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Music Played

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Cantique de Jean Racine, Op.11

    Choir: Choir of St John鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Performer: Stephen Cleobury. Conductor: George Guest.
    • DECCA.

  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Cello Concerto (Longing)

    Performer: Kristina Blaumane. Orchestra: Lietuvos kamerinis orkestras. Conductor: Maxim Rysanov.
    • String Paths.
    • ECM NEW SERIES.
    • 003.

  • William Grant Still

    7 Traceries (Out of the silence)

    Performer: Monica Gaylord.
    • Black Piano, A Treasury of Works for Solo Piano by Black Composers.
    • MUSIC & ARTS.
    • 17.

  • Marianna Martines

    Concerto per Cembalo in G Major: 2nd mvt Adagio

    Performer: Nicoleta Paraschivescu. Ensemble: La Floridiana.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Romance (The Gadfly)

    Performer: Peter Thomas. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Maxim Dmitrievich Shostakovich.
    • Collins.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata No. 1 In D Minor k.213

    Performer: Alim Beisembayev.

  • Max Richter

    Movement, Before All Flowers

    Performer: Eloisa-Fleur Thom. Performer: Max Baillie. Performer: Connie Pharoah. Performer: Max Ruisi. Performer: Zara Hudson-Kozdoj. Performer: Max Richter.
    • In A Landscape.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 5.

  • Georges Bizet

    La fleur que tu m'avais jet茅e (Carmen)

    Choir: Choir of Radio France. Singer: Marina Domashenko. Singer: Andrea Bocelli. Choir: Ma卯trise de Radio France. Singer: Eva Mei. Singer: Bryn Terfel. Singer: Thierry F茅lix. Singer: Magali L茅ger. Singer: Delphine Haidan. Singer: Olivier Lallouette. Singer: Alain Gabriel. Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France. Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung.
    • Bizet, Carmen - Duets and Arias: Bocelli/Domashenko/Mei/Terfel.
    • Decca.
    • 10.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    Columba aspexit, BN 54

    Singer: Emma Kirkby. Choir: Gothic Voices. Conductor: Christopher Page.
    • A Feather on the Breath of God: Songs of Hildegard von Bingen.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Symphony No 3 in G minor, Op 36 (2nd mvmt, Adagio cantabile)

    Orchestra: Orchestre National de Metz Grand Est. Conductor: David Reiland.
    • Bru Zane.

  • Gustav Holst

    Nunc dimittis

    Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Conductor: Timothy Brown.
    • COLLEGIUM.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    English Folk Song Suite

    Orchestrator: Gordon Jacob. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.
    • Naxos.

  • Edward Elgar

    Chanson de Matin, Op. 15 No. 2

    Performer: Olivia Gay. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Benjamin Levy.
    • Fuga Libera.

  • George Gershwin

    Walking the Dog (from Shall we dance)

    Ensemble: Daniel Parkinson & Friends.
    • An American in Paris.
    • DIGITAL RELEASE.
    • 2.

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Symphonie Concertante in C Major, Op. 9 No. 1: I. Allegro

    Performer: Yury Revich. Performer: Libor Je啪ek. Conductor: Michael Hal谩sz. Orchestra: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice.
    • Saint-Georges: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 101.

  • Trad.

    Black Is The Colour

    Performer: Ruby Colley. Singer: Isobel Anderson.
    • The Sussex Sessions Remastered.
    • Believe International.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita no.2 in C minor, BWV.997 (Sarabande)

    Music Arranger: Unnamed arranger. Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Delphian.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Violin Sonata No. 1 in F Major, Op. 8: I. Allegro con brio

    Performer: Vilde Frang. Performer: Michail Lifits.
    • Bartok/Strauss/Grieg: Violin Sonatas.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Adagietto Variation (From Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor)

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Performer: Gabriele Bagnati. Music Arranger: Jan-Peter Kl枚pfel.
    • Mahler Adagietto Variation.
    • Sony Masterworks.

  • Alma Mahler-Werfel

    5 Songs - I. Die stille Stadt (Transcr. Gottwald for Choir)

    Ensemble: SWR Vocal Ensemble, Stuttgart. Conductor: Marcus Creed.
    • Clytus Gottwald - Alma und Gustav Mahler.
    • Carus.
    • 8.

  • Alma Mahler-Werfel

    5 Songs - IV. Bei dir ist es traut (Transcr. Gottwald for Choir)

    Ensemble: SWR Vocal Ensemble, Stuttgart. Conductor: Marcus Creed.
    • Clytus Gottwald - Alma und Gustav Mahler.
    • Carus.
    • 10.

  • Ayo Bankole

    Variations for Little Ayo

    Performer: Rebeca Omordia.
    • Heritage.

  • John Barry

    The Beyondness of Things

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: John Barry.
    • Decca.

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