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Classic Drive

Broadcast 5 hours agoThu 28 Mar 2024 at 4:00am

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Classic Drive

Journey home with classical sounds to relax, refresh and delight. Including New Releases (6pm Monday), Favourite Classics with Russell (6pm Tuesday), Classic Australia (6pm Thursday) and Classic Choir Hour (7pm Thursday).

Tracklist

04:00Played at 04:00
Didone abbandonata, HWV A12: Act I: Sinfonia [04'47]
Composer

Handel, George Frideric | Vinci, Leonardo
Performers

Lautten Compagney
Album

Leonardo Vinci & G.F. Handel: Didone Abbandonata, G0100036689797
Label

Deutsche Harmonia Mundi
Year

2018
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04:06Played at 04:06
Ein Heldenleben: I. Der Held (The Hero) [05'07]
Composer

Strauss, Richard
Performers

London Symphony Orchestra
Album

Mahler Symphony No. 6; R. Strauss Ein Heldenleben
Label

EMI Classics
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04:12Played at 04:12
Piano Sonata No 20 in A major, D 959: III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace - Trio [04'52]
Composer

Schubert, Franz
Performers

Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Album

Schubert: Late Piano Sonatas, 50999 5164482 6
Label

EMI Classics
Year

2008
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04:17Played at 04:17
There Will Come [05'39]
Composer

Dale, Rebecca
Performers

Philharmonia Orchestra + Steven Isserlis (cello)
Album

Rebecca Dale: Night Seasons
Label

Signum Classics
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04:24Played at 04:24
Symphony No. 2 in A minor: II. Andante [04'39]
Composer

Andrée, Elfrida
Performers

Stockholm Symphony Orchestra
Album

Elfrida Andrée: Fritiof Suite & Symphony in A minor, CDS-1016-2
Label

Sterling
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04:29Played at 04:29
Concerto Grosso: IV. [03'11]
Composer

Wallen, Errollyn
Performers

Tai Murray (violin) + Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano) + Chineke! Orchestra + Chi-chi Nwanoku (double bass)
Album

Spark Catchers, NMCD250
Label

NMC
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04:32Played at 04:32
Brassed Off "William Tell Overture" [03'26]
Composer

Rossini, Gioachino
Performers

Grimethorpe Colliery Band + Paul Hughes (flugelhorn)
Album

Brassed Off! (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Label

RCA
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04:36Played at 04:36
Amazing Grace [04'24]
Composer

Traditional
Performers

Alias Brass
Album

Prism
Label

Big Round Records
Year

2023
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04:41Played at 04:41
The Crying Game "The Soldier's Tale" [02'46]
Composer

Dudley, Anne
Performers

Original Soundtrack Recording
Album

The Crying Game (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Label

Polydor
Year

1992
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04:43Played at 04:43
Sinfonia in C Major [05'16]
Composer

Verdi, Giuseppe
Performers

La Verdi Symphony Orchestra (Milan)
Album

Verdi The Complete Works - Verdi Discoveries, 001806202
Label

Decca
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04:49Played at 04:49
Sonata for keyboard in G minor [05'53]
Composer

Soler, Antonio
Performers

Alicia de Larrocha (piano)
Album

Favourite Spanish Encores, 467687-2
Label

Decca
Year

2001
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04:55Played at 04:55
Septet in E-flat major, Op 65: IV. Gavotte et Final [03'53]
Composer

Saint-Saëns, Camille
Performers

Groupe Instrumental de Paris
Album

Saint-Saëns: Concertos, 94636766126
Label

Erato
Year

2006
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05:05Played at 05:05
Symphony in E-Flat Major, Op. 7 No. 6: I. Allegro [03'39]
Composer

Abel, Carl Friedrich
Performers

The Mozartists
Album

Mozart in London, SIGCD534
Label

Signum Classics
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05:09Played at 05:09
Les biches, FP 36: V. Final [03'43]
Composer

Poulenc, Francis
Performers

L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Album

Roussel: Bacchus et Ariane - Debussy: 6 Épigraphes antiques - Poulenc: Les biches, PTC 5186558
Label

Pentatone
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05:13Played at 05:13
Saltarello [01'52]
Composer

Anonymous
Performers

Daniel Hope (violin & director) + Zürcher Kammerorchester
Album

Dance!, 486 4994
Label

Deutsche Grammophon
Year

2024
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05:16Played at 05:16
Keyboard Concerto in F minor: III. Prestissimo [04'01]
Composer

Bach, Johann Christian (attributed)
Performers

Sophie Gent (violin) + Jean Rondeau (harpsichord) + Louis Creac'h (violin) + Fanny Paccoud (viola) + Antoine Touche (cello) + Thomas de Pierrefeu (double bass) + Evolène Kiener (bassoon)
Album

Bach: Dynastie, 0190295888466
Label

Erato
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05:21Played at 05:21
Oboe Concerto in D major: III. Allegro [04'17]
Composer

Sammartini, Giuseppe
Performers

Zefiro Ensemble
Album

Concerti veneziani per oboe, A 380
Label

Arcana
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05:25Played at 05:25
Valse Descant [03'21]
Composer

Sutherland, Margaret
Performers

Nigel Butterley (piano)
Album

ABC Classic Recording
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05:29Played at 05:29
The Cloths of Heaven [04'23]
Composer

Dale, Rebecca
Performers

Richard Harwood (cello) + Tenebrae + Ben Dawson (piano) + Victoria Meteyard (soprano)
Album

Rebecca Dale: Night Seasons
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05:33Played at 05:33
Beams and Waves [05'53]
Composer

Gerometta, Isabella
Performers

Camerata
Album

Women of Note: Celebrating Australian Composers - Volume 6
Label

ABC Classic
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05:40Played at 05:40
Norwegian Dances, Op. 35: III. Allegro moderato all Marcia [03'48]
Composer

Grieg, Edvard
Performers

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Album

Edvard Grieg: Norwegian Dances; Symphonic Dances; Lyric Suite, BIS-SACD-1291
Label

BIS
Year

2003
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05:44Played at 05:44
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
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05:49Played at 05:49
Koyunbaba, suite for guitar, Op. 19: IV. Presto [03'40]
Composer

Domeniconi, Carlo
Performers

Miloš Karadaglić (guitar)
Album

Miloš: The Guitar, 4779693
Label

Deutsche Grammophon
Year

2011
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05:53Played at 05:53
Symphony in E-flat major, 'The Hurdy Gurdy': III. Prestissimo [04'04]
Composer

Schmitt, Joseph
Performers

New Dutch Academy
Album

Joseph Schmitt: Early Symphonies and Chamber Music, 5186039
Label

PentaTone Classics
Year

2006
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05:57Played at 05:57
Summer Dreams, Op. 47: II. Robin Redbreast [01'43]
Composer

Beach, Amy
Performers

Deborah Moriarty (piano) + Zhihua Tang (piano)
Album

Connecting Cultures, BGR633
Label

Blue Griffin Recording
Year

2022
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06:05Played at 06:05
Café Music: I. Allegro con fuoco [05'51]
Composer

Schoenfield, Paul
Performers

Lev Polyakin (violin) + Charles Bernard (cello) + Frances Renzi (piano)
Album

Café Music, 544
Label

Innova Recordings
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06:12Played at 06:12
Venere, Adone e Amore (Venus, Adonis and Cupid): Sinfonia [03'32]
Composer

Scarlatti, Alessandro
Performers

Rosalind Halton (harpsichord) + chacona
Album

Venere, Adone e Amore, 476 6170
Label

ABC Classic
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06:16Played at 06:16
My Fair Lady "Overture" [03'28]
Composer

Loewe, Frederick
Performers

Original Soundtrack Recording
Album

My Fair Lady (Original Soundtrack)
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06:20Played at 06:20
I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud [04'45]
Composer

Dale, Rebecca
Performers

Tenebrae + Victoria Meteyard (soprano)
Album

Rebecca Dale: Night Seasons
Label

Signum Classics
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06:25Played at 06:25
Laputa: Castle in the Sky "Innocent" [02'56]
Composer

Hisaishi, Joe
Performers

Tamara-Anna Cislowska (piano)
Album

One Summer's Day: Studio Ghibli favourites for solo piano by Joe Hisaishi, 485 5891
Label

ABC Classic
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06:28Played at 06:28
Piccolo Concerto, in C major, RV 444: I. Allegro non molto [03'52]
Composer

Vivaldi, Antonio
Performers

Camerata Köln + Michael Schneider (piccolo)
Album

Florilegium Musicale, RD77172
Label

Harmonia Mundi
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06:37Played at 06:37
Notturno [04'01]
Composer

Guðmundsdóttir, Álfheiður Erla | Ólafsson, Víkingur
Performers

Vikingur Olafsson (piano) + Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir (vocals)
Album

From Afar Reworks, 4863342
Label

Deutsche Grammophon
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06:41Played at 06:41
Piano Trio in D Major, Op. 1: II. Scherzo. Allegro [07'01]
Composer

Korngold, Erich
Performers

Spectrum Concerts Berlin
Album

Korngold: Piano Trio, Op. 1 & String Sextet, Op. 10, 8.574008
Label

Naxos
Year

2020
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06:48Played at 06:48
Bad Behaviour "For Alice Who Endured The Worst" [03'58]
Composer

Yeo, Caitlin
Performers

Original Soundtrack Recording
Album

Bad Behaviour (Original Series Soundtrack)
Label

STAN
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06:52Played at 06:52
Will Tomorrow, I Wonder, Be Cloudy or Clear? [02'28]
Composer

Takemitsu, Tōru
Performers

Laura van der Heijden (cello) + Jâms Coleman (piano)
Album

Path to the Moon
Label

Chandos
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06:55Played at 06:55
Auld Lang Syne Variations [04'08]
Composer

Traditional (Scottish)
Performers

Nicola Benedetti (violin) + BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Album

Homecoming: A Scottish Fantasy, 0289 478 6690 9
Label

Decca
Year

2014
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07:06Played at 07:06
El mariner [04'46]
Composer

Traditional (Catalan)
Performers

Arianna Savall (voice & harp)
Album

Arianna Savall - Bella Terra, AV 9833
Label

Alia Vox
Year

2003
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07:11Played at 07:11
String Quartet No. 1 in G major, K80: II. Allegro [04'12]
Composer

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Performers

Armida Quartett
Album

Mozart: String Quartets, Vol. 2, AVI8553944
Label

Avi Music
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07:16Played at 07:16
Brideshead Revisited "Sebastian's Summer" [05'35]
Composer

Burgon, Geoffrey
Performers

Original Soundtrack Recording
Album

Brideshead Revisited: Original Soundtrack, 0946 3 21367 2 5
Label

MFP
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07:22Played at 07:22
Cello Concerto in F major: II. Andantino sostenuto [04'50]
Composer

Jaëll, Marie
Performers

Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra + Xavier Phillips (cello)
Album

Marie Jaëll: Musique symphonique; Musique pour piano, ES 1022
Label

Ediciones Singulares
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07:28Played at 07:28
The Hymn! [06'44]
Composer

Gibbs, Stacey V.
Performers

EXIGENCE + Olman Piedra (snare drum)
Album

Black is Beautiful
Label

Navona Records
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07:35Played at 07:35
Quartet No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 69: IV. Final. Allegro ma non troppo [05'11]
Composer

Bonis, Mel
Performers

Mozart Piano Quartet
Album

Bonis: Piano Quartets, 643 1424-2
Label

MDG
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07:41Played at 07:41
Pièces de clavecin en concerts, Quatrième concert: I. La Pantomime [04'34]
Composer

Rameau, Jean-Philippe
Performers

Rachel Podger (violin) + Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord) + Jonathan Manson (viola da gamba)
Album

Rameau: Pièces de clavecin en Concerts, CCS SA 19002
Label

Channel Classics
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07:46Played at 07:46
Concerto Grosso in F major, Op. 3 No. 4: I. Allegro [05'50]
Composer

Handel, George Frideric
Performers

Handel and Haydn Society
Album

Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 3, 421 729-2
Label

L’Oiseau Lyre
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07:52Played at 07:52
Piano Village: April Code [03'36]
Composer

Kats-Chernin, Elena
Performers

Tonya Lemoh (piano)
Album

I Dream a World, ABCL0082
Label

ABC Classic
Year

2024
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07:57Played at 07:57
The Last Bird [01'57]
Composer

Keating, Zoë
Performers

Zoë Keating (cello)
Album

Into The Trees
Label

Zoe Keating
Year

2010
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Didone abbandonata, HWV A12: Act I: Sinfonia [04'47]

Ein Heldenleben: I. Der Held (The Hero) [05'07]

Piano Sonata No 20 in A major, D 959: III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace - Trio [04'52]

There Will Come [05'39]

Symphony No. 2 in A minor: II. Andante [04'39]

Concerto Grosso: IV. [03'11]

Brassed Off "William Tell Overture" [03'26]

Amazing Grace [04'24]

The Crying Game "The Soldier's Tale" [02'46]

Sinfonia in C Major [05'16]

Sonata for keyboard in G minor [05'53]

Septet in E-flat major, Op 65: IV. Gavotte et Final [03'53]

Symphony in E-Flat Major, Op. 7 No. 6: I. Allegro [03'39]

Les biches, FP 36: V. Final [03'43]

Saltarello [01'52]

Keyboard Concerto in F minor: III. Prestissimo [04'01]

Oboe Concerto in D major: III. Allegro [04'17]

Valse Descant [03'21]

The Cloths of Heaven [04'23]

Beams and Waves [05'53]

Norwegian Dances, Op. 35: III. Allegro moderato all Marcia [03'48]

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

Koyunbaba, suite for guitar, Op. 19: IV. Presto [03'40]

Symphony in E-flat major, 'The Hurdy Gurdy': III. Prestissimo [04'04]

Summer Dreams, Op. 47: II. Robin Redbreast [01'43]

Café Music: I. Allegro con fuoco [05'51]

Venere, Adone e Amore (Venus, Adonis and Cupid): Sinfonia [03'32]

My Fair Lady "Overture" [03'28]

I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud [04'45]

Laputa: Castle in the Sky "Innocent" [02'56]

Piccolo Concerto, in C major, RV 444: I. Allegro non molto [03'52]

Notturno [04'01]

Piano Trio in D Major, Op. 1: II. Scherzo. Allegro [07'01]

Bad Behaviour "For Alice Who Endured The Worst" [03'58]

Will Tomorrow, I Wonder, Be Cloudy or Clear? [02'28]

Auld Lang Syne Variations [04'08]

El mariner [04'46]

String Quartet No. 1 in G major, K80: II. Allegro [04'12]

Brideshead Revisited "Sebastian's Summer" [05'35]

Cello Concerto in F major: II. Andantino sostenuto [04'50]

The Hymn! [06'44]

Quartet No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 69: IV. Final. Allegro ma non troppo [05'11]

Pièces de clavecin en concerts, Quatrième concert: I. La Pantomime [04'34]

Concerto Grosso in F major, Op. 3 No. 4: I. Allegro [05'50]

Piano Village: April Code [03'36]

The Last Bird [01'57]

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