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Music Played

  • Louis Spohr

    Nonet in F major, Op 31 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Spohr: Nonet and Octet: Nash Ensemble.
    • CRD.

  • Claude Debussy

    Hommage à Rameau (Images - set 1)

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
    • Debussy – Rameau.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 28.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No. 2 "Lobgesang": Sinfonia (II, Allegretto un poco agitato)

    Conductor: Paavo Järvi. Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich.
    • Mendelssohn: Symphonies.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 10.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Himmelskonig, sei willkommen BWV.182 (Sinfonia & opening chorus)

    Orchestra: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • Bach, J.S.: Cantatas, Vol. 3 - Bwv 12, 54, 162, 182.
    • BIS.
    • 401.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Sicilienne (Pelleas & Melisande)

    Orchestra: Paris Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Zehetmair.
    • Mirare.

  • Clara Schumann

    Three Romances, Op. 22 no. 3

    Performer: Tabea Zimmermann. Performer: Javier Perianes. Music Arranger: Tabea Zimmermann.
    • Brahms: Trio Op. 114. Robert & Clara Schumann: Romances.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 5.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Symphony No 4 in E flat major, Op 48 (2nd mvt, Scherzo)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: José Serebrier.
    • Glazunov: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 2.

  • Anne Chmelewsky

    Preparation for the Assembly

    • The Other Bennet Sister (Original Series Soundtrack).
    • Madison Gate Records.
    • 6.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no. 40 in G minor K.550 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Ensemble Resonanz. Conductor: Riccardo Minasi.
    • Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 39, 40 & 41 "Jupiter".
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 105.

  • Samuel Barber

    Violin Concerto: 1st mvmt

    Performer: James Ehnes. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey. Orchestra: Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.
    • Barber, Korngold, Walton: Violin Concertos.
    • PM Classics Ltd.
    • 4.

  • Anne Lovett

    Infinity for vocal ensemble

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Infinity.
    • Decca.
    • 8.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.104 in D major 'London' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Haydn, 12 London Symphonies: Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenobles.
    • Naive.
    • 12.

  • George Frideric Handel

    All we, like sheep, have gone astray (Messiah)

    Choir: The Sixteen. Orchestra: Sixteen Orchestra. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Handel: Messiah: The Sixteen choir and orchestra/Christophers.
    • HYPERION.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Clockwork Doll (6 Children's Pieces, Op 69 No 6)

    Performer: Veronika Shoot.
    • Journey Through Childhood.
    • Ulysses Arts.
    • 51.

  • Leroy Anderson

    The Syncopated Clock

    Orchestra: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.
    • Leroy Anderson: Favourites: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra/Slatkin.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 16.

  • Pietro Locatelli

    Concerto Grosso in C Minor, Op. 1 No. 11

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Locatelli: il virtuoso, il poeta (Violin Concertos & Concerti Grossi).
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 3.

  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Jubilate in A

    Performer: Jeremy Filsell. Conductor: Paul Trepte. Choir: The Choir of Ely Cathedral.
    • The Glory of Ely Cathedral.
    • Regis Records.
    • 7.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dances: no. 2 in D minor

    Performer: Katia Labèque. Performer: Marielle Labèque.
    • Brahms: 21 Hungarian Dances.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Florence Price

    Symphony No 1 in E Minor (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • DG.

  • Trad.

    Jasspodspolska

    Music Arranger: Danish String Quartet. Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • Wood Works.
    • Da Capo.
    • 11.

  • Franz Schubert

    3 Marches militaires, Op. 51, D. 733: No. 1 in D Major

    Ensemble: Alexandre Tharaud. Ensemble: Michel Dalberto.
    • Four Hands.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.

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