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Eric Whitacre
Sleep
Choir: Eric Whitacre Singers. Choir: Laudibus. Conductor: Eric Whitacre.- Eric Whitacre, Light & Gold.
- Decca.
- 16.
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Robert Schumann
Blumenstück in D-Flat Major Op 19
Performer: LlÅ·r Williams.- Robert Schumann: Piano Works Volume 2.
- Signum Records.
- 36.
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Michael Haydn
Symphony in E flat major, P26
Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.- Chandos.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for Oboe and Violin in C Minor (1st mvt)
Conductor: Amandine Beyer. Ensemble: Gli Incogniti.- Bach from Italy: The Vivaldi & Marcello Influences.
- harmonia mundi.
- 214.
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Luigi Boccherini
String Quintet no.11 in E major, G.275 (Minuet)
Orchestra: Europa Galante.- Boccherini: String Quintets.
- Virgin Veritas.
- 13.
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Alexandre Desplat
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Alexandre Desplat.- Airlines.
- Warner Classics.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartet in B flat major, K 458, 'Hunt' (1st mvt)
Ensemble: Melos Quartett.- Mozart: Six Haydn Quartets: Melos Quartet.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 1.
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Alice Mary Smith
Andante
Performer: Angela Malsbury. Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Howard Shelley.- Alice Mary Smith: Symphonies: Malsbury, LMP, Shelley.
- Chandos.
- 5.
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Symphony in E major, Wq 182 No 6
Ensemble: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.- Archiv.
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Darius Milhaud
Brazileira (Scaramouche)
Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Andee Birkett. Performer: Zeynep Özsuca. Ensemble: Tippett Quartet.- Decca Classics.
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Domenico Carlo Maria Dragonetti
Double Bass Concerto in A major (2nd mvt)
Performer: Gary Karr. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Uroš Lajovic.- Double Bass Concertos By Koussetizky, Dragonetti & Paganini.
- MUSICA MUNDI.
- 5.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
10 Preludes Op.23 (no.5 in G minor)
Performer: Yuja Wang.- Yuja Wang - The Berlin Recital.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Claudio Monteverdi
Lauda Jerusalem (Vespro della Beata Vergine)
Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- Claudio Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610.
- CORO.
- 10.
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Felix Mendelssohn
String Symphony No 8 (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Henry Raudales.- Felix Mendelssohn: The Complete String Symphonies.
- BR-Klassik.
- 204.
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Claude Debussy
Suite bergamasque for piano: Clair de lune
Performer: Hayato Sumino.- Human Universe.
- Sony Classical.
- 11.
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Archibald Joyce
Songe d'Automne [Autumn Dream]
Orchestra: RTÉ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Penny.- Joyce: Orchestral Works.
- MARCO POLO.
- 3.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No 48 "Maria Theresia" (3rd mvt)
Conductor: Giovanni Antonini. Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico.- Haydn 2032, Vol. 13: Horn Signal.
- Alpha Classics.
- 11.
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Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 6 - IV. Finale - Adagio lamentoso
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Karina Canellakis.- LPO.
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Manuel Ponce
Estrellita
Performer: Geneva Lewis. Performer: Sam Armstrong. -
Alex North
Unchained Melody (From "Ghost")
Music Arranger: Maurice Jarre. Conductor: Maurice Jarre.- Ghost (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
- Milan Records.
- 7.
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Florence Price
Silk Hat and Walking Cane (Dances in the Canebrakes)
Music Arranger: William Grant Still. Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Mei-Ann Chen.- Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers.
- Cedille.
- 103.
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