Sarah Walker
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.
Sarah Walker plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites.
0915 Playlist starter 鈥� listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.
1010 Song of the Day 鈥� harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.
1030 Playlist reveal 鈥� a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.
1100 Essential Five 鈥� the second in our survey of the best music for double bass.
1130 Slow Moment 鈥� time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
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Tarquinio Merula
Ciaccona
Ensemble: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.- Via Crucis; L'Arpeggiata; Christina Pluhar.
- Virgin Classics.
- 14.
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Florence Price
Fantasie No. 1
Performer: Randall Goosby. Performer: Zhu Wang.- Decca.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony no.83 in G minor 'The Hen' (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Z眉rcher Kammerorchester. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington. -
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Leonard Bernstein
Make Our Garden Grow (Candide)
Singer: Jerry Hadley. Singer: June Anderson. Singer: Adolph Green. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.- Bernstein - Candide.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 016.
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Franz Schubert
Piano Sonata in G major, D 894 (4th mvt)
Performer: Radu Lupu.- Schubert: Radu Lupu.
- Decca.
- 8.
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Jean Sibelius
The Swan of Tuonela (Lemminkainen Suite)
Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.- Sibelius: Lemmink盲inen Suite - Pell茅as & M茅lisande.
- Warner Classics.
- 104.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Requiem in D minor K.626 (Offertorium)
Choir: Bavarian Radio Symphony Choir. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.- Mozart: Requiem in D Minor, K. 626 "Missa pro defunctis" (Completed by F.X. S眉脽m.
- BR-Klassik.
- 109.
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Mark Nightingale
For Rosie
Ensemble: Onyx Brass.- Onyx Noir: Jazz Works for Brass Quintet.
- NMC Recordings.
- 106.
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Sidney Torch
Rosie, The Red Omnibus (London Transport Suite)
Performer: Martin Knowles. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.- Sidney Torch: London Transport Suite, Petit Valse, Barbecue and other works.
- NAXOS.
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Edward Elgar
Symphony no.2 in E flat major Op.63 (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.- BIS.
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Elena Kats鈥怌hernin
Reflections
Performer: Nicola Sweeney. Performer: Sarah Nicolls.- Kats-Chernin: Ragtime and Blue.
- Signum Classics.
- 1101.
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Henry Purcell
Evening Hymn
Music Arranger: Silas Wolston. Singer: Iestyn Davies. Ensemble: Fretwork.- If: Michael Nyman, Henry Purcell.
- Signum Classics.
- 601.
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Hector Berlioz
Harold in Italy (4th mvt)
Performer: Antoine Tamestit. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.- Berlioz: Harold en Italie, La mort de Cl茅op芒tre.
- Lso Live.
- 104.
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George Frideric Handel
Silent Worship (Tolomeo)
Music Arranger: Sir Arthur Somervell. Singer: Thomas Allen. Performer: John Constable.- An Anthology of English Song: Various artists.
- Novello.
- 8.
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Richard Strauss
Sinfonia Domestica (Wiegenlied)
Music Arranger: Otto Singer. Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Alexandre Rabinovich.- Martha Argerich - The Warner Classics Recordings.
- Warner Classics.
- 244.
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Maurice Ravel
Ma m猫re l'oye (Le jardin f茅erique)
Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.- Yannick Nezet-Seguin Ravel Rotterdam Phiharmonic Orchestra.
- EMI.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Marriage of Figaro (Act 4 Finale)
Choir: Glyndebourne Chorus. Orchestra: Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Vittorio Gui.- Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro.
- Warner Classics.
- 224.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Piano quintet in G minor Op.1 (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.- Coleridge-Taylor: Piano Quintet, Clarinet Quintet.
- HYPERION.
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Giovanni Bottesini
Gran Concerto in F sharp minor (3rd mvt)
Performer: Thomas Martin. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.- Giovanni Bottesini - A Showcase - Thomas Martin/Emma Johnson/ Jose-Luis Garcia/.
- ASV.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Triple Concerto in C Op.56 (1st mvt)
Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Alexander Melnikov. Performer: Jean鈥怗uihen Queyras. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras鈥怌asado.- Beethoven: Triple Concerto, Op. 56 & Trio, Op. 36.
- harmonia mundi.
- 101.
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Thomas Tallis
Suscipe, quaeso Domine 脿 7
Choir: Alamire. Director: David Skinner.- Tallis & Byrd: Cantiones Sacrae 1575: Alamire, David Skinner.
- Obsidian.
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Erik Satie
Gnossienne no.5
Performer: Jean鈥怸ves Thibaudet.- Decca.
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John Foulds
Keltic Overture Op.28
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.- J Foulds, Keltic Suite: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra/Corp.
- Epoch.
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Arcangelo Corelli
Trio sonata in F major Op.1`1
Ensemble: Avison Ensemble.- Linn.
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George Gershwin
Piano Concerto in F major (3rd mvt)
Performer: Freddy Kempf. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.- BIS.
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