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Music Played

  • John Dowland

    Fantasia in G major P.1

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Delphian.

  • Joseph Bologne

    Violin Concerto in G major Op.8 no.9 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Orchestra: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra.
    • ERATO.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Mélancolie

    Performer: Pascal Rogé.
    • Decca.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Mass in A major, BWV 234 (Kyrie)

    Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • BIS.

  • Peter Warlock

    Pieds en l'air (Capriol Suite)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Clio Gould.
    • English String Classics 2: Vaughan Williams/Warlock/Tippet/Elgar etc.
    • Apex.
    • 11.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Clarinet Sonata in F minor Op.120 no.1 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestrator: Luciano Berio. Performer: Annelien Van Wauwe. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lille. Conductor: Alexandre Bloch.
    • Belle époque.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 404.

  • Clara Schumann

    Liebeszauber

    Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Performer: Olga Scheps. Music Arranger: Julian Riem.
    • Clara Schumann: Liebeszauber.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Selim Palmgren

    Cinderella Suite (5th mvt, 'Waltz')

    Conductor: Rumon Gamba. Orchestra: Oulu Sinfonia.
    • Scenes from Finland.
    • Chandos.
    • 113.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.23 in A major K.488 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Jean‐Efflam Bavouzet. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: Gábor Takács‐Nagy.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Christopher Simpson

    The Four Seasons (Autumne: No. 1, Fan)

    Ensemble: Sirius VIOLS.
    • Simpson: The Four Seasons.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 10.

  • Herbert Howells

    Requiem (Psalm 121, 'I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills')

    Conductor: Paul McCreesh. Choir: Gabrieli Consort.
    • A Song of Farewell: Music of Mourning and Consolation.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 904.

  • Ferenc Farkas

    Aria e Rondo all'ungherese

    Performer: János Rolla. Orchestra: Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra. Director: János Rolla.
    • Farkas - Orchestral Music, Vol 3.
    • Toccata Classics.
    • 027.

  • François Couperin

    Pieces de clavecin, Livre I Ordre 4 (No 4, Le réveil-matin)

    Performer: Mishka Rushdie Momen.
    • Hall of Mirrors.
    • Hyperion Records Limited.
    • 01.

  • Kerensa Briggs

    Lead, kindly light

    Singer: Katy Hill. Singer: Daniel Collins. Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Lead, Kindly Light.
    • CORO.
    • 5.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in A minor 'con due violini obligati', RV 522

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Performer: Johannes Pramsohler. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • CHANNEL CLASSICS.

  • Samuel Coleridge‐Taylor

    Nonet in F minor, Op 2, 'Gradus ad Parnassum' (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • Chandos.

  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Harp Sonata (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Anne‐Sophie Bertrand.
    • Transatlantiques.
    • ARS Produktion.

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