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Music Played

  • Eugen d’Albert

    String Quartet No 1 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Reinhold Quartett.
    • Albert: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2.
    • CPO.
    • 203.

  • Joseph Horovitz

    Sonatina for clarinet and piano (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Ronald Van Spaendonck. Performer: Éliane Reyes.
    • Fuga Libera.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.16 in D major K.451 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Jean‐Efflam Bavouzet. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: Gábor Takács‐Nagy.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata no. 146 (BWV.146) "Wir mussen durch.viel Trubsal in das Reich Gottes eingehen’,

    Performer: Ottavio Dantone. Orchestra: Accademia Bizantina.
    • Bach Sinfonia Academia Bizantina Ottavio Dantone.
    • Decca.

  • Luigi Boccherini

    String Quintet in E Major, Op. 11 No. 5 (3rd mvt.)

    Performer: Richard Lester. Ensemble: RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet.
    • Boccherini: Cello Quintets, Vol. 1.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.

  • Dora Pejačević

    Symphony in F sharp minor Op.41 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Chandos.

  • Frederick Delius

    By the River (Florida Suite)

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • The Essential Delius - Various.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.

  • Richard Rodgers

    My Funny Valentine

    Composer: Lorenz Hart. Ensemble: Miles Davis Quintet.
    • Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet.
    • Efor, S.L.
    • 1.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in B minor for 4 violins, RV.580

    Ensemble: Brecon Baroque. Director: Rachel Podger.
    • CHANNEL CLASSICS.

  • Cheryl Frances-Hoad

    Vocalise for flute, clarinet and harp

    Ensemble: Korros Ensemble.
    • Convivium.

  • Duke Ellington

    In A Sentimental Mood

    Ensemble: The Modern Jazz Quartet.
    • The Mellow Sound Of Sonny Rollins.
    • Prestige.
    • 2.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    The Creatures of Prometheus (Finale)

    Orchestra: Turku Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leif Segerstam.
    • Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43.
    • Naxos.
    • 18.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Symphony no.4 in F minor Op.36 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Symphonies Vol. 2.
    • ONYX.
    • 4.

  • George Gershwin

    It Ain't Necessarily So

    Performer: Miles Davis. Orchestra: The Gil Evans Orchestra.
    • Porgy and Bess.
    • Play Digital.
    • 4.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    'Geschwinde, ihr wirbelnden Winde', from Cantata BWV201

    Choir: Bach Collegium Japan Chorus. Orchestra: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • BIS.

  • Mario Castelnuovo‐Tedesco

    Guitar Concerto No 1 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Pepe Romero. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Master Of The Guitar.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 16.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Os justi

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

  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Sonata in D, H.16.37 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Marc‐André Hamelin.
    • Haydn: Piano Sonatas.
    • Hyperion.
    • 13.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Overture in E minor, 'Tafelmusik' (Gigue)

    Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • Le Concert Spirituel: Le Concert des Nations / Jordi Savall.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 23.

  • Richard Wagner

    Siegfried Idyll

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 0-9 – Wagner: Orchestral Music.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 32.

  • Miles Davis

    Blue in Green

    Composer: Bill Evans. Performer: Miles Davis. Performer: Bill Evans. Performer: Paul Chambers. Performer: Jimmy Cobb.
    • Kind of Blue (Remastered).
    • Cayo Records.
    • 3.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Une barque sur l'océan (Miroirs)

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • French Orchestral Favourites.
    • Chandos.
    • 104.

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