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Music Played

  • Francis Poulenc

    惭茅濒补苍肠辞濒颈别

    Performer: Pascal Rog茅.
    • Decca.

  • Jean Sibelius

    The Cranes (Kuolema, Op 44)

    Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Pietari Inkinen.
    • Sibelius: Night Ride and Sunrise, Belshazzar's Feast, Kuolema.
    • NAXOS.
    • 10.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quartet in D minor, K 421 (2nd mvmt, Andante)

    Ensemble: Quatuor 脡b猫ne.
    • Mozart: String Quartets Nos. 15 & 19 "Dissonances", Divertimento K. 138.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata BWV101 'Nimm von uns, Herr, du treuer Gott' - Opening Chorus

    Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan. Choir: Bach Collegium Japan Chorus. Ensemble: Concerto Palatino. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • Bis.

  • Aaron Copland

    Simple Gifts (Appalachian Spring)

    Orchestra: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Hugh Wolff.
    • Copland: The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra/Wolff.
    • Teldec.
    • 20.

  • Alfredo Casella

    Harp Sonata, Op 68 (Part 1)

    Performer: Susanna Mildonian.
    • Bach/Pescetti/Soler/Albeniz/Roussel etc: Harp recital: Susanna Mildonian.
    • Astoria.

  • Johann Friedrich Fasch

    Concerto in F major for Recorder, Strings and Continuo FaWV LF6 [complete]

    Performer: Thomas Triesschijn. Ensemble: The Counterpoints.
    • Thomascantors in Dialogue.
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 14-16.

  • Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    Generations: Sinfonietta No 2 (2nd mvt: Alla sarabande)

    Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Paul Freeman.
    • African Heritage Symphonic Series volume III.
    • Cedille Records.
    • 7.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No 5 in B flat major, D 485 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Karl B枚hm.
    • Beethoven, Symphonie No. 6 禄Pastorale芦 + Schubert: Symphonie No. 5: Vienna Philh.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • 9.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Piano Trio no.1, Op.33 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Neave Trio.
    • Her Voice.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.

  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Na茂s (Overture)

    Orchestra: Les Talens Lyriques. Conductor: Christophe Rousset.
    • Rameau: Ouvertures: Les Talens Lyriques, Rousset.
    • Decca.
    • 5.

  • Bob Chilcott

    Lovely tear of lovely eye (Salisbury Motets)

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

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet in E minor No 57 in G Major Op 54: Mvt IV - Finale - Presto

    Ensemble: Juilliard String Quartet.
    • SONY.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Eugene Onegin (Waltz)

    Choir: Chorus of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • EMI.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Keyboard Sonata in B Minor, Kk. 87

    Performer: Julius Asal.
    • SCRIABIN 鈥� SCARLATTI.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 20.

  • Harry Gregson鈥怶illiams

    Chicken Run (Main Theme)

    Composer: John Powell. Music Arranger: Sandy Smith. Ensemble: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Garry Cutt.
    • Movie Brass.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 13.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Clarinet Quintet in B flat major Op.34 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Carducci String Quartet. Ensemble: Carducci String Quartet.
    • Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in Major, K. 581 - Weber: Clarinet Quintet in B-Flat Ma.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 4.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    String Quartet No 12 in F major, Op 96, 'American' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Amadeus Quartet.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Susan Spain-Dunk

    Malaya

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Stephen Bell.

  • Johann David Heinichen

    Dresden Concerto in F major, S 231

    Orchestra: Musica Antiqua K枚ln. Director: Reinhard Goebel.
    • ARCHIV.

  • Alonso Lobo

    Ave Regina caelorum

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Flight of Angels.
    • Coro.
    • 9.

  • Alexander Scriabin

    Piano Concerto in F sharp minor, Op.20; 1st movement

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.
    • DECCA.

  • Percy Grainger

    Molly on the Shore

    Ensemble: Band of HM Royal Marines. Conductor: Huw Williams.
    • Chevron.

  • William Byrd

    Peccantem me quotidie

    Choir: Alamire. Director: David Skinner.
    • Tallis & Byrd: Cantiones Sacrae 1575: Alamire, David Skinner.
    • Obsidian.
    • 6.

  • Helvi Leivisk盲

    Orchestral Suite No. 2, Op. 11: II. Humoreski (Humoresque)

    Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.
    • Helvi Leivisk盲: Orchestral Works Vol. 1.
    • BIS.
    • 3.

  • B茅la Bart贸k

    Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 20 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Notos Quartett.
    • RCA.

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