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Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Concerto no.2 in B flat major Op.19 (3rd mvt)

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Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni - Adagio In G Minor

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Aaron Copland - Buckaroo Holiday (Rodeo - 4 dance episodes)

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First heard 2 years ago

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Richard Strauss - Also Sprach Zarathustra Op.30 (Introduction)

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George Walker - Lyric for Strings

2022-10-28

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Johannes Brahms - Serenade no 2 in A major, Op 16

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Ludwig van Beethoven - Violin Concerto in D major, Op 61

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Henry Purcell - Rejoice in the Lord alway, Z.49 (Bell Anthem)

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Paul Dukas - Villanelle for horn and orchestra

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Galina Grigorjeva - In paradisum

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Henry Purcell - When I am laid in earth (Dido and Aeneas)

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Claude Debussy - Clair de Lune

1994

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Ester Mägi - Bucolic

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Malcolm Arnold - 4 English dances - set 2 Op.33 (no.1)

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Isaac Albéniz - Sevilla (Suite Española)

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Antonín Dvořák - Symphony no.8 in G major Op.88 (3rd mvt)

2022-11-18

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First heard 3 years ago

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Georges Bizet - Farandole (L'Arlesienne Suite no.2)

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First heard 2 years ago

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Chan Ka Nin - Four seasons suite

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Gerald Finzi - Introit, Op 6

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First heard 2 years ago

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Edward Elgar - Enigma Variations, Op 36 (Variation 9, 'Nimrod')

2020-01-10

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Doreen Carwithen - Sonatina for cello and piano

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Alexander Borodin - String Quartet no. 2 in D major (3rd mvt)

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Arthur Bliss - Things to come (March)

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Igor Stravinsky - Symphonies of Wind Instruments

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Franz Schubert - 3 Songs: 'Liebesbotschaft', 'Heidenroslein' and 'Litanei auf das Fest'

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First heard 2 years ago

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Giacomo Puccini - Che gelida manina (La bohème)

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Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No 8 in F major, Op 93 (2nd mvt)

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Amy Beach - Pastorale Op.151

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Hugo Alfvén - Swedish Rhapsody no.1 'Midsummer Vigil'

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Petko Stainov - Horsemen, ballad for men's choir

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First heard 2 years ago

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Jacques Ibert - Flute Concerto

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Antonio Vivaldi - Gloria in D major, RV.589

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Charles Villiers Stanford - The Blue Bird (8 Partsongs Op.119)

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Miles Davis - Blue in Green

1959-08-17

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Dorothy Howell - Lamia

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Maurice Ravel - Ondine (Gaspard de la nuit)

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Richard Wagner - Lohengrin (Act 3 Prelude)

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Florence Price - Symphony no.1 in E Minor (3rd mvt)

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Léo Delibes - Pizzicato (Sylvia)

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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Dance of the Tumblers (Snow Maiden Suite)

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Edvard Grieg - Holberg Suite, Op.40 (Praeludium)

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Amy Woodforde-Finden - Kashmiri Song (4 Indian Love Lyrics)

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Gabriel Fauré - Sicilienne Op.78

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Camille Saint‐Saëns - Aquarium (Carnival of the Animals)

2025-06-05

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Gustav Holst - Venus, the Bringer of Peace (The Planets, Op.32)

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Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings, Op 11

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First heard 2 years ago

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Anna Clyne - Cello Concerto 'Dance' (When You're Broken Up)

1971

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Claude Debussy - Rêverie

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First heard 3 years ago

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Jean‐Philippe Rameau - The Arts and the Hours (Les Boréades)

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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - The Flight of the Bumblebee (The Tale of Tsar Saltan)

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