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  • Claude Debussy

    Reflets dans l'eau (Images, Set 1)

    Performer: Arturo Michelangeli.
    • Debussy: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 13.
  • James McMillan

    Ave maris stella

    Choir: ORA. Conductor: Suzi Digby.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Frederick Delius

    Romance

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • Songs from the Arc of Life.
    • Sony.
    • 11.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Concerto in G minor, BWV 1056R

    Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • JS Bach: Violin Concertos.
    • Hyperion.
    • 10-12.
  • Alexander Borodin

    In the Steppes of Central Asia

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.
    • Borodin: Requiem/Polovtsian Dances: Philharmonia Orchestra: Geoffrey Simon.
    • Cala.
    • 8.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Grande valse brillante in E flat major, Op.18

    Performer: Arthur Rubinstein.
    • RCA.
  • Charlotte Sohy

    Th猫me vari茅, Op. 15b

    Performer: Cordelia Palm. Orchestra: Orchestre national Avignon-Provence. Conductor: Debora Waldman.
    • Charlotte Sohy: Orchestral Music.
    • La Bo卯te 脿 P茅pites.
    • 6.
  • Louis Vierne

    24 Pieces in a free style, Op.31: No.5 Prelude

    Performer: Harald Rise.
    • Organ Miniatures.
    • Herman Records.
    • 7.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 39 in E-Flat Major, K. 543 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 38 & 39.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 204.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Souvenirs de Bayreuth (selection)

    Composer: Andr茅 Messager. Performer: Eric Le Sage. Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • ALPHA.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    Admiralens Vise (Pinafore)

    Lyricist: William Gilbert. Singer: J酶rgen Reenberg. Orchestra: Royal Danish Orchestra. Choir: Royal Danish Opera Chorus. Conductor: Arne Hammelboe.
    • Dejlige Danske... / Operetter.
    • Universal Music A/S.
    • 6.
  • Heitor Villa鈥怢obos

    Choro no.1

    Performer: Turibio Santos.
    • Villa-Lobos: Choros.
    • Le Chant du Monde.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in B-Flat Major, Op. 50 No. 1: IV. Finale. Vivace assai

    Ensemble: London Haydn Quartet.
    • Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 50 "Prussian Quartets".
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.
  • Thea Musgrave

    Songs for a Winter's Evening - No. 3, O, Whistle an' I'll Come to Ye, My Lad!

    Singer: Lisa Milne. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo V盲nsk盲.
    • NMC.
  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    贰蝉辫补帽补

    Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Paray.
    • Paray Conducts Chabrier & Roussel.
    • Mercury.
    • 1.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Norfolk Rhapsody No.1

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Norman Del Mar.
    • EMI.
  • Benjamin Britten

    The Ash Grove

    Singer: Roderick Williams. Performer: Iain Burnside.
    • Naxos.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata no.8 in C Minor Op.13 'Path茅tique' (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alfred Brendel.
    • Beethoven: Favourite Piano Sonatas.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 3.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No 6 in B minor, Op 74, 'Path茅tique' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yevgeny Mravinsky.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.
  • Duke Ellington

    It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)

    Performer: Django Reinhardt. Performer: St茅phane Grappelli. Ensemble: Stephane Grapelli Hot Four.
    • I Got Rhythm!.
    • Past Perfect.
    • 11.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Prelude (5 Pieces)

    Performer: Laura Ayoub. Performer: Sarah Ayoub. Music Arranger: Laura Ayoub. Music Arranger: Sarah Ayoub. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mark Messenger.
    • The Ayoub Sisters.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 7.
  • Conlon Nancarrow

    Study for player piano No.6

    Performer: Conlon Nancarrow.
    • Conlon Nancarrow Studies for Player Piano.
    • OTHER MINDS.
    • 11.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Cypress No.1

    Ensemble: Pavel Haas Quartet.
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony no.8 in B minor D.759 'Unfinished' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • Schubert: Symphonies Nos 8 & 9, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard.
    • BIS.
    • 1.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in B minor, Op 32 No 10

    Performer: Dmitri Alexeev.
    • Rachmaninov: Preludes, Op. 23 & 32 - Moments musicaux, Op. 16 - Morceaux de fant.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 10.
  • Trad.

    Fuvom az enekem (I sing my song)

    Singer: M谩rta Sebesty茅n. Ensemble: Muzsik谩s.
    • HANNIBAL RECORDS.
  • Phyllis Tate

    St James' Park (A lakeside reverie) from London fields

    Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.
    • Sailing By.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 4.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Horn Concerto in D major, H VIId 3 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Jasper de Waal. Orchestra: Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestera. Performer: Henk Rubingh.
    • CHANNEL CLASSICS.

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