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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-Flat, K. 495: III. Rondo (Allegro Vivace)Sir Neville Marriner, Peter Damm and Academy of St Martin in the Fields

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-Flat, K. 495: III. Rondo (Allegro Vivace)Sir Neville Marriner, Peter Damm and Academy of St Martin in the Fields
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Béla Bartók: Roman Nepi Tancok (Romanian Folk Dances), BB 68: III. Pe LocJean Jacques Kantorow and Tapiola Sinfonietta
Anne Cawrse: Imperfect Fourth: II. AdagioAleksandr Tsiboulski, Cameron Hill, Helen Ayres, Martin Alexander and Ewen Bramble

Olivier Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps: III. Abîme des oiseauxTashi
Giuseppe Verdi: La Forza del Destino, Act I: OvertureJames Levine and London Symphony Orchestra
Sergei Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64, Act I: Scene VI, The FightValery Gergiev and London Symphony Orchestra
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No.7 in F, Op.59/1Alban Berg Quartett, Günter Pichler, Gerhard Schulz, Hatto Beyerle and Valentin Erben
John Williams: DevilAnne-Sophie Mutter, Vienna Philharmonic and John Williams
Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly, Act I: Gran venturaLorin Maazel, Plácido Domingo, Ingvar Wixell, Renata Scotto, Florindo Andreolli, Ambrosian Opera Chorus and Philharmonia Orchestra
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Four Violins and Cello in B Minor, RV 580, Op. 3 No. 10: I. AllegroCafé Zimmermann, Pablo Valetti, David Plantier, Mauro Lopes Ferreira, Nicholas Robinson and Petr Skalka
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Georges Bizet: Carmen, Act 3: Quant au douanier (Carmen, Frasquita, Mercédès, Dancaïro, Remendado, Bohémiens et Bohémiennes)Berlin Philharmonic, Chor des Deutschen Staatsoper, Christina Landshammer, Eberhard Friedrich, Jean Paul Fouchecourt, Magdalena Kožená, Rachel Frenkel, Simone Del Savio and Sir Simon Rattle
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin and Strings in F Minor, Op. 8 No. 4, RV 297 LGidon Kremer, Leslie Pearson, London Symphony Orchestra and Claudio Abbado
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 ChoralBarbara Bonney, Birgit Remmert, Kurt Streit, Thomas Hampson, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic and Sir Simon Rattle
Sergei Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64, Act I: Scene XXI, Romeo and JulietValery Gergiev and London Symphony Orchestra
Georges Bizet: Carmen, Act 1: La cloche a sonné; nous, des ouvrières (Jeunes gens)Berlin Philharmonic, Chor des Deutschen Staatsoper and Sir Simon Rattle
Franz Schubert: Wiegenlied, D. 867, Op. 105 No. 2Andrè Schuen and Daniel Heide
Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D, Op.61: I. Allegro ma non troppoAcademy of St Martin in the Fields, Dmitry Sitkovetsky and Sir Neville Marriner

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C, K. 467: II. AndanteJan Lisiecki, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Christian Zacharias
Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold, WWV 86A / Erste Szene: Garstig glatter glitschriger Glimmer!Helen Donath, Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic, Edda Moser, Anna Reynolds and Zoltan Kelemen
Franz Liszt: Première élégie, S. 196Alexis Descharmes and Sébastien Vichard
Sergei Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64, Act I: Scene I, IntroductionValery Gergiev and London Symphony Orchestra
Arvo Pärt: Tabula Rasa: II. SilentiumAngèle Dubeau and La Pieta
Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata: Libiamo NeJames Levine, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Luciano Pavarotti, Wendy White, Anthony Laciura and Metropolitan Opera Chorus

Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: I. OuvertureFreiburger Barockorchester, Gottfried von der Goltz and Petra Müllejans
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (1985 Remastered Version)Alexander Cameron, John Chambers, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Rodney Friend, Russell Gilbert and Sir Adrian Boult

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