The Classical Companion Collection

Around the World

Escape the lockdown and travel the world with our eclectic selection of great classical works.

All recordings are taken from our archive and performed by the BBC’s Orchestras and Radio 3’s New Generation Artists.

Bach: English Suite No. 6 in D minor, BWV 811
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Wood: Fantasia on British Sea Songs
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Williams: Fantasia on Welsh nursery tunes
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Sullivan: Symphony in E major, 'Irish'
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Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A minor, 'Scottish'
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Bach: French Suite No. 2 in C minor, BWV 813
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Bach: French Suite No. 6 in E major, BWV 817
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Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien
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Bach: Concerto in the Italian style in F major, BWV 971
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Rossini: The Italian Girl in Algiers (Overture)
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Mendelssohn: Symphony No 4 in A major, Op 90, 'Italian'
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Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol, Op 34
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De Falla: Danza Espagnole
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Ravel: Rapsodie Espagnole
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Smetana: Ma Vlast (Vltava)
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Dvořák: Slavonic Dance No. 10 in E minor, Op 72 No. 2
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Sibelius: Finlandia
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Borodin: In the steppes of central Asia
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Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter festival overture, Op 36
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Lyadov: Russian folk songs
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Prokofiev: Russian Overture, Op 72
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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op 17, 'Little Russian'
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Converse: American Sketches
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Gershwin: An American in Paris
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Copland: Appalachian Spring
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Dvořák: Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op 96, 'American'
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Bingham: London Haiku
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