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Essential Classics for escaping the city

Escape the city with the perfect playlist of uplifting classical music inspired by birds, woods and rivers. Enjoy Saint-Saëns' 'The Swan' and Debussy's 'En Bateau', as well as George Fenton's Blue Planet and music by Florence Price.
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Music Played

  • Joaquín Rodrigo

    Concierto de Aranjuez (1st mvt)

    Performer: Miloš Karadaglić. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Milos Karadaglic - Aranjuez.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in D major Op.64`5 'The Lark' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • BR Klassik.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Lilacs Op.21`5

    Performer: Sergei Babayan.
    • DG.

  • Lili Boulanger

    D'un vieux jardin

    Performer: Kunal Lahiry.
    • Fuga Libera.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony no.6 in B minor Op.74 'Pathetique' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Musica Aeterna. Conductor: Teodor Currentzis.
    • SONY.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    The Swan (Carnival of the Animals)

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Gaby Casadesus. Performer: Philippe Entremont.
    • Essential Yo-Yo Ma.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 6.

  • Claude Debussy

    En bateau (Petite suite)

    Orchestrator: Henri Büsser. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.
    • Debussy: Night in Granada: Philharmonia Orchestra/Simon.
    • Cala.

  • Fela Sowande

    African Suite (Akinla)

    Orchestra: CBC Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Mario Bernardi.
    • CBC.

  • Florence Price

    In the Land O' Cotton: Dance

    Performer: Kirsten Johnson.

  • Emilie Mayer

    Symphony No.3 in C major "Military" (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Philharmonisches Orchester Bremerhaven. Conductor: Marc Niemann.
    • Emilie Mayer: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 3.
    • haenssler CLASSIC.
    • 203.

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Masquerade (Waltz)

    Orchestra: Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander Lazarev.
    • Excertps from Spartacus, Gayaneh, Masquerade.
    • APEX.
    • 5.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Silent Woods

    Performer: Jacqueline du Pré. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • The Concerto Collection: Jacqueline du Pre.
    • EMI Classics.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Water Music Suite in F major HWV.348 (Air)

    Orchestra: London Classical Players. Director: Sir Roger Norrington.
    • Handel: Water & Fireworks Music: London Classical Players, Norrington.
    • Virgin Veritas.
    • 5.

  • Trad.

    Deep River

    Music Arranger: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Music Arranger: Kanneh-Mason Trio. Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Braimah Kanneh-Mason.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • George Fenton

    The Blue Planet (Original Television Soundtrack)

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Choir: The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford. Conductor: George Fenton.
    • Silva Screen.