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Two hours of classical sparkle

Sarah Walker with a glorious playlist of music to accompany your summery Sunday morning.

This week, Sarah Walker’s playlist takes in mythical spirits, Hollywood film composers and a 16th-century English musician who worked in Exeter.

There’s music from a new release from the stunning baroque ensemble La Serenissima, and this week’s Choral Reflection comes from Trio Mediaeval with a modern take by Gavin Bryars on a 14th-century devotional hymn.

Plus music by Rachmaninov, Mozart and a nod to the season from Max Richter...

A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3.

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Music Played

  • Edvard Grieg

    Lyric Pieces, Book 7, Op 62 (1st mvt, Sylfide / Sylphe)

    Performer: Vladimir Feltsman.
    • Nimbus Alliance.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    Il barbiere di Siviglia (Overture)

    Conductor: Neville Marriner. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    3 Mélodies, Op 4 (No 2)

    Performer: Katia Labèque. Performer: Marielle Labèque.
    • Universal Music Division Decca Records France.

  • Joaquín Rodrigo

    Fantasia for a Gentleman (4th mvt, 'Canario')

    Performer: Miloš Karadaglić. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Aranjuez.
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 10.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Sonata for Violin, Cello & Continuo in G major, RV 820 (7th mvt)

    Conductor: Adrian Chandler. Orchestra: La Serenissima.
    • Signum Records.

  • Bernard Herrmann

    Clarinet Quintet, 'Souvenirs de Voyage' (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Ma Yue. Conductor: Joshua Tan. Orchestra: Singapore Symphony Orchestra.
    • PENTATONE.

  • Johann Baptist Cramer

    Studio per il pianoforte, Book 2, Op 30 (No 26 in G sharp minor)

    Performer: Alessandro Deljavan.
    • Grand Piano.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphony no.2 in E minor Op.27 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2.
    • Lso Live.
    • 2.

  • Gavin Bryars

    Ave Regina gloriosa

    Ensemble: Trio Mediæval.
    • Soir, dit-elle.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 4.

  • Thomas Robinson

    A Fantasie

    Performer: Nigel North. Performer: Michal Gondko.
    • Ophelia's Garden: English Lute Duets.
    • Deux-Elles Limited.
    • 9.

  • Jean Sibelius

    2 Humoresques for Violin and Orchestra, Op 87 (No 2 in D major)

    Performer: Vilde Frang. Conductor: Thomas Søndergård. Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata No 11 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Klára Würtz.
    • Brilliant Classics.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    From the Bohemian Forest, Op 68 (5th mvt, 'Silent Woods')

    Performer: Gautier Capuçon. Performer: Deborah Nemtanu. Conductor: Douglas Boyd. Orchestra: Orchestre de chambre de Paris.
    • Intuition.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 13.

  • Arthur Bliss

    A Colour Symphony (2nd mvt, 'Red')

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.

  • David Raksin

    Forever Amber (End Title)

    Conductor: David Raksin. Orchestra: New Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • RCA Red Seal.

  • Claude Debussy

    Green (Ariettes oubliées)

    Singer: Magdalena Kožená. Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • PENTATONE.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Pizzicato Polka

    Conductor: Karl Böhm. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Joseph Horovitz

    Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Anastasia Schmidlin. Performer: Denis Zhdanov.
    • Prospero Classical.

  • Derek Bourgeois

    Serenade Op.22

    Ensemble: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: Michael Antrobus.
    • Chandos.

  • Max Richter

    Recomposed: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons (Summer, 2022)

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

Broadcast

  • Sunday09:00
    BBC Radio 3