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  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturne No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 9 No. 1

    Performer: Elisabeth Leonskaja.
    • Chopin: Noctures Nos. 1 - 11.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 1.

  • Anna Clyne

    Cello Concerto 'Dance' (When You're Broken Up)

    Performer: Inbal Segev. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Avie.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K. 581: II. Larghetto

    Performer: Jörg Widmann. Ensemble: Hagen Quartett.
    • Mozart & Widmann: Clarinet Quintets.
    • Myrios Classics.
    • 2.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata, BWV 249 "Oster-Oratorium": V. Seele, deine Spezereien

    Singer: Barbara Schlick. Orchestra: Collegium Vocale Gent. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • Bach - Easter Oratorio.
    • Harmonia Mundi UK Limited.
    • 05.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Le Carnaval des Animaux, R. 125: VII. Aquarium

    Orchestra: Les Siècles. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.
    • Saint-Saëns: Symphonic Poems - Le Carnaval des animaux - L'Assassinat du duc de.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 7.

  • Louis Spohr

    Nonet in F Major, Op. 31: II. Scherzo. Allegro

    Performer: Andrea Lieberknecht. Performer: François Leleux. Performer: Sebastian Manz. Performer: Dag Jensen. Performer: Marie Luise Neunecker. Performer: Lisa Batiashvili. Performer: Rachel Roberts. Performer: Julian Arp. Performer: Alois Posch.
    • Winds & Strings: Spohr, Ibert, Janacek & Widmann (Live).
    • Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin.
    • 2.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto "No. 6" in D Major, Op. 61a: II. Larghetto

    Performer: Gianluca Cascioli. Orchestra: Ensemble Resonanz. Conductor: Riccardo Minasi.
    • Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 4, Op. 58 & \"6\", Op. 61a.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 5.

  • Fritz Kreisler

    Schön Rosmarin - Old Viennese Dance No.3 For Violin And Piano

    Performer: Barnabás Kelemen. Performer: Zoltan Kocsis.
    • Budapest Music Centre Records : BMC CD 250.
    • Budapest Music Centre Records.
    • 8.

  • Claude Debussy

    Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien (La Cour de Lys)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras‐Casado.
    • Debussy: La Mer, Le Martyre de saint Sébastien.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 2.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 44 in E minor 'mourning': 'Trauer' IV - Finale Presto

    Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Alpha.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No.14 in C sharp minor, Op.27 No.2 "Moonlight" (1st mvt: Adagio sonstenuto)

    Performer: Igor Levit.
    • Beethoven: The Complete Piano Sonatas.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 9.

  • Gustav Holst

    Brook Green Suite H.190

    Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Gloria in Excelsis (All-night Vigil Op.37)

    Choir: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir. Conductor: Paul Hillier.
    • Vespers + Complete all-night Vigil, Op. 37.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 12.

  • Franz Liszt

    Pilgrims' Chorus, S. 443 (After Richard Wagner Tannhäuser, WWV 110)

    Performer: Tanguy de Williencourt.
    • Festival International de Piano La Roque d'Anthéron 2024.
    • Mirare.
    • 108.

  • Dora Pejačević

    Piano Quartet in D Minor, Op. 25: IV. Rondo

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • Brahms & Contemporaries, Vol. 3.
    • Chandos.
    • 104.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Symphony no.4 in F minor Op.36 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • Alpha.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major, Op. 26: I - Andante - Allegro - piu mosso

    Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Bancroft.
    • Decca.

  • Eduardo Fabini

    El Nido

    Performer: Ian Tindale. Singer: Santiago Sánchez.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mass No. 15 in C Major, K. 317, "Coronation": VI. Agnus Dei

    Singer: Sandrine Piau. Choir: Accentus Choeur de Chambre. Orchestra: Insula Orchestra. Conductor: Laurence Equilbey.
    • Mozart: "Coronation" Mass & Vespers.
    • Erato/Warner Classics.
    • 6.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Organ Concerto No. 9 in B-Flat Major, Op. 7 No. 3, HWV 308: III. Spiritoso

    Performer: Marie‐Claire Alain. Orchestra: Orchestre de Chambre Jean-François Paillard. Conductor: Jean‐François Paillard.
    • Handel: Organ Concertos.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 34.

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