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Music Played

  • Anna Thorvaldsdottir

    Heyr þú oss himnum á (Hear us in Heaven)

    Choir: Skylark. Conductor: Matthew Guard.
    • Crossing Over.
    • Sono Luminus.
    • 7.

  • Claude Debussy

    Nocturnes, L. 91: No. 1, Nuages

    Performer: Hélène Mercier. Performer: Louis Lortie. Music Arranger: Maurice Ravel.
    • Debussy: Piano Duets, Vol. 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 103.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.20 in D minor K.466 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Orchestra: Orchestra Mozart. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata BWV177 'Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ': - I. Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ (Chorus)

    Performer: Monteverdi Choir. Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • SDG.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Lieder ohne Worte - book 2 Op.30: no.6; Venetianisches Gondellied in F sharp min

    Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Performer: Yuja Wang. Music Arranger: Andreas Ottensamer.
    • DG.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Serenade No. 2 in A Major, Op. 16: III. Adagio non troppo

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Brahms: Serenades.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 9.

  • Georg Melchior Hoffmann

    Concerto for Horn, 2 Oboes, Strings and Basso Continuo in E-Flat Major

    Performer: Clemens Röger. Performer: Susanne Wettemann. Performer: Amanda Tauriņa. Orchestra: Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum. Conductor: Reinhard Goebel.
    • Pentatone.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Tarantelle in A minor Op.6

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Paul Meyer. Orchestra: Orchestre de chambre de Paris. Conductor: François Leleux.
    • Warner.

  • Mel Bonis

    Piano Quartet No 1 in B flat major, Op 69 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Ensemble Louise Farrenc.
    • Farrenc, Elena Firsova & Bonis: Chamber Music.
    • CPO.
    • 109.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Serenade Op.31 (Pastoral)

    Singer: Allan Clayton. Performer: Richard Watkins. Ensemble: Aldeburgh Festival Strings. Conductor: Markus Däunert.
    • Linn.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony no. 3 in C major Op.52: II Andantino con moto, quasi allegretto

    Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jukka‐Pekka Saraste.
    • Ondine.

  • Malcolm Williamson

    Travel Diaries - Sydney: 9. A Morning Swim

    Performer: Antony Gray.
    • Complete Works for Piano.
    • ABC CLASSICS.
    • 17.

  • Alexandre Desplat

    The Shape of Water

    Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Ensemble: Les Siècles. Conductor: Duncan Ward.
    • Les choses de la vie - Cinema 2.
    • ERATO.
    • 17.

  • Aaron Copland

    Fanfare for the Common Man

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Zubin Mehta.
    • Aaron Copland: The World of Aaron Copland.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Agathe Backer-Grøndahl

    Suite Op. 20: V. Scherzo. Allegretto giocoso

    Performer: Dmitry Mayboroda.
    • She Composed - 53 Piano Pieces by Women Composers.
    • Prospero Classical.
    • 47.

  • Gaspar Esmit Comaposada

    Concierto de Salterio: I. Allegro non molto

    Ensemble: Nuovo Aspetto.
    • Salterio Obbligato: Arias & Instrumental Music with Salterio from 18th-Century I.
    • CPO.
    • 107.

  • Franz Schubert

    Fantasy in C major D.760 'Wandererfantasie' (4th mvt)

    Music Arranger: Franz Liszt. Performer: Lukas Geniušas. Orchestra: Sinfonieorchester St. Gallen. Conductor: Modestas Pitrėnas.
    • Schubert/Liszt: Wanderer Fantasy - Tchaikovsky: Concert Fantasy.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 5.

  • Edward Elgar

    Nimrod (Enigma Variations, Op. 36)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Simon Rattle on EMI Classics.
    • EMI Classics.

  • Stephen Goss

    Albéniz Concerto: V. Aragón

    Performer: Xuefei Yang. Orchestra: Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya. Conductor: Eije Oue.
    • Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 8.

  • Robert Schumann

    Piano Quintet in E-Flat Major, Op. 44: I. Allegro brillante

    Performer: Peter Donohoe. Ensemble: Sacconi Quartet.
    • Taneyev • Schumann.
    • Signum Records.
    • 5.

  • Percy Grainger

    Handel in the Strand

    Performer: Geoffrey Tozer. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Grainger Edition Vol. 5 Works for Chorus and Orchestra 2.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 016.

  • John Blow

    Chaconne in G major

    Ensemble: Arcangelo. Director: Jonathan Cohen.
    • HYPERION.

  • Jacques Offenbach

    La Boulangère a des écus: "Ah ! Qu'elle est fière"

    Singer: Véronique Gens. Orchestra: Orchestre national des Pays de la Loire. Choir: Chœur de L’Orchestre national des Pays de la Loire. Conductor: Hervé Niquet.
    • Les Divas d'Offenbach.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 14.

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  • Sat 20 Jun 202606:30
    BBC Radio 3