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  • 5:14 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 6; Husitska

    Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

    Zdenek Macal, conductor

    44:05
  • 5:06 AM

    String Quartet: 2nd movement

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    String Quartets by Opera Composers

    Leipzig String Quartet

    6:16
  • 5:01 AM

    Song and Dance No. 9

    Federico Mompou

    Stephen Hough, piano

    4:33
  • 4:51 AM

    Trio Sonata No. 9

    William Boyce

    Boyce: Trio Sonatas

    Parley of Instruments

    Peter Holman, conductor

    7:41
  • 4:19 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    Franz Schubert

    Menuhin Festival Orchestra

    Yehudi Menuhin, conductor

    29:42
  • 4:06 AM

    Hymn to St. Cecilia

    Charles Gounod

    Leslie Howard, piano

    11:21
  • 4:01 AM

    Intermezzo No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    4:39
  • 3:52 AM

    Notturno No. 1

    Giuseppe Martucci

    Martucci: Symphony No. 1; Novelletta; Notturno; Tarantella

    Philharmonia

    Francesco d'Avalos, conductor

    6:42
  • 3:20 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Jean Sibelius

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    31:05
  • 3:13 AM

    Star Sonnet

    Daniel Elder

    Westminster Choir College

    Joe Miller, conductor

    4:49
  • 3:06 AM

    Starry Night

    Alan Hovhaness

    Hovhaness Treasures

    Scott Goff, flute

    5:50
  • 3:01 AM

    Sketchbook of a Journey: Night at Sea with Stars

    Anthony Sidney

    Miguel Bonachea, guitar

    Gretchen Chell Cover, harp

    4:24
  • 12:53 AM

    Carmina Burana: O Fortuna

    Carl Orff

    Orff: Carmina Burana

    Berlin Opera Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    2:32
  • 12:43 AM

    Symphony No. 5: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: 9 Symphonies

    Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    6:29
  • 12:33 AM

    Shepherd's Song

    Han-Kun Sha

    Chinasong | Shanghai Quartet

    Shanghai Quartet

    4:46
  • 12:26 AM

    St. Paul's Suite: Finale (The Dargason)

    Gustav Holst

    Orchestral Favourites Vol I

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    3:34
  • 12:10 AM

    William Tell: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures Vol 2 / Benda, Prague Sinfonia

    Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    11:32
  • 12:01 AM

    Villageoises

    Francis Poulenc

    Eric Parkin, piano

    4:21
  • 11:53 PM

    Abduction from the Seraglio: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    5:45
  • 11:39 PM

    The Winter's Tale

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    A Swedish Pastorale

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor

    10:28
  • 11:30 PM

    Grand Canyon Suite: Sunset

    Ferde Grofe

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:43
  • 11:26 PM

    Venezuelan Waltz No. 3 "Natalia"

    Antonio Lauro

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    Gaudencio Thiago de Mello, percussion

    2:22
  • 11:19 PM

    Festive Overture

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Gustavo Dudamel: Discoveries

    Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    5:58
  • 11:10 PM

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

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: String Quartets Opp. 96 & 105

    Chilingirian Quartet

    5:35
  • 11:00 PM

    Waltz No. 5 "Grande Valse"

    Frederic Chopin

    Beethoven: Sonatas; Chopin: Waltzes, Etc

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    3:49
  • 10:51 PM

    Images for Orchestra: Iberia: On Highways and Byways

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Orchestral Works

    Paris Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    7:38
  • 10:44 PM

    Hansel and Gretel: Evening Prayer

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Sacred Songs

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andreas Delfs, conductor

    Renee Fleming, soprano

    3:21
  • 10:36 PM

    String Quartet No. 50: Minuet

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Leipzig String Quartet

    4:53
  • 10:33 PM

    Carnival of the Animals: Birds

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Sir Charles' Precious Music Box 1

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    1:19
  • 10:31 PM

    Carnival of the Animals: Aquarium

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Sir Charles' Precious Music Box 1

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    2:14
  • 10:28 PM

    Carnival of the Animals: The Swan

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Sir Charles' Precious Music Box 1

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    2:53
  • 10:18 PM

    Arion

    Stephen Stubbs, conductor

    5:12
  • 10:10 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphonies 1-4

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    4:52
  • 10:00 PM

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:42
  • 9:48 PM

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Paul Dukas

    Tchaikovsky: 1812; Dukas: Sorcerer's Apprentice; Smetana: Vltava (Die Moldau); Dvorak: Scherzo capriccioso; Mussorgsky: A Night on the Bare Mountain

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    11:07
  • 9:37 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 17 "The Tempest": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Essential Beethoven

    Stephen Kovacevich, piano

    6:27
  • 9:27 PM

    Voyevoda: Dance of the Hay Girls

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    5:32
  • 9:24 PM

    Contemplation (Wie Melodien zieht es mir)

    Johannes Brahms

    Frost and Friends

    Martin Frost, clarinet

    2:06
  • 9:16 PM

    Clarinet Concerto: 2nd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, Kegelstatt Trio

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Martin Frost, conductor

    Martin Frost, basset clarinet

    6:39
  • 9:08 PM

    Funeral March of a Marionette

    Charles Gounod

    Fright Night

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    4:06
  • 9:00 PM

    Cello Suite No. 1: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Zuill Bailey

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    2:23
  • 6:43 PM

    Capriccio Espagnol

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade, Capricco Espagnol

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    14:46
  • 6:33 PM

    Symphony No. 92 "Oxford": 4th movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 88-92, etc.

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    5:02
  • 6:24 PM

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    5:54
  • 6:17 PM

    The Prophet: Coronation March

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    4:15
  • 6:14 PM

    Children's Corner: Golliwogg's Cakewalk

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Piano Music

    Stephen Hough, piano

    2:56
  • 6:03 PM

    String Quartet No. 10: 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Old World, New World

    Emerson String Quartet

    7:09
  • 5:54 PM

    Orb and Sceptre

    William Walton

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

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    David Willcocks, conductor

    7:52
  • 5:51 PM

    Il Trovatore: Vedi, le fosche nottune (Anvil Chorus)

    Giuseppe Verdi

    The #1 Opera Album

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    2:45
  • 5:33 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Classical"

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Menuhin Conducts Prokofiev

    English String Orchestra

    Yehudi Menuhin, conductor

    14:09
  • 5:25 PM

    Ae Romeser

    Traditional Danish

    Last Leaf

    Danish String Quartet

    4:02
  • 5:17 PM

    Jazz Suite No. 2: Waltz No. 2

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Ballet Suites Nos. 1 & 3, Jazz Suites Nos. 1 & 2

    Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Dmitri Kitayenko, conductor

    3:51
  • 5:08 PM

    Eine kleine Nachtmusik: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mad About the Classics

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    5:25
  • 5:01 PM

    Sicilienne

    Maria-Theresia von Paradis

    Sun-Flute IV

    Gunilla von Bahr, flute

    2:49
  • 4:50 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 2nd movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2, Dances from Aleko, Scherzo

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    9:50
  • 4:41 PM

    Folk Suite No. 4

    William Grant Still

    Get on Board

    Sierra Winds

    4:59
  • 4:33 PM

    Hungarian Dances Nos. 20 and 21

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 2, Hungarian Dances

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    4:04
  • 4:25 PM

    Cello Suite No. 3: Bourrees

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Inspired by Bach

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    3:19
  • 4:07 PM

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Symphonic Dances/Sigurd Jorsalfar/Peer Gynt

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    14:25
  • 4:01 PM

    Hen Ferchetan (Old Maid)

    Traditional Welsh

    Avi Avital: Between Worlds

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    3:56
  • 3:53 PM

    Gondoliers Overture

    Arthur Sullivan

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    6:53
  • 3:47 PM

    Etude No. 5 "Black Keys"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes Op. 10 & Op. 25 op. posth.

    Boris Berezovsky, piano

    1:44
  • 3:39 PM

    Swan Lake: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky Nutcracker & Swan Lake Suite

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    6:58
  • 3:29 PM

    String Quartet No. 5: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Early String Quartets

    Cypress String Quartet

    6:50
  • 3:20 PM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Finlandia, Valse Triste; Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfar

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    7:32
  • 3:13 PM

    Wind Quintet: Finale

    Anton Reicha

    The Sunday Sessions: Master Play

    Dorian Wind Quintet

    2:52
  • 3:09 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
  • 3:00 PM

    Overture "Water Music": Menuet; Gigue; Canarie

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    4:34
  • 2:53 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 6

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic Dances

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    5:28
  • 2:44 PM

    Peter and the Wolf

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Melody's Mostly Musical Day

    Jenny Lin, piano

    4:02
  • 2:40 PM

    Bugler's Holiday

    Leroy Anderson

    Sir Charles' Precious Music Box Ii

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    2:26
  • 2:34 PM

    Appalachian Spring: Variations on a Shaker Melody

    Aaron Copland

    American Salute

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    3:04
  • 2:25 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "Choral": 4th movement (selections)

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 9

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    Benita Valente, soprano

    7:18
  • 2:17 PM

    Octet: Scherzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, Octet

    Seattle Chamber Music Society

    James Ehnes, violin

    4:29
  • 2:10 PM

    Faust: Soldier's Chorus

    Charles Gounod

    The #1 Opera Album

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    3:15
  • 2:04 PM

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    2:51
  • 1:56 PM

    The Comedians: Galop, Gavotte, and Epilogue

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Full Dimensional Sound - Sabre Dance: Ballet Suites

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    Alfred Newman, conductor

    6:04
  • 1:48 PM

    String Quintet No. 1: Finale

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: String Quintets, Vol. VI

    La Magnifica Comunita

    4:46
  • 1:41 PM

    Scottish March (Marche ecossaise)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy & Ravel: Orchestral Works

    Ulster Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    6:02
  • 1:36 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 4: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: Keyboard Concertos

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    David Fray, piano

    4:03
  • 1:30 PM

    String Sextet No. 1: Scherzo

    Johannes Brahms

    Cypress String Quartet

    Barry Shiffman, violin

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    3:10
  • 1:22 PM

    The Nutcracker: Characteristic Dances

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije, Dukas: The Sourcerer's Apprentice

    Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yuri Temirkanov, conductor

    6:40
  • 1:16 PM

    Suite castellana: Danza

    Federico Torroba

    Torroba: Guitar Concertos 1

    Vicente Coves, guitar

    3:15
  • 1:10 PM

    Hungarian March

    Hector Berlioz

    Marriner conducts Debussy, Ravel, Dukas & Saint-Saens

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:45
  • 1:04 PM

    Masques and Bergamasques: Overture

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Violin Concerto etc.

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    3:46
  • 12:50 PM

    Festival Overture

    Hugo Alfven

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Niklas Willen, conductor

    9:39
  • 12:46 PM

    Flight of the Bumblebee

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    1:05
  • 12:36 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: The Symphonies

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    8:11
  • 12:28 PM

    Perpetual Motion Pieces

    Francis Poulenc

    Paul Crossley, piano

    5:52
  • 12:22 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 3: 2nd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Four Horn Concertos

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Janos Rolla, conductor

    Dale Clevenger, horn

    4:43
  • 12:15 PM

    The Word of a Nobleman: Overture

    Stanislaw Moniuszko

    Moniuszko: Overtures

    Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antoni Wit, conductor

    5:11
  • 12:09 PM

    The Planets: Mercury

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    3:55
  • 12:04 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Morning": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Early Symphonies Nos. 1-12

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    3:31
  • 11:44 AM

    In Nature's Realm Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, In der Nature

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    14:25
  • 11:29 AM

    Introduction, Theme and Variations for Clarinet

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Weber: Clarinet Concertos, Etc

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Neidich, clarinet

    13:04
  • 11:26 AM

    Pizzicato Polka

    Johann StraussJr.

    Ein Straussfest

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    2:34
  • 11:14 AM

    Concerto for Two Violins and Two Cellos

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Il Giardino Armonico

    10:25
  • 11:06 AM

    Mlada: Introduction and Redowa

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    7:21
  • 11:01 AM

    Piano Trio: Finale

    Johann Hummel

    Hummel: Piano Trios

    Beaux Arts Trio

    4:42
  • 10:44 AM

    Harp Concerto

    George Frideric Handel

    Great Works for Harp

    Kuentz Chamber Orchestra

    Paul Kuentz, conductor

    Nicanor Zabaleta, harp

    13:41
  • 10:30 AM

    Chimney of King Rene

    Darius Milhaud

    French Wind Music

    Reykjavik Wind Quintet

    12:26
  • 10:19 AM

    Swan Lake: Pas d'action "White Swan"

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake - Highlights

    Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    9:10
  • 10:06 AM

    Symphony No. 13

    Carlos Baguer

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    12:38
  • 10:01 AM

    The Dance of the Goblins (La ronde des Lutins)

    Antonio Bazzini

    Stokowski Stereo Collection: Shostakovich - Symphony No. 6, Khachaturian - Symphony No. 3

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    4:38
  • 9:23 AM

    Symphony

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky: Symphony In E Flat, Firebird Suite

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    35:29
  • 9:06 AM

    Piano Trio "Elegiaque" No. 1

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff

    Barbican Piano Trio

    15:01
  • 9:01 AM

    Sure on this Shining Night

    Morten Lauridsen

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    4:32
  • 8:25 AM

    Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spake Zarathustra)

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Mahler: Totenfeier

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    33:12
  • 8:06 AM

    Guitar Quintet No. 6

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini, Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Guitar Quintets

    Tokyo String Quartet

    Kazuhito Yamashita, guitar

    16:59
  • 8:01 AM

    Thais: Meditation

    Jules Massenet

    Cello Adagios

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    Julian Lloyd Webber, cello

    4:52
  • 7:34 AM

    Symphony of the Air

    Leopold Stokowski, conductor

    23:57
  • 7:10 AM

    Clarinet Trio

    Johannes Brahms

    Jozsef Balogh, clarinet

    Jeno Jando, piano

    Csaba Onczay, cello

    22:35
  • 7:06 AM

    A Boy and a Girl

    Eric Whitacre

    Elora Festival Singers

    Noel Edison, conductor

    3:19
  • 7:01 AM

    Flowers of the Forest

    Anonymous

    On the Banks of Helicon

    Baltimore Consort

    4:36
  • 6:31 AM

    Serenade

    Carl Reinecke

    Robert Volkmann, Carl Reinecke: Serenades

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    27:23
  • 6:13 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 31

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Rudolf Buchbinder, piano

    16:21
  • 6:06 AM

    The City: New England Countryside

    Aaron Copland

    London Sinfonietta

    Elgar Howarth, conductor

    6:09
  • 6:01 AM

    Salon Buenos Aires: Samba

    Miguel del Aguila

    Camerata San Antonio

    4:41
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