Ease into the day with classical music

Frédéric Chopin

Prelude in D flat major, Op.28 no.15 'Raindrop'

Performer: Murray Perahia.

• Perahia Plays Chopin.
• Sony Classical.
• 3.

Madeleine Dring

Take, O take those lips away (7 Shakespeare Songs)

Orchestrator: Roderick Williams. Singer: Roderick Williams. Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Mark Elder.

• Halle.

Herbert Murrill

Two Songs from Shakespeare's Twelfth Night: O Mistress Mine

Choir: Tenebrae. Director: Nigel Short.

Johannes Brahms

Symphony No.3 in F major (2nd mvt)

Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.

• Brahms - Symphony no.3 and Haydn Variations.
• NAXOS.
• 2.

Alma Deutscher

When the Day Falls into Darkness (From "Cinderella")

Performer: Alma Deutscher.

• From My Book of Melodies.
• Sony Classical.
• 5.

Johann Pachelbel

Canon and Gigue in D major

Ensemble: Musica Antiqua Köln. Director: Reinhard Goebel.

Hugo Wolf

Italian serenade

Ensemble: Amphion Quartet.

• NIMBUS.

James MacMillan

O Radiant Dawn

Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.

• CORO.

Felix Mendelssohn

Capriccio Brillante in B minor, Op.22

Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lawrence Foster.

• Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos.
• Hyperion.
• 1.

Vincent Youmans

Tahiti Trot, Op 16

Orchestrator: Dmitry Shostakovich. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.

• Chandos.

George Frideric Handel

Rodelinda (Dove sei, amato bene)

Singer: Iestyn Davies. Ensemble: The English Concert. Conductor: Harry Bicket.

• Linn.

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Eugene Onegin (Act 2: Waltz)

Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Kurt Masur.

• Tchaikovsky: Famous Waltzes: New York Philharmonic: Masur.
• Teldec.
• 3.

Maurice Ravel

String quartet in F major (1st mvt)

Ensemble: Quatuor Ébène.

• Ravel, Debussy & Fauré String Quartets.
• Virgin Classics.
• 1.

Ralph Vaughan Williams

March. Folk Songs from Somerset (English Folk Song Suite)

Music Arranger: Philip Littlemore. Ensemble: Tredegar Band. Conductor: Ian Porthouse.

• Albion Records.

Antonio Caldara

Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo: No. 10 Aria Maddalena "In un bivio è il mio volere

Performer: Maria Christina Kiehr. Ensemble: Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. Conductor: René Jacobs.

• Harmonia Mundi UK Limited.

Ludwig van Beethoven

Symphony no.6 in F major Op.68, 'Pastoral' (1st mvt)

Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich. Conductor: David Zinman.

• Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6: Tonhalle Orchestra, Zinman.
• Arte Nova Classics.
• 5.

Jules Massenet

Toccata

Performer: Jean‐Efflam Bavouzet.

• Ravel/Debussy/Massemet: Various works: Bavouzet/BBC SO/Tortelier.
• Chandos.

Steve Reich

Mallet Quartet (Fast)

Ensemble: Colin Currie Group.

• Colin Currie & Steve Reich Live at Fondation Louis Vuitton.
• Colin Currie Records.
• 105.