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Music Played

  • Cécile Chaminade

    Pas des écharpes (Suite for piano)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Hyperion.

  • Eric Coates

    A Song by the way - Romance (From meadow to Mayfair suite)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Eric Coates: Orchestral Works, Vol. 4.
    • Chandos.
    • 16.

  • Caroline Shaw

    ...and the Swallow

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • A Prayer for Deliverance.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 104.

  • Erno Dohnanyi

    Concertino for harp & orchestra Op.45 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Silke Aichhorn. Orchestra: Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland‐Pfalz. Conductor: Modestas Pitrėnas.
    • Dohnányi: Concertos.
    • Capriccio.
    • 203.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto in D major for three violins, Mov 1

    Performer: Gottfried von der Goltz. Performer: Petra Müllejans. Performer: Anne Katharina Schreiber. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
    • J.S.Bach: Violin Concertos: Freiburger Barockorchester.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Joseph Jongen

    2 Pieces, Op 33: II. Soleil a midi...Tres decide

    • Piano Classics.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Tarantelle in A minor Op.6

    Performer: Sharon Bezaly. Performer: Harri Mäki. Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Jean‐Jacques Kantorow.
    • BIS.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in B-flat major, Op 76 No 4 "Sunrise": 3rd mvt

    Ensemble: Takács Quartet.
    • Haydn: Six String Quartets, Op.76.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 15.

  • Franz Schubert

    Ballet in G major (Rosamunde - Incidental music)

    Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne. Conductor: Günter Wand.
    • RCA.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Im Herbst (Five Songs, Op 104)

    Choir: Recordare. Conductor: Harry Bradford.
    • Ever Changing Skies.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 12.

  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Trio sonata in G major Op.3`6

    Ensemble: Avison Ensemble.
    • Linn.

  • Alice Mary Smith

    Overture (Endymion No 2)

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Emilie Godden.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Poetic Tone Pictures, Op 85 (No 5 Peasant's ballad)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • Dvorák: Poetic Tone Pictures, Op.85.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 5.

  • Manuel de Falla

    La vida breve (Danza no 1)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Domingo Hindoyan.
    • Manuel de Falla.
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 10.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Sonata no.5 in F major, Op.24 'Spring' (1st mvt)

    Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Performer: Cédric Tiberghien.
    • Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Volume 2: Alina Ibragimova/ Cédric Tiberghien.
    • Wigmore Hall Live.
    • 1.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto No. 3 in E-Flat Major: I. Allegro

    Performer: Münchener Kammerorchester. Performer: Susanne von Gutzeit.
    • Mozart Horn Concertos.
    • PENTATONE.

  • Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen

    Shine You No More

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Max Baillie. Performer: Ellie Consta. Performer: Alistair Vennart. Performer: Hadewych van Gent. Performer: Sam Becker. Performer: Leif Kaner‐Lidström. Performer: Sam Wilson.
    • Shine.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Andante festivo

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • Sibelius: Violin Concerto.
    • Chandos.
    • 10.

  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Gavotte with 6 variations (Gavotte) [Nouvelles suites de pieces de clavecin, 2eme livre]

    Performer: Bruce Liu.
    • WAVES: Music by Rameau, Ravel, Alkan.
    • DG.
    • 1.

  • Mario Castelnuovo‐Tedesco

    Guitar Concerto No.1 in D Major, Op.99: I. Allegretto

    Performer: Kazuhito Yamashita. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.
    • Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Guitar Concertos.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 1.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Armida al campo d'Egitto (Sinfonia)

    Orchestra: Concerto Italiano. Director: Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • Antonio Vivaldi, Armida al campo d'Egitto; Concerto Italiano.
    • Naive.
    • 1.

  • Edward Elgar

    Chanson de matin, Op 15 No 2

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • WARNER.

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