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Music Played

  • Josef Suk

    Serenade for Strings in E flat major, Op 6 (1st mvmt, Andante con moto)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Kodály: Hungarian Rondo, Summer Evening; Suk: Serenade for Strings in E-Flat Maj.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 8.

  • Thomas Tallis

    O nata lux de lumine

    Lyricist: Anonymous. Choir: The Gesualdo Six. Conductor: Owain Park.
    • Radiant Dawn.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.

  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Desert Swimmers

    Performer: Joby Burgess.
    • A Percussionist's Songbook.
    • Signum Records.
    • 7.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi)

    Singer: Angela Gheorghiu. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Puccini: Il Trittico.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 10.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Prelude and Fugue in A flat major, Op.87 no.17

    Performer: Alexander Melnikov.
    • Shostakovich The Preludes & Fugues Alexander Melnikov Piano.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 9.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Sonata no.1 in A Major, TWV 43:A1: 1st movt - Soave

    Ensemble: Ensemble Hesperi.
    • A Gift for your Garden.
    • BIS.
    • 11.

  • Isobel Waller-Bridge

    For A Moment

    Ensemble: 12 Ensemble.
    • VIII.
    • Mercury KX.

  • Franz Schubert

    Gott ist mein Hirt D.706

    Choir: Norwegian Soloists' Choir. Performer: Ingrid Andsnes. Conductor: Grete Pedersen.
    • BIS.

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