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Wake up with classical music

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Music Played

  • George Butterworth

    The Banks of Green Willow "Idyll"

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • The Banks of Green Willow "Idyll".
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 1.

  • Cécile Chaminade

    Poèmes provençaux, Op. 127: I. Dans la Lande

    Performer: Joanna Kacperek.
    • Joanna Kacperek - In Plain Sight.
    • Rubicon.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No.3 in F major (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Brahms - Symphony no.3 and Haydn Variations.
    • NAXOS.
    • 2.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Kommt, ihr Töchter (St Matthew Passion, BWV 244)

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Choir: London Oratory Junior Choir. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • J.S.Bach: St. Matthew Passion: John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Archiv.
    • 1.

  • Edward Elgar

    Chanson de matin, Op 15 No 2

    Performer: Geneviève Laurenceau. Performer: Jean-Frédéric Neuburger.
    • An English Violin.
    • NoMadMusic.
    • 4.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93: II. Scherzo

    Orchestra: Potsdam Chamber Academy. Conductor: Antonello Manacorda.
    • Sony.

  • Trad.

    The Water of Tyne

    Music Arranger: Blake Morgan. Choir: Mancunium Consort.
    • Still Waters.
    • VOCES8 Records.
    • 3.

  • Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

    Sonata for violin and continuo in G major: Presto-Adagio; Aria

    Ensemble: Musica Fiorita. Director: Daniela Dolci.
    • Pan Classics.

  • Richard Wagner

    Siegfried Idyll

    Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • BIS.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Karelia Suite (Intermezzo)

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • The Best BBC Proms Album in the World... Ever!.
    • Virgin.
    • 13.

  • Steve Reich

    Radio Rewrite: V. Fast

    Performer: Steve Reich. Performer: Alan Pierson. Ensemble: Alarm Will Sound.
    • Radio Rewrite.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 9.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in F Major, Op. 74 No. 2: III. Menuetto - Trio

    Ensemble: Maxwell String Quartet.
    • Haydn: String Quartets Op. 74 - Folk Music from Scotland.
    • Linn Records.
    • 3.

  • Elisabeth Kuyper

    Ballad for cello and orchestra, Op.11

    Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Anna Rakitina.
    • SONY.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Military Polonaise, Op. 40 no 1

    Performer: Janusz Olejniczak.
    • Janusz Olejniczak plays Chopin.
    • Selene Records.
    • 1.

  • David Schweitzer

    Emma Suite

    Composer: Isobel Waller-Bridge.
    • EMMA. (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Universal City Studios LLC.
    • 35.

  • William Byrd

    Sing joyfully unto God

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.
    • The Tallis Scholars Sing William Byrd.
    • Gimell.
    • 13.

  • Hamish MacCunn

    Highland Memories, Op 30 (II. By the Loch; III. Harvest Dance)

    Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • DECCA.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Piano Quintet in A, mvt 3

    Performer: Andreas Haefliger. Ensemble: Takács Quartet.
    • Dvorák: Piano Quintet in A/String Quartet No.10.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 3.

  • Orlando Gibbons

    The Silver Swanne

    Performer: Ronald Romm. Performer: Frederic Mills. Performer: David Ohanian. Performer: Eugene Watts. Performer: Charles Daellenbach. Music Arranger: Mark Kroll. Ensemble: Canadian Brass.
    • Canadian Brass: English Renaissance Music.
    • CBS.
    • 3.

  • Träd

    Cutting Ferns / Brenda Stubbert's Reel / Sleepy Maggie / Ranting Highland Man

    Ensemble: Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien. Director: François Lazarevitch.
    • Alpha Classics.

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