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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Wind Serenade No 10, 'Gran Partita' (3rd mvt, Adagio)

    Ensemble: I Solisti.
    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
    • I solisti del Vento.
    • 3.

  • Emilie Mayer

    String Quartet in G minor, Op 14 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Constanze Quartet.
    • Emilie Mayer: String Quartets Vol. 2.
    • CPO.
    • 103.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Stabat Mater dolorosa

    Singer: Jakub Józef Orliński. Ensemble: Capella Cracoviensis. Conductor: Jan Tomasz Adamus.
    • Vivaldi: Stabat Mater.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite No 1 (1st mvt, Ouverture)

    Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Bach: Orchestral Suites, BWV 1066 - 1069.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Robert Schumann

    Zart und mit Ausdruck (from 'Fantasiestucke')

    Performer: Romain Guyot. Performer: Chloe Mun.
    • Klarthe Records.

  • Imogen Holst

    The Unfortunate Traveller (3rd mvt, Interlude, Quasi lento)

    Orchestra: South-West German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim. Conductor: Douglas Bostock.
    • British Music for Strings, Vol. 5.
    • CPO.
    • 103.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony No 5 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jaime Martín.
    • Dvořák: Symphonies 5 & 6.
    • Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
    • 101.

  • Anthony Hopkins

    1947: Suite for Solo Piano and Orchestra (2nd mvt, Bracken Road)

    Performer: Sergio Tiempo. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Anthony Hopkins: 1947: Suite for Solo Piano & Orchestra: II. Bracken Road.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Gli Uccelli (1st mvt, Preludio)

    Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Henry Raudales.
    • Respighi: Antiche danze ed arie per liuto & Gli uccelli.
    • CPO.
    • 401.

  • Barbara Strozzi

    Che si può fare

    Ensemble: Bellot Ensemble.

  • John Williams

    Scherzo for Motorcycle and Orchestra (from 'Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade')

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Walt Disney Records.
    • 9.

  • Alexander Borodin

    In the Steppes of Central Asia

    Orchestra: Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Nazareth.
    • The Essential Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Naxos Special Projects.
    • 116.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.1 in C major Op.21 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Thomas Adès.
    • Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-3 – Barry: Beethoven, Piano Concerto.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 3.

  • Ignatius Sancho

    Hornpipe in B-flat major (from 'Minuets, Book 2, No 20')

    Music Arranger: Anon.. Ensemble: The Raritan Players. Director: Rebecca Cypess.
    • Centaur Records, Inc..

  • Hector Berlioz

    Hungarian March (from 'The Damnation of Faust')

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Berlioz: The Damnation of Faust.
    • London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • 103.

  • Thelonious Monk

    Round About Midnight

    Ensemble: Tony Scott Quartet. Featured Artist: Bill Evans.
    • Five Four.

  • Jean‐Paul‐Égide Martini

    Plaisir D'Amour

    Orchestrator: Douglas Gamley. Singer: Victoria de los Ángeles. Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos.
    • Best Loved Classics - Volume 11.
    • EMI.
    • 3.

  • Richard Addinsell

    Warsaw Concerto

    Performer: Daniel Adni. Music Arranger: Roy Douglas. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kenneth Alwyn.
    • Addinsell: Warsaw Concerto etc.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Havergal Brian

    The Tinker's Wedding - comedy overture

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Overtures from the British Isles, Vol. 3.
    • Chandos.

  • Daniel Auber

    Air de Danse 2, Pas de folies (from 'Gustave III, ou Le Bal masqué')

    Orchestra: Janáčkova filharmonie Ostrava. Conductor: Dario Salvi.
    • Auber: Overtures, Vol. 9.
    • Naxos.
    • 110.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Tarantelle in A minor, Op 6

    Performer: Demarre McGill. Performer: Anthony McGill. Orchestra: Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Allen Tinkham.
    • Winged Creatures.
    • Cedille.
    • 3.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet, Op 33 No 2 in E flat major 'The Joke' (Finale)

    Ensemble: Doric String Quartet.
    • Chandos.

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