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  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op.61 (Nocturne)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Enrique BΓ‘tiz.
    • Orchestral Lollipops: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Enrique Batiz.
    • RPO.
    • 4.
  • Gabriel FaurΓ©

    Nocturne no. 6 in D flat major Op.63

    Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • HYPERION.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Humming Chorus (Madame Butterfly)

    Choir: Bavarian Radio Symphony Choir. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Ivan Repuőić.
    • Famous Opera Choruses.
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 6.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No.2 in D minor: Prelude & Allemande

    Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras.
    • J.S. Bach: Complete Cello Suites.
    • harmonia mundi.
  • FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin

    Piano Concerto no.1 in E minor, Op.11 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor. Conductor: Elim Chan. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • DECCA.
  • Errollyn Wallen

    Chorale

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Swan. Director: David Le Page.
    • Timelapse.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1201.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Simple Symphony (Playful Pizzicato)

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Britten.
    • Decca.
  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Tu es Petrus a6

    Ensemble: I Fagiolini. Conductor: Robert Hollingworth.
    • Benevoli: Missa Tu es Petrus.
    • CORO.
    • 1.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 94 in G Major, Hob. I:94 "The Surprise": II. Andante

    Orchestra: Danish National Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: ÁdÑm Fischer.
    • Haydn: Symphony No. 94 "The Surprise": II. Andante.
    • NAXOS.
    • 101.
  • Ruth Gipps

    Pan and Apollo

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Jonathan Bloxham.
  • Erland Cooper

    Then Be Content - Part 1

    Performer: Freya Goldmark. Performer: Emma Purslow. Performer: Paloma Deike. Performer: Christine Anderson. Performer: Sergio Serra. Performer: Lucia Polo Moreno.
  • EugΓ¨ne Bozza

    Children's Overture

    Orchestra: Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra. Conductor: Timothy Reynish.
    • Chandos.
  • Percy Grainger

    Handel in the Strand

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • The Grainger Edition, Vol.2 - Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 11.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 40 in G minor, K 550 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: Douglas Boyd.
    • Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 40 & 41: Manchester Camerata, Douglas Boyd.
    • Avie.
    • 1.
  • John Dowland

    Langton's Galliard

    Performer: Nigel North.
    • NAXOS.
  • Claude Debussy

    Feux d'artifice (Preludes, Book 2)

    Orchestrator: Colin Matthews. Orchestra: ±α²Ή±τ±τΓ©. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • ±α²Ή±τ±τΓ©.
  • Manuel de Falla

    Ritual Fire Dance (El amor brujo)

    Orchestra: SimΓ³n BolΓ­var Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Eduardo Mata.
    • Music of Manuel De Falla: Simon Bolivar Symophony Orchestra, Mata, Senn.
    • Dorian.
    • 1.
  • Hayato Sumino

    7 Variations on 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star'

    Performer: Hayato Sumino.
    • Human Universe.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 16.
  • John Adams

    Short Ride in a Fast Machine

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Peter Oundjian.
    • Chandos.
  • Josephine Lang

    Arabesque

    Performer: Ian Tindale.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Flute Concerto No 3 in A major, Wq 168 (1st mvt, Allegro)

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Orchestra: Potsdam Chamber Academy.
    • The Flute King: Music from the Court of Frederick the Great: Emmanuel Pahud.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Hungarian March from The Damnation of Faust

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thierry Fischer.
  • Erroll Garner

    Misty

    Singer: Sarah Vaughan. Conductor: Quincy Jones. Orchestra: Quincy Jones and His Orchestra.
    • The Diva Series.
    • Verve Reissues.
    • 3.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.6 in F major Op.68 'Pastoral' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Beethoven: 9 Symphonies: Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.
  • Maude ValΓ©rie White

    So we'll go no more a-roving

    Performer: Graham Johnson. Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson.
    • HELIOS.
  • John Philip Sousa

    Presidential Polonaise

    Ensemble: US Marine Band. Conductor: Colonel John Bourgeois.
    • Semper Fidelis.
    • Altissimo!.
    • 2.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Semiramide (Overture)

    Orchestra: La Scala Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Rossini: 10 Overtures - Chailly.
    • Decca.
    • 6.

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