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  • 4:20 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3

    Vienna Symphony Orchestra

    Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor

    Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, piano

    38:03
  • 4:14 AM

    Un dia de Noviembre (A Day in November)

    Leo Brouwer

    Lily Afshar, guitar

    4:18
  • 4:06 AM

    Bridges to Bach

    Giya Kancheli

    The Art of Instrumentation: Homage to Glenn Gould

    Kremerata Baltica

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    7:50
  • 4:01 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4 "Mozartiana": Preghiera (Prayer)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Suites Nos. 1-4

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    4:37
  • 3:49 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Schubert: Symphonies No. 3 in D & No. 5 in B Flat

    CBC Vancouver Orchestra

    Mario Bernardi, conductor

    James Sommerville, horn

    9:41
  • 3:39 AM

    Plain Song, Fantastic Dances: St. Botolph's Fantasia

    Michael Gandolfi

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    7:54
  • 3:36 AM

    Harp Sonata: 3rd movement

    Sophia Dussek

    Judy Loman, harp

    2:40
  • 3:07 AM

    String Quartet

    Maurice Ravel

    Emerson String Quartet: Complete Recordings

    Emerson String Quartet

    28:03
  • 3:01 AM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Johan Svendsen

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    4:45
  • 2:48 AM

    Adagio and Allegro

    Robert Schumann

    Truls Mork, cello

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    10:08
  • 2:25 AM

    Symphony No. 4 "Poem of Ecstasy"

    Alexander Scriabin

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    21:59
  • 2:19 AM

    Three Folk Songs

    Chou Wen-Chung

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    3:42
  • 2:06 AM

    Icelandic Folk Dances

    Jon Leifs

    Leifs: Geysir and Other Orchestral Works

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    12:25
  • 2:01 AM

    English Idyll No. 2

    George Butterworth

    Halle Orchestra

    Mark Elder, conductor

    4:36
  • 1:48 AM

    South American Suite

    Brian Packham

    Highlands

    Camerata Bariloche

    Chris Norman, flute

    10:10
  • 1:37 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Sinfonia Espansiva": 4th movement

    Carl Nielsen

    Seattle Symphony

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    9:14
  • 1:26 AM

    Polonaise No. 4

    Frederic Chopin

    Artur Rubinstein, piano

    8:41
  • 1:06 AM

    Symphony No. 31 "Paris"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    18:40
  • 1:01 AM

    The Color Purple: Main Theme

    Quincy Jones

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    4:30
  • 12:48 AM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: Keyboard Concertos

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    David Fray, piano

    9:58
  • 12:39 AM

    The Temple of Glory: Three Airs

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    7:54
  • 12:32 AM

    Rebirth in the Mountains

    He Luting

    Shanghai Philharmonic

    Cao Peng, conductor

    5:02
  • 12:07 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    25:24
  • 12:01 AM

    Concerto for 2 Horns: Rondo

    Antonio Rosetti

    Bavarian Chamber Philharmonic

    Johannes Moesus, conductor

    Klaus Wallendorf, horn

    Sarah Willis, horn

    4:34
  • 11:52 PM

    Three Preludes

    George Gershwin

    Gil Shaham, violin

    Andre Previn, piano

    6:13
  • 11:49 PM

    John Williams, guitar

    2:36
  • 11:28 PM

    String Quartet No. 28

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Daedalus Quartet

    19:39
  • 11:16 PM

    Highland Memories

    Hamish MacCunn

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    John Wilson, conductor

    9:56
  • 11:06 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Scottish": 4th movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: 'Scottish' and 'Italian' Symphonies

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jaime Laredo, conductor

    9:19
  • 11:01 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 6: Sicilienne

    Saverio Mercadante

    Mercadante: Flute Concertos

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    4:49
  • 10:39 PM

    Eine kleine Nachtmusik

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures - Eine kleine Nachtmusik

    Tafelmusik

    Bruno Weil, conductor

    19:16
  • 10:29 PM

    Four Pieces

    Halfdan Kjerulf

    Einar Steen-Nokleberg, piano

    9:02
  • 10:21 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 4, Serenade for Strings

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    7:33
  • 10:13 PM

    Chor Leoni Men's Chorus

    Erick Lichte, conductor

    5:32
  • 10:06 PM

    The Fairy Queen: Act IV Symphony

    Henry Purcell

    Sound The Trumpet: Royal Music of Purcell and Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    6:26
  • 10:01 PM

    Concerto Grosso: 2nd movement

    Henry Cowell

    Cowell: Concerto Grosso/Hymn & Fuguing Tune No 10

    Manhattan Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Auldon Clark, conductor

    4:41
  • 9:52 PM

    Navarra Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Martinez Izquierdo, conductor

    Tianwa Yang, violin

    6:24
  • 9:49 PM

    Waltz No. 4 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Stephen Kovacevich, piano

    1:56
  • 9:29 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2

    Georges Bizet

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    18:32
  • 9:25 PM

    Carolan's Dream

    Turlough O'Carolan

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    3:30
  • 9:10 PM

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    13:25
  • 9:06 PM

    Pelleas and Melisande: Sicilienne

    Gabriel Faure

    Music for Flute & Harp

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    3:29
  • 9:03 PM

    Minuet No. 2

    Giacomo Puccini

    R. Strauss, Verdi, Puccini: String Quartets

    Enso String Quartet

    2:37
  • 8:48 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 22

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    10:32
  • 8:39 PM

    Sonata for Flute and Harp: 1st movement

    Jean-Michel Damase

    Damase: Music for Flute, Harp and Strings

    Anna Noakes, flute

    7:26
  • 8:25 PM

    Ebb and Flow

    Tony Banks

    Czech National Symphony Orchestra

    Nick Ingman, conductor

    12:48
  • 8:14 PM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Serenade No. 10 for Winds "Gran Partita"

    London Symphony Orchestra Wind Ensemble

    9:35
  • 8:06 PM

    The Planets: Mars

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    7:09
  • 8:01 PM

    Gone with the Wind: Tara Theme

    Max Steiner

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:40
  • 7:39 PM

    Symphony No. 95

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Hanover Band

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    19:02
  • 5:47 PM

    Rondo Arlecchinesco

    Ferruccio Busoni

    North German Radio Symphony

    Werner Andreas Albert, conductor

    11:38
  • 5:23 PM

    Piano Trio No. 5 "Ghost"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beaux Arts Trio

    22:17
  • 5:15 PM

    Five Preludes

    William Alwyn

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    5:58
  • 5:06 PM

    Trio No. 1 "London"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Laurel Zucker, flute

    Renee Siebert, flute

    Samuel Magill, cello

    8:26
  • 5:01 PM

    Tale of Tsar Saltan Suite: March

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    4:43
  • 4:45 PM

    Night on Bald Mountain

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition

    Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    12:50
  • 4:33 PM

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

    John Knowles Paine

    John Knowles Paine: Orchestral Works 2

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    11:09
  • 4:29 PM

    Canzon per sonare No. 1 "La Spiritata"

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Royal Academy of Music Brass

    2:46
  • 4:06 PM

    Symphony No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    A Second of Silence

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    21:48
  • 4:01 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 2: Allegro

    Pietro Locatelli

    Locatelli: Violin Sonatas, Op. 6

    Locatelli Trio

    4:31
  • 3:48 PM

    Four Seasons: Summer

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Joshua Bell, violin

    9:56
  • 3:27 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 8

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    19:22
  • 3:19 PM

    Fantasy Pieces: Minuet and Trio

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Catalyst Quartet

    6:53
  • 3:06 PM

    Romeo and Juliet

    Johan Svendsen

    South Jutland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    12:06
  • 3:01 PM

    Symphony No. 1: Scherzo

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    4:34
  • 2:37 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Trondheim Soloists

    Alisa Weilerstein, cello

    21:29
  • 2:36 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Trondheim Soloists

    Alisa Weilerstein, cello

    21:29
  • 2:30 PM

    Three Improvisations

    Francis Poulenc

    Pascal Roge, piano

    4:42
  • 2:25 PM

    Semele: Where E'er You Walk

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Arias

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Bryn Terfel, baritone

    4:32
  • 2:09 PM

    Dumbarton Oaks Concerto

    Igor Stravinsky

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    14:50
  • 2:04 PM

    The Shepherd Girl's Sunday

    Ole Bull

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:06
  • 2:00 PM

    Humoresque No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    3:02
  • 1:40 PM

    Variations on a Theme by Haydn "St. Antoni Chorale"

    Johannes Brahms

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    18:51
  • 1:35 PM

    Music for Brass Instruments: Intermezzo

    Ingolf Dahl

    The Music of Ingolf Dahl

    New World Brass

    3:09
  • 1:30 PM

    La Boheme: O Soave fanciulla

    Giacomo Puccini

    Renata Tebaldi, soprano

    Carol Bergonzi, tenor

    4:00
  • 1:25 PM

    Miniature Viennese March

    Fritz Kreisler

    Inventions

    Renaud Capucon, violin

    3:14
  • 1:18 PM

    Sword Dance

    Frederic Lamond

    Lamond: Symphony; Scottish Highlands Overture

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    6:09
  • 1:10 PM

    Pygmalion: Overture

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Les Arts Florissants

    William Christie, conductor

    4:47
  • 1:04 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Air on the G String

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Tokyo Concert Orchestra

    Shigenobu Yamaoka, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    5:18
  • 12:51 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Four Temperaments": 4th movement

    Carl Nielsen

    Carl Nielsen: Symphonies 2 And 3

    New York Philharmonic

    Alan Gilbert, conductor

    7:27
  • 12:45 PM

    Berceuse

    Gabriel Faure

    Carmen-Fantasie

    Vienna Philharmonic

    James Levine, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    4:28
  • 12:38 PM

    Symphony No. 5: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Sergiu Comissiona, conductor

    6:26
  • 12:33 PM

    Three Latin-American Sketches: Dance from Jalisco

    Aaron Copland

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    3:25
  • 12:22 PM

    Overture for a Masque

    E.J. Moeran

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    9:22
  • 12:18 PM

    Folk Songs for Orchestra: My Lord, what a morning

    George Walker

    George Walker: Orchestral Works

    Cleveland Chamber Symphony

    Edwin London, conductor

    3:33
  • 12:14 PM

    Twinkle Variations

    Louise Pratt

    Silence Wakes My Song

    Julia Shaw, harp

    3:19
  • 12:08 PM

    Roma Suite: A Roma Song

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha OVerture / Petite Suite

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    4:07
  • 12:04 PM

    Carmen: Seguedilla and Dragoons

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Carmen Suite, L'arlesienne Suites Etc.

    Orchestra of the Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    3:41
  • 11:52 AM

    Symphony No. 1: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    5:53
  • 11:45 AM

    An English Suite: Air and Frolic

    Hubert Parry

    Elgar: Seranade, etc./Parry: An English Suite, etc.

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    5:55
  • 11:38 AM

    Far and Away: Suite

    John Williams

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    5:36
  • 11:33 AM

    Dreams of Love No. 3 (Liebestraum)

    Franz Liszt

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    4:05
  • 11:26 AM

    Allegro for String Quartet

    Niels Gade

    Kontra Quartet

    6:14
  • 11:18 AM

    Dance Suite

    Tielman Susato

    Ludwig Guttler Brass Ensemble

    Ludwig Guttler, conductor

    7:12
  • 11:11 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Giuseppe Torelli

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    5:45
  • 11:04 AM

    Norwegian Dance No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg, Svendsen: Orchestral Works

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    6:15
  • 10:44 AM

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Symphonic Dances/Sigurd Jorsalfar/Peer Gynt

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    14:25
  • 10:33 AM

    Linen and Lace: Belfast

    Bill Whelan

    RTE National Symphony Orchestra

    David Brophy, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    9:49
  • 10:27 AM

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers Awake)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Trios

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:42
  • 10:24 AM

    Airs and Graces: Mill Dance

    Eric Wetherell

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    2:32
  • 10:16 AM

    Suite Mignonne

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Spring Song, The Bard, etc.

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:39
  • 10:07 AM

    Die Fledermaus: Overture

    Johann StraussJr.

    Fanfare for the Common Man

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Carl Davis, conductor

    8:36
  • 10:01 AM

    Divertimento No. 14: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Divertimenti

    Berlin Philharmonic Winds

    4:30
  • 9:44 AM

    Rapsodie espagnole

    Maurice Ravel

    Escales: French Orchestral Works

    Sinfonia of London

    John Wilson, conductor

    14:32
  • 9:23 AM

    String Concerto

    Giuseppe Valentini

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    19:30
  • 9:19 AM

    Elizabethan Masque

    Fredric Bayco

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    Ruth Scott, oboe

    2:16
  • 9:06 AM

    Old Wine in New Bottles

    Gordon Jacob

    The Chamber Winds

    Chamber Winds

    11:51
  • 9:01 AM

    Chiling o guiry (Celia O'Gara)

    Burke Thumoth

    Concerto Caledonia

    David McGuinness, conductor

    4:46
  • 8:28 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Robert Schumann

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    Lars Vogt, piano

    30:20
  • 8:22 AM

    Sospiri (Sighs)

    Edward Elgar

    And the Bridge is Love: English Music for Strings

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Julian Lloyd Webber, conductor

    5:06
  • 8:06 AM

    Impressions d'ardennes

    Joseph Jongen

    National Orchestra of Belgium

    Roman Kofman, conductor

    14:47
  • 8:01 AM

    The Seawall Song

    Tamezo Narita

    Paillard Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Francois Paillard, conductor

    4:33
  • 7:42 AM

    Flute Quartet No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    Christoph Poppen, violin

    Hariolf Schlichtig, viola

    Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello

    16:49
  • 7:36 AM

    Nocturne No. 7

    Frederic Chopin

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    5:07
  • 7:12 AM

    A Card Game (Jeu de cartes)

    Igor Stravinsky

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    James Conlon, conductor

    22:32
  • 7:06 AM

    Suite Gothique: Priere a Notre Dame

    Leon Boellmann

    Hans Fagius, organ

    5:05
  • 7:01 AM

    Views of the Sea: 1st movement

    Eduard Toldra

    Andorra National Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Claret, conductor

    4:38
  • 6:24 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Yefim Bronfman, piano

    33:54
  • 6:16 AM

    Symphony No. 3: 2nd movement

    Marcel Tyberg

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    6:13
  • 6:06 AM

    Kronos Quartet

    9:39
  • 6:01 AM

    Keltic Lament

    John Foulds

    Foulds: Dynamic Triptych, Music-Pictures Iii

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    4:31
  • 5:42 AM

    Piano Trio No. 39 "Gypsy"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Beaux Arts Trio

    16:38
  • 5:38 AM

    Fair and Tender Ladies

    Robert Beaser

    Paula Robison, flute

    Eliot Fisk, guitar

    3:23
  • 5:07 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    29:45
  • 5:01 AM

    Like a Singing Bird

    Bob Chilcott

    iSing Silicon Valley

    Jennah Delp Somers/Shane Troll, conductor

    4:36