Your perfect Sunday soundtrack
Sarah Walker with three hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh, whether you’re brewing a cup of tea or on your way to see friends.
Sarah Walker with three hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh.
Today Sarah’s selections feature the sublime orchestration of Felix Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto, alongside Louis Couperin’s chatty ‘Duo in G minor’, and an effervescent piece for harp by Henriette Renié.
There’s also music by Vincent D’Indy which conjures up an ocean scene, and an early work by Vaughan Williams transports us to Salisbury with atmospheric hazy strings and haunting woodwind melodies.
Plus, Jean Sibelius is at the castle gate…
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Frédéric Chopin
Waltz in E flat major Op.18 (Grande valse brillante)
Performer: Alice Sara Ott.- Chopin: Complete Waltzes.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 1.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Harnham Down
Conductor: Rumon Gamba. Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic.- British Tone Poems, Vol. 2.
- Chandos.
- 4.
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Gordon Stout
Mexican Dance for Marimba No.1
Performer: Evelyn Glennie.- RCA.
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Derek Bourgeois
Serenade Op.22
Ensemble: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Frank Renton.- Classic Brass.
- Parlophone UK.
- 4.
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Sergei Lyapunov
7 Preludes, Op. 6: No. 6 in F Minor: Andantino mosso
Performer: Florian Noack.- Lyapunov: Works for Piano, Vol. 2.
- Ars Produktion.
- 12.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartet no.19 in C major, K.465 'Dissonance' (IV. Allegro molto)
Ensemble: Casals Quartet.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Federico Moreno Torroba
Castillos de Espana II: Torija (Elegia)
Performer: Pablo Sainz-Villegas.- Guitar Recital: Pablo Sainz Villegas 1.
- Naxos Music UK Ltd.
- 07.
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Gioachino Rossini
La gazza ladra - Overture (The thieving magpie)
Lyricist: Giovanni Gherardini. Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe.- Rossini: Overtures.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 7.
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Gerald Finzi
Clear and gentle stream, Op. 17, No. 4
Music Arranger: Harvey Brough. Conductor: Nicholas Collon. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra.- Introit: The Music of Gerald Finzi.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 7.
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Florence Price
The Moon Bridge
Choir: VocalEssence. Performer: Paul Shaw. Conductor: Philip Brunelle.- Got the Saint Louis Blues.
- Clarion.
- 004.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64, MWV O14: I. Allegro molto appassionato
Performer: Maxim Vengerov. Conductor: Kurt Masur. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig.- Bruch & Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos.
- Warner Classics International.
- 4.
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Charles Wood
Nunc Dimittis in B Flat
Choir: Charles Wood Singers. Director: David Hill. -
Louis Couperin
Duo in G Minor
Performer: Daniel-Ben Pienaar.- The Long 17th Century: A Cornucopia of Early Keyboard Music.
- AVIE Records.
- 8.
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Cécile Chaminade
Callirhoé, suite de ballet: III. Scherzettino
Conductor: David Reiland. Orchestra: Orchestre National de Metz Grand Est.- RSK Entertainment Limited.
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Philippe Gaubert
Trois Aquarelles: I. Par un clair matin
Performer: Hans-Jörg Wegner. Performer: Guido Larisch. Performer: Christiane Kroeker. Ensemble: Trio Cantabile.- BELLA MUSICA.
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Jean Sibelius
Pelléas et Mélisande Suite, Op. 46 (I. At the Castle Gate)
Conductor: Paavo Berglund. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.- Sibelius Orchestral Works.
- Warner Classics.
- 4.
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Bedrich Smetana
6 Album Leaves, Op. 2 (No.1 in C Major)
Performer: Jitka Čechová.- SUPRAHON.
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Giovanni Benedetto Platti
Cello Sonata No. 7 in D Major, I. 84: IV. Presto
Performer: Abel Selaocoe. Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Performer: Fred Thomas. Performer: Kadialy Kouyate.- WARNER CLASSICS.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: II. Air ("Air on a G String")
Music Arranger: Leopold Stokowski. Conductor: José Serebrier. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.- Stokowski Transcriptions.
- Naxos.
- 401.
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Tallis Scholars
Loquebantur variis linguis
Ensemble: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.- The Tallis Scholars sing Thomas Tallis.
- Gimell Records.
- 07.
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Sergei Voitenko
Revelation
Performer: Ksenija Sidorova.- Piazzolla Reflections.
- Alpha Classics.
- 2.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: III. Allegro scherzando
Performer: Boris Giltburg. Conductor: Carlos Miguel Prieto. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.- Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18 & Études-tableaux, Op. 33.
- Naxos.
- 3.
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Henriette Renié
Danse des Lutins
Performer: Judy Loman.- Harp Showpieces.
- Naxos.
- 1.
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Giacomo Puccini
Manon Lescaut, Act I: "Donna non vidi mai"
Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome.- Jonas Kaufmann - The Tenor.
- Sony Classical.
- 2.
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AntonÃn Dvořák
Suite in A Major, Op. 98 "American" (I. Andante con moto)
Conductor: Nathalie Stutzmann. Orchestra: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.- ERATO.
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Karen Tanaka
Water Dance III
Performer: Signe Bakke.- Crystalline - Piano Music by Karen Tanaka.
- 2L.
- 4.
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Franz Danzi
Wind Quintet in A Major, Op. 68, No. 1 (III. Minuetto, Allegro)
Ensemble: Michael Thompson Wind Ensemble.- Danzi: Wind Quintets, Op. 68, Nos. 1-3 / Horn Sonata, Op. 44.
- Naxos.
- 3.
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
C.P.E. Bach: Cello Concerto in A Major, H. 439 (I. Allegro)
Performer: Steven Isserlis. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.- Haydn: Cello Concertos; C.P.E. Bach: Cello Concerto.
- Hyperion.
- 5.
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Lennon and McCartney
12 Songs for Guitar: VIII. Here, There and Everywhere
Performer: John Williams. Music Arranger: Toru Takemitsu.- SONY.
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Cristóbal de Morales
Parce mihi domine
Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble. Performer: Jan Garbarek.- Rarum II / Selected Recordings.
- ECM Records.
- 24.
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Sir Hamilton Harty
In the Antrim Hills (An Irish Symphony)
Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.- CHANDOS.
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Robert Schumann
Piano Quartet in E flat major, Op. 47 (iii. Andante cantabile)
Performer: Christophe Gaugué. Ensemble: Trio Wanderer.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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- Sun 25 Aug 2024 09:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3