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Music Played

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Valse sentimentale (6 Pieces Op.51)

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Palmer.
    • Cinema.
    • Sony.

  • Teresa Carre帽o

    Elegia No 1, Op 18, 'Plainte'

    Performer: Alexandra Oehler.
    • Teresa Carreno: Klavierwerke (Piano works).
    • ARS MUSICI.
    • 003.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Romance Op.11

    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Introit: The Music of Gerald Finzi.
    • Decca.
    • 12.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV 229

    Ensemble: Pygmalion. Conductor: Rapha毛l Pichon.
    • Johann Sebastian Bach: Motets.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 103.

  • Edward Elgar

    Salut d'amour

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.

  • George Frideric Handel

    L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Pt. 3: Duet. "As steals the morn

    Singer: Kate Royal. Singer: Ian Bostridge. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Harry Bicket.
    • Great Handel.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 13.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No 8 in B minor, D 759, 'Unfinished' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Schubert: 8 Symphonies: Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.

  • David Popper

    Elfentanz Op.39

    Performer: Jean鈥怗uihen Queyras. Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Complices.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 6.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Vocalise

    Singer: Ren茅e Fleming. Conductor: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jeffrey Tate.
    • Decca.

  • Scott Joplin

    Overture: Treemonisha

    Orchestra: Houston Grand Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Gunther Schuller.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.

  • John Lanchbery

    The Mouse Waltz (Tales of Beatrix Potter)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: John Lanchbery.
    • Lanchbery.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 5.

  • FRIDAY POEM

    Valentine written by Carol Ann Duffy and read by Alice Arnold

  • Richard Rodgers

    My Funny Valentine

    Composer: Lorenz Hart. Performer: Ella Fitzgerald.
    • Polydor.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Waltz 2 (Variety Suite no.2)

    Orchestra: Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Shostakovich: Jazz & Variety Suites.
    • BIS.
    • 407.

  • George Onslow

    Quartet no. 6 in A major Op.8 No.3; II. Adagio

    Ensemble: Quatuor Ruggieri.
    • George Onslow.
    • 础辫补谤迟茅.
    • 2.

  • Richard Wagner

    Tristan und Isolde - Prelude

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • Wagner: Overtures and Preludes from the Operas.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 102.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Piano Quintet no.1 in A minor Op.30 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Schubert Ensemble of London.
    • Louise Farrenc: The Two Piano Quintets.
    • ASV.
    • 03.

  • Edvard Grieg

    March of the Trolls (Lyric Pieces Op.54)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • Grieg: Lyric Pieces: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 9.

  • Erland Cooper

    Birds of Paradise

    Performer: Freya Goldmark. Orchestra: 麻豆官网首页入口 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jack Sheen.

  • Francesco Cavalli

    Salve regina

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Chorale prelude: Herzlich tut mich verlangen, Op.122, No.10

    Performer: Samson Tsoy.

  • Paul Dukas

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg. Conductor: Marc Albrecht.
    • PENTATONE.

  • Elfrida Andr茅e

    String Quartet in D minor (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: The Stockholm Quartet.
    • Caprice.

  • Anne Dudley

    Jeeves and Wooster (Theme)

    Ensemble: Dover Street Jazzomaniacs.
    • The World of Jeeves and Wooster.
    • EMI.
    • 001.

  • Jerome Kern

    Bill

    Composer: Oscar Hammerstein II. Composer: P.G. Wodehouse. Composer: P.G. Wodehouse. Music Arranger: Fred Norman. Singer: Dinah Washington.
    • Dinah '63.
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 12.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Piano Concerto No.1 in G minor, Op.25: Presto - Molto allegro e vivace

    Performer: Stewart Goodyear. Orchestra: 麻豆官网首页入口 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Constantine.
    • Mendelssohn/Goodyear/Schumann.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 303.

  • Franz Schubert

    Im Fr眉hling, D. 882

    Lyricist: Ernst Schulze. Singer: Benjamin Appl. Performer: James Baillieu.
    • Lines of Life: Schubert & Kurt谩g.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 6.

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