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Music Played

  • Anton Bruckner

    Os justi

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • A Choral Tapestry: Voces 8.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1.

  • Serge Gainsbourg

    La Javanaise

    Performer: Khatia Buniatishvili.
    • Sony.

  • Pauline Viardot

    Hai Luli!, VWV 1106 (Arr. for Violin, Harp and String Quintet)

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Performer: Lavinia Meijer. Music Arranger: Jan-Peter Klöpfel. Ensemble: Esther Abrami.
    • Women.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 4.

  • Masaaki Suzuki & Bach Collegium Japan

    Cantata no. 130 BWV.130 (Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir)

    • BIS.

  • Franz Schubert

    Rosamunde (Entr'acte no.3 in B flat major)

    Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • BIS.

  • Sigvaldi Kaldalóns

    Ave María

    Music Arranger: Víkingur Ólafsson. Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
    • From Afar.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 12.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59 No. 1 "Razumovsky": I. Allegro

    Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.
    • Beethoven: String Quartets, Op. 59 Nos. 1 - 2.
    • Platoon.
    • 101.

  • King Henry VIII of England

    Helas Madame

    Ensemble: I Fagiolini. Ensemble: Concordia.
    • All the King's Men: Henry VIII & the princes of the Renaissance: Concordia, I Fa.
    • Metronome.
    • 4.

  • Sergei Rachmaninov

    Vocalise, Op.34 no.14

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Rachmaninov: Symphony No.3 etc: RLPO/Petrenko.
    • EMI.
    • 2.

  • Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

    Violin Sonata No 2 in D major (4th mvmt, Presto)

    Performer: Lina Tur Bonet. Performer: Patxi Montero. Performer: Kenneth Weiss.
    • Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre: Sonates pour le violon et basse continue.
    • Verso.
    • 11.

  • James Horner

    A beautiful Mind "A Kaleidoscope Of Mathematics"

    Performer: Jim Thatcher. Orchestrator: Randy Kerber. Orchestra: Hollywood Studio Symphony. Singer: Charlotte Church.
    • A Beautiful Mind (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • E2E Classics.
    • 1.

  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Espana

    Ensemble: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Escales.
    • Chandos.
    • 01.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Recorder Concerto in C major, TWV.51.C1; IV. Tempo di Minuet

    Performer: Tabea Debus. Performer: Johannes Lang. Performer: Kerstin Fahr. Performer: Hongxia Cui. Performer: Katrin Ebert. Performer: Johanna Bruckner. Performer: Lea Rahel Bader. Performer: Niklas Sprenger.
    • TYX ART.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Study in G flat major, Op 25 No 9 (Butterfly)

    Performer: Beatrice Rana.
    • Chopin: 12 Études, Op. 25 & 4 Scherzi.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Piano Concerto No 2 in F major, Op 102 (2nd mvt, Andante)

    Performer: Yuja Wang. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major, Op. 102: II. Andante.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.

  • Luigi Ricci

    La festa di Piedigrotta, Act 3: Tarantella Napoletana

    Performer: Matilda Lloyd. Music Arranger: William Foster. Conductor: Rumon Gamba. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia.
    • Casta Diva - Operatic arias transcribed for trumpet.
    • Chandos.
    • 107.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for Oboe, Bassoon, Strings and Continuo in G Major, RV 545

    Performer: Rachel Chaplin. Performer: Peter Whelan. Conductor: Adrian Chandler. Orchestra: La Serenissima.
    • Vivaldi x2.
    • AVIE Records.

  • Gabriel Jackson

    In All His Works

    Conductor: David Newsholme. Ensemble: The Choir of Canterbury Cathedral.
    • Gabriel Jackson: Choral Works.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 2.

  • Joaquín Rodrigo

    Concierto de Aranjuez (1st mvt)

    Performer: Paco de Lucía. Orchestra: Orquestra de Cadaqués. Conductor: Edmon Colomer.
    • PHILIPS.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 6 in B-Flat Major, KV 238: III. Rondeau. Allegro

    Performer: Olga Pashchenko. Ensemble: Il Gardellino.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos 6, 8 & 18.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 3.

  • Johannes Brahms

    String Quintet no.1 in F major, Op.88 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Lawrence Power. Ensemble: Takács Quartet.
    • Brahms - String Quintets.
    • HYPERION.
    • 3.

  • Quincy Jones

    Soul Bossa Nova

    Ensemble: Sinfonia Varsovia.
    • Sinfonia Varsovia Brass.
    • WM Poland/WMI.
    • 1.

  • Max Bruch

    Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Jakub Hrůša.
    • Tchaikovsky/Bruch: Violin Concertos: Nicola Benedetti.
    • Decca.
    • 6.

Broadcast

  • Sat 14 Mar 202606:30
    BBC Radio 3