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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鈥rom 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 大象传媒 Sounds

1 hour, 60 minutes

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Music Played

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Apr猫s un r锚ve, Op. 7, No. 1

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • Songs from the Arc of Life.
    • Masterworks.
    • 8.

  • Oskar Merikanto

    Kesaillan idylli (Summer Night's Idyll) , Op. 16, No. 2

    Composer: Jorma Panula. Performer: Jorma Panula. Ensemble: Camerata Finlandia.
    • Naxos.

  • Alma Deutscher

    Summer in Mondsee (Allegretto in A Major)

    • From My Book of Melodies.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3.

  • 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.
    • 5.

  • Richard Wagner

    Wesendonck-Lieder, WWV 91: V. Tr盲ume (Arr. for violin and orchestra)

    Performer: Alexandre Da Costa. Conductor: Josep Caball茅-Domenech. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Halle.
    • Stradivarius At the Opera II - The Wagner Album.
    • OE Oficina Ediciones.
    • 4.

  • Anouar Brahem

    Vague / E la nave va

    Performer: Anja Lechner. Performer: Fran莽ois Couturier.
    • Lontano.
    • ECM Records.
    • 12.

  • J贸n Leifs

    Requiem, Op. 33b

    Choir: Schola Cantorum Reykjavicensis. Conductor: H枚r冒ur 脕skelsson.
    • BIS.

  • Robert Schumann

    5 St眉cke im Volkston, Op. 102: II. Langsam

    Performer: Martin Fr枚st. Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Music Arranger: Rolf Martinsson.
    • Roots.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 8.

  • Fran莽ois Couperin

    La Muse-Plantine: 19猫me ordre, 3猫me livre

    Performer: Iddo Bar-Sha茂.
    • Mirare.

  • Vakhtang Kakhidze

    Amazons Ballet Suite XII: Adagio

    Performer: Djansug Kakhidze. Orchestra: Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra.
    • Sunrise Over the Caucasus.
    • Beaux.
    • 1.

  • Franz Schubert

    Lob der Tr盲nen, S.557/R.242

    Performer: Antoine Bareil. Performer: St茅phane T茅treault. Performer: Val茅rie Milot.
    • Trios for Violin, Cello and Harp.
    • Groupe Analekta, Inc.
    • 10.

  • Josef Myslivecek

    Symphony in D Major, F. 29: II. Andante grazioso

    Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.
    • Chandos.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Bagatelle No. 25 in A Minor, WoO 59 "F眉r Elise"

    Performer: Igor Levit.
    • F眉r Elise, Bagatelle No. 25 in A Minor, WoO 59.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Sadko: Hindu Song (arr. N. Mercz): Hindu Song from the Opera 'Sadko'

    Performer: J谩nos B谩lint. Performer: N贸ra Mercz.
    • Naxos.

  • 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.
    • 1.

  • William Bolcom

    The Graceful Ghost Rag

    Performer: Spencer Myer.
    • Steinway and Sons.

  • Florence Price

    Symphony No. 3 in C Minor - II. Andante ma non troppo

    Performer: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra.
    • Black History Month: Classical.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 7.

  • Robert Schumann

    Davidsb眉ndlert盲nze, Op. 6, Heft II: No. 14, Zart und singend

    Performer: Jonathan Biss.
    • Works for Solo Piano.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 15.

  • Paul Reade

    Suite from The Victorian Kitchen Garden: V. Summer

    Performer: Emma Johnson. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Philip Ellis.
    • Wyastone Estate Ltd t/a Nimbus Records.

  • 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.
    • 2.

  • Lili Boulanger

    D'un jardin clair

    Performer: 脡mile Naoumoff.
    • Boulanger, Lili and Nadia: In Memoriam Lili Boulanger.
    • Marco-Polo.
    • 1.

  • 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.
    • 3.

  • George Gershwin

    Three Preludes: II. Andante con moto e poco rubato in C Sharp Minor

    Performer: Frank Braley.
    • Gershwin: Preludes (3).
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • John Tavener

    The Lamb

    Ensemble: 12 Ensemble.
    • Death and the Maiden.
    • Sancho Panza Records.
    • 1.

  • Sigur R贸s

    Fljotavik (arr. for violin & string orchestra)

    Ensemble: 12 Ensemble.
    • Death and the Maiden.
    • Sancho Panza Records.
    • 9.

  • Georgs Pel膿cis

    Concertino bianco - 1. Con intenerimento

    Performer: Tamara Anna Cislowska. Conductor: Johannes Fritzsch. Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.
    • Into Silence: P盲rt _ Vasks _ G贸recki _ Pel膿cis.
    • Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
    • 1.

  • Ethel Bilsland

    The Birthday Party II. Peep-Bo

    Performer: Samantha Ege.
    • Four Women.
    • Wave Theory Records.
    • 5.

  • Claude Debussy

    R锚verie, L. 68 (Arr. by Badzura)

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Composer: Christian Badzura. Orchestra: Z眉rcher Kammerorchester.
    • Classical Moods: Debussy.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 208.

  • Malcolm Arnold

    Fantasy for Guitar Op. 107: III. Arietta 1

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Dreams and Fancies: English Music for Solo Guitar.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 14.