A transporting Sunday classical mix
Sarah Walker chooses three hours of attractive and uplifting music to complement your morning, whether you’re out on the road or keeping cosy at home.
Sarah Walker chooses three hours of attractive and uplifting music to complement your morning.
Today, Spanish composer Federico Mompou is featured in a dynamic performance from Sean Shibe, Sarah shares an enchanting choral psalm setting by British composer Lucy Walker, and Madeleine Dring is performed with joie de vivre by the ensemble Festival Scherzo.
And while Aaron Copland’s take on The Taming of the Shrew offers a view of America’s Great Plains, Vernon Ellis snatches a glimpse of the British countryside from the comfort of a famous steam train.
Plus, Schubert sung in Portuguese…
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Claude Debussy
Children's Corner (III. Serenade of the Doll)
Composer: André Caplet. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lyon. Conductor: Jun Märkl.- NAXOS.
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Frédéric Chopin
Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 31
Performer: Seong-Jin Cho.- DG.
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Franz Danzi
Wind Quintet in F major, Op. 68 No. 2 (I. Allegro)
Ensemble: Philharmonisches Bläserquintett Berlin.- BIS.
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Hildegard von Bingen
O frondens virga
Ensemble: Augsburg Early Music Ensemble.- CHRISTOPHORUS.
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Thorkell Sigurbjörnsson
Heyr himna smióur
Lyricist: Kolbeinn Tumason. Choir: VOCES8.- DECCA.
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Antonín Dvořák
Slavonic Dances, Op. 72 No. 9 in B major
Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.- WARNER.
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Christoph Willibald Gluck
'Che disse? Che ascoltai?' (Orfeo and Euridice, Act 1)
Performer: Jakub Józef Orliński. Ensemble: Il Giardino d'Amore. Director: Stefan Plewniak.- ERATO.
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Franz Berwald
Grand Septet in B flat major (II. Poco adagio)
Ensemble: Wigmore Soloists.- BIS.
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Franz Liszt
Paysage (Transcendental studies, S. 139 No. 3)
Performer: Alim Beisembayev.- WARNER CLASSICS.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Non so piu cosa son... (Marriage of Figaro, Act 1)
Performer: Cecilia Bartoli. Orchestra: Vienna Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: György Fischer.- DECCA.
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Vivian Ellis
Coronation Scot
Orchestra: 鶹Լ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.- SONY.
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Percy Grainger
Ye Banks and Braes O' Bonnie Doon
Performer: Penelope Thwaites. Performer: Wayne Marshall. Performer: John Lavender. Performer: Antony Gray. Performer: Barry Peter Ould.- CHANDOS.
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Dimitri Tiomkin
The Green Leaves of Summer
Lyricist: Paul Francis Webster. Ensemble: The King’s Singers.- CHANDOS.
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Johannes Brahms
Symphony No.3 in F major Op.90 (I. Allegro con brio)
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.- NAXOS.
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King Henry VIII of England
En Vray Amour
Ensemble: Quintessential. Director: Andrew Lawrence‐King.- OBSIDIAN.
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George Frideric Handel
Symphony: King David's Air
Performer: Andrew Lawrence‐King.- DEUTSCHE HM.
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Madeleine Dring
Festival Scherzo
Performer: Martin Roscoe. Ensemble: Guildhall String Ensemble.- HYPERION.
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Lucy Walker
My Heart, O God
Choir: The Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.- SIGNUM.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV 645
Performer: Chris Thile. Performer: Edgar Meyer. Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Music Arranger: Chris Thile.- NONESUCH.
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Jean Sibelius
The Bard, Op. 64
Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.- DG.
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Amy Beach
Invocation Op.55
Performer: Tasmin Little. Performer: John Lenehan.- CHANDOS.
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Symphony in E minor, Wq 177 (III. Allegro)
Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Conductor: Mayumi Hirasaki.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Aaron Copland
Buckaroo Holiday (Rodeo, No. 1)
Orchestra: Colorado Symphony. Conductor: Andrew Litton.- Bis.
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Armas Järnefelt
Praeludium
Music Arranger: Arthur Pearce. Ensemble: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: Peter Parkes.- CHANDOS.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Overture (Suite) in E flat major, TWV55:Es5
Ensemble: La Stagione Frankfurt. Conductor: Michael Schneider.- CPO.
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Franz Schubert
Swan Song, D. 957 (IV. Ständchen)
Choir: Sao Paulo Symphony Choir. Conductor: Valentina Peleggi.- NAXOS.
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Federico Mompou
Canços i danses (No. 6b: Dansa. Ritmado)
Performer: Sean Shibe.- PENTATONE.
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Camille Saint‐Saëns
Carnival of the Animals (XII. Fossils)
Performer: Adrian Spillett. Performer: Ayla Sahin. Performer: Braimah Kanneh-Mason. Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Jeneba Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Timothy Ridout. Performer: Toby Hughes.- DECCA.
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Hans Abrahamsen
Prelude No. 4 (String Quartet No. 1: 10 Preludes)
Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.- ECM.
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Trad.
Old Reinlender (Sonndala)
Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.- DACAPO.
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Carl Maria von Weber
Variations on a theme from Silvana, Op. 33
Performer: Sebastian Manz. Performer: Martin Klett.- BERLIN CLASSICS.
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Jean‐Philippe Rameau
Gigue en rondeau I (Keyboard Suite in E minor RCT: 2)
Performer: Michel Kiener.- PASSACAILLE.
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Michael Altenburg
Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland
Performer: Bart Jacobs. Ensemble: Vox Luminis. Conductor: Lionel Meunier.- OUTHERE.
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- Sun 12 May 2024 09:00鶹Լ Radio 3