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Music Played

  • Trad.

    The Lark in the Clear Air

    Music Arranger: James Whitbourn. Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six. Director: Owain Park.
    • Hyperion.

  • George Butterworth

    The Banks of Green Willow "Idyll"

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • The Banks of Green Willow "Idyll".
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 1.

  • Joseph Bodin de Boismortier

    Sonata in G Major for Bassoon and Continuo, Op. 50 No. 2: I. Largo

    Performer: Peter Whelan. Ensemble: Ensemble Marsyas.
    • The Proud Bassoon.
    • Linn Records.
    • 1.

  • Joseph Bodin de Boismortier

    Sonata in G Major for Bassoon and Continuo, Op. 50 No. 2: II. Allemanda

    Performer: Peter Whelan. Ensemble: Ensemble Marsyas.
    • The Proud Bassoon.
    • Linn Records.
    • 2.

  • Marie Jaëll

    Cello Concerto in F major I. Allegro moderato

    Performer: Xavier Phillips. Orchestra: Brussels Philharmonic. Conductor: Hervé Niquet.
    • Jaëll: Musique symphonique & Musique pour piano (Portraits, Vol. 3).
    • Bru Zane.
    • 7.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Meinen Jesum laß ich nicht, BWV 124: Chorus, Meinen Jesum laß ich nicht

    Ensemble: Gli Angeli Genève. Director: Stephan MacLeod.
    • Bach: The Complete Chorale Cantatas / Cantatas 37-39.
    • Aparté.
    • 18.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-Flat Major K. 595: III. Allegro

    Performer: Imogen Cooper. Conductor: Richard Tognetti. Orchestra: Australian Chamber Orchestra.
    • Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27 K. 595.
    • ABC Classic.
    • 3.

  • Frederic Mompou

    Muñeira (Suite compostelana)

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Camino.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 606.

  • Jeanne Demessieux

    Litanie 'In manus tuas' (12 Choral Preludes)

    Performer: Graham Barber.
    • Great European Organs No.8.
    • Priory.
    • 12.

  • Carl Davis

    Pride and Prejudice: Elizabeth and Mr Darcy

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Carl Davis.
    • Carl Davis Collection.

  • Max Bruch

    Concerto in E minor for clarinet, viola and orchestra Op.88 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Gérard Caussé. Performer: Paul Meyer. Orchestra: Opéra de Lyon. Orchestra: Opéra de Lyon. Conductor: Kent Nagano. Conductor: Kent Nagano.
    • Bruch/Werke fur Klarinette und Viola.
    • Erato.

  • Hélène de Montgeroult

    Etude no.110 in A major

    Performer: Clare Hammond.
    • Hélène de Montgeroult: Études.
    • BIS.
    • 128.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, BWV 80: I. Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott

    Choir: Collegium Vocale Gent. Director: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • Bach: Sonn und Schild, Cantatas BWV 4, 79 & 80.
    • Phi.
    • 1.

  • Niels Wilhelm Gade

    Symphony No. 7 in F Major, Op. 45: IV. Finale. Allegro vivace

    Orchestra: Stockholm Sinfonietta. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Gade, N.W.: The 8 Symphonies.
    • BIS.
    • 204.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in D major Op.64`5 'The Lark' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • BR Klassik.

  • Trad.

    My Lagan Love

    Performer: Joseph Havlat. Music Arranger: Joseph Havlat. Singer: Lotte Betts-Dean.
    • Delphian.

  • Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov

    Scheherazade, Op. 35: III. The Young Prince and The Young Princess

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34, Russian Easter Festival Ove.
    • Lawo Classics.
    • 9.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Sfogava con le stelle

    Composer: Sigismondo d’India. Ensemble: The Lyons Mouth.

  • Marie Dare

    Three Highland Sketches: III. Strathspey & Reel

    Ensemble: Quatuor Hanson.
    • Marie Dare: Three Highland Sketches: III. Strathspey & Reel.
    • La Boîte à Pépites.
    • 1.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: III. Allegro

    Orchestra: Les Siècles. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.
    • Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 - Gossec: Symphonie à dix-sept parties.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 103.

  • Benjamin Godard

    Suite de trois morceaux, Op 116 (No 2, 'Idylle')

    Performer: Jeffrey Khaner. Performer: Hugh Sung.
    • The Romantic Flute: Jeffrey Khaner.
    • Avie.
    • 6.

  • Nicola Antonio Porpora

    Polifemo: Overture

    Conductor: Stefan Plewniak. Orchestra: Orchestre de l’Opéra Royal.
    • Porpora: Polifemo.
    • Château de Versailles Spectacles.
    • 1.

  • Jean-Baptiste Arban

    The Carnival of Venice

    Music Arranger: Elgar Howarth. Ensemble: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble.
    • Philip Jones Brass Ensemble: The Lighter Side.
    • Decca.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Mélodie in Ab Major (arr. for orchestra)

    Music Arranger: Christopher Hussey. Conductor: Shea Lolin. Orchestra: Prague Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra.
    • Mélodie in Ab Major (arr. for orchestra).
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Quartet no.2 in A minor Op.13 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Ébène.
    • Mendelssohn Felix and Fanny.
    • Erato.
    • 103.

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