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  • 4:25 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2, 'The Four Temperaments'

    Seattle Symphony

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    32:50
  • 4:12 AM

    Caprice on Danish and Russian Tunes

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Belle Epoque: French Music for Winds

    Orsino Ensemble

    Pavel Kolesnikov, piano

    11:35
  • 4:06 AM

    The Tale of Honza: Valse Triste

    Oskar Nedbal

    The Moldau

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    5:20
  • 4:01 AM

    The Jane Pickering Lute Book

    Anonymous

    The Scottish Lute

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    4:41
  • 3:50 AM

    Kreisleriana No. 2

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Kreisleriana, Fantasie, Arabeske

    Jonathan Biss, piano

    8:34
  • 3:11 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Aram Khachaturian

    Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra

    Sascha Goetzel, conductor

    Nemanja Radulovic, violin

    36:59
  • 3:06 AM

    Arabesque No. 2

    Claude Debussy

    Maria Graf, harp

    3:29
  • 3:01 AM

    Wind Quintet: 2nd movement

    Carl Nielsen

    Chamber Music Northwest

    4:52
  • 2:53 AM

    Fantasy-Impromptu

    Frederic Chopin

    Pavlos Hatzopoulos, piano

    5:32
  • 2:31 AM

    Eternal Longing

    Vitezslav Novak

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    20:25
  • 2:24 AM

    Pavane

    Gabriel Faure

    The French Album

    Jorge Federico Osorio, piano

    5:55
  • 2:06 AM

    Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mikko Franck, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    16:55
  • 2:01 AM

    Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria (Cantilena)

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Michala Petri, recorder

    Lars Hannibal, guitar

    4:46
  • 1:50 AM

    O ignis spiritus (O fire of the Paraclete)

    Hildegard von Bingen

    A Far Cry Orchestra

    8:25
  • 1:43 AM

    Evensongs: Abide Canons

    Ingram Marshall

    Maia Quartet

    6:07
  • 1:13 AM

    Symphony No. 4 "Tragic"

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Douglas Boyd, conductor

    28:13
  • 1:06 AM

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    Alexander Kniazev, cello

    5:16
  • 1:01 AM

    Ruhe, meine Seele

    Richard Strauss

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Lise Davidsen, soprano

    4:33
  • 12:51 AM

    Joby Burgess, marimba

    Joby Burgess, vibraphone

    Sam Wilson, marimba

    Sam Wilson, vibraphone

    Calum Huggan, marimba

    Rob Farrer, marimba

    7:35
  • 12:21 AM

    Piano Trio No. 1

    Rosalind Ellicott

    Trio Anima Mundi

    28:53
  • 12:13 AM

    Fast Blue Village 2

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Habemus Quartet

    5:56
  • 12:06 AM

    Nocturnes: Fetes (Festivals)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Trois Nocturnes, Jeux

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    6:17
  • 12:01 AM

    From Meadow to Mayfair Suite: Evening in Town

    Eric Coates

    Boult conducts Coates

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    4:39
  • 11:45 PM

    Grand Overture No. 3

    Johann Christian Bach

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    13:11
  • 11:28 PM

    Suite in the Old Style

    Alfred Schnittke

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    15:26
  • 11:18 PM

    Guitar Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Amadeus Guitar Duo

    9:35
  • 11:10 PM

    L'Heure du berger (The Shepherd's Hour)

    Jean Francaix

    French Chamber Music

    Pascal Roge, piano

    7:23
  • 11:06 PM

    Schwanda the Bagpiper: Polka

    Jaromir Weinberger

    Concert in the Park

    Edmonton Wind Ensemble

    Harry Pinchin, conductor

    2:28
  • 11:01 PM

    Intermezzo for String Trio

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Domus

    4:42
  • 10:45 PM

    Matinees Musicales

    Benjamin Britten

    Rossini, Respighi: La Boutique Fantasque

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    13:15
  • 10:23 PM

    Ballet Suite No. 2

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    19:39
  • 10:14 PM

    Invitation to the Dance

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    8:49
  • 10:10 PM

    Gracias a la Vida

    Violeta Parra

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    3:11
  • 10:06 PM

    Piece in the Form of a Habanera

    Maurice Ravel

    Music for Flute & Harp

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    2:52
  • 10:01 PM

    Norwegian Rhapsody: 2nd movement

    Edouard Lalo

    French National Radio and Television Orchestra

    Jean Martinon, conductor

    4:53
  • 9:46 PM

    Symphony: Finale

    Cesar Franck

    Franck, Bizet: Overtures

    Paris Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    11:28
  • 9:23 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Concertos K 216 & 219

    Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra

    Isabelle van Keulen, violin

    22:05
  • 9:19 PM

    Minuet

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas

    Kristian Bezuidenhout, fortepiano

    2:27
  • 9:13 PM

    Perpetual Motion Pieces

    Francis Poulenc

    Poulenc: Piano Music

    Pascal Roge, piano

    5:25
  • 9:06 PM

    Donna Diana Overture

    Emil von Reznicek

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:00
  • 9:03 PM

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    2:49
  • 8:49 PM

    Wiener Blut (Vienna Blood)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss Waltzes

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    8:50
  • 8:15 PM

    Symphony No. 31 "Hornsignal"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    32:01
  • 8:06 PM

    Concerto No. 9

    Pietro Locatelli

    Locatelli: Introduttioni Teatralli and Concerti, Op. 4

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, conductor

    7:45
  • 8:01 PM

    Bassoon Concerto: Rondo

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Janne Nisonen, conductor

    Jaakko Luoma, bassoon

    4:45
  • 7:44 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Classical"

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev, The Complete Symphonies CD 1

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    13:56
  • 5:40 PM

    Oboe d'Amore Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig

    Max Pommer, conductor

    Burkhard Glaetzner, oboe d'amore

    18:37
  • 5:15 PM

    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff, Paganini Rhapsody, Piano Concerto No. 2

    Mahler Chamber Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Yuja Wang, piano

    23:00
  • 5:10 PM

    By and By Thou Wilt Return (By and By, Ho'i Mai Oe)

    Queen Liliuokalani

    Songs Of Liliuokalani ?

    Galliard String Quartet

    2:25
  • 5:06 PM

    Dance of the Shepherd Girl

    Hugo Alfven

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra: Portrait

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    4:15
  • 5:01 PM

    Butterfly's Day Out

    Mark O'Connor

    Mark O'Connor, mandolin

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Edgar Meyer, double bass

    4:42
  • 4:48 PM

    First Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Composer's Collection: Gustav Holst

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    10:35
  • 4:27 PM

    Shakespeare's Tempest

    John Knowles Paine

    John Knowles Paine: Orchestral Works

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    20:00
  • 4:10 PM

    Masques and Bergamasques

    Gabriel Faure

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    14:22
  • 4:06 PM

    Minuet

    Vincent d'Indy

    French Chamber Music

    Pascal Roge, piano

    3:32
  • 4:01 PM

    Sarabande

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Ludovico Einaudi: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:42
  • 3:48 PM

    Academic Festival Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    10:20
  • 3:40 PM

    Italian Serenade

    Hugo Wolf

    Emerson String Quartet

    7:06
  • 3:15 PM

    West Side Story: Symphonic Dances

    Leonard Bernstein

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    24:01
  • 3:09 PM

    Dances of Somogy

    Sandor Veress

    Offenburg String Trio

    3:32
  • 3:06 PM

    Venezuelan Waltz No. 3 "Natalia"

    Antonio Lauro

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    Colin David, guitar

    2:56
  • 3:01 PM

    Symphony: 4th movement

    Johan Zander

    Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    4:44
  • 2:50 PM

    Orpheus in the Underworld: Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    Offenbach Romantique

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    8:40
  • 2:49 PM

    Orpheus in the Underworld: Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    Offenbach Romantique

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    8:40
  • 2:44 PM

    El Amor Brujo: Ritual Fire Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    The Flag Series: Spain

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor

    4:12
  • 2:37 PM

    There Will Come Soft Rains

    Ivo Antognini

    Crossroads

    Atlanta Master Chorale

    Eric Nelson, conductor

    5:44
  • 2:14 PM

    Piano Concerto

    Maurice Ravel

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    21:50
  • 2:08 PM

    Shanghai Quartet

    5:10
  • 2:00 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 1 "La Tempesta di Mare" ("Storm at Sea")

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Tokyo Bach-Mozart Ensemble

    Masahiro Arita, baroque flute

    7:11
  • 1:52 PM

    Fair Maid of Perth: Suite

    Georges Bizet

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    13:22
  • 1:48 PM

    Preludes, Book 1: The Hills of Anacapri

    Claude Debussy

    Pascal Roge, piano

    3:00
  • 1:45 PM

    Novelette No. 1

    Francis Poulenc

    Pascal Roge, piano

    3:00
  • 1:33 PM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Higdon, Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    10:31
  • 1:29 PM

    The Prince of Denmark's March

    Jeremiah Clarke

    Trumpet Voluntary - Music for Organ & Brass

    Michael Laird Brass Ensemble

    Peter Hurford, organ

    3:01
  • 1:23 PM

    Symphony No. 3: 3rd movement

    Florence Price

    Women's Philharmonic

    Apo Hsu, conductor

    5:05
  • 1:21 PM

    Nora's Dance

    Nora Holt

    Lara Downes, piano

    1:47
  • 1:16 PM

    Bassoon Concerto: Rondo

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2, Bassoon Concerto

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    Karen Geoghegan, bassoon

    4:09
  • 1:07 PM

    Aleko: Women's Dance

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    4:36
  • 1:04 PM

    Divertimento: Prelude

    Leonard Salzedo

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    2:00
  • 12:59 PM

    L'Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers): Cruda sorte! Amor tiranno!

    Gioacchino Rossini

    The Ultimate Divas Album

    Royal Opera, Covent Garden

    Henry Lewis, conductor

    Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano

    4:46
  • 12:49 PM

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

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    7:43
  • 12:45 PM

    String Quartet No. 4: Scherzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Cecilia String Quartet

    3:57
  • 12:34 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 9 "Jeunehomme": 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart, Haydn: Jeunehomme

    The King's Violins

    Bernard Labadie, conductor

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    9:09
  • 12:31 PM

    Smith Quartet

    2:04
  • 12:23 PM

    Brook Green Suite

    Gustav Holst

    New Zealand Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor

    7:07
  • 12:16 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Scherzo

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenades Opp. 22 & 24

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    6:23
  • 12:07 PM

    Serenade for Winds: 1st movement

    Emil Hartmann

    Romantic Wind Serenades

    Consortium Classicum

    7:00
  • 12:04 PM

    Swedish Polka

    Hugo Alfven

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    2:09
  • 11:49 AM

    Sinfonia Concertante: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    Stefan Schilli, oboe

    Eberhard Marschall, bassoon

    Raoslaw Szulc, violin

    Wen-Sinn Yang, cello

    9:26
  • 11:46 AM

    Country Gardens

    Percy Grainger

    Martin Jones, piano

    2:05
  • 11:40 AM

    Caprice viennois (Viennese Caprice)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    Lambert Orkis, piano

    4:16
  • 11:32 AM

    The Gadfly: Romance

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Film Music of Dmitri Shostakovich, Vol. 2

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vassily Sinaisky, conductor

    6:33
  • 11:22 AM

    Memories of the Straw Brook Waltz

    Joseph Lanner

    Vienna String Ensemble

    9:35
  • 11:16 AM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 2: Bergamasca

    Ottorino Respighi

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    5:05
  • 11:10 AM

    Duettino

    Jan Dussek

    Gretchen Van Hoesen, harp

    Heidi van Hoesen Gorton, harp

    4:42
  • 11:04 AM

    Nursery Suite: Awake

    Edward Elgar

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    4:25
  • 10:46 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 4: 1st movement

    Johann Baptist Cramer

    Cramer: Piano Concertos Nos. 4 and 5

    London Mozart Players

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    Howard Shelley, piano

    11:55
  • 10:41 AM

    Spatter the Dew

    Traditional Irish

    Message of the Sea: Celtic Music for Guitar

    David Russell, guitar

    3:09
  • 10:26 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Six Brandenburg Concertos

    Dunedin Consort

    John Butt, conductor

    14:33
  • 10:20 AM

    Waltz-Intermezzo

    Frank Bridge

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    6:12
  • 10:11 AM

    Clarinet Quintet: 1st movement

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Catalyst Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    7:19
  • 10:06 AM

    Schwanengesang, Book 1: Standchen (Serenade)

    Franz Schubert

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    James MacMillan, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    4:08
  • 10:01 AM

    English Air

    Peter Lamb

    Kenneth Smith, flute

    Paul Rhodes, piano

    4:31
  • 9:42 AM

    String Quintet No. 5

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: String Quintets, Cello Sonatas

    Sigiswald Kuijken, violin

    16:43
  • 9:22 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Sunday Symphony"

    William Grant Still

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    17:48
  • 9:13 AM

    L'amant anonyme: Overture-Symphony

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Le Mozart Noir

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    7:42
  • 9:06 AM

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits

    Christoph Gluck

    Gluck: Orfeo Ed Euridice

    Insula Orchestra

    Laurence Equilbey, conductor

    6:11
  • 9:01 AM

    Two Preludes

    Frederic Chopin

    Rafal Blechacz, piano

    4:39
  • 8:38 AM

    Die Frau ohne Schatten (Woman without a Shadow): Fantasy

    Richard Strauss

    Mephisto and Co.

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    20:17
  • 8:34 AM

    Christoph Denoth, guitar

    4:02
  • 8:13 AM

    Nocturnes

    Francis Poulenc

    Poulenc: Piano Music

    Pascal Roge, piano

    19:31
  • 8:06 AM

    The Banks of Green Willow

    George Butterworth

    Halle Orchestra

    Mark Elder, conductor

    5:52
  • 8:01 AM

    Bibo No Aozora (Beauty of a Blue Sky)

    Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Blanc

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:42
  • 7:43 AM

    Concerto Grosso

    Errollyn Wallen

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Anthony Parnther, conductor

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    Chi-chi Nwanoku, double bass

    Tai Murray, violin

    15:38
  • 7:35 AM

    Elegie

    Gabriel Faure

    Elgar

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    7:32
  • 7:06 AM

    Concertino

    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

    Wolf-Ferrari: Idillio Concertino, Op. 15; Concertino, Op. 34

    Folkwang Chamber Orchestra

    Robert Maxym, conductor

    Omar Zoboli, English horn

    26:52
  • 7:01 AM

    The Bells of St. Genevieve

    Marin Marais

    Strings! The Definitive Collection

    Guildhall Strings

    4:47
  • 6:40 AM

    Prelude, Chorale and Fugue

    Cesar Franck

    Homages

    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    18:20
  • 6:35 AM

    To a Wild Rose

    Edward MacDowell

    Manhattan Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Auldon Clark, conductor

    2:42
  • 6:07 AM

    North Country Sketches

    Frederick Delius

    Delius: Florida Suite Etc.

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    28:42
  • 6:01 AM

    Sleepsong

    Rolf Lovland

    Invisible Stars - Choral Works of Ireland and Scotland

    The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin

    Desmond Earley, conductor

    Emily Doyle, soprano

    4:37
  • 5:30 AM

    String Quintet No. 2

    Felix Mendelssohn

    L'Archibudelli

    28:10
  • 5:26 AM

    Song without Words "Wanderlied"

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Sylviane Deferne, piano

    2:59
  • 5:17 AM

    Keymaster

    Caleb Burhans

    Janus

    7:33
  • 5:07 AM

    Violin Concerto: Ballad

    Aaron Jay Kernis

    Seattle Symphony

    Ludovic Morlot, conductor

    James Ehnes, violin

    10:25
  • 5:01 AM

    Song without Words

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    Stephen Hough, piano

    4:40