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  • 5:42 AM

    String Quintet No. 5

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: String Quintets, Cello Sonatas

    Sigiswald Kuijken, violin

    16:43
  • 5:32 AM

    Summer Pastorale

    Arthur Honegger

    Honegger: Pacific 231, Horace Victorieux Etc.

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    8:55
  • 5:06 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 15 "Pastoral"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven Piano Sonatas 2

    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano

    24:25
  • 5:01 AM

    Amazing Grace

    John Newton

    Esenvalds: Northern Lights and Other Choral Works

    Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    Anna Cavaliero, soprano

    4:43
  • 4:43 AM

    Merry Mount Suite

    Howard Hanson

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    15:00
  • 4:41 AM

    Five Impressions of a Holiday: The Water Wheel

    Eugene Goossens

    London Chamber Music Group

    Susan Milan, flute

    2:11
  • 4:27 AM

    Le Sinfonie

    Lodovico Viadana

    Swiss Italian Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    11:34
  • 4:18 AM

    Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

    Aram Khachaturian

    White Nights: Romantic Russian Showpieces

    Kirov Orchestra

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    8:55
  • 4:06 AM

    Barcarolle venetienne

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Navarra Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Martinez Izquierdo, conductor

    Tianwa Yang, violin

    9:49
  • 4:01 AM

    Etude-Tableau No. 5

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Yuja Wang, piano

    4:32
  • 3:47 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Guildhall Strings

    Paul Nicholson, harpsichord

    10:56
  • 3:20 AM

    Symphony No. 8

    Niels Gade

    Gade: Symphonies No 1 & 8 / Järvi, Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    25:44
  • 3:09 AM

    String Quartet No. 2 "Company"

    Philip Glass

    Philip Glass: Complete String Quartets

    Smith Quartet

    8:38
  • 3:06 AM

    Ave Verum Corpus

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Melodies

    Chen Yi, violin

    2:36
  • 3:01 AM

    Song of the Minstrel (Chant du menestrel)

    Alexander Glazunov

    Premieres of the Old and New

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Amos, conductor

    Meir Rimon, horn

    4:35
  • 2:49 AM

    Danzon No. 2

    Arturo Marquez

    Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas

    Alondra de la Parra, conductor

    9:25
  • 2:44 AM

    Waltz No. 1

    Antonin Dvorak

    Stamitz Quartet

    3:59
  • 2:13 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Robert Schumann

    Grieg, Schumann: Piano Concertos

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    29:56
  • 2:07 AM

    Juditha Triumphans: Noli, o Cara

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Alfredo Bernardini, oboe

    Ton Koopman, organ

    4:54
  • 2:01 AM

    A Lady in Her Tower

    Gabriel Faure

    Sivan Magen, harp

    4:38
  • 1:53 AM

    Petite Symphony: Finale

    Charles Gounod

    Waterloo Chamber Orchestra

    Ulysse Waterlot, conductor

    5:08
  • 1:24 AM

    Symphony No. 102

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    27:30
  • 1:17 AM

    London Suite: Covent Garden

    Eric Coates

    East of England Orchestra

    Malcolm Nabarro, conductor

    4:59
  • 1:06 AM

    Sonatine

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit, La Valse, Valses Nobles, Sonatine

    Boris Berezovsky, piano

    10:29
  • 1:01 AM

    Anthony Glise, guitar

    4:33
  • 12:57 AM

    Rondelay

    Maurice Ravel

    Appear and Inspire

    Robert Shaw Festival Singers

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:59
  • 12:18 AM

    Symphony No. 7

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven For All: Symphonies 1-9

    West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    36:59
  • 12:14 AM

    Fedora: Amor ti vieta

    Umberto Giordano

    Pavarotti: Verismo Arias

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Oliviero de Fabritis, conductor

    Luciano Pavarotti, tenor

    1:46
  • 12:04 AM

    Ensemble Clarimonia

    Charles Neidich, clarinet

    6:19
  • 11:44 PM

    Songs of the Roses

    Morten Lauridsen

    Morten Lauridsen: Mid-Winter Songs

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    18:28
  • 11:32 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 3: Andante

    Johannes Brahms

    Great Pianists of the 20th Century: Nelson Freire

    Nelson Freire, piano

    10:15
  • 11:27 PM

    Jinriki-hon

    Anonymous

    Musica Sacra: Buddhist Shomyo and Gregorian Chants

    Schola Gregoriana Pragensis

    David Eben/Saikawa Buntai, conductor

    3:42
  • 11:02 PM

    Appalachian Spring

    Aaron Copland

    Rainbow Body

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    23:22
  • 10:55 PM

    Midway: Main and End Titles

    John Williams

    In Session: A Film Music Celebration

    Royal Scottish Orchestra

    Rick Wentworth, conductor

    5:16
  • 10:52 PM

    The Mission: Gabriel's Oboe

    Ennio Morricone

    Morricone 60

    Czech National Symphony Orchestra

    Ennio Morricone, conductor

    2:06
  • 10:46 PM

    She Walks in Beauty

    Paul Mealor

    Paul Mealor: A Tender Light

    Tenebrae

    Nigel Short, conductor

    4:44
  • 10:38 PM

    Wherever You Are

    Paul Mealor

    Mealor: Wherever You Are

    Military Wives

    Gareth Malone, conductor

    2:51
  • 10:33 PM

    A Spotless Rose

    Paul Mealor

    Go, Lovely Rose

    Luther College Nordic Choir

    Allen Hightower, conductor

    4:59
  • 10:29 PM

    Ubi Caritas

    Paul Mealor

    Paul Mealor: A Tender Light

    Tenebrae

    Nigel Short, conductor

    3:50
  • 10:20 PM

    Incantation and Dance

    John Barnes Chance

    Scenes and Variations

    United States Air Force Heartland of America Band

    Major Kelly G. Bledsoe, conductor

    7:45
  • 10:17 PM

    My Homeland Furusato

    Traditional Japanese

    Song of the Seashore - and other Melodies of Japan

    Tokyo String Orchestra

    Hiroyuki Iwaki, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    2:55
  • 10:06 PM

    The Planets: Venus

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Colin Davis, conductor

    8:02
  • 10:00 PM

    The Third Man: Theme

    Anton Karas

    From Holland With Love

    Johann Strauss Orchestra

    Andre Rieu, conductor

    4:12
  • 9:38 PM

    The Firebird (L'oiseau de feu) Ballet

    Igor Stravinsky

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    20:43
  • 9:32 PM

    Jay-Red

    Kip Jones

    The River

    Ethel

    Robert Mirabal, vocals and flute

    4:43
  • 9:28 PM

    Blue Tango

    Leroy Anderson

    ANDERSON, L.: Orchestral Music, Vol. 1 - Piano Concerto in C Major / The Golden Years / Fiddle-Faddle

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    2:56
  • 9:22 PM

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Mark O'Connor, violin

    Edgar Meyer, double bass

    4:00
  • 9:18 PM

    Magic Flute: Der Holle Rache (Queen of the Night Aria)

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Heroines

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    Louis Langree, conductor

    Natalie Dessay, soprano

    2:55
  • 9:03 PM

    Violin Sonata

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Sonatas K. 301, 304, 376, 526

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    14:15
  • 9:00 PM

    Spring Waters

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    My Restless Soul

    Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone

    2:13
  • 6:35 PM

    Symphony No. 94 "Surprise"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    La Petite Bande

    Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor

    23:30
  • 6:16 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: Concertos for Violin

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    Monica Huggett, violin

    16:46
  • 6:11 PM

    Four Rags: 4th Street Drag

    John Novacek

    Concert Recording (Accordo)

    Steven Copes, violin

    3:54
  • 6:00 PM

    Old Hungarian Dances

    Ferenc Farkas

    Frosunda Wind Quintet

    9:35
  • 5:54 PM

    Bridget Cruise and Eleanor Plunkett

    Turlough O'Carolan

    Carolan

    Michal Hromek Consort

    5:15
  • 5:44 PM

    Halcyon Days

    Eric Coates

    East of England Orchestra

    Malcolm Nabarro, conductor

    8:01
  • 5:05 PM

    Souvenir of Florence

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Concert Recording

    Steven Copes, violin

    37:18
  • 4:59 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    William Boyce

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    5:05
  • 4:42 PM

    Suite in the Old Style

    Alfred Schnittke

    Modern Portaits

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    15:26
  • 4:37 PM

    Ubi Caritas

    Paul Mealor

    Lux

    Voces8

    3:42
  • 4:21 PM

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    14:12
  • 4:15 PM

    To the Point

    Jennifer Higdon

    To the Point

    Orchestra 2001

    James Freeman, conductor

    3:54
  • 4:08 PM

    Sarabande and Rigaudon

    Arthur Foote

    Boston Chamber Music Society

    Fenwick Smith, flute

    Marcus Thompson, viola

    Randall Hodgkinson, piano

    7:31
  • 4:00 PM

    Il barbiere di Siviglia (Barber of Seville): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Favorite Overtures

    Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Gianluigi Gelmetti, conductor

    6:39
  • 3:44 PM

    Concerto for 2 Orchestras No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    English Baroque Soloists

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    13:26
  • 3:37 PM

    Madame Butterfly: Un bel di vedremo (One fine day)

    Giacomo Puccini

    Anna Netrebko: Verismo

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Antonio Pappano, conductor

    Anna Netrebko, soprano

    4:29
  • 3:10 PM

    Symphony No. 39

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Symphonies 38 & 39

    Sinfonia Varsovia

    Yehudi Menuhin, conductor

    25:54
  • 3:05 PM

    El Amor Brujo: Ritual Fire Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    4:16
  • 2:58 PM

    Andante and Rondo Capriccioso

    Felix Mendelssohn

    The Complete Piano Works of Chopin, Vol 3: Ballads

    Ian Hobson, piano

    6:01
  • 2:46 PM

    Scheherazade: The Sea and Sinbad's Ship

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade, etc.

    Kirov Orchestra

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    Sergei Levitin, violin

    10:24
  • 2:43 PM

    St. Paul's Suite: Ostinato

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: St. Paul's Suite, etc.

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    1:59
  • 2:40 PM

    Let us break bread together

    Spiritual

    Howard Roberts Chorale

    Simon Estes, bass

    2:44
  • 2:32 PM

    String Quartet No. 12 "American": 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Concert Recording (Accordo)

    Accordo

    5:37
  • 2:21 PM

    Suite on Galician Songs: Morning Song

    Enrique Granados

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Pablo Gonzalez, conductor

    9:21
  • 2:18 PM

    Hora staccato

    Grigoras Dinicu

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    2:02
  • 2:07 PM

    The Unexpected Encounter: Sinfonia

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Opera Overtures

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    6:59
  • 2:04 PM

    Sinfonietta: Fanfare

    Leos Janacek

    Dvorak: Legends, Op. 59; Janacek: Sinfonietta

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    2:29
  • 1:50 PM

    Les caracteres de la danse

    Jean-Fery Rebel

    The Sun King's Paradise

    Palladian Ensemble

    9:19
  • 1:44 PM

    Overture No. 2 "La Calamita de Cuori"

    Johann Christian Bach

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    4:40
  • 1:34 PM

    Piano Concerto: 1st movement

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Piano Concertos, Etc

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Martha Argerich, piano

    8:40
  • 1:31 PM

    Etude No. 1 "Aeolian Harp"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes Opus 10, Op. 25

    Murray Perahia, piano

    2:15
  • 1:26 PM

    Passamezzo Galliard

    William Byrd

    Gathering/Hui

    Belladonna

    3:44
  • 1:24 PM

    Flute Sonatina: 3rd mvt

    Malcolm Arnold

    James Galway, flute

    2:00
  • 1:21 PM

    Wonderful Town: Pass the Football

    Leonard Bernstein

    Original Cast

    Jordan Bentley, vocal

    3:00
  • 1:15 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: The 10 Symphonies

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:41
  • 1:10 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 6

    Johannes Brahms

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:12
  • 1:06 PM

    Corona Guitar Quartet

    3:23
  • 1:04 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:56
  • 12:52 PM

    Symphony No. 5: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5; Romeo and Juliet

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    6:20
  • 12:47 PM

    Piano Quintet: Scherzo

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak and Brahms: Piano Quintets, Concertante

    Concertante

    Jeremy Denk, piano

    4:07
  • 12:37 PM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin

    Maurice Ravel

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    17:11
  • 12:32 PM

    Three Parts on a Ground

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell: Chamber Music

    London Baroque

    4:28
  • 12:19 PM

    Variations on a Swedish Air

    Bernhard Crusell

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    Emma Johnson, clarinet

    11:15
  • 12:16 PM

    Tick-Tock Polka

    Johann StraussJr.

    New Year's Concert 2012

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    2:31
  • 12:07 PM

    Concerto No. 5

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    7:20
  • 12:04 PM

    Prince Igor: Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens

    Alexander Borodin

    Mussorgsky: Pictures from an Exhibition, etc.

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    2:13
  • 11:50 AM

    Egmont Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Overtures

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    7:55
  • 11:38 AM

    Flute Sonata

    Franz Benda

    Barthold Kuijken, flute

    Wieland Kuijken, cello

    Bob van Asperen, harpsichord

    10:30
  • 11:28 AM

    A Night at Karlstein

    Zdenek Fibich

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Frantisek Vajnar, conductor

    9:54
  • 11:24 AM

    Romeo and Juliet: Menuet

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet Suites 1 & 2

    National Symphony Orchestra

    Mstislav Rostropovich, conductor

    3:21
  • 11:11 AM

    Camerata Bern

    Thomas Furi, conductor

    11:24
  • 11:06 AM

    Cosi fan tutte: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Hans Vonk, conductor

    4:48
  • 11:01 AM

    Orphee Suite: Orphee and the Princess

    Philip Glass

    Paul Barnes, piano

    4:36
  • 10:51 AM

    Concerto for Two Trumpets

    Antonio Vivaldi

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Mark Bennett, trumpet

    Michael Harrison, trumpet

    7:21
  • 10:36 AM

    Suite for Strings

    John Rutter

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Rutter, conductor

    12:23
  • 10:30 AM

    Nocturnes: Nuages (Clouds)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Pelleas Et Melisande Suite; Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Faun; Three Nocturnes

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    6:22
  • 10:23 AM

    Caprice No. 23

    Niccolo Paganini

    Bel Canto Paganini

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    5:43
  • 10:06 AM

    Symphony No. 10

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    16:03
  • 10:01 AM

    Flute Concerto: 1st movement

    Vilem Blodek

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Uros Lajovic, conductor

    Karl Bernhard Sebon, flute

    4:39
  • 9:18 AM

    Piano Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Sonatas for Piano and Arpeggione

    Wu Han, piano

    40:22
  • 9:13 AM

    A Small Piece

    Hilding Rosenberg

    A Swedish Pastorale

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor

    Elemer Lavotha, cello

    3:37
  • 9:06 AM

    On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

    Frederick Delius

    Delius Miniatures

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    6:03
  • 9:01 AM

    Total Tango

    David Matthews

    Orchestra Nova

    George Vass, conductor

    4:40
  • 8:31 AM

    Pas de Deux

    James Horner

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    Hakon Samuelsen, cello

    27:40
  • 8:26 AM

    Les Sylvains de Mr. Couperin

    Robert de Visee

    Rolf Lislevand, theorbo

    4:00
  • 8:06 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Piano Concerto; Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 3

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gilbert Levine, conductor

    Jeffrey Campbell, piano

    18:03
  • 8:01 AM

    String Quartet "For Art": 4th movement

    Eduardo Toldra

    Andorra National Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Claret, conductor

    4:42
  • 7:36 AM

    A Card Game (Jeu de cartes)

    Igor Stravinsky

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    James Conlon, conductor

    22:32
  • 7:29 AM

    Crisantemi (Chrysanthemums)

    Giacomo Puccini

    Puccini: Chrisantemi/3 Minuetti, etc.

    Orchestra of the Auvergne

    Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    5:41
  • 7:06 AM

    English Suite No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: English Suites - 2, 4, 5

    Murray Perahia, piano

    21:35
  • 7:01 AM

    Dardanus: Overture

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    4:45
  • 6:20 AM

    Symphony

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Symphonies in E Major, C Major

    Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra

    Hiroshi Wakasugi, conductor

    38:06
  • 6:16 AM

    The Betrothed: Addio Monti

    Ennio Morricone

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    2:16
  • 6:06 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 40

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    9:22
  • 6:01 AM

    O sacrum convivium

    Olivier Messiaen

    Twentieth-Century Masters Vol 1 - Poulenc & His French Contemporaries

    Choir of New College, Oxford

    Edward Higginbottom, conductor

    David Newsholme, organ

    4:40
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