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Music Played

  • Herbert Howells

    Three dances for violin and orchestra, Op 7 (No 2 - Quasi lento, quieto)

    Performer: Malcolm Stewart. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • Herbert Howells: Piano concerto no.2, Concerto for strings, Three Dances.
    • Hyperion.
    • 005.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude Op 23 No 4 in D major

    Performer: Alim Beisembayev.

  • Camille Saint‐SaĂ«ns

    Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33: II. Allegretto con moto

    Performer: Natalie Clein. Conductor: Andrew Manze. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • Saint-SaĂ«ns: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 etc. (Hyperion Romantic Cello Concer.
    • Hyperion.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Trio Sonata in D Minor, BWV.527

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Xenia Löffler. Performer: Jan Freiheit. Performer: Raphael Alpermann.
    • Bach: Violin Concertos.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 8.

  • Gabriel FaurĂ©

    Agnus Dei (Requiem, Op 48)

    Choir: Tenebrae. Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra Chamber Ensemble. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Faure: Requiem, Bach: Partita, Chorales & Ciaconna.
    • LSO Live.
    • 14.

  • HĂ©lĂšne de Montgeroult

    Étude No 38 in A Minor

    Performer: Clare Hammond.
    • HĂ©lĂšne de Montgeroult: Études.
    • BIS.
    • 7.

  • Daniel Purcell

    Sonata sesta for violino solo

    Performer: Théotime Langlois de Swarte. Performer: Thomas Dunford.
    • The Mad Lover.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 2.

  • Frank Bridge

    Cherry Ripe (Two Old English Songs)

    Conductor: David Lloyd‐Jones. Orchestra: Orchestra of Opera North.
    • English String Minatures Vol.2: David Lloyd-Jones, English Northern Philharmonia.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

  • LĂ©o Delibes

    Les Chasseresses (Sylvia - suite)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme JĂ€rvi.
    • Chandos.

  • Henryk Wieniawski

    Legende Op.17

    Performer: Bomsori. Orchestra: Wroclaw Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Giancarlo Guerrero.
    • Violin on Stage.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 9.

  • John Dunstable

    Veni Sancte Spiritus / Veni creator Spiritus

    Choir: The Gesualdo Six. Conductor: Owain Park.
    • English Motets.
    • Hyperion.
    • 009.

  • Émile Waldteufel

    The Skaters

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • SONY.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Rondo in D Major, K. 382

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jeffrey Tate.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 31.

  • Gustav Holst

    St Paul's Suite, Op. 29, No. 2: I. Jig: Vivace

    Conductor: Andrew Manze. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Butterworth · Holst.
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 11.

  • Luise Adolpha Le Beau

    Cello Sonata in D Major, Op. 17: I. Allegro molto

    Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Performer: Julian Riem.
    • Fortissima.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 11.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for Violin in B-Flat Major, RV 365

    Performer: Giuliano Carmignola. Ensemble: I Solisti Aquilani.
    • Vivaldi 100. 13 Violin Concertos.
    • Arcana.
    • 1.

  • Henry Litolff

    Piano Trio no.1 in D minor Op.47 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Leonore Piano Trio.
    • Hyperion.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Wasps (Overture)

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • Vaughan Williams: Orchestral works including Symphony no.3, The Wasps Overture,.
    • HallĂ©.
    • 7.

  • Irving Berlin

    Blue Skies

    Performer: Ella Fitzgerald. Music Arranger: Paul Weston. Orchestra: Paul Weston and His Orchestra.
    • VERVE.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Lute Suite in E Minor, BWV 996: III. Courante

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Bach.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 3.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Concerto No.2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83: II. Allegro appassionato

    Performer: Igor Levit. Conductor: Christian Thielemann. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic.
    • Brahms: Piano Concertos & Solo Piano Opp. 116 - 119.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.

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