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Music Played

  • Peter Maxwell Davies

    Farewell to Stromness (The Yellow Cake Revue)

    Music Arranger: Timothy Walker. Performer: Graham Anthony Devine.
    • British Guitar Music.
    • Naxos.
    • 6.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in B flat major, K.361 "Gran Partita" (Theme and Variations)

    Ensemble: Ensemble intercontemporain. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Pierre Boulez conducts Berg & Mozart.
    • Decca.
    • 6.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Violin Concerto in A Minor, P. 75 "All'antica" (Ed. S. Di Vittorio): II. Adagio

    Performer: Davide Alogna. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of New York. Conductor: Salvatore Di Vittorio.
    • Respighi: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 102.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto no.6 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • J.S. Bach: Orchestral Music: Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 3.

  • Thomas Tallis

    Spem in alium

    Ensemble: I Fagiolini. Conductor: Robert Hollingworth.
    • Decca.

  • Florence Price

    Adoration

    Orchestrator: Jim Gray. Performer: Randall Goosby. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    13 Preludes Op.32 (no.2 in G major)

    Performer: Nelson Goerner.
    • Chopin, Polonaise-Fantasie: Nelson Goerner.
    • Wigmore Hall Live.

  • Lili Boulanger

    Vieille pri猫re bouddhique

    Singer: Julian Podger. Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no. 8 in F major, op.93 - 1st mvt

    Orchestra: Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Lan Shui.
    • Orchid.

  • Jean Cras

    Suite en duo (Danse 脿 onze temps. Tr猫s anim茅)

    Performer: Fr茅d茅ric Chatoux. Performer: Emmanuel Ceysson.
    • After a dream.
    • NoMadMusic.
    • 107.

  • Claude Debussy

    Dr Gradus ad Parnassum (Children's Corner)

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Debussy: Children's Corner, Suite Bergamasque, Pour le Piano: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

  • Claude Debussy

    Cakewalk (Children's Corner)

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Debussy: Children's Corner, Suite Bergamasque, Pour le Piano: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.

  • Richard Wagner

    The Ring - An Orchestral Adventure (Waldweben [Forest Murmurs])

    Music Arranger: Henk de Vlieger. Orchestra: Baltic Sea Philharmonic. Conductor: Kristjan J盲rvi.
    • Wagner: The Ring - An Orchestral Adventure.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 7.

  • Jonathan Dove

    Magic Flute Dances; I. Light (Tentative, getting faster and bolder)

    Performer: Emily Beynon. Orchestra: 麻豆官网首页入口 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.
    • CHANDOS : CHAN-10718.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 1.

  • Gustav Mahler

    I went this morning over the field (Songs of a Wayfarer)

    Singer: Christian Gerhaher. Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique de Montr茅al. Conductor: Kent Nagano.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    String Quartet in E flat major: IV. Allegro molto vivace

    Ensemble: Tak谩cs Quartet.
    • Hyperion.

  • George Enescu

    Cantabile and Presto

    Performer: Sharon Bezaly. Performer: Roland P枚ntinen.
    • Caf茅 au lait: Music for Flute and Piano.
    • Bis.
    • 4-5.

  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Concerto 脿 5 in B flat major Op.7`3

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble.
    • Italian Concertos: Alison Balsom/Scottish Ensemble.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 7-9.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Octet in E flat major Op.20 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Beethoven/Mendelssohn: Nash Ensemble.
    • Wigmore Hall Live.
    • 6.

  • Eric Coates

    High Flight

    Performer: 麻豆官网首页入口 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • ASV.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for 2 Mandolins in G, RV 532 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Julia Zielinski. Performer: Christian Zielinski. Music Arranger: Julia Zielinski. Music Arranger: Christian Zielinski. Ensemble: ARTIS GuitarDuo.
    • Baroque Masterpieces.
    • Naxos.
    • 1601.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Intermezzi Op.117: No.3 in C sharp minor

    Performer: Igor Levit.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.

  • Henry Purcell

    Magicians' Dance (Circe)

    Ensemble: Aradia Ensemble. Conductor: Kevin Mallon.
    • Purcell: Theatre Music, Vol. 1.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.

  • Franz Schubert

    Quintet in A Major D.667 'Trout' (4th mvt)

    Performer: Anne鈥怱ophie Mutter. Performer: Daniil Trifonov. Performer: Hwayoon Lee. Performer: Maximilian Hornung. Performer: Roman Patkol贸.
    • Schubert: Trout Quintet.
    • DG.
    • 4.

  • Frank Bridge

    Seascape (The Sea)

    Orchestra: 麻豆官网首页入口 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.

  • Jeno Hubay

    Intermezzo (Suite, Op 5)

    Performer: Hagai Shaham. Performer: Bernard Docherty. Orchestra: 麻豆官网首页入口 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Hubay Violin Concertos 1& 2 Hagai Shaham - 麻豆官网首页入口 Scottish SO/ Martyn Brabbins.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Variations of a Theme of Paganini

    Ensemble: Trinidad Tripoli Steel Band.
    • Steel Drums.
    • Essential World Music.

  • Franz Krommer

    Partita in C major, Op.76 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Bl盲serensemble Sabine Meyer.
    • Krommer: Partitas for 8 Wind Instruments Opp.76, 71, 57 & 78 [Wind Octets].
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

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