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  • Lucas Ruiz de Ribayaz

    贰蝉辫补帽辞濒别迟补蝉

    Composer: Gianluigi Trovesi.
    • All' Improvviso: Ciaccone, Bergamasche, & un po' di Follie....
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 14.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Trio in G major, H.15.25, 'Gypsy' (1st mvt)

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Performer: Gautier Capu莽on.
    • Live from the Lugano Festival 2003, Martha Argerich and friends, Chamber Music.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.
  • Alfred Desenclos

    Messe de Requiem: Introit & Kyrie

    Performer: Christopher Woodward. Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, London. Conductor: David Trendell.
    • Desenclos: Messe De Requiem, Salve Regina & Poulenc: Litanies 脌 La Vierge Noire.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 1.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations BWV 988, Variations 5-11 arr for reed quintet

    Music Arranger: Raaf Hekkema. Ensemble: Calefax Reed Quintet.
    • Goldberg Variations.
    • RIOJA Records.
    • 11.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Anitra's Dance (Peer Gynt Suite no.1, Op.46)

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt.
    • Grieg/Nielsen: Peer Gynt/Aladdin: San Francisco Symphony/Blomstedt.
    • Decca.
    • 4.
  • C茅cile Chaminade

    脡tude symphonique, Op.28

    Performer: Jonathan Plowright.
    • Homage to Paderewski: Jonathan Plowrigtht.
    • Hyperion.
    • 23.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quartet in B flat major, K 458, 'Hunt' (1st mvt)

    Performer: Peter Cropper. Performer: Ronald Birks. Performer: Robin Ireland. Performer: Bernard Gregor-Smith. Ensemble: Lindsay String Quartet.
    • Mozart: Oboe Quartet/Horn Quintet: The Lindsays.
    • ASV.
    • 1.
  • George Gershwin

    Porgy and Bess, Act 2, Scene 1: "Oh, I got plenty o' nuttin'"

    Singer: Willard White. Singer: Cynthia Clarey. Singer: Marietta Simpson. Choir: Glyndebourne Chorus. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • The Simon Rattle Album.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 14.
  • Francesco Barsanti

    Lochaber

    Ensemble: Ensemble Marsyas. Conductor: Peter Whelan.
    • LINN.
  • John Williams

    Schindler's List (Theme)

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.
    • Nicola Benedetti: The Silver Violin.
    • Decca.
    • 1.
  • Francesco Geminiani

    Concerto Grosso No 6 in A major after Corelli

    Ensemble: Ensemble 415. Conductor: Chiara Banchini.
    • Geminiani: Concerti Grossi - Composes: Ensemble 415, Chiara Banchini.
    • Zig Zag Territories.
    • 23-26.
  • Orlando Gibbons

    O Clap Your Hands

    Choir: Oxford Camerata. Conductor: Jeremy Summerly.
    • GIBBONS: Choral and Organ Music.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 40 MWV O 11: II. Adagio

    Performer: Lars Vogt. Orchestra: Orchestre de chambre de Paris.
    • Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos.
    • Ondine.
    • 1.
  • Georges Bizet

    Carmen Suite No 2 (Danse boh猫me)

    Orchestra: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Favourite Orchestral Pieces: Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart/Marriner.
    • EMI.
    • 007.
  • Max Richter

    Vivaldi, The Four Seasons - Spring 1, Recomposed by Max Richter

    Performer: Max Richter. Performer: Daniel Hope. Orchestra: Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin. Conductor: Andr茅 de Ridder.
    • Recomposed By Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 2.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Firebird Suite, KC 10: X. Final Hymn

    Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite - Lyadov: Baba-Yaga, Kikimora, The Enchanted Lake.
    • Chandos.
    • 12.
  • Luigi Boccherini

    Cello Concerto No. 2 in A Major, G. 475 'The Frog': III. Rondo

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.
    • Boccherini: Cello Concerto No. 2 in A Major, G. 475 "The Frog": III. Rondo. Alle.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor, Op 22 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Howard Shelley. Orchestra: Opera North Orchestra.
    • Chandos.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.3 in E flat major Op.55 'Eroica' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: West鈥揈astern Divan Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Beethoven For All.
    • Decca.
    • 2.
  • Manuel de Falla

    Dance of Terror from El Amor Brujo

    Performer: Anna Fedorova.
  • Alessandro Marcello

    Oboe Concerto in D Minor, S. Z799: III. Allegro transcr. for Piccolo Trumpet

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock. Orchestra: Pinnock's Players.
    • Baroque Concertos.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 12.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Reed.
    • Classical Spectacular 2: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Reed.
    • 15.
  • Anna Thorvaldsdottir

    Heyr 镁煤 oss himnum 谩 (Hear us in Heaven)

    Choir: Skylark. Conductor: Matthew Guard.
    • Crossing Over.
    • Sono Luminus.
    • 7.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg concerto no.1 in F major BWV.1046 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Ab Koster. Orchestra: Tafelmusik. Director: Jeanne Lamon.
    • J.S. Bach: Six Brandenburg Concertos; Tafelmusik, Lamon.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.
  • Vittorio Monti

    Czardas

    Music Arranger: Avital/Galliano. Performer: Avi Avital. Performer: Richard Galliano.
    • Avi Avital - Between Worlds.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 18.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    2 Nocturnes Op.62 (no.1 in B major)

    Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires.
    • Chopin: Piano works: Maria Joao Pires/Pavel Gomziakov.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.
  • Edward Elgar

    Dream Children, Op 43 (No 2)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Decca.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Music for The Royal Fireworks, HWV351 - Menuet 1 & 2

    Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.
    • Handel: Feuerwerksmusik - Wassermusik.
    • Decca.
    • 5.
  • Anon.

    Cachua

    Ensemble: Hesp猫rion XXI. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Villancicos y danzas criollas 1550-1750: Hesperion XXI/Savall.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 10.

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