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Music Played

  • John Dowland

    Fantasia in G major P.1

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Delphian.

  • Joseph Bologne

    Violin Concerto in G major Op.8 no.9 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Orchestra: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra.
    • ERATO.

  • Francis Poulenc

    惭茅濒补苍肠辞濒颈别

    Performer: Pascal Rog茅.
    • Decca.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Mass in A major, BWV 234 (Kyrie)

    Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • BIS.

  • Peter Warlock

    Pieds en l'air (Capriol Suite)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Clio Gould.
    • English String Classics 2: Vaughan Williams/Warlock/Tippet/Elgar etc.
    • Apex.
    • 11.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Clarinet Sonata in F minor Op.120 no.1 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestrator: Luciano Berio. Performer: Annelien Van Wauwe. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lille. Conductor: Alexandre Bloch.
    • Belle 茅poque.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 404.

  • Clara Schumann

    Liebeszauber

    Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Performer: Olga Scheps. Music Arranger: Julian Riem.
    • Clara Schumann: Liebeszauber.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Selim Palmgren

    Cinderella Suite (5th mvt, 'Waltz')

    Conductor: Rumon Gamba. Orchestra: Oulu Sinfonia.
    • Scenes from Finland.
    • Chandos.
    • 113.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.23 in A major K.488 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Jean鈥怑fflam Bavouzet. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: G谩bor Tak谩cs鈥怤agy.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Christopher Simpson

    The Four Seasons (Autumne: No. 1, Fan)

    Ensemble: Sirius VIOLS.
    • Simpson: The Four Seasons.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 10.

  • Herbert Howells

    Requiem (Psalm 121, 'I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills')

    Conductor: Paul McCreesh. Choir: Gabrieli Consort.
    • A Song of Farewell: Music of Mourning and Consolation.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 904.

  • Ferenc Farkas

    Aria e Rondo all'ungherese

    Performer: J谩nos Rolla. Orchestra: Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra. Director: J谩nos Rolla.
    • Farkas - Orchestral Music, Vol 3.
    • Toccata Classics.
    • 027.

  • Fran莽ois Couperin

    Pieces de clavecin, Livre I Ordre 4 (No 4, Le r茅veil-matin)

    Performer: Mishka Rushdie Momen.
    • Hall of Mirrors.
    • Hyperion Records Limited.
    • 01.

  • Kerensa Briggs

    Lead, kindly light

    Singer: Katy Hill. Singer: Daniel Collins. Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Lead, Kindly Light.
    • CORO.
    • 5.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in A minor 'con due violini obligati', RV 522

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Performer: Johannes Pramsohler. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • CHANNEL CLASSICS.

  • Samuel Coleridge鈥怲aylor

    Nonet in F minor, Op 2, 'Gradus ad Parnassum' (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • Chandos.

  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Harp Sonata (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Anne鈥怱ophie Bertrand.
    • Transatlantiques.
    • ARS Produktion.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Ruggiero's Aria 'St脿 nell, Ircana' from Act 3 of Alcina

    Singer: Emily D鈥橝ngelo. Conductor: David Bates. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Five Bagatelles, Op 23 (No 3, 'Carol')

    Performer: Michael Collins. Orchestra: 91福利社 Symphony Orchestra.
    • Britten, Mathias, Finzi & Cooke: British Clarinet Concertos, Vol. 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 106.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Five Bagatelles, Op 23 (No 5, 'Fughetta')

    Performer: Michael Collins. Orchestra: 91福利社 Symphony Orchestra.
    • Britten, Mathias, Finzi & Cooke: British Clarinet Concertos, Vol. 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 108.

  • Fergus McCreadie

    The Crossing

    Performer: Fergus McCreadie. Performer: David Bowden. Performer: Stephen Henderson.

  • Wilhelm Friedemann Bach

    Harpsichord Concerto in D, Fk 41 (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: Francesco Corti. Ensemble: Il Pomo d鈥橭ro.
    • The Age of Extremes: W.F. Bach, G. Benda & C.P.E. Bach.
    • Arcana.
    • 9.

  • Trad.

    Whilst great is our poverty

    Composer: Cyrillus Kreek. Performer: Anna-Liisa Eller. Performer: Marco Ambrosini. Choir: Vox Clamantis. Conductor: Jaan-Eik Tulve.
    • ECM.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude, Op 2 No 1

    Performer: Bruno Philippe. Performer: J茅r么me Ducros.
    • Rachmaninov & Myaskovsky: Sonatas for Cello and Piano.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 3.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No. 3, "Scottish" (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 56 \"Scottish\": II. Vivace non trop.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

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  • Sat 24 Oct 2026 06:30
    91福利社 Radio 3