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Music Played

  • Marin Marais

    Les Voix Humaines (Suite - book 2 no. 3 in D major)

    Performer: Hille Perl. Performer: Lee Santana.
    • DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Alexander Borodin

    In the Steppes of Central Asia

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Rimsky-Korsakov, Borodin: Neeme Jarvi.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.

  • Marianna Martines

    Harpsichord Sonata in A major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Sarah Hagen.
    • Sarah Hagen.

  • Elena Kats鈥怌hernin

    Nostalgic Piece

    Performer: Nicola Sweeney. Performer: Sarah Nicolls.
    • Kats-Chernin: Ragtime and Blue.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1501.

  • C茅sar Franck

    Panis angelicus

    Music Arranger: Owain Park. Choir: London Choral Sinfonia. Conductor: Michael Waldron.
    • The French Album.
    • ORCHID CLASSICS.
    • 7.

  • Michael Nyman

    The Heart asks pleasure first

    Performer: Alexis Ffrench.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Violin Concerto in E minor, Op 64 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto/Octet: James Ehnes.
    • Onyx.
    • 2.

  • L眉 Wencheng

    Autumn moon over a calm lake

    Performer: Lang Lang.
    • Dragon Songs.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.

  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Violin Sonata Op. 5 No. 12 in D minor (La folia)

    Ensemble: Pera Ensemble. Director: Mehmet Cemal Ye艧il莽ay.
    • Berlin Classics.

  • Avril Coleridge-Taylor

    Sussex Landscape: II Lento e molto tranquillo; III Largo - Maestoso

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Roderick Cox.
    • Coleridge-Taylor.
    • DECCA.
    • 7.

  • Amy Beach

    Piano Quintet in F sharp minor, Op 67 - 2nd movement, Adagio espressivo

    Performer: Martin Roscoe. Ensemble: Endellion Quartet.
    • ASV.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O coruscans lux stellarum [O glistening starlight]

    Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Conductor: Timothy Brown.
    • COLLEGIUM.

  • Heitor Villa鈥怢obos

    Bachianas brasileiras No. 5: I. Aria (Cantilena): Adagio

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Pl铆nio Fernandes.
    • Saudade.
    • Decca Records US.
    • 6.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in D major, Op.64`5 'The Lark' (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • AVI MUSIC.

  • Colin Greenwood

    Like Spinning Plates

    Composer: Jonny Greenwood. Composer: Ed O鈥橞rien. Composer: Philip Selway. Composer: Thom Yorke. Performer: Anastasia Kobekina. Performer: Jean-S茅lim Abdelmoula. Music Arranger: Anastasia Kobekina. Music Arranger: Jean-S茅lim Abdelmoula.
    • Sony.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Nocturne in D flat major, Op 27 No 2

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • In the Night.
    • HYPERION.
    • 6.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony no.1 in D major (Blumine)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Mahler: Symphony No. 1 / Blumine.
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    5 pieces from The Gadfly Op.97 arr. Borisovsky: 1. Scene; 3. Barrel-organ waltz; 5. Folk festival

    Performer: Lawrence Power. Performer: Simon Crawford鈥怭hillips. Music Arranger: Vadim Borisovsky.
    • Shostakovich: Music for viola & piano.
    • Hyperion.
    • 11.

  • Crist贸bal de Morales

    Parce mihi Domine

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • SOLI DEO GLORIA.

  • Max Bruch

    Concerto for two pianos, Op 88a (3rd mvt, Adagio ma non troppo)

    Performer: Katia Lab猫que. Performer: Marielle Lab猫que. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • Mendelsson/Bruch: Concertos for 2 pianos & Orchestra: Katia & Marielle Labeque/B.
    • Philips.
    • 6.

  • Bob Chilcott

    The Nine Gifts

    Performer: Jonathan Vaughn. Choir: Wells Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Matthew Owens.
    • Chilcott: Requiem: Wells Cathedral Choir/Matthew Owens.
    • Hyperion.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    March. Folk Songs from Somerset (English Folk Song Suite)

    Music Arranger: Philip Littlemore. Ensemble: Tredegar Band. Conductor: Ian Porthouse.
    • Albion Records.

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