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Essential Classics for Walking on Sunshine

Bask in the sun with an hour of Essential Classics guaranteed to bring the sun out. From sunrise to sunset, it鈥檚 time to grab those sunglasses and enjoy glorious sunny music from Haydn, Fela Sowande and John Barry. MM

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Music Played

  • Edward Elgar

    The Wand of youth - suite no. 1 Op.1a - Sun Dance

    Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • EMI.

  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    In the Bottoms: Barcarolle (Morning)

    Performer: Rochelle Sennet.
    • Bach to Black: Suites for Piano.
    • Albany Records.
    • 27.

  • Arnold Bax

    4 Orchestral Sketches (Dance in the Sun)

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Bax: Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in B-Flat Major, Op. 76 No. 4, Hob. III:78 "Sunrise": III. Menuet

    Ensemble: Alban Berg Quartett.
    • Haydn - String Quartets, Op 76 Nos 2-4.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 115.

  • George Harrison

    Here comes the sun

    Music Arranger: Christopher Austin. Performer: Milo拧 Karadagli膰. Ensemble: Navarra String Quartet.
    • Mercury.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Etude in F major, Op.10 No.8

    Performer: Maurizio Pollini.
    • Chopin: Etudes; Pr茅ludes; Polonaises.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 8.

  • John Barry

    Girl with the Sun in Her Hair

    Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Nic Raine.
    • John Barry - Zulu.
    • Silva Screen Records.
    • 10.

  • Malcolm Arnold

    Four Scottish Dances, Op 59 (No 3, Scottish Waltz)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Irving.
    • Arnold: Homage to the Queen etc, PO / Irving.
    • EMI.
    • 41.

  • Valentin Silvestrov

    Morning Serenade (2 Dialogues with Postscript)

    Performer: H茅l猫ne Grimaud. Ensemble: Camerata Salzburg. Conductor: Giovanni Guzzo.
    • The Messenger.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 9.

  • L茅o Delibes

    Flower Duet from Lakme

    Performer: Lang Lang. Music Arranger: 脡mile Naoumoff.
    • Delibes: Lakm茅: Flower Duet (Arr. Naoumoff for Piano).
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • Charles Camilleri

    Concertino no.4 for two pianos 'Summer Nights in Malta' (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Glen Inanga. Performer: Jennifer Micallef. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Brian Schembri.
    • Camilleri - Orchestral Works.
    • Divine Art.
    • 7.

  • Henriette Reni茅

    Promenade matinale: ii Dans la campagne ensoleill茅e, la ros茅e scintille

    Performer: Alexander Rider.
    • Willowhayne Records.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The Golden Cockerel, Act 2: Aria, "Hymn to the Sun" (Arr. for Violin and Piano b

    Composer: Fritz Kreisler. Performer: Nigel Kennedy. Performer: John Lenehan.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Sun Whose Rays (The Mikado) arr. for piano

    Performer: Keith Jarrett.
    • Keith Jarrett - La Fenice.
    • ECM.
    • 7.

  • Fela Sowande

    Joyful Day (African Suite)

    Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Paul Freeman.
    • African Heritage Symphonic Series, Volume 1.
    • CEDILLE.
    • 6.

  • Ida Moberg

    Sunrise - Suite for Orchestra (4th mvt, Stillness)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Johannes Gustavsson.
    • Aulin, Moberg, Andr茅e: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos Sweden - Nilento.
    • 8.