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  • 5:22 AM

    String Quartet No. 13

    Antonin Dvorak

    Pavel Haas Quartet

    36:38
  • 5:16 AM

    Serenity (O Magnum Mysterium)

    Ola Gjeilo

    Ola Gjeilo

    Tenebrae

    Matthew Sharp, cello

    5:05
  • 5:06 AM

    Ode to the Snow

    Chen Pei-xun

    Chinese National Symphony Orchestra

    China National Symphony Orchestra

    Zuohuang Chen, conductor

    8:09
  • 5:01 AM

    Winter Serenade (Serenade d'Hiver)

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Asbury Brass Quintet with Adolph Herseth, soloist

    Asbury Brass Quintet

    4:33
  • 4:40 AM

    Pelleas and Melisande

    Jean Sibelius

    Schoenberg, Sibelius, Faure: Pelleas et Melisande

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    18:46
  • 4:12 AM

    Piano Trio

    Maurice Ravel

    Maps and Legends

    Alessio Bax, piano

    26:38
  • 4:06 AM

    Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle

    Jacques Offenbach

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    3:36
  • 4:01 AM

    Partita No. 3: Sarabande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Pedrick-Hutson Guitar Duo

    4:32
  • 3:49 AM

    Zeynep Ucbasaran, piano

    8:51
  • 3:17 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    31:15
  • 3:06 AM

    Oboe Sonata

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    CPE Bach: Concertos for Oboe

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    Ku Ebbinge, oboe

    8:48
  • 3:01 AM

    Contemplation

    Henriette Renie

    The Healing Harp

    Naoko Yoshino, harp

    4:33
  • 2:52 AM

    Allegretto

    Gyorgy Ligeti

    Ligeti: String Quartets

    Parker Quartet

    6:14
  • 2:22 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Emil Mlynarski

    Polish Chamber Orchestra

    Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor

    Nigel Kennedy, violin

    28:47
  • 2:17 AM

    Six Polish Songs: Meine Freuden (My Darling)

    Frederic Chopin

    Horizons

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    3:23
  • 2:06 AM

    The Magic Harp Overture (Rosamunde)

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphony in C Major

    Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    10:00
  • 2:01 AM

    Suite Piedra libre: La Mancha

    Denis Plante

    Pentaedre

    4:51
  • 1:42 AM

    Symphony No. 31 "Paris"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    16:20
  • 1:15 AM

    Concerto Andaluz

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Interchange: Concertos by Rodrigo and Assad

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    David Amado, conductor

    24:25
  • 1:06 AM

    Trio Sonata No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    James Galway, flute

    Monica Huggett, violin

    Sarah Cunningham, viola da gamba

    Phillip Moll, harpsichord

    7:52
  • 1:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    4:34
  • 12:55 AM

    Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Messiah Highlights

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    3:35
  • 12:46 AM

    Rondo a Capriccio (Rage Over a Lost Penny)

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    James Levine: Live at Carnegie Hall

    Evgeny Kissin, piano

    5:41
  • 12:39 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American": Animato

    William Grant Still

    African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. 1

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    3:19
  • 12:24 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Dollar": 3rd movement

    Kurt Atterberg

    Atterberg: Symphony No. 6, etc.

    Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra

    Jun'ichi Hirokami, conductor

    9:53
  • 12:18 AM

    Hary Janos Suite: Musical Clock

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, conductor

    2:11
  • 12:09 AM

    Symphony No. 101 "The Clock": 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: The London Symphonies, Vol. II

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    7:54
  • 12:00 AM

    Miao Mountain Morning

    Chen Gang

    Chinasong | Shanghai Quartet

    Shanghai Quartet

    3:52
  • 11:53 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 3

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 From The New Worls; 3 Slavonic Dances

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    5:55
  • 11:40 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 4: Rondo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 4, Triple Concerto

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    Michael Roll, piano

    9:24
  • 11:36 PM

    Tosca: Recondita armonia

    Giacomo Puccini

    Pavarotti's Greatest Hits

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Nicola Rescigno, conductor

    Luciano Pavarotti, tenor

    2:59
  • 11:28 PM

    Holberg Suite: Prelude

    Edvard Grieg

    Showpieces and Encores

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    2:43
  • 11:18 PM

    The White-Haired Girl Suite: White-Haired Girl

    Yan Jinxuan

    China National Symphony Orchestra

    Zuohuang Chen, conductor

    8:04
  • 11:07 PM

    Danse Macabre

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 etc

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Emmanuel Krivine, conductor

    7:01
  • 10:59 PM

    Musical Moment No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Moments Musicaux; Impromptus

    David Fray, piano

    2:10
  • 10:53 PM

    Short Ride in a Fast Machine

    John Adams

    Adams: Harmonielehre, Short Ride In A Fast Machine

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    5:01
  • 10:45 PM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman: Canario

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Fantasía para un gentilhombre

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    4:41
  • 10:37 PM

    Canzon No. 16

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Gabrieli, Monteverdi: Antiphonal Music

    Canadian Brass

    Kazuyoshi Akiyama, conductor

    3:55
  • 10:23 PM

    Scherzo Capriccioso

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 8, Scherzo Capriccioso, Notturno

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    12:00
  • 10:18 PM

    Straw Hat Dance

    Du Mingxin

    Lang Lang, piano

    1:59
  • 10:09 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 2: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Horn Concerto

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Eric Ruske, horn

    6:13
  • 10:00 PM

    Violin Partita No. 2: Gigue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    3:21
  • 9:51 PM

    School for Scandal Overture

    Samuel Barber

    New York Philharmonic

    Thomas Schippers, conductor

    7:33
  • 9:46 PM

    Suite: Gaio

    Randall Thompson

    Kelly Peterson Peral, oboe

    Michael Forte, clarinet

    Elizabeth Derderian-Wood, viola

    2:02
  • 9:39 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No 3

    Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    5:26
  • 9:32 PM

    Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner 2

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    3:27
  • 9:30 PM

    Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner 2

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    3:27
  • 9:08 PM

    Children's Games (Jeux d'enfants)

    Georges Bizet

    French National Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    10:53
  • 9:00 PM

    Children Suite: Holiday Dance

    Ding Shan-de

    Jie Chen, piano

    2:45
  • 6:51 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
  • 6:36 PM

    Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Symphonies 3 'Scottish' & 4 'Italian', etc.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    10:07
  • 6:30 PM

    Beautiful Rosemary (Schon Rosmarin)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    Samuel Sanders, piano

    1:51
  • 6:26 PM

    Lux Aeterna

    Edward Elgar

    Lux

    Voces8

    3:48
  • 6:12 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    10:10
  • 6:03 PM

    Wind Quintet: 3rd movement

    August Klughardt

    Ibert, J.: 3 Pieces Breves / Reicha, A.: Wind Quintet in E-Flat Major / Arnold, M.: 3 Shanties / Klughardt, A.F.M.: Wind Quintet

    Bergen Wind Quintet

    4:12
  • 5:52 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor": Rondo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Concertos / Fischer, Goode, Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    Richard Goode, piano

    10:16
  • 5:43 PM

    Shanghai Quartet

    5:10
  • 5:33 PM

    Pirates of Penzance Overture

    Arthur Sullivan

    Gilbert & Sullivan: Overtures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    7:08
  • 5:21 PM

    Rusalka: Song to the Moon

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak In Prague: A Celebration

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano

    6:54
  • 5:10 PM

    Serenade No. 1: Allegro molto

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    9:43
  • 5:04 PM

    In The Bottoms Suite: Dance

    Nathaniel Dett

    William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    2:15
  • 4:58 PM

    Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto: Finale

    He Zhanhao/Chen Gang

    Chen/He: The Butterfly Lovers; Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto

    Singapore Symphony Orchestra

    Lan Shui, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    4:59
  • 4:47 PM

    Suite Mignonne

    Jean Sibelius

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:28
  • 4:41 PM

    The Harmonious Blacksmith

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Keyboard Suites 2

    Philip Edward Fisher, piano

    4:43
  • 4:28 PM

    Die Meistersinger von Nurmberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg): Prelude to Act I

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Overtures And Orchestral Music

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    9:44
  • 4:19 PM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Serenade No. 10 for Winds "Gran Partita"

    London Symphony Orchestra Wind Ensemble

    3:26
  • 4:10 PM

    Norwegian Dance No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg, Svendsen: Orchestral Works

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    6:15
  • 4:01 PM

    Pastoral Suite: 2nd movement

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Strings of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Magnus Ericsson, conductor

    4:10
  • 3:49 PM

    Festival Overture

    Shi Wanchun

    China National Symphony Orchestra

    Zuohuang Chen, conductor

    10:31
  • 3:37 PM

    String Quintet "American": Finale

    Antonin Dvorak

    Old World, New World

    Emerson String Quartet

    Paul Neubauer, viola

    8:17
  • 3:31 PM

    Waltz No. 6 "Minute"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    1:57
  • 3:24 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish": 2nd movement

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Complete Symphonies

    Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    5:53
  • 3:15 PM

    Empire Brass

    5:16
  • 3:07 PM

    Rodeo: Buckaroo Holiday

    Aaron Copland

    The Essence of America: Aaron Copland

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    7:31
  • 3:02 PM

    Rumba

    Carlos Salzedo

    Solo Harp: The Best of Yolanda Kondonassis

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    1:38
  • 2:53 PM

    Il barbiere di Siviglia (Barber of Seville): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Barber of Seville (highlights)

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    7:04
  • 2:47 PM

    Blue Bird: Star Dance

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Humperdinck: Fairy-Tale Music

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    2:05
  • 2:37 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 2: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Keyboard Concerti Vol. 2

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    8:01
  • 2:31 PM

    Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit

    Traditional

    Umoja

    Imani Winds

    2:06
  • 2:27 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 5

    Johannes Brahms

    The Berlin Gala - A Salute To Carmen

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    2:55
  • 2:18 PM

    A Chloris (To Chloris)

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Bonjour Paris

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Mathias Monius, conductor

    Albrecht Mayer, English horn

    4:04
  • 2:09 PM

    Polonaise for Violin and Strings

    Franz Schubert

    Beethoven, Schubert: Music for Violin and Orchestra

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Emil Tchakarov, conductor

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    5:41
  • 2:05 PM

    Three-Part Sinfonia No. 10

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bela Fleck, banjo

    Chris Thile, mandolin

    Edgar Meyer, double bass

    :57
  • 1:54 PM

    Periodical Overture

    Niccolo Jommelli

    El Maestro Farinelli

    Concerto Koln

    Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor

    5:45
  • 1:47 PM

    Fur Elise

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    The Journey

    Leon Fleisher, piano

    3:28
  • 1:40 PM

    Symphony No. 4 "Italian": Saltarello

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Symphony No. 4

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    5:20
  • 1:29 PM

    The Italian Girl in London: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Cimarosa: Overtures, 2

    Toronto Chamber Orchestra

    Kevin Mallon, conductor

    7:37
  • 1:24 PM

    Young Soldier's Joy

    Qi-Ming Lu

    Shanghai Quartet

    2:54
  • 1:15 PM

    Symphonic Metamorphosis: March

    Paul Hindemith

    Hindemith: Mathis der Maler, Symphonic Metamorphosis

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    4:28
  • 1:10 PM

    Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 94 & 95; Mozart: Toy Symphony

    Hanover Band

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    4:07
  • 1:04 PM

    Rondeau

    Jean-Joseph Mouret

    Wynton Marsalis: In Gabriel's Garden

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    2:02
  • 12:53 PM

    The White-Haired Girl Suite: Greeting the Sun

    Yan Jinxuan

    China National Symphony Orchestra

    Zuohuang Chen, conductor

    6:47
  • 12:46 PM

    Shenandoah

    Traditional

    Out Of This World

    Chanticleer

    4:36
  • 12:41 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 1

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic Dances

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    3:46
  • 12:31 PM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concerti per Mandolini

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    Giovanni Scaramuzzino, mandolin

    8:06
  • 12:21 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique": 2nd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique"

    Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    7:37
  • 12:16 PM

    Promenade (Walking the Dog)

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin: Dayful of Song

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    2:50
  • 12:07 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    WA Mozart: The Violin Concertos

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    7:57
  • 12:04 PM

    Etude No. 9 "Butterfly"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes Op. 10 & 25

    Nikita Magaloff, piano

    :58
  • 11:43 AM

    Horn Concerto

    Antonio Rosetti

    Kurpfalz Chamber Orchestra

    Johannes Moesus, conductor

    Sarah Willis, horn

    14:55
  • 11:30 AM

    Symphony No. 14

    William Herschel

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    11:19
  • 11:23 AM

    Suite of Scottish Dances

    William Alwyn

    Alwyn: Orchestral Music

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    7:17
  • 11:20 AM

    The Fairy Round

    Anthony Holborne

    Holborne: "My Selfe" - 16th Century Pavans, Galliards, and Almains

    King's Noyse

    2:24
  • 11:13 AM

    The Lark

    Mikhail Glinka

    Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition

    Evgeny Kissin, piano

    5:14
  • 11:06 AM

    Cantata No. 42: Sinfonia

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Sinfonia

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    6:22
  • 11:01 AM

    Katrina Szederkenyi, harp

    4:48
  • 10:44 AM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances I & Iii, Etc

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    14:24
  • 10:21 AM

    Sinfonia No. 3

    Frantisek Dusek

    Helsinki Baroque Orchestra

    Aapo Hakkinen, conductor

    21:11
  • 10:10 AM

    Our Town

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: The Red Pony; Our Town; The Heiress Suite; Music For Movies

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    9:02
  • 10:06 AM

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:26
  • 10:01 AM

    Irmelin Prelude

    Frederick Delius

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:46
  • 9:47 AM

    The Cider House Rules: Suite

    Rachel Portman

    Studio Orchestra

    David Snell, conductor

    11:05
  • 9:21 AM

    Piano Trio No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Newstead Trio

    Newstead Trio

    25:34
  • 9:07 AM

    Suite for Strings

    Joan Trimble

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    13:22
  • 9:01 AM

    On Wings of Song; Spinning Song

    Felix Mendelssohn

    True North Harp Duo

    True North Harp Duo

    4:46
  • 8:49 AM

    Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

    Aram Khachaturian

    Barber: Adagio, Sibelius: Valse Triste

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    9:49
  • 8:40 AM

    Thibaut Garcia, guitar

    8:20
  • 8:06 AM

    String Quartet

    Edvard Grieg

    Emerson String Quartet

    32:03
  • 8:01 AM

    Symphony: Larghetto

    Joseph Martin Kraus

    Kraus: Complete Symphonies, Vol. 4

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Petter Sundkvist, conductor

    4:34
  • 7:50 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Arcangelo Corelli

    I Fiamminghi

    Rudolf Werthen, conductor

    Joris Van Den Hauwe, oboe

    8:31
  • 7:30 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 5

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Paul Lewis, piano

    19:47
  • 7:06 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Violin Concertos 1 & 2

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    21:32
  • 7:01 AM

    Three Parts on a Ground

    Henry Purcell

    Stradivaria

    4:45
  • 6:50 AM

    Norwegian Rhapsody No. 2

    Johan Svendsen

    South Jutland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    8:45
  • 6:44 AM

    Prelude No. 15 "Raindrop"

    Frederic Chopin

    Rafal Blechacz, piano

    4:55
  • 6:06 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Max Bruch

    Concert Recording

    Bern Symphony Orchestra

    Mario Vengazo, conductor

    36:20
  • 6:01 AM

    Prussian Sonata No. 5: 2nd movement

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Jon Mendle, archguitar

    4:30
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