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Classic Drive

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

  • Guitar Quintet No. 4 in D major 'Fandango': III(b) Fandango [05'37]

    Composer

    Boccherini, Luigi

    Performers

    Karin Schaupp (guitar) + Flinders Quartet

    Album

    Fandango, 476 4435

    Label

    ABC Classic

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  • Tarantella del Gargano diminuita [04'50]

    Composer

    Lera, Leonor de

    Performers

    L'Estro d'Orfeo + Leonor de Lera (violin & director)

    Album

    L'arte Di Diminuire, CC72843

    Label

    Challenge Classics

    Year

    2020

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  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring "Many Meetings" [03'05]

    Composer

    Shore, Howard

    Performers

    Howard Shore + London Philharmonic Orchestra + London Voices

    Album

    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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  • Le Sommeil d'Ulisse: Air, gracieusement & louré [04'24]

    Composer

    Jacquet de La Guerre, Élisabeth

    Performers

    Isabelle Desrochers (soprano) + Les Voix Humaines + Alice Piérot (violin) + François Nicolet (traverso) + Marc Wolf (theorbo)

    Album

    Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre: Le Sommeil d'Ulisse

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  • Pensive Mood [03'22]

    Composer

    Price, Florence

    Performers

    Michael Clark (piano)

    Album

    Waltzes and Character Pieces of Florence Price, NV6591

    Label

    Navona Records

    Year

    2024

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  • Symphonic Dances from West Side Story: VII. Cool, Fuge [02'56]

    Composer

    Bernstein, Leonard

    Performers

    West Australian Symphony Orchestra + Benjamin Northey

    Album

    On the Town: The Best of Bernstein

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  • Thaïs: Méditation [05'59]

    Composer

    Massenet, Jules

    Performers

    Timothy Young (piano) + Christian Li (violin)

    Album

    Thaïs: Méditation - Single

    Label

    Decca

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  • Magnificat in D minor, H. 772, Wq. 215: Magnificat anima mea [03'03]

    Composer

    Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel

    Performers

    Fritz Näf + Basler Madrigalisten + L'arpa festante

    Album

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Magnificat

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  • All These Lighted Things: II. Gently drifting, hazy [04'33]

    Composer

    Ogonek, Elizabeth

    Performers

    Elim Chan + Antwerp Symphony Orchestra

    Album

    All These Lighted Things

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  • Sandolo [02'58]

    Composer

    Chen, Belle

    Performers

    Belle Chen (piano)

    Album

    Years of Pilgrimage, E0023

    Label

    Eito Music

    Year

    2022

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  • The Map Is Not The Territory [05'29]

    Composer

    Howard, Luke

    Performers

    Studio Orchestra

    Album

    Open Heart Story, Mercury kx

    Label

    Mercury KX

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  • Etruscan Concerto: I. Promenade [04'05]

    Composer

    Glanville-Hicks, Peggy

    Performers

    Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra + Richard Mills + Caroline Almonte (piano)

    Album

    Classical Music to Lift Your Spirits

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  • Horn Concerto in D major: III. Allegro [03'30]

    Composer

    Pokorný, František Xaver

    Performers

    Prague Chamber Orchestra + Radek Baborák (horn)

    Album

    Horn Concertos: F.X. Pokorny, A. Rosetti, G. Punto, SU 4017-2

    Label

    Supraphon

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  • Piano Concerto in B Minor: III. A tempo giusto [08'34]

    Composer

    Straus, Oscar

    Performers

    Ernst Theis + Oliver Triendl (piano) + Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken und Kaiserslautern

    Album

    Oscar Straus: Piano Concerto & Serenade

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  • Instrucción de Música sobre la Guitarra Española, Books 1-3: Canarios y Zarabanda [03'42]

    Composer

    Sanz, Gaspar

    Performers

    Mark Bennett + Norwegian Wind Ensemble

    Album

    The Mission

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  • Coppélia: Danse de la fête [03'35]

    Composer

    Delibes, Léo

    Performers

    Orchestra Victoria + Barry Wordsworth

    Album

    Delibes: Coppélia

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  • Cheeky Birds [03'16]

    Composer

    Chance, Alice

    Performers

    Alice Chance (piano) + Tamara-Anna Cislowska (piano)

    Album

    Duet (ABC Classic Recording)

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  • Concerto for Flute and Eight Wind Instruments: II. Allegretto scherzando [03'07]

    Composer

    Alwyn, William

    Performers

    Atéa Quintet

    Album

    Music For Nine Winds: Works By Alwyn & Mozart, COV91912

    Label

    Coviello Classics

    Year

    2019

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  • Odessa Bulgar [04'04]

    Composer

    Traditional

    Performers

    Daniel Hope (violin & director) + Zürcher Kammerorchester

    Album

    Dance!, 486 4994

    Label

    Deutsche Grammophon

    Year

    2024

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  • O Magne Pater [03'56]

    Composer

    Hildegard von Bingen

    Performers

    Le Concert Idéal + Marianne Piketty (violin)

    Album

    Blue Hour

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  • Montgomery Variations: VII. Benediction [05'23]

    Composer

    Bonds, Margaret

    Performers

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra + Kellen Gray

    Album

    African American Voices II, CKD 731

    Label

    Linn Records

    Year

    2023

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  • Ol' Man River [04'05]

    Composer

    Kern, Jerome

    Performers

    Yo-Yo Ma (cello) + Kathryn Stott (piano)

    Album

    Songs of Comfort and Hope, 19439822372

    Label

    Sony Classical

    Year

    2020

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  • Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2, M. 57b: III. Danse générale [04'40]

    Composer

    Ravel, Maurice

    Performers

    Elim Chan + Antwerp Symphony Orchestra

    Album

    All These Lighted Things

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  • Les femmes de légende: II. Salomé [04'26]

    Composer

    Bonis, Mel

    Performers

    Benoît Fromanger + Bucharest Symphony Orchestra

    Album

    Mel Bonis: Symphonic Works

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  • Trumpet Concerto (Ed. F. Villard): III. Finale [04'27]

    Composer

    Tomasi, Henri

    Performers

    Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet) + Fabien Gabel + Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Album

    Tomasi, Jolivet & Others: French Trumpet Concertos

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  • Goldberg Variations in G major, BWV 988: I. Aria [03'46]

    Composer

    Bach, Johann Sebastian

    Performers

    András Schiff (piano)

    Album

    Bach: Goldberg Variations, ECM 1825

    Label

    ECM

    Year

    2003

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  • Misra Chappu [04'20]

    Composer

    Young, Lisa

    Performers

    The Australian Voices + Lisa Young (solo)

    Album

    Reverie, 481 4060

    Label

    ABC Classic

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  • Ad te levavi, offertory for 5 voices (from Complete Offertories) [03'18]

    Composer

    Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da

    Performers

    The Sixteen

    Album

    Palestrina, Vol. 4, 16114

    Label

    Coro

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  • Danny Boy (Londonderry Air) [03'09]

    Composer

    Traditional (Irish)

    Performers

    VocalEssence Ensemble Singers

    Album

    From the Land of Sky Blue Waters, CLCD-942

    Label

    Clarion

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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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  • Pater noster, for chorus [06'37]

    Composer

    Miškinis, Vytautas

    Performers

    The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge

    Album

    Baltic Exchange, CDA 67747

    Label

    Hyperion

    Year

    2008

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  • ECHO [03'34]

    Composer

    Cooper, Julie

    Performers

    Grace Davidson (soprano) + Camilla Pay (harp) + Her Ensemble + Oculus Ensemble + Anna Hale (soprano)

    Album

    Julie Cooper: Oculus

    Label

    Signum Classics

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  • The Road Home [03'19]

    Composer

    Paulus, Stephen

    Performers

    VOCES8

    Album

    After Silence, VCM126EP3

    Label

    VOCES8 Records

    Year

    2020

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  • Stars [04'18]

    Composer

    Ešenvalds, Ēriks

    Performers

    Anna Lapwood (organ) + The Chapel Choir of Pembroke College + Cambridge

    Album

    Luna, G010005079832N

    Label

    Sony Classical

    Year

    2023

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  • The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey "Misty Mountains" [01'43]

    Composer

    Shore, Howard

    Performers

    Original Soundtrack Recording + Richard Armitage (vocals) + Dwarf Choir

    Album

    The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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  • Advent O Carol [06'16]

    Composer

    Forbes L'Estrange, Joanna

    Performers

    Tenebrae

    Album

    In Winter's House, SIGCD690

    Label

    Signum Classics

    Year

    2022

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  • Akatist (Akathist) [03'25]

    Composer

    Mokranjac, Stevan

    Performers

    Beogradski Madrigalisti

    Album

    Pedeset Pet Godina, 441054

    Label

    Phonofile Balkan

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  • Symphony No. 3 in D minor: V. Lustig Im Tempo Und Keck Im Ausdruck [04'17]

    Composer

    Mahler, Gustav

    Performers

    Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne + Sara Mingardo (contralto) + Women's choir of Schola Heidelberg + Young Singers of the Kölner Dom

    Album

    Mahler: Symphony No. 3, HMM90531415

    Label

    Harmonia Mundi

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