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Music Played

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Quartet No. 3, Op. 44 No. 1, MWV R30: III. Andante espressivo ma con moto

    Ensemble: Doric String Quartet.
    • Mendelssohn: String Quartets, Vol. 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 203.

  • Crist贸bal de Morales

    Parce mihi Domine - improvisation (Officium defunctorum)

    Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble. Performer: Jan Garbarek.
    • ECM.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 100: III. Allegretto grazioso, quasi andante

    Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Brahms: 3 Sonatas.
    • BIS.
    • 102.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Schlummert ein, ihr matten Augen (Ich habe genug, BWV 82)

    Singer: Matthew Brook. Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt.
    • Linn Records.

  • Jacques Offenbach

    Barcarolle (The Tales of Hoffmann)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Richard Bonynge.
    • DECCA.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Keyboard Sonata in D major, Kk.33

    Performer: Ksenija Sidorova.
    • Ksenija Sidorova - Classical Accordion.
    • Champs Hill.
    • 5.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Concerto in G Major, Hob. XVIII:4: I. Allegro moderato

    Performer: Jean鈥怑fflam Bavouzet. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: G谩bor Tak谩cs鈥怤agy.
    • Haydn: Piano Concertos.
    • Chandos.
    • 104.

  • Olivia Belli

    Ithaca Suite: VII - Pax Athenae

    Performer: Eldbj酶rg Hemsing. Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Performer: Olivia Belli.
    • Sony.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto No. 1 in D major, K412 - mov. 2 Rondo Allegro

    Performer: Felix Klieser. Orchestra: Camerata Salzburg.
    • Berlin Classics.

  • Robert Fuchs

    Clarinet Quintet in E flat major Op.102 (Allegro scherzando)

    Performer: Sebastian Manz. Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • AVI Music.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 8 in F major, Op 93 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • The Beethoven Symphonies: Live from the Edinburgh Festival.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.

  • George Enescu

    Cantabile And Presto

    Performer: Elizaveta Ivanova. Performer: Sanja Bizjak.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Scherzo, Op. 54 No. 5

    Performer: Peter Donohoe.
    • Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Vol. 1.
    • Chandos.
    • 1701.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    La Danza (Les Soirees musicales)

    Music Arranger: Erich Schagerl. Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Performer: Daniel Ottensamer. Performer: Ernst Ottensamer. Ensemble: Vienna Virtuosi.
    • The Clarinotts.
    • DG.
    • 6.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Sonata in B-Flat Major, D. 960: IV. Allegro ma non troppo

    Performer: Christian Blackshaw.
    • A Moment in Time.
    • Pentatone.
    • 108.

  • Malcolm Arnold

    Four Scottish Dances, Op 59 (No 3, Scottish Waltz)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Irving.
    • Arnold: Homage to the Queen etc, PO / Irving.
    • EMI.
    • 41.

  • Manuel Ponce

    Sonata Mexicana - 1. Allegro moderato

    Performer: Andr茅s Segovia.
    • Viol茫o Classico: Sollscher, Segovia & Yepes.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 241.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Bassoon Concerto in G minor, RV.495

    Performer: Peter Whelan. Ensemble: Jupiter. Director: Thomas Dunford.
    • Alpha.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony no.6 in B Minor 'Path茅tique' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: MusicAeterna. Conductor: Teodor Currentzis.
    • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 "Path茅tique".
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3.

  • Amy Beach

    Invocation Op.55

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Performer: John Lenehan.
    • Schumann, Smyth, Beach.
    • Chandos.
    • 13.

  • Trad.

    David of the White Rock

    Performer: Cory Band. Lyricist: Trad.. Conductor: Robert Childs.
    • Land of Hope and Glory.
    • Union Square Music.
    • 22.

  • Nina Simone

    Everyone's Gone to the Moon

    • Nina Simone & Piano (Expanded Edition).
    • RCA/Legacy.
    • 4.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Moonlight Meadows (Summer Day)

    Orchestra: New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • Prokofiev鈥檚 Music for Children.
    • Hyperion.
    • 15.

  • Mel Bonis

    Les Gitanos, Op. 15/3 "Valse 茅spagnole"

    Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne. Conductor: Joseph Bastian.
    • Bonis: Orchestral Works.
    • CPO.
    • 106.

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