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Music Played

  • María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir

    Kom vinur

    Choir: Schola Cantorum Reykjavicensis. Conductor: Hörður Áskelsson.
    • Sono Luminis.

  • Christian Sinding

    Elegiac Piece No 3

    Performer: Henning Kraggerud. Performer: Christian Ihle Hadland.
    • Sinding, C.: Violin and Piano Music.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Samuel Coleridge‐Taylor

    Children's Intermezzo (Othello)

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Fawzi Haimor.
    • Coleridge-Taylor: Othello, Op. 79: II. Children's Intermezzo.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Harpsichord Concerto No. 4 in A Major, BWV 1055: I. Allegro

    Performer: Francesco Corti. Orchestra: Il Pomo d’Oro.
    • J.S. Bach: Harpsichord Concertos BWV 1052, 1053, 1055 & 1058.
    • Pentatone.
    • 110.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Harpsichord Concerto No. 4 in A Major, BWV 1055: II. Larghetto

    Performer: Francesco Corti. Orchestra: Il Pomo d’Oro.
    • J.S. Bach: Harpsichord Concertos BWV 1052, 1053, 1055 & 1058.
    • Pentatone.
    • 111.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard Concerto no.4 in A major BWV.1055

    Ensemble: Il Pomo d’Oro.
    • J.S. Bach: Harpsichord Concertos BWV 1052, 1053, 1055 & 1058.
    • Pentatone.
    • 112.

  • Franz Schubert

    An die Musik D.547

    Music Arranger: Max Reger. Singer: Thomas Quasthoff. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Schubert: Lieder with Orchestra: Von Otter, Quasthoff, Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 18.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Sonata in C Major, Hob XVI:35: I. Allegro con brio

    Performer: Jeneba Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Jane Austen's Piano.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Henryk Wieniawski

    Polonaise de concert in D Major

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Plínio Fernandes. Performer: Samuele Telari. Performer: Thomas Carroll.
    • Violin Café.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Concerto in A major K.622 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Annelien Van Wauwe. Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • FLOW: Mozart & Henderickx Clarinet Concertos.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 1.

  • Arthur Bliss

    Purple (A Colour Symphony)

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • Bliss: A Colour Symphony etc..
    • Chandos.
    • 001.

  • Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

    Sonata No. 1 in D Minor: VI. Aria

    Performer: Juri Vallentin.
    • EDEL Music & Entertainment GmbH.

  • Maurice Ravel

    L'Aurore

    Singer: Marc Duguay. Choir: Chœur de l’Université Paris-Sorbonne. Orchestra: Orchestre de l'Université Paris-Sorbonne. Conductor: Jacques Grimbert.
    • Prix de Rome Cantatas.
    • Marco Polo.
    • 9.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Eugene Onegin (Waltz)

    Choir: Chorus of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • EMI.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53: IIIb. Prestissimo

    Performer: Bruce Liu.
    • Lunaris.
    • Universal Music Operations Limited.
    • 11.

  • Claude Debussy

    Jeux de vagues (La Mer)

    Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jukka‐Pekka Saraste.
    • Debussy - Orchestral Works.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.

  • William Byrd

    Vigilate for 5 voices

    Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Director: Graham Ross.
    • Veni Emmanuel - Music for Advent.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 2.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Bassoon Concerto, RV. 499 in A minor

    Performer: Sophie Dervaux. Ensemble: La Folia Barockorchester.
    • BERLIN CLASSICS.

  • Christopher Gunning

    Agatha Christie's Poirot - Theme

    Ensemble: London Music Works.
    • DECCA.

  • Jeremiah Clarke

    Trumpet Voluntary 'The Prince of Denmark's March'

    Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Sony.

  • Joby Talbot

    Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Suite: IX. The Flower Garden Part II

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Austin.
    • Talbot: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Fool's Paradise.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 109.

  • Edward Elgar

    Symphony No.2 in E flat major Op.63 (3rd movement)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Onyx Classics : ONYX 4165.
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 3.

  • William Henry Harris

    Faire is the Heaven

    Choir: VOCES8. Choir: Apollo5. Conductor: Barnaby Smith.
    • Renewal?.
    • VOCES8 Records.
    • 12.

  • Cécile Chaminade

    Concertino for flute and orchestra

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Orchestra: Paris Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: François Leleux.
    • Mozart & Flute in Paris.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.

Broadcast

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