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Sarah Walker with three hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh, whether you’re enjoying some morning sunshine, or brewing a coffee.
Sarah Walker with three hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh.
Today, Sarah discovers magical musical worlds - there’s the soft twinkling sound of Carl Nielsen’s Aladdin’s Dream, ambient shifting patterns on the piano in Debussy’s The Snow is Dancing, and a swirling waltz by Johann Strauss the second.
There’s also a violin sonata written by the nine year-old Mozart, during a visit to London, and composer Roxanna Panufnik time travels in her work for choir: Kyrie after Byrd.
Plus, a mysterious medieval piece with no name, or known composer…
Including ѿý Radio 3’s 25 for 25: Sounds of the Century – a series of brand new commissions celebrating and commemorating some of the biggest events of the 21st century so far. This week, it’s 2003, the year of the Biggest UK Peace Rally, honoured by a new work written by award winning musician Arowah: In this World of War, Peace is What We’re Fighting For.
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Carl Nielsen
Aladdin Suite, Op 34 (2nd mvt, 'Aladdin's Dream and Dance of the Morning Mist')
Conductor: Niklas Willén. Orchestra: South Jutland Symphony Orchestra.- Naxos.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Suite No 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 (Overture)
Orchestra: Freiburg Barockorchester.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Johannes Brahms
Herzlich tut mich erfreuen (11 Chorale Preludes, Op 122: No 4)
Performer: Samson Tsoy. Music Arranger: Ferruccio Busoni.- Inmost Heart: Bach, Brahms, Busoni & Reger.
- Linn Records.
- 30.
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Hubert Parry
I Know My Soul Hath Power to Know All Things (Songs of Farewell)
Conductor: Nigel Short. Ensemble: Tenebrae.- Signum Records.
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Richard Addinsell
Warsaw Concerto
Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet. Conductor: Hugh Wolff. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra.- Decca Music Group Ltd.
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Igor Stravinsky
Chanson Russe (arr for violin and piano)
Performer: Livia Sohn. Performer: Benjamin Loeb. Music Arranger: Samuel Dushkin.- Opera Fantasies for Violin, Vol 1.
- Naxos.
- 1.
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Franz Danzi
Wind Quintet in F major, No 3 Op 56 (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Philharmonisches Bläserquintett Berlin.- Naxos Music UK Ltd.
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Gabriel Fauré
Pavane, Op 50
Composer: Gabriel Fauré. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa. Conductor: John Oliver. Conductor: John Oliver. Choir: Tanglewood Festival Chorus. Choir: Tanglewood Festival Chorus. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra.- Faure: Pelléas et Mélisande.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 7.
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Trad.
Newcastle (Playford's 'The English Dancing Master')
Director: Christina Pluhar. Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata.- Terra Mater.
- Warner Classics.
- 16.
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Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi
La bellezza
Ensemble: amarcord.- The Book of Madrigals.
- Raumklang.
- 25.
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Louise Farrenc
12 Études Brillantes, Op 41 (No 5)
Performer: Joanne Polk.- Steinway and Sons.
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Emmanuel Chabrier
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Conductor: John Wilson. Orchestra: Sinfonia of London.- Escales: French Orchestral Works.
- Chandos.
- 101.
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Anon.
Untitled (Codex Faenza)
Director: Michael Posch. Ensemble: Ensemble Unicorn.- Early Music Recordings of Ensemble Unicorn, Vol 1.
- Naxos.
- 1.
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John Sheppard
In pace, in idipsum dormiam (In peace, in true peace I shall sleep and rest)
Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha. Choir: Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge.- Gaude, gaude, gaude Maria.
- Chandos.
- 002.
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Johann Strauss II
Tales from the Vienna Woods, Op 325
Conductor: Willi Boskovsky. Orchestra: Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester.- Famous Strauss Waltzes.
- Warner Classics.
- 6.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sonata for Keyboard and Violin in A major, K 12 (1st mvt)
Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Performer: Cédric Tiberghien.- Hyperion.
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Arowah
In this World of War, Peace is What We're Fighting For
Performer: Emma Rawicz. Performer: Lorenz Okello-Osengor. Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: George Morton. -
Luigi Boccherini
Guitar Quintet No 4 in D major, G 448 (4th mvt, 'Fandango')
Music Arranger: Jeremy Sparks. Ensemble: The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet.- The Best of LAGQ.
- DELOS.
- 13.
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Gioachino Rossini
Largo al factotum (Il barbiere di Siviglia)
Conductor: Ulf Schirmer. Singer: Simon Keenlyside. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra.- Tales Of Opera.
- Sony Classical.
- 1.
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Hania Rani
Glass (arr solo violin, piano & strings)
Composer: Hania Rani. Performer: Mari Samuelsen. Performer: Mari Samuelsen. Performer: Julien Quentin. Performer: Julien Quentin. Music Arranger: Max Knoth. Music Arranger: Max Knoth. Conductor: Jonathan Stockhammer. Conductor: Jonathan Stockhammer. Ensemble: Scoring Berlin. Ensemble: Scoring Berlin.- LIFE (Extended).
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 8.
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Florence Price
Symphony No 1 in E minor (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Roderick Cox.- Decca Music Group Ltd.
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Ottorino Respighi
Trittico botticelliano (1st mvt, 'La Primavera')
Conductor: Claudio Scimone. Ensemble: I Solisti Veneti.- Warner Classics International.
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Roxanna Panufnik
Kyrie after Byrd
Conductor: Suzi Digby. Ensemble: ORA Singers.- Upheld by Stillness: Renaissance Gems and their Reflections.
- Harmonia Mundi UK Limited.
- 08.
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Claude Debussy
Children's Corner, L 113 (No 4, 'The Snow Is Dancing')
Performer: Pascal Rogé.- Debussy: Piano Works.
- Decca Music Group Ltd.
- 8.
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Carl Maria von Weber
Clarinet Quintet in B flat major, Op 34 (4th mvt, Rondo)
Ensemble: The Gaudier Ensemble.- Weber: Chamber Music.
- Hyperion.
- 4.
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Franz Schubert
Rosamunde, Op 26, D 797 (Overture from Die Zauberharfe, D 644)
Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington. Orchestra: London Classical Players.- Romantische Ouvertüren.
- Warner Classics.
- 5.
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Frédéric Chopin
Etude in C sharp minor, No 7 Op 25
Performer: Sol Gabetta. Performer: Kristian Bezuidenhout. Music Arranger: Alexander Glazunov. -
Jennifer Higdon
Blue Cathedral
Orchestra: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Spano.- Rainbow Body.
- Telarc.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Clockwork Doll (6 Children's Pieces, Op 69: No 6)
Performer: Veronika Shoot.- Journey Through Childhood.
- Ulysses Arts.
- 51.
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Ron Goodwin
Belle's Love Theme (Beauty and the Beast)
Conductor: Rumon Gamba. Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra.- The Film Music of Ron Goodwin.
- Chandos Records Limited.
- 20.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata in A major, No 28 Op 101 (1st mvt)
Performer: Maurizio Pollini.- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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