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Music Played

  • Edvard Grieg

    Piano Concerto in A minor Op.16 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Dmitri Kitayenko.
    • Leif Ove Andsnes: A Portrait.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 2.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Serenade in D Minor (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Bläserensemble Sabine Meyer.
    • R. Strauss: Serenade in E-Flat Major, Op. 7; Sonatina No. 2 in E-Flat Major "Che.
    • Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin.
    • 7.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Quartet No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 12: III. Andante espressivo

    Ensemble: Doric String Quartet.
    • Mendelssohn: String Quartets, Vol. 1.
    • Chandos.
    • 103.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen! - Ihr konnet verjagen (Cantata BWV.66)

    Singer: Kai Wessel. Singer: Peter Kooij. Choir: Collegium Vocale Gent. Director: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Sicilienne

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Pascal Devoyon.
    • RCA.

  • Elena Kats‐Chernin

    Ornamental Air for basset clarinet and orchestra

    Performer: Michael Collins. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Collins.
    • Mozart/Copland/Kats-Chernin: Works for Clarinet and Orchestra: Michael Collins.
    • Chandos.
    • 6-8.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 55 in E-Flat Major, Hob. I:55 "Il maestro di scuola": I - Allegro di molto

    Orchestra: Kammerorchester Basel. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Haydn 2032, Vol. 18: Il maestro di scuola.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 9.

  • Barry Mills

    Trumpet Concerto: II. I'll Love My Love

    Performer: Imogen Whitehead. Orchestra: The Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Pavel Šnajdr.
    • Barry Mills, Vol. 8: Caledonia.
    • Claudio Records.
    • 106.

  • Robert Schumann

    Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13: No. 12

    Performer: Elisabeth Leonskaja.
    • Warner.

  • Heitor Villa‐Lobos

    Bachianas brasileiras No. 5, W389: I. Ária. Cantilena

    Performer: Gautier Capuçon. Singer: Fatma Said. Ensemble: Capucelli.
    • Sensations.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 11.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68: III. Un poco allegretto e grazioso

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Robin Ticciati.
    • Brahms: The Symphonies.
    • Linn Records.
    • 3.

  • Gustav Holst

    The Planets, Op. 32, H. 125: VI. Uranus, the Magician

    Orchestra: The National Youth Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Holst: The Planets & Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra.
    • Chandos.
    • 15.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Trio Sonata No. 1 in E-Flat Major, BWV 525: I. Allegro moderato

    Performer: Márta Kurtág. Performer: György Kurtág.
    • Kurtág, Bach: Játékok.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 24.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Cello Concerto in G minor RV.416

    Performer: Bruno Philippe. Ensemble: Jupiter. Director: Thomas Dunford.
    • ALPHA.

  • Astor Piazzolla

    Libertango

    Performer: Miloš Karadaglić. Performer: Ksenija Sidorova. Orchestra: European Film Philharmonia Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Christoph Israel.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde

    Morón en la Frontera

    Performer: Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde.
    • Flamenco: Pasado y Presente.
    • Naxos World Music.
    • 101.

  • Manuel de Falla

    Cuatro piezas españolas - No 4, Andaluza

    Performer: Avi Avital. Ensemble: Between Worlds.
    • IBERIA - EP.
    • DG.
    • 1.

  • Mateo Flecha

    El Torro

    Ensemble: Cantoria.
    • Ambronay.

  • Charlotte Sohy

    4 Pièces romantiques, Op. 30: No. 4, Romance sans paroles

    Performer: Lang Lang.
    • Saint-Saëns.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 29.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36: III. Scherzo. Pizzicato ostinato, allegro

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Tchaikovsky: Masterpieces.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 10.

  • Alexander Borodin

    Piano Trio in D Major: I. Allegro con brio

    Ensemble: Brahms Trio.
    • History of the Russian Piano Trio, Vol. 3.
    • Naxos.
    • 5.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Symphony no. 3 in C minor Op.78 (Organ symphony): IIb Maestoso - Allegro

    Performer: Thomas Trotter. Orchestra: Symphony Orchestra Basel. Conductor: Ivor Bolton.

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  • Sat 28 Feb 202606:30
    BBC Radio 3