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Music Played

  • Bob Chilcott

    Canticles of Light: I - Te Lucis ante terminum

    Choir: Chamber Choir of Europe. Conductor: Nicol Matt.
    • Bayer.

  • Claude Debussy

    La plus que lente

    Performer: María Dueñas. Orchestra: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Quintet in A major K.581 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Martin Frost. Ensemble: Vertavo Quartet.
    • Mozart: Clarinet Concerto & Quintet: Martin Frost.
    • BIS.
    • 5.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto no.2 in F major, BWV.1047

    Ensemble: Concerto Italiano. Director: Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • Naive.

  • Franz Schubert

    Schwanengesang, D. 957: Ständchen

    Performer: Julius Drake. Lyricist: Ludwig Rellstab. Singer: Gerald Finley.
    • Schubert: Schwanengesang, D. 957 – Brahms: 4 Serious Songs, Op. 121.
    • Hyperion.

  • Trad.

    Dafydd y Garreg Wen / David of the White Rock

    Performer: Besses o’ th’ Barn Band. Conductor: Roy Newsome.
    • Chandos.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, TWV 1:1178

    Lyricist: Martin Luther. Singer: Miriam Allan. Singer: Thomas Hobbs. Singer: Edward Grint. Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: Paul Agnew.
    • J. S. Bach: A Life in Music (Vol. 2) - The Weimar Years (1708-1717).
    • harmonia mundi.

  • Florence Price

    Waltz of the Spring Maid

    Performer: Claire Huangci.
    • ALPHA.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: II. Allegretto

    Orchestra: Münchener Kammerorchester. Conductor: Enrico Onofri.
    • Beethoven & The Italians: Symphonies Nos. 5, 6 & 7 - Cherubini, Rossini, Spontin.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 302.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    HMS Pinafore: Act I, Recitative & Song. My gallant crew, good morning

    Lyricist: William Gilbert. Singer: Andrew Foster‐Williams. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Scottish Opera. Conductor: Richard Egarr.
    • Gilbert & Sullivan: HMS Pinafore.
    • Linn Records.
    • 106.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony No. 5 in D Major: II. Scherzo. Presto misterioso

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 9.
    • LSO Live.
    • 2.

  • George Enescu

    Piano Quintet in D Major: II. Scherzo

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • Enescu: String Octet, Piano Quintet.
    • Chandos.
    • 106.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Etienne Marcel: Récit et air de Béatrix "Ah ! Laissez-moi, ma mère !"

    Lyricist: Louis Gallet. Singer: Véronique Gens. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Hervé Niquet.
    • Visions.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 7.

  • Atahualpa Yupanqui

    La pobrecita

    Performer: Jean-Baptiste Henry. Music Arranger: Jean-Baptiste Henry. Ensemble: Quatuor Voce.
    • Figures argentines.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 11.

  • Gustav Holst

    Mercury, the Winged Messenger (The Planets)

    Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Sir Simon Rattle - Gustav Holst.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 3.

  • Francesco Maria Veracini

    Overture No. 6 in B flat major

    Ensemble: Zefiro. Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini.
    • Arcana.

  • Selim Palmgren

    Cinderella Suite: I. Alkusoitto

    Orchestra: Oulu Sinfonia. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Scenes from Finland.
    • Chandos.
    • 109.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Fantaisie-Impromptu in C sharp minor, Op 66

    Performer: Antonín Kubálek.
    • My gift to you - piano encores: Antonin Kubalek.
    • Dorian.

  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony No. 2 in C Major, Op. 61: II. Scherzo (Allegro vivace)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Schumann: The Symphonies.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 10.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    La bonne chanson, Op. 61: No. 3, La lune blanche luit dans les bois

    Performer: Julius Drake. Lyricist: Paul Verlaine. Singer: Nicky Spence. Ensemble: Piatti Quartet.
    • Fauré: La bonne chanson & Other Songs.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Violin Concerto in D minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Julia Fischer. Orchestra: Russian National Orchestra. Conductor: Yakov Kreizberg.
    • PentaTone classics.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 108 in B-Flat Major, Hob. I:108: IV. Finale. Presto

    Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Haydn2032, Vol. 19: Trauer.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 14.

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