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Marin Marais
Les Voix Humaines (Suite - book 2 no. 3 in D major)
Performer: Hille Perl. Performer: Lee Santana.- DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Alexander Borodin
In the Steppes of Central Asia
Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.- Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Rimsky-Korsakov, Borodin: Neeme Jarvi.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 3.
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Marianna Martines
Harpsichord Sonata in A major (2nd mvt)
Performer: Sarah Hagen.- Sarah Hagen.
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Elena Kats‐Chernin
Nostalgic Piece
Performer: Nicola Sweeney. Performer: Sarah Nicolls.- Kats-Chernin: Ragtime and Blue.
- Signum Classics.
- 1501.
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César Franck
Panis angelicus
Music Arranger: Owain Park. Choir: London Choral Sinfonia. Conductor: Michael Waldron.- The French Album.
- ORCHID CLASSICS.
- 7.
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Michael Nyman
The Heart asks pleasure first
Performer: Alexis Ffrench.- Sony Classical.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto in E minor, Op 64 (2nd mvt)
Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.- Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto/Octet: James Ehnes.
- Onyx.
- 2.
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Lü Wencheng
Autumn moon over a calm lake
Performer: Lang Lang.- Dragon Songs.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 5.
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Arcangelo Corelli
Violin Sonata Op. 5 No. 12 in D minor (La folia)
Ensemble: Pera Ensemble. Director: Mehmet Cemal Yeşilçay.- Berlin Classics.
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Avril Coleridge-Taylor
Sussex Landscape: II Lento e molto tranquillo; III Largo - Maestoso
Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Roderick Cox.- Coleridge-Taylor.
- DECCA.
- 7.
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Amy Beach
Piano Quintet in F sharp minor, Op 67 - 2nd movement, Adagio espressivo
Performer: Martin Roscoe. Ensemble: Endellion Quartet.- ASV.
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Hildegard von Bingen
O coruscans lux stellarum [O glistening starlight]
Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Conductor: Timothy Brown.- COLLEGIUM.
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Heitor Villa‐Lobos
Bachianas brasileiras No. 5 (I. Aria "Cantilena")
Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Plínio Fernandes.- Saudade.
- Decca Records US.
- 6.
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in D major, Op.64`5 'The Lark' (1st mvt)
Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.- AVI MUSIC.
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Colin Greenwood
Like Spinning Plates
Composer: Jonny Greenwood. Composer: Ed O’Brien. Composer: Philip Selway. Composer: Thom Yorke. Performer: Anastasia Kobekina. Performer: Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula. Music Arranger: Anastasia Kobekina. Music Arranger: Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula.![]()
Frédéric Chopin
Nocturne in D flat major, Op 27 No 2
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.- In the Night.
- HYPERION.
- 6.
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Gustav Mahler
Symphony no.1 in D major (Blumine)
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- Mahler: Symphony No. 1 / Blumine.
- EMI.
- 1.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
5 pieces from The Gadfly Op.97 arr. Borisovsky: 1. Scene; 3. Barrel-organ waltz; 5. Folk festival
Performer: Lawrence Power. Performer: Simon Crawford‐Phillips. Music Arranger: Vadim Borisovsky.- Shostakovich: Music for viola & piano.
- Hyperion.
- 11.
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Cristóbal de Morales
Parce mihi Domine
Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- SOLI DEO GLORIA.
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Max Bruch
Concerto for two pianos, Op 88a (3rd mvt, Adagio ma non troppo)
Performer: Katia Labèque. Performer: Marielle Labèque. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.- Mendelsson/Bruch: Concertos for 2 pianos & Orchestra: Katia & Marielle Labeque/B.
- Philips.
- 6.
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Bob Chilcott
The Nine Gifts
Performer: Jonathan Vaughn. Choir: Wells Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Matthew Owens.- Chilcott: Requiem: Wells Cathedral Choir/Matthew Owens.
- Hyperion.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
March. Folk Songs from Somerset (English Folk Song Suite)
Music Arranger: Philip Littlemore. Ensemble: Tredegar Band. Conductor: Ian Porthouse.- Albion Records.
Broadcast
- Sat 19 Oct 202406:30BBC Radio 3
