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Aaron Copland

Appalachian Spring: I. Very Slowly

Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic.

• Sony Classical.

Ivo Antognini

Come to Me

Lyricist: Christina Rossetti. Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Choir: Pembroke College Chapel Choir.

• Sony Classical.

Akira Nakada

12 Songs for Guitar: No. 7: A Song of Early Spring

Music Arranger: Toru Takemitsu. Performer: Shin-Ichi Fukuda.

• Naxos.

Anton Bruckner

Locus Iste

Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.

• Decca (UMO).

Erich Wolfgang Korngold

Much Ado About Nothing, Op. 11, Suite: IV. Intermezzo \"Garden Scene\"

Performer: Bomsori. Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jakub Hrůša.

• Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

Johannes Brahms

6 Piano Pieces, Op. 118: No. 2, Intermezzo in A Major

Performer: Martin James Bartlett.

• Warner Classics.

Andrea Morricone

Cinema Paradiso

Composer: Ennio Morricone. Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Conductor: Stéphane Denève. Orchestra: Brussels Philharmonic.

• Warner Classics.

Igor Stravinsky

The Firebird - Suite (1919) - Round Dance Of The Princesses

Orchestra: National Theater Opera Orchestra of Paris. Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung.

• Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

Augusta Holmès

La Nuit et l'Amour: Interlude de l'ode symphonique

Orchestra: Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland‐Pfalz. Composer: Samuel Friedmann.

• SWR Digital.

George Frideric Handel

Serse, HWV 40, Act 1, Scene 1: Arioso. "Ombra mai fù": Largo

Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.

• Warner Classics.

Eric Whitacre

Alleluia

Choir: Eric Whitacre Singers. Conductor: Eric Whitacre.

• Decca (UMO).

Florence Price

Adoration

Performer: Randall Goosby. Performer: Zhu Wang.

• Decca Music Group Ltd..

Felix Mendelssohn

A Midsummer Night's Dream, Incidental Music, Op. 61: No. 7, Nocturne...

Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.

• LSO Live.

Karen Tanaka

Water Dance I

Performer: Signe Bakke.

• 2L.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467: II. Andante

Conductor: Daniel Barenboim. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.

• Warner Classics.

Trad.

My Lord, What a Mornin'

Music Arranger: Harry Burleigh. Choir: Chattanooga Choral Arts Society. Conductor: Robert Bode.

• Gothic.

Maurice Ravel

Mother Goose Suite, M. 60: I. Pavane of the Sleeping Beauty

Orchestra: Festivalový orchestr Praha. Conductor: Pavel Urbanek.

• Cobra Entertainment LLC.

Elliott Jack Sansom

Finding My Feet

Performer: Elliott Jack Sansom.

• Decca (UMO) (Classics).

Hubert Clifford

Five English Nursery Tunes IV. Curly Locks

Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.

• Chandos.

Robert Lucas Pearsall

Lay a garland

Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

Frédéric Chopin

Nocturne in E-Flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2

Performer: Pablo Ferrández. Performer: Julien Quentin.

• Sony Classical.

Rebecca Clarke

I'll bid my heart be still

Performer: Philip Dukes.

• Naxos.

Gabriel Fauré

Requiem, Op. 48: IV. Pie Jesu

Performer: Grace Davidson. Ensemble: Meridian. Conductor: Irene Messoloras.

• Signum Records.

Nitin Sawhney

New Tribes

Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Nitin Sawhney.

• Silva Screen Records Ltd.

Frédéric Chopin

Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 65: III. Largo

Performer: Gautier Capuçon. Performer: Yuja Wang.

• Warner Classics.

Edward Elgar

Lux Aeterna

Music Arranger: John Cameron. Lyricist: Anon.. Conductor: Christopher Lowrey. Choir: Ensemble Altera.

• Alpha Classics.

Chevalier J.J.O. de Meude-Monpas

Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major: II. Adagio

Performer: Rachel Barton Pine. Orchestra: Encore Chamber Orchestra.

• Cedille.

Christoph Willibald Gluck

Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq.30: Dance of the Blessed Spirits

Ensemble: Duo Arcos.

• Azul Music.

Erik Satie

3 Sarabandes: No. 2

Performer: Reinbert de Leeuw.

• Decca Music Group Ltd..

William Henry Harris

Faire is the heaven

Ensemble: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.

• Decca (UMO).

Dora Pejačević

Piano Concerto, Op. 33: II. Adagio con estro poetico

Performer: Peter Donohoe. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.

• Chandos Records Limited.

Rita Strohl

Solitude

Performer: Esther Abrami. Performer: Kim Barbier.

• Sony Classical/Sony Music.

Imogen Holst

Variations on "Loth to Depart": Theme

Performer: Alice Farnham. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.

• NMC Recordings Limited.

Franz Liszt

Consolations, S. 172: No. 1 in E Major. Andante con moto

Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.

• Sony Classical.

Rachel Portman

Tipping Points: II. Air

Performer: Niklas Liepe. Orchestra: WDR Funkhausorchester. Conductor: Erina Yashima.

• Sony Classical/Sony Music.

Ruth Gipps

Oboe Concerto, Op. 20: II. Andante

Performer: Juliana Koch. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.

• Chandos Records Limited.