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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Concerto in A major, k.622: II - Adagio

    Performer: Raphaël Sévère. Orchestra: Orchestre de chambre de Paris. Conductor: Lars Vogt.
    • Mozart: Clarinet Works.
    • Mirare.
    • 2.

  • Trad.

    My Love Is Like a Red, Red Rose

    Music Arranger: Simon Carrington. Choir: The Gesualdo Six. Conductor: Owain Park.
    • Wishing Tree.
    • Hyperion.
    • 20.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Susser Trost, mein Jesus kommt (Cantata no. 151 BWV.151)

    Singer: Gillian Keith. Performer: Rachel Beckett. Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • SDG.

  • Jacques Offenbach

    Barcarolle (The Tales of Hoffmann)

    Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter. Singer: Stéphanie d'Oustrac. Choir: Chœur des Musiciens du Louvre. Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Anne Sofie von Otter sings Offenbach.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 8.

  • Mel Bonis

    Barcarolle, Op. 71

    Performer: Dmitry Mayboroda.
    • She Composed - 53 Piano Pieces by Women Composers.
    • Prospero Classical.
    • 48.

  • Antoine Reicha

    Symphony in D Major, AJR I:17: IV. Finale. Allegro vivace

    Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Valentin Egel.
    • Reicha: Complete Symphonies, Vol. 1.
    • CPO.
    • 104.

  • Ernest Chausson

    Concert for violin, piano and string quartet, Op 21 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Performer: Nicholas Angelich. Ensemble: Quatuor Ébène.
    • Chausson: Concert for Violin, Piano and String Quartet, Op. 21: II. Sicilienne.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 6 in F major, Op 68, 'Pastoral' (5th mvmt)

    Orchestra: West–Eastern Divan Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Beethoven - L' Hymne à la Joie.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 4.

  • Astor Piazzolla

    Oblivion

    Performer: Jean-Baptiste Henry. Performer: François Joubert‐Caillet. Music Arranger: Jean-Baptiste Henry. Ensemble: L’Achéron.
    • Soleils de septembre.
    • Fuga Libera.
    • 20.

  • Claude Debussy

    Fêtes (Nocturnes)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Stéphane Denève.
    • Debussy: Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Stephane Deneve.
    • Chandos.
    • 17.

  • Herbert Howells

    The King's Herald

    Ensemble: Giovanni Gabrieli. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • An English Coronation, 1902-1953.
    • Signum Records.
    • 2.

  • Jean‐Baptiste Lully

    Marche pour la cérémonie des Turcs (Le bourgeois gentilhomme)

    Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • ALIA VOX.

  • Richard Rodgers

    Prologue: The Carousel Waltz (from 'Carousel')

    Lyricist: Oscar Hammerstein II. Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Franz Liszt

    Consolations, S. 172: No. 3 in D-Flat Major. Lento, placido

    Performer: Yekwon Sunwoo.
    • Liszt: Consolations, S. 172: No. 3 in D-Flat Major. Lento placido.
    • Universal Music Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Marie Jaëll

    Cello Concerto in F Major: I. Allegro moderato

    Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Anna Rakitina.
    • Fortissima.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Water music - suite (HWV.348) in F major, Allegro - andante - allegro

    Orchestra: Irish Baroque Orchestra. Director: Peter Whelan.
    • LINN.

  • Malcolm Arnold

    English Dances, Set 1, Op. 27: IV - Allegro risoluto

    Performer: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Elgar Howarth.
    • The Malcolm Arnold Edition, Vol.3 - Orchestral, Brass & Piano Music.
    • Decca (UMO).

  • Mario Castelnuovo‐Tedesco

    Guitar Concerto No. 2 in C Major, Op. 160: III. Fiesta

    Performer: Kazuhito Yamashita. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.
    • Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Guitar Concertos.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 6.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Music Arranger: Ralph Greaves. Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: John Barbirolli.
    • Vaughan Williams: Sinfonia antartica - Elgar: Cockaigne.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    The Adventures of Robin Hood [Robin Hood and His Merry Men]

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • NPR - Milestones of the Millennium - Music in Film.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Prelude & Fugue in A Minor [24 Preludes & Fugues, Op.87 No.2]

    Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • Shostakovich: The Piano Concertos; Solo Works.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 10.

  • Luis Bacalov

    Il Postino Poeta

    Performer: Héctor Ulises Passarella. Lyricist: Luis Bacalov. Conductor: Luis Bacalov. Orchestra: Orchestra Sinfonietta di Roma.
    • Il Postino (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Creazioni Artistiche Musicali.
    • 13.

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