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Johann Sebastian Bach

Violin Concerto in G Minor, BWV 1056

Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Orchestra: The Apollon Ensemble.

• Bach: Violin Concertos.
• Sony Classical.
• 10.

Sergey Rachmaninov

Vocalise

Performer: Leonard Elschenbroich. Performer: Alexei Grynyuk. Music Arranger: Leonard Rose.

• Rachmaninov: Cello Sonata & Vocalise.
• Onyx.
• 8.

Tarquinio Merula

Ciaconna

Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.

• Il Giardino Armonica: Artist Portrait.
• Warner Classics.

Maurice Ravel

Noctuelles (Miroirs)

Performer: Beatrice Rana.

• WARNER.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Clarinet Concerto in A major K.622 (3rd mvt)

Performer: Martin Frost. Orchestra: Amsterdam Sinfonietta. Conductor: Peter Oundjian.

• Mozart: Clarinet Concerto & Quintet: Martin Frost.
• BIS.

Hugo Alfvén

Shepherd Girl's Dance (The Mountain King)

Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Esa‐Pekka Salonen.

• Sibelius: Finlandia; Valse Triste; Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfar; Salonen.
• Sony Classical.
• 6.

Rebecca Clarke

Down by the Salley Gardens

Performer: Sholto Kynoch. Singer: Helen Charlston.

George Frideric Handel

Where'er you walk (Semele)

Singer: Allan Clayton. Orchestra: Orchestra of Classical Opera. Conductor: Ian Page.

• Where'er You Walk.
• Signum Classics.
• 1402.

Frédéric Chopin

Piano Concerto no.1 in E minor Op.11 (3rd mvt)

Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Elim Chan.

• Decca.

David Dubery

Night Songs (An August Midnight)

Singer: James Gilchrist. Performer: Michael Cox. Performer: David Dubery.

• David Dubery - Observations.
• Métier.
• 11.

Antonín Dvořák

Symphony no.8 in G major Op.88 (3rd mvt)

Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.

• Philips.

Henry Purcell

The Virtuous Wife: Slow Air; Air

Ensemble: Ensemble Les Surprises. Director: Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas.

• Purcell: Tyrannic Love.
• Alpha Classics.
• 16.

Franz Lehár

Gold and Silver - Waltz Op.79

Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.

• Vienna Soiree: Gardiner/Vienna PO.
• Deutsche Grammophon.
• 6.

William Byrd

Fantasia a 6 No 2 in G minor

Ensemble: Phantasm.

• Still Music Of The Spheres.
• SIMAX.
• 1.

Leos Janáček

Sinfonietta

Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.

• Janáček: Glagolitic Mass; Taras Bulba; Sinfonietta; The Fiddler’s Child.
• Decca Music.
• 9.

Alexander Scriabin

Prélude in C Minor, Op. 11, No. 20

Performer: Julius Asal.

• SCRIABIN – SCARLATTI.
• Deutsche Grammophon.
• 3.

Domenico Scarlatti

Keyboard Sonata in C Minor, Kk. 56

Performer: Julius Asal.

• SCRIABIN – SCARLATTI.
• Deutsche Grammophon.
• 4.

David Raksin

Theme from 'Laura'

Performer: Andy Wood. Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.

• Hollywood Soundstage.
• Chandos.
• 2.

Antonio Vivaldi

Concerto in A minor, RV 356

Performer: Alison Balsom. Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble.

• Italian Concertos; Alison Balsom, Scottish Ensemble.
• EMI Classics.
• 1.

Felix Mendelssohn

The Hebrides Op.26

Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.

• Mendelssohn in Birmingham, Vol. 5.
• Chandos.
• 4.

Francesco Cavalli

Incomprensibil nume (Pompeo Magno)

Singer: Jakub Józef Orliński. Ensemble: Il Pomo d’Oro.

• Beyond.
• Warner Music.
• 7.

Misha Mullov-Abbado

Little Astronaut

Singer: Misha Mullov-Abbado. Performer: Viktoria Mullova.

• ONYX.

Sergey Prokofiev

Symphony no.1 in D major 'Classical' (3rd mvt)

Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.

• Claudio Abbado Conducts Prokofiev, Hindemith & Janácek.
• Decca.
• 3.

Ludwig van Beethoven

Piano Sonata in G major, Op 31 No 1 (3rd mvmt, Rondo)

Performer: Igor Levit.

• Sony Classical.

François Francœur

Sicilienne (Violin Sonata in G)

Performer: Théotime Langlois de Swarte. Performer: Justin Taylor.

• Les Frères Francœur.
• ALPHA.