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Music Played

  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Piece romantique, Op 9 No 1

    Performer: Isabel Gehweiler. Performer: Fiona Hengartner.
    • Notre amour 鈥� St眉cke f眉r Violoncello und Klavier.
    • Solo Musica.
    • 1.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.21 in C major K.467 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra.
    • Decca.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    String Quartet in E-Flat Major: III. Romanze

    Ensemble: Arneis Quartet.
    • Moving Shapes.
    • Albany Records.
    • 16.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    O Jesu Christ, mein Lebens Licht

    Choir: Collegium Vocale Gent. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • PHI.

  • George Frederick Bristow

    Symphony No. 2, 'Jullien' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Rebecca Miller.
    • New World.

  • Crist贸bal de Morales

    Parce mihi, Domine

    Music Arranger: Simon鈥怭ierre Bestion. Ensemble: La Temp锚te.
    • Bomba Flamenca.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 18.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Serenade No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11: V. Scherzo. Allegro - Trio

    Orchestra: Orchestre Consuelo. Conductor: Victor Julien-Laferri猫re.
    • Brahms: S茅r茅nades.
    • Mirare.
    • 10.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Serenade No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11: VI. Rondo. Allegro

    Orchestra: Orchestre Consuelo. Conductor: Victor Julien-Laferri猫re.
    • Brahms: S茅r茅nades.
    • Mirare.
    • 11.

  • Henry Purcell

    Abdelazer (Rondeau - Air - Air - Minuet)

    Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Purcell: Theatre Music.
    • Decca.
    • 002.

  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Sonata for Solo Harp: III. Perpetuum Mobile

    Performer: Val茅rie Milot.
    • V - Chamber Music for Harp.
    • Analekta.
    • 3.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64, MWV O14: I. Allegro molto appassionato

    Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Conductor: Daniel Harding. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra.
    • Le Violon Roi.
    • Erato/Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Jules Massenet

    Ch茅rubin, Act III: Aubade (Arr. for Mandolin and Piano by Jules Cottin)

    Performer: Raffaele La Ragione. Performer: Fran莽ois Dumont. Music Arranger: Jules Cottin.
    • Mandoline. Dans les salons fin-de-si猫cle.
    • Arcana.
    • 19.

  • Richard Strauss

    Horn Concerto No. 1, mvt 3 Rondo

    Performer: Robert Langbein. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Christian Thielemann.
    • Profil Medien.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: III. Gavottes I & II

    Orchestra: Concerto Copenhagen. Conductor: Lars Ulrik Mortensen.
    • J.S. Bach: The Overtures (Original Versions).
    • CPO.
    • 303.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: V. Gigue

    Orchestra: Concerto Copenhagen. Conductor: Lars Ulrik Mortensen.
    • J.S. Bach: The Overtures (Original Versions).
    • CPO.
    • 305.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Valse-caprice no. in A major Op.30

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Faure Piano Music.
    • Hyperion.
    • 13.

  • Thea Musgrave

    Hate whom ye list, for I care not (Four Madrigals)

    Choir: Florilegium Chamber Choir. Director: JoAnn Rice.
    • Leonarda.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 59 in A Major, "Fire" (III. Minuet)

    Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Haydn 2032, Vol. 13: Horn Signal.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 7.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 59 in A major, 'Fire' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Haydn 2032, Vol. 13: Horn Signal.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 8.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Rondo for Lifey

    Performer: H氓kan Hardenberger. Performer: Roland P枚ntinen.
    • Decca.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Who is Silvia (Let us garlands bring, Op 18 No 2)

    Performer: Iain Burnside. Singer: Roderick Williams.
    • A Finzi Anthology.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

  • 罢谤盲诲

    Kilfenora Jig

    • Sharon Shannon.

  • Max Bruch

    Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor, Op 26 (Finale)

    Performer: Janine Jansen. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Decca.

  • Marianne Martines

    Piano Sonata no 1 in G major, I. Allegro

    Performer: Joanna Kacperek.
    • Rubicon.

  • Malcolm Arnold

    Little Suite for Brass Band No 1 (Siciliano)

    Performer: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Elgar Howarth.
    • Arnold on brass: Grimethorpe Colliery Band/Howarth/Arnold.
    • Conifer.
    • 18.

  • Jean Sibelius

    The Wood Nymph, Op. 15

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Santtu鈥怣atias Rouvali.
    • Sibelius: Symphony No. 4 - The Wood Nymph - Valse Triste.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 2.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Waltz in C sharp minor, Op.64 no.2

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Chopin: The Complete Walzes: Stephen Hough.
    • Hyperion.
    • 7.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Pulcinella Suite (Sinfonia)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Alexander Janiczek.
    • Stravinsky: Apollon Musag猫te & Pulcinella Suite.
    • Linn Records.
    • 11.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Gavotta con due variazioni (Pulcinella Suite)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Alexander Janiczek.
    • Stravinsky Apollon Musagete and Pulcinella Suite.
    • Linn Records.
    • 18.

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  • Wed 27 May 2026 06:30
    91福利社 Radio 3