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Featuring new releases of works by Laurie Christman, Arvo Part and Anton Bruckner, alongside well-known favourites from Eric Coates, Ottorino Respighi and Samuel Barber.

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An Overcoat Media Production for ѿý Radio 3 Unwind. MM

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  • Eric Coates

    By The Sleepy Lagoon

    Performer: Martin Loveday. Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • The Best Of British Light Music.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 14.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Nocturne in Eb Major, Op. 49

    Music Arranger: Christopher Hussey. Orchestra: Prague Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Shea Lolin.
    • Nocturne in Eb Major, Op. 49 (arr. for orchestra).
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Jake Runestad

    Let My Love Be Heard

    Lyricist: Alfred Noyes. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • TWENTY.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for 3 Violins in F Major, RV 551: II. Andante

    Performer: Anne‐Sophie Mutter. Performer: Elias David Moncado. Performer: Mohamed Hiber. Ensemble: Mutter’s Virtuosi.
    • Bach, Bologne, Previn, Vivaldi, Williams.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 2.
  • Philip Cannon

    Piano Concertino: II. Andante tranquillo

    Performer: Simon Callaghan. Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: William Boughton.
    • Nimbus Records.
  • Laurie Christman

    Winds Blowing

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Ziegler.
    • Navona.
  • Dalal

    Bergamot

    Performer: Dalal.
    • Bergamot.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 63: II. Andante assai

    Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gennady Nikolayevich Rozhdestvensky.
    • Prokofiev: Violin Concertos Nos 1 & 2.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 5.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    6 Pieces for Piano, P. 44: No. 3. Notturno. Lento (Version for Harp)

    Performer: Magdalena Hoffmann.
    • Nightscapes.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Song of Proserpine

    Music Arranger: Erik Bach. Lyricist: Percy Bysshe Shelley. Conductor: Duncan Aspden. Ensemble: Excalibur Voices.
    • EM Records.
  • Alexis Ffrench

    Hope, Ascending

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Performer: Iyad Sughayer.
    • Esther Abrami.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 6.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Serse, HWV 40, Act 1, Scene 1: Arioso. "Ombra mai fù"

    Conductor: Neville Marriner. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • Sir Neville Marriner Conducts Handel.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 23.
  • Claude Debussy

    Suite bergamasque, CD 82, L. 75: III. Clair de lune

    Performer: Andrew von Oeyen.
    • Bach: Concerto in D Minor, BWV 974: II. Adagio.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Gypsy Songs, Op. 55: IV. Songs My Mother Taught Me

    Performer: Lucienne Renaudin Vary. Conductor: Bill Elliott. Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra.
    • Mademoiselle in New York.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 12.
  • Laura Pauline Amanda Mvula

    Sing to the Moon

    Composer: Steven James Brown. Conductor: Laura Bailie. Choir: The Elgar Scholars.
    • Convivium Records Ltd.
  • Reynaldo Hahn

    Piano Quartet in G Major: III. Andnate

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • Hahn: Piano Quintet, Songs, Piano Quartet.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
    • 11.
  • Henriëtte Bosmans

    Impressions: No. 2, Nuit calme

    Performer: Ed Spanjaard. Performer: Raphael Wallfisch.
    • jpc schallplatten Versandhandels GmbH.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61: II. Larghetto

    Performer: Charlie Siem. Conductor: Oleg Caetani. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61: II. Larghetto.
    • Signum Records.
    • 1.
  • Yann Tiersen

    Comptine d'un autre été, l'après-midi (Arr. for Guitar)

    Performer: Alexandra Whittingham.
    • Tiersen: Comptine d'un autre été, l'après-midi (Arr. Lefvert for Guitar).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • Deborah Cheetham Fraillon

    Eumeralla, a War Requiem for Peace: XVII. Moongay wata keenanpa nganang walawa

    Performer: Jess Hitchcock. Performer: Jud Arthur. Conductor: Benjamin Northey. Orchestra: Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Ensemble: Dhungala Children's Choir. Ensemble: Students of Conservatorium High School, Sydney. Ensemble: Sydney Philharmonia Choirs.
    • Eumeralla, a war requiem for peace (Recorded live in the Sydney Opera House Conc.
    • ABC Classic.
    • 17.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major, K. 545 "Sonata facile": I. Allegro

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Mozart: Piano Sonatas K. 457, 533, 545, 570 & 576.
    • Hyperion.
  • Jennifer Higdon

    String Poetic: II. Nocturne

    Performer: Jennifer Koh. Performer: Reiko Uchida.
    • Violin Recital: Koh, Jennifer - Higdon, J. / Harrison, L. / Adams, J. / Ruggles,.
    • Cedille.
    • 2.
  • Ernest Bloch

    Suite for Viola and Orchestra, B. 41 (Arr. for Cello and Orchestra) III. Lento

    Performer: Parry Karp. Conductor: Kenneth Woods. Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales.
    • Suite for Viola and Orchestra, B. 41 (Arr. for Cello and Orchestra by Adolph Bal.
    • Signum Records.
    • 1.
  • Arvo Pärt

    Nunc dimittis

    Conductor: Jaan-Eik Tulve. Choir: Vox Clamantis.
    • ECM New Series.
  • Franz Schubert

    Frühlingsglaube, D. 686 (Arr. for String Quartet)

    Ensemble: Signum Quartett.
    • Schubert: Ins stille Land.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 2.
  • Edward MacDowell

    10 Woodland Sketches, Op. 51: No. 1, To a Wild Rose

    Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • MacDowell: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
    • 07.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Waltzes, Op. 69: No. 2 in B Minor, B. 35

    Performer: Vittorio Forte.
  • John Cage

    In a Landscape (Arr. for 2 Guitars)

    Performer: Adam Cicchillitti. Performer: Steve Cowan.
    • Lyrique.
    • Les Productions Analekta Inc..
    • 24.
  • Arielle Beck

    Variations sur un thème de Robert Schumann

    Performer: Arielle Beck.
    • Des lunes et des feux.
    • Mirare.
    • 14.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Locus iste, WAB 23

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • TWENTY.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 22.
  • William Grant Still

    Song for the Lonely

    Performer: Mark Ensley. Performer: Lecolion Washington.
    • Legacy.
    • Albany Records.
    • 2.
  • Chris Roe

    Peregrine (End Credits)

    Composer: Chris Roe. Performer: Chris Roe.
    • The Salt Path (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Filmtrax Ltd..
    • 16.
  • Alison Kay

    Piano Etudes: No. 11, Lullaby for Isabelle

    Performer: Rob Hao.
    • Divine Art.
  • Gustav Holst

    2 Motets, Op. 43: I. The Evening Watch

    Performer: Hannah Cooke. Performer: Tom Robson. Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • A Prayer for Deliverance.
    • Signum Records.
    • 1.
  • Trad.

    Deep River

    Music Arranger: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Music Arranger: Kanneh-Mason Trio. Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Braimah Kanneh-Mason.
    • The Kanneh-Masons.
    • Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd..
    • 11.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645 (Arr. for Orchestra)

    Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • King of Kings: Bach Orchestral Transcriptions.
    • Chandos Records Ltd.
    • 12.
  • Luke Faulkner

    Esja

    Performer: Luke Faulkner.
    • Lime Blue Music Limited.
  • Samuel Barber

    Agnus Dei (Arr. for Choir)

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • TWENTY.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 8.

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