Claudio Monteverdi: Si dolce è l’tormento / The sweetness and the torment (1624)

Janet Baker sop / Raymond Leppard hpd / Joy Hall vc (BBC Music Magazine Vol. IV, No. 7 - 38D)

Maurice Ravel: Piano trio (1914)

Trio Fontenay (Wolf Harden pf / Michael Mücke vn / Niklas Schmidt vc) (Teldec D 134411)

Paul Hindemith: Kammermusik no. 2 for piano and orchestra, Op. 36 #1 (1924)

Sviatoslav Richter pf / Moscow Conservatory Orchestra / Yuri Nikolayevski cond (Yedang Classical Treasures 10040)

Charles Gounod: Sérénade (1857)

Janet Baker sop / Raymond Leppard pf (BBC Music Magazine V. IV, No. 7 - 38D)

Bèla Bartòk: Piano concerto no. 2

Sviatoslav Richter pf / USSR State Symphony Orchestra / Evgeny Svetlanov cond (Yedang Classical Treasures CT-10040)

Elvis Costello: Il sogno / The dream (excerpt)

London Symphony Orchestra / Michael Tilson Thomas cond (Deutsche Grammophon B0003284-02)

Elvis Costello: High fidelity (1979)

Elvis Costello and the Attractions (Columbia C2K46897, Girls, girls, girls: the songs of Elvis Costello)

Claude Debussy: Sonata for cello and piano, L. 135 (1915)

Mstislav Rostropovich vc / Benjamin Britten pf (Polygram 460974)

Benjamin Britten: Sonata in C, op. 65 (1961)

David Starkweather vc / Evgeny Rivkin pf (Oasis 574127)

Benjamin Britten: Peter Grimes: Four sea interludes

Boston Symphony Orchestra / Leonard Bernstein cond (Deutsche Grammophon 431768-2)

Henryk Górecki: Symphony no. 3, op. 36 (1976)

Dawn Upshaw S / London Sinfonietta / David Zinman cond (Elektra Nonesuch 9 79282-2)

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Edgard Varèse: Offrandes / Offerings: Chanson de là-haut / Song from on high; La croix du sud / The southern cross (1921)

Phyllis Bryn-Julson S / Orchestre National de France | French National Orchestra / Kent Nagano cond (Erato Musifrance 4509-92137-2)

Modest Musorgski: Картинки с выставки / Pictures from an exhibition: №4, Bydło / Cattle; №5, Балет невылупившихся птенцов / Ballet of the unhatched chicks (1874)

Sergei Prokofiev pf via Duo-Art roll 6591, rec. 1923 (Fonè 90 F 15 CD)

Sergei Prokofiev: Токката / Toccata, op. 11 (1912)

Sergei Prokofiev pf via Duo-Art roll 6391, rec. 1921 (Fonè 90 F 15 CD)

Aleksandr Skriabin: Prelude, op. 45 no. 3 (1905); Winged poem, op. 51 no. 3 (1906)

Sergei Prokofiev pf via Duo-Art roll 6512, rec. 1922 (Fonè 90 F 15 CD)

Sergei Prokofiev: Легенда / Legend, op. 12, no. 6 (ca. 1913)

Sviatoslav Richter pf (Philips 438 627-2)

Sergei Prokofiev: Четыре пьесы для фортепиано: №1, Танец; №4, Вальс / Four pieces for piano, Op. 32: no. 1, Dance; no. 4, Waltz (1918)

Sviatoslav Richter pf (Philips 438 627-2)

Sergei Prokofiev: Fantasia improvised on themes from Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Шехерезада / Scheherezade, op. 35 (1888 / 1926)

Sergei Prokofiev pf via Duo-Art roll 7001, rec. 1926 (Fonè 90 F 15 CD)

Anon.: Robaidh dona gòrach / Silly naughty Robbie (18th c.)

Laura Risk fiddle / Jacqueline Schwab pf (Dorian DOR-90264)

Franz Schubert: Der Wanderer / The wanderer, D. 489 (1816)

Hans Hotter BBar / Michael Raucheisen pf (Grammofono 2000 AB 78690)

Franz Schubert: Geheimes / Secret, D. 719 (1821)

Hans Hotter BBar / Michael Raucheisen pf (Grammofono 2000 AB 78690)

George Antheil: Symphony no. 5, “Joyous” (1947-48)

Vienna Philharmonia / Herbert Haefner cond (Other Minds 1003-2)

Henryk Górecki: Szeroka woda / Broad waters, op. 39: “Polne róże rwała” / “She plucked wild roses” (1981)

Lira Chamber Chorus / Lucy Ding cond (Elektra Nonesuch 79348, Miserere)

Claude Debussy: En blanc et noir / In white and black, L. 134 (1915)

Sviatoslav Richter, Benjamin Britten pf (M&A CD 709, rec. live, 1967 Aldeburgh Festival)

David Byrne: The Catherine wheel: “What a day that was” (1981)

David Byrne egtrs eb syns / John Cooksey dms / Steve Scales congas (Sire 3645-2)

Aulis Sallinen, arr. Kronos Quartet: Vinter var hård / Winter was hard (1989)

San Francisco Girls Chorus / Elizabeth Appling dir / Kronos Quartet: David Harrington, John Sherba vn / Hank Dutt va / Joan Jeanrenaud vc (Elektra Nonesuch P79181)

Samuel Barber: Quartet for strings in B minor, op. 11: II, Adagio (1936)

Kronos Quartet: David Harrington, John Sherba vn / Hank Dutt va / Joan Jeanrenaud vc (Elektra Nonesuch P79181)

Krzystof Penderecki: Ofiarom Hiroszimy – tren / Threnody for the victims of Hiroshima (1959-61)

Narodowa Orkiestra Symfoniczna Polskiego Radia w Katowicach | Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Krzystof Penderecki cond (EMI C 065-02 484)

Edgard Varèse: Amériques (1920-21)

Orchestre National de France | French National Orchestra / Kent Nagano cond (Erato Musifrance 4509-92137-2)

Edgard Varèse: Offrandes / Offerings: “La croix du sud” / “The southern cross” (1921)

Phyllis Bryn-Julson S / Orchestre National de France | French National Orchestra / Kent Nagano cond (Erato Musifrance 4509-92137-2)

Johannes Brahms: Intermezzo in C major, op. 119 no. 3 (1893)

Richard Goode pf (Elektra Nonesuch 79154-2)

Henry Bishop: “Foresters, sound the cheerful horn”

Thomas Arne: “Sigh no more, ladies”

Thomas Arne: “Elegy on the death of Mr Shenstone”

The Hilliard Ensemble: David James Ct / Rogers Covey-Crump, John Potter, Paul Elliott T / Paul Hillier, Michael George, Michael Pearce B (Harmonia Mundi 901153)

Zoltán Kodály: Duo for violin and violoncello, op. 7 (1914)

Nils-Erik Sparf vn / Elemér Lavotha vc (BIS CD-172)

Krzystof Penderecki: Jutrznia / Utrenja, I, Złożenie Chrystusa do grobu / The entombment of Christ (1969-71)

Boris Carmeli Bprof / Chór Harcerski / Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir / Andrzej Markowski cond (Muza PNCD 018)

John McLaughlin: Wings of karma (1974)

Mahavishnu Orchestra: John McLaughlin egtr / Jean-Luc Ponty vn / Gayle Moran kbd & voc / Marsha Westbrook va / Carol Shive vn & voc / Philip Hirschi vc & voc / Narada Michael Walden dms / Ralphe Armstrong eb & voc / London Symphony Orchestra / Michael Tilson Thomas cond & pf (Sony CK 46111)

Arnold Schoenberg: Drei deutsche Volkslieder, bearbeitet für gemischten Chor / Three German folksongs, arranged for mixed chorus: “Herzlieblich Lieb, durch Scheiden” / “Sweetheart love, by parting”; “Schein uns, du liebe Sonne” / “Shine on us, dear sun” (1928)

BBC Singers / Pierre Boulez cond (Sony S2K 44571)

Arnold Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht / Transfigured night (1899, original version for string sextet)

J. Parennin, M. Charpentier vn / D. Marton, S. Collot va / P. Penassou, M. Tournus vc / Pierre Boulez cond (Everest 3170, rec. 1967)

Arnold Schoenberg: Drei deutsche Volkslieder, bearbeitet für gemischten Chor / Three German folksongs, arranged for mixed chorus: “Es gingen zwei Gespielen gut” / “Two playmates were walking” ; “Herzlieblich Lieb, durch Scheiden” / “Sweetheart love, by parting”; “Schein uns, du liebe Sonne” / “Shine on us, dear sun” (1928)

BBC Singers / Pierre Boulez cond (Sony S2K 44571)

Arnold Schoenberg: Die Jakobsleiter / Jacob’s ladder: Großes symphonisches Zwischenspiel / Big symphonic interlude (1907)

Mady Mesplé S / BBC Singers / BBC Symphony Orchestra / Pierre Boulez cond (Sony SMK 48462)

Max Reger: Sonata for viola and piano in B♭ major, op. 107 (1908-09)

Nobuko Imai va / Ronald Brautigam pf (BIS CD-1211, Reger, music for viola)

Robert Muczynski: Sonata for alto saxophone and piano, op. 29

Alex Mitchell asx / Jeremy Limb pf (Naxos 8.559241, American saxophone music)

John Tavener: Lament for Jerusalem, excerpts (2002)

Angharad Gruffydd Jones S / Peter Crawford Ct / Choir of London / Choir of London Orchestra / Jeremy Summerly cond (Naxos 8.557826)

Henry Cowell: Elegie (ca. 1941); The banshee (1925)

Cheryl Seltzer pf (MHS 7370Y)

Arvo Pärt: Tabula Rasa, Concerto for two violins, string orchestra, and prepared piano (1977)

Adele Anthony, Gil Shaham vn / Erik Risberg pr pf / Göteberg Symphony Orchestra / Neeme Järvi cond (DG 289 457 647-2)

Franz Schubert: Allegretto in C minor, D 915 (1827-04-26)

Paul Badura-Skoda pf (Astrée AS 53)

Karlheinz Stockhausen: Stimmung (excerpt) (1968)

Singcircle / Gregory Rose dir (Hyperion CDA 66115)

Leavenworth: Untitled: trks 29 – 31 (2002)

Leavenworth: Cactus egtr / Elvis dms (Red Net Records)

E. Floyd, M. Rice, R. Thomas: The breakdown (part 1) (1970)

Rufus Thomas voc / Stax Studio Band (Stax 0098)