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03:21 Geminiani, F. – Sonata in F, op 5 no 5 (pub. 1746). – Hidemi Suzuki, vc; Ricecar Consort.

03:30 Roman, J. – For Thou only art holy; With the Holy Spirit, from Swedish Mass (1752). – Adolf Fredrik Bach Choir; Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble/Anders Öhrwall.

03:59 Bach, C.P.E. – Flute concerto in A, Wq168 (1749-55). – Konrad Hünteler, fl; Amsterdam Baroque O/Ton Koopman.

04:17 Bach, J. S. – Sanctus; Agnus Dei, from Mass in B minor, BWV232 (1747-49). – Christa Ludwig, cont; Peter Schreier, ten; Vienna Singverein; Berlin PO/Herbert von Karajan.

04:46 Brahms, J. – Sonata no 1 in E minor, op 38 (1862-65). – Stephen Isserlis, vc; Steven Hough, pf.

03:04 Philips, P. – Exsurgens Maria (1613). – Currende; Herman Stinder, org; Erik van Nevel, cond.

03:08 Philips, P. – Salve Regina (1613). – Winchester Cathedral Choir; Parley of Instruments/David Hill.

03:56 Handel, G. – Andante; Hornpipe, from Concerto grosso in B flat, op 6 no 7 (1739). – Australian Brandenburg O/Paul Dyer.

04:03 Grieg, E. – Morning; Death of Ase; Anitra's dance; In the hall of the mountain king, from Peer Gynt, op 46 (1875; arr. Grainger). – Percy Grainger, reproducing pf.

04:22 Tchaikovsky, P. – Waltz of the flowers, from Nutcracker suite, op 71a (1892; arr. Grainger). – Percy Grainger, reproducing pf.

04:29 Boccherini, L. – Quintet in G, G448, [Fandango] (1787). – Richard Savino, gui; Artaria Quartet.

03:24 Handel, G. – I know that my Redeemer liveth, from Messiah (1742). – Jennifer Vyvyan, sop; London PO/Adrian Boult.

03:32 Britten, B. – Cantata academica, [Carmen basiliense], op 62 (1959). – Jennifer Vyvyan, sop; Helen Watts, cont; Peter Pears, ten; Owen Brannigan, bass; Harold Lester, pf; London Symphony Ch & O/George Malcolm.

03:54 Purcell, H. – Symphony; Hark! Hark! The echoing air, from The Fairy Queen (1692). – Jennifer Vyvyan, sop; English CO/Benjamin Britten.

03:58 Handel, G. – Concerto grosso in G, op 6 no 1 mvts 4 and 5. – Australian Brandenburg O/Paul Dyer

04:04 Spohr, L. – Violin concerto no 6 in G minor, op 28 (1808). – Ulf Hoelscher, vn; Berlin RSO/Christian Fröhlich.

04:28 Weber, C.M. – Lament; He to her; My colours. – Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, bar; Hartmut Höll, pf.

03:29 Schubert, F. – Symphony no 10 in D, D936a (realised Newbould). – Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner.

03:56 Schubert, F. – Variation 3, from Introduction and variations on Die schône Müllerin, D802. – Emmanuel Pahud, fl; Éric Le Sage, pf.

03:59 Copland, A. – Quiet city (1940). – William Long, tpt; Michael Winfield, hn; London SO/Aaron Copland.

03:01 Mozart, W. – Grave and presto in B flat for two pianos, K375b (1782). – Duo Crommelynck.

03:03 Mozart, W. – Largetto and allegro in E flat, Kdeest (?1782-83; re-constr. Badura-Skoda). – Paul Badura-Skoda, pf; Jörg Demus, pf.

03:12 Mozart, W. – Requiem, K626 (1791; ed. Maunder). – Academy of Ancient Music Ch & O/Christopher Hogwood.

03:56 Mozart, W. – Bei Mannern, Weiche Liebe, from The magic flute (arr. Heidenreich). – Melbourne Windpower/Richard Runnels.

04:57 Vivaldi, A. – Concerto in D for two trumpets and strings, RV537 mvt 2 (arr. Leppard). – Wynton Marsalis, tpts; English Concert/Raymond Leppard.

04:58 Heinichen, J. – Concerto in D for multiple instruments, S226 (?1719). – Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel.
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03:01 Dreyfus, G. – Mary Gilmour goes to Paraguay, from And their ghosts may be heard (1975). – Melbourne SO/George Dreyfus.

03:15 Mozart, W. – Violin concerto no 5 in A, K218, [Turkish] (1775). – English Concert/Andrew Manze, vn & dir.

03:45 Janácek, L. – Suite from The excursions of Mr Broucek (1920; arr. Breiner). – New Zealand SO/Peter Breiner.

04:24 Janácek, L – Zrávas Maria (1904); Suscepimus Deus; In nomine Jesu. – Shelley Everall, sop; Choir of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge; Douglas Paterson, vn; Michael Phillips, org; Geoffrey Webber, cond.

04:40 Janácek, L – Ploughing; Our birch tree; The garland; The quilt. – Male voices of Moravian Teachers Choir/ Lubomir Máti.

04:52 Martinu, B. – Variation VII, from Introduction and variations on Die Schöne Mullerin, D802. – Emmanuel Pahud, fl; Éric Le Sage, pf.

03:01 Salieri, A. – Piano concerto in B flat (1778). – Paul Badura-Skoda, fp; I Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone.

03:25 Mozart, W. – Piano concerto no 9 in E flat, K271, [Jeunehomme] (1777). – Malcolm Bilson, fp; English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner.

03:56 Schubert, F. – Rondo brillant in B minor, D895 (1826). – Jaime Laredo, vn; Stephanie Brown, pf.

04:57 Debussy, C. – Dances sacred and profane (1904). – June Loney, hp; Sydney SO/Willem van Otterloo.

04:00 Praetorius, M. – Dances from Terpsichore (pub. 1612). – Early Music Consort of London/David Munrow.

04:23 Bach, J.S. – The musical offering, BWV1079 (1747). – Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner.

05:12 Handel, G. – Concerto grosso in C, HVV318, [Alexander's feast] (1736). – Philomusica of London/Thurston Dart.

03:19 Schumann, R. – Songs from Myrthen, op 25 (1840): Dedication; The nut-tree; You are like a flower. – Bryn Terfel, bass-bar; Malcolm Martineau, pf.

03:57 Schumann, R. – Jagdlieder, op 137 (1849). – Camerata Vocale Gummersbach; Waldhomgruppe Freischütz, Essen/Gus Anton.

04:27 Schumann, R. – From op 74 (1849): no 2, Intermezzo; no 3, Liebesgram; no 4, In der Nacht. – Julia Varady, sop (4); Peter Schreier, ten (2, 3); Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, bar (2-4); Christoph Eschenbach, pf (2-4).

03:26 Dvorák, A. – Wind serenade in D minor, op 44 (1878). – Munich Wind Academy/Alexander Brezina.

03:53 Offenbach, J. – Cello concerto in G, [Militaire] (1848). – Ofra Harnoy, vc; Cincinnati SO/Erich Kunzel.

03:01 Gluck, C. – Suite from Don Juan (1761). – Jerry Felmlee, fl; Andreas Mirschel, ob; Paul Rey Klecka, hpd; Rhenish CO/Jan Corazolla.

03:20 Gluck, C. – Che farò senza Euridice? from Orfeo ed Euridice(1762). – Andreas Scholl, ct; O of the Age of Enlightenment/Roger Norrington.

03:25 Gluck, C. – Quel est l'audacieux, from Orphée et Eurydice (1774). – David Hobson, ten; Opera Australia Ch; Australian Opera and Ballet O/Marco Guidarini.

03:35 Gluck, C. – A toi, l'objet le plus aimable, from Iphigénie en Aulide (1774). – José van Dam, bar; English Baroque Soloists; Lyon Opera O/John Eliot Gardiner.

03:57 Mozart, W. – Finale of Act I, The magic flute (1791). – Satu Vihavainen, sop; Jorma Silvasti, ten; Jorma Falck, bass-bar; Jakko Ryhänen, bass; Slavonlinna Opera Festival Ch & O/Ulf Söderblom.

04:16 Weber, C.M. – Und ob die Wolke, from Der Freischütz. – Gundula Janowitz, sop; German Opera O/Ferdinand Leitner.

04:25 Böhm, T. – Grande polonaise in D, op 16 (1831). – William Bennett, fl; Barton Weber, pf.

04:35 Donizetti, G. – Una furtiva lagrima, from L'elisir d'amore (1832). – Luciano Pavarotti, ten; English CO/Richard Bonynge.

04:56 Pasculli, A. – Moderato, from Homage to Bellini. – Heinz Holliger, cora; Ursula Holliger, hp.

05:09 Méhul, É-N. – Vainement Pharaon dans sa reconnaissance, from Joseph (1807). – Roberto Alagna, ten; Royal Opera House O/Bertrand de Billy.

05:16 Méhul, É-N. – Overture to La chasse du jeune Henri (1791). – New Philharmonia O/Raymond Leppard.
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03:01 Coleridge-Taylor, S. – Hiawatha's wedding feast (1898). – Helen Field, sop; Arthur Davies, ten; Bryn Terfel, bass-bar; Welsh National Choir & O/Kenneth Alwyn.

03:48 Elgar, E. – Scenes from The saga of King Olaf, op 30 (1894-96). – Teresa Cahill, sop; Philip Langridge, ten; Brian Rayner Cook, bar; London Philharmonic Choir & O/Vernon Handley.

03:29 Hummel, J. – Piano concerto no 4 in E, op 110 (1825). – London Mozart Players/Howard Shelley, pf & dir.

04:23 Mozart, W. – Figaro for wind ensemble (1786; arr. Wendt). – London Wind Soloists/Jack Brymer.

04:56 Ellard, W. – Australian quadrilles: La Sydney; La Woolloomooloo; La Bong-Bong; La Engehurst (arr. Antill). – Adelaide SO/Carl Pini.

05:23 Beath, B. – Piccolo victory, [Images of colonial Australia]. – Harold Wilson, did; Brisbane Baroque Trio.

03:01 Tchaikovsky, P. – The Voyevoda, op 78, symphonic ballad after Mickiewicz (1890-09). – Royal Liverpool PO/Vasily Petrenko.

03:12 Bowen, Y. – Viola concerto in C minor, op 25. – Lawrence Power, va; BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins.

03:48 Glazunov, A. – Symphony no 1 in E, op 5, [Slavanskaya] (1882). – USSR Ministry of Culture O/Gennady Rozhdestvensky.

04:24 Mozart, W. – Violin concerto no 3 in G, K216, mvt 3. – Berlin PO/Wolfgang Schneiderhan, vn & dir.

04:53 Beethoven, L. – German dances, WoO2, nos 3 and 8 (1795). – Vienna Mozart Ensemble/Willi Boskovsky.

04:07 Debussy, C. – Sirènes, from Nocturnes (1900). – London Symphony Ch & O/Rafael Frübeck de Burgos.

04:29 Alkan, C-V. – Trio in G minor, op 30 (1830). – Dong-Suk Kang, vn; Yvan Choffoleau, vc; Olivier Gardon, pf.

04:51 Méhul, E-N. – Symphony no 2 in D (1808-09). – Gulbenkian Foundation O/Michel Swierczewski.