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Einojuhani Rautavaara
Cantus Arcticus (2nd mvt, 'Melancholy')
Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leif Segerstam.- Finland 100: A Century of Finnish Classics.
- Ondine.
- 302.
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Robert Fuchs
Clarinet Quintet in E flat major Op.102 (Allegro scherzando)
Performer: Sebastian Manz. Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.- AVI Music.
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Fred Kelly
Elegy "In Memoriam Rupert Brooke"
Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Lloyd鈥怞ones.- DUTTON.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Oboe Concerto in F Major, BWV 1053a (Allegro)
Performer: Marcel Ponseele. Ensemble: Il Gardellino.- Bach: Oboe Concertos.
- Accent.
- 01.
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Maurice Ravel
Daphnis et Chlo茅 Suite no.2 (Lever du jour)
Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.- Yannick Nezet-Seguin Ravel Rotterdam Phiharmonic Orchestra.
- EMI Classics.
- 1.
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Rita Strohl
Piano Trio No 1 in G major (2nd mvt)
Performer: Rapha毛lle Moreau. Performer: Edgar Moreau. Performer: Tanguy de Williencourt.- Rita Strohl Vol. 2: Music de Chambre.
- La Bo卯te 脿 P茅pites.
- 21.
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Ruth Gipps
Horn Concerto, Op.58 (2nd mvt)
Performer: David Pyatt. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Braithwaite.- British Horn Concertos: Jacob/Arnold/Bowen/Gipps/Vinter.
- Lyrita.
- 11.
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Frederick Delius
The Walk to the Paradise Garden (A Village Romeo and Juliet)
Music Arranger: Thomas Beecham. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- LONDON.
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Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor, Op 22 (2nd mvmt, Allegro scherzando)
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.- Saint-Sa毛ns: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5 etc. (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 27).
- Hyperion.
- 5.
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in E-Flat Major, 'The Joke' (1st mvt)
Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.- Haydn: String Quartets Op. 33 Nos 1-3.
- BIS.
- 5.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 3 "Pastoral Symphony" (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.- Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 3, "A Pastoral Symphony" & Symphony No. 7, "Sinfo.
- Warner Classics.
- 7.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto in D major TWV.53:D5 for trumpet, violin and orchestra (3rd mvt)
Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Ute Hartwich. Orchestra: Berlin Academy for Early Music. Conductor: Bernhard Forck.- Telemann: Violin Concertos. Overture. Suite. Fantasie.
- harmonia mundi.
- 126.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Requiem in D minor (Requiem aeternam, Kyrie eleison)
Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- Mozart: Requiem K626/Kyrie K341: Monteverdi Choir/John Eliot Gardiner.
- Philips.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet No 13, Op 130 (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Dover Quartet.- Beethoven: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 3.
- Cedille.
- 308.
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William Walton
Symphony No.1; 2nd mvt - presto con malizia
Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.- Chandos.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Study in A flat major, Op.25 no.1
Performer: Murray Perahia.- Chopin: Etudes Op.10 & Op.25: Murray Perahia.
- Sony Classical.
- 10.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Study in A flat major, Op.25 no.1
Performer: Murray Perahia.- Chopin: Etudes Op.10 & Op.25: Murray Perahia.
- Sony Classical.
- 11.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Study in C minor, Op.10 no.12 'Revolutionary'
Performer: Murray Perahia.- Chopin: Etudes Op.10 & Op.25: Murray Perahia.
- Sony Classical.
- 12.
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Leonard Bernstein
Wonderful Town (Overture)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- Bernstein: Wonderful Town.
- LSO Live.
- 1.
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Robert Schumann
Arabeske Op.18
Performer: Giorgi Gigashvili. -
Avril Coleridge-Taylor
In Memoriam: To the R.A.F.
Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Andrews.- Avril Coleridge-Taylor: Piano Concerto & Orchestral Works.
- Resonus Classics.
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James MacMillan
Data est mihi omnis potestas (Strathclyde Motets)
Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- James MacMillan: Miserere.
- Coro.
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George Frideric Handel
Trio Sonata in G minor HWV.393 'Dresden no.2'
Ensemble: Ensemble Zefiro.- Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
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Edward Elgar
Introduction & Allegro
Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.- CHANDOS.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Invention No.10 in G Major, BWV 781
Performer: Martin Fr枚st. Performer: G枚ran Fr枚st. Music Arranger: G枚ran Fr枚st.- B.A.C.H..
- Sony Classical.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
French Suite No.5 in G Major, BWV 816 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Martin Fr枚st. Performer: Jonas Nordberg. Music Arranger: Martin Fr枚st.- B.A.C.H..
- Sony Classical.
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Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No.6 in D major
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.- Naxos.
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Nigel Hess
The Smile (Piano Concerto)
Performer: Lang Lang. Orchestra: London Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Warren鈥怗reen.- Hess: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, Lang Lang.
- UCJ.
- 1.
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- Tue 11 Nov 2025 06:30麻豆社 Radio 3