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Music Played

  • Malcolm Arnold

    Scottish Waltz (Scottish Dance No. 3, Op. 59)

    Music Arranger: Ray Farr. Ensemble: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Elgar Howarth.
    • The Malcolm Arnold Edition: Orchestral, brass and piano music.
    • Decca.
    • 14.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Trio No. 1 in B-Flat Major, Op. 99, D. 898: II. Andante un poco mosso

    Ensemble: Trio con Brio Copenhagen.
    • Harmonie du soir.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 106.

  • Arnold Bax

    The Princess's Rose Garden

    Performer: Ashley Wass.
    • Bax: Piano Works, Vol. 3.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata no. 136 BWV.136 (Erforsche mich, Gott, und erfahre mein Herz) (Chorus)

    Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ton Koopman. Choir: Amsterdam Baroque Choir.
    • J.S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 7.
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 33.

  • Niccol貌 Paganini

    La campanella

    Music Arranger: Fritz Kreisler. Performer: Francesca Dego. Performer: Francesca Leonardi.
    • Il Cannone.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.

  • Walter Leigh

    Concertino for keyboard and strings

    Performer: Trevor Pinnock. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Braithwaite.
    • Leigh: Harpsichord Concertino; Music For Strings; Agincourt....
    • Lyrita.
    • 2-4.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Water Music Suite in F major HWV.348 (Air)

    Orchestra: London Classical Players. Director: Sir Roger Norrington.
    • Handel: Water & Fireworks Music: London Classical Players, Norrington.
    • Virgin Veritas.
    • 5.

  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Les Sylvains, Op. 60

    Performer: Mitra Kotte.
    • C茅cile Chaminade 鈥� Les Sylvains.
    • Genuin.
    • 101.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Simple symphony Op.4 (Playful pizzicato)

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Britten.
    • Decca.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Andante (Variations) in E major Op.81`1

    Ensemble: Quatuor Arod.
    • Erato.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Adagio con variazioni, P. 133

    Performer: Sol Gabetta. Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mario Venzago.
    • Elgar: Cello Concerto/Dvorak/Respighi.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 10.

  • Robert Schumann

    Arabeske in C major Op.18

    Performer: Nelson Freire.
    • Schumann: Carnaval/Papillons/Kinderszenen/Arabeske: Nelson Freire.
    • Decca.
    • 47.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Tout est lumi猫re

    Lyricist: Victor Hugo. Singer: Brigitte Desnoues. Conductor: Jacques Grimbert. Orchestra: Paris Sorbonne Orchestra. Choir: Paris Sorbonne Chorus.
    • Caplet / Debussy / Ravel: Prix De Rome Cantatas.
    • Marco-Polo.
    • 1.

  • Hamish MacCunn

    The Land of the Mountain and the Flood, Op. 3

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Grant Llewellyn.
    • Butterworth: The Banks of Green Willow; A Shropshire Lad/ /McGunn: The Land of t.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 7.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata No 9 in D major, K 311 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Philips.
    • 1.

  • Joseph Canteloube

    Ba茂l猫ro (Chants d'Auvergne - set 1)

    Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Pascal Roph茅.
    • Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne.
    • BIS.
    • 102.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Keyboard Concerto in G major Wq.43`5

    Performer: Sebastian Knauer. Orchestra: Z眉rcher Kammerorchester.
    • BERLIN CLASSICS.

  • Edmund Finnis

    4 Duets; No. 1 & 2

    Performer: Mark Simpson. Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.
    • NMC.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Invitation to the dance

    Orchestrator: Hector Berlioz. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • HYPERION.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet No. 5 in A major, Op. 18 No. 5: II. Minuet

    Ensemble: Calidore String Quartet.
    • Beethoven Quartets, Vol. 3: Early String Quartets.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 602.

  • Pauline Viardot

    Hali luli

    Singer: Olena Tokar. Performer: Igor Gryshyn.
    • Charmes.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 8.

  • Moritz Moszkowski

    Capriccio espagnole, Op. 37

    Performer: Shura Cherkassky.
    • Kaleidoscope: Piano Encores.
    • Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd..
    • 13.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in G minor, RV.154

    Orchestra: Concerto Italiano. Director: Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • Vivaldi - Concerti per archi.
    • Naive.
    • 14-16.

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