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  • John Field

    Nocturne No.6 in F major, H.40 鈥淐radle Song鈥

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
  • Mar铆a Huld Markan Sigf煤sd贸ttir

    惭补谤铆耻濒箩贸冒

    Choir: Schola Cantorum Reykjavicensis. Conductor: H枚r冒ur 脕skelsson.
    • Kom vinur.
    • Sono Luminus.
    • 201.
  • Alexander Glazunov

    Spring, Op.34

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ricercar a 6 (A Musical Offering BWV.1079)

    Music Arranger: Anton Webern. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • DG.
  • Claude Debussy

    Pr茅lude 脿 l'apr猫s-midi d'un faune

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Monteux.
    • Decca Eloquence.
  • Robin Milford

    3 Airs, Op. 109 - II. Andante

    Performer: John Turner. Performer: Peter Lawson.
  • Michael Praetorius

    Bransles de Poictu

    Orchestra: Capriccio Stravagante. Conductor: Skip Semp茅.
    • Terpsichore.
    • Paradizo.
    • 11.
  • Phil Cunningham

    Loch Katrine's Lady

    Performer: Ryan Corbett.
  • Louis Spohr

    Nonet in F major, Op.31 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Spohr: Nonet and Octet: Nash Ensemble.
    • CRD.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.27 in B flat major, K.595 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Murray Perahia. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos No.21, K.467 and No.27, K.595.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 6.
  • Alonso Lobo

    Versa est in luctum

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Santiago a cappella; Gardiner.
    • Soli Deo Gloria.
    • 8.
  • Leonard Salzedo

    Divertimento Op.49 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble.
    • The 20th Century Album.
    • Decca.
    • 12-15.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Mazurka Op.41 No.4 in A flat

    Performer: Nikita Magaloff.
    • Chopin: The Complete Piano Works.
    • Philips.
    • 29.
  • FRIDAY POEM

    "On Wenlock Edge the Wood鈥檚 in Trouble" by A.E. Housman, read by Pete Postlethwaite

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    On Wenlock Edge for tenor, piano and string quartet; 1. On Wenlock Edge

    Performer: Julius Drake. Singer: Nicky Spence. Ensemble: Piatti Quartet.
    • Hyperion.
  • 脡douard Lalo

    Symphonie espagnole Op.21 (5th mvt)

    Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris 鈥 Philharmonie. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.
    • ERATO.
  • Thomas Alexander Erskine

    Periodical Overture no.17 in E flat major (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: The Hanover Band. Conductor: Graham Lea-Cox.
    • GAUDEAMUS.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    2 Pieces for piano 6 hands

    Performer: Alexander Melnikov. Performer: Alexandre Tharaud. Performer: Aleksandar Mad啪ar.
    • Tharaud Plays Rachmaninov.
    • Erato.
    • 10-11.
  • Anton Stepanovich Arensky

    Piano Trio no.1 in D minor Op.31 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Beaux Arts Trio.
    • Arensky: The Piano Trios.
    • Philips Classics.
    • 2.
  • L茅o Delibes

    Sous le d么me 茅pais (Lakm茅)

    Singer: Ren茅e Fleming. Singer: Susan Graham. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Sebastian Lang-Lessing.
    • Guilty Pleasures.
    • Decca.
    • 9.
  • Arowah

    In this World of War, Peace is What We're Fighting For

    Performer: Emma Rawicz. Performer: Lorenz Okello-Osengor. Orchestra: 成人快手 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: George Morton.
  • George Gershwin

    Little jazz bird arr Bennett

    Performer: Richard Rodney Bennett. Music Arranger: Richard Rodney Bennett.
    • Gershwin/Kern etc: That certain feeling: Richard Rodney Bennett.
    • CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Fairy Godmother and Fairy Winter (Cinderella Suite no1)

    Conductor: Yuri Temirkanov. Orchestra: St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Prokofiev: Excerpts from Cinderella and Romeo & Juliet.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 104.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No 1 in D major (2nd mvt, Scherzo)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • DG.
  • Andrea Falconieri

    Ciaccona

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Lorenza Borrani. Performer: Jonathan Cohen. Performer: Kristian Bezuidenhout. Performer: Stefan Maass. Performer: Stephan Rath. Performer: Hans-Kristian Kjos Sorensen.
    • Air, A Baroque Journey: Daniel Hope.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Piano Concerto No.5 "The Egyptian" in F major, Op.103 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Louis Schwizgebel. Orchestra: 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Saint-Saens: Piano Concertos 2 & 5.
    • APARTE.
  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Valse des d茅p锚ches (Les Maries de la tour Eiffel)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.
    • Chandos.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerto in E major TWV.53:E1 for flute, oboe d'amore, viola d'amore & orch (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music. Director: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Telemann: Double And Triple Concerti.
    • L鈥橭ISEAU LYRE.
    • 18.
  • Joaqu铆n Rodrigo

    Concierto Serenata (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Isabelle Moretti. Orchestra: Real Orquesta Sinf贸nica de Sevilla. Conductor: Edmon Colomer.
    • 狈补茂惫别.

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