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  • 4:15 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Yefim Bronfman, piano

    43:02
  • 4:06 AM

    Shotgun Houses: Rome

    Valerie Coleman

    Harlem Quartet

    David Shifrin, clarinet

    7:22
  • 4:01 AM

    Zambra Granadina

    Isaac Albeniz

    Isaac Albeniz: Spanish Music For Classical Guitar

    David Russell, guitar

    4:43
  • 3:49 AM

    Old Hungarian Dances

    Ferenc Farkas

    Frosunda Wind Quintet

    9:35
  • 3:14 AM

    Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spake Zarathustra)

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Mahler: Totenfeier

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    33:12
  • 3:06 AM

    Veblen String Quartet

    5:51
  • 3:01 AM

    Fantasy

    Malcolm Arnold

    Legacy: A Tribute to Dennis Brain

    Ben Goldscheider, horn

    4:43
  • 2:49 AM

    Summer Music

    Arnold Bax

    Bax: 4 Tone Poems

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    9:48
  • 2:23 AM

    Arpeggione Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Quintet, Op. 114 "The Trout"

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    24:29
  • 2:19 AM

    High are the snowdrifts (On hanget korkeat nietokset)

    Jean Sibelius

    Christmas Wonderland

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    2:09
  • 2:06 AM

    San Diego Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Barra, conductor

    12:00
  • 2:01 AM

    Norse Legend

    Frank Bridge

    Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:47
  • 1:46 AM

    Fantasie for Violin and Harp

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Glorian Duo

    12:51
  • 1:30 AM

    Dumbarton Oaks Concerto

    Igor Stravinsky

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    14:45
  • 1:22 AM

    German Requiem: Wie lieblich (How lovely are thy dwelling places)

    Johannes Brahms

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    5:42
  • 1:06 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Barry Tuckwell, conductor

    Barry Tuckwell, horn

    12:56
  • 1:01 AM

    Waltz No. 5 "Grande Valse"

    Frederic Chopin

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    4:33
  • 12:45 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Jalbert and Bach: Violin Concertos, etc.

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Kahane, conductor

    Margaret Batjer, violin

    13:21
  • 12:25 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Night in the Tropics"

    Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    Utah Symphony Orchestra

    Maurice Abravanel, conductor

    18:57
  • 12:21 AM

    Pleasant memories

    Paul Miersch

    American Romantics

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    2:05
  • 12:06 AM

    Symphony No. 7: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 - The Creatures of Prometheus (complete ballet)

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

    Gottfried von der Goltz, conductor

    14:00
  • 12:01 AM

    Starlight Express: Waltz

    Edward Elgar

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    George Hurst, conductor

    4:29
  • 11:50 PM

    The Planets: Jupiter

    Gustav Holst

    Voyage

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    John Morris Russell, conductor

    7:55
  • 11:46 PM

    Syncopation

    Fritz Kreisler

    Ray Chen: The Golden Age

    Ray Chen, violin

    2:04
  • 11:29 PM

    Concerto for 2 Orchestras No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    16:28
  • 11:21 PM

    Six English Tunes

    Peter Warlock

    Warlock: Capriol Suite; The Curlew; Six English Tunes; Serenade; Six Italian Dance Tunes; Ross Pople/London Festival Orchestra

    London Festival Orchestra

    Ross Pople, conductor

    7:11
  • 11:06 PM

    Concerto for Two Horns

    Franz Pokorny

    Concerto Amsterdam

    Jaap Schroder, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    Christoph Kohler, horn

    13:54
  • 11:01 PM

    Symphony No. 104 "London": Minuet

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos 101 The Clock and 104 London

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    4:39
  • 10:43 PM

    Scherzo Capriccioso

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 7, In Nature's Realm Scherzo Capriccioso

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    15:27
  • 10:34 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart; Zuckerman

    Kimball Sykes, clarinet

    7:22
  • 10:27 PM

    Rhapsody No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Handel Variations

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    6:18
  • 10:21 PM

    Ensemble Giardino di Delizie

    4:35
  • 10:06 PM

    The Plain (La Vega)

    Isaac Albeniz

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Elmer Bernstein, conductor

    Christopher Parkening, guitar

    14:12
  • 10:01 PM

    String Quartet No. 1 "From the Salvation Army": 1st movement

    Charles Ives

    Emerson String Quartet

    4:48
  • 9:39 PM

    An American in Paris

    George Gershwin

    Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Amsterdam

    Mario Venzago, conductor

    19:07
  • 9:35 PM

    Etude No. 1 "Aeolian Harp"

    Frederic Chopin

    Janina Fialkowska, piano

    3:24
  • 9:26 PM

    New Era Dance

    Aaron Jay Kernis

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    7:48
  • 9:22 PM

    Old Bollnas Polska

    Anonymous

    Lynx Ensemble

    3:27
  • 9:11 PM

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Hans-Peter Frank, conductor

    9:33
  • 9:06 PM

    Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1

    Till Fellner, piano

    3:50
  • 9:03 PM

    Trumpet Tune

    Henry Purcell

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Fraser, conductor

    2:40
  • 8:43 PM

    Lady Radnor's Suite

    Hubert Parry

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    15:27
  • 8:30 PM

    Four Seasons: Autumn

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Orchestra of Flanders

    Rudolf Werthen, conductor

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    11:39
  • 8:21 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 24

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Wilhelm Kempff, piano

    8:05
  • 8:17 PM

    The Gospel Train

    Spiritual

    The Aeolians

    The Aeolians

    Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor

    1:41
  • 8:06 PM

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    11:07
  • 8:01 PM

    Flute Concerto: 1st movement

    Vilem Blodek

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Uros Lajovic, conductor

    Karl Bernhard Sebon, flute

    4:39
  • 7:43 PM

    Capriccio Italien

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    15:14
  • 5:44 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concentus Hungaricus

    Ildiko Hegyi, conductor

    Jeno Jando, piano

    14:55
  • 5:22 PM

    The Firebird (L'oiseau de feu): Suite

    Igor Stravinsky

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    19:59
  • 5:15 PM

    The Monaghan Jig; The Kid on the Mountain

    Traditional Irish

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    4:53
  • 5:06 PM

    Oboe Concerto

    Arcangelo Corelli

    I Fiamminghi

    Rudolf Werthen, conductor

    Joris Van Den Hauwe, oboe

    8:31
  • 5:01 PM

    L'Orfeo Baroque Orchestra

    Michi Gaigg, conductor

    4:31
  • 4:49 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach

    The King's Violins

    Bernard Labadie, conductor

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    9:44
  • 4:33 PM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 9

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos. 1-6

    Vienna State Opera Orchestra

    Anatole Fistoulari, conductor

    13:33
  • 4:32 PM

    Il est bel et bon

    Pierre Passereau

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    1:03
  • 4:06 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American"

    William Grant Still

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    24:08
  • 4:01 PM

    Like a Singing Bird

    Bob Chilcott

    iSing Silicon Valley

    Jennah Delp Somers/Shane Troll, conductor

    4:36
  • 3:42 PM

    Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Ballet And Dance Music

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    15:49
  • 3:26 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 9

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Sonatas K 309, 310 & 311

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    15:07
  • 3:19 PM

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

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Cello Concerto

    Cellists of the Staatskapelle Berlin

    Kian Soltani, cello

    5:30
  • 3:06 PM

    El Salon Mexico

    Aaron Copland

    Bernstein: Reaching For The Note

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    11:58
  • 3:01 PM

    Chiling o guiry (Celia O'Gara)

    Burke Thumoth

    Concerto Caledonia

    David McGuinness, conductor

    4:46
  • 2:50 PM

    Voices of Spring Waltz (Fruhlingsstimmen)

    Johann StraussJr.

    F. Schubert: Symphony No. 9

    SWR Baden-Baden and Freiburg Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Gielen, conductor

    7:15
  • 2:41 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Adalbert Gyrowetz

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    17:36
  • 2:38 PM

    Serenade on Country Dances

    Jeno Takacs

    Classical Wind Quintets

    Vienna Quintet

    11:19
  • 2:31 PM

    The Days (I giorni)

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Ludovico Einaudi: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    5:44
  • 2:21 PM

    Introduction and Polonaise

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin

    Therese Motard, cello

    9:16
  • 2:06 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 11

    Giovanni Punto

    Telemann: Horn Concerto, Etc.

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Barry Tuckwell, horn

    14:21
  • 1:59 PM

    Bartered Bride: Dance of the Comedians

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: The Bartered Bride & From My Life

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    5:39
  • 1:47 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    10:09
  • 1:41 PM

    Robin Hood Suite: March of the Bowmen

    Frederic Curzon

    East of England Orchestra

    Malcolm Nabarro, conductor

    4:41
  • 1:33 PM

    Trio No. 2 "London"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Laurel Zucker, flute

    Renee Siebert, flute

    Samuel Magill, cello

    6:54
  • 1:31 PM

    Prelude for Lute

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Eduardo Fernandez, guitar

    1:27
  • 1:21 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Robert Schumann Symphonies 1-4

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    8:24
  • 1:18 PM

    Harp Sonata: 1st movement

    Sophia Dussek

    Judy Loman, harp

    2:35
  • 1:11 PM

    Jazz Suite No. 2: Waltz No. 2

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Troika

    Matt Haimovitz, cello

    3:51
  • 1:04 PM

    Festive Overture

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Russian Overtures

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    5:37
  • 12:53 PM

    Semele: Where E'er You Walk

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Arias

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Bryn Terfel, baritone

    4:32
  • 12:47 PM

    Dos Gardenias

    Isolina Carrillo

    Mozart y Mambo

    Havana Lyceum Orchestra

    Jose Antonio Mendez Padron, conductor

    Sarah Willis, horn

    5:04
  • 12:43 PM

    Maple Leaf Rag

    Scott Joplin

    William Albright, piano

    3:04
  • 12:36 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    5:59
  • 12:31 PM

    Rodeo: Hoe-Down

    Aaron Copland

    Brodsky Quartet

    3:39
  • 12:23 PM

    Eugene Onegin: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    6:41
  • 12:15 PM

    Sense and Sensibility: Suite

    Patrick Doyle

    Sense And Sensibility Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Ensemble

    Robert Ziegler, conductor

    6:40
  • 12:09 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Joseph White

    Encore Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hege, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    4:59
  • 12:04 PM

    Molly on the Shore

    Percy Grainger

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:06
  • 11:50 AM

    Clarinet Quintet: 4th movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart, Brahms: Clarinet Quintets

    Emerson String Quartet

    David Shifrin, clarinet

    9:08
  • 11:48 AM

    Don Giovanni: Deh, vieni alla finestra

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Bryn Terfel: Tutto Mozart

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Bryn Terfel, baritone

    1:58
  • 11:43 AM

    Les Bergeries (The Sheepfolds)

    Francois Couperin

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    4:06
  • 11:37 AM

    Iberia: Triana

    Isaac Albeniz

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    John Williams, guitar

    4:37
  • 11:34 AM

    Sinfonia Veneziana: 3rd movement

    Antonio Salieri

    SALIERI: Sinfonias and Overtures

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    2:28
  • 11:31 AM

    Three Dances: Waltz

    Alfred Uhl

    Montreal Winds

    Jacques Lacombe, conductor

    3:13
  • 11:22 AM

    Concerto No. 5

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    7:20
  • 11:15 AM

    "Still Life" at the Penguin Cafe: White Mischief

    Simon Jeffes

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    5:13
  • 11:10 AM

    Cello Suite No. 6: Gavotte

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Inspired by Bach

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    3:42
  • 11:04 AM

    Symphony No. 5 "Reformation": 2nd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: The 5 Symphonies

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    5:28
  • 10:37 AM

    Symphony No. 87

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    21:14
  • 10:23 AM

    Sonata No. 3

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Camerata Bern

    Thomas Furi, conductor

    12:51
  • 10:18 AM

    Impromptu No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Yundi Li, piano

    4:00
  • 10:17 AM

    The Cuckoo

    Traditional Swiss

    Rhapsody in Brass

    Budapest Brass Quintet

    1:29
  • 10:11 AM

    The Seasons: October (Autumn Song)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Queensland Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    Takako Nishizaki, violin

    4:25
  • 10:06 AM

    Snow Maiden: Dance of the Tumblers

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Suites

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    3:37
  • 10:01 AM

    Czech Suite: Sousedska

    Antonin Dvorak

    Padua Chamber Orchestra

    David Golub, conductor

    4:35
  • 9:47 AM

    Water Music Suite No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Water Music, Rodrigo

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    10:56
  • 9:19 AM

    String Quartet

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy, Faure, Ravel: String Quartets

    Ebene Quartet

    26:06
  • 9:14 AM

    Call to the Mountains: 3rd movement

    Samuel A. Livingston

    Arcadian Winds

    3:16
  • 9:06 AM

    The Enchanted Lake

    Anatol Liadov

    Impressions Of The Sea

    Long Beach Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    7:37
  • 9:01 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "In the Forest": 3rd movement

    Joachim Raff

    Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic

    Urs Schneider, conductor

    4:46
  • 8:23 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 4

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Piano Concertos

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Hannu Lintu, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    35:10
  • 8:16 AM

    Diferencias on O Gloriosa Domina

    Luis de Narvaez

    Frank Wallace, vihuela

    5:27
  • 8:06 AM

    Suite on Galician Songs: Morning Song

    Enrique Granados

    Granados: Orchestral Works Vol. 1

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Pablo Gonzalez, conductor

    9:21
  • 8:01 AM

    The Mermaid Suite: Dance of 24 Mermaids

    Wu Zuqiang/Du Mingxin

    China National Symphony Orchestra

    Zuohuang Chen, conductor

    4:43
  • 7:40 AM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart, Strauss

    Mito Chamber Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    Dag Jensen, bassoon

    18:48
  • 7:24 AM

    Summer Night

    Othmar Schoeck

    Schoeck: Cello Concerto; Sommernacht

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    Johannes Goritzki, cello

    15:21
  • 7:17 AM

    In the Garden

    Mily Balakirev

    Margaret Fingerhut, piano

    5:04
  • 7:07 AM

    A Shropshire Lad

    George Butterworth

    Butterworth Parry Bridge

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    10:18
  • 7:01 AM

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    4:59
  • 6:35 AM

    String Quartet No. 62 "Emperor"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Tatrai Quartet

    23:26
  • 6:28 AM

    Eternity and A Day: Suite

    Eleni Karaindrou

    La Camerata Athens

    Loukas Karytinos, conductor

    6:02
  • 6:06 AM

    Piano Trio No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Piano Trios

    Beaux Arts Trio

    20:15
  • 6:01 AM

    Sonata

    Domenico Scarlatti

    Scarlatti, D.: 13 Keyboard Sonatas

    Susan Miron, harp

    4:29
  • 5:45 AM

    Concerto for Saxophone

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Complete Concertos

    Russian National Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    Marc Chisson, saxophone

    13:10
  • 5:20 AM

    Roman Festivals

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Roman Trilogy

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    23:56
  • 5:06 AM

    12 Contredanses

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Capella Istropolitana

    Oliver Dohnanyi, conductor

    12:37
  • 5:01 AM

    Kasia Kadlubowska, percussion

    Dominik Bukowski, percussion

    4:36