
Your perfect Sunday soundtrack
Sarah Walker with three hours of classical music to recharge, and get into the rhythm of your Sunday.
This week, Sarah's selections include sparkling Bach from a band that knows its music inside out - Bach Collegium Japan, Chopin performed by award-winning Polish pianist Rafał Blechacz, and a musical wedding cake by Camille Saint-Saëns.
Sarah’s Choral Reflection features the ORA Singers performing a stunning piece by the prodigiously productive Flemish composer Philippe de Monte: Super flumina Babylonis (By the Rivers of Babylon).
Plus, a work by Scottish composer Helen Leach, written from the unique perspective of a bee…
A Tandem Production for ѿý Radio 3.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto in E major, RV 264 (1st mvt)
Performer: Théotime Langlois de Swarte. Orchestra: Le Consort.- Vivaldi: Le quattro stagioni (The Four Seasons).
- harmonia mundi.
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Max Reger
Romantic Suite, Op 125 (2nd mvt, Scherzo)
Conductor: Jaime Martín. Orchestra: Gävle symfoniorkester.- Ondine.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No 6 in F, Op 68, 'Pastoral' (5th mvt, Finale)
Conductor: Daniel Barenboim. Orchestra: West–Eastern Divan Orchestra.- Decca Music Group Ltd.
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Helen Leach
Diary of the Bee (5th mvt, 'Buttercup')
Performer: John Bradbury. Ensemble: Victoria String Quartet.- Divine Art.
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Erik Satie
3 Gymnopédies (No 1)
Performer: Gautier Capuçon. Performer: Jérôme Ducros. Orchestrator: Jérôme Ducros. Conductor: Adrien Perruchon. Orchestra: Orchestre de chambre de Paris.- Satie: Masterpieces.
- Warner Classics.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No 38 in D major, K 504 'Prague' (1st mvt)
Conductor: René Jacobs. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Philippe de Monte
Super flumina Babylonis
Choir: ORA Singers. Choir: ORA Singers. Conductor: Suzi Digby. Conductor: Suzi Digby.- Upheld by Stillness: Renaissance Gems and their Reflections.
- Harmonia Mundi UK Limited.
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Frédéric Chopin
Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op 60
Performer: Rafał Blechacz.- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Aaron Copland
Rodeo, 4 Dance Episodes (4th mvt, 'Hoe-Down')
Conductor: David Zinman. Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.- Decca Music Group Ltd.
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Billy Strayhorn
Lush Life (arr for 2 guitars)
Performer: Daniela Rossi. Performer: Francisco Correa. Music Arranger: John Duarte.- Deux-Elles Limited.
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Franz Schubert
String Quartet No 12 in C minor, D 703, 'Quartettsatz'
Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.- Warner Classics.
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Camille Saint‐Saëns
Wedding Cake, Op 76
Performer: Jean‐Philippe Collard. Conductor: André Previn. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.- Warner Classics.
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Gustav Mahler
Die zwei blauen Augen
Music Arranger: Clytus Gottwald. Choir: The Rodolfus Choir. Conductor: Ralph Allwood.- Choral Arrangements By Clytus Gottwald.
- Signum Records.
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Alice Mary Smith
Andante for Clarinet and Orchestra
Performer: Angela Malsbury. Conductor: Howard Shelley. Orchestra: London Mozart Players.- Chandos.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in D minor, BWV 851 (The Well-tempered Clavier, Book 1)
Performer: Sir András Schiff.- ECM.
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Richard Strauss
Capriccio, Op 85 (Interlude. Mondscheinmusik)
Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.- Warner Classics.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Gloria in D major, RV 589
Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music.- Warner Classics.
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Fanny Mendelssohn
String Quartet in E flat major, H-U 277 (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: Takács Quartet.- Hyperion.
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Christian Badzura
K A H D (ѿý Session)
Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.- Reflections.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Hector Berlioz
Béatrice et Bénédict, Op 27, H 138 (Ouverture)
Conductor: Colin Davis. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.- Lso Live.
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John Barry
Flight into Space (Moonraker)
Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Nic Raine.- Barry: Bond Back in Action II.
- SILVA SCREEN.
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Lucas Ruiz de Ribayaz
Tarantela
Music Arranger: Arianna Savall. Performer: Arianna Savall. Performer: Petter Udland Johansen. Performer: Miguel Ángel Cordero.- Hirundo Maris - Chants du Sud et du Nord.
- ECM Records.
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Joseph Haydn
Piano Trio in G major, Hob XV:25, 'Gypsy Rondo' (3rd mvt, 'Rondo all'ongarese')
Ensemble: Kungsbacka Trio.- Naxos.
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