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Music Played

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturne in D flat major, Op 27 No 2

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • In the Night.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.

  • Henry Purcell

    The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 2: See, Even Night Herself is Here (Night)

    Singer: Gillian Fisher. Orchestra: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • The Fairy Queen.
    • Coro.
    • 13.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Trio No. 5 in D Major, Op. 70 No. 1 "Ghost": II. Largo

    Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Emanuel Ax.
    • Beethoven for Three: Symphony No. 1 / Op. 70, No. 1 \"Ghost\" / Op. 11 \"Gassenh.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 6.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (Cantata No 180)

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Choir: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Bach Cantatas: Gardiner.
    • Soli Deo Gloria.
    • 13.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 2, Op. 55: IV. Solveig's Song

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • Wonderland - Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto, Lyric Pieces.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 7.

  • Johan Daniel Berlin

    Sinfonia a 6 in D Major: I Allegro

    Orchestra: Norsk Barokkorkester. Conductor: Gottfried von der Goltz.
    • Johan Daniel and Johan Heinrich Berlin.
    • Simax Classics.
    • 13.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-Flat Major, K. 456: II. Andante un poco sostenuto

    Conductor: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 9 "Jeunehomme" & 18.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 5.

  • Agathe Backer-Grøndahl

    3 Morceaux, Op. 15 (III. Humoresque)

    Performer: Tine Thing Helseth. Music Arranger: Jarle Storløkken. Ensemble: tenThing.
    • She Composes Like A Man.
    • Lawo Classics.
    • 11.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77 iii) Allegro giocoso

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.
    • Brahms & Busoni Violin Concertos.
    • Chandos.
    • 106.

  • Alfredo Piatti

    Serenade for 2 Cellos

    Performer: Kian Soltani. Performer: Pablo Ferrández. Performer: Julien Quentin.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Anonymous

    La seconde estampie royale

    Ensemble: Musica Reservata. Director: John Beckett.
    • French Court Music of the Thirteenth Century.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 16.

  • Cécile Chaminade

    L' Ondine [The Water sprite] Op.101

    Performer: Peter Jacobs.
    • Chaminade: Piano Music - 1, Peter Jacobs.
    • Helios.
    • 6.

  • Julio de Caro

    Boedo

    Performer: Jean-Baptiste Henry. Music Arranger: Gabriel Sivak. Ensemble: Quatuor Voce.
    • Figures argentines.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 12.

  • Gustav Holst

    St Paul's suite Op.29 no.2 (Finale - The Dargason)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Butterworth · Holst.
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 14.

  • Ethel Smyth

    Sonata in A minor Op.7 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Performer: John Lenehan.
    • CHANDOS.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Hercules, HWV 60, Act III: Sinfonia - Where shall I Fly?

    Lyricist: Thomas Broughton. Singer: Tuva Semmingsen. Ensemble: Barokksolistene.
    • London Calling.
    • BIS.
    • 501.

  • Hubert Parry

    Piano Quartet in A-Flat Major: II. Presto

    Performer: Rachel Roberts. Ensemble: Leonore Piano Trio.
    • Parry: Piano Trio No. 2 & Piano Quartet.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.

  • Wilhelm Peterson‐Berger

    Frösöblomster I, Op. 16: No. 3, Lawn Tennis

    Performer: Noriko Ogawa.
    • Peterson-Berger: Frosoblomster.
    • BIS.
    • 103.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Cum dederit (Nisi Dominus RV.608)

    Performer: Giovanni Antonini. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico.
    • ALPHA.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony no.5 in E flat major, Op.82 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leif Segerstam.
    • Sibelius: Symphony no.5&7: Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra/Segerstam.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.

  • Richard Wagner

    Ride of the Valkyries (Die Walküre)

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: George Szell.
    • SONY CLASSICS.

  • Jacques Offenbach

    Orpheus in the Underworld, Act II Scene 2: Galop - "Can-Can"

    Ensemble: Black Dyke Band.
    • 150 Years Of Black Dyke.
    • Chandos.
    • 114.

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