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Music Played

  • Vladimir Martynov

    The Beatitudes

    Ensemble: Kronos Quartet.
    • Nonesuch.
  • H茅l猫ne de Montgeroult

    脡tudes Nos 41 and 82

    Performer: Clare Hammond.
    • BIS.
  • Franz Berwald

    Septet in B flat major (1st mvt)

    Performer: Lorenzo Coppola. Performer: Donna Agrell. Performer: Teunis van der Zwart. Performer: Marc Destrub茅. Performer: Albert Br眉ggen. Performer: Robert Franenberg.
    • A Bassoon in Stockholm....
    • BIS.
    • 1.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ich h枚re mitten in den Leiden (Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir, BWV 38)

    Orchestra: Das Neue Orchester. Director: Christoph Spering. Singer: Benjamin Bruns. Choir: Chorus Musicus K枚ln.
    • Bach: Lutherkantaten, Vol. 4 (BWV 38, 80, 61).
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 3.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    3 Nocturnes Op.9 (no.1 in B flat minor)

    Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires.
    • DG.
  • Nitin Sawhney

    Translucence

    Composer: Jasdeep Singh Degun. Ensemble: Ensemble.
    • Anomaly.
    • Real World Records.
  • Luigi Boccherini

    Symphony, Op. 12 No. 4 "La casa del diavolo" (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: I Solisti Veneti. Conductor: Claudio Scimone.
    • Boccherini : Stabat Mater & 3 Symphonies - Apex.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 21.
  • Ernest Chausson

    Piano Quartet in A major op 30 ii Tres calme

    Performer: Pascal Devoyon. Performer: Philippe Graffin. Performer: Gary Hoffman. Performer: Toby Hoffman.
    • Hyperion.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 101 in D major, 'The Clock' (2nd mvt, Andante)

    Ensemble: London Classical Players. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington.
    • EMI CLASSICS.
  • Thorkell Sigurbj枚rnsson

    Heyr himna smidur

    Ensemble: Schola Cantorum Reykjavicensis. Conductor: H枚r冒ur 脕skelsson.
    • Meditatio: Music For Mixed Choir.
    • BIS.
    • 11.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata no.28 in A Major, Op.101 1st mvt

    Performer: Junyan Chen.
  • Henriette Reni茅

    Harp Concerto in C minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Emmanuel Ceysson. Orchestra: Orchestre national Avignon-Provence. Conductor: Samuel Jean.
    • Belle 脡poque.
    • 狈补茂惫别.
    • 4.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Concerto No 2 in D major, K 211 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: David Oistrakh. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Director: David Oistrakh.
    • Mozart The Collectors Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 6.
  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    贰蝉辫补帽补

    Orchestra: Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse. Conductor: Michel Plasson.
    • EMI.
  • Charles Tomlinson Griffes

    The White Peacock

    Conductor: JoAnn Falletta. Orchestra: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Naxos.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Etude in C, Op.10 No.1

    Performer: Sonya Bach.
    • Chopin: Etudes.
    • Rubicon.
    • 101.
  • Capercaillie

    The Jura Wedding Reels

    Ensemble: Capercaillie.
    • VERTICAL RECORDS.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Flute Concerto in B-flat major, Wq. 167 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Konrad H眉nteler. Conductor: Ton Koopman. Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra.
    • CPE Bach: Flute Concertos.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Requiem, K. 626. Confutatis; Lacrymosa

    Conductor: Neville Marriner. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Choir: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus.
    • Amadeus (The Complete Soundtrack Recording).
    • Fantasy Records.
    • 9.
  • 脡lisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

    Violin Sonata no.2 in D major

    Performer: Riccardo Minasi. Ensemble: Bizzarrie Armoniche.
    • 狈础脧痴贰.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Piano Concerto no.2 in D minor Op.40 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lawrence Foster.
    • Hyperion.
  • Pierre Roche

    Bal du faubourg

    Lyricist: Charles Aznavour. Singer: Charles Aznavour. Ensemble: Ensemble.
    • Best of les ann茅es Ducretet Thomson (1952-1959).
    • Parlophone (France).
    • 10.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Marche slave, Op 31

    Orchestra: Boston Pops Orchestra. Conductor: Arthur Fiedler.
    • Hi-Fi Fiedler: Boston Pops/Arthur Fiedler.
    • Sony.
    • 6.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Cello Sonata No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 38 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Performer: Inon Barnatan.
    • PENTATONE.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Fidelio, Act I: No. 3 Quartett: Mir ist so wunderbar (Marzelline/Leonore/Rocco/J

    Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Simon Rattle Edition: Beethoven.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 5.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Piano Sonata in F Major, Op. 12 (1st mvt)

    Performer: H氓vard Gimse.
    • Sibelius: Piano Music, Vol. 1.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Lorenzo Allegri

    Canario

    Orchestra: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.
    • Via Crucis; L'Arpeggiata; Christina Pluhar.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 16.

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