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  • 5:23 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    George Chadwick

    Chadwick: Symphony No. 2; Symphonic Sketches

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    34:55
  • 5:14 AM

    Idyll

    Alexander Glazunov

    Russian Horn Concertos

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Werner Andreas Albert, conductor

    Marie Luise Neunecker, horn

    7:28
  • 5:06 AM

    Adagio

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Haydn, Mozart, Schubert: Works for Violin and Orchestra

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Arthur Grumiaux, violin

    7:25
  • 5:01 AM

    Triquilandia/Seguidilla

    Emilio Pujol

    Spanish Legends

    David Russell, guitar

    4:42
  • 4:48 AM

    Adagio for Strings

    Samuel Barber

    The Bernstein Century: Barber & Schuman

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    9:52
  • 4:17 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Robert Schumann

    Grieg, Schumann: Piano Concertos

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    29:56
  • 4:06 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection": 2nd movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler: Symphony No. 2

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    9:14
  • 4:01 AM

    Three Chinese Folk Songs

    Zhou Long

    Shanghai Quartet

    4:43
  • 3:53 AM

    The Word of a Nobleman: Overture

    Stanislaw Moniuszko

    Moniuszko: Overtures

    Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antoni Wit, conductor

    5:11
  • 3:15 AM

    String Sextet No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: String Sextets

    Cypress String Quartet

    Barry Shiffman, violin

    36:58
  • 3:06 AM

    Impromptu No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    11th Van Cliburn Piano Competition

    Olga Kern, piano

    6:59
  • 3:01 AM

    Bagatelles: Poco Allegro

    Antonin Dvorak

    National Chamber Players

    Lowell Graham, conductor

    4:44
  • 2:28 AM

    Symphony No. 5

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Violin Concerto; Symphony No. 5

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    30:27
  • 2:22 AM

    Dance of the Flowers

    Amy Beach

    The Solo Piano Music of Amy Beach, Vol. 1

    Joanne Polk, piano

    4:42
  • 2:17 AM

    Prelude on an Old Folk Tune

    Amy Beach

    Joanne Polk, piano

    4:36
  • 2:06 AM

    The Battle of Legnano: Overture

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    9:08
  • 2:01 AM

    Four Contredances

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

    Hans Graf, conductor

    4:34
  • 1:45 AM

    Scherzo fantastique

    Igor Stravinsky

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    12:59
  • 1:23 AM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Andrei Gavrilov, piano

    21:25
  • 1:18 AM

    Four Penitential Motets: Vinea mea electa (O, My Chosen Vineyard)

    Francis Poulenc

    POULENC, F.: Choral Music

    The Sixteen

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    3:26
  • 1:06 AM

    String Symphony No. 5

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn Complete String Symphonies Vol 1

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    10:33
  • 1:01 AM

    Symphony: Larghetto

    Joseph Martin Kraus

    Kraus: Complete Symphonies, Vol. 4

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Petter Sundkvist, conductor

    4:34
  • 12:39 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Alexander Glazunov

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    Nikolaj Znaider, violin

    19:46
  • 12:26 AM

    Serenade for Flute and Guitar

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Italian Serenade

    James Galway, flute

    11:38
  • 12:16 AM

    On Your Toes: Slaughter on Tenth Avenue

    Richard Rodgers

    On Stage

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    8:47
  • 12:14 AM

    For Lenny (Variation on New York, New York)

    Lukas Foss

    For Lenny

    Lara Downes, piano

    1:52
  • 12:05 AM

    Suite No. 1: Fuga con Pajarillo

    Aldemaro Romero

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    7:07
  • 11:56 PM

    Le Chant des oiseaux (The Song of the Birds)

    Clement Janequin

    2014-2015 MPR Class Notes Artists

    Mirandola Ensemble

    6:30
  • 11:42 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": Largo

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Piano Quintets In A, Op.5 & Op.81; Borodin: Quartet

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    11:33
  • 11:23 PM

    Alto Rhapsody

    Johannes Brahms

    Kathleen Ferrier Vol. 10

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Clemens Krauss, conductor

    Kathleen Ferrier, contralto

    16:05
  • 11:02 PM

    Piano Concerto for the Left Hand

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel

    Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra

    Lionel Bringuier, conductor

    Yuja Wang, piano

    17:26
  • 10:51 PM

    Grand Canyon Suite: On the Trail

    Ferde Grofe

    The American Album

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    8:00
  • 10:41 PM

    Sigurd Jorsalfar: Homage March

    Edvard Grieg

    Sibelius: Finlandia

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    8:52
  • 10:36 PM

    Rustle of Spring

    Christian Sinding

    Christian Sinding: Music For Piano

    Jerome Lowenthal, piano

    2:42
  • 10:30 PM

    Semiramide: Giorno d'orrore

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Semiramide

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    Joan Sutherland, soprano

    5:07
  • 10:18 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: 4th movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart & Brahms

    Pacifica String Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    8:54
  • 10:00 PM

    Suite Francaise

    Darius Milhaud

    US Air Force Band in Blue

    US Air Force Band in Blue

    Capt. Philip Chevallard, conductor

    14:30
  • 9:52 PM

    The Day is Done

    Stephen Paulus

    Splendid Jewel: Choral Music Of Stephen Paulus

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    5:45
  • 9:44 PM

    Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune (Moonlight)

    Claude Debussy

    Motherland

    Khatia Buniatishvili, piano

    5:33
  • 9:41 PM

    Children's Corner: The Snow is Dancing

    Claude Debussy

    Children's Corner - Debussy Orchestrations

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    2:34
  • 9:34 PM

    The Valkyrie: Ride of the Valkyries

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Highlights from "The Ring"

    New York Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    5:29
  • 9:28 PM

    Dirait-on (So They Say)

    Morten Lauridsen

    Morten Lauridsen: Mid-Winter Songs

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    5:01
  • 9:28 PM

    The Valkyrie: Ride of the Valkyries

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Highlights from "The Ring"

    New York Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    5:29
  • 9:09 PM

    Lincolnshire Posy

    Percy Grainger

    Lincolnshire Posy

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    17:16
  • 9:01 PM

    Liban

    Stanley Woolner

    Houston County

    Ivan Konev, piano

    5:08
  • 6:55 PM

    La serenite (Serenity)

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Melodies Sans Paroles

    Bart Schneemann, oboe

    3:20
  • 6:44 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 7

    Giovanni Paisiello

    Paisiello: Piano Concertos Vol. 2

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Stephanie Gonley, conductor

    Mariaclara Monetti, piano

    11:14
  • 6:26 PM

    Capriccio Italien

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphonies 1-4

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    16:27
  • 6:03 PM

    String Quartet No. 66

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: The Last 3 String Quartets

    L'Archibudelli

    21:31
  • 5:56 PM

    Festival March

    Antonin Dvorak

    Rochester Philharmonic

    David Zinman, conductor

    5:39
  • 5:46 PM

    Trio Sonata

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Musica Pacifica

    9:20
  • 5:15 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Violin Concertos; Sinfonia concertante

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    30:29
  • 5:10 PM

    Promenade (Walking the Dog)

    George Gershwin

    Concert Recording

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Gabriel Campos Zamora, clarinet

    3:32
  • 4:59 PM

    Old Polish Suite

    Andrei Panufnik

    Polish Chamber Orchestra

    Mariusz Smolij, conductor

    10:03
  • 4:55 PM

    Radetzky March

    Johann Strauss, Sr.

    Vienna Volksopera Orchestra

    Franz Bauer-Theussl, conductor

    3:16
  • 4:37 PM

    Concertino for Oboe and Strings

    Brenno Blauth

    Death of an Angel

    Camerata Bariloche

    Andres Spiller, oboe

    17:11
  • 4:33 PM

    American Series: Gato y Malambo (Two Argentinian Dances)

    Hector Ayala

    David Russell, guitar

    2:05
  • 4:10 PM

    Piano Concerto

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Piano Concertos, Etc

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Martha Argerich, piano

    22:08
  • 4:01 PM

    Symphony No. 7 "Pastoral": Allegro moderato

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Symphonies 4 And 7

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:26
  • 3:51 PM

    Sigurd Jorsalfar: Homage March

    Edvard Grieg

    Sibelius: Finlandia, Valse Triste; Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfar

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    8:46
  • 3:36 PM

    Concerto for 2 Orchestras No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    English Baroque Soloists

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    13:26
  • 3:03 PM

    Enigma Variations

    Edward Elgar

    Kansas City Symphony

    Michael Stern, conductor

    31:12
  • 2:59 PM

    Indian Queen: Trumpet Overture

    Henry Purcell

    Baroque Music for Trumpet

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    3:29
  • 2:54 PM

    Flute Quartet: 3rd movement

    Franz Schubert

    New Schubert Works for Flute and Strings

    Martinu Quartet

    Robert Stallman, flute

    3:00
  • 2:51 PM

    Beautiful Rosemary (Schon Rosmarin)

    Fritz Kreisler

    The Kreisler Album

    Joshua Bell, violin

    1:58
  • 2:35 PM

    Scherzo Capriccioso

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Overtures

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    14:31
  • 2:33 PM

    An Elizabethan Summer: Come Away, Sweet Love

    Stephen Chatman

    This Shining Night

    Choral Arts Ensemble

    Michael Culloton, conductor

    1:26
  • 2:26 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": 3rd movement

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphonies 1 & 2

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    5:53
  • 2:21 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 43: 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    4:29
  • 2:18 PM

    Michael Palin, vocal

    :00
  • 2:07 PM

    If I Were King: Overture

    Adolphe Adam

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    7:15
  • 2:04 PM

    Gayane: Sabre Dance

    Aram Khachaturian

    Dance!: The World's Favourite Ice-Skating Music

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yuri Temirkanov, conductor

    2:22
  • 1:53 PM

    Waltz for Debby

    Bill Evans

    Music of Bill Evans

    Kronos Quartet

    Eddie Gomez, bass

    5:43
  • 1:46 PM

    Nameday (Namensfeier) Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Overtures

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    6:43
  • 1:40 PM

    The Merrymakers

    Eric Coates

    The Music of Eric Coates

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    4:28
  • 1:34 PM

    String Quintet No. 3 in g: 3rd mvt

    Wolfgang Mozart

    Juilliard Quartet

    John Graham, violin

    4:44
  • 1:25 PM

    Serenade for Winds: Scherzo

    Julius Rontgen

    Viotta Ensemble

    6:40
  • 1:20 PM

    Cantata No. 208: Sheep May Safely Graze

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Greatest Classical Show On Earth

    Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

    Karl Munchinger, conductor

    4:28
  • 1:15 PM

    Emma: The Wedding/End Titles

    Rachel Portman

    Cinema's Classic Romances

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Alwyn, conductor

    4:18
  • 1:06 PM

    Rondo for Violin and Orchestra

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 4

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Cho-Liang Lin, violin

    7:02
  • 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
  • 12:55 PM

    Hora staccato

    Grigoras Dinicu

    Leonard Bernstein: The Encore Collection Vol. 2

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    2:09
  • 12:44 PM

    Concerto for Two Mandolins

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    10:04
  • 12:38 PM

    The Immovable Do

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger Edition Vol. 5: Works for Chorus & Orchestra 2

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:56
  • 12:33 PM

    New York Waltzes

    Lou Harrison

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:15
  • 12:29 PM

    Rodeo: Saturday Night Waltz

    Aaron Copland

    The Essence of America: Aaron Copland

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    4:28
  • 12:19 PM

    Images for Orchestra: Rondes de printemps (Spring Rounds)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images, etc.

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    8:20
  • 12:15 PM

    Dance Suite

    Pierre Attaingnant

    Le Jardin de Melodies

    King's Noyse

    3:06
  • 12:10 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 19

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Cimarosa: Keyboard Sonatas, Vol. 2

    Victor Sangiorgio, piano

    3:44
  • 12:04 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Bluebird pas de deux

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Stravinsky: Le Baiser de la Fee, etc.

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:30
  • 11:51 AM

    Corsair: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    7:42
  • 11:43 AM

    Scherzando No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn Ensemble Berlin

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    6:08
  • 11:31 AM

    The Butterfly's Ball

    Frederic Cowen

    Cowen: Symphony No. 3 "Scandinavian"

    Slovak State Phiharmonic, Kosice

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    11:49
  • 11:27 AM

    Gymnopedie No. 2

    Erik Satie

    Melodies

    Chen Yi, violin

    3:11
  • 11:21 AM

    Idomeneo: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Arias for Male Soprano

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    4:28
  • 11:16 AM

    Etude No. 3 "Tristesse"

    Frederic Chopin

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

    Boris Berezovsky, piano

    4:32
  • 11:06 AM

    Robert le Diable: Pas de cinq

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Meyerbeer: Ballet Music From The Operas / Nesterowicz

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    9:20
  • 11:01 AM

    Symphony No. 6: Largo-Allegro

    William Boyce

    Boyce: The Eight Symphonies / Boughton, English String Orch

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    4:38
  • 11:00 AM

    Corsair: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    7:42
  • 10:51 AM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    Overtures

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    7:39
  • 10:33 AM

    Wind Octet

    Franz Krommer

    Krommer: Octets for Wind Instruments

    Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble

    16:00
  • 10:19 AM

    Piano Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Andras Schiff, piano

    12:27
  • 10:06 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 4

    George Frideric Handel

    Concentus Musicus Vienna

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    12:38
  • 10:01 AM

    Trumpet Sinfonia "Il Barcheggio"

    Alessandro Stradella

    Italian Trumpet Concertos

    New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig

    Max Pommer, conductor

    Ludwig Guttler, trumpet

    4:45
  • 9:30 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Romantic"

    Howard Hanson

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    27:54
  • 9:06 AM

    String Quartet

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Orchestra of the Auvergne

    Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    22:20
  • 9:01 AM

    Contemplation

    Henriette Renie

    The Healing Harp

    Naoko Yoshino, harp

    4:33
  • 8:24 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2 "Characteristic"

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Suites Nos. 1-4

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    34:47
  • 8:19 AM

    Fantasia No. 6

    Orlando Gibbons

    Gibbons: Consorts for Viols

    Phantasm

    3:41
  • 8:06 AM

    Norwegian Rhapsody No. 2

    Johan Halvorsen

    Halvorsen: Norwegian Rhapsody, Norwegian Festival Overture, etc.

    Bergen Symphony Orchestra

    Karsten Andersen, conductor

    11:29
  • 8:01 AM

    All Dreams Begin With the Horizon: noble

    Christopher Theofanidis

    American Lyricism

    Christopher Atzinger, piano

    4:44
  • 7:45 AM

    Yoruban Songs of Cuba

    Hector Angulo

    Manuel Barrueco, guitar

    13:07
  • 7:33 AM

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    12:06
  • 7:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 6

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Early Quartets, Quintet, Op. 29

    Tokyo String Quartet

    24:29
  • 7:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 15

    Frederic Chopin

    Piano Dreams

    Tamas Vasary, piano

    4:43
  • 6:14 AM

    Symphonia Domestica

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Sinfonia Domestica

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    43:50
  • 6:06 AM

    Prayer and Cathedral Vision

    Hoagy Carmichael

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    6:20
  • 6:01 AM

    Sonata pian e forte

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    National Brass Ensemble

    4:44
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