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Music Played

  • Ola Gjeilo

    Second Eve

    Singer: Emily Dickens. Singer: Andrea Haines. Singer: Chris Wardle. Singer: Barnaby Smith. Singer: Sam Dressel. Singer: Vincent Oliver. Singer: Paul Smith. Singer: Dingle Yandell. Choir: VOCES8.
    • Decca.
  • Arvo P盲rt

    Summa

    Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Orchestra: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Renaud Capu莽on.
    • P盲rt: Tabula Rasa.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.
  • Heitor Villa鈥怢obos

    Bachianas Brasileiras, No. 5: Aria (Cantilena)

    Music Arranger: William Primrose. Performer: Tabea Zimmermann. Performer: Javier Perianes.
    • Cantilena.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 114.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sinfonia (Cantata No 188, 'Ich habe meine Zuversicht') [I have put my trust]

    Performer: Silas John Standage. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Bach Cantatas: Gardiner.
    • Soli Deo Gloria.
    • 18.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen (A German Requiem)

    Choir: Munich Bach Choir. Orchestra: Munich Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sergiu Celibidache.
    • Brahms: German Requiem; Symphony No.1.
    • EMI.
    • 4.
  • Josef Suk

    Serenade in E flat major Op.6 for string orchestra - III - Adagio

    Orchestra: 膶esk媒 Komorn铆 Orchestr. Conductor: Ondrej Kukai.
    • Animal Music.
  • Henry Purcell

    O solitude, my sweetest choice Z.406 for voice and continuo

    Singer: Tim Mead. Ensemble: Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien. Conductor: Fran莽ois Lazarevitch.
    • Purcell: Songs & Dances.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 3.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Gipsy Suite, Op. 20 - 2nd mvt - A Gipsy Dance

    Orchestra: RT脡 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Leaper.
    • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, orchestral works.
    • MARCO POLO.
    • 7.
  • Jacques Offenbach

    Barcarolle (The Tales of Hoffmann)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Richard Bonynge.
    • DECCA.
  • Anon

    Brunettes, Book 1: J'avais cru qu'en vous aimant

    Singer: Juliette Mey. Performer: Myriam Rignol. Performer: Thomas Dunford.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Wedding Day at Troldhaugen, Op.65 no.6

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Lyric Pieces.
    • Hyperion.
    • 21.
  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Callirho茅 (Prelude)

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de Metz. Conductor: David Reiland.
    • Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers.
    • Bru Zane.
    • 1.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Hungarian March (The Damnation of Faust)

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • Sony.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Sinfonia 'Arrival of the Queen of Sheba' (Solomon)

    Music Arranger: Michael Allen. Ensemble: Canadian Brass.
    • Legends: Canadian Brass.
    • Opening Day Recordings.
    • 2.
  • Franz Schubert

    Fantasie in F Minor, D. 940, Op. 103: III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov. Performer: Samson Tsoy.
    • Schubert: Divertissement 脿 la Hongroise, Fantasie in F Minor - Desyatnikov: Trom.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 7.
  • Clara Schumann

    Piano Concerto in A minor Op.7 (3rd mvt; Allegro non troppo)

    Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Holly Mathieson.
    • Decca.
  • Trad.

    Sekstur from Vendsyssel; The Peat Dance

    Music Arranger: Danish String Quartet. Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • DaCapo.
  • Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov

    Procession of the Sirdar (Caucasian Sketches, Op 10)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Charles Groves.
    • Sir Charles鈥 Precious Music Box 2.
    • Denon.
    • 18.
  • Edward Elgar

    La Capricieuse Op.17 for violin and piano

    Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Performer: Enrico Pace.
    • DECCA.
  • Marc-Antoine Madeleine D茅saugiers

    Cadet Buteux au Faubourg du Temple

    Singer: Cyrille Dubois. Singer: Arnaud Marzorati. Singer: J茅r么me Varnier. Ensemble: Les Lunaisiens.
    • Alpha.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Gloria in Excelsis (All-night Vigil Op.37)

    Choir: Eesti Filharmoonia Kammerkoor. Conductor: Paul Hillier.
    • Vespers + Complete all-night Vigil, Op. 37.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 12.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15: III. Rondo. Allegro scherzando (Live)

    Performer: Igor Levit. Orchestra: K枚lner Kammerorchester. Conductor: Helmut M眉ller鈥怋r眉hl.
    • Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 (Live).
    • Naxos.
    • 301.
  • Jean Fran莽aix

    Divertissement for bassoon & string quintet - 1st mvt - Vivace

    Performer: Matthias R谩cz. Orchestra: Stuttgarter Kammerorchester. Conductor: Johannes Klumpp.
    • Ars produktion.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto in E-Flat Maj, K. 370b & K. 371 "No. 0" - II - Rondeau. Allegro

    Performer: Alec Frank-Gemmill. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan.
    • BIS.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Clarinet Trio in A Minor Op.114 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Performer: Gautier Capu莽on. Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • Brahms: Clarinet Trio in A Minor, Op. 114: I. Allegro.
    • DG.
    • 1.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Scherzando No.5 in E major Hob. 2/37

    Ensemble: Vienna Haydn Sinfonietta. Conductor: Manfred Huss.
    • BIS.

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