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  • 4:49 AM

    Melancholy Serenade

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Russian National Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    9:29
  • 4:44 AM

    Hungarian Folksongs from the Csik District

    Bela Bartok

    Exiles' Cafe

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:12
  • 4:06 AM

    Concerto for Orchestra

    Bela Bartok

    Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra

    New York Philharmonic

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    37:10
  • 4:01 AM

    What Inspires Poetry: About Rain and Storm

    Jorge Grundman

    Minds

    Ara Malikian, violin

    4:38
  • 3:27 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Ignaz Moscheles

    Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    Howard Shelley, piano

    31:01
  • 3:16 AM

    The Spark Catchers

    Hannah Kendall

    Spark Catchers

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Kevin John Edusei, conductor

    9:36
  • 3:10 AM

    Hungarian Melody

    Franz Schubert

    Shai Wosner, piano

    4:14
  • 3:06 AM

    From Foreign Lands: Hungary

    Moritz Moszkowski

    From Foreign Lands

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    3:33
  • 3:01 AM

    Cherubic Hymn

    Pavel Chesnokov

    The Sacred Spirit Of Russia

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    4:33
  • 2:46 AM

    Paroles - Suite for Clarinet and Orchestra: II. Parole de l'Arbre au Vent

    Dia Succari

    Uneven Sky

    German Symphony Orchestra

    Manuel Nawri, conductor

    Kinan Azmeh, clarinet

    10:50
  • 2:12 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies 4 & 7

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Joshua Bell, conductor

    32:44
  • 2:06 AM

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    4:36
  • 2:01 AM

    The Floating One Polka Mazurka

    Josef Strauss

    Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Arthur Kulling, conductor

    4:37
  • 1:47 AM

    Capriccio Diabolico

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    Carlos Barbosa-Lima

    Sofia Soloists

    Plamen Djurov, conductor

    Carlos Barbosa-Lima, guitar

    11:08
  • 1:20 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 2

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Cello Concertos

    Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Truls Mork, cello

    25:11
  • 1:14 AM

    Suite of Dances No. 6

    Johann Ernst Rieck

    Stradivaria

    4:45
  • 1:07 AM

    Fanfare Ritmico

    Jennifer Higdon

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    7:10
  • 1:01 AM

    Flute Sonata: Aria

    Otar Taktakishvili

    Marina Piccinini, flute

    Ewa Kupiec, piano

    4:39
  • 12:53 AM

    New York Lights

    William Bolcom

    Bruce Levingston, piano

    5:32
  • 12:19 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Florence Price

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    31:25
  • 12:16 AM

    Umoja (Unity)

    Valerie Coleman

    Imani Winds

    Imani Winds

    2:49
  • 12:06 AM

    Overture to Gwendoline

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    8:31
  • 12:01 AM

    Road Movies: Relaxed Groove

    John Adams

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    Reiko Uchida, piano

    4:38
  • 11:51 PM

    La Cenerentola (Cinderella): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jaime Laredo, conductor

    7:50
  • 11:39 PM

    Dances With Wolves: Themes

    John Barry

    Hollywood's Greatest Hits Volume II

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:18
  • 11:30 PM

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

    Johannes Brahms

    Choral Masterpieces

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    5:42
  • 11:30 PM

    Piano Concerto

    Luise Adolpha Le Beau

    Berlin Chamber Symphony Ensemble

    Jurgen Bruns, conductor

    Katia Tchemberdji, piano

    27:59
  • 11:25 PM

    Peace of Mind

    Hazel Scott

    Phenomenal Women

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:45
  • 11:12 PM

    Dance of the Hours

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Wagner: Siegfried Idyll, Boccherini, Dvorak, Faure, Grieg, Nicolai, Ponchielli, Suppe, Tchaikovsky

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    9:12
  • 11:01 PM

    The Boatswain's Mate: Overture

    Ethel Smyth

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    6:06
  • 10:56 PM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Gran Partita

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    3:22
  • 10:46 PM

    Daughter of the Drum Major: Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    Offenbach Overtures

    Lille National Orchestra

    Darrell Ang, conductor

    6:27
  • 10:37 PM

    Symphony No. 31 "Hornsignal": 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Symphonies 31"Hornsignal" & 45 "Farewell"

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    7:01
  • 10:23 PM

    Organ Concerto No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Richard Egarr, conductor

    Richard Egarr, organ

    9:41
  • 10:13 PM

    Pomp and Circumstance March No. 2

    Edward Elgar

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    5:26
  • 10:09 PM

    The Lark

    Stephan Koncz

    City Lights

    Georgia Philharmonic Orchestra

    Nikoloz Rachveli, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    3:08
  • 10:00 PM

    Dance of the Shepherd Girl

    Hugo Alfven

    A Swedish Pastorale

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor

    3:46
  • 9:52 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1: Finale

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: The 5 Piano Concertos

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    Philippe Entremont, piano

    6:35
  • 9:44 PM

    Symphony No. 1: Menuetto

    Louise Farrenc

    European Soloists, Luxembourg

    Christoph Konig, conductor

    4:32
  • 9:38 PM

    Over the Rainbow

    Harold Arlen

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    4:37
  • 9:26 PM

    Crown Imperial

    William Walton

    Walton: Symphony No. 1; Orb & Sceptre; Crown Imperial

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    6:25
  • 9:18 PM

    Trumpet Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johann Hummel

    Classic Wynton

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    3:33
  • 9:14 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 5

    Johannes Brahms

    Class Brass: Classical Favorites For Brass

    Empire Brass

    2:51
  • 9:09 PM

    Concerto for Strings "Conch Shell"

    Antonio Vivaldi

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    3:50
  • 9:02 PM

    Candide: Overture

    Leonard Bernstein

    Leonard Bernstein: Marin Alsop The Complete Naxos Recordings

    Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    4:19
  • 8:51 PM

    The Italian Girl in London: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Toronto Chamber Orchestra

    Kevin Mallon, conductor

    7:37
  • 8:44 PM

    La Gondoliera

    Laura Netzel

    Breaking Waves: Music by Swedish Women Composers

    Paula Gudmundson, flute

    3:39
  • 8:37 PM

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Bela Bartok

    Dorati Conducts Kodaly and Bartok

    Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    6:03
  • 8:28 PM

    Butterfly's Day Out

    Mark O'Connor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Mark O'Connor, mandolin

    Edgar Meyer, double bass

    4:40
  • 8:21 PM

    Wind Quintet No. 1: Rondo

    Giovanni Giuseppe Cambini

    CAMBINI: Wind Quintets Nos. 1-3 / BRICCIALDI: Wind Quintet in D Major

    Avalon Wind Quintet

    4:34
  • 8:12 PM

    Samson: Let the Bright Seraphim

    George Frideric Handel

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    Harry Bicket, conductor

    Renee Fleming, soprano

    5:35
  • 8:00 PM

    Paulus (St. Paul): Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Edward Gardner, conductor

    6:29
  • 5:36 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mikko Franck, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    21:27
  • 5:16 PM

    Piano Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Andras Schiff, piano

    18:05
  • 5:09 PM

    Milonga sin palabras

    Astor Piazzolla

    Aaron Lington, baritone saxophone

    Victoria Lington, piano

    5:44
  • 5:06 PM

    Il Giustino: La Gloria del mio Sangue

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi's Cello

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    2:49
  • 5:01 PM

    Belle of the Ball

    Leroy Anderson

    Catherine Wilson, piano

    4:39
  • 4:49 PM

    Rodeo: Buckaroo Holiday

    Aaron Copland

    Essential Aaron Copland: 12 Greatest Hits

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    8:38
  • 4:39 PM

    Elegie

    Francis Poulenc

    Legacy: A Tribute to Dennis Brain

    Ben Goldscheider, horn

    9:47
  • 4:14 PM

    Alessandro Ballet Music

    Christoph Gluck

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    23:37
  • 4:10 PM

    Etude No. 1 "Venezia"

    Benna Moe

    Cathrine Penderup, piano

    2:50
  • 4:06 PM

    The Merchant of Venice: Suite Anglaise No. 2: 1st movement

    Henri Rabaud

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    3:18
  • 4:01 PM

    Three Improvisations

    Francis Poulenc

    Pascal Roge, piano

    4:42
  • 3:47 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 4

    George Frideric Handel

    Concerti Virtuosi

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    11:14
  • 3:23 PM

    String Quartet No. 2

    Robert Schumann

    Emerson String Quartet

    23:16
  • 3:17 PM

    Berceuse

    Nicolas Flagello

    Jouer, chanter, danser/Play, sing, dance

    Manon Le Comte, harp

    3:14
  • 3:06 PM

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    10:54
  • 3:01 PM

    Romance No. 3

    Robert Schumann

    Oboe Obsession: Romantic And Virtuosic Works For Oboe

    Allan Vogel, oboe

    4:43
  • 2:45 PM

    Morning Song "Maytime in Sussex"

    Arnold Bax

    Orchestra Now

    Leon Botstein, conductor

    Piers Lane, piano

    7:35
  • 2:38 PM

    Arminio: Sento il cor per ogni lato

    George Frideric Handel

    Contraltos

    Orfeo 55

    Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor

    Nathalie Stutzmann, contralto

    2:50
  • 2:36 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 11

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    22:46
  • 2:24 PM

    Symphony No. 5: Adagietto

    Gustav Mahler

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    9:00
  • 2:09 PM

    Popular Andean Dances

    Celso Garrido-Lecca

    Inca Trail Connections

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    12:58
  • 2:00 PM

    Colas Breugnon Overture

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, Night on Bald Mountain

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    4:48
  • 1:57 PM

    Swedish Polka

    Hugo Alfven

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    2:09
  • 1:48 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: 6 Brandenburg Concertos

    Oregon Bach Festival Chamber Orchestra

    Helmuth Rilling, conductor

    5:04
  • 1:39 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Elfrida Andree

    Stockholm Symphony Orchestra

    Gustaf Sjokvist, conductor

    7:22
  • 1:26 PM

    The Wasps: Overture

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    8:41
  • 1:24 PM

    Flight of the Bumblebee

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Trumpet Works

    Sergei Nakariakov, trumpet

    1:02
  • 1:17 PM

    Airport Scenes: Departures

    Jonathan Dove

    The Orchestral Music of Jonathan Dove

    BBC Philharmonic

    Timothy Redmond, conductor

    3:31
  • 1:10 PM

    Symphony: 3rd movement

    Florence Price

    Recorded Music of the African Diaspora, Vol. 3 - Florence B. Price: Concerto in One Movement; Symphony in E Minor

    New Black Music Repertory Ensemble

    Leslie B. Dunner, conductor

    3:49
  • 1:04 PM

    The Love for Three Oranges: March

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    1:33
  • 12:47 PM

    Fidelio Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Complete Overtures

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    6:29
  • 12:42 PM

    Perpetual Motion (Perpetuum mobile)

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    2:57
  • 12:35 PM

    Song without Words No. 34 "Spinning Song"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Piano Book

    Lang Lang, piano

    1:49
  • 12:28 PM

    Giselle: Entrance of Giselle

    Adolphe Adam

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Mogrelia, conductor

    5:47
  • 12:20 PM

    Bagatelles: Poco Allegro

    Antonin Dvorak

    Quartetto Gelato

    4:36
  • 12:13 PM

    Raiders of the Lost Ark March

    John Williams

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Williams, conductor

    5:43
  • 12:04 PM

    Fanfare for the Common Man

    Aaron Copland

    Copland 100

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    3:31
  • 11:50 AM

    Four Seasons: Autumn

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi's Greatest Hits

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    John Corigliano, violin

    9:26
  • 11:46 AM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1: Passo mezzo e mascherada

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances, Etc

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    3:42
  • 11:40 AM

    Symphony No. 100 "Military": Minuet

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    4:41
  • 11:30 AM

    Carousel Waltz

    Richard Rodgers

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    7:32
  • 11:21 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Italian Concertos

    Scottish Ensemble

    Jonathan Morton, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    7:17
  • 11:16 AM

    The King's Speech

    Alexandre Desplat

    Traffic Quintet Plays Alexander Desplat

    Traffic Quintet

    Alain Planes, piano

    3:41
  • 11:09 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Andris Nelsons, conductor

    5:13
  • 11:04 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 19

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Cimarosa: Keyboard Sonatas, Vol. 2

    Victor Sangiorgio, piano

    3:44
  • 10:47 AM

    Little Serenade

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    11:09
  • 10:41 AM

    Serenade No. 12: Andante

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Wind Serenades of Mozart

    New York Philomusica

    Robert Johnson, conductor

    4:24
  • 10:33 AM

    Andante grazioso

    Robert Fuchs

    Fuchs: Serenades Nos. 1 and 2

    Cologne Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Ludwig, conductor

    7:15
  • 10:06 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Orchestral Suites

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    25:36
  • 10:01 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Polacca

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    4:35
  • 9:50 AM

    Four Norwegian Moods

    Igor Stravinsky

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    8:41
  • 9:24 AM

    Harp Concerto

    Nino Rota

    Nino Rota

    Montreal Metropolitan Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Jennifer Swartz, harp

    24:21
  • 9:15 AM

    Shuo Chang

    Chen Yi

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    7:05
  • 9:06 AM

    The White-Haired Girl Suite: Xi'er

    Yan Jinxuan

    China National Symphony Orchestra

    Zuohuang Chen, conductor

    8:15
  • 9:01 AM

    Basse Danse

    Thoinot Arbeau

    Broadside Band

    4:33
  • 8:43 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 2

    Zara Levina

    Maria Lettberg, piano

    15:06
  • 8:39 AM

    Dances of the Dolls: Lyric Waltz

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Lisa Batiashvili: Echoes Of Time

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    3:23
  • 8:24 AM

    Il Cimento: Violin Concerto No. 11

    Antonio Vivaldi

    I Musici

    Federico Agostini, violin

    13:59
  • 8:20 AM

    Souvenir of a Beloved Place: Melody

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto

    Julia Fischer, violin

    3:12
  • 8:06 AM

    Russia

    Mily Balakirev

    Rachmaninov: Symphonies/Symphonic Dances

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    13:01
  • 8:01 AM

    La Convalescente

    Francois Couperin

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    4:35
  • 7:30 AM

    Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    28:19
  • 7:26 AM

    My Gentle Harp

    Traditional Irish

    David Russell, guitar

    3:30
  • 7:06 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Jennifer Higdon

    Jennifer Higdon: All Things Majestic

    Nashville Symphony Orchestra

    Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor

    James Button, oboe

    18:06
  • 7:01 AM

    Sinfonietta: Arioso

    Alexander Arutiunian

    Arutiunian: Violin Concerto, etc.

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    4:27
  • 6:55 AM

    On a Quiet Lake

    Florence Price

    Florence Price: Piano Discoveries: Excursions

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:01
  • 6:28 AM

    Symphony No. 63 "Loon Lake"

    Alan Hovhaness

    Hovhaness: Guitar Concerto No. 2

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Stewart Robertson, conductor

    26:15
  • 6:06 AM

    String Quartet

    Arthur Bliss

    BLISS: String Quartets / Conversations

    Maggini Quartet

    20:09
  • 6:01 AM

    Portraits of Langston: Silver Rain

    Valerie Coleman

    Portraits: Works for Flute, Clarinet and Piano

    Demarre McGill, flute

    4:48
  • 5:29 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 18

    Rodolphe Kreutzer

    San Francisco Conservatory Orchestra

    Andrew Mogrelia, conductor

    Axel Strauss, violin

    28:50
  • 5:24 AM

    Lavinia Meijer, harp

    3:53
  • 5:06 AM

    Piano Quartet: 3rd-4th movements

    William Walton

    Notos Quartet

    :00
  • 5:01 AM

    Intermedio

    Vicente Arregui

    Roberto Moronn Perez, guitar

    4:42