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George Frideric Handel

Suite for orchestra (HWV.341) in D major

Performer: Alison Balsom (trumpet) Performer: The English Concert Performer: Director Trevor Pinnock

• EMI Classics 50999 4 40320 2.

Engelbert Humperdinck

Hansel und Gretel - opera in 3 acts, Overture

Performer: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra Performer: Conductor Karl-Anton Richenbacher

• Virgin Classics 50999 628584-2.

Alexander Borodin

Quartet for strings no. 2 in D major, second movement; Scherzo (Allegro)

Performer: Borodin Quartet

• CHAN 9965.

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

Rondo in D minor, Wq61/4

Performer: Danny Driver (piano)

• Hyperion CDA67908.

Gustav Holst

The Planets - suite (Op.32); Jupiter, The Bringer Of Jollity

Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Conductor Vladimir Jurowski

• LPO 0047.

Malcolm Arnold

The Padstow lifeboat - march for brass band (Op.94)

Performer: Grimethorpe Colliery Band Performer: Conductor Malcolm Arnold

• Conifer CDCF 222.

Cécile Chaminade

Concertino

Performer: Peter-Lukas Graf (flute) Performer: Michio Kobayashi (piano)

• Claves CD 50-0704.

Giuseppe Verdi

Aida - opera in 4 acts, Act 2 sc.2; Gloria all'Egitto [chorus]

Performer: Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Performer: Conductor Lamberto Gardelli

• EMI CDM 7643562.

Alexander Scriabin

Mazurka in F

Performer: Stephen Coombs (piano)

• Helios CDH55286.

Felix Mendelssohn

A Midsummer night's dream - incidental music (Op.61), no.1; Scherzo

Performer: Concertgebouw Orchestra Performer: Conductor George Szell

• Philips 442 727-2.

Franz Schubert

4 Impromptus D.899, Op.90 (no.3 in G flat major)

Performer: Alfred Brendel.

Performer: Maria Joao Pires (piano)

• DG 457 550-2.

John Ireland

When Lights go Rolling Round the Sky (orchestrated Denys Darlow)

Performer: Roderick Williams (baritone) Performer: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra Performer: Conductor Martin Yates

• Dutton CDLX 7199.

Charles Gounod

Petite symphonie for 9 wind instruments in B flat major, third movement; Scherzo...

Performer: St Paul Chamber Orchestra Performer: Conductor Christopher Hogwood

• Decca 430 231-2.

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Snow maiden - suite, Dance of the tumblers

Performer: Boston Pops Orchestra Performer: Conductor John Williams

• Philips 426 247-2.

Edvard Grieg

Rigaudon (Holberg Suite)

Performer: Scottish Ensemble Performer: Director Jonathan Rees

• Virgin Classics VC 7 91112-2.

Edward Elgar

The Angel's Farewell (The Dream of Gerontius)

Performer: Janet Baker (mezzo) Performer: Halle Choir & Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus Performer: Ambrosian Singers Performer: Halle Orchestra Performer: Conductor John Barbirolli

• EMI CZS 5750692.

Franz Liszt

Au bord d'une source (Annees de Pelerinage – 1ere Annee – Suisse)

Performer: Louis Lortie (piano)

• CHAN 10662(2).

Johann Strauss II

Kaiser-Walzer (Op.437)

Performer: Berlin Philharmonic Performer: Conductor Herbert von Karajan

• DG 423 2212.