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Ian Skelly: Tchaikovsky's Mozartiana, Rough Music

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Music Played

  • Georges Bizet

    L'Arlésienne Suite no.1 (Prelude)

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • The Best of Bizet.
    • Philips.
    • 1.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    L'incoronazione di Poppea; Atto III, Scena 8: Pur ti miro

    Singer: Sonya Yoncheva. Singer: Kate Lindsey. Orchestra: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: William Christie.
    • Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 41.
  • Amanda Röntgen-Maier

    6 Pieces for violin and piano (no.6)

    Performer: Cecilia Zilliacus. Performer: Bengt Forsberg.
    • Amanda Maier, Volume 2.
    • db Productions.
    • 12.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Five O'Clock Foxtrot (L'enfant et les sortilèges)

    Orchestrator: Christopher Palmer. Orchestra: Philharmonia. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.
    • Ravel: Orchestral Works - volume 2: Philharmonia, Geoffrey Simon.
    • Cala.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Suite No 4 in G major, 'Mozartiana' (Gigue)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Jarvi, Nemme: Piano Concerto No.1.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 4-5.
  • Howard Skempton

    Lento

    Orchestra: Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gavin Bryars.
    • Skempton - Lento.
    • GB RECORDS.
    • 1.
  • Franz Schubert

    Rondo in A major D.951

    Performer: Maria João Pires. Performer: Ricardo Castro.
    • Schubert: Music for Piano Four Hands: Maria Joao Pires, Ricardo Castro.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.
  • Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

    Trio Sonata no.4 in G minor

    Ensemble: Musica Fiorita. Director: Daniela Dolci.
    • PAN CLASSICS.
  • Zoltán Kodály

    Intermezzo (Hary Janos Suite, Op.35a)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • Zoltan Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite: Budapest Festival Orchestra/Fischer.
    • Philips.
    • 15.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Schlummert ein, ihr matten Augen (Cantata No 82)

    Singer: Christine Schäfer. Ensemble: Berlin Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Bernhard Forck.
    • Christine Schafer - Bach.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata in C major, K545 arr Grieg (1st mvt)

    Composer: Edvard Grieg. Performer: Elisabeth Leonskaja. Performer: Sviatoslav Richter.
    • Mozart/Grieg: Piano Sonatas.
    • Teldec.
    • 1.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Soirées musicales, Op 9 (March and Canzonetta)

    Conductor: Richard Bonynge. Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Rossini/Respighi: La Boutique Fantasque: National Philharmonic Orchestra/Bonynge.
    • Decca.
    • 2-3.
  • Steve Reich

    Nagoya Marimbas

    Performer: Colin Currie. Performer: Sam Walton.
    • Classical Chillout.
    • EMI CLASSSICS.
    • 12.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Romance, Op.24 No.4

    Performer: HÃ¥vard Gimse.
    • Sibelius: Piano Music Vol.1: Havard Gimse.
    • Naxos.
    • 013.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Oberon (Overture)

    Orchestra: London Classical Players. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington.
    • Overtures: London Classical Players/Norrington.
    • EMI Classics.

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