Wednesday - Kate's classical picks

Johann Sebastian Bach

An irdische Schatze das Herze zu hangen (from Cantata, BWV26: Ach wie fluchtig, ach wie nichtig)

Singer: Peter Harvey. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.

• SOLI DEO GLORIA.

Emmanuel Chabrier

Suite pastorale: Idylle; Danse villageoise

Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Paray.

• MERCURY.

Thomas Weelkes

To shorten winter's sadness

Choir: Uppsala Akademiska Kammarkör. Conductor: Stefan Parkman.

• Winter Sounds.
• FOOTPRINT.
• 4.

Antonio Vivaldi

Winter Meditation (after the Largo from Vivaldi's 'Winter', RV 297)

Music Arranger: Vivan Bhatti. Music Arranger: Ketan Bhatti. Performer: Eldbjørg Hemsing. Ensemble: Hestia String Quartet.

• Sony.

Henriette Renié

Harp Concerto in C minor (3rd mvt)

Performer: Emmanuel Ceysson. Orchestra: Orchestre national Avignon-Provence. Conductor: Samuel Jean.

• Belle Époque.
• Naïve.
• 4.

Franz Schubert

Du bist die Ruh', D. 776

Performer: Gerald Moore. Singer: Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau.

• Schubert: Lieder (Vol. 2).
• Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
• 9.

Leonard Bernstein

Wonderful Town (Overture)

Orchestra: Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.

• Bernstein: Wonderful Town.
• EMI Classics.
• 1.

Frédéric Chopin

Nocturne in F sharp major, Op 15 No 2

Performer: Claudio Arrau.

• Chopin: The Nocturnes: Claudio Arrau.
• Philips.
• 5.

Robert Schumann

Konzertstück in F major, Op 86 (1st mvt)

Performer: Nigel Black. Performer: Laurence Davies. Performer: Laurence Rogers. Performer: Peter Blake. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Thielemann.

• Schumann Symphony no.2 / 'Manfred' Overture etc..
• DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
• 002.

Traditional Irish

The Porthole of the Kelp / The Maids of Mitchelstown

Composer: Bobby Casey. Performer: Martin Hayes. Performer: P.J. Hayes. Performer: Dennis Cahill.

• Quillan Records.

Claude Debussy

La Mer est plus belle

Singer: Mary Bevan. Ensemble: Ruisi Quartet.

• SIGNUM.

Leo Brouwer

Berceuse

Performer: John Williams.

• SONY CLASSICAL.

Bruce Montgomery

Concertino for String Orchestra (3rd mvt)

Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Conductor: David Lloyd‐Jones.

• English String Miniatures, Vol. 3.
• Naxos.
• 3.

Richard Rodgers

It Might as Well Be Spring (State Fair)

Lyricist: Oscar Hammerstein II. Singer: Nina Simone. Conductor: Robert Mersey.

• 40 Essential Hits (Amazon Edition).
• AudioSonic Music.
• 13.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major, K271 "Jeunehomme" III. Rondeau. Presto

Performer: Kristian Bezuidenhout. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.

• HARMONIA MUNDI.

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Serenade for Strings, Op 48 (2nd mvt)

Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble. Conductor: Jonathan Morton.

• Linn.

Marie Dare

Six Pieces for Cello No.2: Chant

Ensemble: Cello Spice.

• DIVINE ART.

Trad.

Tarantella del Gargano

Singer: Alfio Antico. Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.

• ALPHA.

Dave Shepherd

The Rose of Raby

Music Arranger: Ronn McFarlane. Performer: Ronn McFarlane. Performer: Carolyn Surrick. Performer: Jackie Moran.

• Fermi's Paradox.
• Sono Luminus.
• 501.

Benjamin Britten

Early Morning Bathe (Holiday diary - suite Op.5)

Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.

• Britten: Piano works.
• VIRGIN CLASSICS.
• 001.

Benjamin Britten

Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes (Dawn)

Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.

• Chandos.

Robert Schumann

Kinderszenen, Op.15: No.1 Von fremden Landern und Menschen, No.7 Traumerei

Performer: Kristian Lindberg.

• 2L.