
Ian Skelly with Essential Bruch, Francesca Chiejina, Mahler's Symphony No 1
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William Kroll
Banjo and Fiddle
Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Performer: Peter Nagy.- Leonidas Kavakos plays….
- Delos.
- 1.
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Johann Pachelbel
Suite no.5 in C major [Musikalische Ergötzung, 1695]
Ensemble: Gli Incogniti. Conductor: Amandine Beyer.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Teresa Carreño
Mi Teresita [Little Waltz]
Performer: Gabriela Montero.- WARNER.
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Gustav Mahler
Symphony no.1 in D major (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- DG.
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Henri Büsser
Appassionato Op.34
Performer: Lawrence Power. Performer: Simon Crawford‐Phillips.- HYPERION.
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Thomas Tallis
Tunes for Archbishop Parker's Psalter
Ensemble: Tallis Scholars.- GIMELL.
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Edward Elgar
Pomp and Circumstance March in C major Op.39 no.5
Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.- CHANDOS CHAN.
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Antonín Dvořák
5 Bagatelles Op.47 (Nos. 4 & 5)
Performer: Raphaëlle Moreau. Performer: David Moreau. Performer: Edgar Moreau. Performer: Jérémie Moreau.- ERATO.
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Claude Debussy
La Plus que lente, arr. for orchestra [orig. piano]
Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.- Debussy: Images, Jeux, La Plus Que Lente.
- SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY.
- 7.
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Dieterich Buxtehude
Fugue in C major BuxWV.174 'alla gigue'
Performer: Christopher Herrick.- Buxtehude - The Complete Organ Works 1.
- Hyperion.
- 3.
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George Gershwin
What You Want Wid Bess (Porgy and Bess)
Singer: Leontyne Price. Singer: McHenry Boatwright. Orchestra: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Skitch Henderson.- RCA.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Fantasia no.10 in E major (TWV.40:26-37)
Performer: Paolo Pandolfo.- GLOSSA.
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Benjamin Britten
Friday Afternoons, Op.7 (Old Abram Brown)
Choir: New London Children’s Choir. Performer: Alexander Wells. Conductor: Ronald Corp.- NAXOS.
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Camille Saint‐Saëns
Tortoises (Carnival of the Animals)
Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Gidon Kremer. Performer: Isabelle van Keulen. Performer: Tabea Zimmermann. Performer: Mischa Maisky. Performer: Georg Hörtnagel.- Saint-Saens: Carnaval des Animaux: Argerich/Frerie/Kremer.
- Philips.
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Erno Dohnanyi
Variations on a Nursery Song (conclusion)
Performer: Sir András Schiff. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Georg Solti.- DECCA.
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Charles Gounod
Funeral March of a Marionette
Orchestra: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. Conductor: Erich Kunzel.- Chiller: Kunzel/Cincinnati Pops Orchestra.
- Telarc.
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Jean‐Philippe Rameau
Castor et Pollux Suite (Entrée des Astres; Gigue; Chaconne)
Orchestra: L’Orfeo Barockorchester. Director: Michi Gaigg.- PHOENIX EDITION.
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Max Bruch
Violin Concerto no.1 in G minor Op.26
Performer: Sarah Chang. Orchestra: Dresdner Philharmonie. Conductor: Kurt Masur.- EMI.
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Franz Schubert
Impromptu in F minor, D.935 no.4
Performer: Krystian Zimerman.- Schubert: Impromptus D.899 & D.935.
- DG.
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Oswald von Wolkenstein
Nu rue mit sorgen
Singer: Andreas Scholl. Singer: Kathleen Dineen. Ensemble: Shield of Harmony. Director: Crawford Young.- Wolkenstein, Songs of Myself: Andreas Scholl.
- Harmonia Mundi.
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Emmanuel Chabrier
Danse slave (Le roi malgré lui)
Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.- Chabrier: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande/Jarvi.
- Chandos.
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Lü Wencheng
Autumn moon over a calm lake
Performer: Lang Lang.- Dragon Songs.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Joseph Haydn
Te Deum in C major H.23c.2
Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- PHILIPS.
Broadcast
- Mon 23 Nov 2020 09:00ѿý Radio 3