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  • 5:18 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    Viktoria Mullova, violin

    40:55
  • 5:06 AM

    English Dances: First Set

    Malcolm Arnold

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    9:30
  • 5:01 AM

    Liti Kersti: Bjorgulv the Fiddler

    Arne Eggen

    Norwegian Classical Favourites

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    4:33
  • 4:49 AM

    Impromptu No. 4

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Moments Musicaux; Impromptus

    David Fray, piano

    8:33
  • 4:18 AM

    Symphony No. 103 "Drum Roll"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    30:16
  • 4:06 AM

    Cantilena and Finale

    Carlos Guastavino

    "Impresiones"

    Camerata Bariloche

    9:43
  • 4:01 AM

    Tarantella

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    Guitar Recital: Olsen, Stein-Erik - DYENS, R. / BARRIOS MANGORE, A. / SAINZ DE LA MAZA, E. / PIAZZOLLA, A. / RUIZ-PIPO, A. / KOSHKIN, N. / DUARTE, J.

    Stein-Erik Olsen, guitar

    4:34
  • 3:52 AM

    Air and Variations

    William S Lloyd Webber

    The English Clarinet

    John Bradbury, clarinet

    6:35
  • 3:26 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Tchaikovsky & Mendelssohn Concertos

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Munch, conductor

    Jascha Heifetz, violin

    24:03
  • 3:19 AM

    Serenity (O Magnum Mysterium)

    Ola Gjeilo

    Ola Gjeilo

    Tenebrae

    Matthew Sharp, cello

    5:05
  • 3:06 AM

    Two Pieces

    Frank Bridge

    Northern Sinfonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    12:41
  • 3:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    4:34
  • 2:40 AM

    Symphony "The Fall of Phaeton"

    Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf

    Dittersdorf: Six Symphonies

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    16:53
  • 2:25 AM

    Parsifal: Prelude to Act I

    Richard Wagner

    Klemperer Conducts Wagner: Album II

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Otto Klemperer, conductor

    13:06
  • 2:06 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Julia Fischer, violin

    16:28
  • 2:01 AM

    Piano Trio No. 43: Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Beaux Arts Trio

    4:39
  • 1:49 AM

    Oboe Concerto No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Guildhall Strings

    Robert Salter, conductor

    Malcolm Messiter, oboe

    9:18
  • 1:17 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Charles Gounod

    Gounod: Symphonies 1 & 2

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    30:35
  • 1:06 AM

    Israeli Melodies

    Julius Chajes

    Members of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Amos, conductor

    8:53
  • 1:01 AM

    Suite of Dances No. 6

    Johann Ernst Rieck

    Stradivaria

    4:45
  • 12:57 AM

    Dulaman

    Michael McGlynn

    The Sunday Sessions: Wish List

    Chanticleer

    1:55
  • 12:53 AM

    Dances of the Dolls: Lyric Waltz

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Lisa Batiashvili: Echoes Of Time

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    3:23
  • 12:43 AM

    Serenade No. 4: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenade No. 4, Symphony No. 23

    Concentus Musicus Vienna

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    8:54
  • 12:20 AM

    Pines of Rome

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Pines of Rome, Fountains of Rome, Metamorphosen

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    20:19
  • 12:11 AM

    Whimsical Symphony (Grillensymphonie)

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Ensemble Caprice

    Matthias Maute, conductor

    8:04
  • 12:01 AM

    Martha Argerich, piano

    9:19
  • 11:56 PM

    Highland Fancy

    Marcus Dods

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    John Wilson, conductor

    Alaster Bentley, oboe

    3:12
  • 11:53 PM

    Sanctus

    Michael McGlynn

    Anuna

    Anuna

    Michael McGlynn, conductor

    3:08
  • 11:36 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35, Horn Concerto #1 in E Flat Major, Op. 11, Don Juan, Op. 20

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    Myron Bloom, horn

    15:50
  • 11:31 PM

    The Wind that Shakes the Barley/The Reel with the Beryle

    Traditional

    Aureole Trio

    Glen Velez, bodhran

    4:03
  • 11:19 PM

    Carmen Fantasy

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    11:34
  • 11:07 PM

    CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra

    Hartmut Haenchen, conductor

    10:57
  • 11:00 PM

    Quintet for Piano and Winds: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Mozart, Beethoven, Witt: Piano and Wind Quintets

    Anton Kuerti, piano

    5:43
  • 10:44 PM

    Romantic Pieces

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends, Prague Waltzes

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    14:18
  • 10:26 PM

    Capriccio Italien

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 3, Capriccio Italien

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    16:26
  • 10:17 PM

    Samson: Sinfonia to Act I

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Overtures

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    7:53
  • 10:06 PM

    Le Roi malgre lui (The King in Spite of Himself): Fete polonaise

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    7:23
  • 10:00 PM

    Alleluia

    Randall Thompson

    tidings

    Cantus

    5:18
  • 9:43 PM

    Lady Radnor's Suite

    Hubert Parry

    English String Festival

    Capella Istropolitana

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    15:34
  • 9:36 PM

    Norwegian Dance No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    6:14
  • 9:05 PM

    Symphony No. 33

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 31, 33 & 34

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    23:25
  • 8:59 PM

    Raymonda: Entr'acte

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Raymonda

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:20
  • 6:51 PM

    Impressions from the Countryside: Village Dance

    Zdenek Fibich

    Fibich: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 - Symphony No. 1 / Impressions from the Countryside

    Czech National Symphony Orchestra

    Marek Stilec, conductor

    7:46
  • 6:24 PM

    Symphony No. 90

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 88-92, etc.

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    26:07
  • 6:14 PM

    Overture "In the Italian Style"

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 5

    English Sinfonia

    Charles Groves, conductor

    8:14
  • 6:09 PM

    Lux Aurumque

    Eric Whitacre

    Savior of the Nations, Come

    Concordia Choir of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota

    Rene Clausen, conductor

    3:59
  • 6:00 PM

    Yellow River Piano Concerto: The Yellow River in Wrath

    Various

    Lang Lang: Dragon Songs

    China Philharmonic Orchestra

    Long Yu, conductor

    Lang Lang, piano

    7:20
  • 5:47 PM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Maurice Ravel

    Ligeti, Villa-Lobos, Barber

    Parisii Quartet

    Isabelle Moretti, harp

    11:08
  • 5:09 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Organ"

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Christian Badea, conductor

    Michael Murray, organ

    36:43
  • 5:00 PM

    Lotario: Overture

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: 10 Overtures

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    6:53
  • 4:50 PM

    Variations on "I Got Rhythm"

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue

    Aalborg Symphony Orchestra

    Wayne Marshall, conductor

    Wayne Marshall, piano

    8:24
  • 4:19 PM

    String Quintet

    Alexander Glazunov

    Concert Recording

    Accordo

    29:37
  • 4:09 PM

    Orb and Sceptre

    William Walton

    Walton: In Honour of the City of London, etc.

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    David Willcocks, conductor

    7:52
  • 4:00 PM

    Harold in Italy: Serenade

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Harold in Italy

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Dutoit, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, viola

    6:58
  • 3:53 PM

    Swan Lake: Act I: Opening

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Dutoit, conductor

    5:44
  • 3:43 PM

    String Quartet No. 12 "Quartettsatz"

    Franz Schubert

    Emerson String Quartet: Complete Recordings

    Emerson String Quartet

    9:01
  • 3:24 PM

    Romeo and Juliet: Ballet Music

    Charles Gounod

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    18:01
  • 3:05 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Keyboard Concerti Vol. 2

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    16:25
  • 3:00 PM

    Legend No. 8

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends, Symphony No. 8

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    3:47
  • 2:48 PM

    Prince Igor: Overture

    Alexander Borodin

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    10:12
  • 2:45 PM

    Spring Dance (Springdans)

    Edvard Grieg

    David Russell: Art Of The Guitar

    David Russell, guitar

    1:26
  • 2:29 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Classical"

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Menuhin Conducts Prokofiev

    English String Orchestra

    Yehudi Menuhin, conductor

    14:09
  • 2:23 PM

    String Quintet No. 1: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Concert Recording

    Accordo

    5:19
  • 2:19 PM

    La Traviata: Libiamo, ne'lieti calici (Brindisi)

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Milan Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano

    Luciano Pavarotti, tenor

    2:52
  • 2:11 PM

    Trumpet Sonata No. 1

    Giuseppe Torelli

    New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig

    Max Pommer, conductor

    Ludwig Guttler, trumpet

    4:23
  • 2:04 PM

    La Scala di Seta (Silken Ladder): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    5:51
  • 1:51 PM

    Zigeunerweisen (Gypsy Airs)

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Castile & Leon Orchestra

    Alejandro Posada, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    8:15
  • 1:35 PM

    Roman Carnival Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Roman Carnival Overture, Three Pieces from The Damnation of Faust

    Halle Orchestra

    John Barbirolli, conductor

    9:43
  • 1:28 PM

    Symphony No. 83 "The Hen": 4th movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Tafelmusik

    Bruno Weil, conductor

    5:26
  • 1:20 PM

    Wand of Youth: Overture, Serenade, and Sun Dance

    Edward Elgar

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    6:42
  • 1:16 PM

    Miniature Viennese March

    Fritz Kreisler

    Encore!

    Midori, violin

    3:11
  • 1:08 PM

    Symphony No. 3

    Georg Anton Benda

    Benda: Sinfonias Nos. 1-6

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    6:46
  • 1:04 PM

    The Birds: Prelude

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: The Birds, Three Boticelli Pictures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:06
  • 12:51 PM

    Kunstler-Leben Walzer (Artist's Life)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss Waltzes

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    6:47
  • 12:45 PM

    Concert Suite No. 6: La Poule (The Hen)

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Rameau: Une Symphonie Imaginaire

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    4:31
  • 12:37 PM

    Fidelio Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Overtures

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Eugen Jochum, conductor

    6:45
  • 12:30 PM

    Danse (Tarantelle styrienne)

    Claude Debussy

    Ravel: Ma Mere L'Oye, Le Tombeau de Couperin

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    5:26
  • 12:27 PM

    Children's Games: Hide and Seek

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Melody's Mostly Musical Day

    Jenny Lin, piano

    2:59
  • 12:20 PM

    Czech Suite: Polka

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Czech Suite, Prague Waltzes, etc.

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    5:31
  • 12:09 PM

    Serenade: 4th movement

    Arthur Bird

    North Texas Chamber Players

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    5:25
  • 12:04 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Istvan Kertesz, conductor

    4:13
  • 11:44 AM

    Comedy Overture

    Hamilton Harty

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    14:12
  • 11:37 AM

    Rondo for Violin and Orchestra

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Concertos etc.

    Berlin Philharmonic

    David Oistrakh, conductor

    David Oistrakh, violin

    6:41
  • 11:25 AM

    La Boite a Joujoux (The Toy Box): Conclusion

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Children's Corner, La Boite a Joujoux, etc.

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Dutoit, conductor

    9:52
  • 11:22 AM

    Sonata No. 26

    Niccolo Paganini

    Reverie

    Dale Kavanagh, guitar

    2:41
  • 11:11 AM

    Serenade for Winds

    Richard Strauss

    Richard Strauss: Don Juan; Burlesque; Serenade; Till Eulenspiegel

    Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paavo Berglund, conductor

    9:16
  • 11:06 AM

    Waltz No. 2 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin

    Mikhail Pletnev, piano

    5:00
  • 11:01 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 161: Presto

    Johann Quantz

    Dresden Chamber Soloists

    Johannes Walter, flute

    4:39
  • 10:47 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Giovanni Antonini, conductor

    10:40
  • 10:36 AM

    Norwegian Rhapsody No. 2

    Johan Svendsen

    Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    9:14
  • 10:19 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 13

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Alfred Brendel - The Farewell Concerts

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    16:01
  • 10:14 AM

    Picture of a Rose

    Johann Reichardt

    Premieres of the Old and New

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Amos, conductor

    Meir Rimon, horn

    3:54
  • 10:06 AM

    The Royal Children: Overture

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Humperdinck: Fairy-Tale Music

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    7:49
  • 10:01 AM

    Symphony No. 7: Moderato and Jigg

    William Boyce

    Boyce: The Eight Symphonies / Boughton, English String Orch

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    4:35
  • 9:34 AM

    Serenade for Winds

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenades Opp. 22 & 24

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    24:28
  • 9:27 AM

    Music for the Theatre: Interlude

    Aaron Copland

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    5:24
  • 9:06 AM

    Sonata for Piano Duet and String Quartet

    Jerome Moross

    Chamber Music Of Herrmann And Moross

    Texas Festival Chamber Ensemble

    19:53
  • 9:01 AM

    Grand Duchess of Gerolstein: Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    Offenbach Music from the Operettas

    Gulbenkian Orchestra

    Michel Swierczewski, conductor

    4:33
  • 8:42 AM

    Sinfonia "Le campane di Roma" ("Bells of Rome")

    Giuseppe Demachi

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    Fabio Biondi, violin

    16:02
  • 8:38 AM

    Agua e Vinho (Water and Wine)

    Egberto Gismonti

    Saga dos Migrantes

    Sergio Assad, guitar

    3:01
  • 8:20 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Titan": 4th movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler: Mitropoulos

    Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Dimitri Mitropoulos, conductor

    17:21
  • 8:06 AM

    Keyboard Suite No. 8

    George Frideric Handel

    Sviatoslav Richter, piano

    12:53
  • 8:01 AM

    Child Grove; Easter Thursday; The Beggar Boy

    Anonymous

    The King's Delight

    King's Noyse

    4:38
  • 7:32 AM

    The Wasps: Suite

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto / The Wasps / English Folk Song Suite / The Running Set

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    25:53
  • 7:28 AM

    Nocturne No. 3

    Erik Satie

    Erik Satie: Hidden Corners (Recoins)

    Eve Egoyan, piano

    2:58
  • 7:06 AM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 1

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    21:01
  • 7:01 AM

    Two Elegiac Melodies: Last Spring (Varen)

    Edvard Grieg

    Edvard Grieg: Works For String Orchestra

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:42
  • 6:48 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 6

    Arcangelo Corelli

    Trio Sonnerie

    9:58
  • 6:30 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Franz Liszt

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Martha Argerich, piano

    17:30
  • 6:10 AM

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    18:18
  • 6:06 AM

    My Gentle Harp

    Traditional Irish

    David Russell, guitar

    3:30
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