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AntonÃn Dvořák
Serenade for Strings in E major, Op 22 (1st mvt)
Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Rafael KubelÃk.- Rafael Kubelik: Rare Recordings 1963 - 1974.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 9.
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Peter Maxwell Davies
Farewell To Stromness
Performer: Peter Maxwell Davies.- NAXOS.
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Arthur Bliss
2 Studies for Orchestra Op.16 (no.2)
Orchestra: Orchestra of Opera North. Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones.- Bliss – Cello Concerto & Music for Strings.
- Naxos.
- 7.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, BWV 100: Mvts 1, 2 and final chorale
Conductor: Christoph Spering. Orchestra: Das Neue Orchester. Choir: Chorus Musicus Köln.- Bach Cantatas.
- Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
- 1.
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Robert Schumann
Fantasy Piece, Op 73 No 1
Performer: Eduard Brunner. Performer: Robert Levin.- ECM.
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Joan Trimble
Suite for Strings (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Irish Chamber Orchestra. Director: Fionnuala Hunt.- Black Box.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 40: Finale
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.- UME.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Valse Bohèmienne; Valse Rustique (4 Characteristic Waltzes, Op.22)
Orchestra: RTÉ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Leaper.- Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Orchestral Works.
- NAXOS.
- 6-7.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Lark Ascending (original version for violin and piano)
Performer: Jennifer Pike. Performer: Martin Roscoe.- CHANDOS.
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Symphony in D major Wq.183`1 (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Gustav Leonhardt.- CPE Bach: Symphonies: OAE, Leonhardt.
- Virgin Veritas.
- 3.
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George Frideric Handel
Organ Concerto in F major HWV.295 'The Cuckoo and the Nightingale' (4th mvt)
Performer: Simon Preston. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.- Handel: Organ Concertos: Simon Preston.
- Archiv Produktion.
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FRIDAY POEM
"Anti-Winter", written and read by Caleb Femi
Edward MacDowell
Told at Sunset [Woodland Sketches, Op.51]
Performer: James Barbagallo.- MACDOWELL: Woodland Sketches / Fireside Tales / New England Idyls.
- Naxos.
- 10.
Johann Strauss II
Thunder and Lightning, Op 324
Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: John Barbirolli.- Champagne and Laughter: The Music of Johann Strauss II.
- EMI.
- 17.
Cecilia McDowall
Adoro te devote
Singer: Lucy Sun. Singer: Annabel Green. Singer: Susannah Hill. Singer: Edward Cunningham. Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton.- Hyperion.
Frédéric Chopin
Piano Concerto no.1 in E minor Op.11 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Elim Chan.- Decca.
Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in G major Op.77`1 (1st mvt)
Ensemble: Takács Quartet.- Decca.
John Adams
Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- Adams: Harmonielehre etc: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Rattle.
- EMI Classics.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Souvenir de Hapsal, Op. 2: No. 3, Chant sans paroles (Arr. Kreisler for Violin a
Performer: Rodney Friend. Performer: Michael Isador. Music Arranger: Fritz Kreisler.- Fritz Kreisler - Original Compositions and Arrangements.
- Warner Classics.
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John Rutter
Gloria in excelsis Deo (Gloria)
Choir: Polyphony. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Ensemble: Wallace Collection. Performer: Andrew Lumsden. Conductor: Stephen Layton.- John Rutter: Gloria: Polyphony/City of London Sinfonia/Stephen Layton.
- Hyperion.
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Madeleine Dring
Trio for flute, oboe and piano (2nd mvt)
Performer: Juliette Bausor. Performer: Daniel Bates. Performer: Simon Lepper.- Stone Records.
Jean Sibelius
Symphony no.2 in D major Op.43 (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Klaus Mäkelä.- DECCA.
Reynaldo Hahn
Venezia: 1. Sopra l'acqua indormenzada
Performer: Graham Johnson. Lyricist: Pietro Pagello. Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson.- Souvenirs de Venise - Songs of Venice.
- Helios.
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Louis Spohr
Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 26 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Antony Pay. Conductor: David Atherton. Orchestra: London Sinfonietta.- Spohr: Clarinet Concertos.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Benjamin Britten
Playful Pizzicato (Simple Symphony)
Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Britten.- Britten: The Young Person's Guide etc: LSO/ECO/Britten.
- Decca.
Claude Debussy
Debussy: Violin Sonata in G Minor, CD 148: I. Allegro vivo
Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.- Debussy: String Quartet & Sonatas.
- Hyperion.
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Georges Bizet
Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre; Toréador, en garde (Carmen)
Singer: Sherrill Milnes. Choir: Ambrosian Singers. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- DG.
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