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Music Played

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Sicilienne (Pelleas & Melisande)

    Orchestra: Paris Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Zehetmair.
    • Mirare.

  • Elfrida Andrée

    Symphony no.2 in A minor (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Stockholm Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustaf Sjökvist.
    • Sterling.

  • Franz Anton Dimler

    Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major: III. Rondeau

    Performer: Nikolaus Friedrich. Orchestra: Kurpfalz Chamber Orchestra Ludwigshafen-Mannheim. Conductor: Johannes Willig.
    • Dimler: Clarinet Concertos.
    • CPO.
    • 303.

  • Kerensa Briggs

    Media vita

    Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Nightfall.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 13.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Concerto in E Major, BWV 1042: I. Allegro

    Performer: Arabella Steinbacher. Orchestra: Stuttgarter Kammerorchester.
    • J.S. Bach & Pärt: Works for Violin & Chamber Orchestra.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 2.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet Op.18 No.5 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Calidore String Quartet.
    • HYPERION.

  • Elena Kats‐Chernin

    Eliza's Aria (Wild Swans)

    Singer: Jane Sheldon. Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ola Rudner.
    • Elena Kats-Chernin - Wild Swans.
    • ABC.
    • 2.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony no 5 "Reformation" (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • Alpha.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Dixit Dominus, HWV 232: I. Dixit Dominus

    Singer: Johanna Winkel. Singer: Alex Potter. Singer: Hugo Hymas. Choir: RIAS Chamber Choir. Orchestra: Academy for Early Music, Berlin. Conductor: Justin Doyle.
    • Handel: Dixit Dominus, Laudate pueri, Nisi Dominus.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 1.

  • Percy Grainger

    Molly on the Shore

    Performer: A4 Brass Quartet.
    • Mosaic.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 8.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin Sonata No 1 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Jonathan Aasgaard. Performer: Martin Roscoe.
    • Brahms: Complete Music for Cello and Piano.
    • AVIE Records.
    • 10.

  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Concerto in F Major, Op 6 No 2 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Alessandro Tampieri. Orchestra: Accademia Bizantina. Director: Ottavio Dantone.
    • Corelli: Concerti Grossi, Op. 6.
    • Hdb Sonus.
    • 06.

  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Suite pastorale (No 1, Idylle)

    Orchestra: Toulouse Capitole Orchestra. Conductor: Michel Plasson.
    • Les musiques de la nature - Radio Classique.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 17.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Trio in G major H.15.25 'Gypsy rondo' (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Beaux Arts Trio.
    • Haydn: Piano Trios Nos. 24-27: Beaux Arts Trio.
    • Philips Classics.
    • 006.

  • Edward Elgar

    Introduction & Allegro

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Clarinet Concerto No 1 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Anton Stepanovich Arensky

    Piano Trio no.1 in D minor Op.32 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Trio Zeliha.
    • Shostakovich - Arensky - Mendelssohn.
    • Mirare.
    • 3.

  • Edvard Grieg

    4 Norwegian dances Op.35 (no.1)

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ole Kristian Ruud.
    • Grieg: The Orchestral Music: Bergen PO, Ruud.
    • BIS.
    • 1.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    A London Symphony (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • Vaughan Williams: London Symphony/Oboe Concerto: Halle/Elder.
    • Halle.
    • 3.

  • John Williams

    Jurassic Park (main theme)

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • MCA Records.

  • George Gershwin

    Piano Concerto in F major (3rd mvt, Allegro agitato)

    Performer: Daniil Trifonov. Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • My American Story: North.
    • DG.
    • 4.

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