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  • 4:44 AM

    Symphony: 1st movement

    Richard Wagner

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    13:52
  • 4:37 AM

    Nunc dimittis

    Arvo Part

    The Deer's Cry

    The Sixteen

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    6:36
  • 4:06 AM

    Concerto for a Festival

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Naples Philharmonic Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    David Russell, guitar

    29:40
  • 4:01 AM

    Nocturne

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Russian Masterpieces for Cello and Orchestra

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    4:51
  • 3:39 AM

    Holberg Suite

    Edvard Grieg

    Scandinavian String Music

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Richard Studt, conductor

    19:02
  • 3:14 AM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 2

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lukas Foss, conductor

    Jon Manasse, clarinet

    23:19
  • 3:06 AM

    Serenade No. 1

    Jean Sibelius

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    6:22
  • 3:01 AM

    Carmen Symphony: Gypsy Dance

    Jose Serebrier (after Bizet)

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:38
  • 2:49 AM

    Ebony Concerto

    Igor Stravinsky

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    9:29
  • 2:23 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 11 "Turkish"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: 2 Sonatas

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    23:58
  • 2:16 AM

    Aladdin Suite: March and Dance

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Symphony No. 2

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    6:22
  • 2:06 AM

    Julius Caesar Overture

    Robert Schumann

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    8:23
  • 2:01 AM

    Three Chinese Folk Songs

    Zhou Long

    Shanghai Quartet

    4:43
  • 1:51 AM

    Minuet Antique

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: The Orchestral Works

    New York Philharmonic

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    7:08
  • 1:31 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 2

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Etc

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Norbert Hauptmann, horn

    19:07
  • 1:13 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain"

    Alan Hovhaness

    Into the Light: Symphonic Expressions of the Spirit

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    16:04
  • 1:06 AM

    La Sylphide: Reel

    Herman Lovenskiold

    Lovenskiold: La Sylphide

    Royal Danish Philharmonic

    David Garforth, conductor

    4:20
  • 1:01 AM

    Grande Serenade: Finale

    Mauro Giuliani

    An Italian in Vienna: Duos by Mauro Giuliani

    Louise Schulman, viola

    4:56
  • 12:50 AM

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits

    Christoph Gluck

    Greatest Hits Of 1790

    Philharmonia Virtuosi

    Richard Kapp, conductor

    Hubert Laws, flute

    8:26
  • 12:15 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    Evgeny Kissin, piano

    33:21
  • 12:06 AM

    i thank You God for most this amazing day

    Eric Whitacre

    Light & Gold

    Eric Whitacre Singers

    Eric Whitacre, conductor

    6:49
  • 12:01 AM

    Trumpet Sonata a 7

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    John Wallace, trumpet

    4:43
  • 11:35 PM

    Sinfonietta

    Leos Janacek

    Janacek: Sinfonietta; Martinu: Symphony No. 6; Suk: Fantasticke Scherzo

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    23:13
  • 11:29 PM

    Sinfonietta

    Leos Janacek

    Janacek: Sinfonietta; Martinu: Symphony No. 6; Suk: Fantasticke Scherzo

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    23:13
  • 11:24 PM

    Caprice viennois (Viennese Caprice)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    Robert McDuffie, violin

    3:59
  • 11:07 PM

    Masques and Bergamasques

    Gabriel Faure

    French Impressions

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    Jean-Bernard Pommier, conductor

    15:34
  • 11:01 PM

    Nonetto: 1st movement

    Bohuslav Martinu

    Chamber Music Palm Beach

    4:47
  • 10:56 PM

    Sonata alla Scarlatti

    Germaine Tailleferre

    Alessandra Ziveri, harp

    3:08
  • 10:43 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Classical"

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Stravinsky: The Soldier's Tale, Shostakovich: Conc. #1, Prokofiev: Symphony

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    13:17
  • 10:36 PM

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    6:14
  • 10:29 PM

    Armida: Sinfonia

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    5:43
  • 10:19 PM

    Night on Bald Mountain

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    9:09
  • 10:04 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Kennedy Plays Bach with the Berlin Philharmonic

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Nigel Kennedy, violin

    14:00
  • 9:59 PM

    Der Erlkonig (The Elf King)

    Franz Schubert

    Valerie Tryon, piano

    4:36
  • 9:49 PM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos. 1-6

    Vienna State Opera Orchestra

    Anatole Fistoulari, conductor

    8:31
  • 9:31 PM

    Eine kleine Nachtmusik

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 40 & 41

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    17:12
  • 9:15 PM

    Five Bagatelles

    Gerald Finzi

    FINZI: Clarinet Concerto / Five Bagatelles / Three Soliloquies / Romance

    Northern Sinfonia

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    Robert Plane, clarinet

    14:32
  • 9:06 PM

    Symphony No. 2: Scherzo

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Symphonies No 1 & 2, Etc

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Jun'ichi Hirokami, conductor

    5:38
  • 8:58 PM

    Son and Stranger Overture (Die Heimkehr aus der Fremde)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Heimkehr aus dem Fremde

    Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Helmuth Rilling, conductor

    7:11
  • 8:43 PM

    Bartered Bride: Overture, Furiant and Skocna

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: Mein Vaterland

    Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Eliahu Inbal, conductor

    13:27
  • 8:39 PM

    A Hug For Pixinga

    Gaudencio Thiago de Mello

    Sounds of Brazil

    Quintet of the Americas

    Gaudencio Thiago de Mello, percussion

    3:28
  • 8:31 PM

    Florida Suite: By the River

    Frederick Delius

    Vaughan Williams and Delius

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    6:50
  • 8:06 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 16

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Andras Schiff, piano

    24:39
  • 8:00 PM

    Ballet Scenes: Polonaise

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: From the Middle Ages; Scenes de Ballet

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:10
  • 5:40 PM

    The Wise Virgins Ballet Suite

    William Walton

    WALTON, W.: Quest / The Wise Virgins

    English Northern Philharmonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    18:07
  • 5:23 PM

    Les Preludes

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Symphonic Poems

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    15:00
  • 5:15 PM

    Serenata No. 5

    James Oswald

    Chatham Baroque

    8:07
  • 5:06 PM

    Waltz-Scherzo

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1, Tchaikovsky: Serenade Melancolique, Valse Scherzo

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Midori, violin

    6:39
  • 5:01 PM

    German Dances

    William Brade

    English Brass Music of the 17th Century

    Brass Ensemble

    Ludwig Guttler, trumpet

    4:52
  • 4:46 PM

    Italian Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Lise de la Salle, piano

    12:03
  • 4:18 PM

    Symphony No. 8

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven For All: Symphonies 1-9

    West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    26:17
  • 4:06 PM

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:31
  • 4:01 PM

    Oboe Quintet: Canzonetta

    Theodore Dubois

    Trio Hochelaga

    Jean-Luc Plourde, viola

    Philippe Magnan, oboe

    4:40
  • 3:47 PM

    Norwegian Rhapsody

    Edouard Lalo

    Bizet, Lalo: Orchestral Works

    French National Radio and Television Orchestra

    Jean Martinon, conductor

    11:45
  • 3:27 PM

    Symphony No. 31 "Paris"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 31, 36 & 38

    London Mozart Players

    Jane Glover, conductor

    18:21
  • 3:16 PM

    Three Romances for Violin and Piano

    Clara Schumann

    Beach et al.: Works for Violin and Piano

    Tasmin Little, violin

    8:44
  • 3:06 PM

    Suite on Galician Songs: Morning Song

    Enrique Granados

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Pablo Gonzalez, conductor

    9:21
  • 3:01 PM

    Grand Duchess of Gerolstein: Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    Offenbach Music from the Operettas

    Gulbenkian Orchestra

    Michel Swierczewski, conductor

    4:33
  • 2:42 PM

    Children's Corner

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Engulfed Cathedral

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    16:37
  • 2:41 PM

    Children's Corner

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Engulfed Cathedral

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    16:37
  • 2:34 PM

    Flute Concerto: 3rd movement

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    C.P.E. Bach Concertos

    Lyra Baroque Orchestra

    Jacques Ogg, conductor

    Wilbert Hazelzet, flute

    5:39
  • 2:18 PM

    Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise

    Frederic Chopin

    Shura Cherkassky, piano

    15:14
  • 2:09 PM

    Four Seasons: Winter

    Antonio Vivaldi

    For Seasons

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, violin

    7:56
  • 2:01 PM

    Italian Serenade

    Hugo Wolf

    Emerson String Quartet

    7:06
  • 1:55 PM

    Lincoln: Selections

    Alan Menken

    Studio Orchestra

    8:00
  • 1:52 PM

    Danza Caracteristica

    Leo Brouwer

    William Kanengiser, guitar

    :00
  • 1:46 PM

    Candide: Overture

    Leonard Bernstein

    Bernstein: Candide Suite, etc.

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    4:30
  • 1:40 PM

    Convidando esta la noche

    Juan Garcia de Zespedes

    Celebremos el Nino: Christmas Delights from the Mexican Baroque

    Rose Ensemble

    4:11
  • 1:32 PM

    Bourree Fantasque

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Chabrier: Orchestral Works

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:43
  • 1:28 PM

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    2:51
  • 1:20 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    7:30
  • 1:16 PM

    Six Etudes in Canonic Form: Nicht zu schnell

    Robert Schumann

    Martha Argerich, piano

    Daniel Barenboim, piano

    2:24
  • 1:09 PM

    Koanga: La Calinda

    Frederick Delius

    Delius: Orchestral Works

    Halle Orchestra

    John Barbirolli, conductor

    4:32
  • 1:04 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 8

    Antonin Dvorak

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Kubelik, conductor

    4:03
  • 12:52 PM

    Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    6:00
  • 12:46 PM

    Quintet No. 2: 1st movement

    Jean Francaix

    Francaix: Chamber Music

    Mobius

    4:39
  • 12:41 PM

    The Prophet: Coronation March

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Classic Marches

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    3:41
  • 12:33 PM

    Symphony No. 1

    William Boyce

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Ronald Thomas, conductor

    7:17
  • 12:23 PM

    Giselle: Pas des vendanges

    Adolphe Adam

    Adam: Giselle

    Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    8:41
  • 12:15 PM

    The Love for Three Oranges: March

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Music for a Rainy Day

    Roland Pontinen, piano

    1:37
  • 12:15 PM

    Kentucky Rondo

    Otto Luening

    Louisville Orchestra

    Lawrence Leighton Smith, conductor

    4:55
  • 12:08 PM

    Presto No. 2

    Miguel del Aguila

    Camerata San Antonio

    4:54
  • 12:04 PM

    Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 45 & 94; Horn Concerto No. 1

    London Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Warren-Green, conductor

    3:44
  • 11:49 AM

    Der Zigeunerbaron (The Gypsy Baron): Overture

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    7:57
  • 11:46 AM

    The King's Hunting Jig

    John Bull

    Music for the Courts of Europe

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    2:02
  • 11:35 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 9 "Jeunehomme": 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart, Haydn: Jeunehomme

    The King's Violins

    Bernard Labadie, conductor

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    10:26
  • 11:30 AM

    Por Una Cabeza/La Cumparsita

    Carlos Gardel/Gerardo H. Matos Rodriguez

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    3:47
  • 11:17 AM

    Symphony: Scherzo

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Symphony No. 1, Offenbach: Gaite Parisienne

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    5:22
  • 11:14 AM

    Te Deum: Prelude

    Marc-Antoine Charpentier

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    1:36
  • 11:06 AM

    Three Short Pieces

    Jacques Ibert

    Reykjavik Wind Quintet

    6:51
  • 11:04 AM

    The British Grenadiers

    Traditional

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    1:47
  • 10:43 AM

    Karelia Suite

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Tone Poems & Incidental Music

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    15:42
  • 10:26 AM

    Three Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Early Chamber Music

    Nash Ensemble

    15:31
  • 10:16 AM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Potsdam Chamber Academy

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    Shalev Ad-El, harpsichord

    9:34
  • 10:13 AM

    The Earl of Essex Galiard

    John Dowland

    Viva Italia

    Queen's Chamber Band

    2:12
  • 10:10 AM

    Swan Lake: Dance of the Little Swans

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    1:31
  • 10:06 AM

    Gymnopedie No. 2

    Erik Satie

    Melancolie

    Miki Aoki, piano

    3:15
  • 10:01 AM

    Suite for Strings: Prelude

    Joan Trimble

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    4:46
  • 9:39 AM

    Three Botticelli Pictures

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Pines of Rome, etc.

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    18:58
  • 9:18 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 1

    Camille Saint-Saens

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Mstislav Rostropovich, conductor

    Han-Na Chang, cello

    19:20
  • 9:15 AM

    Bransle

    Tielman Susato

    Brass Surround

    Millar Brass Ensemble

    Stephen Squires, conductor

    1:49
  • 9:06 AM

    Snow Maiden Suite (selections)

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Great Orchestral Works

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    Roberta Alexander, soprano

    8:16
  • 9:01 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Pastoral": Finale

    Francois-Joseph Gossec

    Le Mozart Noir

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    4:38
  • 8:33 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 6

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    24:49
  • 8:21 AM

    Cienfuegos Concerto: Song to the Night

    Lorenzo Palomo

    Seville Royal Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, conductor

    12:00
  • 8:06 AM

    Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsummer Vigil"

    Hugo Alfven

    Sibelius: Finlandia, Valse Triste; Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfar

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    13:13
  • 8:01 AM

    Sketchbook of a Journey: Night at Sea with Stars

    Anthony Sidney

    Miguel Bonachea, guitar

    Gretchen Chell Cover, harp

    4:24
  • 7:45 AM

    Concerto for Saxophone

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Complete Concertos

    Russian National Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    Marc Chisson, saxophone

    13:10
  • 7:34 AM

    Toccata

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Toccatas

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    10:53
  • 7:15 AM

    Wood Notes

    William Grant Still

    Still: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3; Wood Notes

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    16:27
  • 7:06 AM

    Serenade for Winds

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Music for Wind Ensemble

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    8:52
  • 7:01 AM

    Night Song

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Miniatures

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    4:43
  • 6:31 AM

    String Quartet No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: String Quartets Op. 18

    Jerusalem Quartet

    27:12
  • 6:27 AM

    Red Dragonfly

    Kosaku Yamada

    Japanese Melodies

    Paillard Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Francois Paillard, conductor

    3:20
  • 6:06 AM

    Suite on Russian Themes

    Max Bruch

    Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Werner Andreas Albert, conductor

    19:11
  • 6:01 AM

    A Moorside Suite: March

    Gustav Holst

    Music for Brass and Percussion

    London Brass

    David Honeyball, conductor

    4:41
  • 5:29 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Browning/Leinsdorf: Ravel, Prokofiev, Kodaly

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Erich Leinsdorf, conductor

    John Browning, piano

    28:50
  • 5:16 AM

    Suite in the Old Style

    Christian Sinding

    Norwegian Violin Favourites

    Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    Henning Kraggerud, violin

    12:47
  • 5:06 AM

    Summer Pastorale

    Arthur Honegger

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    8:09
  • 5:01 AM

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers Awake)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Inspirations

    Thibaut Garcia, guitar

    4:43
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