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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

  • Riccardo I, re d'Inghilterra, HWV 23, Act 1: Agitato da fiere tempeste [04'19]

    Composer

    Handel, George Frideric

    Performers

    Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor) + Artaserse

    Album

    Philippe Jaroussky: The Handel Album, 0190295759667

    Label

    Erato

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  • Concerto a più istrumenti in D Major Op. 5 No. 6: III. Ciaconna: Allegro e spiccato - Rondeau: Allegro [03'39]

    Composer

    Dall'Abaco, Evaristo Felice

    Performers

    Australian Brandenburg Orchestra

    Album

    Sanctuary, 476 2840

    Label

    ABC Classic

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  • Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (Arr. for Baroque Ensemble & Saxophone by Bo Wiget) [03'09]

    Composer

    Andersson, Benny | Ulvaeus, Björn

    Performers

    Lautten Compagney + Asya Fateyeva (saxophone)

    Album

    Dancing Queen - Rameau meets ABBA

    Label

    Deutsche Harmonia Mundi

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  • Sixième Concert: IV. L'Egyptienne [03'18]

    Composer

    Rameau, Jean-Philippe

    Performers

    Les Talens Lyriques

    Album

    Six Concerts en sextuor, 467699-2

    Label

    DECCA

    Year

    2003

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  • Three Solos for Yuja: III. Victor [02'01]

    Composer

    Howard, James Newton

    Performers

    Yuja Wang (piano)

    Album

    The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (Original Motion Picture Score)

    Label

    Sony Classical

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  • Cinderella Op. 87: No. 30 - Grand Waltz [05'19]

    Composer

    Prokofiev, Sergei

    Performers

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe + Lisa Batiashvili (violin)

    Album

    Visions of Prokofiev, 479 8530

    Label

    Deutsche Grammophon

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  • The Power of One "Senzenina" [01'50]

    Composer

    Traditional

    Performers

    Original Soundtrack Recording

    Album

    The Power of One (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

    Label

    Elektra

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  • Zefiro Torna, madrigal for 2 voices and continuo, SV 251 [06'44]

    Composer

    Monteverdi, Claudio

    Performers

    Tenet + Jolle Greenleaf (soprano) + Molly Quinn (soprano)

    Album

    Uno + One: Italia Nostra, AV2303

    Label

    Avie

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  • Concerto grosso in E Minor, Op. 3 No. 3, H. 75: IV. Allegro [03'34]

    Composer

    Geminiani, Francesco

    Performers

    Concerto Italiano

    Album

    1700, OP30568

    Label

    Naïve

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  • Ave Maria [04'50]

    Composer

    Schubert, Franz

    Performers

    Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) + National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Album

    Amore: The Love Album, 468500-2

    Label

    DECCA

    Year

    2001

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  • Piano Concerto in One Movement: Adagio cantabile [06'12]

    Composer

    Price, Florence

    Performers

    Chineke! Orchestra + Jeneba Kanneh-Mason (piano)

    Album

    Florence Price: Piano Concerto in One Movement & Symphony No. 1, 4853996

    Label

    DECCA

    Year

    2023

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  • Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III [03'01]

    Composer

    Wagner, Richard

    Performers

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Album

    Bernard Haitink The Philips Years, 4785671

    Label

    DECCA

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  • Pulchra es amica mea, motet for 5 voices (from Motets Book IV from Canticis canticorum) [02'30]

    Composer

    Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da

    Performers

    The Song Company

    Album

    Song of Songs, 13199-2

    Label

    Celestial Harmonies

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  • Violin Concerto in C major, Ben 1106: III. Rondo [04'50]

    Composer

    Pleyel, Ignaz

    Performers

    Camerata pro Musica + Cornelia Löscher (violin)

    Album

    Hidden Gems, Vol. 2, ARS 38 199

    Label

    ARS Produktion

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  • Symfonietta Rustica, for orchestra: III. Allegro assai [03'29]

    Composer

    Suchoň, Eugen

    Performers

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Album

    Eugen Suchon: Orchestral Works, CHAN 10849

    Label

    Chandos

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  • String Quartet No. 12 in F major, B. 179 (Op. 96) 'American': II. Lento [07'21]

    Composer

    Dvořák, Antonín

    Performers

    Goldner String Quartet

    Album

    ABC Classic Recording

    Label

    ABC Classic FM Recording

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  • Blue Rose [02'49]

    Composer

    Kats-Chernin, Elena

    Performers

    Goldner String Quartet

    Album

    ABC Classic Recording

    Label

    ABC Classic FM Recording

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  • Deck The Halls - Rework [02'28]

    Composer

    Chen, Belle

    Performers

    Belle Chen (piano)

    Album

    Deck The Halls - Rework - Single

    Label

    Belle Chen

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  • Quartet for Strings: I. Allegro Ritmico [04'11]

    Composer

    Smith, Julia

    Performers

    Apollo Chamber Players

    Album

    Trace of Time, ACD-71372

    Label

    Azica Records

    Year

    2024

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  • Er, der Herrlichste von allen [04'48]

    Composer

    Lachner, Franz

    Performers

    TrioKROMA

    Album

    The Shepherd and the Mermaid, MCD472

    Label

    Move

    Year

    2012

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  • A Summer Day, for piano [03'59]

    Composer

    McLin, Lena

    Performers

    Helen Walker-Hill (piano)

    Album

    Kaleidoscope: Music by African-American Women, LE 339

    Label

    Leonarda

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  • Lay All Your Love On Me / Loure Grave (From Les Fêtes d'Hébé, RCT 41) [04'56]

    Composer

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

    Performers

    Lautten Compagney + Asya Fateyeva (saxophone)

    Album

    Dancing Queen - Rameau meets ABBA

    Label

    Deutsche Harmonia Mundi

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  • Symphony No. 15: III. Allegretto [04'28]

    Composer

    Shostakovich, Dmitri

    Performers

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Album

    Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos 6 & 15, LSO0878

    Label

    LSO Live

    Year

    2023

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  • The Village "Morning" [04'38]

    Composer

    Howard, James Newton

    Performers

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano) + Studio Orchestra + Hilary Hahn (violin)

    Album

    Night After Night: Music from the Movies of M. Night Shyamalan

    Label

    Sony Classical

    Year

    2023

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  • S'Amore 'e Mama [03'04]

    Composer

    Tenores di Bitti

    Performers

    Tenores di Bitti

    Album

    S'Amore 'e Mama

    Label

    Real World Records

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  • Thank You For The Music (Arr. for Baroque Ensemble & Saxophone by Bo Wiget) [03'08]

    Composer

    Andersson, Benny | Ulvaeus, Björn

    Performers

    Lautten Compagney + Asya Fateyeva (saxophone)

    Album

    Dancing Queen - Rameau meets ABBA

    Label

    Deutsche Harmonia Mundi

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  • In a manger [02'06]

    Composer

    Traditional (Polish)

    Performers

    Polish Radio Chorus + Kraców + Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Katowice) + Olga Pasichnyk (soprano)

    Album

    Lutoslawski - Twenty Polish Christmas Carols, 8555994

    Label

    Naxos

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  • Zoom Meeting [03'01]

    Composer

    Henry, James

    Performers

    Claire Edwardes (percussion) + Jason Noble (clarinet) + Lamorna Nightingale (flute) + Freya Schack-Arnott (cello)

    Album

    ABC Classic Recording

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  • Chakrulo (Table Song) [05'05]

    Composer

    Traditional (Georgian)

    Performers

    Rustavi Choir

    Album

    Georgian Voices, 0349714746

    Label

    Nonesuch

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  • String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132: IV. Alla marcia, assai vivace [02'09]

    Composer

    Beethoven, Ludwig van

    Performers

    Tetzlaff Quartett

    Album

    Tetzlaff Quartett: Beethoven: String Quartets, Opp. 132, 130 & 133, ODE13472

    Label

    Ondine

    Year

    2020

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  • The Dreamy Fish, music for a tale by Lord Cheminot, alias Latour: The Dreamy Fish [06'33]

    Composer

    Satie, Erik

    Performers

    Stephanie McCallum (piano)

    Album

    Gymnopédies: The Exquisite Piano Music of Erik Satie, 476 6289

    Label

    ABC Classic

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  • Shchedryk [01'31]

    Composer

    Traditional (Ukrainian)

    Performers

    Crimean Chamber Choir

    Album

    Shchedryk - Single

    Label

    Crimean Chamber Choir

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  • Concerto for Harpsichord and Fortepiano in E-Flat Major, H. 479: III. Presto [04'17]

    Composer

    Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel

    Performers

    Café Zimmermann + Céline Frisch (harpsichord) + Alexander Melnikov (fortepiano)

    Album

    Young & Foolish: Mozart & C.P.E. Bach

    Label

    Alpha

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  • Salve Regina [04'07]

    Composer

    Assandra, Caterina

    Performers

    Cappella Artemisia

    Album

    Rosa Mistica: Musiche nei monasteri femminili lombardi del '600, TC 600003

    Label

    Tactus

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