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Music Played

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in B flat major, Op.76`4 'Sunrise' (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Mosaïques.
    • Haydn: String Quartets Op.76 etc.
    • Naive.
    • 10.
  • Robert Schumann

    Arabeske in C major Op.18

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Hyperion.
  • Alfred Schnittke

    Choral Concerto (4th mvt)

    Choir: Eesti Filharmoonia Kammerkoor. Conductor: Kaspars Putniņš.
    • Schnittke & Pärt: Choral Works (2).
    • BIS.
    • 104.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto in D Minor, BWV 1052 - 1st Mvt - Allegro

    Performer: Ksenija Sidorova. Orchestra: Sinfonietta Rīga. Conductor: Normunds Šnē.
    • Alpha.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Where e'er you walk (Semele)

    Singer: Mark Padmore. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Johannes Brahms

    String Quintet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 111: II. Adagio

    Performer: Lilli Maijala. Ensemble: Dudok Quartet Amsterdam.
    • Brahms: The String Quartets & String Quintet No. 2.
    • Rubicon.
    • 6.
  • Heinrich Molbe

    Air arabe, Op. 77

    Performer: Jeremy Polmear. Performer: Stephen Stirling. Performer: Richard Saxel.
    • Oboe Classics.
  • Avril Coleridge-Taylor

    Sussex Landscape: I. Largo

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Roderick Cox.
    • Chineke! Records.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Karelia Suite Op.11 (Intermezzo)

    Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo Vänskä.
    • Sounds of Sibelius: Lahti Symphony Orchestra/Vanska.
    • BIS.
    • 1.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Cello Sonata No. 2, Op. 58/MWV Q 32: II. Allegretto scherzando

    Performer: Sol Gabetta. Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • Mendelssohn.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 15.
  • Margaret Bonds

    Montgomery Variations, 3 March

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Kellen Gray.
    • Linn Records.
  • Margaret Bonds

    Montgomery Variations: IV. Dawn in Dixie

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Kellen Gray.
    • African American Voices II.
    • Linn Records.
    • 04.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet No. 26 in G Minor, Op. 20 No. 3, Hob. III:33: III. Poco adagio

    Ensemble: Végh Quartet.
    • Haydn, Kodály & Tchaikovsky: String Quartets.
    • Orfeo.
    • 3.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Solomon)

    Music Arranger: Christina Pluhar. Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata. Conductor: Christina Pluhar.
    • WARNER.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Straussiana

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Korngold - Symphony in F sharp.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker – Ballet Op. 71 – Waltz of the Flowers

    Music Arranger: Yevgeny Sudbin. Performer: Yevgeny Sudbin. Performer: Bella Sudbin.
    • BIS.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Symphony No. 2, Op. 16 - "The Four Temperaments" - IV. Allegro sanguine

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • The World's Greatest Orchestras - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 129.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    Pina di Roma - Pines of the Appian Way

    Performer: Black Dyke Band. Music Arranger: Howard Snell. Conductor: Nicholas Childs.
    • Doyen.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony no.1 in D major Op.25 'Classical' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf: Claudio Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 13.
  • Trad.

    O waly, waly

    Music Arranger: Benjamin Britten. Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson. Performer: Graham Johnson.
    • Britten: Canticle 1/Michelangelo sonnets etc: Johnson/Johnson.
    • Hyperion.
    • 12.
  • Joby Talbot

    Suite from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: The Croquet Match

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Austin.
    • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
    • Signum Records.
    • 4.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Piano Concerto in G Major (2nd mvt)

    Music Arranger: Roderick Williams. Performer: Anna Markland. Ensemble: I Fagiolini. Conductor: Robert Hollingworth.
    • Amuse-Bouche - French Choral Delicacies.
    • Decca.
    • 29.
  • Luise Adolpha Le Beau

    Quartet in F Minor, Op. 28: IV. Finale. Allegro

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • Brahms & Contemporaries, Vol. 1.
    • Chandos.
    • 108.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in D RV 230 (Op. 3 No. 9) L'estro armonico

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Performer: Trevor Pinnock. Ensemble: Pinnock's Players.
    • Warner.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 - III. Allegro giocoso - Poco meno presto

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Naxos.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Clarinet Trio in E flat major, Op 44 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Daniel Ottensamer. Performer: Stephan Koncz. Performer: Christoph Traxler.
    • The Clarinet Trio Anthology.
    • Decca.
    • 35.

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