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Thu 10 Oct 2024 06:30

Music Played

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Sleeping Beauty (Panorama)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.
    • Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Nutcracker: LSO, Previn.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 9.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Cello Sonata No 4 in C major, Op 102 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Daniel M眉ller鈥怱chott. Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Beethoven: Cello Sonata etc: Muller-Schott/Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.
  • Orlande de Lassus

    Aurora lucis rutilat

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • The Earth Resounds: The Sixteen/Harry Christophers.
    • Coro.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite No 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Overture)

    Orchestra: Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra. Director: Andrew Parrott.
    • Bach Orchestral Suites.
    • VIRGIN VERITAS.
    • 8.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Waltz in C sharp minor, Op.64 no.2

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Chopin: The Complete Walzes: Stephen Hough.
    • Hyperion.
    • 7.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Pelleas and Melisande, Act V Scene 2: Prelude (The Death of Melisande)

    Orchestra: Turku Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leif Segerstam.
    • NAXOS.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Chandos Anthem No. 2, HWV 247, "In the Lord put I my trust": Mvts 1 & 2

    • Handel: Chandos Anthems, Vol. 1.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
    • 09.
  • Grace Williams

    Penillion (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Ray Allan. Conductor: Sir Charles Groves.
    • Grace Williams: Sea Sketches; Fantasia; Carillons; Penillion.
    • Lyrita.
    • 6.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Piano Quintet no.2 in A major Op.81 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Menahem Pressler. Ensemble: Quatuor 脡b猫ne.
    • Erato.
  • Peter Warlock

    Capriol Suite

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Studt.
    • Naxos.
  • Xian Xinghai

    The Yellow River in Wrath (Yellow River Piano Concerto)

    Performer: Jie Chen. Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Carolyn Kuan.
    • Naxos.
  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    O sacrum convivium

    Choir: Cappella Musicale Pontificia Sistina. Conductor: Massimo Palombella.
    • O Crux Benedicta. Lent and Holy Week at the Sistine Chapel.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 10.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Aida, Act 2: Triumphal March and Ballet Music

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the National Academy of St Cecilia. Choir: Chorus of the National Academy of St Cecilia. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Verdi: Aida.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 21.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in G minor, RV439 'La notte'

    Performer: Lucie Horsch. Ensemble: Amsterdam Vivaldi Players.
    • Decca.
  • Vernon Duke

    April in Paris (Walk a Little Faster)

    Music Arranger: Danny Troob. Singer: Dawn Upshaw. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Eric Stern.
    • Dawn Upshaw sings Vernon Duke.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 10.
  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Canzon septimi toni 脿 8

    Performer: London Symphony Brass. Director: Eric Crees.
    • Gabrieli: Music for Brass Vol.3.
    • Naxos.
    • 7.
  • Leo Brouwer

    Enchanter's Eyes (Ojos Brujos)

    Performer: Marcelo Kayath.
    • I.M.P..
  • Max Bruch

    Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Jakub Hr暖拧a.
    • Tchaikovsky/Bruch: Violin Concertos: Nicola Benedetti.
    • Decca.
    • 6.
  • Eric Coates

    The Three Bears (Phantasy)

    Orchestra: 91热爆 Philharmonic. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Eric Coates : Orchestral Works, Volume 4.
    • Chandos.
  • POEM

    "Daffodils" by William Wordsworth, read by Ralph Fiennes

  • Ernest John Moeran

    To Daffodils (Songs of Springtime)

    Choir: Finzi Singers. Conductor: Paul Spicer.
    • Moeran: Song Cycles / Warlock: Songs.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony No 2 in D major, Op 43 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali.
    • ALPHA.
  • Frank Bridge

    Valse Russe

    Performer: Priya Mitchell. Performer: Guy Johnston. Performer: Emmanuel Despax. Ensemble: Bechstein Trio.
  • George Gershwin

    I got plenty o' nuttin' (Porgy and Bess)

    Singer: Willard White. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Carl Davis.
    • Willard White: A Gala Celebration.
    • RLPO Live.
    • 16.
  • Aaron Copland

    Fanfare for the Common Man (91热爆 Philharmonic Studio Concerts)

    Orchestra: 91热爆 Philharmonic. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    脡tudes-Tableaux, Op. 39: No. 6 in A Minor

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 & 5 脡tudes-Tableaux.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.
  • Johan Svendsen

    Romance, Op. 26

    Performer: Erkki Palola. Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leif Segerstam.
    • Orchestral Music - Sibelius, J. / Grieg, E. / Nielsen, C. (Scandinavian Rhapsody.
    • Ondine.
    • 3.

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