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Music Played

  • Alessandro Scarlatti

    Dormi, o fulmine di guerra (La Giuditta)

    Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Ensemble: Ensemble Artaserse.
    • ERATO.

  • Robert Schumann

    Arabeske, Op.18

    Performer: Elisabeth Brauss.

  • Jean Lh茅ritier

    Salve regina: II. Eia ergo

    Lyricist: Anonymous. Conductor: Owain Park. Choir: The Gesualdo Six.
    • Queen of Hearts: Laments and Songs of Regret for Queens Terrestrial and Celestia.
    • Hyperion.
    • 17.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Simon Standage. Director: Trevor Pinnock. Ensemble: The English Concert.
    • J. S. Bach: Konzerte, The English Concert.
    • Polydor.
    • 2.

  • Edward Elgar

    Chanson de matin Op.15`2

    Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • HALLE.

  • Johann Pachelbel

    Ciaccona (P.43)

    Ensemble: Les Surprises. Director: Louis-No毛l Bestion de Camboulas.
    • Mysterien Kantaten.
    • Ambronay.
    • 1.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 38: 2nd mvt.

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Performer: Inon Barnatan.

  • Teresa Carre帽o

    La Corbeille de Fleurs, Op.9

    Performer: Alexandra Oehler.
    • Teresa Carreno: Klavierwerke (Piano works).
    • ARS MUSICI.
    • 1.

  • C茅sar Franck

    Violin sonata in A major (4th mvt)

    Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • Beethoven, Schumann, Franck.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 10.

  • Silvio Rodr铆guez

    脫leo de mujer con sombrero

    Performer: Toby Carr. Singer: Nicholas Mulroy.
    • De Pasi贸n Mortal: Songs from Two Golden Ages.
    • LINN.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Clarinet Concerto No 1 in F minor, Op 73 (2nd mvmt, Adagio ma non troppo)

    Performer: J枚rg Widmann. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Peter Ruzicka.
    • Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, K. 622 - Weber: Clarinet Concerto No. 1 - Widmann: Dr.
    • Orfeo.
    • 8.

  • William Christopher Handy

    Beale Street Blues

    Music Arranger: Chantale Gagn茅. Performer: Chantale Gagn茅.

  • Henry Purcell

    Evening Hymn

    Music Arranger: Silas Wolston. Singer: Iestyn Davies. Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • If: Michael Nyman, Henry Purcell.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 601.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Zadok the priest

    Choir: The Sixteen. Orchestra: Orchestra of The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Coro.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    String Quartet in E-Flat Major III. Romanze

    Ensemble: Chaos String Quartet.
    • Haydn, Ligeti & Mendelssohn: String Quartets.
    • Solo Musica.
    • 8.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Yeomen of the guard.......opera: Act 2 no.2; Oh! A private buffoon....

    Librettist: William Gilbert. Singer: Thomas Allen. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Philips.

  • Trevor Duncan

    Little suite for orchestra: March

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Penny.
    • MARCO POLO.

  • Peter Warlock

    The Curlew (4. He hears the cry of the sedge)

    Singer: Ian Partridge. Ensemble: Music Group of London.
    • Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge . Warlock: The Curlew.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 11.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Holberg suite Op.40 (Rigaudon)

    Orchestra: Oslo Camerata. Conductor: Stephan Barratt-Due.
    • Naxos.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O frondens virga

    Composer: Missy Mazzoli. Performer: Mikayel Hakhnazaryan. Singer: Emily D'Angelo. Orchestra: Das Freie Orchester. Conductor: Jarkko Riihim盲ki.
    • DG.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Symphony in A Minor, Op. 8: II. Lament. Larghetto affettuoso

    Conductor: Douglas Bostock. Orchestra: Aarhus Symfoniorkester.
    • Musical Concepts.

  • Biagio Marini

    Scherzi e canzonette, Op. 5: La vecchia innamorata (Instrumental Version)

    Ensemble: Il Pomo d鈥橭ro.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Valse triste (from Kuolema, Op. 44)

    Music Arranger: Max B枚thig. Ensemble: I Salonisti.
    • The Last Dance.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 8.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Rhapsody on a Theme of Pagnini in A Minor, Op. 43: Variations XVIII - XXIV

    Performer: Simon Trpceski. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko. Orchestra: Royal Liverpoool Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos 1 & 4 - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.
    • AVIE Records.

  • Harold Arlen

    Somewhere Over the Rainbow

    Music Arranger: Neil Richardson. Lyricist: Yip Harburg. Choir: The King鈥檚 Singers.
    • Close Harmony.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 213.

  • Alexander Goedicke

    Etude concertante in G Minor, Op. 49 (Arr. for Trumpet & Orchestra)

    Music Arranger: Lee Reynolds. Performer: Matilda Lloyd. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lee Reynolds.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    24 Preludes Op. 28; No. 4

    Performer: Fanny Azzuro.

  • Julian Nott

    A Grand Day Out

    Performer: Julian Nott.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 95 in C minor (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Haydn, 12 London Symphonies: Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenobles.
    • Naive.
    • 7.

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