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Music Played

  • Thomas Tallis

    If ye love me

    Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six. Director: Owain Park.
    • English Motets.
    • Hyperion.
    • 5.

  • Johan Svendsen

    Romance in G major, Op 26

    Performer: Marianne Thorsen. Conductor: Neeme Järvi. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Svendsen: Orchestral Works Volume 1: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra/Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.

  • Franz Schubert

    Andantino varie in B minor, D 823 No 2

    Performer: Paul Lewis. Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Franz Schubert Piano Duets.
    • HYPERION.
    • 2.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Double Violin Concerto in D minor BWV.1043 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Cecilia Bernardini. Performer: Huw Daniel. Orchestra: Dunedin Consort. Director: John Butt.
    • LINN.

  • Arthur Bliss

    Things to Come (Ballet for Children)

    Music Arranger: Philip Lane. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • The Film Music of Sir Arthur Bliss.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.

  • Friedrich Gernsheim

    String Quartet No. 4 in E Minor, 2nd movement

    Ensemble: Diogenes Quartett.
    • Gernsheim: String Quartets, Vol. 3.
    • CPO.
    • 102.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no. 21 in C major K.467 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jeffrey Tate.
    • Mozart: The Great Piano Concertos, Vol.1: Uchida/English Chamber Orchestra/Tate.
    • Philips.
    • 5.

  • John Barry

    Space March (BBC Proms 2026)

    Orchestra: National Youth Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Adès.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Sì dolce è'l tormento

    Performer: Sean Shibe. Singer: Karim Sulayman.
    • Broken Branches.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 4.

  • Franz von Suppé

    Fantasia symphonica in A major; 2nd movement

    Orchestra: Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt. Conductor: Ernst Theis.
    • Franz von Suppè: Fantasia Symphonica & Spanish Dances.
    • CPO.
    • 102.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 100 in G major, 'Military' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Haydn, 12 London Symphonies: Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenobles.
    • Naive.
    • 5.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in C sharp minor (5 Morceaux de fantaisie Op.3)

    Performer: Cécile Ousset.
    • Decca.

  • Arnold Bax

    4 Orchestral Sketches (Dance in the Sun)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Bax: Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Songs from West Side Story (America)

    Music Arranger: Irwin Kostal. Performer: Marielle Labèque. Performer: Katia Labèque.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for 2 flutes, strings & continuo in C Major, RV 533

    Performer: Katy Bircher. Performer: Flavia Hirte. Orchestra: La Serenissima. Conductor: Adrian Chandler.
    • Vivaldi x2².
    • Signum Records.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony no.7 (Nachtmusik)

    Orchestra: Bavarian State Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Petrenko.
    • Mahler: Symphony No. 7.
    • BSO Recordings.
    • 2.

  • Robert Schumann

    Herberge (Waldszenen, Op 82)

    Performer: Marc‐André Hamelin.
    • Schumann - Kinderszenen & Waldszenen; Janacek - On the overgrown path I..
    • HYPERION.
    • 16.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Dopo notte (Ariodante)

    Singer: Magdalena Kožená. Orchestra: Venice Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Andrea Marcon.
    • ARCHIV.

  • Heitor Villa‐Lobos

    Bachianas brasileiras No. 5 (I. Aria "Cantilena")

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Plínio Fernandes.
    • Saudade.
    • Decca Records US.
    • 6.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    String Sextet in D major Op.10 (Finale)

    Ensemble: Doric String Quartet. Performer: Jennifer Stumm. Performer: Bartholomew LaFollette.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Joachim Raff

    Symphony no.3 in F major, Op.153 'Im Walde' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Francesco d'Avalos.
    • Raff: Symphony No.3.
    • ASV Digital.
    • 3.

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