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Essential Classics for a chilly day

If it's cold and frosty outside then here's the ideal soundtrack of sparkling classical music for a warming glow.

Georgia Mann brings you a sparkling selection of classical tracks for a cold and frosty day. Whether you are taking a brisk and chilly walk, or just looking out of the icy window with a warm cup of coffee, here's the ideal soundtrack for the occasion, with music by Tchaikovsky, Debbie Wiseman, Vivaldi and Rimsky-Korsakov, among many others.

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Music Played

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in F minor, RV 297, 'Winter' (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Nigel Kennedy. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Vivaldi: Nigel Kennedy, Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • EMI.
    • 14.

  • Claude Debussy

    The Snow is Dancing (Children's Corner)

    Performer: Zolt谩n Kocsis.

  • Frederick Delius

    Sleigh Ride (Winter Night)

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Delius in Norway.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 5.

  • Howard Blake

    Walking In The Air (Theme From "The Snowman")

    Performer: Craig Ogden. Music Arranger: Morgan Pochin. Ensemble: Lyric Strings.
    • Christmas Time.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 4.

  • Florence Price

    Song for Snow

    Performer: Paul Shaw. Choir: VocalEssence Chorus. Conductor: Philip Brunelle.
    • Got the Saint Louis Blues.
    • Clarion.
    • 003.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Dance Of The Sugar-Plum Fairy (Act II - No. 14c)

    Orchestra: The Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Felix Slatkin.
    • Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite, Etc..
    • Angel Records.
    • 3.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Aquarium (Carnival of the Animals)

    Ensemble: The Kanneh鈥怣asons.
    • Decca.

  • Peter Maxwell Davies

    Farewell to Stromness

    Performer: Timothy Walker.
    • HELIOS.

  • 脡mile Waldteufel

    Les Patineurs, Op.183

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Charles Groves.

  • Debbie Wiseman

    Snowdrop

    Orchestra: National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Debbie Wiseman.
    • The Glorious Garden.
    • Classic FM.
    • 10.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Dance of the Tumblers (Snow Maiden suite)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Efrem Kurtz.
    • Efrem Kurtz - Profile.
    • EMI.
    • 002.

  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Mandolin Concerto in G Major, III. Rondo. Allegro

    Performer: Avi Avital. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Hummel: Mandolin Concerto in G Major, S. 28: III. Rondo. Allegro (Cadenza: A. Av.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Waltz in A flat major Op.42

    Performer: Mariam Batsashvili.
    • Warner.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Waltz on the Ice (Winter Bonfire)

    Orchestra: New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • Prokofiev: Music for Children: New London Orchestra/Corp.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in F minor, RV 297, 'Winter' (1st mvt)

    Performer: Nigel Kennedy. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Vivaldi: Nigel Kennedy, Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • EMI.
    • 13.

  • Chris Norman

    Nova Scotia January; Waltz from Cape Breton

    Performer: Freyda Epstein. Ensemble: Helicon.
    • Helicon: The Titan.
    • Dorian.
    • 4.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Karelia Suite (Intermezzo; Alla marcia)

    Conductor: Paavo Berglund. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.
    • Sibelius: Orchestral Works: BSO, Berglund.
    • EMI Classics.