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Most chosen *

Beethoven (97)

J.S. Bach (83)

Schubert (75)

Mozart (68)

Mahler (56)

Brahms (51)

Richard Strauss (51)

Schumann (47)

Verdi (44)

Wagner (43)

Less chosen *†

Berio (5)

Byrd (5)

Chausson (5)

Philip Glass (5)

Gluck (5)

Victor Herbert (5)

Honegger (5)

Ó Riada (5)

Rimsky-Korsakov (5)

Johann Strauss (5)

Szymanowski (5)

Telemann (5)

Various (5)

Walton (5)

Weinberg (5)

Gorecki (6)

Reynaldo Hahn (6)

Hindemith (6)

Ligeti (6)

Pergolesi (6)

Pärt (6)

John Williams (6)

Ina Boyle (7)

Bruch (7)

Dohnányi (7)

John F. Larchet (7)

Monteverdi (7)

Offenbach (7)

Pfitzner (7)

Schoenberg (7)

Suk (7)

Weber (7)

Bellini (8)

Franck (8)

Mussorgsky (8)

Poulenc (8)

Rossini (8)

Grieg (9)

Smetana (9)

Vivaldi (9)

Bartok (10)

Bizet (10)

Fauré (10)

Janacek (10)

* Results may be skewed by the fact that musical items are listed individually in the database (e.g. individual Schubert songs).

† Composers with 5 to 10 entries are shown here. Several others have been chosen fewer times, including a long list with only one entry. Rather than include those once-onlys here, you can use this link to view/download a PDF which shows them.

 

 

Recent Presentations

23rd August 2025 : Éamon

Mozart: Violin Concerto no. 5 in A major K.219

Itzhak Perlman, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by James Levine

DG recording from 1982. 31st August is Itzhak Perlman's 80th birthday.

9th August 2025 : Dermot

Bartok: Concerto for two pianos, percussion and orchestra

Lucas and Arthur Jussen (pianos), Peter Stracke (percussion), WDR Sinfonieorchester cocducted by Christian Mãcelaru

YouTube video. Recorded live on 15.03.2024 in the Kölner Philharmonie.

2nd August 2025 : Séamus

Max Richter: Recomposed by Max Richter – Vivaldi's The Four Seasons

Daniel Hope (violin), Mac Richter (synthesiser and piano), Raphael Alpermann (harpsichord), Konzerthausorchester Berlin conducted by André de Ridder

On DVD. Recorded in 2012.

26th July 2025 : Tom F

Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes op. 33a

Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Alessandro Crudele

2022 recording on Linn Records

Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem op. 20

London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Edward Gardner

2022 recording on the orchestra's own label

19th July 2025 : Roy (Theme: Commemorating Bach)

J.S. Bach: O Jesu Christ, mein's Lebens Licht BWV.118

Netherlands Bach Society

YouTube video

J.S. Bach: Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit BWV.106 (Actus tragicus)

Dorethee Mields (soprano), Alex Potter (alto), Charles Daniels (tenor), Tobias Berndt (bass), Netherlands Bach Society conducted by Jos van Veldhoven

YouTube video. 28th July is the 275th Anniversary of the death of J.S. Bach.

12th July 2025 : July Concert 2025

Sibelius: Pohjola's Daughter op. 49

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Santtu-Matias Rouvali

2022 Alpha Classics recording, Ken's first item in first part of Concert programme.

Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 3 in C minor op. 37

Alfred Brendel, Lucerne Festival Orchestra conducted by Claudio Abbado

YouTube video. Recorded at the 2005 Lucerne Festival. Ken's second item in first half of Concert programme.

Stanford: Requiem op. 63 (1896): Offertorium no included

Carolyn Sampson, Marta Fontanals-Simmons, James Way, Ross Ramgobin, University of Birmingham Voices, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Martyn Brabbins

2022 Hyperion recording. Ken's second-half choice in Concert programme.

5th July 2025 : Jim (Theme: Lutosławski Symphonies — 4)

Lutoslawski: Chain 3 for Orchestra (1986)

BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Witold Lutosławski

A DG release. Recorded in Henry Wood Hall, London, in March 1990.

Lutoslawski: Symphony no. 4 (1992)

Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Hannu Lintu

An Ondine release. Recorded in the Hensinki Music Centre in November 2017.

28th June 2025 : Séamus

Messiaen: Turangalîla Symphony: Movements IV (Chant d'amour 2), V (Joie du sang des etoiles) & VI (Jardin du sommeil d'amour)

Peter Donohoe (piano), Tristan Murall (ondes martenot), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Simon Rattle

1986 recording

 

 

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