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Camille Saint‐Saëns
Wedding-cake Op.76
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.- Hyperion.
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William Byrd
Browning, 'The leaves be green'
Ensemble: Fretwork.- Virgin Classics.
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Madeleine Dring
Take, O take those lips away (7 Shakespeare Songs)
Orchestrator: Roderick Williams. Singer: Roderick Williams. Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Mark Elder.- Halle.
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Frédéric Chopin
24 Preludes Op.28 (no.17 in A flat major)
Performer: Martha Argerich.- Chopin: 26 Preludes Scherzo NR. 2 - Martha Argerich.
- Deutsche Grammaphon.
- 17.
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Alexey Pajitnov
Tetris Theme (Korobeiniki)
Conductor: Andrew Skeet. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.- The Greatest Video Game Music.
- X5 Music Group.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Lark Ascending
Performer: Tasmin Little. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.- Vaughan Williams: The Symphonies: ѿýSO/Sir Andrew Davis.
- Warner Classics.
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Francis Poulenc
Concert champêtre (3rd mvt)
Performer: Maggie Cole. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- Poulenc: The Concertos for Solo Keyboard: Hickox.
- Virgin.
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Manu Delago
Base Camp
Performer: Manu Delago.- Parasol Peak.
- One Little Indian.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No 3 in E flat major, Op 55, 'Eroica' (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.- The Beethoven Symphonies: Live from the Edinburgh Festival.
- Hyperion.
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Richard Strauss
Das Rosenband Op.36 No.1
Singer: Felicity Lott. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.- Richard Strauss: Orchestral Songs, Volume 2.
- Chandos.
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Symphony in D major Wq.183`1 (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Gustav Leonhardt.- CPE Bach: Symphonies: OAE, Leonhardt.
- Virgin Veritas.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
First movement from Violin Sonata in F major, Op.24
Performer: Antje Weithaas. Performer: Dominic Degavino. -
Francisco Guerrero
Maria Magdalene
Choir: Stile Antico.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Gerald Finzi
Let us Garlands Bring, op.18 - no.3 Fear no More the Heat of the Sun
Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Singer: Stephen Varcoe. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- Chandos.
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César Franck
Second movement from Violin Sonata in A major
Performer: Antje Weithaas. Performer: Dominic Degavino. -
Zoltán Kodály
Hary Janos Suite (Version for Orchestra): V. Intermezzo
Conductor: JoAnn Falletta. Orchestra: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.- Kodály: Háry János Suite, Summer Evening & Symphony in C Major.
- Naxos.
- 105.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 855 (Book 1, The Well-Tempered Clavier)
Performer: Angela Hewitt.- Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier: Angela Hewitt.
- Hyperion.
- 19.
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Maurice Ravel
Piano Concerto in G (3rd mvt)
Performer: Krystian Zimerman. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.- DG.
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