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Music Played

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Clarinet Quintet in B flat major Op.34 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Julian Bliss. Ensemble: Carducci String Quartet.
    • Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in Major, K. 581 - Weber: Clarinet Quintet in B-Flat Ma.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 103.

  • Amy Beach

    Dreaming

    Performer: Cécile Licad.
    • Anthology of American Piano Music, Vol. 2 - American Nocturnes.
    • Danacord Records.
    • 17.

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin concerto no.2 in D major (1st mvt)

    Performer: Zhou Qian. Orchestra: Toronto Camerata. Conductor: Kevin Mallon.
    • Saint-George: Complete Violin Concertos, Vol.2.
    • NAXOS.
    • 1.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Écossais No 2 in G major, Op 72 No 3

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Alexandre Tharaud: Chopin; Journal Intime.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 12.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Meinen Jesum lass ich nicht (Cantata No 124)

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • J.S. Bach, Cantatas Vol 18: Gardiner.
    • Soli Deo Gloria.
    • 9.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488: I. Allegro

    Performer: Maria João Pires. Orchestra: The Gulbenkian Orchestra. Conductor: Theodor Guschlbauer.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 13, 14 & 23.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 1.

  • Christian Sinding

    Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 45: I. Allegro energico

    • Sinding: Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 45, Romance in D Major Op. 100 - Mendel.
    • Rubicon.
    • 1.

  • Samuel Barber

    Chorale for Ascension Day

    Lyricist: Pack Browning. Conductor: Paul Spicer. Ensemble: Birmingham Conservatoire Brass Band. Choir: Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir.
    • Barber: Choral Music.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 2.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Bagatelle in A minor, WoO.59, 'Für Elise'

    Performer: Alfred Brendel.
    • PHILIPS.

  • William Herschel

    Violin Concerto in A minor: 1st mvmt

    Performer: Robert Gibbs. Ensemble: The Dionysus Ensemble.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    The Young Juliet (Romeo and Juliet)

    Conductor: Marin Alsop. Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.
    • Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet, Op. 64.
    • Naxos.
    • 10.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Quintet in A Major, D. 667 "Trout Quintet": Andante

    • River of Music.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Stephen Warbeck

    The Beginning of the Partnership (Shakespeare in Love)

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Nick Ingman.
    • Shakespeare in Love.
    • Sony.
    • 1.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in C Minor, Kk. 22, L. 360

    Performer: Alim Beisembayev.
    • The Leeds International Piano Competition 2021 – Gold Medal Winner.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Gustav Holst

    Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (The Planets, Op.32)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • London Philharmonic Orchestra - Holst The Planets - Vladimir Jurowski Conductor.
    • LPO.
    • 4.

  • Henry Purcell

    O God, Thou Art My God

    Performer: Alexander Pott. Conductor: Mark Williams. Ensemble: The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford.
    • Arise My Love - Music for the Break of Day.
    • CORO.
    • 10.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphony no. 3 in A minor: mvmt 3 Allegro

    Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra.
    • Rachmaninoff: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3; Isle of the Dead.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 9.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    La Traviata: Libiamo ne' lieti calici

    Singer: Lisette Oropesa. Singer: René Barbera. Conductor: Daniel Oren. Orchestra: Dresdner Philharmonie.
    • Verdi: La Traviata.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 3.

  • Florence Price

    Adoration

    Music Arranger: Julian Riem. Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Orchestra: Lucerne Festival Strings. Conductor: Daniel Dodds.
    • Sony.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Serenade no.1 in D major Op.11 (6th mvt)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Sony Classical.

  • George Gershwin

    Piano Concerto in F major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Hélène Grimaud. Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Zinman.
    • Gershwin, Ravel: Piano Concertos: Grimaud, Zinman.
    • Erato.
    • 3.

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