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Music Played

  • Luigi Boccherini

    String Quintet in D Minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Jonian Ilias Kadesha. Performer: Irène Duval. Performer: Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad. Performer: Tim Posner.
    • Boccherini: Cello Concertos, Sonatas & Quintets.
    • Hyperion.
  • Hania Rani

    Sentimental Value

    • Gondwana Records.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Symphonic Dances, Op. 64: II. Allegretto grazioso

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Grieg: Symphonic Dances.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for Flute, Violin and Harpsichord in A Minor, BWV 1044: I. Allegro

    Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • Bach: Double & Triple Concertos.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 4.
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony no.5 in B flat major, D.485 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 3, 5 and 8.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 5.
  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    The Blue Bird (8 Partsongs Op.119)

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Music of the Spheres.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 15.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    February: Carnival (The Seasons)

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.
    • Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, Op. 37a.
    • Hyperion.
  • Xinghai Xian

    February

    • Yellow River.
  • 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.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat major, H.7e.1 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
    • Haydn, Hummel etc: Trumpet Concertos: Alison Balsom.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 4.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No 1 (2nd mvt, 'Blumine')

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Mahler: Symphony no.1: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Rattle.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Piano Quartet in A flat major (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • Fanny & Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Sextet, Piano Quartet, Piano Trio.
    • Chandos.
    • 11.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 41 in C major "Jupiter" 3rd mvmt Menuetto

    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Music of the Spheres.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Darius Milhaud

    Entree de la championne de tennis - Couplet avec Beau Gosse (Le Train Bleu Op.84)

    Orchestra: Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Reimer.
    • Hanssler.
  • Eric Coates

    Knightsbridge (March - 3rd mvmt of London Every Day Suite)

    Orchestra: Âé¶¹Éç Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Coates: Orchestra Works, Vol. 1.
    • Chandos.
    • 15.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Violin Concerto in D major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Vilde Frang. Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: James Gaffigan.
    • Warner.
  • Danny Elfman

    Sally's Song (The Nightmare Before Christmas)

    Lyricist: Danny Elfman.
    • The Nightmare Before Christmas.
    • EMI Gold.
    • 14.
  • John Williams

    Holiday Flight (from Home Alone)

    • Home Alone (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Masterworks.
    • 2.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: King Stephen, Op. 117: Overture

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Beethoven: The Symphonies.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 2.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Gloria in D Major, RV 589: I. Gloria in excelsis Deo

    Lyricist: Anon.. Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel. Conductor: Hervé Niquet.
    • Vivaldi: Gloria & Magnificat (Alpha Collection).
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 1.
  • Franz Liszt

    Transcendental Study in B flat major S.139 no.5

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutshe Grammophon.
    • 5.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Symphony no.3 in G minor Op.36 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Insula Orchestra. Conductor: Laurence Equilbey.
    • Erato.
  • Jacob Collier

    In The Real Early Morning

    Ensemble: The King’s Singers.
    • The Library Vol. 3.
    • Signum Records.
    • 4.
  • Trad.

    Pericondine / Fair Isle Jig

    Music Arranger: Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen. Music Arranger: Frederik Øland. Music Arranger: Asbjørn Nørgaard. Music Arranger: Fredrik Sjölin. Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • Keel Road.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 2.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Polonaise (Eugene Onegin)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • Philips.

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