40 Most Beautiful British Classics

4:08

The Lark Ascending

Andrew Davis · Tasmin Little · BBC Symphony Orchestra

14:23

Jerusalem

BBC Symphony Chorus · Andrew Davis · BBC Symphony Orchestra

2:23

No. 1 in D Major

6:22

Sailing By (Radio 4, Shipping Forecast theme)

2:31

Mars, the Bringer of War

6:39

Sailor's Hornpipe (Excerpt)

2:11

By the Sleepy Lagoon (Desert Island Discs theme)

3:57

X. Nimrod

4:13

I. Zadok the Priest, HWV 258

Monteverdi Orchestra · John Eliot Gardiner

3:02

Salut d'amour, Op. 12

3:51

Hear My Prayer (Excerpt)

Edward Higginbottom · Choir of New College Oxford · Thomas Herford

5:10

Greensleeves

5:06

I. Overture

Orchestre de Chambre Jean-François Paillard · Jean-François Paillard

8:26

V. Air

Orchestre de Chambre Jean-François Paillard · Jean-François Paillard

2:48

II. Alla Hornpipe

Orchestre de Chambre Jean-François Paillard · Jean-François Paillard

Linden Lea

Early One Morning

Nicholas Fuggle · Choir of New College Oxford · Eamonn Dougan

Blow the Wind Southerly

I Overture

IV. Barwick Green (The Archers theme)

IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity

"For Unto Us a Child Is Born"

English Chamber Orchestra · Raymond Leppard · English Chamber Orchestra Chorus

Radio 4 UK Theme

BBC Symphony Orchestra · David Parry

'Touch her soft lips and part'

Douglas Boyd · Chamber Orchestra of Europe

Passacaglia, 'The Death of Falstaff'

Douglas Boyd · Chamber Orchestra of Europe

'Sinfonia' (The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba)

Emiliano Rodolfi · Marco Cera · Il Giardino Armonico · Giovanni Antonini

Loch Lomond

"When I Am Laid in Earth" (Dido's Lament)

Chamber Orchestra of Europe · Richard Egarr

Sumer Is Icumin In

Choir of New College Oxford · Edward Higginbottom

Chanson de nuit, Op. 15, No. 1

The Walk to the Paradise Garden

Cockaigne Overture, Op. 40, 'In London Town'

In a Summer Garden

The Skye Boat Song

III Mercury, the Winged Messenger

Chanson de matin, Op. 15, No. 2