Relaxing classics for the weekend
Elizabeth Alker with a Breakfast melange of classical music, folk, found sounds and the odd Unclassified track. Start your weekend right.
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Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream Op.61 (Nocturne)
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.- Mendelssohn In Birmingham Vol. 4.
- Chandos.
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Benjamin Britten
Choral Dances from 'Gloriana' (Concord)
Choir: RIAS Chamber Choir. Conductor: Justin Doyle.- Britten: Choral Works.
- harmonia mundi.
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Maurice Ravel
Valses nobles et sentimentales (No 8)
Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin. Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra.- Yannick Nezet-Seguin Ravel Rotterdam Phiharmonic Orchestra.
- EMI Classics.
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in C major Op.76`3 'Emperor' (1st mvt)
Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.- Haydn: String Quartets Op. 76 Nos. 1-3.
- BIS.
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Florence Price
Ethiopia's Shadow in America: (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: New York Youth Symphony. Conductor: Michael Repper.- AVIE.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G major, BWV 1048 (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Concerto Italiano. Conductor: Rinaldo Alessandrini.- J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos: Concerto Italiano.
- Naive.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Cello Suite No 1 in G major (Sarabande)
Performer: Peter Gregson. Performer: Richard Harwood. Performer: Reinaud Ford. Performer: Tim Lowe. Performer: Ben Chappell. Performer: Katherine Jenkinson. Music Arranger: Peter Gregson.- Bach: The Cello Suites - Recomposed by Peter Gregson.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Edvard Grieg
Solveig's Song (Peer Gynt Suite no.2)
Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ole Kristian Ruud.- Grieg: Orchestral Music: Ruud.
- BIS.
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Alun Hoddinott
The Yellow Sheepskin (Folk-Song Suite)
Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Conductor: Andrew Penny.- Welsh Classical Favourites: Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Penny.
- Marco Polo.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Vocalise Op.34`14
Performer: Truls M酶rk. Performer: Jean鈥怸ves Thibaudet.- Rachmaninov, Miaskovsky: Cello & Piano Works: Mork, Thibaudet.
- Virgin Classics.
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Owain Park
O Send Out Thy Light
Choir: The Gesualdo Six. Conductor: Owain Park.- Morning Star: Music for Epiphany Down the Ages.
- Hyperion.
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Carl Maria von Weber
Invitation to the Dance, Op. 65
Music Arranger: Hector Berlioz. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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C茅cile Chaminade
Trio No.1 in G minor (3rd mvt)
Ensemble: Neave Trio.- A Room Of Her Own.
- Chandos.
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Philip Glass
Madeira River (Aguas da Amazonia)
Music Arranger: Third Coast Percussion. Ensemble: Third Coast Percussion.- Paddle to the Sea.
- Cedille.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Cypresses (No 2; No 3; No 11)
Ensemble: Cypress String Quartet.- Avie.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Pushkin waltz no.1 in F major Op.120`1
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.- Prokofiev: Watz Suite etc: RSNO/Jarvi.
- Chandos.
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Peter Broderick
Bernard and Elba's Waltz
Performer: Peter Broderick.- Piano Works Vol. 1 (Floating in Tucker's Basement).
- Erased Tapes.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Ballade in A minor, Op.33 (2nd mvt: A tempo - Tranquillo e molto)
Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Kalena Bovell.- Coleridge-Taylor.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Clara Schumann
3 Romances Op.11 (no.1 in E flat minor)
Performer: Lucy Parham.- I, Clara.
- Deux-Elles.
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Ottorino Respighi
La Befana (Feste Romane)
Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.- CHANDOS.
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