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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade No. 10 in B-Flat Major, K. 361 "Gran partita": III. Adagio

    Performer: Mark Simpson. Performer: Fraser Langton. Performer: Nicholas Daniel. Performer: Emma Fielding. Performer: Amy Harman. Performer: Dom Tyler. Performer: Angela Barnes. Performer: David Stark. Performer: Ben Goldscheider. Performer: James Pillai. Performer: Fabian van de Geest.
    • Mark Simpson: Geysir - Mozart: Serenade No. 10 in B-Flat Major, K. 361 "Gran par.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 203.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Violin Sonata No 1 in F Major, Op 8

    Performer: Johan Dalene. Performer: Christian Ihle Hadland.
    • Nordic Rhapsody.
    • BIS.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Belshazzar's Feast, Op. 51: III. Nocturne

    Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leif Segerstam.
    • White Nights: Music of Tranquil Beauty.
    • Ondine.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata BWV 168: Tue Rechnung! Donnerwort

    Lyricist: Bartholomäus Ringwaldt. Lyricist: Salomon Franck. Singer: Yukari Nonoshita. Singer: Robin Blaze. Singer: Makoto Sakurada. Singer: Peter Kooij. Choir: Bach Collegium Japan Chorus. Orchestra: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • Bach, J.S.: Cantatas, Vol. 40 - Bwv 79, 137, 164, 168.
    • BIS.
    • 201.

  • Roman Hoffstetter

    String Quartet in F major (2nd mvt, Serenade)

    Ensemble: Modigliani Quartet.
    • Portraits.
    • Mirare.
    • 111.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Prelude in C sharp minor Op.45 for piano

    Performer: Alexandra Dariescu.
    • Champs HIll Records.

  • Paul Wranitzky

    Symphony in G major op. 35 No. 2 (P 40): I - Adagio - Vivace assai

    Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • CPO.

  • Anna Bon di Venezia

    Sonata No. 4 in C Major: I. Allegro

    Performer: Serena Chillemi.
    • She Composed - 53 Piano Pieces by Women Composers.
    • Prospero Classical.
    • 23.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34: IV. Scena e canto gitano. Allegretto

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34, Russian Easter Festival Ove.
    • Lawo Classics.
    • 4.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Capriccio Espagnol, Op 34 (5th mvt, Fandango asturiano)

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34, Russian Easter Festival Ove.
    • Lawo Classics.
    • 5.

  • Maurice Ravel

    String Quartet in F major (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Ébène.
    • Debussy, Fauré & Ravel: String Quartets.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    The Seasons, Op. 37a: VIII. August. The Harvest. Allegro vivace

    Performer: Yunchan Lim.
    • Tchaikovsky: The Seasons.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    March Past of the Kitchen Utensils (The Wasps)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.
    • Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.

  • Astor Piazzolla

    Verano Porteno (Summer in Buenos Aires), from The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires

    Performer: Lara St. John. Orchestra: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Eduardo Marturet.
    • Ancalagon.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Symphonie fantastique Op.14 (Un Bal)

    Orchestra: Les Siècles. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.
    • Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 102.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34: II. Andante un poco adagio

    Performer: Kirill Gerstein. Ensemble: Hagen Quartett.
    • Brahms: String Quartet, Op. 67 & Piano Quintet, Op. 34.
    • Myrios Classics.
    • 6.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra No. 2 in D Minor "La Fenice"

    Performer: Martin Fröst. Music Arranger: Andreas N. Tarkmann. Orchestra: Concerto Köln.
    • Vivaldi.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 7.

  • Augusta Holmès

    Contes divins: No. 3, Chemin du ciel

    Performer: Tristan Raës. Lyricist: Augusta Holmès. Singer: Cyrille Dubois.
    • Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers.
    • Bru Zane.
    • 3.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No. 3, Op. 56, "Scottish": II. Vivace non troppo

    Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • Mendelssohn: Symphonies.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 22.

  • Antonio Salieri

    Sinfonia "Il girono onomastico": IV. Allegretto e sempre l'istesso tempo

    Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.
    • Salieri: Symphonies & Overtures.
    • Chandos.
    • 113.

  • Henry Purcell

    Of old, when heroes thought it base (1690) The Yorkshire Feast Song: The pale and the purple rose

    Singer: Michael Chance. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Purcell: Odes \"Come, ye sons\"; \" Welcome to all\"; \"Of old, when heroes\".
    • Archiv Produktion.

  • Eric Fenby

    Rossini on Ilkla Moor

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Overtures from the British Isles, Vol. 3.
    • Chandos Records Ltd.
    • 11.

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