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Music Played

  • Maurice Ravel

    Ondine (Gaspard de la nuit)

    Performer: Alim Beisembayev.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Nonet in E flat major, Op.38 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Consortium Classicum.
    • Farrenc: Nonet & Clarinet Trio.
    • Divox.
    • 4.

  • Aaron Copland

    Clarinet Concerto (Slowly and Expressively)

    Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140: I. Chorale (Trans.Guitar and Organ)

    Performer: John Williams. Performer: Peter Hurford.
    • John Williams Plays Bach.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Pell茅as et M茅lisande Suite, Op. 80: III. Sicilienne

    Orchestra: RT脡 National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jean-Luc Tingaud.
    • Faur茅: Pell茅as et M茅lisande Suite, Op. 80 & Other Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 103.

  • George Frideric Handel

    The Alchymist, HWV 43 - Overture

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Handel: Italian Cantatas; The Alchemist.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 9.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Quintet in A major K.581 (4th mvt)

    Performer: J枚rg Widmann. Ensemble: Arcanto Quartett.
    • Mozart: Clarinet Quintet K581 & String Quartet K421.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 4.

  • Clara Schumann

    Romance in B Minor

    Performer: Jean-Pierre Armengaud.
    • Clara Schumann: Piano Music, Vol. 1.
    • Grand Piano.
    • 115.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen (A German Requiem)

    Choir: Munich Bach Choir. Orchestra: Munich Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sergiu Celibidache.
    • Brahms: German Requiem; Symphony No.1.
    • EMI.
    • 4.

  • Sol Ho驶opi驶i

    My Hawaiian Queen

    Performer: Sol Ho驶opi驶i.
    • Hawaiian Steel Guitar Favorites (1927-1936).
    • Vintage Masters Inc..
    • 39.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations; Aria

    Performer: Jonathan Ferrucci.

  • Claude Debussy

    Premiere rhapsodie for clarinet and orchestra

    Performer: Franklin Cohen. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • DG.

  • William Byrd

    The March before the Battle [The Earl of Oxford's march]

    Music Arranger: Elgar Howarth. Ensemble: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble.
    • La Battaglia: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble.
    • Decca.
    • 24.

  • Percy Grainger

    Country Gardens

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Percy Grainger: In A Nutshell: Rattle.
    • EMI.

  • Sophia Dussek

    Harp Sonata in C Major, Op. 2, No. 6: III. Caledonian Hunt

    Performer: Floraleda Sacchi.
    • Sophia Giustina Corri: Works for Solo Harp.
    • Tactus.
    • 3.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    Vltava (M谩 vlast)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Ji艡铆 B臎lohl谩vek.
    • B. Smetana; Ma Vlast: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra/Belohlavek.
    • Supraphon.
    • 2.

  • Sidney Bechet

    Blue Horizon

    Ensemble: Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers.
    • Larkin's Jazz.
    • Proper.
    • 5.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony no.5 in E minor Op.64 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Kirill Petrenko.
    • Beethoven 路 Tchaikovsky 路 Schmidt 路 Stephan.
    • Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • 304.

  • Robert White

    Ad te levavi oculos meos a 6

    Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Conductor: Graham Ross.
    • Palestrina Revealed - Byrd, White, Mundy.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 109.

  • Traditional Polish

    Kazimierz

    Performer: Nigel Kennedy. Ensemble: Kroke.
    • EMI.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 78, R. 176 "Organ": IIb. Maestoso

    Performer: Iveta Apkalna. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • Saint-Sa毛ns: Symphony No. 3 in C Minor 鈥淥rgan鈥� - Poulenc: Organ Concerto in G Mi.
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 104.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Introit, Op 6

    Performer: Thomas Gould. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Introit: The Music of Gerald Finzi.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 9.

  • Franz Schubert

    Moments Musicaux, D.780 (no.4 in C sharp minor)

    Performer: Imogen Cooper.
    • Schubert 3: Imogen Cooper.
    • Ottavo.
    • 4.

  • Michael Haydn

    Trumpet Concerto No. 2 in C - Cadenza: Hardenberger: 2. Allegro molto

    Performer: H氓kan Hardenberger. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Elgar Howarth.
    • Haydn: Wind Concertos.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 11.

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