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Essential Classics for the New Year

Georgia Mann with a celebratory selection of classical tracks to start the New Year in style. Make it your resolution to listen to more great classical music - beginning right here with joyful music from Johann Sebastian Bach, Fela Sowande, Gabriela Montero and Felix Mendelssohn, to name a few!

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Music Played

  • John Stanley

    Trumpet Voluntary

    Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Newman.
    • Sony Classical.

  • 罢谤盲诲

    Auld Lang Syne (Arr. P. Breiner for Orchestra)

    Orchestra: Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Peter Breiner.
    • Auld Lang Syne (Arr. P. Breiner for Orchestra).
    • Naxos.
    • 101.

  • Fela Sowande

    Joyful Day (African Suite)

    Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Paul Freeman.
    • African Heritage Symphonic Series, Volume 1.
    • CEDILLE.
    • 6.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Zadok the priest, HWV 258

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Handel: Coronation Anthems: The Sixteens / Christophers.
    • Coro.
    • 10.

  • Franz Schubert

    Marche militaire in D major, D.733 no.1

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim. Performer: Radu Lupu.
    • Schubert: Marches Militaires: Daniel Barenboim/Radu Lupu.
    • Teldec.
    • 1.

  • Fritz Kreisler

    Liebesleid (Old Viennese Dances)

    Music Arranger: Clark McAlister. Performer: Gil Shaham. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Romances: Gil Shaham/Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 7.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in G major, K 525, 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Concentus Musicus Wien. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik: Concentus Musicus Wien/Harnoncourt.
    • Teldec.
    • 4.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sheep may safely graze

    Music Arranger: Gabriela Montero. Performer: Gabriela Montero.
    • Gabriela Montero - Bach and Beyond.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 8.

  • L茅o Delibes

    Waltz (Coppelia)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de l鈥橭p茅ra de Lyon. Conductor: Kent Nagano.
    • Delibes: Coppelia: Orchestre de l'opera de Lyon/Nagano.
    • Erato.
    • 2.

  • Django Reinhardt

    Minor Swing

    Composer: St茅phane Grappelli. Ensemble: Quintette du Hot Club de France.
    • WARNER BROS RECORDS.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony no.3 in A minor, Op.56 'Scottish' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Mendelssohn in Birmingham, Vol.2.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.

  • Teresa Carre帽o

    Highland, Op 38 (Souvenir de l'Ecosse)

    Performer: Alexandra Oehler.
    • Teresa Carreno: Klavierwerke (Piano works).
    • ARS MUSICI.
    • 011.

  • Robert Farnon

    The Westminster Waltz

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • British Light Classics: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Barry Wandsworth.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 16.

  • Niccol貌 Paganini

    Violin Concerto no.2 in B minor Op.7 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Chlo毛 Hanslip. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Mann.
    • Chloe.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.