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Music Played

  • Josef Suk

    Serenade in E flat major, Op.6 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.
    • Suk: Fairy Tale etc..
    • Chandos.
    • 5.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Berceuse in D-Flat Major, Op. 57

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • Chopin: Berceuse in D-Flat Major, Op. 57.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • Christian Sinding

    Symphony no. 3 in F major Op.121: 2nd movement; Andante

    Orchestra: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester. Conductor: Karl‐Heinz Steffens.
    • Sinding: Symphonies.
    • CapriccioNR.
    • 202.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 2: 58. Aria "Mache dich, mein Herze, rein" (Bass)

    Singer: Brian Bannatyne‐Scott. Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt.
    • J.S. Bach: Matthew Passion.
    • Linn Records.
    • 96.
  • Fritz Kreisler

    Liebesleid

    Performer: María Dueñas. Performer: Raphaël Feuillâtre. Music Arranger: Antoine Forqueray.
    • Kreisler: Liebesleid, Old Viennese Dance No. 2 (Arr. Fougeray for Violin and Gui.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.
  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Overture in D major, S 148

    Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Howard Shelley.
    • Hummel: Mandolin Concerto etc..
    • Chandos.
    • 1.
  • Takashi Yoshimatsu

    Dream Colored Mobile II, Op. 58a

    Performer: Kyoke Tabe. Performer: Joe Houghton. Performer: Kate Wilson. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: Sachio Fujioka.
    • Yoshimatsu: Piano Concerto "Memo Flora".
    • Chandos.
    • 6.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Sleeping Beauty Suite (Panorama)

    Orchestra: Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Klaus-Peter Hahn.
    • Tchaikovsky: Russian Ballet.
    • haenssler CLASSIC.
    • 202.
  • Nicola Matteis Sr.

    Ground after the Scotch Humour

    Performer: Amandine Beyer. Performer: Michael Oman. Ensemble: Austrian Baroque Company.
    • Fra Bernardo.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphonic Dances, Op. 45: I. Non allegro

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 3, Symphonic Dances.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 5.
  • Hans Gál

    4 Part-Songs, Op. 61; No. 3 To Sleep

    Choir: Borealis Choir. Conductor: Bridget Budge.
    • Toccata Classics.
  • Clara Schumann

    Piano Trio in G minor Op.17 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Hyperion.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    The Bartered Bride: Dance of the Comedians

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • Leonard Bernstein Conducts Dvorák and Smetana ((Remastered)).
    • Sony Classical.
    • 7.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata in C major K.545 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Philips.
    • 1.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.
  • Bob Marley

    Redemption Song

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Aminata Kanneh-Mason. Performer: Mariatu Kanneh-Mason. Performer: Jeneba Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Braimah Kanneh-Mason. Performer: Konya Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Carnival.
    • DECCA.
    • 45.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Orchestral Suite in D major HWV.341

    Orchestra: The English Concert. Performer: Alison Balsom. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Purcell, Handel: Sound the Trumpet: Alison Balsom, Trevor Pinnock.
    • EMI Classics.
  • Hubert Parry

    I Was Glad

    Choir: Gabrieli Roar. Ensemble: Chetham's School of Music Symphonic Brass Ensemble. Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort. Ensemble: Gabrieli Players. Conductor: David Chatterton.
    • An English Coronation, 1902-1953.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1001.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Violin Concerto in D Minor, MWV O 3 (First version): III. Allegro

    Performer: Lina Tur Bonet. Orchestra: Orchestre de chambre de Toulouse.
    • Felix & Fanny.
    • 貹é.
    • 10.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 13 a 2 Clav. (1955 Version)

    Performer: Glenn Gould.
    • Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 14.
  • John Williams

    The Raiders' March (Raiders of the Lost Ark)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • John Williams: Greatest Hits 1969-1999.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 13.

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