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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Assumpta est Maria

Performer: The Sixteen Performer: Harry Christophers

• Coro COR16047.

Dmitry Shostakovich

Festive Overture Op 96

Performer: Russian National Orchestra Performer: Mikhail Pletnev [conductor]

• DG 439 892-2.

Franz Liszt

Salve Maria de Jerusalem from 'I Lombardi' S.431, transcribed for piano

Performer: Claudio Arrau [piano]

• Philips 432 334-2.

Johann Nepomuk Hummel

Concerto for trumpet and orchestra (s49/w1) in E flat major, first movement; Allegro con s

Performer: Alison Balsom [trumpet] Performer: German Chamber Philharmonic of Bremen

• EMI 2 162130.

Benjamin Britten

The Plough Boy

Performer: Christopher Maltman [baritone] Performer: Julius Drake [piano]

• Decca 2 17526 2.

Leonard Bernstein

Mambo from West Side Story

Performer: Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela Performer: Gustavo Dudamel

• DG 477 9154.

Gabriel Fauré

Piano Quartet No 2 Op 45, second movement – Allegro molto

Performer: Renaud Capucon [violin] Performer: Gerard Causse [viola] Performer: Gautier Capucon [cello] Performer: Nicholas Angelich [piano]

• Virgin 5099907087523.

Francis Poulenc

Sinfonietta – second movement: Molto Vivace

Performer: City of London Sinfonia Performer: Richard Hickox

• Virgin 7243 5 45028 2 8.

Trad.

Rozhdestvo Khristovo ves' mir prazdnuet

Performer: St Petersburg Chamber Choir Performer: Nikolai Korniev [conductor]

• Philhips 454 616-2.

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

The Sea and Sinbad's ship from Sheherazade - symphonic suite (Op.35)

Performer: Kirov Orchestra Performer: Valery Gergiev

• Philips 470 840-2.

Andrea Falconiero

Ciaccona

Performer: Solists from the Chamber Orchestra of Europe Performer: Daniel Hope [violin]

• Deutsche Grammophon 477 8094.

Frédéric Chopin

Impromptu for piano (Op.29) in A flat major

Performer: Angela Hewitt [piano]

• Hyperion CDA 67371/2.

Howard Goodall

Eternal Light: A Requiem, no.12; The Lord is My Shepherd - Psalm 23

Performer: Choir of Christ Church Cathedral Oxford Performer: London Musici Performer: Theo Armon-Jones [treble] Performer: Stephen Darlington [conductor]

• EMI 50999 2 15047 2 3.

Bedrich Smetana

The Bartered Bride (Overture)

Orchestra: Pro Arte Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.

Performer: Columbia Symphony Orchestra Performer: Thomas Schippers

• Sony Classical SBK 63053.

Thomas Arne

Overture no. 5 in D major

Performer: Collegium Musicum 90 Performer: Simon Standage [director]

• Chandos 0722.

Richard Rodney Bennett

Partita for Orchestra, first movement: Intrada

Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra Performer: Richard Hickox

• Chandos CHAN 10389.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Concerto no. 9 in E flat major K.271 for piano and orchestra, third movement; Rondo (Prest

Performer: David Greilsammer [piano and conductor] Performer: L’orchestre de Chambre de Geneve

• Sony 88725430252.

Alfred Reed

Russian Christmas Music (arranged David Leppa)

Performer: CWS (Glasgow) & United Northwest Co-Operatives (Rochdale) Bands

• Polyphonic QPRL 071D.

Adolfo Berio

The modification and instrumation of a famous hornpipe as a merry and altogether sincere h

Performer: Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi Performer: Riccardo Chailly

• Decca 476 2830.