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  • Rued Langgaard

    Morning Stars Unheeded (Symphony no.14 'The Morning')

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Langgaard: Symphonies 2 & 6.
    • Da Capo.
    • 11.

  • Samuel Akpabot

    Scenes from Nigeria (Pastorale)

    Performer: Marcus Eley. Performer: Lucerne DeSa.
    • But Not Forgotten: Music by African-American Composers for clarinet and piano.
    • SONO LUMINUS.
    • 6.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Trio No.2 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Beaux Arts Trio.
    • PENTATONE.

  • Johann David Heinichen

    Concerto for 3/4 recorders, strings & continuo (S.211)

    Performer: Pieter Brulleman. Performer: Baldrick Deerenberg. Performer: Sabine d'Hont. Performer: Barbara Karst. Orchestra: Kammerorchester Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Conductor: Hartmut Haenchen.
    • Christmas Concertos - Kammerochestrer Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Adagio (Toccata, Adagio & Fugue, BWV 564)

    Performer: Jonathan Plowright. Music Arranger: Myra Hess.
    • Bach: Piano Transcriptions, Vol. 9 鈥� A Bach Book for Harriet Cohen.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.

  • William Walton

    Touch her soft lips, and part (Henry V Suite)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • DECCA.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Introduction and Allegro

    Performer: Osian Ellis. Ensemble: Melos Ensemble.
    • Decca.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Variations on a rococo theme for cello and orchestra (Op.33), Variation No.6

    Performer: Pablo Ferr谩ndez. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Martin Fr枚st.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The bird-catcher, that's me (The Magic Flute)

    Singer: Konstantin Krimmel. Orchestra: Hofkapelle M眉nchen. Director: R眉diger Lotter.
    • Zauberoper.
    • Alpha.
    • 5.

  • H茅l猫ne de Montgeroult

    脡tude No 110 in A major

    Performer: Nicolas Stavy.
    • Hortus.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    The Barber of Seville (Overture)

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Fritz Reiner.
    • Rossini: Overtures: Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Reiner.
    • RCA.
    • 1.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Piano Quintet no.2 in A major Op.81 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Andreas Haefliger. Ensemble: Tak谩cs Quartet.
    • Decca.

  • William Walton

    Popular Song (Fa莽ade - suite no.2)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Wilton: Facade Suites etc: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Litton.
    • Decca.
    • 9.

  • James MacMillan

    Who shall separate us? for chorus

    Choir: Choir of Westminster Abbey. Conductor: James O鈥橠onnell.
    • HYPERION.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Etudes-tableaux, Op. 33 No. 1 in F Minor. Allegro non troppo

    Performer: Boris Giltburg.
    • NAXOS.

  • Jules Massenet

    Tha茂s (Meditation)

    Performer: Jos茅鈥怢uis Garc铆a. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Tortelier.
    • French Impressions: Paul Tortelier, Jean-Bernard Pommier.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 4.

  • Joseph Shabalala

    Rain, Rain, Beautiful Rain

    Ensemble: Ladysmith Black Mambazo.
    • Shaka Zulu.
    • Warner Records.
    • 9.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Scherzo no.1 in B minor Op.20

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • Benjamin Grosvenor: Chopin; Liszt; Ravel.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Gregorio Lambranzi

    Danze da Nuova e curiosa scuola de' balli teatrali

    Performer: Th茅otime Langlois de Swarte. Music Arranger: Olivier Four茅s. Music Arranger: Th茅otime Langlois de Swarte. Orchestra: Le Consort.
    • Vivaldi: Le quattro stagioni.
    • harmonia mundi.

  • Irving Berlin

    There's No Business Like Show Business (Annie Get Your Gun)

    Orchestra: London Sinfonietta. Conductor: John McGlinn. Choir: Ambrosian Singers.
    • Irving Berlin: Annie Get Your Gun.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 107.

  • Franz von Supp茅

    Light Cavalry (Overture)

    Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Paray.
    • Mercury.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Sonata, Op.47 "Kreutzer" (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Elif Ece Cansever. Performer: Lukasz Krupinski.
    • CHAMPS HILL RECORDS.

  • Orlando Gibbons

    The Lord of Salisbury, his Pavin

    Ensemble: Chelys Consort of Viols.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    Vltava (M谩 vlast)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Ji艡铆 B臎lohl谩vek.
    • B. Smetana; Ma Vlast: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra/Belohlavek.
    • Supraphon.
    • 2.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Trio Sonata in F major, HWV.405

    Ensemble: Harmoniemusik.
    • Harmoniemusik.
    • The Classical Recording Company.
    • 10.

  • Ernest John Moeran

    Songs of Springtime (5. Sigh no more, Ladies)

    Choir: Finzi Singers. Conductor: Paul Spicer.
    • Moeran & Warlock: Choral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 5.

  • Gerald Finzi

    It was a lover and his lass (Let us garlands bring, Op 18)

    Singer: Christopher Maltman. Orchestra: 91热爆 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • English Orchestral Songs: Maltman/91热爆 SSO/Brabbins.
    • Hyperion.
    • 18.

  • Enderby Jackson

    Yorkshire Waltzes

    Performer: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Elgar Howarth.
    • The History of Brass Band Music: The Early Years.
    • DOYEN.
    • 001.

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