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Jean Coulthard
13 Preludes for piano (Nos. 8 & 9)
Performer: David Potvin.- Catharsis.
- Leaf Music.
- 9-10.
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Orlande de Lassus
Aurora lucis rutilat à 10
Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- The Earth Resounds: The Sixteen/Harry Christophers.
- Coro.
- 1.
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AntonÃn Dvořák
Czech Suite, Op.39 (No.3 - Sousedska (Minuet))
Orchestra: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Hengelbrock.- Sony.
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Niels Wilhelm Gade
String Sextet in E flat major, Op.44 (2nd mvt: Scherzo)
Ensemble: Philharmonic String Octet, Berlin.- MDG - GOLD.
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Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev
Waltz No.3 in D major
Performer: Nicholas Walker.- Balakirev: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 2.
- Grand Piano.
- 4.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No 20 in D minor, K 466 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Khatia Buniatishvili. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.- Sony Classical.
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Margaret Sutherland
Concerto for string orchestra (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Queensland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Patrick Thomas.- ABC CLASSICS.
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James MacMillan
O Radiant Dawn
Choir: Pembroke College Chapel Choir. Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.- A Pembroke Christmas.
- Signum Records.
- 5.
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Frederick Delius
Florida Suite (1st mvt: Daybreak)
Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- Delius: Paris, Florida Suite, Brigg Fair.
- Warner Classics.
- 1.
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Percy Grainger
Blithe bells - a free ramble on Bach's aria 'Sheep may safely graze'
Performer: Piers Lane.- Hyperion.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No.2 in D, Op.36 (3rd mvt: Scherzo)
Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker. Conductor: Philippe Jordan.- Wiener Symphoniker.
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James Oswald
Myrtle [Airs for the Seasons - Summer]
Ensemble: Rezonance Baroque Ensemble.- Leaf Music.
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Isaac Albéniz
Sevilla [Suite Española, Op.47]
Performer: Sean Shibe. Music Arranger: John Williams.- ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3 New Generation Artists.
- 1.
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Thomas Vautor
Sweet Suffolk Owl
Ensemble: Gesualdo Consort. Conductor: Gerald Place.- Vautor: Sing on Sister - Songs of Divers Airs and Natures.
- Meridian Records.
- 11.
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Johann Strauss II
Wiener Blut, Op 354
Orchestra: Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester. Conductor: Jack Rothstein.- By The Beautiful Blue Danube: The Johann Strauss Orchestra.
- Chandos.
- 14.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Whispers of Summer
Choir: Choir of King’s College, London. Conductor: Joseph Fort.- Coleridge-Taylor: Partsongs.
- Delphian Records.
- 11.
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Frédéric Chopin
Scherzo no.2 in B flat minor Op.31
Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.- Benjamin Grosvenor: Chopin, Lizst, Ravel.
- Decca.
- 7.
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Dame Ethel Mary Smyth
String Quintet in E major, Op.1 for strings (5th mvt: Allegro molto)
Performer: Joachim Griesheimer. Ensemble: Mannheim String Quartet.- CPO.
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Athanasius Kircher
Tarantella napoletana
Music Arranger: Christina Pluhar. Director: Christina Pluhar. Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata.- La Tarantella: Antidotum Tarantulae.
- Alpha Classics.
- 3.
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Franz Schubert
Impromptu in B flat major, D.935 No.3
Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.- Schubert: Impromptus Opp.90 & 142.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 7.
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Agathe Backer-Grøndahl
Summer Song, Op 45 No 4
Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bjarte Engeset.- My Playlist for Sewing & Knitting.
- Naxos.
- 701.
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Arturo Márquez
Conga del fuego nuevo
Orchestra: Simón BolÃvar Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.- Gustavo Dudamel: Discoveries.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 12.
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