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  • 4:45 AM

    Everything Lasts Forever

    Michael Kurth

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    13:22
  • 4:29 AM

    Four Proverbs

    Michael Torke

    Argo Band

    Michael Torke, conductor

    Catherine Bott, vocals

    14:49
  • 4:21 AM

    On Being Wrong

    Christopher Cerrone

    Ashley Bathgate, cello

    6:44
  • 4:06 AM

    First Sorrow

    Gerald Barry

    Barry Meets Beethoven

    Crash Ensemble

    13:14
  • 4:01 AM

    For Alina

    Arvo Part

    Khatia Buniatishvili, piano

    4:51
  • 3:46 AM

    Becoming Another

    Huang Ruo

    Into the Vast World

    Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra

    Liang Zhang, conductor

    12:08
  • 3:43 AM

    Eight Memories in Watercolor: Floating Clouds

    Tan Dun

    Beijing Guitar Duo

    1:45
  • 3:19 AM

    String Quartet No. 3 "Glitter, Doom, Shards, Memory"

    Shulamit Ran

    Pacifica Quartet

    22:47
  • 3:06 AM

    In Teaching Others We Teach Ourselves

    Judd Greenstein

    Nadia Sirota, viola

    9:58
  • 3:01 AM

    Tiento de batalla

    Alejandro Roman

    Eunmi Ko, piano

    4:53
  • 2:40 AM

    Ballad Without Words

    Kurt Atterberg

    Atterberg: Symphony No. 6, etc.

    Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra

    Jun'ichi Hirokami, conductor

    18:31
  • 2:19 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain"

    Alan Hovhaness

    Hovhaness, Prokofiev, Stravinsky

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    19:05
  • 2:12 AM

    Dracula: Night Journeys

    John Williams

    Across the Stars

    Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles

    John Williams, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    5:30
  • 2:06 AM

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers Awake)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Christmas Around The World

    Burning River Brass

    5:28
  • 2:01 AM

    Forgotten Fairy Tales: Selections

    Edward MacDowell

    James Barbagallo, piano

    4:51
  • 1:45 AM

    Little Concerto

    Carl Orff

    Mainz Wind Ensemble

    Klaus Rainer Scholl, conductor

    13:01
  • 1:21 AM

    Czech Suite

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Czech Suite; Legends

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    22:38
  • 1:16 AM

    Downton Abbey: Gleam and Sparkle

    John Lunn

    Downton Abbey Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Chamber Orchestra of London

    Alastair King, conductor

    2:48
  • 1:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 12 "Quartettsatz"

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: String Quartets

    Belcea Quartet

    9:26
  • 1:01 AM

    Sarabanda

    Nino Rota

    Elisabeth Plank, harp

    4:51
  • 12:53 AM

    Waltz No. 1 "Grand Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Essential Ballet

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    5:40
  • 12:25 AM

    Piano Trio

    Maurice Ravel

    Maps and Legends

    Alessio Bax, piano

    26:38
  • 12:19 AM

    Romeo and Juliet: The Young Juliet

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    4:03
  • 12:06 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Introduction and Allegro, etc; Vaughan Williams

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    12:17
  • 12:01 AM

    German Dances

    William Brade

    English Brass Music of the 17th Century

    Brass Ensemble

    Ludwig Guttler, trumpet

    4:52
  • 11:39 PM

    Guitar Concerto No. 1

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Miguel Gomez Martinez, conductor

    Eduardo Fernandez, guitar

    19:49
  • 11:28 PM

    Moravian Dances

    Leos Janacek

    Janacek: Taras Bulba, Lachian Dances / Wit, Warsaw

    Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antoni Wit, conductor

    8:57
  • 11:21 PM

    Concerto for Two Flutes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    William Bennett, flute

    Lenore Smith, flute

    6:42
  • 11:11 PM

    Symphony: Finale

    Edvard Grieg

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:38
  • 11:06 PM

    Paganini Etude No. 3 "La Campanella"

    Franz Liszt

    Yundi Li: Liszt

    Yundi Li, piano

    4:39
  • 11:01 PM

    Grand Duchess of Gerolstein: Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    Offenbach Music from the Operettas

    Gulbenkian Orchestra

    Michel Swierczewski, conductor

    4:33
  • 10:40 PM

    12 German Dances for Orchestra

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: 11 Modlinger Dances; 12 German Dances; 12 Minuets

    Capella Istropolitana

    Oliver Dohnanyi, conductor

    18:42
  • 10:28 PM

    Intuition's Dance

    Mark Abel

    Mark Abel: The Cave of Wondrous Voice

    David Shifrin, clarinet

    9:48
  • 10:13 PM

    Potpourri on Themes of Mozart

    Louis Spohr

    Spohr: String Sextet, etc.

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    13:32
  • 10:06 PM

    Eugene Onegin: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Ballets Russes

    France Radio Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    6:01
  • 9:56 PM

    Carmen: March of the Toreadors

    Georges Bizet

    Mad About the Classics

    Orchestre de la Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    2:07
  • 9:49 PM

    Piano Trio No. 1: 4th movement

    Elfrida Andree

    Andree: Piano Trios - Piano Quartet in A minor

    Trio Nordica

    5:59
  • 9:39 PM

    Oberon Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Romantic Overtures

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Otto Klemperer, conductor

    9:33
  • 9:29 PM

    Symphony No. 4: 2nd movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    9:29
  • 9:11 PM

    Sonata No. 6

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    (Selected members), conductor

    16:03
  • 9:06 PM

    El Amor Brujo: Ritual Fire Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Sabre Dance

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Sergiu Comissiona, conductor

    4:11
  • 9:03 PM

    Serenade No. 2: Scherzo: Vivace

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    2:44
  • 8:44 PM

    Polonaise-Fantasie

    Frederic Chopin

    Ingolf Wunder, piano

    13:42
  • 8:23 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Irena Grafenauer, flute

    20:17
  • 8:17 PM

    Cavatina: Preludio

    Alexandre Tansman

    Dimitri Illarionov, guitar

    3:06
  • 8:06 PM

    From Italy (Aus Italien): In Rome's Ruins

    Richard Strauss

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    11:01
  • 8:01 PM

    Caprice viennois (Viennese Caprice)

    Fritz Kreisler

    The Kreisler Album

    Joshua Bell, violin

    4:35
  • 7:42 PM

    Lincolnshire Posy

    Percy Grainger

    Shepherd's Hey

    London Wind Orchestra

    Denis Wick, conductor

    16:01
  • 5:49 PM

    Gloriana: Courtly Dances

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten 'The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra'

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    9:56
  • 5:18 PM

    Symphony No. 103 "Drum Roll"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    30:16
  • 5:11 PM

    String Quartet No. 5: 2nd movement

    Alexander Glazunov

    Saint Petersburg String Quartet

    4:18
  • 5:06 PM

    Cinderella Waltz

    Richard Rodgers

    Rodgers & Hammerstein: Songbook for Orchestra

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:58
  • 5:01 PM

    Petite Suite: Caprice

    Joseph Lauber

    Joseph Lauber, 1864-1952

    Rachel Talitman, harp

    4:53
  • 4:44 PM

    Ramuntcho Suite No. 2

    Gabriel Pierne

    Pierne: Orchestral Works

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    14:36
  • 4:15 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    26:55
  • 4:10 PM

    Seven Popular Spanish Songs: Jota

    Manuel de Falla

    Iberiana

    Claremont Duo

    2:56
  • 4:06 PM

    The Stone Host Suite: Spanish Dance

    Myroslav Skoryk

    Odessa Philharmonic Orchestra

    Hobart Earle, conductor

    4:02
  • 4:01 PM

    Koanga: La Calinda

    Frederick Delius

    Delius: Orchestral Works

    Halle Orchestra

    John Barbirolli, conductor

    4:32
  • 3:47 PM

    Ma vlast (My Country): Vltava (The Moldau)

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: Ma Vlast

    Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

    Zdenek Macal, conductor

    11:44
  • 3:25 PM

    String Quartet

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Felix & Fanny

    Ebene Quartet

    20:21
  • 3:16 PM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    German Overtures

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    8:39
  • 3:06 PM

    Suite of Scottish Dances

    William Alwyn

    Alwyn: Orchestral Music

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    7:17
  • 3:01 PM

    Overture "Water Music": Menuet; Gigue; Canarie

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    4:34
  • 2:52 PM

    King Stephen: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    6:45
  • 2:51 PM

    King Stephen: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    6:45
  • 2:38 PM

    Piano Sonata: Rondo-Allegretto

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Works for Solo Piano, Vol. 2

    Barry Douglas, piano

    12:12
  • 2:17 PM

    An American in Paris

    George Gershwin

    Music of the Americas

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Andres Orozco-Estrada, conductor

    19:51
  • 2:05 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Six Brandenburg Concertos

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    10:38
  • 1:59 PM

    Ave Maria

    Charles Gounod

    Christmas Favorites

    Rachel Van Voorhees, harp

    3:44
  • 1:49 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Israel Sinfonietta

    Uri Mayer, conductor

    David Jolley, horn

    8:44
  • 1:39 PM

    Guitar Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi, Giuliani, Rodrigo

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    John Williams, guitar

    8:38
  • 1:30 PM

    String Quartet: 1st movement

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss, Verdi, Puccini: String Quartets

    Enso String Quartet

    8:18
  • 1:25 PM

    Dance of the Shepherd Girl

    Hugo Alfven

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    3:54
  • 1:19 PM

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    4:42
  • 1:08 PM

    Piano Quintet: Finale

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak and Brahms: Piano Quintets, Concertante

    Concertante

    Jeremy Denk, piano

    7:26
  • 1:04 PM

    Lieutenant Kije: Troika

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije Suite, Symphony No. 5

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    2:43
  • 12:48 PM

    Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1

    Georges Enescu

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    11:30
  • 12:43 PM

    John's Book of Alleged Dances: Rag the Bone

    John Adams

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    3:02
  • 12:33 PM

    Invitation to the Dance

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    8:49
  • 12:26 PM

    Danse (Tarantelle styrienne)

    Claude Debussy

    Pictures at an Exhibition

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    5:38
  • 12:20 PM

    Clarinet Trio: Taking Flight

    Mark Abel

    Mark Abel: The Cave of Wondrous Voice

    David Shifrin, clarinet

    5:57
  • 12:12 PM

    Three Spring Miniatures: Gossamer

    William S Lloyd Webber

    Lloyd Webber: Invocation

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    1:35
  • 12:09 PM

    Rise up, my love

    Healey Willan

    Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    1:43
  • 12:04 PM

    Il Signor Bruschino: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Favorite Overtures

    Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Gianluigi Gelmetti, conductor

    4:16
  • 11:53 AM

    Karelia Suite: Alla Marcia

    Jean Sibelius

    Finlandia 3 - Finnish Music

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    4:28
  • 11:46 AM

    Pavane

    Gabriel Faure

    Pavane

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    6:12
  • 11:39 AM

    Oboe d'Amore Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Strauss, Bach, Marcello: Oboe Concertos

    Academy of London

    Richard Stamp, conductor

    Ray Still, oboe

    4:48
  • 11:32 AM

    An 18th Century Scherzo

    Haydn Wood

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    6:36
  • 11:25 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: Scherzo

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: The 5 Piano Concertos

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    Philippe Entremont, piano

    5:27
  • 11:20 AM

    Rodeo: Saturday Night Waltz

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Appalachian Spring, Rodeo, Billy The Kid, Fanfare For The Common Man

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    4:08
  • 11:14 AM

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

    Antonin Dvorak

    Smetana, Dvorak: String Quartets

    Guarneri Quartet

    5:12
  • 11:09 AM

    Canzon in Double Echo

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    National Brass Ensemble: Gabrieli

    National Brass Ensemble

    4:19
  • 11:04 AM

    Symphony: 3rd movement

    Alice Mary Smith

    Smith, A.M.: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    4:06
  • 10:39 AM

    Mozartiana

    Cyprien Katsaris

    Mozartiana: Piano Transcriptions

    Cyprien Katsaris, piano

    11:53
  • 10:31 AM

    Sinfonia Concertante: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Pinchas Zukerman: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon and Philips

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    6:29
  • 10:25 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Elfrida Andree

    Stockholm Symphony Orchestra

    Gustaf Sjokvist, conductor

    5:28
  • 10:21 AM

    Go Tell It on the Mountain

    Spiritual

    This Christmas with Imani Winds

    Imani Winds

    3:01
  • 10:17 AM

    Promenade (Walking the Dog)

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin: An American in Paris/Others

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    3:18
  • 10:09 AM

    Theme and Variations

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Capriccios

    Capriccio Quartet

    6:06
  • 10:06 AM

    Wiegenlied (Lullaby)

    Johannes Brahms

    Melody's Mostly Musical Day

    Jenny Lin, piano

    2:53
  • 10:01 AM

    Dance of the Bajader

    Johan Halvorsen

    Halvorsen, J.: Kongen / Vasantasena / Tordenskjold

    Latvian National Symphony Orchestra

    Terje Mikkelsen, conductor

    4:25
  • 9:46 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Lennox Berkeley

    BBC Welsh National Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    12:48
  • 9:29 AM

    Harvest Dance Suite

    Ilmari Hannikainen

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    14:34
  • 9:09 AM

    Variations on a Rococo Theme

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Ofra Harnoy, cello

    18:36
  • 9:06 AM

    The Little Island

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Earl Wild, piano

    2:07
  • 9:01 AM

    Sonatina: 2nd movement

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    Serenade to the Dawn

    Andrea Lieberknecht, flute

    4:32
  • 8:41 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Sunday Symphony"

    William Grant Still

    Still: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3; Wood Notes

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    17:48
  • 8:33 AM

    Kiki-Mora

    Anatol Liadov

    The Enchanted Kingdom

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    7:07
  • 8:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: String Quartets, Opus 18 (Complete)

    Miro Quartet

    24:58
  • 8:01 AM

    Sarabande with variations

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Susato, Moritz von Hessen, Bach, Franke, Sammartini, Mendelssohn, Ewald

    Ludwig Guttler Brass Ensemble

    Ludwig Guttler, conductor

    4:35
  • 7:46 AM

    Ritual and Incantations

    Hale Smith

    African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. II

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    12:46
  • 7:29 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Tragic": Andante

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler: Symphony No. 6 "Tragic"

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    15:57
  • 7:06 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Violin Sonatas

    Pamela Frank, violin

    21:04
  • 7:01 AM

    Minuets with Contredances

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

    Hans Graf, conductor

    4:40
  • 6:11 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Winter Dreams"

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    47:03
  • 6:06 AM

    Basque Folk Song

    Clarence Cameron White

    Marcus Eley, clarinet

    2:33
  • 6:01 AM

    The Wind (El Viento)

    Mario Armengol

    Jardin Des Paons

    Isabelle Perrin, harp

    4:28
  • 5:28 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Antonin Dvorak

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Uto Ughi, violin

    29:59
  • 5:22 AM

    Inspiration Waltzes

    Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    6:05
  • 5:06 AM

    Sonatina No. 1 "From an Invalid's Workshop": 3rd movement

    Richard Strauss

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    13:36
  • 5:01 AM

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    4:28
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