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Ian Skelly: Fauré and Messager's Souvenirs de Bayreuth, St Magnus

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Music Played

  • Gustav Holst

    Suite No 2 in F major for military band, Op 28 (March)

    Orchestra: Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra. Conductor: Timothy Reynish.
    • Holst/Vaughan Williams: British Wind Band Classics: Timothy Reynish.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto grosso in D major Op.3`6

    Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Performer: Aline Zylberajch. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • ERATO.
  • Sir James MacMillan

    Sedebit Dominus Rex (Strathclyde motets)

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • An Immortal Legacy.
    • CORO.
    • 9.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Lo sposo deluso, K430 (Overture and opening quartet)

    Conductor: Raphaël Pichon. Singer: Linard Vrielink. Singer: Nahuel di Pierro. Singer: Siobhan Stagg. Singer: Serena Malfi. Ensemble: Pygmalion.
    • ³¢¾±²ú±ð°ù³Ùà!.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 1-2.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Souvenirs de Bayreuth

    Performer: Eric Le Sage. Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • ALPHA.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Une barque sur l'océan

    Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • EMI.
  • Thomas Robinson

    Spanish Pavan (Cozens Lute Book)

    Performer: Jakob Lindberg.
    • Jacobean Lute Music.
    • BIS.
    • 26.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer Night's Dream Op.61 (Overture, Op.21)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Virgin Classics.
  • Mathilde Wantenaar

    Sprookjes: Musical Tales for violin and piano (mvts 2 and 3)

    Performer: Merel Vercammen. Performer: Dina Ivanova.
    • Gutman Records.
  • Richard Wagner

    The Ride of the Valkyries (Die Walküre)

    Orchestra: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Wagner - Dudamel.
    • DG.
    • 1.
  • Anonymous

    Nobilis, humilis [Hymn to St Magnus]

    Ensemble: La Reverdie.
    • Insula Feminarum - Resonances Medievales.
    • ARCANA.
    • 15.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard Concerto No 7 in G minor, BWV 1058

    Performer: Christophe Rousset. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • J.S. Bach The Complete Harpsichord Concertos.
    • Decca.
    • 7.
  • Clément Doucet

    Isoldina

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Alexandre Tharaud: Le Boeuf Sur Le Toit.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 15.
  • Jacques Ibert

    Valse (Divertissement)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Hi Fi Special - Various Artists.
    • ASV.
    • 4.
  • Dudley Moore

    Little Miss Britten

    Performer: Dudley Moore.
    • Dudley Moore: Grieg Piano Concerto / Parodies.
    • EMI.
    • 7.
  • Hubert Parry

    I was Glad

    Music Arranger: Grayston Ives. Choir: Choir of Westminster Abbey. Performer: Daniel Cook. Ensemble: Onyx Brass. Conductor: James O’Donnell.
    • HYPERION.
  • Brendan O'Regan

    Eel in the Sink/Convenience

    • Mulligan.
  • Franz Schubert

    String Quintet in C major, D.956 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Gautier Capuçon. Ensemble: Quatuor Ébène.
    • Schubert: String Quintet - Lieder.
    • Erato.
    • 4.

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