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  • 4:33 AM

    Aladdin Suite

    Carl Nielsen

    Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2, etc.

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    25:07
  • 4:29 AM

    Fantasy Pieces: Summer Song

    Agathe Grondahl

    Norwegian Classical Favourites

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    2:20
  • 4:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 5

    Philip Glass

    Brooklyn Rider

    22:11
  • 4:01 AM

    Chacony (Chaconne)

    Henry Purcell

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    4:33
  • 3:40 AM

    Intimate Impressions

    Federico Mompou

    Mompou: Impresiones Intimas

    Anita Pontremoli, piano

    17:38
  • 3:25 AM

    Triodion

    Arvo Part

    Arvo Part: Tintinnabuli

    Tallis Scholars

    Peter Phillips, conductor

    13:32
  • 3:06 AM

    French Suite No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Andrei Gavrilov, piano

    17:25
  • 3:01 AM

    Elegy

    Alla Pavlova

    Alla Pavlova: Symphony No. 5; Elegy

    Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra

    Vladimir Ziva, conductor

    Andrei Korobeinikov, piano

    4:36
  • 2:53 AM

    Three Piano Pieces: Wiegenlied

    Zara Levina

    Maria Lettberg, piano

    5:22
  • 2:24 AM

    The Knights

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Michael Ward-Bergeman, hyper-accordion

    Jamey Haddad, percussion

    Cyro Baptista, percussion

    28:06
  • 2:17 AM

    I Cannot Dance, O Lord

    Aaron Jay Kernis

    The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass

    VocalEssence Ensemble Singers

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    3:37
  • 2:13 AM

    Three Fantastic Dances

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Dance: Works for Piano

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    4:10
  • 2:06 AM

    Plain Song, Fantastic Dances: Quick Step

    Michael Gandolfi

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    6:42
  • 2:01 AM

    Prelude on an Old Folk Tune

    Amy Beach

    Joanne Polk, piano

    4:36
  • 1:45 AM

    Romance for Violin and Orchestra

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Encore Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hege, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    12:37
  • 1:18 AM

    Serenade No. 4

    Robert Fuchs

    Fuchs: Serenades Nos. 3, 4 and 5

    Cologne Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Ludwig, conductor

    25:19
  • 1:12 AM

    The Veil of the Temple: Mother of God, Here I Stand

    John Tavener

    White Light: The Space Between

    O/Modernt Chamber Orchestra

    Hugo Ticciati, conductor

    4:38
  • 1:06 AM

    Images, Book 2: Et la Lune Descend sur le Temple qui Fut (Moonlight on the Ruins of a Temple)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images; Children's Corner; Suite Bergamasque; L'Isle Joyeuse

    Seong-Jin Cho, piano

    5:54
  • 1:01 AM

    Woodland Sketches (selected)

    Edward MacDowell

    Paula Robison, flute

    Eliot Fisk, guitar

    4:33
  • 12:55 AM

    Wild Swans: Eliza's Aria

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Lang Lang, piano

    3:07
  • 12:39 AM

    Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye): Suite

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    15:41
  • 12:20 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Amanda Rontgen-Maier

    Amanda Meyer: Volume 1

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Andreas Stoehr, conductor

    Gregory Maytan, violin

    17:14
  • 12:12 AM

    Valse-Caprice

    Cecile Chaminade

    Hiroko Ishimoto, piano

    5:11
  • 12:06 AM

    Summer Night on the River

    Frederick Delius

    Delius Miniatures

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    6:13
  • 12:01 AM

    Irish Tune from County Derry

    Percy Grainger

    Lincolnshire Posy

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    4:47
  • 11:48 PM

    Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: La Mer, etc.

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    10:14
  • 11:34 PM

    String Quartet No. 1

    Maddalena Laura Sirmen

    Sirmen: The 6 String Quartets / Allegri String Quartet

    Allegri String Quartet

    12:14
  • 11:25 PM

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    Zhang Weiliang, xiao

    8:19
  • 11:06 PM

    Concertino for Oboe and Strings

    Brenno Blauth

    Death of an Angel

    Camerata Bariloche

    Andres Spiller, oboe

    17:12
  • 11:01 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Andante

    Max Bruch

    Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra

    George Hanson, conductor

    4:34
  • 10:29 PM

    Symphony No. 103 "Drum Roll"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Seven London Symphonies

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    29:09
  • 10:21 PM

    Variations on a Viennese "Heurigen" Melody

    Hans Gal

    Piano Trios: Gal, Shostakovich

    Briggs Piano Trio

    6:57
  • 10:14 PM

    Aguas da Amazonia: Madeira River

    Philip Glass

    Third Coast Percussion

    5:42
  • 10:06 PM

    Barcarolle No. 5

    Gabriel Faure

    Water

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    6:40
  • 10:01 PM

    Prelude No. 15 "Raindrop"

    Frederic Chopin

    Yundi Li, piano

    4:47
  • 9:21 PM

    Symphony No. 4

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    37:49
  • 9:16 PM

    Pelimanni's Revenge

    Timo Alakotila

    Light

    Ethel

    3:22
  • 9:12 PM

    Valdres-March

    Johannes Hanssen

    Norwegian Classical Favourites

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    3:43
  • 9:07 PM

    Two-Part Invention No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Invention

    Tessa Lark, violin

    3:18
  • 9:01 PM

    Kroke

    Nigel Kennedy, violin

    John Anderson, oboe

    Janice Knight, oboe

    Julie Price, bassoon

    David Heath, flute

    Doug Boyle, guitar

    4:41
  • 8:46 PM

    Chimney of King Rene

    Darius Milhaud

    Milhaud: Music for Wind Instruments

    Athena Ensemble

    12:53
  • 8:29 PM

    Fantasy on Hungarian Folk Tunes

    Franz Liszt

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Jun'ichi Hirokami, conductor

    Barry Douglas, piano

    14:39
  • 8:26 PM

    Bucimis (Folk Dance)

    Traditional Bulgarian

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    Itamar Doari, percussion

    2:57
  • 8:06 PM

    An American in Paris

    George Gershwin

    Transatlantic

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Louis Langree, conductor

    17:55
  • 8:01 PM

    West Side Story: Somewhere

    Leonard Bernstein

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    4:36
  • 7:47 PM

    Horn Concerto

    Christoph Forster

    Before Mozart: Early Horn Concertos

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    Alec Frank-Gemmill, horn

    11:44
  • 4:45 PM

    Jane Eyre

    John Williams

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    13:26
  • 4:42 PM

    Maranoa Lullaby

    Peter Sculthorpe

    Brodsky Quartet

    Anne Sofie von Otter, alto

    2:29
  • 4:20 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Violin Sonatas

    Pamela Frank, violin

    21:04
  • 4:09 PM

    Concerto for Two Hunting Horns

    Johann Heinichen

    Heinichen: Dresden Concerti

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    8:32
  • 4:06 PM

    Canzon "La Serafina"

    Pietro Lappi

    Royal Academy of Music Brass

    2:41
  • 4:01 PM

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    4:42
  • 3:51 PM

    Ballade No. 3

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Four Balladen, Etc

    Krystian Zimerman, piano

    7:25
  • 3:23 PM

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    26:37
  • 3:18 PM

    Semiramide riconosciuta: Tradita, sprezzata

    Nicola Porpora

    Contraltos

    Orfeo 55

    Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor

    Nathalie Stutzmann, contralto

    3:32
  • 3:06 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Six Brandenburg Concertos

    Dunedin Consort

    John Butt, conductor

    10:41
  • 3:01 PM

    Gavotte No. 2

    David Popper

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    Stephen Hough, piano

    4:40
  • 2:36 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 14

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    22:24
  • 2:29 PM

    Six Irish Fantasies: Jig

    Charles Stanford

    Lucy Gould, violin

    Benjamin Frith, piano

    5:33
  • 2:18 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 10

    Arcangelo Corelli

    I Solisti Italiani

    9:59
  • 2:06 PM

    King Lear Overture

    Mily Balakirev

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vassily Sinaisky, conductor

    10:38
  • 2:01 PM

    Robin Hood Suite: Maid Marian

    Frederic Curzon

    Robin Hood Country

    East of England Orchestra

    Malcolm Nabarro, conductor

    4:29
  • 1:46 PM

    Ballade

    Gabriel Faure

    Ravel

    Yuja Wang, piano

    11:59
  • 1:40 PM

    The Truth About the Russian Dancers: Overture

    Arnold Bax

    Bax: Orchestral Works, Vol. 9

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    4:10
  • 1:20 PM

    Suite on Russian Themes

    Max Bruch

    Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Werner Andreas Albert, conductor

    19:11
  • 1:18 PM

    Eight Russian Folk Songs: I Danced with the Gnat

    Anatol Liadov

    Melody's Mostly Musical Day

    Jenny Lin, piano

    1:31
  • 1:06 PM

    Concerto No. 4 "Le Carillon"

    Jacques Aubert

    Aubert: Concerts de Simphonies & Concertos

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    10:53
  • 10:49 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    William Herschel

    Herschel: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    9:34
  • 10:35 AM

    Suite: Paris

    Haydn Wood

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    13:34
  • 10:30 AM

    Flor de Mayo

    Ljova

    Hemingway

    Shanir Blumenkranz, bass

    2:56
  • 10:21 AM

    Garden of Roses (Il giardino di rose): Concerto No. 2

    Alessandro Scarlatti

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    8:36
  • 10:14 AM

    Star Wars: Princess Leia

    John Williams

    John Williams' Classic Film Scores Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Star Wars

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    5:06
  • 10:06 AM

    My Life is Love and Laughter Waltz

    Josef Strauss

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    7:38
  • 10:01 AM

    Orphee Suite: Orphee and the Princess

    Philip Glass

    The Orpheus Suite for Piano

    Paul Barnes, piano

    4:36
  • 9:46 AM

    From Italy (Aus Italien): On the Beach at Sorrento

    Richard Strauss

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    12:34
  • 9:32 AM

    Pohadka (Fairy Tale)

    Leos Janacek

    Alisa Weilerstein, cello

    Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, piano

    11:26
  • 9:15 AM

    Rafal Blechacz, piano

    15:38
  • 9:06 AM

    Jazz Suite No. 1

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    8:11
  • 9:01 AM

    Partita: Pavane

    Paul Lansky

    David Starobin, guitar

    Mari Yoshinaga, percussion

    4:39
  • 8:39 AM

    Violin Sonata

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Sonatas for Piano and Violin

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    19:41
  • 8:14 AM

    Coppelia Ballet Suite

    Leo Delibes

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Heinz Fricke, conductor

    23:30
  • 8:06 AM

    Sarnia: In a May Morning

    John Ireland

    Orchestra of the Swan

    David Curtis, conductor

    6:56
  • 8:01 AM

    Duo Similia

    4:38
  • 7:46 AM

    Shades of Darkness: Midnight Blue

    Stefania de Kenessey

    Andiamo Chamber Ensemble

    12:33
  • 7:41 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
  • 7:15 AM

    String Quartet No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Early String Quartets

    Cypress String Quartet

    25:06
  • 7:06 AM

    Mathis der Maler (Mathis the Painter): Angel's Concert

    Paul Hindemith

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    8:20
  • 7:01 AM

    Musical Moment No. 4

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert, Mazzoli

    Shai Wosner, piano

    4:47
  • 6:29 AM

    Piano Trio No. 1

    Rosalind Ellicott

    Trio Anima Mundi

    28:53
  • 6:23 AM

    The City: New England Countryside

    Aaron Copland

    London Sinfonietta

    Elgar Howarth, conductor

    6:09
  • 6:06 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 31

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Maria Bergmann, piano

    15:00
  • 6:01 AM

    Suite of Three Pieces: Idylle

    Benjamin Godard

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Steuart Bedford, conductor

    William Bennett, flute

    4:37
  • 5:27 AM

    String Quartet No. 10

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: The String Quartets

    Prague Quartet

    31:33
  • 5:10 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2, Dances from Aleko, Scherzo

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    14:44
  • 5:06 AM

    Water Music: Andantino

    Malcolm Arnold

    Arnold for Band

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    3:39
  • 5:01 AM

    Bibo No Aozora (Beauty of a Blue Sky)

    Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Blanc

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:42