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Works
Acis and Galatea - excerpts (Handel, George Frideric)
Adieu Robert Schumann (Schafer, R. Murray)
Ancestral Voices (Koprowski, Peter Paul)
Ballade for piano and orchestra in F-sharp minor, Op. 19 (Fauré, Gabriel)
Bassoon Concerto in B-flat major, K.191 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)
Bringing the Tiger Down from the Mountain II (Louie, Alexina)
Cantata BWV 32 "Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen" (Bach, Johann Sebastian)
Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104 (Dvořák, Antonín) - October 04, 1973
Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104 (Dvořák, Antonín) - October 04, 1995
Cello Concerto in B-flat major (Boccherini, Luigi )
Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major, Hob.VIIb:1 (Haydn, Franz Joseph)
Chamber Concerto No. 6 (Kulesha, Gary)
Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 74 (Weber, Carl Maria von)
Clarinet Quintet in A major "Stadler", K. 581 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
Concert champêtre (Poulenc, Francis)
Concerto for Flute & Harp in C major, K. 299 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
Concerto for Orchestra (Sokolovic, Ana)
Concerto for two flutes (Cimarosa, Domenico)
Concerto for violin and orchestra, Op. 62 (Mannino, Franco)
Concerto in D minor for two Violins, BWV 1043 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)
Coriolanus Overture, Op. 62 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
Divertimento for Strings (Morawetz, Oskar)
Divertimento for Strings in D major, K. 136 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
Divertimento No. 1 for Flute and Strings (Weinzweig, John)
Divertimento on "Sellinger's Round" (Tippett, Sir Michael)
Divertissement (Mercure, Pierre)
East (Schafer, R. Murray)
Epitaph for Strings (Koprowski, Peter Paul)
Exquisite Fires (Bouchard, Linda)
Five Songs for Dark Voice (Somers, Harry)
Frenergy (Estacio, John)
Harpsichord Concerto (Falla, Manuel de)
Horn Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 11 (Strauss, Richard)
Infinite Sky with Birds (Louie, Alexina)
Introduction & Allegro appassionato, Op. 92 (Schumann, Robert)
Introduction & Allegro, Op. 47 (Elgar, Sir Edward )
Jeu de Cartes (A Card Game), ballet in "three deals" (Stravinsky, Igor)
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, Op. 60 (Strauss, Richard) - May 16, 2001
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, Op. 60 (Strauss, Richard) - February 03, 1970
Les Nuits d'été, Op. 7 (Berlioz, Hector)
Lonely Child (Vivier, Claude)
Madama Butterfly (Puccini, Giacomo)
Master Peter's Puppet Show (Falla, Manuel de)
Metamorphosen (Strauss, Richard) - February 05, 2003
Metamorphosen (Strauss, Richard) - April 04, 1984
Music for the Royal Fireworks (Handel, George Frideric)
Oboe Concerto in C major, K. 314 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
Overture to "Béatrice et Bénédict" (Berlioz, Hector)
Overture to "Cosi fan tutte" (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
Overture to "La Cenerentola" (Rossini, Gioachino)
Overture to a Fairy Tale (Morawetz, Oskar)
Overture, The Fair Melusina (Mendelssohn, Felix)
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 (Schumann, Robert)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
Piano Concerto No. 16 in D, K. 451 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83 (Brahms, Johannes)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16 (Prokofiev, Sergei)
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C , K. 467 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26 (Prokofiev, Sergei)
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 (Beethoven, Ludwig van) - October 13, 1971
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 (Beethoven, Ludwig van) - February 27, 1973
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30 (Rachmaninoff, Sergei)
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73 "Emperor" (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
Ressac (Bouchard, Linda)
Romance No. 2 for Violin and Orchestra in F major, Op. 50 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
Rondo in A major for Violin and Strings, D. 438 (Schubert, Franz)
Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46 (Bruch, Max)
Serenade for Winds in E-flat major, Op. 7 (Strauss, Richard)
Serenade No. 1 in D major, Op. 11 (Brahms, Johannes)
Shattered Night, Shivering Stars (Louie, Alexina)
Siegfried Idyll (Wagner, Richard) - October 07, 1969
Siegfried Idyll (Wagner, Richard) - May 16, 2001
Songs for an Acrobat (Bouchard, Linda)
Stabat Mater, Op. 53, for soloists, choir and orchestra (Szymanowski, Karol)
String Quintet in G minor, K. 516 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
Suite: Nobilissima Visione (Hindemith, Paul)
Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber (Hindemith, Paul)
Symphony "Mathis der Maler" (Hindemith, Paul)
Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21 (Beethoven, Ludwig van) - May 01, 2000
Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21 (Beethoven, Ludwig van) - September 29, 1982
Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 (Brahms, Johannes)
Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25 "Classical" (Prokofiev, Sergei)
Symphony No. 101 in D major "The Clock" (Haydn, Franz Joseph)
Symphony No. 2 in B-flat major, D. 125 (Schubert, Franz)
Symphony No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 52 "Lobgesang" (Mendelssohn, Felix)
Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61 (Schumann, Robert)
Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 17 "Little Russian" (Tchaikovsky, Piotr Ilyich)
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27 (Rachmaninoff, Sergei)
Symphony No. 29 in A major, K. 201 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus) - July 10, 2003
Symphony No. 29 in A Major, K. 201 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus) - January 12, 1972
Symphony No. 3 (Kulesha, Gary)
Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "Scottish" (Mendelssohn, Felix) - November 10, 1992
Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "Scottish" (Mendelssohn, Felix) - February 08, 1995
Symphony No. 3 in D major, D. 200 (Schubert, Franz) - July 13, 2001
Symphony No. 3 in D major, D. 200 (Schubert, Franz) - February 15, 1995
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica" (Beethoven, Ludwig van) - May 29, 1985
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica" (Beethoven, Ludwig van) - October 07, 1987
Symphony No. 35 in D, K. 385 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
Symphony No. 39 in E-flat major, K. 543 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus) - January 08, 2003
Symphony No. 39 in E-flat major, K. 543 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus) - April 08, 1987
Symphony No. 4 in G major (Mahler, Gustav) - October 21, 1987
Symphony No. 4 in G major (Mahler, Gustav) - April 10, 1996
Symphony No. 49 in F minor "La Passione" (Haydn, Franz Joseph)
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 (Beethoven, Ludwig van) - February 05, 2003
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 (Beethoven, Ludwig van) - July 30, 1983
Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor: Adagietto (Mahler, Gustav)
Symphony No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 82 (Sibelius, Jean)
Symphony No. 5, Op. 237 "Rideau Lake" (Mannino, Franco)
Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 (Beethoven, Ludwig van) - February 20, 1985
Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 (Beethoven, Ludwig van) - September 29, 1982
Symphony No. 8 in G major "Le Soir" (Haydn, Franz Joseph)
Symphony No. 83 in G minor "The Hen" (Haydn, Franz Joseph)
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral" (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 "From the New World" (Dvořák, Antonín)
The Boughs of Music (Kulesha, Gary)
The Creation (Haydn, Franz Joseph)
The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43: Overture (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
The Four Seasons - 1. Spring (Vivaldi, Antonio)
The Four Seasons - 2. Summer (Vivaldi, Antonio)
The Four Seasons - 3. Autumn (Vivaldi, Antonio)
The Four Seasons - 4. Winter (Vivaldi, Antonio)
The Hebrides, Op. 26 (Fingal's Cave) (Mendelssohn, Felix)
The Schubert Birds (Colgrass, Michael)
Transfigured Night, Op. 4 (Schoenberg, Arnold)
Trumpet Concerto in E-flat major (Haydn, Franz Joseph)
Vertige (Bouchard, Linda)
Viola Concerto in B minor (Handel, George Frideric)
Viola Concerto in G major (Telemann, Georg Philipp)
Viola Concerto, Op. posthumous (Bartók, Béla )
Violin Concerto "Shir Hamaalot-Song of Ascension" (Glick, Srul Irving)
Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61 (Elgar, Sir Edward )
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 (Brahms, Johannes)
Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041 (Bach, Johann Sebastian) - December 14, 2000
Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041 (Bach, Johann Sebastian) - October 23, 2000
Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor (Prokofiev, Sergei)
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus) - October 23, 2000
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus) - January 08, 2003
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219 "Turkish" (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A minor, Op. 37 (Vieuxtemps, Henri)
Violin Concerto, Op. 30 (Knussen, Oliver)
Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major, Op. 24 "Spring" (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
Period
Baroque (early seventeeth to mid eighteenth century)
Classical (mid-to-late eighteenth century)
Late Classical/Early Romantic (late eighteenth to early nineteenth century)
Romantic (nineteenth century)
Late Romantic (late nineteenth century)
Late Romantic/Early 20th Century (early twentieth century)
Early 20th Century
20th Century
Contemporary (since 1980)
Composers
Bach, Johann Sebastian
Bartók, Béla
Beethoven, Ludwig van
Berlioz, Hector
Boccherini, Luigi
Bouchard, Linda
Brahms, Johannes
Bruch, Max
Cimarosa, Domenico
Colgrass, Michael
Dvořák, Antonín
Elgar, Sir Edward
Estacio, John
Falla, Manuel de
Fauré, Gabriel
Glick, Srul Irving
Handel, George Frideric
Haydn, Franz Joseph
Hindemith, Paul
Knussen, Oliver
Koprowski, Peter Paul
Kulesha, Gary
Louie, Alexina
Mahler, Gustav
Mannino, Franco
Mendelssohn, Felix
Mercure, Pierre
Morawetz, Oskar
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Poulenc, Francis
Prokofiev, Sergei
Puccini, Giacomo
Rachmaninoff, Sergei
Rossini, Gioachino
Schafer, R. Murray
Schoenberg, Arnold
Schubert, Franz
Schumann, Robert
Sibelius, Jean
Sokolovic, Ana
Somers, Harry
Strauss, Richard
Stravinsky, Igor
Szymanowski, Karol
Tchaikovsky, Piotr Ilyich
Telemann, Georg Philipp
Tippett, Sir Michael
Vieuxtemps, Henri
Vivaldi, Antonio
Vivier, Claude
Wagner, Richard
Weber, Carl Maria von
Weinzweig, John
Conductors
Anda, Géza
Ashkenazy, Vladimir
Bernardi, Mario
Chmura, Gabriel
Decker, Franz-Paul
Eddins, William
Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafael
Hurst, George
Inouye, Derrick
Judd, James
Kalmar, Carlos
Knussen, Oliver
Laredo, Jaime
Mannino, Franco
Martinon, Jean
Mata, Eduardo
Minczuk, Roberto
Neel, Boyd
Nelsson, Woldemar
Pinnock, Trevor
Søndergård, Thomas
Tovey, Bramwell
Trudel, Alain
Zukerman, Pinchas
Soloists
Ameling, Elly
Anda, Géza
Argerich, Martha
Arrau, Claudio
Ashkenazy, Vladimir
Atkinson, Gregory
Bailey, Dennis
Baker, Janet
Barber, Kimberly
Bond, Mary
Bronfman, Yefim
Brooks, Garnet
Cantata Singers of Ottawa
Cheek, John
Cherkassky, Shura
Cooper, Kenneth
Corbeil, Claude
Cortez, Miguel
Cram, Robert
Crook, Howard
Deacon, Donnie
Dodington, John
Forrester, Maureen
Forsyth, Amanda
G'froerer, Joanna
Gabora, Gaelyne
Gilels, Emil
Graham, Sandra
Hagner, Viviane
Hamann, Charles
Hardenberger, Håkan
Harper, Heather
Holleque, Elizabeth
Korjus, Ingemar
Kuerti, Anton
Lavigne, Gabrielle
Lin, Cho-Liang
Linnebach, Jessica
Logan, Jane
Loman, Judy
Ma, Yo-Yo
Mailing, Phyllis
Margison, Richard
Marks, Jethro
Mathis, Edith
McNair, Sylvia
Millard, Christopher
Monk, Allan
Ohlsson, Garrick
Ottawa Choral Society
Perlman, Itzhak
Pinnock, Trevor
Prystawski, Walter
Rampal, Jean-Pierre
Robinson, Faye
Rogé, Pascal
Rolston, Shauna
Rose, Leonard
Schade, Michael
Shirley-Quirk, John
Smith, Malcolm
Stoltzman, Richard
Sykes, Kimball
The Julliard String Quartet
Tuckwell, Barry
Turini, Ronald
Welhasch Baerg, Irena
Wiens, Edith
Zukerman, Pinchas
Instruments
baritone
bass
bass-baritone
bassoon
cello
chorus
clarinet
contralto
flute
harp
harpsichord
horn
mezzo-soprano
oboe
piano
soprano
string quartet
tenor
trumpet
viola
violin
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