Ian Skelly
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Essential Classics - the best in classical music, with Ian Skelly.
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Johann Hermann Schein
Quem pastores laudavere
Singer: Dorothee Mields. Singer: Paul Agnew. Ensemble: Lautten Compagney. Director: Wolfgang Katschner.- Wie Schon Leuchtet Der Morgenstern.
- DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Franz Schubert
Impromptu in A flat major, D.935 no.2
Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff.- ECM: 4811572.
- ECM.
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Astor Piazzolla
Libertango
Music Arranger: Jorge Calandrelli. Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: N茅stor Marconi. Performer: Antonio Agri. Performer: Horacio Malvicino. Performer: Leonardo Marconi. Singer: H茅ctor Console.- SONY CLASSICAL.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Sleeping Beauty Suite (Panorama)
Orchestra: Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Klaus-Peter Hahn.- Tchaikovsky: Russian Ballet.
- haenssler CLASSIC.
- 202.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Sleeping Beauty Suite (Waltz)
Orchestra: Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Klaus-Peter Hahn.- Tchaikovsky: Russian Ballet.
- haenssler CLASSIC.
- 203.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto in D major RV.204
Performer: Federico Guglielmo. Performer: Esther Crazzolara. Ensemble: L'Arte dell'Arco. Director: Federico Guglielmo.- BRILLIANT.
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Jean Sibelius
The Swan of Tuonela (Lemminkainen Suite)
Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.- Sibelius: Lemmink盲inen Suite - Pell茅as & M茅lisande.
- Warner Classics.
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Elena Kats鈥怌hernin
Russian Rag
Performer: Nicola Sweeney. Performer: Sarah Nicolls.- Signum.
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Felix Mendelssohn
String Octet in E flat major Op.20 (1st mvt)
Performer: Gil Shaham. Ensemble: Sejong Soloists.- Haydn: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 4 - Mendelssohn: Octet for Strings.
- Canary Classics.
- 7.
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Trad.
Good King Wenceslas
Music Arranger: Stewart Goodyear. Performer: Stewart Goodyear.- Imagine Christmas.
- Sono Luminus.
- 1001.
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Amy Beach
Symphony in E minor 'Gaelic', Op.32 (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Nashville Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kenneth Schermerhorn.- NAXOS.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Soave sia il vento (Cos矛 fan tutte K.588)
Singer: Hillevi Martinpelto. Singer: Alison Hagley. Singer: Sir Thomas Allen. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- Simon Rattle on EMI Classics.
- EMI Classics.
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脡mile Waldteufel
The Skaters
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.- SONY.
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Claude Debussy
Jardins sous la pluie (Estampes)
Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Carl Nielsen
Aladdin Suite (Oriental Festival March)
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.- Nielsen: Flute Concerto - Clarinet Concerto - Aladdin Suite.
- Signum Classics.
- 301.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Magic Flute (Pa... pa... pa...)
Singer: Inger Dam-Jensen. Singer: Fran莽ois Le Roux. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan.- CONIFER.
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Engelbert Humperdinck
Hansel and Gretel (Dream-Pantomime)
Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Marek Janowski.- PENTATONE.
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Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Violin concerto no.10 in D major (3rd mvt)
Performer: Zhou Qian. Orchestra: Toronto Camerata. Conductor: Kevin Mallon.- Saint-George: Complete Violin Concertos, Vol.2.
- NAXOS.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Nocturne in F minor Op.55 no.1
Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires.- Chopin: The Nocturnes: Maria Joao Pires.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Joseph Haydn
The Creation - And God said, let there be lights ... The heavens are telling
Singer: Arleen Aug茅r. Singer: Philip Langridge. Singer: David Thomas. Choir: CBSO Chorus. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- Haydn: The Creation.
- Warner Classics.
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Maurice Ravel
String quartet in F major (1st mvt)
Ensemble: Quatuor 脡b猫ne.- Ravel, Debussy & Faur茅 String Quartets.
- Virgin Classics.
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Radio 3 Breakfast Carol Competition Carol no.1
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Gareth Price
Christmas Carol
Music Arranger: Clare Wheeler. Performer: Olivia Robinson. Choir: 麻豆约拍 Singers. Performer: Richard Pearce. Conductor: Owain Park.
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Radio 3 Breakfast Carol Competition Carol no.2
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Jonathan Ticher
Christmas Carol
Music Arranger: Clare Wheeler. Choir: 麻豆约拍 Singers. Performer: Richard Pearce. Conductor: Owain Park.
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Gioachino Rossini
The Thieving Magpie (Overture)
Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- Rossini: 10 Overtures - Chailly.
- Decca.
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Gustav Holst
Hymn to the Dawn (Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, Op.26'3)
Performer: Julian Lloyd Webber. Performer: Jiaxin Lloyd Webber. Performer: Guy Johnston. Performer: Laura van der Heijden. Performer: Catrin Finch.- NAXOS.
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Haven Gillespie
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
Composer: J. Fred Coots. Music Arranger: Kathryn Bates. Performer: Kathryn Bates.- Imagine Christmas.
- Sono Luminus.
- 701.
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George Frideric Handel
Keyboard Suite in D minor HWV.428 (Prelude, Presto)
Performer: Danny Driver.- Handel: The Eight Great Suites.
- Hyperion.
- 9; 14.
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Johannes Brahms
Tragic Overture Op.81
Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.- Brahms: Orchestral Works.
- BIS.
- 14.
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