
Your perfect Sunday soundtrack
Linton Stephens with three hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh, whether you’re brewing a cup of tea, or travelling to visit friends or family.
Linton Stephens, sitting in for Sarah Walker, with three hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh.
Today Linton’s playlist includes music for a delightful range of instruments - there’s Paganini on marimba, a harmonica joining forces with a string quartet, and Vivaldi’s famous mandolin concerto.
There are also soaring melodies from Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Mozart to welcome the first days of Spring, intricate and sparkling piano music by Germaine Tailleferre, and a new release from viola player Timothy Ridout.
Plus, two very different soprano voices soar over lush orchestration…
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Joseph Haydn
Trumpet Concerto In E Flat major (1st mvt, Allegro)
Performer: Tine Thing Helseth. Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.- Trumpet Concertos.
- Simax Classics.
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José White Lafitte
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (1st mvt)
Performer: Aaron Rosand. Conductor: Paul Freeman. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.- Sony Classical.
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Niccolò Paganini
Caprice No 24 in A minor arr for marimba (Caprices for Solo Violin, Op 1)
Performer: Adélaïde Ferrière. Music Arranger: Adélaïde Ferrière.- Evidence (LTR).
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Dorothy Howell
Humoresque
Conductor: Rebecca Miller. Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra.- Signum Records.
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Max Richter
A Catalogue of Afternoons
Performer: Max Richter.- The Blue Notebooks (15 Years).
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 12.
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Elizabeth Poston
The Water of Tyne
Choir: The Blossom Street Singers. Conductor: Hilary Campbell.- Naxos.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto for Flute and Harp, K 299 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Anneleen Lenaerts. Conductor: François Leleux. Orchestra: Orchestre de chambre de Paris.- Mozart & Flute in Paris.
- Warner Classics.
- 25.
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Pauline Viardot
2 Pieces for Piano (No 2, Sérénade)
Performer: David Kadouch.- Les musiques de Madame Bovary.
- Mirare.
- 2.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Fantasia No 1 in B flat major, TWV 40:14 (arr for solo viola)
Performer: Timothy Ridout. Music Arranger: Timothy Ridout.- harmonia mundi.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No 7 in A major, Op 92 (Presto)
Conductor: Kirill Petrenko. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.- Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Tony Kinsey
Quintet for Harmonica & String Quartet, 'Reflections' (1st mvt)
Performer: Gianluca Littera. Ensemble: Quartetto Energie Nove.- A Breath Between the Strings.
- Dynamic.
- 113.
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Franz Krommer
Sinfonia Concertante in D major, Op 80 (4th mvt)
Performer: Brigitte Buxtorf. Performer: Frederic Rapin. Performer: Jakub Cernohorsky. Conductor: Jakub Hrůša. Orchestra: Budweis Philharmonic Orchestra.- Christophorus.
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Celedonio Romero
Verano Porteno
Performer: Heike Matthiesen.- Tyrolis.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Mandolin Concerto in C major, RV 425 (1st mvt)
Performer: Avi Avital. Orchestra: Venice Baroque Orchestra.- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Igor Stravinsky
Scherzo fantastique, Op 3, K5
Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra.- Boulez Conducts Stravinsky.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Francis Poulenc
Gloria, FP 144 (1st mvt, 'Gloria')
Conductor: Seiji Ozawa. Conductor: John Oliver. Choir: Tanglewood Festival Chorus. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra.- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Joe Hisaishi
Princess Mononoke
Lyricist: Hayao Miyazaki. Singer: Grace Davidson. Conductor: Joe Hisaishi. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mark Austin. Conductor: Satoshi Kubo. Choir: The Bach Choir.- Universal Music LLC.
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Emilie Mayer
Notturno in D minor for violin and piano, Op 48
Performer: Anne Katharina Schreiber. Performer: Jutta Ernst.- CPO.
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Camille Saint‐Saëns
Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor, Op 22 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Pascal Rogé. Conductor: Charles Dutoit. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.- Decca Music Group Ltd.
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Francisco Mignone
Pattapiada
Performer: John McDougall.- Luminate Records.
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Germaine Tailleferre
Pastorale Inca
Performer: Cristina Ariagno.- BRILLIANT CLASSICS.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Nonet in F minor, Op 2, 'Gradus ad Parnassum' (1st mvt)
Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.- Chandos.
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Richard Strauss
Four Last Songs (No 3, 'When Falling Asleep')
Lyricist: Hermann Hesse. Singer: Jessye Norman. Conductor: Kurt Masur. Orchestra: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.- Decca Music Group Ltd.
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Frédéric Chopin
Grande Valse Brillante in A minor, No 2 Op 34
Performer: Giorgi Gigashvili. -
Fiona Monbet
Joy Song
Performer: Fiona Monbet.- Fo Feo Productions.
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John Taverner
The Lamb
Conductor: Nigel Short. Choir: Tenebrae.- Signum Records.
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Hans Zimmer
Day One (Theme from Interstellar)
Conductor: Hans Zimmer.- Interstellar (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Expanded Edition].
- WaterTower Music.
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William Levi Dawson
Folk Symphony (2nd mvt, 'Hope in the Night')
Conductor: Neeme Järvi. Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra.- Chandos.
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- Sun 23 Mar 2025 09:00ѿý Radio 3