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� another of our top highlights plucked from the lute repertoire.
1130 Slow Moment 鈥� time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Waltz from The Sleeping Beauty
Orchestra: Mariinsky Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.- Sleeping Beauty.
- Philips.
- 007.
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Elena Kats鈥怌hernin
Blue Rose
Performer: Nicola Sweeney. Performer: Sarah Nicolls.- SIGNUM.
- 5.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto no.6 in B flat major (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Concerto Italiano. Conductor: Rinaldo Alessandrini.- J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos: Concerto Italiano.
- Naive.
- 8.
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Gioachino Rossini
Nacqui all'affanno (La Cenerentola)
Singer: Joyce DiDonato. Singer: Elena Semenova. Singer: Pascale Obrecht. Singer: Nabil Suliman. Singer: Paolo Stupenengo. Orchestra: Ch艙ur de l鈥橭p茅ra de Lyon. Conductor: Kazushi Ono. Orchestra: Orchestre de l鈥橭p茅ra de Lyon.- Diva Divo - Opera Arias: Joyce DiDonato.
- Virgin Classics.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Piano Concerto no.2 in F major Op.102 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Boris Giltburg. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.- Shostakovich: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 and String Quartet No. 8.
- Naxos.
- 7.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony no.3 in A minor 'Scottish' (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.- Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3.
- BIS.
- 204.
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Philip Glass
Metamorphosis Five
Performer: Celia Oneto Bensaid.- Metamorphosis.
- NoMadMusic.
- 111.
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Edward Elgar
Pomp and Circumstance March in C major Op.39 no.5
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Andrew Davis.- CHANDOS CHAN.
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Arcangelo Corelli
Trio sonata in A major Op.3`12
Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina.- Europa Music.
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William Grant Still
Prelude (2nd mvt)
Performer: Alexa Still. Performer: Michael Steer. Performer: Susan DeWitt Smith. Ensemble: New Zealand String Quartet.- KOCH.
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Arthur Sullivan
The Buttercup Serenade (Cox and Box)
Singer: James Gilchrist. Singer: Neal Davies. Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- Sullivan, A: Cox and Box / Trial by Jury.
- Chandos.
- 12.
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Richard Wagner
The Flying Dutchman (Overture)
Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Mark Elder.- Wagner: Halle/Sir Mark Elder.
- Halle.
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Carl Nielsen
Aladdin Suite (Oriental Festival March)
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.- Nielsen: Flute Concerto - Clarinet Concerto - Aladdin Suite.
- Signum Classics.
- 301.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Midnight (Cinderella Op.87)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.- EMI.
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William Alwyn
Cinderella
Performer: Ashley Wass.- NAXOS.
- 25.
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Leonard Bernstein
Glitter and be gay (Candide)
Singer: Natalie Dessay. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.- Mad Scenes.
- Warner Classics.
- 104.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in C major for 2 trumpets, RV.537
Performer: Crispian Steele鈥怭erkins. Performer: John Thiessen. Orchestra: Tafelmusik. Conductor: Jeanne Lamon.- Trumpet Music: Steele-Perkins, Taflemusik, Lamon.
- Sony Classical.
- 9-11.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony no.63 in C major 'La Roxolane' (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.- Haydn 2032 Volume 8: La Roxolana.
- Alpha.
- 4.
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John Dowland
Semper Dowland, semper dolens
Performer: Paul O鈥橠ette.- John Dowland: Complete Lute Works, vol. 1-5: Paul O'Dette.
- Harmonia Mundi.
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John Dowland
Now, oh now I needs must part / The Frogg Galliard
Singer: Iestyn Davies. Performer: Thomas Dunford.- Hyperion.
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Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
Piano Concerto no.3 in E flat major Op.29 (1st mvt)
Performer: Alexandre Kantorow. Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Jean鈥怞acques Kantorow.- Saint-Sa毛ns: Piano Concertos Nos. 3-5.
- BIS.
- 101.
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Valerie Coleman
Portraits of Langston (Jazz Band in a Parisian Cabaret)
Ensemble: McGill / McHale Trio.- Cedille.
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Bohuslav Martin暖
Le Jazz
Choir: Sbor Lubom铆ra P谩nka. Orchestra: Prague Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Zbyn臎k Vost艡谩k.- Supraphon.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Adagio in B flat major, K.411
Performer: Eric Hoeprich. Performer: Guy Van Waas. Performer: Carlos Riera. Performer: Alf Horberg. Performer: Lisa Klevit-Ziegler.- Philips.
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Johannes Brahms
Serenade no.1 in D major Op.11 (6th mvt)
Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Robin Ticciati.- Tudor.
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Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in G major Kk.427
Performer: Federico Colli.- Chandos.
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Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in G major Kk.431
Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.- D. Scarlatti: Sonatas: Alexandre Tharaud.
- Virgin Classics.
- 17.
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Hector Berlioz
B茅atrice et B茅n茅dict Op.27 (Overture)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.- Berlioz Odyssey: The Complete Colin Davis Recordings.
- Lso Live.
- 401.
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