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Music Played

  • Cristóbal de Morales

    Parce mihi Domine (Officium Defunctorum)

    Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six. Director: Owain Park.
    • Lux Aeterna.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Cello sonata No 2 in D major, Op 58 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Performer: Steven Isserlis.
    • Mendelssohn, Grieg & Hough: Cello Sonatas.
    • Hyperion.
    • 9.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Alborada del gracioso (Miroirs)

    Music Arranger: Safri Duo. Performer: Colin Currie. Performer: Sam Walton.
    • 'Striking a Balance'.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 6.

  • Ruggero Leoncavallo

    Poète, prends ton luth (La nuit de mai)

    Performer: Lang Lang. Author: Alfred de Musset. Singer: Plácido Domingo. Orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna. Conductor: Alberto Veronesi.
    • Leoncavallo: La Nuit De Mai: Domingo: Lang Lang: Veronesi.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 1.

  • Maurizio Cazzati

    La Strozza

    Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata. Conductor: Christina Pluhar.
    • Wonder Women.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 8.

  • Clara Schumann

    Romance No 1 in A minor, Op 21

    Performer: Hélène Boschi.
    • Clara Schumann Piano Works.
    • CALLIOPE.
    • 004.

  • Trad.

    Ar lan y mor

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Orchestra: Welsh National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Gareth Jones.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

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