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Max Richter

On the Nature of Daylight

Orchestra: Orchestra of the Swan. Conductor: Daniele Rosina.

• Labyrinths.
• Signum Classics.
• 101.

Tikey Zes

Communion Verse for Easter (Mode Plagal I)

Choir: Cappella Romana. Conductor: Alexander Lingas.

• Gagliano Recordings.

Trad.

Halatzoglou kratema (Instrumental byzantin)

Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.

• Alia Vox.

Sergey Rachmaninov

Études-Tableaux, Op 39 No 2 in A Minor

Performer: Yoav Levanon.

• Warner Classics.

Erich Wolfgang Korngold

Die tote Stadt, Act I: Marietta's Lied

Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.

• Decca.

Benjamin Britten

Simple Symphony, Op 4 (II. Playful Pizzicato)

Ensemble: Emperor Quartet.

• Britten: The Music for String Quartet.
• BIS.
• 302.

Richard Rodgers

It Might As Well Be Spring

Performer: Oscar Peterson. Performer: Ed Thigpen. Singer: Ray Brown.

• Solar Records.

Ludwig van Beethoven

Romance No 2 in F major, Op 50

Performer: Rachel Barton Pine. Orchestra: Göttingen Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Christoph-Mathias Mueller.

• Cedille Records.

Johannes Brahms

Intermezzo in E major (7 Fantasies, Op.116)

Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.

• The Final Piano Pieces.
• Hyperion.
• 04.

Alfred Hollins

Spring Song

Performer: Roy Massey.

• Priory Records.

Edward Elgar

Enigma Variations, Op 36 (Variation 9, 'Nimrod')

Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.

• Elgar: Enigma Variations: LSO/Sir Colin Davis.
• LSO Live.
• 9.

Clément Janequin

Le chant des oiseaux

Ensemble: Ensemble La Fenice. Conductor: Jean Tubéry.

• Natura amorosa.
• Ligia.

Jean‐Philippe Rameau

Suite le rappel des oiseaux: Rigaudon I & II

Ensemble: Calefax Reed Quintet.

• Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm.

Felix Mendelssohn

Variations Concertantes in D Major, Op 17

Performer: Sol Gabetta. Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

Trio Sonata in C minor, Wq161, H579 (1st mvt)

Ensemble: Florilegium.

• Channel Classics.

Joseph Haydn

Symphony no.101 in D major 'The Clock' (2nd mvt)

Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.

• Sony/RCA Red Seal.

Herbert Howells

Three Dances for violin and orchestra, Op 7 (1st mvt)

Performer: Lydia Mordkovitch. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.

• Chandos.

George Frideric Handel

Oh my heart, you are scorned (Alcina)

Singer: Nathalie Stutzmann. Ensemble: Orfeo 55.

• Quella Fiamma: Arie Antiche.
• Erato.
• 7.

Domenico Scarlatti

Sonata in C major Kk.251

Music Arranger: Sérgio Assad. Performer: Odair Assad. Performer: Sérgio Assad.

• Nonesuch.

Camille Saint‐Saëns

Wedding-Cake - Caprice-Waltz in A flat major Op.76

Performer: Louis Lortie. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.

• CHANDOS : CHSA 5162.
• CHANDOS.
• 20.

Michael Tippett

Go down, Moses (A Child of our Time, Part II)

Singer: Ashley Riches. Choir: BBC Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.

• Tippett: A Child of our Time.
• Chandos.
• 122.

Edvard Grieg

Sigurd Jorsalfar Op 56 (3rd mvt, Homage March)

Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.

• DG.

Frédéric Chopin

'Revolutionary Study' in C minor Op.10 no.12

Performer: Maurizio Pollini.

• DG.

Howard Shore

Into the West (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the Kings)

Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Nic Raine.

• Decca.

Dora Pejačević

Menuett, Op 18

Ensemble: Trio RoVerde.

• Brilliant Classics.