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  • 4:30 AM

    Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye): Ballet

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Bolero

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    28:09
  • 4:26 AM

    Memories of the Alhambra

    Francisco Tarrega

    Into the Light

    Kaori Muraji, guitar

    4:09
  • 4:06 AM

    Flute Concerto

    Louis Gianella

    Italian Flute Concertos

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    17:46
  • 4:01 AM

    Elegy, to Calvin Simmons

    Lou Harrison

    California Symphony

    Barry Jekowsky, conductor

    4:43
  • 3:53 AM

    Quintet for Glass and Strings: Brisk

    Garry Eister

    Cristal: Glass Music Through The Ages

    Emerson String Quartet

    Dennis James, Armonica

    4:53
  • 3:13 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 4

    Paris Orchestra

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    Lang Lang, piano

    38:43
  • 3:08 AM

    Antes que comais a Dios

    Francisco Guerrero

    New York Polyphony

    2:21
  • 3:06 AM

    Toccata

    Pietro Paradisi

    Virtuose Harfenmusik

    Jutta Zoff, harp

    2:15
  • 3:01 AM

    Childhood Dream (Reve d'enfant)

    Eugene Ysaye

    French Impressions

    Bienne Symphony Orchestra

    Jean-Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    Rachel Kolly d'Alba, violin

    4:35
  • 2:50 AM

    Dance Card: Celestial Blue

    Jennifer Higdon

    Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    7:58
  • 2:24 AM

    Serenade for Winds

    Antonin Dvorak

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    24:20
  • 2:12 AM

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    10:42
  • 2:06 AM

    Chen Yi, violin

    Lars Hannibal, guitar

    5:30
  • 2:01 AM

    Prelude No. 5

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff - Symphonic Dances

    Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

    Sergiu Comissiona, conductor

    4:39
  • 1:43 AM

    The Comedians

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Kabalevsky, Prokofiev, Glinka, Tchaikovsky

    San Diego Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Barra, conductor

    15:29
  • 1:20 AM

    10 Preludios

    Carlos Guastavino

    Mirian Conti, piano

    20:51
  • 1:11 AM

    Beatrice and Benedict: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

    New York Philharmonic

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    7:41
  • 1:06 AM

    Oblivion

    Astor Piazzolla

    Dances to a Black Pipe

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    Martin Frost, clarinet

    4:19
  • 1:01 AM

    Lyric Quartet: The Quiet One

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    4:35
  • 12:47 AM

    Introduction and Variations

    Elias Parish-Alvars

    Catrin Finch, harp

    11:06
  • 12:21 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 6

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Otmar Suitner, conductor

    24:11
  • 12:17 AM

    Symphony No. 4: Scherzo

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Quattrocorno 2

    Aleksander Szebesczyk, horn

    1:49
  • 12:06 AM

    Scherzo No. 4

    Frederic Chopin

    Simon Trpceski, piano

    11:08
  • 12:01 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Alla marcia

    Dag Wiren

    Strings of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Magnus Ericsson, conductor

    4:45
  • 11:44 PM

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

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: Ma Vlast

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    11:56
  • 11:43 PM

    Symphony No. 41

    Michael Haydn

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    15:15
  • 11:01 PM

    Rustic Wedding Symphony

    Karl Goldmark

    Goldmark, Enesco

    Utah Symphony Orchestra

    Maurice Abravanel, conductor

    42:23
  • 10:45 PM

    String Sextet: 1st movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Tchaikovsky, Dvorak: String Sextets

    Sarah Chang, violin

    13:45
  • 10:30 PM

    Cockaigne Overture (In London Town)

    Edward Elgar

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    14:47
  • 10:19 PM

    Gayane: Lullaby

    Aram Khachaturian

    Khachaturian: Piano Concerto, etc.

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:37
  • 10:15 PM

    Over the Rainbow

    Harold Arlen

    Smile

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    2:35
  • 10:12 PM

    The Deer Hunter: Cavatina

    Stanley Myers

    Play

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    3:45
  • 9:56 PM

    A Boy and a Girl

    Eric Whitacre

    An Endless Summer

    The Summer Singers

    Vicki Peters, conductor

    4:12
  • 9:33 PM

    Nights in the Gardens of Spain

    Manuel de Falla

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano

    22:14
  • 9:28 PM

    There's a meeting here tonight

    Traditional

    That Eternal Day

    Cantus

    3:00
  • 9:20 PM

    Pacific 231

    Arthur Honegger

    Honegger: Symphonies 2 and 3

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    6:28
  • 9:07 PM

    The Planets: Jupiter

    Gustav Holst

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Colin Davis, conductor

    8:06
  • 8:58 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 17 "The Tempest": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    7:15
  • 8:45 PM

    Babes in Toyland: Eccentric Dance

    Victor Herbert

    Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra

    Keith Brion, conductor

    3:10
  • 8:36 PM

    Molly on the Shore

    Percy Grainger

    Percy Grainger: Symphonic Band Music

    Michigan State University Band

    Keith Brion, conductor

    4:01
  • 8:31 PM

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    4:27
  • 8:26 PM

    Duetto buffo di due gatti (Cats' Duet)

    Gioacchino Rossini

    On Wings Of Song

    Felicity Lott, soprano

    3:15
  • 8:20 PM

    The Planets: Mercury

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:12
  • 8:07 PM

    Academic Festival Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 3, Academic Festival Overture

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    10:33
  • 8:00 PM

    Countess Maritza (Grafin Maritza): Komm Zigany (Come, Gypsy)

    Emmerich Kalman

    The Very Best of Thomas Hampson

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Franz Welser-Most, conductor

    Thomas Hampson, baritone

    6:15
  • 5:53 PM

    Festival March

    Antonin Dvorak

    Rochester Philharmonic

    David Zinman, conductor

    5:39
  • 5:13 PM

    Symphony No. 7

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    38:00
  • 5:08 PM

    Shall We Gather at the River

    Robert Lowry

    1865: Songs Of Hope And Home

    Anonymous 4

    Bruce Molsky, vocals

    3:02
  • 5:06 PM

    The Tempest Suite No. 2: Songs I and II

    Jean Sibelius

    Kansas City Symphony

    Michael Stern, conductor

    1:47
  • 5:01 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 2: 1st movement

    William Alwyn

    Alwyn: Concerti Grossi Nos. 2 and 3

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    4:36
  • 4:52 PM

    Praeludium and Allegro

    Fritz Kreisler

    James Ehnes, violin

    Eduard Laurel, piano

    6:10
  • 4:26 PM

    Flute Concerto

    Jerome Moross

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Alexa Still, flute

    23:54
  • 4:16 PM

    Der Freischutz (The Free Shooter): Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Marek Janowski, conductor

    8:49
  • 4:06 PM

    Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

    Aram Khachaturian

    Essential Ballet

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Aram Khachaturian, conductor

    9:09
  • 4:01 PM

    Rinaldo: Sibilar gli angui d'Aletto

    George Frideric Handel

    Music For Brass Septet 2

    Septura

    Matthew Gee, trombone

    4:50
  • 3:52 PM

    Iberia: Lavapies

    Isaac Albeniz

    Albeniz: Iberia - Complete

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    6:44
  • 3:21 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 18

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos 18 & 22

    Northern Sinfonia

    Imogen Cooper, conductor

    Imogen Cooper, piano

    30:11
  • 3:09 PM

    Mandolin Sonata

    Cristoforo Signorelli

    Hasse: Cantatas Vol. 1

    Artemandoline

    8:28
  • 3:06 PM

    Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III

    Richard Wagner

    Heavy Classix

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Klaus Tennstedt, conductor

    3:00
  • 3:01 PM

    Wedding March

    Johan Halvorsen

    Norwegian Violin Favourites

    Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    Henning Kraggerud, violin

    4:52
  • 2:52 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 9

    Bruce Haynes

    Montreal Baroque Orchestra

    Eric Milnes, conductor

    6:29
  • 2:51 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 9

    Bruce Haynes

    Montreal Baroque Orchestra

    Eric Milnes, conductor

    6:29
  • 2:49 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 9

    Bruce Haynes

    Montreal Baroque Orchestra

    Eric Milnes, conductor

    6:29
  • 2:35 PM

    Panamanian Dances

    William Grant Still

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    12:35
  • 2:16 PM

    Don Juan

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    18:01
  • 2:00 PM

    The Good-humored Ladies

    Vincenzo Tommasini

    Irving: Glazunov, Scarlatti/Tommasini, Bach/Walton

    Concert Arts Orchestra

    Robert Irving, conductor

    14:56
  • 1:55 PM

    The Band's Visit: Answer Me

    David Yazbek

    Original Cast

    Adam Kantor, vocal

    :00
  • 1:51 PM

    Etude No. 10

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: The Complete Etudes

    Louis Lortie, piano

    2:06
  • 1:43 PM

    Bartered Bride: Overture, Furiant and Skocna

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: Mein Vaterland

    Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Eliahu Inbal, conductor

    13:27
  • 1:33 PM

    Carnival Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Overtures; Symphonic Poems; Symphonic Variations, etc.

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Kubelik, conductor

    8:53
  • 1:27 PM

    Spoon River

    Percy Grainger

    Lincolnshire Posy

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    4:10
  • 1:22 PM

    Fileuse

    Cecile Chaminade

    Chaminade: The Flatterer

    Joanne Polk, piano

    5:05
  • 1:16 PM

    Trumpet Sinfonia "Il Barcheggio"

    Alessandro Stradella

    Italian Trumpet Concertos

    New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig

    Max Pommer, conductor

    Ludwig Guttler, trumpet

    4:45
  • 1:07 PM

    Octet: 3rd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Gaudier Ensemble

    6:15
  • 1:04 PM

    Flight of the Bumblebee

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade / Tale of Tsar Saltan Suite

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    1:30
  • 12:49 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 21 "Waldstein": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Sonata Legacy

    Rudolf Buchbinder, piano

    10:01
  • 12:45 PM

    La Peri (The Fairy): Fanfare

    Paul Dukas

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    1:50
  • 12:38 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 3: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Violin Concertos; Sinfonia concertante

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    6:27
  • 12:33 PM

    Concerto Grosso: March

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    3:30
  • 12:24 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Elfrida Andree

    Andree: Fritiof Suite - Symphony in A minor

    Stockholm Symphony Orchestra

    Gustaf Sjokvist, conductor

    7:23
  • 12:20 PM

    Fugue "Little"

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    For Thy Pleasure

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:34
  • 12:15 PM

    Algerian Suite: French Military March

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens Organ Symphony (No. 3 In C Minor, Op. 78)

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    4:44
  • 12:07 PM

    Symphony No. 1: Scherzo

    Charles Gounod

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    6:43
  • 12:04 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:56
  • 11:50 AM

    Three Spirituals

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Virginia Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    8:08
  • 11:46 AM

    Carmen: Aragonaise

    Georges Bizet

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

    French National Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    2:25
  • 11:38 AM

    Orb and Sceptre

    William Walton

    Walton: Symphony No. 1; Orb & Sceptre; Crown Imperial

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    7:10
  • 11:31 AM

    Symphony No. 2: Scherzo

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Symphonies No 1 & 2, Etc

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Jun'ichi Hirokami, conductor

    5:38
  • 11:27 AM

    At the Foot of Yonders Mountain

    John Powell

    Home For The Harvest

    Debra Wendells-Cross, flute

    2:55
  • 11:19 AM

    Trumpet Concerto: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn, Hummel, Etc.: Trumpet Concertos

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    6:37
  • 11:14 AM

    Dreams of Love No. 3 (Liebestraum)

    Franz Liszt

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    4:05
  • 11:06 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish": Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1-4

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    6:41
  • 11:04 AM

    Water Music Suite No. 3: Country Dance

    George Frideric Handel

    The Handel Collection

    City of London Sinfonia

    John Rutter, conductor

    1:32
  • 10:52 AM

    Swan Lake: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    6:58
  • 10:39 AM

    Sense and Sensibility: Suite

    Patrick Doyle

    Studio Orchestra

    Robert Ziegler, conductor

    10:54
  • 10:36 AM

    Straw Hat Dance

    Du Mingxin

    Lang Lang, piano

    1:59
  • 10:28 AM

    L'Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    8:06
  • 10:24 AM

    Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro

    Giacomo Puccini

    Claire Jones: Royal Harp Strings

    London Mozart Players

    Stuart Morley, conductor

    Claire Jones, harp

    3:33
  • 10:11 AM

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    11:38
  • 10:06 AM

    Schwanengesang, Book 1: Standchen (Serenade)

    Franz Schubert

    Gil Shaham, violin

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    4:10
  • 10:01 AM

    Midnight Polka

    Emil Waldteufel

    Waldteufel: Bal au second Empire

    Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra

    Theodor Guschlbauer, conductor

    4:24
  • 9:51 AM

    Prague Waltzes

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends, Prague Waltzes

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    7:35
  • 9:34 AM

    Concerto Grosso

    Errollyn Wallen

    Spark Catchers

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Anthony Parnther, conductor

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    15:39
  • 9:14 AM

    Flute Concerto

    Leopold Hofmann

    FJ and JM Haydn: Flute Concertos

    Haydn Ensemble Berlin

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    18:11
  • 9:06 AM

    Les Larmes de Jacqueline

    Jacques Offenbach

    French Cello Concertos

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Scott Yoo, conductor

    Hee-Young Lim, cello

    6:57
  • 9:01 AM

    Rondo

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    C.P.E. Bach: Sonatas And Rondos

    Mikhail Pletnev, piano

    4:36
  • 8:27 AM

    String Quartet No. 10 "Harp"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven Quartets Op. 59 & 74

    Takacs Quartet

    31:30
  • 8:22 AM

    Summa

    Arvo Part

    Part: Collage, etc.

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:16
  • 8:06 AM

    O'Carolan Suite in Baroque Style

    Thomas C. Kelly

    Silver Apples of the Moon

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    13:55
  • 8:01 AM

    Overture "Water Music": Menuet; Gigue; Canarie

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    4:34
  • 7:27 AM

    Through the Looking Glass

    Deems Taylor

    The Musical Fantasies of Charles Griffes and Deems Taylor

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    31:17
  • 7:19 AM

    Ballade No. 4

    Johannes Brahms

    Awadagin Pratt: A Long Way from Normal

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    7:32
  • 7:10 AM

    Souvenir of Havana

    Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    William Kanengiser, guitar

    7:17
  • 7:06 AM

    Norwegian Wood

    John Lennon/Paul McCartney

    Time For Three

    Time For Three

    Rob Moose, violin

    3:31
  • 7:01 AM

    The Planets: Mercury

    Gustav Holst

    G. Holst: The Planets; E. Elgar: Serenade op. 20

    Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    4:19
  • 6:11 AM

    Scheherazade

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade; Capriccio Espagnol

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    46:36
  • 6:06 AM

    As She Sleeps

    Michael Byron

    Byron: Awakening at the Inn of the Birds

    Sarah Cahill, piano

    3:17
  • 6:01 AM

    Morning on the Water

    Jacques Ibert

    La Harpe Consolatrice

    Kyunghee Kim-Sutre, harp

    4:33
  • 5:25 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Gian Carlo Menotti

    Symphony of the Air

    Jorge Mester, conductor

    Earl Wild, piano

    33:33
  • 5:19 AM

    Serenity (O Magnum Mysterium)

    Ola Gjeilo

    Ola Gjeilo

    Tenebrae

    Matthew Sharp, cello

    5:05
  • 5:06 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "In the Spring": 4th movement

    John Knowles Paine

    John Knowles Paine: Orchestral Works 2

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    11:09
  • 5:01 AM

    The Moon

    William S Lloyd Webber

    And the Bridge is Love: English Music for Strings

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Julian Lloyd Webber, conductor

    4:26
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