mcguinness
Where The Tea Is
Composer: Ursula Leveaux.- Rainy Sundays.
- Concerto Caledonia.
- 04.
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Antonín Dvořák
O Silver Moon (Rusalka, Op 114, Act I)
Lyricist: Jaroslav Kvapil. Conductor: Georg Solti. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.- Renée Fleming: By Request.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 13.
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Emilie Mayer
Symphony No 6 in E Major (1st mvt)
Conductor: Marc Niemann. Performer: Philharmonisches Orchester Bremerhaven.- äԲ.
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Vicente Lusitano
Emendemus in melius
Composer: Marques L.A. Garrett. Choir: London Voices.- Oxford University Press Music.
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Max Richter
On the Nature of Daylight (transcribed for saxophone quartet and cello)
Ensemble: Signum Saxophone Quartet.- Echoes.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 2.
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Hélène de Montgeroult
Violin Sonata in A minor No 3 Op 2 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Sophie Rosa. Performer: Ian Buckle.- Montgeroult, Viotti, Weber & Mendelssohn: Violin Sonatas.
- Rubicon.
- 6.
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Igor Stravinsky
Final Hymn from The Firebird Suite (1919 version)
Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic.- Leonard Bernstein - A Total Embrace: The Conductor.
- Sony Classical.
- 2.
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- Sun 12 Jan 2025 09:00ѿý Radio 3