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Music Played

  • Leo Brouwer

    Cancion de cuna (Berceuse)

    Performer: Miloš Karadaglić.
    • Sound Of Silence.
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 12.

  • Victoria Yagling

    Aria (Suite for cello & string orchestra)

    Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Orchestra: Lucerne Festival Strings. Conductor: Daniel Dodds.
    • Femmes.
    • Sony.
    • 12.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Valse-caprice No 2 in D flat major, Op 38

    Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • Hyperion.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV.225

    Ensemble: Collegium Vocale Gent. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • Phi.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade No. 10 in B-Flat Major, K. 361 "Gran partita": III. Adagio

    Performer: Mark Simpson. Performer: Fraser Langton. Performer: Nicholas Daniel. Performer: Emma Fielding. Performer: Amy Harman. Performer: Dom Tyler. Performer: Angela Barnes. Performer: David Stark. Performer: Ben Goldscheider. Performer: James Pillai. Performer: Fabian van de Geest.
    • Mark Simpson: Geysir - Mozart: Serenade No. 10 in B-Flat Major, K. 361 "Gran par.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 203.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Serenade in D major, Op 69 No 1

    Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Sibelius: Works for Violin & Orchestra.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
    • 12.

  • Marin Marais

    Les Voix humaines (Suite - book 2 no. 3 in D major)

    Music Arranger: Thomas Dunford. Performer: Thomas Dunford.
    • ERATO.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Wedding-cake Op.76

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Hyperion.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Pas de deux (Cinderella)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Prokofiev: Cinderella Suites.
    • Chandos.
    • 10.

  • Luise Adolpha Le Beau

    Piano Quartet in F Minor, Op 28 (4th mvt, Finale)

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • Brahms & Contemporaries, Vol. 1.
    • Chandos.
    • 108.

  • William Byrd

    Ave verum corpus, T 92

    Choir: Girls' Choir of Canterbury Cathedral. Ensemble: Canterbury Cathedral Girls' Choir. Conductor: David Newsholme.
    • Great Cathedral Anthems.
    • Signum Records.
    • 2.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Noctuelles (Miroirs)

    Performer: Jean‐Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Maurice Ravel, Complete Piano Works.
    • MDG.
    • 8.

  • John Williams

    Superman (Main theme)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • Rhino.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet, Op. 77 No. 2 in F major: 2nd mvmt Menuetto

    Ensemble: Maxwell String Quartet.
    • Joseph Haydn: String Quartets Op. 77 & Folk Music from Scotland.
    • Linn Records.
    • 8.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Egmont Overture

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Decca.

  • Trad.

    Guayabo Zarandeao

    Singer: Luciana Mancini. Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata. Conductor: Christina Pluhar.
    • Traditional: Guayabo Zarandeao.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Ronald Binge

    Sailing By

    Orchestra: The New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • Hyperion.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in E Major, Op. 3 No. 12, RV 265

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • Vivaldi: L'Estro Armonico.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 34.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The Flight of the Bumblebee (The Tale of Tsar Saltan)

    Performer: Emma Johnson. Performer: Julius Drake.
    • Emma Johnson - Encores.
    • ASV.
    • 6.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Erbarm' dich mein, o Herre Gott, BWV.721

    Performer: Olivier Latry.
    • La Dolce Volta.

  • Cécile Chaminade

    Toccata

    Performer: Olga Kopylova.
    • Toccata, Op. 39.
    • Azul Music.
    • 1.

  • Charles Avison

    Concerto Grosso in C major, Op 9 No 5 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Pavlo Beznosiuk. Ensemble: Avison Ensemble.
    • The Avison Ensemble: Avison: Concerti Grossi, op. 9 & op. 10.
    • Divine Art.
    • 20.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No 4 in E minor, Op 98 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • Johannes Brahms Symphonies 3 and 4.
    • LPO.
    • 007.

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