40 Most Beautiful British Classics

6:22

Sailing By (Radio 4, Shipping Forecast theme)

David Parry· BBC Symphony Orchestra

2:31

Mars, the Bringer of War

6:39

Sailor's Hornpipe (Excerpt)

BBC Symphony Orchestra· David Parry

2:11

By the Sleepy Lagoon (Desert Island Discs theme)

BBC Symphony Orchestra· David Parry

3:57

X. Nimrod

4:13

I. Zadok the Priest, HWV 258

John Eliot Gardiner· Monteverdi Orchestra· Monteverdi Choir

3:02

Salut d'amour, Op. 12

3:51

Hear My Prayer (Excerpt)

Thomas Herford· Edward Higginbottom· Choir of New College Oxford

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

3:05

Linden Lea

3:16

Early One Morning

Choir of New College Oxford· Eamonn Dougan· Nicholas Fuggle

2:02

Blow the Wind Southerly

2:39

I Overture

9:26

IV. Barwick Green (The Archers theme)

David Parry· BBC Symphony Orchestra

3:16

IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity

8:09

"For Unto Us a Child Is Born"

Raymond Leppard· English Chamber Orchestra Chorus· English Chamber Orchestra

4:16

Radio 4 UK Theme

BBC Symphony Orchestra· David Parry

5:28

'Touch her soft lips and part'

Chamber Orchestra of Europe· Douglas Boyd

1:55

Passacaglia, 'The Death of Falstaff'

Chamber Orchestra of Europe· Douglas Boyd

3:04

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

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

3:15

Loch Lomond

3:39

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

Chamber Orchestra of Europe· Richard Egarr

4:17

Sumer Is Icumin In

1:12

Chanson de nuit, Op. 15, No. 1

4:15

The Walk to the Paradise Garden

10:37

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

14:57

In a Summer Garden

15:10

The Skye Boat Song

4:07

III Mercury, the Winged Messenger

3:40

Chanson de matin, Op. 15, No. 2

3:43

Ave verum corpus