Classical music to set you up for the day

Dmitry Shostakovich

Romance (The Gadfly)

Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.

• Decca.

Ludwig van Beethoven

Sextet in E flat Op. 71, 2nd mvt: Adagio

Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra Wind Soloists.

• Music for Winds.
• Linn Records.
• 2.

Amy Beach

Summer Dreams, Op. 47: No. 1, The Brownies

Ensemble: Piano Duo Genova & Dimitrov.

• Beach: Complete Works for Piano Duo.
• CPO.
• 401.

Amy Beach

Robin Redbreast (Summer Dreams)

Ensemble: Piano Duo Genova & Dimitrov.

• Beach: Complete Works for Piano Duo.
• CPO.
• 402.

Franz Biebl

Ave Maria

Choir: The Gentlemen of St John’s. Director: Christopher Robinson.

• Music for Men's Voices.
• Priory.
• 5.

Francis Poulenc

Flute Sonata (1st mvt)

Performer: Emily Beynon. Performer: Andrew West.

• L'Album des Six: The complete works of The Six for flute and piano.
• Hyperion.

Antonín Dvořák

Slavonic Dance in G minor, Op 46 No 8

Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rafael Kubelík.

• DG.

Johannes Brahms

Academic Festival Overture

Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.

• PHILIPS.

Philip Glass

The Windcatcher, Pt. III

Ensemble: Lautten Compagney. Conductor: Wolfgang Katschner.

• Philip Glass - Recent Recordings.
• Sony Classical.
• 8.

Arcangelo Corelli

Concerto grosso in F major Op.6`2 (1st mvt)

Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Gottfried von der Goltz.

• Corelli: Concerti Grossi, Sinfonia to Santa Beatrice d'Este.
• Aparté.
• 110.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

The Marriage of Figaro: Overture

Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.

• EMI.

Emilie Mayer

Piano Concerto in B flat - 3rd mvt: Allegro

Performer: Ewa Kupiec. Orchestra: Neubrandenburger Philharmonie. Conductor: Sebastian Tewinkel.

• Capriccio.

Johann Sebastian Bach

Oboe Concerto from BWV 105, 170 and 49 (4th mvt)

Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Music Arranger: Andreas N. Tarkmann. Orchestra: The English Concert.

• Voices of Bach: Albrecht Meyer.
• Decca.
• 17.

Richard Rodgers

Overture - The King and I

Composer: Oscar Hammerstein II. Conductor: Ted Sperling.

• Universal Music Classics.

George Gershwin

Prelude No.1

Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.

• DG.

Edward Elgar

Symphony No 2 in E flat major, Op 63 (3rd mvt)

Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Boult.

• Elgar: Symphony No.2/Cockaigne: LPO/Boult.
• EMI Classics.
• 4.

David Raksin

Laura

Performer: Coleman Hawkins.

• PRESTIGE.

Hugo Alfvén

Swedish Festive Music, Op 25

Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.

• Nobel Prize Ceremony Music: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra/Davis.
• FINLANDIA.
• 001.

Joseph Parry

Myfanwy

Choir: Morriston Orpheus Choir. Director: Alwyn Humphreys.

• SAIN.

Felix Mendelssohn

Symphony no.4 in A major Op.90 'Italian' (4th mvt)

Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.

• Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos.3 & 4: Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Harnoncourt.
• Teldec.
• 8.

Claudio Monteverdi

Sonata a 8 sopra 'Sancta Maria' (Vespro della Beata Vergine)

Ensemble: Pygmalion. Conductor: Raphaël Pichon.

• Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine.
• harmonia mundi.
• 203.

Claude Debussy

Sarabande

Orchestrator: Maurice Ravel. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Paris. Conductor: Thomas Zehetmair.

• Naive.

Clara Schumann

Romance (2nd mvt) from Piano Concerto in A minor

Performer: Alexandra Dariescu. Performer: Miwa Rosso.

Michael Nyman

Chasing Sheep is Best Left to Shepherds (The Draughtman's Contract)

Ensemble: Michael Nyman Band. Director: Michael Nyman.

• CHARISMA.

Aaron Copland

Rodeo - 4 Dance Episodes (Hoe-down)

Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.

• Chandos.