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  • 5:34 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 4

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Complete Piano Concertos

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    24:33
  • 5:30 AM

    By the Waters of Babylon (Super Flumina Babylonis)

    Giovanni Palestrina

    Palestrina Volume 6

    The Sixteen

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    3:16
  • 5:06 AM

    Symphony No. 7

    Jean Sibelius

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    22:17
  • 5:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 1: 3rd movement

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Villa-Lobos String Quartets, Vol. 1

    Cuarteto Latinoamericano

    4:51
  • 4:50 AM

    Quiet City

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: The Music Of America 

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    Philip Collins, trumpet

    8:34
  • 4:22 AM

    Symphony No. 40

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies 40 & 41

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Georg Solti, conductor

    25:59
  • 4:06 AM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Edward Elgar

    And the Bridge is Love: English Music for Strings

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Julian Lloyd Webber, conductor

    13:55
  • 4:01 AM

    Grande Serenade: Finale

    Mauro Giuliani

    An Italian in Vienna: Duos by Mauro Giuliani

    Louise Schulman, viola

    4:56
  • 3:52 AM

    Prelude No. 15 "Raindrop"

    Frederic Chopin

    Mieczyslaw Horszowski, piano

    5:39
  • 3:16 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann (arr. Mahler): Symphonies 2 & 4

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    34:39
  • 3:09 AM

    The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    From Russia with Harp

    Sasha Boldachev, harp

    4:55
  • 3:06 AM

    The Waltzing Cat

    Leroy Anderson

    Symphony Orchestra (un-named)

    Richard Hayman, conductor

    2:58
  • 3:01 AM

    Symphony: 2nd movement

    Johann Vanhal

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    Celia Nicklin, oboe

    4:48
  • 2:36 AM

    Clarinet Sonata No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    BRAHMS: Clarinet Sonatas Nos. 1 and 2 / Clarinet Trio

    Martin Frost, clarinet

    21:51
  • 2:12 AM

    Pines of Rome

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Pini di Roma, Fontane di Roma, etc.

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    22:26
  • 2:06 AM

    Sonata No. 25

    Niccolo Paganini

    Dale Kavanagh, guitar

    4:26
  • 2:01 AM

    Madame Bovary: Waltz

    Miklos Rozsa

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Alwyn, conductor

    4:44
  • 1:50 AM

    In the Steppes of Central Asia

    Alexander Borodin

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Loris Tjeknavorian, conductor

    8:00
  • 1:25 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 12

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas

    Fazil Say, piano

    22:55
  • 1:16 AM

    Six Studies in English Folk Song

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Doris Lederer, viola

    Jude Mollenhauer, harp

    8:34
  • 1:06 AM

    Orpheus in the Underworld: Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    Offenbach Romantique

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    8:40
  • 1:01 AM

    The Grumpy Old Bear

    Julius Fucik

    The Moldau

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    Alan Pendlebury, bassoon

    4:36
  • 12:52 AM

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:42
  • 12:33 AM

    La Mer (The Sea)

    Claude Debussy

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    23:40
  • 12:27 AM

    La perra mora (The Moorish Dog)

    Anonymous

    Diminuito

    Rolf Lislevand & Ensemble

    4:27
  • 12:12 AM

    Carmen Fantasy

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Violin for Anne Rice

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Leila Josefowicz, violin

    13:54
  • 12:04 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Alessio Bax Plays Beethoven

    Alessio Bax, piano

    7:01
  • 11:25 PM

    Piano Quintet "Trout"

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Trout Quintet/Quartet in A minor

    Cleveland Quartet

    John O'Conor, piano

    37:06
  • 11:19 PM

    Plan and Elevation: The Ellipse

    Caroline Shaw

    Attacca Quartet

    3:59
  • 11:10 PM

    Scottish Fantasy: Finale

    Max Bruch

    Scottish Fantasy

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Joshua Bell, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    8:32
  • 11:04 PM

    Let it Be

    John Lennon/Paul McCartney

    Bach Meets the Beatles

    John Bayless, piano

    4:15
  • 10:51 PM

    French Suite No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Glenn Gould, piano

    11:15
  • 10:42 PM

    Children's Corner: The Snow is Dancing

    Claude Debussy

    Stephen Hough, piano

    2:40
  • 10:33 PM

    Die Meistersinger von Nurmberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg): Dance; Finale

    Richard Wagner

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    6:17
  • 10:28 PM

    The Red Poppy: Russian Sailor's Dance

    Reinhold Gliere

    Greatest Hits: The Ballet, Vol. II

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    3:24
  • 10:23 PM

    The Snowman: Walking in the Air

    Howard Blake

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 1

    Copper Street Brass Quintet

    3:52
  • 10:12 PM

    Four Seasons: Winter

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Il Cimento Dell'Armonia e Dell'Inventione

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    Fabio Biondi, violin

    7:44
  • 10:00 PM

    Marche Slave

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    10:27
  • 9:54 PM

    L'Enfance du Christ: Shepherd's Farewell

    Hector Berlioz

    Choral Masterpieces

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    3:26
  • 9:45 PM

    Highland Cathedral

    Michael Korb/Uli Roewer

    Musica Variata

    Musica Variata

    7:49
  • 9:36 PM

    October

    Eric Whitacre

    Passions

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    7:28
  • 9:30 PM

    Radetzky March

    Johann StraussSr.

    The Greatest Classical Show On Earth

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    2:55
  • 9:18 PM

    Piano Trio No. 5 "Ghost": 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ives, Part, Beethoven

    Bakken Trio

    10:26
  • 9:09 PM

    Amahl and the Night Visitors: Dance Suite

    Gian Carlo Menotti

    Barber: Souvenirs; Menotti: Sebastian, Amahl and the Night Visitors

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Schenck, conductor

    6:04
  • 9:00 PM

    Christmas Oratorio: Jauchzet, frohlocket

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Christmas Oratorio

    Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

    Helmuth Rilling, conductor

    7:24
  • 6:32 PM

    Concerto in Galant Style

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Concertos and Orchestral Works

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    Robert Cohen, cello

    25:46
  • 6:12 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 31

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven - Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no.4.

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    18:55
  • 6:06 PM

    Legend No. 2

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends, Symphony No. 8

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:17
  • 6:01 PM

    Sinfonia in Classic Mode: Minuet

    Joseph Marx

    Marx: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

    Bochum Symphony Orchestra

    Steven Sloane, conductor

    4:42
  • 5:42 PM

    Faust Ballet Music

    Charles Gounod

    Gounod: Faust

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    16:23
  • 5:25 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Wynton Marsalis - The London Concert - Haydn, Hummel, Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    14:32
  • 5:19 PM

    Andromaque: Prelude to Act IV

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    4:52
  • 5:06 PM

    Inventions (Hommage a Bach)

    Alexandre Tansman

    Bach Inspirations

    Thibaut Garcia, guitar

    12:16
  • 5:01 PM

    Aleko: Men's Dance

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

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

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    4:49
  • 4:51 PM

    Waltz-Scherzo

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Russian National Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    7:43
  • 4:23 PM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Hans Vonk, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    26:45
  • 4:14 PM

    Zampa Overture

    Ferdinand Herold

    William Tell and Other Favorite Overtures

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    8:14
  • 4:06 PM

    Novelette "In Spanish Style"

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Five Novelettes; String Quartet No. 5

    Saint Petersburg String Quartet

    6:42
  • 4:01 PM

    The Merrymakers

    Eric Coates

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    4:34
  • 3:51 PM

    Berenice: Overture, Minuet and Gigue

    George Frideric Handel

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    7:11
  • 3:46 PM

    The Elf's Hill: Overture

    Friedrich Kuhlau

    Kuhlau: Overtures

    Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Schonwandt, conductor

    11:13
  • 3:31 PM

    Keyboard Suite No. 9

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Keyboard Suites II

    Sviatoslav Richter, piano

    13:46
  • 3:03 PM

    Dances of Galanta

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Hungarian State Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    17:09
  • 2:59 PM

    Te Deum: Prelude

    Marc-Antoine Charpentier

    Empire Brass

    William Kuhlman, organ

    2:24
  • 2:47 PM

    William Tell: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    10:57
  • 2:37 PM

    Symphony: 1st movement

    Alice Mary Smith

    London Mozart Players

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    7:41
  • 2:26 PM

    El Salon Mexico

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man and Other Favorites

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    10:22
  • 2:22 PM

    String Quartet No. 6: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The String Quartets

    Emerson String Quartet

    2:58
  • 2:18 PM

    The Gumsuckers March

    Percy Grainger

    Michigan State University Band

    Keith Brion, conductor

    3:46
  • 2:10 PM

    Waltz No. 8

    Frederic Chopin

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    4:00
  • 2:04 PM

    Prince Igor: Polovtsian March

    Alexander Borodin

    White Nights: Romantic Russian Showpieces

    Kirov Orchestra

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    5:25
  • 1:49 PM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

    Franz Liszt

    International Salute

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    9:43
  • 1:44 PM

    Serenade for Strings: 5th movement

    Ernst von Dohnanyi

    Dohnanyi: String Quartet, Serenade, and Sextet

    Nash Ensemble

    4:01
  • 1:36 PM

    Land of Hope and Glory

    Edward Elgar

    Dies Irae: The Essential Choral Collection

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    5:53
  • 1:31 PM

    L'Amico Fritz: Preludietto

    Pietro Mascagni

    Italian Overtures

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    3:41
  • 1:28 PM

    A La Mu Han (Chinese Folk Song)

    Wang Luobin

    40 Degrees North

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    2:44
  • 1:22 PM

    Symphony No. 38 "Echo": 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: The Sturm Und Drang Symphonies Vol 1

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    5:24
  • 1:15 PM

    Rapsodia Cubana

    Isaac Albeniz

    Boston Cello Quartet

    5:49
  • 1:09 PM

    Hungarian Dances: Selected

    Johannes Brahms

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    Andras Keller, violin

    Kalman Balogh, cimbalom

    4:35
  • 1:06 PM

    Dolly Suite: Mi-a-ou

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Pelleas Et Melisande, Dolly Suite, Etc

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    2:18
  • 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
  • 12:53 PM

    Romeo and Juliet: Capulets and Montagues

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet - Suites 1 - 3 (complete)

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    5:18
  • 12:43 PM

    String Quartet No. 14 "Death and the Maiden": Presto

    Franz Schubert

    Death and the Maiden

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    8:48
  • 12:37 PM

    Mlada: Procession of the Nobles

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Pops a la Russe

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:25
  • 12:33 PM

    American Suite: 5th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 in E minor; American Suite

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    3:19
  • 12:26 PM

    The American Seasons: Fall

    Mark O'Connor

    The American Seasons

    Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra

    Scott Yoo, conductor

    Mark O'Connor, violin

    5:49
  • 12:18 PM

    Straussiana

    Erich Korngold

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Kazuki Yamada, conductor

    7:14
  • 12:14 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2: 3rd movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Rolf Smedvig: Virtuoso

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jahja Ling, conductor

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    2:50
  • 12:07 PM

    Symphony "The Cotswolds": 4th movement

    Gustav Holst

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    6:16
  • 12:04 PM

    Prelude No. 1

    George Gershwin

    Shanghai Quartet

    Jon Manasse, clarinet

    1:42
  • 11:43 AM

    Ma vlast (My Country): Vysehrad

    Bedrich Smetana

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    15:48
  • 11:35 AM

    Fidelio Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Complete Overtures

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    6:29
  • 11:28 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Johann Fasch

    Fasch: Concertos and Overtures

    Budapest Strings

    Reinhold Friedrich, trumpet

    6:31
  • 11:21 AM

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Bela Bartok

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    6:14
  • 11:17 AM

    Cinema Paradiso: Love Theme

    Ennio Morricone

    Morricone 60

    Czech National Symphony Orchestra

    Ennio Morricone, conductor

    3:30
  • 11:09 AM

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    6:53
  • 11:06 AM

    Waltz No. 6 "Minute"

    Frederic Chopin

    Aleck Karis, piano

    1:47
  • 11:01 AM

    Rondo Amoroso

    Harald Saeverud

    Norwegian Composers Now - For Tomorrow: Harald Saeverud

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Per Dreier, conductor

    4:36
  • 10:43 AM

    Fantastic Scherzo

    Josef Suk

    Suk: Fairy Tale / Fantasy in G Minor / Fantasticke scherzo

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    14:51
  • 10:22 AM

    Bulgarian National Radio Orchestra

    Rossen Milanov, conductor

    Elizabeth Hainen, harp

    20:19
  • 10:17 AM

    String Quartet No. 1: 2nd movement

    Nancy Dalberg

    Dalberg: The String Quartets

    Nordic String Quartet

    2:46
  • 10:06 AM

    Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    10:35
  • 10:01 AM

    Lord Lovat's Lament

    David Fraser

    English Symphony Orchetra

    Donald Fraser, conductor

    4:23
  • 9:15 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Yefim Bronfman, piano

    43:02
  • 9:12 AM

    Miss Sally's Party: Introduction

    William Grant Still

    Witness, Vol. 2: The Music of William Grant Still

    Plymouth Music Series Orchestra

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    2:06
  • 9:06 AM

    Flute Quintet: Finale

    Franz Schubert

    New Schubert Works for Flute and Strings

    Martinu Quartet

    Robert Stallman, flute

    4:53
  • 9:01 AM

    The Queen's Delight; Half hanniken

    Anonymous

    King's Noyse

    4:34
  • 8:24 AM

    Symphony No. 45 "Farewell"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Symphonies 31"Hornsignal" & 45 "Farewell"

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    34:15
  • 8:19 AM

    Ashokan Farewell

    Jay Ungar

    Stillpoint

    Adagio Trio

    5:11
  • 8:12 AM

    Requiem: Pie Jesu

    Andrew Lloyd Webber

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    Julian Lloyd Webber, cello

    5:18
  • 8:06 AM

    Concert Etude No. 2

    Agathe Grondahl

    Geir Henning Braaten, piano

    5:04
  • 8:01 AM

    The Jester at the Wedding: Caprice

    Eric Coates

    Eric Coates: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Wilson, conductor

    4:41
  • 7:33 AM

    Catfish Row

    George Gershwin

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    25:21
  • 7:28 AM

    Pelleas and Melisande: Sicilienne

    Gabriel Faure

    Romances for Saxophone

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Branford Marsalis, saxophone

    3:34
  • 7:06 AM

    English Suite No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    20:50
  • 7:01 AM

    Valse Triste

    Jean Sibelius

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    4:37
  • 6:29 AM

    Sinfonia for Strings

    Kurt Atterberg

    ATTERBERG: Sinfonia for Strings

    Camerata Nordica

    Ulf Wallin, conductor

    29:03
  • 6:26 AM

    Suite dramatique: Dance in the moonlight

    Lou Koster

    Koster: Orchestral Music

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    2:20
  • 6:06 AM

    Terzetto

    Antonin Dvorak

    Music@Menlo 2008: The Unfolding Of Music Ii, Vol. 3

    Arnaud Sussmann, violin

    17:51
  • 6:01 AM

    Intermezzo No. 2

    Vasily Kalinnikov

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:22
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