
Your perfect Sunday soundtrack
Join Sarah Walker for three hours of classical favourites designed to help you recharge, and relax, whether you’re feeling productive or planning for a peaceful morning.
Sarah Walker with three hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh.
Today Sarah’s choices include British masterpieces from Holst, Handel and Delius, the silken sounds of the Norwegian Soloists’ Choir singing Bach, and “ an image of a Fairyland of the past” by Hungarian composer Zoltan Kodaly.
Famous film music also makes an appearance, with a piece by Shostakovich specifically written for the big screen, and another well-known tune that became a musical star courtesy of a Disney hit movie.
Plus, as spring approaches, composer Karen Tanaka uses the piano to weave together the colour and scent of lavender…
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Frederick Delius
2 Aquarelles (No 2)
Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia.- ENGLISH STRING MINIATURES, Vol 4.
- Naxos.
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As I Walked Out
Music Arranger: Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen. Music Arranger: Frederik Øland. Music Arranger: Asbjørn Nørgaard. Music Arranger: Fredrik Sjölin. Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.- Keel Road.
- ECM New Series.
- 12.
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Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Trumpet Concerto in E flat major, S 49 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Conductor: Raymond Leppard. Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra.- Sony Classical.
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Franz Schubert
Psalm 23, Op 132, D 706
Lyricist: Bible. Conductor: John Rutter. Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra.- This Is the Day: Music on Royal Occasions.
- Collegium.
- 3.
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Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No 8 in G major, Op 88, B 163 (3rd mvt)
Conductor: Semyon Bychkov. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic.- Pentatone.
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Cécile Chaminade
Pas des ésharpes, Op 37
Performer: Eric Parkin.- Chandos.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Quatuor in D minor, TWV 43:d1 (4th mvt)
Director: Pieter-Jan Belder. Ensemble: Musica Amphion.- Brilliant Classics.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Le nozze di Figaro, K 492, Act 2: 'Voi che sapete' (Cherubino)
Singer: Marianne Crebassa. Conductor: Marc Minkowski. Orchestra: Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg.- Oh, Boy!.
- Erato/Warner Classics.
- 6.
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Jean‐Philippe Rameau
Nouvelles suites de pieces de clavecin ou Seconde livre (Sarabande)
Performer: Mahan Esfahani.- HYPERION.
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Jean‐Philippe Rameau
Fanfarinette (Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin)
Performer: Mahan Esfahani.- Rameau: Pieces de Clavecin.
- HYPERION.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
O Jesu Christ, mein Lebens Licht, BWV 118
Conductor: Grete Pedersen. Choir: Norwegian Soloists' Choir. Ensemble: Ensemble Allegria.- Bach: The Motets.
- BIS.
- 601.
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Doreen Carwithen
Suffolk Morris: Ritmico (Suffolk Suite)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- Carwithen: Orchestral Music.
- Chandos.
- 008.
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Edvard Grieg
Lyric Pieces, Op 43 (Book 3: No 6, 'To Spring')
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.- HYPERION.
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Amilcare Ponchielli
Dance of the Hours (La Gioconda)
Music Arranger: Norman Bates. Conductor: Robert Irving. Orchestra: Sinfonia of London.- Warner Classics.
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Jonathan Dove
Seek Him that Maketh the Seven Stars
Lyricist: Anonymous. Conductor: Christopher Lowrey. Ensemble: Ensemble Altera.- Dazzling Light.
- Alpha Classics.
- 1.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No 3 in C major, No 3 Op 2 (1st mvt)
Performer: Igor Levit.- Sony Classical.
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Hildegard von Bingen
Spiritus Sanctus Vivificans (The Holy Spirit: Living and Life-giving)
Singer: Anna Sandström. Conductor: Christopher Monks. Ensemble: Armonico Consort.- Signum Records.
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Maurice Ravel
Le tombeau de Couperin (Prelude)
Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.- Boulez conducts Debusy and Ravel.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Antonín Dvořák
4 Romantic pieces, Op 75
Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Zhang Zuo. -
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude in C minor, BWV 999
Performer: Kuniko Kato.- Linn Records.
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Zoltán Kodály
Dances of Marosszék (version for orchestra)
Conductor: JoAnn Falletta. Orchestra: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.- Naxos.
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Karen Tanaka
Lavender Field
Performer: Signe Bakke.- 2L.
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Thomas Arne
Why is death for ever late (Artaxerxes)
Singer: Ruby Hughes. Conductor: Laurence Cummings. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.- Handel's Last Prima Donna.
- Chandos.
- 104.
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Johannes Brahms
Academic Festival Overture, Op 80
Conductor: George Szell. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra.- Sony Classical.
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Ruth Gipps
Oboe Sonata No 1 in G minor, Op 5a (3rd, Finale)
Performer: Juliana Koch. Performer: Michael McHale.- Chandos Records Limited.
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Claude Debussy
Two Dances for harp & string orchestra, L 103 (1st mvt, 'Danse sacrée')
Performer: Anaïs Gaudemard. Conductor: Leo Hussain. Orchestra: Orchestre de l’Opéra de Rouen Normandie.- Claves Records.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Trio in E flat major, K 498, 'Kegelstatt' (3rd mvt)
Performer: Martin Frost. Performer: Antoine Tamestit. Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.- BIS.
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John Williams
E.T. (Flying theme)
Orchestra: Boston Pops Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.- Philips.
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Felix Mendelssohn
String Symphony No 8 (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Henry Raudales.- Felix Mendelssohn: The Complete String Symphonies.
- BR-Klassik.
- 204.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Venetian Boat Song (Songs without words, Op 19 No 6)
Performer: Olga Pashchenko.- Guess Who?.
- Alpha Classics.
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George Frideric Handel
Coronation Anthem, HWV258 (Zadok the Priest)
Ensemble: The Sixteen.- Coro.
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