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Essential Classics for cooking

A classical music tasting menu to complement your cookery.

A soundtrack of great taste and flavour to accompany you in the kitchen. Georgia Mann introduces savoury, sweet, subtle and spicy pieces of music to conjure up a banquet of delights. We hear from Antonio Vivaldi, Franz Schubert, Rachel Portman and Johann Strauss among others, in a tasting menu that fits all dietary requirements!

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Music Played

  • Johann Pachelbel

    Canon in D major

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Lorenza Borrani. Performer: Lucy Gould. Performer: Kristian Bezuidenhout. Performer: Stephan Rath. Performer: Jonathan Cohen.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 7.

  • Franz Schubert

    Die Forelle, D.550

    Music Arranger: Franz Liszt. Performer: Jorge Bolet.
    • Liszt: Schubert Song Transcriptions: Jorge Bolet.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    March Past of the Kitchen Utensils (The Wasps)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.
    • Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.

  • Vincent Youmans

    Tahiti Trot, Op. 16 (Tea for Two)

    Composer: Dmitry Shostakovich. Orchestra: Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Shostakovich: Jazz & Variety Suites.
    • BIS.
    • 501.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Wedding-cake Op.76

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Hyperion.

  • Florence Price

    Five Folksongs in Counterpoint (No 4, Shortnin' Bread. Allegro)

    Ensemble: Apollo Chamber Ensemble.
    • Navona Records.

  • Georges Bizet

    Habanera (Carmen) arr. for saxophone quartet & piano

    Music Arranger: Iain Farrington. Performer: Timothy End. Ensemble: Ferio Saxophone Quartet.
    • Evoke.
    • Chandos.
    • 15.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade for 13 wind instruments in B flat major, K 361 (3rd mvt, Adagio)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • DG.

  • Anon.

    Nuttmigs and Ginger

    Ensemble: The Musicians of Swanne Alley.
    • Joyne Hands - English Renaissance Music.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Spanish Dance; Arabian Dance; Chinese Dance (The Nutcracker)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Ernest Ansermet.
    • Brilliant Classics.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Suite in F major, HWV 348, 'Water Music' (Hornpipe)

    Orchestra: London Classical Players. Director: Sir Roger Norrington.
    • Handel: Water & Fireworks Music: London Classical Players, Norrington.
    • Virgin Veritas.
    • 8.

  • Claude Debussy

    Children's Corner, CD 119 - VI. Cakewalk

    Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason.
    • Debussy: Children's Corner, CD 119: VI. Cakewalk.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in B Minor, RV 580 adapt. for 4 Mandolins, Strings & Continuo

    Performer: Avi Avital. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Concertos.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Scott Joplin

    Peacherine rag for piano

    Performer: Benjamin Loeb.
    • Joplin: Piano Rags, Vol. 2.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Wiener Bonbons Waltz Op.307

    Orchestra: Johann Strauss Orchestra. Conductor: Jack Rothstein.
    • By The Beautiful Blue Danube.
    • Chandos.
    • 104.

  • Malcolm Arnold

    Four Cornish Dances arr for brass band (No 1)

    Ensemble: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Malcolm Arnold.
    • The Malcolm Arnold Edition: Music for Brass.
    • Decca.
    • 23.

  • Rachel Portman

    Bon Appetit (from the film Julia)

    Ensemble: Studio Orchestra.
    • Julia (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Lakeshore Records.
    • 16.