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The finest classical music to elevate your morning

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Music Played

  • Frank Bridge

    Nocturne (Suite for String Orchestra)

    Orchestra: English Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: William Boughton.
    • Butterworth, Parry & Bridge: Music for String Orchestra.
    • NIMBUS.
    • 013.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturne in E major, Op 62 No 2

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Chopin: The Complete Nocturnes and Impromptus: Angela Hewitt, piano.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No 3 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Mahler: Symphony No. 3.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite no.3 in D major BWV.1068 (Air)

    Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt.
    • Bach: Orchestral Suites BWV 1066-1069.
    • Linn Records.
    • 2.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV1068: Air ('Air on a G String')

    Performer: Joshua Bell. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • SONY.

  • Claude Debussy

    Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • EMI Classics.

  • Helena Munktell

    Le lac de Siljan (from Dalsvit - Suite dalecarlienne)

    Orchestra: Gävle symfoniorkester. Conductor: Tobias Ringborg.
    • Sterling.

  • Robert Schumann

    Arabeske in C major, Op 18

    Performer: Yeol Eum Son.
    • Onyx.

  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Concerto grosso in D Major, Op. 6 No. 1 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Avison Ensemble. Director: Pavlo Beznosiuk.
    • Corelli: Concerti Grossi Opus 6.
    • Linn Records.
    • 1.

  • Florence Price

    Symphony No 1 (Finale)

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Roderick Cox.
    • Florence Price: Piano Concerto in One Movement; Symphony No. 1 in E Minor.
    • Decca.
    • 7.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Invitation to the Dance

    Performer: Melvyn Tan.
    • Miroirs.
    • Onyx.
    • 1.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Laudate pueri Dominum (Vespro della Beata Vergine)

    Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.
    • Monteverdi: Vespro della beata Vergine (1610).
    • Erato.
    • 4.

  • Leoš Janáček

    Celadensky (Lachian Dances)

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ondrej Lenárd.
    • NAXOS.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Magic Flute (Overture)

    Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Harp sonata (3rd mvt - Perpetuum mobile)

    Performer: Anne‐Sophie Bertrand.
    • Transatlantiques.
    • ARS Produktion.

  • Johann Gottlieb Graun

    Viola Concerto in E-flat major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Johannes Pramsohler. Orchestra: Ensemble Diderot.
    • Viola Concertos from Berlin.
    • Audax Records.
    • 103.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Wasps (Overture)

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • Vaughan Williams: Orchestral works including Symphony no.3, The Wasps Overture,.
    • Hallé.
    • 7.

  • Sarah Henderson

    Wanderers

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • The Journey.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 103.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.7 in A major Op.92 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Gottfried von der Goltz.
    • Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 - The Creatures of Prometheus.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 104.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Concerto for trombone and military band (1st mvt)

    Performer: Christian Lindberg. Conductor: Chikara Imamura. Orchestra: Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra.
    • 'Windpower': Christian Lindberg, Kosei Wind Orchestra.
    • BIS.
    • 3.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake (Waltz)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

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