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Music Played

  • Alessandro Marcello

    Adagio (from Oboe Concerto in D Minor)

    Music Arranger: John Harle. Performer: Jess Gillam. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Balcombe.
    • Decca.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Beatus Vir

    Choir: Choir of New College Oxford. Orchestra: Capricorn. Conductor: Edward Higginbottom.
    • Agnus Dei Volumes 1 & 2.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 10.
  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Th猫me vari茅, Op. 89

    Performer: Joanne Polk.
    • Nostalgia: Piano Music of C茅cile Chaminade, Vol. 2.
    • Steinway and Sons.
    • 101.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Triple Concerto in A minor, BWV 1044 (1st mvt; Allegro)

    Performer: Jaime Mart铆n. Performer: Kenneth Sillito. Performer: Jakob Lindberg. Performer: Murray Perahia. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Director: Murray Perahia.
    • Murray Perahia plays Bach.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Eric Whitacre

    Lux aurumque for chorus

    Choir: The King鈥檚 Singers.
    • High Flight: The King's Singers, The Concordia Choir.
    • Signum.
    • 3.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata no.27 in E minor Op.90 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
    • EMI.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Rondo in G minor Op.94

    Performer: Daniel M眉ller鈥怱chott. Orchestra: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Sanderling.
    • Orfeo.
  • Franz Schubert

    Gretchen am Spinnrade, D 118

    Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Kate Royal.
    • A Lesson in Love: Kate Royal/Malcolm Martineau.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 8.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Waltz in E flat, Op 18: 'Grande valse brillante'

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Chopin: Waltzes: Stephen Hough.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.
  • William Boyce

    Symphony no. 2 in A major

    Orchestra: The English Concert. Director: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Boyce: 8 Symphonies: The English Concert/Pinnock.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 1-3.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Trio in F sharp minor, H XV 26 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Susan Tomes. Performer: Anthony Marwood. Performer: Richard Lester. Ensemble: The Florestan Trio.
    • Haydn: Piano Trios, Vol.1: The Florestan Trio.
    • Hyperion.
    • 8.
  • Fela Sowande

    African Suite (Nostalgia)

    Orchestra: CBC Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Mario Bernardi.
    • Sowande: African Suite.
    • CBC.
    • 15.
  • FRIDAY POEM

    Water, written by Fleur Adcock, read by Amanda Root.

  • Margaret Bonds

    Spiritual Suite: iii. Troubled Water

    Performer: William Chapman Nyaho.
    • Senku - Piano Music by Composers of African Descent, Vol. 1.
    • MSR Classics.
    • 9.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sinfonia Concertante in E flat major, K297b (3rd mvt, Andantino con variazioni)

    Orchestra: West鈥揈astern Divan Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Mozart : Sinfonia concertante.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 3.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Odelette, Op. 162

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Orchestra: Orchestre de chambre de Paris. Conductor: Fran莽ois Leleux.
    • Mozart & Flute in Paris.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.
  • Robert Schumann

    Davidsb眉ndlert盲nze, Op 6 (No 5, Einfach)

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Schumann: Davidsbundlertanze / Fantasie : Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Decca.
    • 5.
  • Neal Hefti

    Splanky

    Orchestra: The Count Basie Orchestra.
    • Roulette.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    String Quartet no.12 in F major Op.96 'American' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Tak谩cs Quartet.
    • Dvorak: String Quartets: Takacs Quartet.
    • Decca.
    • 9.
  • Aaron Copland

    Clarinet Concerto: I. Slowly and Expressively

    Conductor: Bla啪 艩parovec. Orchestra: Odense Symfoniorkester. Conductor: Anna Skryleva.
    • Debussy, Nielsen, Lutos艂awski & Copland: Clarinet Works.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 401.
  • H茅l猫ne de Montgeroult

    Violin Sonata in A minor Op.2 no.3 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Sophie Rosa. Performer: Ian Buckle.
    • Montgeroult, Viotti, Weber & Mendelssohn: Violin Sonatas.
    • Rubicon.
    • 5.
  • Alexander Borodin

    Polovtsian Dances

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Choir: Czech Philharmonic Choir, Brno. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Channel Classics.
  • George Gershwin

    I loves you Porgy

    Performer: Keith Jarrett.
    • ECM.
  • Frederick Loewe

    I could have danced all night (My Fair Lady)

    Singer: Julie Andrews. Ensemble: Members of the Cast.
    • Columbia.
  • Gordon Langford

    Rhapsody on Sea Shanties

    Ensemble: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: Roy Newsome.
    • Morning Cloud: Black Dyke Mills Band/Newsome/Heath.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.
  • Clara Schumann

    3 Romances, Op 22 (No 1)

    Performer: Janine Jansen. Performer: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • 12 Stradivari.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 3.

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