Skip to main content
Vanessa Hughes portrait

Program: Classic Drive

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume.

The perfect classical playlist for your afternoon and trip home. Including New Releases (6pm Monday), Classic Australia (6pm Tuesday), Classic Choir Hour (6pm Wednesday) and Requests (3-5pm Friday).

Tracklist

  • The Princess Bride "Once Upon a Time... Storybook Love" [04'00]

    Composer

    Knopfler, Mark

    Performers

    Original Soundtrack Recording + Mark Knopfler (guitar)

    Album

    The Princess Bride (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

    Label

    Red Eye

    Add to
  • Concerto Grosso No. 5 in D minor [05'01]

    Composer

    Scarlatti, Alessandro

    Performers

    Concerto de’Cavalieri

    Album

    A. Scarlatti: Opera Overtures & Concertos in Seven Parts, 88985370012

    Label

    Deutsche Harmonia Mundi

    Add to
  • X-Men "Logan and Rogue" [05'58]

    Composer

    Kamen, Michael

    Performers

    Original Soundtrack Recording

    Album

    X-Men (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), 467 270-2

    Label

    Decca

    Add to
  • The Holly and the Ivy [02'46]

    Composer

    Traditional (English)

    Performers

    Choir of King's College Cambridge

    Album

    Brightest Morning: Christmas Music of Peace & Tranquility, 461 679-2

    Label

    ABC Classic

    Add to
  • Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in B minor, RV 390: IV. Allegro [03'41]

    Composer

    Vivaldi, Antonio

    Performers

    Europa Galante + Fabio Biondi (violin & director)

    Album

    Vivaldi: I Concerti Dell'addio - The Farewell Concertos, GCD 923402

    Label

    Glossa

    Add to
  • Voulez-Vous (Arr. for Baroque Ensemble & Saxophone by Bo Wiget) [04'40]

    Composer

    Andersson, Benny | Ulvaeus, Björn

    Performers

    Lautten Compagney + Asya Fateyeva (saxophone)

    Album

    Dancing Queen - Rameau meets ABBA

    Label

    Deutsche Harmonia Mundi

    Add to
  • Bram Stoker's Dracula "The Brides" [04'25]

    Composer

    Kilar, Wojciech

    Performers

    Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Album

    Bram Stoker's Dracula and other film music, 8557703

    Label

    Naxos

    Add to
  • Danse Taranese Op. 15 [03'13]

    Composer

    Dimitrescu, Constantin

    Performers

    Marielle Nordmann (harp) + Simion Stanciu Syrinx (panpipes)

    Album

    Harpe & Flute de Pan (Harp & Panpipes), 450994824

    Label

    Erato

    Year

    1994

    Add to
  • Symphony No. 3, Op. 57: III. Scherzo [05'15]

    Composer

    Gipps, Ruth

    Performers

    BBC Philharmonic

    Album

    Gipps: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2, CHAN20161

    Label

    Chandos

    Year

    2022

    Add to
  • String Trio: IV. Vivace [03'37]

    Composer

    Hyde, Miriam

    Performers

    TriOlogie String Trio

    Album

    Miriam Hyde: String Trio - EP

    Label

    Prospero Classical

    Add to
  • La Boda de Luis Alonso, zarzuela: Intermedio [05'47]

    Composer

    Giménez, Gerónimo

    Performers

    Communidad de Madrid Orchestra and Chorus

    Album

    Preludes and Choruses from Zarzuelas, 8.555957

    Label

    Naxos

    Add to
  • Orchestral Suite No 4 in D major, BWV 1069: II. Bourrée I & II [02'56]

    Composer

    Bach, Johann Sebastian

    Performers

    Le Concert des Nations

    Album

    Bach: Les Quatre Ouvertures BWV 1066-1069, 8727

    Label

    Astree

    Year

    1990

    Add to
  • Oberek No. 1 [01'43]

    Composer

    Bacewicz, Grażyna

    Performers

    Tine Thing Helseth (trumpet) + tenThing

    Album

    She Composes Like A Man

    Label

    LAWO

    Add to
  • Hansel and Gretel: VI. Mother and Father Pas de Deux [06'24]

    Composer

    Cowan, Claire

    Performers

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Album

    Claire Cowan: Hansel & Gretel

    Label

    Claire Cowan

    Add to
  • String Quartet in E-flat major: IV. Allegro molto vivace [05'44]

    Composer

    Mendelssohn, Fanny

    Performers

    Australian String Quartet

    Album

    ABC Classic Recording

    Add to
  • I Saw Three Ships [01'45]

    Composer

    Traditional

    Performers

    Perth Undergraduate Choral Society

    Album

    ABC Classic Recording

    Add to
  • Star-Crossed [04'08]

    Composer

    Kang, Jung Sun

    Performers

    Dawn Wohn (violin) + Esther Park (piano)

    Album

    Perspectives, DE3547

    Label

    Delos

    Year

    2019

    Add to
  • Money, Money, Money / Tambourin (From Les Fêtes d'Hébé, RCT 41) [03'44]

    Composer

    Rameau, Jean-Philippe | Andersson, Benny | Ulvaeus, Björn

    Performers

    Lautten Compagney + Asya Fateyeva (saxophone)

    Album

    Dancing Queen - Rameau meets ABBA

    Label

    Deutsche Harmonia Mundi

    Add to
  • Flötenquartett in A Dur, Op. 27 No. 2: III. Presto [04'02]

    Composer

    Hoffmeister, Franz Anton

    Performers

    The Galeazzi Ensemble

    Album

    The Age of Elegance, LIR001

    Label

    London Independent Records

    Add to
  • Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48: II. Valse: Moderato - Tempo di Valse [03'56]

    Composer

    Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich

    Performers

    Balkan Chamber Orchestra

    Album

    Dvořák & Tchaikovsky: Serenades for String Orchestra, audite 20.045

    Label

    Audite

    Year

    2020

    Add to
  • Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 7: I. Allegro maestoso [06'19]

    Composer

    Schumann, Clara

    Performers

    Philharmonia Orchestra + Alexandra Dariescu (piano)

    Album

    Grieg and Clara Schumann Piano Concertos

    Label

    Signum Classics

    Add to
  • O Little Town of Bethlehem [03'42]

    Composer

    Redner, Lewis | Scott, William Fred | Vaughan Williams, Ralph

    Performers

    Chanticleer + Logan Shields (countertenor)

    Album

    Chanticleer Sings Christmas, 9029522888

    Label

    Warner Classics

    Add to
  • Sinfonia 'Il giorno onomastico': I. Allegro, quasi presto [04'19]

    Composer

    Salieri, Antonio

    Performers

    London Mozart Players

    Album

    Salieri: Symphonies, Overtures & Variations, Chan 9877

    Label

    Chandos

    Add to
  • Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade I [01'36]

    Composer

    Mussorgsky, Modest

    Performers

    Quartetto Accademia

    Album

    Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (Arr. E. Impellizzeri for String Quartet), OC19072B

    Label

    OnClassical

    Add to
  • Troïka [04'29]

    Composer

    Herbiet, Victor

    Performers

    Kugoni Trio

    Album

    Classics Revisited, KTC1741

    Label

    Etcetera

    Year

    2022

    Add to
  • Little Prelude After the Master [03'18]

    Composer

    Bowman, Calvin

    Performers

    Calvin Bowman (piano)

    Album

    ABC Classic Recording

    Add to
  • The Merry King, folk song for 10 or more strings or winds or both & piano with organ ad lib. (BFMS 39) [04'14]

    Composer

    Grainger, Percy

    Performers

    BBC Philharmonic

    Album

    Orchestral Works 3, Vol. 15, 9839

    Label

    Chandos

    Year

    2000

    Add to
  • Mamma Mia (Arr. for Baroque Ensemble & Saxophone by Bo Wiget) [05'11]

    Composer

    Andersson, Benny | Ulvaeus, Björn

    Performers

    Lautten Compagney + Asya Fateyeva (saxophone)

    Album

    Dancing Queen - Rameau meets ABBA

    Label

    Deutsche Harmonia Mundi

    Add to
  • Scènes d’enfants: V. Jeunes filles au jardin [02'43]

    Composer

    Mompou, Federico

    Performers

    Stephen Hough (piano)

    Album

    ABC Classic Concert Recording

    Add to
  • Piano Quintet No. 2 in C minor, Op. 115: II. Allegro vivo [04'09]

    Composer

    Fauré, Gabriel

    Performers

    Quatuor Ysaÿe + Pascal Rogé (piano)

    Album

    Fauré: Piano Quartets; Piano Quintets, 475187-2

    Label

    Decca

    Year

    2008

    Add to
  • Sonata for flute & harp in F major, Op. 8/5: Movement 1 [05'11]

    Composer

    Krumpholz, Jan Křtitel

    Performers

    Naoko Yoshino (harp) + Shigenori Kudo (flute)

    Album

    Duos for Flute & Harp, 48033

    Label

    Sony Classical

    Year

    1991

    Add to
  • Shorthand REDUX [06'20]

    Composer

    Clyne, Anna

    Performers

    Yo-Yo Ma (cello) + The Knights

    Album

    Anna Clyne: SHORTHAND

    Label

    Sony Classical

    Add to
  • La Fille mal gardée: Act 2. No. 29. Pas de deux [03'50]

    Composer

    Hérold, Louis Joseph Ferdinand

    Performers

    Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden

    Album

    Essential Ballet, 478 4746

    Label

    Decca

    Add to
  • O Holy Night [03'38]

    Composer

    Adam, Adolphe

    Performers

    Tokyo Philharmonic Chorus

    Album

    A Beautiful Christmas Night, 4538182851173

    Label

    Exton

    Year

    2019

    Add to
  • Di lassar tuo divo aspetto [02'26]

    Composer

    Piffaro, Niccolò

    Performers

    Capella de la Torre + Katharina Bäuml (shawm & director)

    Album

    Una Serata Venexiana, 88985470112

    Label

    Deutsche Harmonia Mundi

    Add to
  • Antarctic Triptych: I. Ice cliffs and plains [04'05]

    Composer

    Latham, Jabra

    Performers

    Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra + Andrew Seymour (clarinet)

    Album

    Jabra Latham: Antarctic Triptych, 0028948553655

    Label

    ABC Classic

    Add to
  • Memoir of a Snail "Memoir of a Snail" [01'31]

    Composer

    Kats-Chernin, Elena

    Performers

    Australian Chamber Orchestra + Jane Sheldon (soprano)

    Album

    Memoir of a Snail

    Label

    ABC Music

    Add to
  • Every Hue of You "Daytime - Antonio, the Philosopher" [04'45]

    Composer

    Shamaly, Meena

    Performers

    Original Game Soundtrack

    Album

    Every Hue of You

    Add to
  • The Silver Stars [02'35]

    Composer

    James, William G

    Performers

    Alice Giles (harp)

    Album

    Alice Giles: Christmas Music for Harp, 485 5244

    Label

    ABC Classic

    Add to
  • Concerto for Trumpet and Strings 'Altiora Peto': II. Tranquillo [04'36]

    Composer

    Skipworth, Lachlan

    Performers

    Sydney String Virtuosi + David Elton (flugelhorn)

    Album

    Lachlan Skipworth: Altiora Peto

    Add to
  • Kalkani [05'06]

    Composer

    Barton, William | Serret, Véronique

    Performers

    William Barton (didgeridoo + guitar & vocal) + Véronique Serret (violin & vocals)

    Album

    Heartland, ABCL0017

    Label

    ABC Classic

    Year

    2022

    Add to
  • Bardju (Footprints) [03'31]

    Composer

    Gifford, Brenda

    Performers

    Ensemble Offspring

    Album

    To Listen, To Sing – Ngarra-Burria: First Peoples Composers, ABCL0035

    Label

    ABC Classic

    Year

    2022

    Add to
  • Aquatics [04'45]

    Composer

    Chen, Belle

    Performers

    Belle Chen (kalimba + synthesizer + piano)

    Album

    Destinations

    Label

    Belle Chen

    Year

    2020

    Add to
  • Nocturne for piano [04'45]

    Composer

    Holland, Dulcie

    Performers

    Jeanell Carrigan (piano)

    Album

    Nostalgia, Wirr 080

    Label

    Wirripang

    Add to
  • Neverwhere [04'29]

    Composer

    Goodridge, Lara | Gregory, Shenton | Hollo, Peter | Hollo, Tim

    Performers

    Fourplay String Quartet

    Album

    Signs of Life

    Label

    Instrumental Records

    Add to
  • Ali's Wedding "The Tea Ceremony" [02'57]

    Composer

    Westlake, Nigel

    Performers

    Sydney Symphony Orchestra

    Album

    Ali's Wedding Soundtrack, 481 5738

    Label

    ABC Classic

    Add to
  • Rural Sketches: II. Fairy Dell [02'07]

    Composer

    Agnew, Roy

    Performers

    Tamara-Anna Cislowska (piano)

    Album

    The Enchanted Isle: Australian Piano Music, 476 6298

    Label

    ABC Classic

    Add to
Loading

Music to match your mood

Download the ABC listen app for free music podcasts and playlists