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Wake up with classical music

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Sat 20 Sep 202506:30
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Music Played

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    String Serenade C Major Op.48 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: LSO String Ensemble. Conductor: Roman Simović.
    • Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C - Bartók: Divertimento.
    • Lso Live.
    • 104.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturne in D flat major, Op. 27 No. 2

    Performer: Lang Lang.
    • Lang Lang - Live At Carnegie Hall.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 18.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No 1 in D major, D 82 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Schubert: 8 Symphonies: Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Dissolve, my heart (St John Passion, BWV.245)

    Singer: Joanne Lunn. Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Director: John Butt.
    • J.S. Bach: St. John Passion: Dunedin Consort/John Butt.
    • Linn.
    • 31.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Holberg Suite; 1vt mvt Praeludium

    Orchestra: Australian Chamber Orchestra. Director: Richard Tognetti.
    • BIS.

  • Leo Brouwer

    Cancion de cuna (Berceuse)

    Performer: Miloš Karadaglić.
    • Mercury Classics.

  • Alice Mary Smith

    Andante

    Performer: Angela Malsbury. Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Howard Shelley.
    • Alice Mary Smith: Symphonies: Malsbury, LMP, Shelley.
    • Chandos.
    • 5.

  • Heinrich Isaac

    Quis dabit capiti meo aquam

    Ensemble: La Tempête. Director: Simon‐Pierre Bestion.
    • Hypnos.
    • Alpha.
    • 2.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Jean‐Efflam Bavouzet. Ensemble: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: Gábor Takács‐Nagy.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Caroline Shaw

    Limestone and Felt

    Ensemble: Attacca Quartet.
    • Caroline Shaw: Orange.
    • New Amsterdam/Nonesuch.
    • 10.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Eternal source of light divine (Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne)

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Singer: Iestyn Davies. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • EMI.

  • Charles‐Valentin Alkan

    Chemin de fer Op.27

    Performer: Laurent Martin.
    • MARCO POLO.

  • Edward Elgar

    Cello Concerto (1st mvt)

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Elgar.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 3.

  • Erik Satie

    Gymnopédie no.1 in D major

    Performer: Joanna MacGregor.
    • The Music of Erik Satie; Joanna MacGregor.
    • Collins Classics.
    • 6.

  • George Gershwin

    An American in Paris

    Ensemble: Harmonie Ensemble New York. Conductor: Steven Richman.
    • GERSHWIN Lincoln Mayorga - Harmonie Ensemble/NY - Steven Richman.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 8.

  • John Rutter

    Requiem; 1. Requiem aeternam

    Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • Rutter: Requiem & Magnificat.
    • Collegium.
    • 1.

  • Gustav Holst

    A Moorside Suite (March)

    Performer: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Elgar Howarth.
    • The History of Brass Band Music: The Golden Era.
    • Doyen.
    • 004.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in A minor 'con due violini obligati', RV 522

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Performer: Johannes Pramsohler. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • CHANNEL CLASSICS.

  • Clara Schumann

    Variations on a theme by Robert Schumann (No.7)

    Performer: Mishka Rushdie Momen.
    • SOMM.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Anvil Chorus (Il trovatore)

    Choir: Chorus of La Scala, Milan. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • EMI.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sinfonia (Cantata No 29, 'Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir')

    Performer: Ottavio Dantone. Orchestra: Accademia Bizantina. Director: Ottavio Dantone.
    • Bach: Sinfonia: Accademia Bizantina, Ottavio Dantone.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Sat 20 Sep 202506:30
    BBC Radio 3