The summer selection: Blissful classical music for lazing in the sunshine
Lie back and catch some rays - with sunny harmonies to help you stretch out and unwind on those long, balmy summer days.
Lie back and catch some rays - with sunny harmonies to help you stretch out and unwind on those long, balmy summer days…from Gershwin, Florence Price and Malcolm Arnold.
Also features warm and hazy musical pictures by William Bolcom, Alma Deutscher and Oskar Merikanto.
Produced by Steven Rajam
An Overcoat Media production for 鶹Լ Sounds
Music Played
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Gabriel Fauré
Après un rêve, Op. 7, No. 1
Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Kathryn Stott.- Songs from the Arc of Life.
- Masterworks.
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Oskar Merikanto
Kesaillan idylli (Summer Night's Idyll) , Op. 16, No. 2
Composer: Jorma Panula. Performer: Jorma Panula. Ensemble: Camerata Finlandia.- Naxos.
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Alma Deutscher
Summer in Mondsee (Allegretto in A Major)
- From My Book of Melodies.
- Sony Classical.
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Roman Hoffstetter
String Quartet in F Major, Op. 3, No. 5, Hob. III:17: II. Andante cantabile
Performer: Lazar Gosman. Orchestra: Tchaikovsky Chamber Orchestra.- The Knot Collection of Ceremony & Wedding Music selected by The Knot's Carley Ro.
- Sony Classical.
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Richard Wagner
Wesendonck-Lieder, WWV 91: V. Träume (Arr. for violin and orchestra)
Performer: Alexandre Da Costa. Conductor: Josep Caballé-Domenech. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Halle.- Stradivarius At the Opera II - The Wagner Album.
- OE Oficina Ediciones.
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Anouar Brahem
Vague / E la nave va
Performer: Anja Lechner. Performer: François Couturier.- Lontano.
- ECM Records.
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Jón Leifs
Requiem, Op. 33b
Choir: Schola Cantorum Reykjavicensis. Conductor: Hörður Áskelsson.- BIS.
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Robert Schumann
5 Stücke im Volkston, Op. 102: II. Langsam
Performer: Martin Fröst. Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Music Arranger: Rolf Martinsson.- Roots.
- Sony Classical.
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François Couperin
La Muse-Plantine: 19ème ordre, 3ème livre
Performer: Iddo Bar-Shaï.- Mirare.
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Vakhtang Kakhidze
Amazons Ballet Suite XII: Adagio
Performer: Djansug Kakhidze. Orchestra: Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra.- Sunrise Over the Caucasus.
- Beaux.
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Franz Schubert
Lob der Tränen, S.557/R.242
Performer: Antoine Bareil. Performer: Stéphane Tétreault. Performer: Valérie Milot.- Trios for Violin, Cello and Harp.
- Groupe Analekta, Inc.
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Josef Myslivecek
Symphony in D Major, F. 29: II. Andante grazioso
Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.- Chandos.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Bagatelle No. 25 in A Minor, WoO 59 "Für Elise"
Performer: Igor Levit.- Für Elise, Bagatelle No. 25 in A Minor, WoO 59.
- Sony Classical.
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Sadko: Hindu Song (arr. N. Mercz): Hindu Song from the Opera 'Sadko'
Performer: János Bálint. Performer: Nóra Mercz.- Naxos.
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Calum Martin
Ballantyne (Movement 5 Your Shadow)
Composer: Craig Armstrong. Performer: Daniel Pioro. Conductor: Cecilia Weston. Orchestra: Scottish Ensemble.- Ballantyne (Movement 5 Your Shadow).
- Modern Recordings.
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William Bolcom
The Graceful Ghost Rag
Performer: Spencer Myer.- Steinway and Sons.
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Florence Price
Symphony No. 3 in C Minor - II. Andante ma non troppo
Performer: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra.- Black History Month: Classical.
- UME - Global Clearing House.
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Robert Schumann
Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6, Heft II: No. 14, Zart und singend
Performer: Jonathan Biss.- Works for Solo Piano.
- Warner Classics.
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Paul Reade
Suite from The Victorian Kitchen Garden: V. Summer
Performer: Emma Johnson. Orchestra: 鶹Լ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Philip Ellis.- Wyastone Estate Ltd t/a Nimbus Records.
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Johann Baptist Vanhal
Symphony in G Major, Bryan G6: II. Andante molto grazioso
Conductor: Kevin Mallon. Orchestra: Toronto Chamber Orchestra.- Vanhal: Symphonies, Vol. 3.
- Naxos.
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Lili Boulanger
D'un jardin clair
Performer: Émile Naoumoff.- Boulanger, Lili and Nadia: In Memoriam Lili Boulanger.
- Marco-Polo.
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Ottorino Respighi
3 Chorales, P. 167: No. 3, Andante (After J.S. Bach's BWV 645)
Performer: Seattle Symphony. Conductor: Gerard Schwarz.- Bach: Orchestral transcriptions by Respighi & Elgar.
- Naxos.
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George Gershwin
Three Preludes: II. Andante con moto e poco rubato in C Sharp Minor
Performer: Frank Braley.- Gershwin: Preludes (3).
- Harmonia Mundi.
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John Tavener
The Lamb
Ensemble: 12 Ensemble.- Death and the Maiden.
- Sancho Panza Records.
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Sigur Rós
Fljotavik (arr. for violin & string orchestra)
Ensemble: 12 Ensemble.- Death and the Maiden.
- Sancho Panza Records.
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Georgs Pelēcis
Concertino bianco - 1. Con intenerimento
Performer: Tamara Anna Cislowska. Conductor: Johannes Fritzsch. Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.- Into Silence: Pärt _ Vasks _ Górecki _ Pelēcis.
- Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
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Ethel Bilsland
The Birthday Party II. Peep-Bo
Performer: Samantha Ege.- Four Women.
- Wave Theory Records.
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Claude Debussy
Rêverie, L. 68 (Arr. by Badzura)
Performer: Daniel Hope. Composer: Christian Badzura. Orchestra: Zürcher Kammerorchester.- Classical Moods: Debussy.
- UME - Global Clearing House.
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Malcolm Arnold
Fantasy for Guitar Op. 107: III. Arietta 1
Performer: Sean Shibe.- Dreams and Fancies: English Music for Solo Guitar.
- Delphian Records.
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