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  • 4:01 AM

    Piano Trio: 2nd movement

    Sveinbjorn Sveinbjornsson

    SVEINBJORNSSON: Piano Trios / Violin Sonata

    Audur Hafsteinsdottir, violin

    4:44
  • 3:53 AM

    Four Characteristic Waltzes: Queen's Waltz

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha OVerture / Petite Suite

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    5:14
  • 3:20 AM

    Symphony No. 5 "Reformation"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: The Symphonies

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    31:03
  • 3:14 AM

    Novelette

    Cecile Chaminade

    Nostalgia: Piano Music of Cecile Chaminade Vol. 2

    Joanne Polk, piano

    4:15
  • 3:06 AM

    Coronation Procession

    Ruth Gipps

    Gipps: Orchestral Works, Volume 3

    BBC Philharmonic

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    7:45
  • 3:01 AM

    Canzon No. 29

    Samuel Scheidt

    Lamento

    Fretwork

    Silas Wollston, organ

    4:49
  • 2:54 AM

    On Hearing Nightbirds at Dusk

    Aaron Jay Kernis

    Five MInutes for Earth

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    4:02
  • 2:22 AM

    The Firebird (L'oiseau de feu) Ballet

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky: The Firebird; Liadov: Baba-Yaga

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    30:46
  • 2:14 AM

    Praeludium and Allegro

    Fritz Kreisler

    Revolution

    Janoska Ensemble

    6:41
  • 2:06 AM

    Overture No. 2

    Louise Farrenc

    Farrenc: Symphony No. 2 - Overtures Nos. 1 & 2

    North German Radio Symphony

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    6:56
  • 2:01 AM

    Flute Quintet: 1st movement

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini

    Sally Walker, flute

    4:39
  • 1:40 AM

    Divertimento

    Michael Ippolito

    Divertissement!

    C/O Chamber Orchestra

    18:21
  • 1:38 AM

    The Promised Neverland: Isabella's Lullaby

    Takahiro Obata

    Player 1

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Cristian Macelaru, conductor

    Ray Chen, violin

    2:17
  • 1:19 AM

    Suite Bergamasque

    Claude Debussy

    Darknesse Visible

    Inon Barnatan, piano

    16:46
  • 1:15 AM

    La Prima Donna Waltz

    Justin Holland

    Justin Holland Recording Project

    Mark Delpriora, guitar

    2:13
  • 1:06 AM

    Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna

    Franz von Suppe

    SUPPE: Famous Overtures

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alfred Walter, conductor

    8:07
  • 1:01 AM

    Sarabande with variations

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Susato, Moritz von Hessen, Bach, Franke, Sammartini, Mendelssohn, Ewald

    Ludwig Guttler Brass Ensemble

    Ludwig Guttler, conductor

    4:35
  • 12:50 AM

    Symphony No. 1: Finale

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Symphonies No 1 & 2, Etc

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Jun'ichi Hirokami, conductor

    7:53
  • 12:43 AM

    Rhapsody No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Handel Variations

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    6:18
  • 12:18 AM

    Roman Festivals

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Roman Trilogy

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    23:56
  • 12:12 AM

    Folk Songs for Orchestra: My Lord, what a morning

    George Walker

    George Walker: Orchestral Works

    Cleveland Chamber Symphony

    Edwin London, conductor

    3:33
  • 12:08 AM

    We Shall Overcome

    Spiritual

    Concert Recording

    Voices Rising

    G. Phillip Shoultz, conductor

    3:38
  • 12:01 AM

    I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Capulets and Montagues): Sinfonia

    Vincenzo Bellini

    Italian Overtures

    Orchestra of St. Cecilia

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    4:41
  • 11:42 PM

    Variations on "La ci darem la mano"

    Frederic Chopin

    Bruce Liu: Chopin: Highlights from the 18th International Chopin Piano Competition

    Bruce Liu, piano

    16:26
  • 11:26 PM

    Les Preludes

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Symphonic Poems

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    15:00
  • 11:19 PM

    Grand Duo Concertant: Rondo

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Here With You

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    6:07
  • 11:15 PM

    Simple Gifts

    Frederic Hand

    Across Time

    Frederic Hand, guitar

    2:32
  • 11:07 PM

    Music for the Royal Fireworks: Overture

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Music For The Royal Fireworks

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    7:42
  • 11:01 PM

    Melody

    Vladimir Peskin

    Peskin: Complete Trumpet Music

    Giuliano Sommerhalder, trumpet

    4:46
  • 10:46 PM

    The Three-Cornered Hat: Suite

    Manuel de Falla

    Spain

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    12:12
  • 10:39 PM

    Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria (Cantilena)

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Villa-Lobos: Alma Brasileira

    New World Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    Renee Fleming, soprano

    6:34
  • 10:19 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Violin Concertos

    English Baroque Soloists

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    Kati Debretzeni, violin

    18:35
  • 10:15 PM

    A la Argentina

    Gabriela Montero

    Solatino

    Gabriela Montero, piano

    2:51
  • 10:03 PM

    Prague Waltzes

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends, Prague Waltzes

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    7:35
  • 10:01 PM

    Children Suite: Holiday Dance

    Ding Shan-de

    Chinese Piano Favourites

    Jie Chen, piano

    2:46
  • 9:47 PM

    Rondo Arlecchinesco

    Ferruccio Busoni

    Ferruccio Busoni - Orchestral Works

    North German Radio Symphony

    Werner Andreas Albert, conductor

    11:38
  • 9:25 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Seven London Symphonies

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Marieke Blankestijn, violin

    20:27
  • 9:06 PM

    Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    16:45
  • 9:01 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Alla marcia

    Dag Wiren

    Nordic Light

    Strings of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Magnus Ericsson, conductor

    4:45
  • 8:54 PM

    Torre Bermeja (Vermillion Tower)

    Isaac Albeniz

    Albeniz: Piano Music for Guitar

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    4:24
  • 6:49 PM

    Old Hungarian Dances

    Ferenc Farkas

    Favourite Music for Wind Quintet

    Frosunda Wind Quintet

    9:35
  • 6:22 PM

    Cello Concerto

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Cello Concerto

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    24:37
  • 6:18 PM

    Raggin' Rudi

    William Bolcom

    William Bolcom: The Complete Rags

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    3:52
  • 6:06 PM

    Prince Igor: Overture

    Alexander Borodin

    Overture!

    Philharmonic Brass

    Tugan Sokhiev, conductor

    10:05
  • 6:01 PM

    Piano Sonata: Scherzo

    Franz Schubert

    A Character of Quiet

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    4:45
  • 5:45 PM

    Andean Folk Dances

    Celso Garrido-Lecca

    Garrido-Lecca: Peruvian Suite; Symphonic Tableaux; Andean Folk Dances; Laudes II

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    12:59
  • 5:28 PM

    Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

    Richard Strauss

    Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    15:47
  • 5:24 PM

    Humoresque

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff Performs his Solo Piano Works

    Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano

    3:52
  • 5:15 PM

    Il barbiere di Siviglia (Barber of Seville): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    7:14
  • 5:06 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johann Vanhal

    Cologne Chamber Orchestra

    Helmut Muller-Bruhl, conductor

    8:10
  • 5:01 PM

    Seville

    Isaac Albeniz

    Spanish Fireworks

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    4:34
  • 4:49 PM

    Symphonie Fantastique: Dream of a Witches' Sabbath

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    9:23
  • 4:26 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Franz Liszt

    MacDowell: Piano Concerto No.2/Liszt: Piano Concertos No.1 & No.2

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Andre Watts, piano

    20:44
  • 4:21 PM

    Choro de Saudade

    Agustin Barrios

    Aire Latino: Latin American Music for Guitar

    David Russell, guitar

    4:50
  • 4:11 PM

    Ottone overture

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: 10 Overtures

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    7:55
  • 4:06 PM

    Concerto Grosso: March

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Works

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    4:30
  • 4:01 PM

    Symphony: 1st movement

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Le Mozart Noir

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    4:49
  • 3:48 PM

    Scheherazade: The Young Prince and the Young Princess

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade / Tale of Tsar Saltan Suite

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Maria Larionoff, violin

    10:40
  • 3:43 PM

    Grand Variations on a Theme by Count Gallenberg

    Louise Farrenc

    Farrenc: Symphony No. 1 - Overtures - Grand Variations

    European Soloists, Luxembourg

    Christoph Konig, conductor

    Jean Muller, piano

    13:34
  • 3:36 PM

    Serenade

    William Grant Still

    Still: Summerland - Violin Suite - Pastorela - American Suite

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Avlana Eisenberg, conductor

    5:58
  • 3:20 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Vienna Classics in Gran Canaria

    Gran Canaria Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jose Zarzo, horn

    15:33
  • 3:11 PM

    Alborada del Gracioso (Morning Song of the Jester)

    Maurice Ravel

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski - The Minnesota Orchestra: The Vox Recordings

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

    8:08
  • 3:06 PM

    We Shall Overcome

    Spiritual

    Concert Recording

    Voices Rising

    G. Phillip Shoultz, conductor

    3:38
  • 2:53 PM

    Euryanthe Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    German Overtures

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    8:31
  • 2:50 PM

    The Youth's Magic Horn (Des Knaben Wunderhorn): Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht?

    Gustav Mahler

    Into The Blue

    Cumberland Quintet

    2:07
  • 2:38 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 4: Rondo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Piano Concertos

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Hannu Lintu, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    10:24
  • 2:33 PM

    Oboe Quartet: 2nd movement

    Johann Vanhal

    Classical Oboe

    Auer Quartet

    Lajos Lencses, oboe

    3:57
  • 2:26 PM

    Karelia Suite: Alla Marcia

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphony No. 1, 'Karelia' Suite

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    4:53
  • 2:22 PM

    March of the Little Lead Soldiers

    Gabriel Pierne

    Pierne: Orchestral Works

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    3:01
  • 2:19 PM

    Sir John Smith's Almain

    John Dowland

    Dowland: My Favorite Dowland

    Paul O'Dette, lute

    2:30
  • 2:07 PM

    Mignon: Overture

    Ambroise Thomas

    Offenbach: Gaite Parisienne; Gounod, Thomas, Chabrier

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    8:07
  • 2:04 PM

    Porgy and Bess: Summertime

    George Gershwin

    Honey and Rue

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Kathleen Battle, soprano

    2:34
  • 1:43 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Trittico Botticelliano, Gli Uccelli, Antiche Danze

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    14:53
  • 1:34 PM

    Concerto for Two Trumpets

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Baroque Music for Trumpet

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    7:27
  • 1:29 PM

    The Banjo

    Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    American Heritage

    Jeni Slotchiver, piano

    4:13
  • 1:17 PM

    Carnaval

    Robert Schumann

    pictures at an exhibition

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    10:01
  • 1:15 PM

    Beautiful Rosemary (Schon Rosmarin)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Love Music

    Svetlin Roussev, violin

    1:53
  • 1:11 PM

    Piano Quintet: 3rd movement

    Florence Price

    UNCOVERED Vol. 2

    Catalyst Quartet

    Michelle Cann, piano

    2:07
  • 1:04 PM

    Scherzando No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    FJ and JM Haydn: Flute Concertos

    Haydn Ensemble Berlin

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    6:13
  • 12:50 PM

    Concerto No. 5

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Albinoni: 12 Concerti a cinque, Op.5

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    7:18
  • 12:43 PM

    String Quartet No. 4: Andante

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Emerson String Quartet: Complete Recordings

    Emerson String Quartet

    6:05
  • 12:34 PM

    The Italian Girl in London: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Cimarosa: Overtures, 2

    Toronto Chamber Orchestra

    Kevin Mallon, conductor

    7:37
  • 12:30 PM

    Pastorale

    Igor Stravinsky

    J. Strauss: Waltz Transcriptions/Stravinsky: Chamber Music

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    2:52
  • 12:19 PM

    Water Music Suite No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Water Music

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    10:23
  • 12:13 PM

    The Running Stream

    Zhu Jian-er

    Seow Yitkin Plays Popular Chinese Piano Pieces

    Yit Kin Seow, piano

    4:22
  • 12:09 PM

    Sevillanas

    Traditional

    LAGQ Latin

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:07
  • 12:04 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1: Carillon

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Carmen Suite, L'arlesienne Suites Etc.

    Orchestra of the Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    4:23
  • 11:46 AM

    Jeromita Linares

    Carlos Guastavino

    "Impresiones"

    Camerata Bariloche

    Pablo Cohen, guitar

    11:43
  • 11:31 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Kennedy Plays Bach with the Berlin Philharmonic

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Nigel Kennedy, violin

    14:00
  • 11:26 AM

    Suite: Finale

    Gordon Jacob

    In This Hid Clearing...

    University of Missouri Wind Ensemble

    Thomas O'Neal, conductor

    4:00
  • 11:17 AM

    Flowers of France

    Germaine Tailleferre

    The Flower of France

    Quynh Nguyen, piano

    8:16
  • 11:06 AM

    Consecration of the House: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Overtures

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    10:22
  • 11:01 AM

    In Winter's House

    Joanna Marsh

    Renewal

    United Strings of Europe

    Julian Azkoul, conductor

    4:33
  • 10:46 AM

    Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Bernstein Favorites: Waltzes

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    11:54
  • 10:25 AM

    Symphony No. 35 "Haffner"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 35 "Haffner", 40 & 41 "Jupiter"

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    19:22
  • 10:17 AM

    Sea Sketches: Calm Sea in Summer

    Grace Williams

    Sea Sketches

    Manitoba Chamber Orchestra

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    6:06
  • 10:06 AM

    Ballade No. 4

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Barcarolle, Polonaise-Fantasie, Ballade No. 4, etc.

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    10:54
  • 10:01 AM

    Beatlerianas: Eleanor Rigby

    Leo Brouwer

    British Invasion

    Alexander String Quartet

    William Kanengiser, guitar

    4:31
  • 9:34 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4 "Mozartiana"

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Mozartiana Suites Nos. 3 & 4

    Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    24:22
  • 9:26 AM

    Idyll

    Alexander Glazunov

    Russian Horn Concertos

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Werner Andreas Albert, conductor

    Marie Luise Neunecker, horn

    7:28
  • 9:13 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Concerti Grossi Op. 3

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    11:11
  • 9:01 AM

    Introduction and Variations

    Elias Parish-Alvars

    Carnaval de Venise

    Catrin Finch, harp

    11:06
  • 8:25 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 3 and 4

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    32:53
  • 8:19 AM

    Stars

    Eriks Esenvalds

    Wandering Heart

    Chor Leoni Men's Chorus

    Erick Lichte, conductor

    5:32
  • 8:01 AM

    String Quartet

    Florence Price

    American Voices

    Pacifica Quartet

    16:30
  • 7:42 AM

    Don Juan

    Richard Strauss

    Bravura: Respighi, Strauss

    Oregon Symphony

    James DePreist, conductor

    16:42
  • 7:22 AM

    Grand Serenade No. 2

    Johann Hummel

    Gragnagi: Quartet, op. 8

    Consortium Classicum

    18:52
  • 7:01 AM

    Legends

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 2; Legends Op. 59, Nos. 6-10

    Bratislava Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Stephen Gunzenhauser, conductor

    19:05
  • 6:23 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    John Field

    John Field

    New Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Janos Furst, conductor

    John O'Conor, piano

    35:02
  • 6:14 AM

    Introduction and Allegro "Grand Solo"

    Fernando Sor

    Brouwer, Villa-Lobos, Orbon

    Manuel Barrueco, guitar

    8:48
  • 6:01 AM

    Sense and Sensibility: Suite

    Patrick Doyle

    Sense And Sensibility Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    Robert Ziegler, conductor

    10:51