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Johann Sebastian Bach
Goldberg Variations BWV.988: Aria and Variations 1-2
Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.- Goldberg Variations.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Frederick Delius
On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: John Rutter.- Classical Tranquillity.
- Collegium.
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Sir James MacMillan
O Radiant Dawn
Choir: Apollo5.- VCM RECORDS.
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in D major, Op.64`5 'The Lark' (1st mvt)
Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.- AVI MUSIC.
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Elena Kats鈥怌hernin
Unsent love letters
Performer: Tamara Anna Cislowska.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake (Act I: No.10, Scene)
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali.- Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake.
- Signum Classics.
- 106.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Dance of the Cygnets (Swan Lake, Op 20)
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali.- Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake.
- Signum Classics.
- 201.
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Maddalena Laura Sirmen
String Quartet No 5 in F major (4th mvmt, Minuetto)
Ensemble: La magnifica comunit脿.- Lombardini Sirmen: String Quartets Nos. 1-6.
- Tactus.
- 504.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 41, K. 551 "Jupiter" (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt.- Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 39, 40 & 41.
- BR-Klassik.
- 202.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Folk songs from Somerset (English Folk Song Suite)
Orchestra: Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra. Conductor: Timothy Reynish.- Holst/Vaughan Williams: British Wind Band Classics: Timothy Reynish.
- Chandos.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Seventeen come Sunday (English Folk Song Suite)
Orchestra: Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra. Conductor: Timothy Reynish.- Holst/Vaughan Williams: British Wind Band Classics: Timothy Reynish.
- Chandos.
- 13.
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Jean Sibelius
The Swan of Tuonela (Lemmink盲inen Suite, Op.22)
Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thomas S酶nderg氓rd.- Sibelius.
- Linn Records.
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Valerie Coleman
Afro-Cuban Concerto (3rd mvt)
Ensemble: Imani Winds.- Koch International Classics.
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Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau
Menuets en rondeau (Les Paladins)
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Gustav Leonhardt.- Rameau: Suite Les Paladins: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Leonhardt.
- Philips.
- 9.
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Nainita Desai
My Mind is Still
Performer: Thomas Gould. Performer: Leif Kaner鈥怢idstr枚m. Performer: Elsa Bradley. Music Arranger: Geoff Lawson. Choir: VOCES8.- Infinity.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Johann Strauss II
Wiener Blut
Orchestra: Vienna Volksoper Orchestra. Conductor: Franz Bauer-Theussl.- Strauss: Walzes: Vienna Volksoper Orch/Bauer-Theussl.
- PHILIPS.
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Clara Schumann
Romance in B flat major, Op.22 no.3
Performer: Lisa Batiashvili. Performer: Alice Sara Ott.- Lisa Batiashvili plays Brahms & C. Schumann.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Henry Purcell
When I am laid in earth (Dido and Aeneas)
Orchestrator: Leopold Stokowski. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jos茅 Serebrier.- NAXOS.
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- Sat 30 Mar 2024 07:00麻豆社 Radio 3
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