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A musical journey spanning over 500 years from the French Renaissance to 21st century American minimalism. Along the way Jeremy Denk interprets the music of Monteverdi, Yehudi Menuhin plays Corelli, and Christopher Maltman sings Vaughan Williams' Songs of Travel.

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  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Songs of Travel for voice and piano: No.4. Youth and Love

    Performer: Roger Vignoles. Singer: Christopher Maltman.
    • Vaughan Williams Songs of Travel.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.
  • Steve Reich

    Radio Rewrite: II. Slow

    Ensemble: Alarm Will Sound. Conductor: Alan Pierson.
    • Nonesuch.
  • Herbert Murrill

    Two Songs from Shakespeare's Twelfth Night: O Mistress Mine

    Choir: Tenebrae. Director: Nigel Short.
    • SIGNUM.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Romance no.1 in G major Op.40

    Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • ONYX.
  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Serenade for Strings in C Major, Op. 48, TH 48: II. Waltz. Moderato, tempo di va

    Conductor: Christoph Eschenbach. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra.
    • Tchaikovsky, P.I.: Romeo and Juliet / Serenade / Francesca da Rimini / Ewald, V..
    • Ondine.
    • 3.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Zefiro Torna

    Performer: Jeremy Denk.
    • Nonesuch.
  • Agathe Backer-Gr酶ndahl

    Summer Song, Op 45 No 4

    Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bjarte Engeset.
    • My Playlist for Sewing & Knitting.
    • Naxos.
    • 701.
  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Violin Sonata Op. 5 No. 10 in F Major: III. Sarabanda (

    Performer: Yehudi Menuhin. Performer: George Malcolm. Music Arranger: Robert Donington.
    • The Menuhin Century - Unpublished Recordings and Rarities.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 351.
  • Antoine Brumel

    Tous les regretz

    Choir: The Gesualdo Six. Conductor: Owain Park.
    • Josquin's Legacy.
    • Hyperion.
    • 10.

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