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  • Joseph Haydn

    Trio in D minor H.15.23 for keyboard and strings 1st movement; Andante molto

    Ensemble: Oberon Trio.
    • Duality.
    • CAvi-music.
    • 101.

  • William Byrd

    Miserere mei, Deus

    Choir: Contrapunctus. Conductor: Owen Rees.
    • Libera Nos - The Cry of the Oppressed.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 701.

  • Eric Whitacre

    The Seal Lullaby

    Music Arranger: Rebeca Ormodia. Performer: Catrin Finch. Performer: Julian Lloyd Webber.
    • DG.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Chorale: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Remastered)

    Ensemble: Jacques Loussier Trio.
    • Play Bach, Vol. 2 (Remastered).
    • Avid Entertainment.
    • 7.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and fugue in A minor BWV.894 (Prelude)

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • J.S. Bach, The French Suites: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.
    • 37.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    The Swan (Carnival of the Animals)

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Jeneba Kanneh鈥怣ason.
    • The Kanneh-Masons.
    • Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd..
    • 24.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Theodora - oratorio in 3 acts; Act 1 sc.4; As with rosy steps the morn [Irene]

    Singer: Joyce DiDonato. Orchestra: Il Pomo d鈥橭ro. Conductor: Maxim Emelyanychev.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Menuet antique

    Performer: Marielle Lab猫que.
    • Maurice Ravel Katia Et Marielle Labeque.
    • KML.
    • 10.

  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Missa Papae Marcelli: Gloria (extract)

    Choir: Stile Antico.
    • DECCA.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Dance of the tumblers (Snow maiden - suite)

    Ensemble: Black Dyke Band.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Trad.

    La lloroncita

    Music Arranger: Christina Pluhar. Singer: Luciana Mancini. Ensemble: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Conductor: Christina Pluhar.
    • Wonder Women.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 6.

  • Henry Litolff

    Concerto symphonique No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 123: II. Largo

    Performer: Peter Donohoe. Orchestra: 91热爆 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Litolff: Concertos symphoniques Nos. 3 & 5 (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 26).
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Suite Italienne [from Pulcinella in collab. with Dushkin] (Introduction)

    Performer: Francesca Dego. Performer: Francesca Leonardi.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Gloria in D Major, RV 589: I. Gloria in excelsis Deo II. Et in terra pax

    Orchestra: Le Concert Spirituel. Conductor: Herv茅 Niquet.
    • Vivaldi: Gloria & Magnificat (Alpha Collection).
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 1.

  • Richard Wagner

    The Ride of the Valkyries (Die Walk眉re)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris 鈥� Philharmonie. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Wagner: The Ring: Daniel BarenBoim, Orchestre de Paris.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • Orlando Gibbons

    Fantasia a 6, MB.48.31

    Ensemble: Phantasm.
    • Gibbons: Sonsorts for Viols: Phantasm.
    • Avie.
    • 4.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Seascape Op.53

    Orchestra: 91热爆 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Jonathan Bloxham.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Ancient Airs & Dances, Suite No. 2, P. 138: IV. Bergamasca

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of New York. Conductor: Salvatore Di Vittorio.
    • Respighi: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 15.

  • John Tavener

    Hymn to the Mother of God

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Firebird (Final section)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Stravinsky: The Firebird.
    • EMI.
    • 7.

  • Mark-Anthony Turnage

    The Silver Tassie: Oh bring me a pint of wine

    Singer: Gerald Finley. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Fritz Kreisler

    Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow)

    Music Arranger: Sergey Rachmaninov. Performer: Stewart Goodyear.

  • Pietro Locatelli

    Introduzione teatrale in D major, Op.4`5

    Performer: Elizabeth Wallfisch. Ensemble: Raglan Baroque Players.
    • Locatelli: Introcuttoni Teatrali & Concerti, Op.4: The Raglan Baroque Players, W.
    • Hyperion.
    • 13-15.

  • Johann Strauss II

    The Blue Danube

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Willi Boskovsky.
    • Johann Strauss: Famous Waltzes: Boskovsky.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet in G major Op.18`2 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Casals Quartet.
    • Beethoven : Revelations, 1.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 101.

  • Orlande de Lassus

    Tristis est anima mea (Tenebrae Responsories)

    Choir: Platinum Consort. Conductor: Scott Inglis-Kidger.
    • In The Dark: Platinum Consort, Scott Inglis-Kidger.
    • Resonus.
    • 13.

  • Adolphe Adam

    Giselle, or [Les] Wilis - ballet in 2 acts: Act 2; Grand pas de deux

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • Decca.

  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Les Bor茅ades: Entr茅e pour les Muses

    Orchestra: MusicAeterna. Conductor: Teodor Currentzis.
    • Rameau - The Sound of Light.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3.

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