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Music Played

  • Hugo Wolf

    Italian Serenade arr for strings

    Orchestra: Saito Kinen Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • Dvorak, Bartok, Wolf: Saito Kinen, Ozawa.
    • Philips.
    • 6.
  • Anne Boyd

    The Beginning of the Day

    Orchestra: Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ron Spigelman.
    • Dream Children.
    • ABC Classics.
    • 11.
  • Robert Parsons

    Ave Maria à 5

    Choir: Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge. Director: Andrew Nethsingha.
    • Hear My Words: Choral Classics from St John's: Choir of St John's College, Cambr.
    • Chandos.
    • 5.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No 4 in E flat major, BWV 1010: Bourrees & Gigue

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma.
    • J. S. Bach, The Cello Suites: Yo-Yo Ma.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Richard Strauss

    Serenade in E flat major, Op.7

    Ensemble: Ensemble Paris-Bastille. Director: François Leleux.
    • Francois Leleux - Richard Strauss.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Overture in D major, TWV.55:D18 (Ouverture)

    Orchestra: Berlin Academy for Early Music.
    • Telemann: Orchestral Suites.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 1.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Variations concertantes, Op 17

    Performer: Antônio Meneses. Performer: Gérard Wyss.
    • Mendelssohn: Music For Cello And Piano: Meneses, Wyss.
    • Avie.
    • 1.
  • Georges Bizet

    L'arlésienne Suite No. 1, Op. 23bis, WD 40: IV. Carillon

    Orchestra: Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya. Orchestra: Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya. Conductor: Pablo González. Conductor: Pablo González.
    • Bizet: Carmen & L'arlésienne Suites.
    • Naxos.
    • 304.
  • Ernesto Lecuona

    Crisantemo (Chrysanthemum)

    Performer: Cristiana Pegoraro.
    • Lecuona: Piano Works, Vol. 2.
    • Dynamic.
    • 4.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    The Creatures of Prometheus (Overture)

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • DECCA.
  • Sir James MacMillan

    O Radiant Dawn

    Choir: Apollo5.
    • VCM RECORDS.
  • Robert Schumann

    Carnaval, Op 9 (No 12, Chopin)

    Performer: Boris Giltburg.
    • Schumann: Carnaval, Davidsbündlertänze & Papillons.
    • Naxos.
    • 42.
  • Robert Schumann

    Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 13, Estrella

    • Schumann: Carnaval, Davidsbündlertänze & Papillons.
    • Naxos.
    • 13.
  • Robert Schumann

    Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 14, Reconnaissance

    • Schumann: Carnaval, Davidsbündlertänze & Papillons.
    • Naxos.
    • 44.
  • Eduard Birnbaum

    Adonoy, Adonoy

    Performer: Raymond Goldstein. Singer: Naftali Herstik. Choir: Rinat National Choir. Conductor: Stanley Sperber.
    • WFMT.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.59 in A major H.1.59 'Fire' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Haydn 2032, Vol. 13: Horn Signal.
    • ALPHA.
    • 05.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Waltz; Gavotte; Dance; (Ballet Suite No 3)

    Composer: Lev Atovmian. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Shostakovich: Ballet Suites: Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Ballade no.1 in G minor Op.23

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Perahia Plays Chopin.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Bagatelles Op.47 (no.5)

    Ensemble: Takács Quartet.
    • Dvorak: String Quartets: Takacs Quartet.
    • Decca.
    • 5.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony no. 5 in E minor Op.64: 3rd mvt Valse (Allegro moderato)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
    • ONYX.
    • 003.
  • Luise Adolpha Le Beau

    Cello Sonata (1st mvt)

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Connie Shih.
    • HYPERION.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Love in her eyes sits playing (Acis and Galatea)

    Singer: Allan Clayton. Ensemble: Early Opera Company. Conductor: Christian Curnyn.
    • Acis And Galatea.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 9.
  • Helvi Leiviskä

    Suite no. 2 for orchestra: 3rd movement; Kehtolaulu (Lullaby)

    Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.
    • Helvi Leiviskä: Orchestral Works Vol. 1.
    • BIS.
    • 203.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Aria and Variations 1-3)

    Performer: Lars Vogt.
    • ONDINE.
  • Cipriani Potter

    Symphony No.7 in F Major: III. Menuetto: Allegro Can Tanto

    Conductor: Douglas Bostock. Performer: Česká filharmonie.
    • Sterndale Bennett/Cipriani Potter - Symphonies.
    • CLASSICO.
    • 7.
  • Nan-pa Hong

    Spring in My 91ȱ Town

    Performer: JongSun Woo. Singer: Tae-Hwan Yun.
  • Louis James Alfred Lefébure‐Wély

    Boléro de concert, Op 166

    Performer: Christopher Herrick.
    • Hyperion.
  • Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf

    Quartet no. 5 in E flat major Krebs.195 for strings (1st movement, Allegro)

    Ensemble: Franz Schubert Quartett.
    • Dittersdorf: String Quartets.
    • CPO.
    • 010.

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