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  • 4:14 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Jean Sibelius

    SIBELIUS, J.: Symphony No. 2 / Karelia Suite

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Pietari Inkinen, conductor

    43:53
  • 4:06 AM

    Concert Paraphrase of Verdi's "Rigoletto"

    Franz Liszt

    Yundi Li, piano

    6:23
  • 4:01 AM

    Lute Suite: Sarabande and Gigue

    Jan Antonin Losy

    Jan Antonin Losy: Note d'oro

    Jakob Lindberg, lute

    4:39
  • 3:49 AM

    Serenade to Frederick Delius

    Peter Warlock

    Holst, Williams, Delius, Warlock

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    9:03
  • 3:13 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Robert Schumann

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    34:51
  • 3:06 AM

    Air and Dance for Strings

    Frederick Delius

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    5:02
  • 3:01 AM

    The Upas Tree

    Anton Arensky

    Ravishingly Russian

    Houston Chamber Choir

    Robert Simpson, conductor

    4:45
  • 2:48 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    William S Lloyd Webber

    Lloyd Webber: Invocation

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    9:59
  • 2:21 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 12

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos No.11 KV413 / No.12 KV414

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    24:59
  • 2:06 AM

    Hammersmith

    Gustav Holst

    Composer's Collection: Gustav Holst

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    13:29
  • 2:01 AM

    Summer in the High Grassland

    Zhao Jiping

    Silk Road Ensemble

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:33
  • 1:54 AM

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Paul Dukas

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    10:55
  • 1:48 AM

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Paul Dukas

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    10:55
  • 1:32 AM

    Cape Breton Concerto

    Brian Packham

    Highlands

    Camerata Bariloche

    Chris Norman, flute

    14:54
  • 1:24 AM

    Reverie

    Claude Debussy

    Romantic Favorites

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    6:09
  • 1:06 AM

    Fantasy on Polish Airs

    Frederic Chopin

    North German Radio Elbphilharmonie Orchestra

    Krzysztof Urbanski, conductor

    Jan Lisiecki, piano

    14:50
  • 1:01 AM

    La Bergamasca: Sonata No. 21

    Marco Uccellini

    Arcadian Academy

    4:41
  • 12:48 AM

    Concerto for Two Mandolins

    Antonio Vivaldi

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    James Tyler, mandolin

    Robin Jeffrey, mandolin

    10:05
  • 12:17 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish"

    Robert Schumann

    Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    29:51
  • 12:12 AM

    Fantasia No. 11

    Henry Purcell

    Chaconnes and Fantasias: Music of Britten and Purcell

    Emerson String Quartet

    3:03
  • 12:06 AM

    The Bourgeois Gentleman: Entrance and Dance of the Tailors

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos (Suite)

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    5:20
  • 12:01 AM

    Fantasy

    Malcolm Arnold

    Legacy: A Tribute to Dennis Brain

    Ben Goldscheider, horn

    4:43
  • 11:52 PM

    Rondo for Violin and Orchestra

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Berlin Philharmonic

    David Oistrakh, conductor

    David Oistrakh, violin

    6:33
  • 11:47 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 3: Allegro assai

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Sonatas and Partitas - Complete

    Paul Galbraith, guitar

    2:28
  • 11:34 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 24

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Piano Sonatas

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    11:57
  • 11:24 PM

    Land of the Mountain and the Flood

    Hamish MacCunn

    Scottish Light Music

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    John Wilson, conductor

    9:11
  • 11:06 PM

    Kuentz Chamber Orchestra

    Paul Kuentz, conductor

    Nicanor Zabaleta, harp

    17:25
  • 11:01 PM

    Out of the Night

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Ludovico Einaudi: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:33
  • 10:51 PM

    Concertino for Oboe and Orchestra

    Gaetano Donizetti

    Donizetti, Lindpaintner: Concerti for Wind

    RIAS Sinfonietta

    Jiri Starek, conductor

    Gunther Passin, oboe

    7:20
  • 10:32 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 13

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    17:18
  • 10:26 PM

    Sun and Moon and Stars

    Bill Whelan

    Invisible Stars - Choral Works of Ireland and Scotland

    The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin

    Desmond Earley, conductor

    Emily Doyle, soprano

    5:37
  • 10:12 PM

    Suite for Strings

    John Rutter

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Rutter, conductor

    12:23
  • 10:06 PM

    Novelette (Orientale)

    Alexander Glazunov

    Saint Petersburg String Quartet

    4:57
  • 10:01 PM

    Petite Symphony: Finale

    Charles Gounod

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    4:47
  • 9:47 PM

    The Song of Hiawatha: Overture

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    11:22
  • 9:43 PM

    Salut d'amour (Love's Greeting)

    Edward Elgar

    Cello Adagios

    Lynn Harrell, cello

    3:08
  • 9:24 PM

    Norwegian Dances

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Norwegian Dances

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    17:36
  • 9:12 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    9:45
  • 9:06 PM

    Waltz No. 1 "Grand Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    5:39
  • 9:03 PM

    Canzon No. 12

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Wallace Collection

    2:30
  • 8:50 PM

    Knights Templar Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    8:16
  • 8:31 PM

    Symphony No. 31 "Paris"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 31, 36 & 38

    London Mozart Players

    Jane Glover, conductor

    18:21
  • 8:21 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 6

    Antonio Vivaldi

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Lisa Beznosiuk, flute

    8:08
  • 8:19 PM

    Seven Desires: 2

    Tan Dun

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    1:09
  • 8:06 PM

    12 Variations on Handel's "See, The Conquering Hero Comes" from Judas Maccabaeus

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    Martha Argerich, piano

    11:47
  • 8:01 PM

    Trio Sonata No. 10

    Arcangelo Corelli

    Purcell Quartet

    4:32
  • 7:47 PM

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

    Bedrich Smetana

    Classics for all Seasons: Autumn

    Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

    Zdenek Macal, conductor

    11:38
  • 5:50 PM

    The Little Trifles (selections)

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:25
  • 5:37 PM

    Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1

    Georges Enescu

    Symphonic Spectacular

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    11:52
  • 5:28 PM

    Serenata No. 5

    James Oswald

    Chatham Baroque

    8:07
  • 5:20 PM

    Paroles - Suite for Clarinet and Orchestra: III. Parole du Matin a la Rose

    Dia Succari

    German Symphony Orchestra

    Manuel Nawri, conductor

    Kinan Azmeh, clarinet

    6:22
  • 5:06 PM

    Piano Trio No. 10

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: The Piano Trios

    Beaux Arts Trio

    12:59
  • 5:01 PM

    Chilean Dance

    Andrew York

    Andrew York, guitar

    4:30
  • 4:46 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    12:30
  • 4:14 PM

    Serenade for Strings

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenades

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    29:45
  • 4:11 PM

    The Willow Tree

    Traditional

    The Lark in the Clear Air

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    2:58
  • 4:06 PM

    The Merchant of Venice: Suite: Finale

    Arthur Sullivan

    Ruddigore

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Vivian Dunn, conductor

    3:16
  • 4:01 PM

    Sonata No. 16

    Giovanni Fontana

    Stradivaria

    4:31
  • 3:47 PM

    Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Overtures

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    11:03
  • 3:26 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 10

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Sonatas, K330, 331 & 570

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    19:20
  • 3:19 PM

    Fast Blue Village 2

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Habemus Quartet

    5:56
  • 3:06 PM

    Transylvanian Symphony for Strings

    Kurt Schwertsik

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    HK Gruber, conductor

    11:55
  • 3:01 PM

    English Suite: Prelude and Round Dance

    John Duarte

    Stein-Erik Olsen, guitar

    4:46
  • 2:49 PM

    String Quartet

    Josef Myslivecek

    Myslivecek: Oboe Quintets, String Quartets

    Dolezal Quartet

    8:47
  • 2:39 PM

    Variations on a Rococo Theme

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    19:00
  • 2:35 PM

    Wind Concertino

    Szymon Laks

    Joaquin Valdepenas, clarinet

    Sarah Jeffrey, oboe

    Frank Morelli, bassoon

    13:21
  • 2:29 PM

    Fantasy-Impromptu

    Frederic Chopin

    The Art of Ashkenazy

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    4:53
  • 2:24 PM

    Don Carlo: Io la vidi, al suo sorriso

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Villazon: Verdi

    Orchestra of the Royal Theater, Torino

    Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

    Rolando Villazon, tenor

    4:09
  • 2:05 PM

    Carmen Suite No. 2

    Georges Bizet

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:39
  • 2:00 PM

    Fugue "Little"

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Transcriptions

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    3:52
  • 2:00 PM

    Air for Violin

    Aaron Jay Kernis

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    Truls Mork, cello

    11:42
  • 1:52 PM

    King Arthur Suite

    Henry Purcell

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    18:25
  • 1:50 PM

    King Arthur Suite

    Henry Purcell

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    18:25
  • 1:34 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 11: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    The King's Violins

    Bernard Labadie, conductor

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    8:16
  • 1:32 PM

    Music for Children: March

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Brodsky Unlimited

    Brodsky Quartet

    1:04
  • 1:24 PM

    Suite No. 1: Fuga con Pajarillo

    Aldemaro Romero

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    7:07
  • 1:19 PM

    Suite No. 1 "The Fable of the Tortoise and the Hare": They're Off

    Don Gillis

    Five Piece Combo: The Complete Suites for Wind Quintet by Don Gillis

    Madera Wind Quintet

    4:20
  • 1:11 PM

    Der Rosenkavalier: Mit Mir Waltz

    Richard Strauss

    The Great Waltz

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    4:40
  • 1:04 PM

    Polonaise for Violin and Strings

    Franz Schubert

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    5:55
  • 12:57 PM

    Spring Song

    Frank Bridge

    Oystein Birkeland, cello

    Vebjorn Anvik, piano

    2:08
  • 12:54 PM

    The Bridges of Madison County: Love Theme

    Clint Eastwood

    Beautiful Hollywood

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:06
  • 12:50 PM

    Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Gil Shaham, violin

    3:41
  • 12:44 PM

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Greatest Classical Show On Earth

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:13
  • 12:36 PM

    Symphony No. 4

    William Boyce

    Boyce: 8 Symphonies

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    6:50
  • 12:30 PM

    Four Characteristic Waltzes: Queen's Waltz

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    5:14
  • 12:22 PM

    Voices of Spring Waltz (Fruhlingsstimmen)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Wienerwaltzer Paprika

    Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    6:06
  • 12:16 PM

    Etude No. 3 "Un Sospiro" (A Sigh)

    Franz Liszt

    Susann McDonald, harp

    5:34
  • 12:08 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 6

    George Frideric Handel

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    6:37
  • 12:04 PM

    Peer Gynt: In The Hall Of The Mountain King

    Edvard Grieg

    Dies Irae: The Essential Choral Collection

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    2:49
  • 11:48 AM

    Gloriana: Courtly Dances

    Benjamin Britten

    Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    10:19
  • 11:40 AM

    Symphony No. 29: 4th movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    6:55
  • 11:31 AM

    Rodeo: Buckaroo Holiday

    Aaron Copland

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    7:30
  • 11:26 AM

    Sevillanas

    Traditional

    LAGQ Latin

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:07
  • 11:19 AM

    Scottish March (Marche ecossaise)

    Claude Debussy

    French National Radio and Television Orchestra

    Jean Martinon, conductor

    6:27
  • 11:15 AM

    Scottish Folk Songs: Turn Ye to Me

    Helen Hopekirk

    Gary Steigerwalt, piano

    3:14
  • 11:08 AM

    Waltz-Scherzo

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    Daniel Lozakovich, violin

    5:42
  • 11:04 AM

    Idomenee: Rigaudon

    Andre Campra

    Empire Brass

    Robert Woods, conductor

    Michael Murray, organ

    2:52
  • 10:45 AM

    A Moorside Suite

    Gustav Holst

    English Folk Songs

    Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    12:57
  • 10:37 AM

    Thais: Meditation

    Jules Massenet

    New York Chamber Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    7:26
  • 10:21 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Samuel Wesley

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    14:39
  • 10:15 AM

    Pavane

    Gabriel Faure

    Romances for Saxophone

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Branford Marsalis, saxophone

    5:40
  • 10:12 AM

    Danish String Quartet

    2:44
  • 10:09 AM

    Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott (A Mighty Fortress is Our God)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    2:20
  • 10:06 AM

    Etude No. 5 "Black Keys"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    1:39
  • 10:01 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 11: 1st movement

    Pietro Locatelli

    Locatelli: Violin Sonatas, Op. 6

    Locatelli Trio

    4:49
  • 9:39 AM

    Three Botticelli Pictures

    Ottorino Respighi

    Long Beach Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    19:04
  • 9:27 AM

    Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    New Queen's Hall Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    10:44
  • 9:06 AM

    Piano Trio No. 4 "Gassenhauer"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Vienna Piano Trio

    18:38
  • 9:01 AM

    Suite for Strings: Prelude

    Joan Trimble

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    4:46
  • 8:28 AM

    Symphony

    Georges Bizet

    Berlioz, Bizet, Chausson: Symphonies

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    30:33
  • 8:21 AM

    Wiegenlied (Lullaby)

    Richard Strauss

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Eivind Aadland, conductor

    Tine Thing Helseth, trumpet

    4:26
  • 8:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 10

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Hagen Quartet

    14:57
  • 8:01 AM

    Lyrical Serenade

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Miniatures

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    4:42
  • 7:44 AM

    Piano Concertino

    Henriette Bosmans

    Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra

    Ed Spanjaard, conductor

    Ronald Brautigam, piano

    14:42
  • 7:38 AM

    Arabian Caprice

    Francisco Tarrega

    Julian Bream, guitar

    5:24
  • 7:20 AM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Aaron Copland

    All In

    Louisville Orchestra

    Jason Seber, conductor

    Teddy Abrams, clarinet

    16:34
  • 7:07 AM

    The Chairman Dances

    John Adams

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    12:39
  • 7:01 AM

    Figure Humaine: Liberte

    Francis Poulenc

    12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic

    4:34
  • 6:34 AM

    Concierto Breve

    Xavier Montsalvatge

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    Celso Antunes, conductor

    Jenny Lin, piano

    24:25
  • 6:29 AM

    Using the Apostate Tyrant as His Tool

    Kassia

    Kronos Quartet

    3:51
  • 6:06 AM

    Cello Sonata No. 1

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Complete Works for Cello and Piano

    Elizabeth Dolin, cello

    21:39
  • 6:01 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Andante

    Max Bruch

    Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra

    George Hanson, conductor

    4:34
  • 5:44 AM

    Piano Trio "Variations on an Original Theme"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beaux Arts Trio

    14:06
  • 5:18 AM

    Autumn Gardens

    Einojuhani Rautavaara

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    26:24
  • 5:06 AM

    Spem in Alium (Hope in all things)

    Thomas Tallis

    Tallis: Spem in Alium

    ORA

    Suzi Digby, conductor

    9:13
  • 5:01 AM

    L'incoronazione di Poppea: Pur ti miro

    Claudio Monteverdi

    Axiom Quartet

    4:35