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  • 4:52 AM

    Rainbows, I

    Stephen Scott

    The Bowed Piano Ensemble

    5:53
  • 4:49 AM

    Sonata alla Scarlatti

    Germaine Tailleferre

    Alessandra Ziveri, harp

    3:08
  • 4:06 AM

    Leonidas Kavakos, violin

    Wen Xiao Zheng, viola

    Eric Terwillger, horn

    Hanno Simons, cello

    Christopher Corbett, clarinet

    Marco Postinghel, bassoon

    40:46
  • 4:01 AM

    Orphee Suite: Orphee and the Princess

    Philip Glass

    The Orpheus Suite for Piano

    Paul Barnes, piano

    4:36
  • 3:43 AM

    In the Faery Hills

    Arnold Bax

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    15:05
  • 3:41 AM

    Suite magica: Waltz

    Maximo Diego Pujol

    Together

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    2:03
  • 3:15 AM

    Piano Trio

    Claude Debussy

    Faure, Debussy, Ravel: Piano Trios

    Fontenay Trio

    25:27
  • 3:06 AM

    L'Estro Armonico: Concerto No. 3 for Violin

    Antonio Vivaldi

    The King's Violins

    Bernard Labadie, conductor

    Nicole Trotier, violin

    6:15
  • 3:01 AM

    Sayyid Chant and Dance No. 29

    Georges Ivanovitch Gurdjieff

    Levant

    Serouj Kradjian, piano

    4:43
  • 2:53 AM

    Boston String Quartet

    4:41
  • 2:20 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    32:06
  • 2:06 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Grand Pas de Deux

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    11:48
  • 2:01 AM

    Carol Rosenberger, piano

    4:33
  • 1:49 AM

    Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann

    Clara Schumann

    Angela Cheng, piano

    9:02
  • 1:18 AM

    Church Windows

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi

    Pacific Symphony Orchestra

    Keith Clark, conductor

    29:41
  • 1:13 AM

    Light Through Windows

    Caroline Mallonee

    Locally Sourced: Choral Music by Northwest Composers

    Vox16

    3:08
  • 1:06 AM

    On the Nature of Daylight

    Max Richter

    Jess Gillam: Rise

    Jess Gillam Ensemble

    Jess Gillam, soprano saxophone

    6:21
  • 1:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 15

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: The Nocturnes

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    4:37
  • 12:52 AM

    Wisteria

    Ilari Kaila

    The Bells Bow Down

    Aizuri Quartet

    6:16
  • 11:55 PM

    Radetzky March

    Johann Strauss, Sr.

    Vienna Volksopera Orchestra

    Franz Bauer-Theussl, conductor

    3:16
  • 11:42 PM

    Invitation to the Dance

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    8:49
  • 11:38 PM

    Tea for Two

    Art Tatum

    When Do We Dance

    Lise de la Salle, piano

    3:38
  • 11:31 PM

    Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

    George Frideric Handel

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Lucie Horsch, recorder

    Charlotte Barbour-Condini, recorder

    2:59
  • 11:24 PM

    Ruslan and Ludmila: Overture

    Mikhail Glinka

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    5:32
  • 11:20 PM

    Here Comes the Sun

    George Harrison

    Blackbird: The Beatles Album

    String Ensemble

    Christopher Austin, conductor

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    3:02
  • 11:10 PM

    Symphony No. 1: Finale

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonien Nos. 1 & 2

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    6:13
  • 11:00 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Alla marcia

    Dag Wiren

    Grieg; Nielsen; Sibelius; Wiren

    Guildhall Strings

    Robert Salter, conductor

    4:29
  • 10:56 PM

    Little Concert Suite: Tarantelle Fretillante

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    2:39
  • 10:52 PM

    Little Concert Suite: Nanette's Caprice

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha OVerture / Petite Suite

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    3:49
  • 10:42 PM

    Concerto for Oboe and Violin: 3rd movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Julia Fischer, violin

    3:27
  • 10:38 PM

    Bist du bei mir (If Thou art Near)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Works for Trumpet

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    2:35
  • 10:28 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Romantic": Finale

    Howard Hanson

    Howard Hanson Symphonies 1, 2; Elegy in Memory of Serge Koussevitky

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    7:06
  • 10:20 PM

    Bagatelles: Allegretto scherzando (1)

    Antonin Dvorak

    Takacs Quartet

    Gabor Ormai, harmonium

    2:56
  • 10:12 PM

    Le Roi malgre lui (The King in Spite of Himself): Fete polonaise

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    7:23
  • 10:01 PM

    King Stephen: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Complete Overtures

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    6:43
  • 9:54 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 38: 3rd movement

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    C.P.E. Bach Concertos

    Lyra Baroque Orchestra

    Jacques Ogg, conductor

    Jacques Ogg, harpsichord

    5:31
  • 9:41 PM

    Samson and Delilah: Bacchanale

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Exotic Dances from the Opera

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    7:29
  • 9:37 PM

    La Traviata: Libiamo, ne'lieti calici (Brindisi)

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Milan Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano

    Luciano Pavarotti, tenor

    2:52
  • 9:24 PM

    Symphony No. 22

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 17, 18, 19, 22, 32

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    8:38
  • 9:14 PM

    Paganini Etude No. 3 "La Campanella"

    Franz Liszt

    DeGaetano Plays Liszt

    Robert DeGaetano, piano

    5:40
  • 9:12 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1: Marche Miniature

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    1:58
  • 9:08 PM

    Song without Words No. 43

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Andreas Ottensamer, clarinet

    Yuja Wang, piano

    2:46
  • 9:03 PM

    Prince Igor: Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens

    Alexander Borodin

    Mussorgsky: Pictures from an Exhibition

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    2:13
  • 8:56 PM

    Sonata

    Domenico Scarlatti

    Scarlatti's Harp

    Victoria Drake, harp

    3:58
  • 8:49 PM

    Carmen: March of the Toreadors

    Georges Bizet

    Mad About the Classics

    Orchestre de la Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    2:07
  • 8:43 PM

    Symphony No. 85 "The Queen": 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 85 & 86

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    5:26
  • 8:32 PM

    Paris Chamber Orchestra

    Adrien Perruchon, conductor

    Gautier Capucon, cello

    6:20
  • 8:25 PM

    Seven Sounds Unseen: 3rd movement

    Robert Moran

    Of Eternal Light

    Musica Sacra

    Richard Westenburg, conductor

    5:14
  • 8:14 PM

    Serenade for Winds: Scherzo

    Julius Rontgen

    Viotta Ensemble

    6:40
  • 8:00 PM

    Sigurd Jorsalfar: Homage March

    Edvard Grieg

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    8:45
  • 5:44 PM

    Polonaise-Fantasie

    Frederic Chopin

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    13:57
  • 5:24 PM

    Cassation

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Divertimento K 131, Cassation K 99

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    18:49
  • 5:17 PM

    War Horse: Dartmoor, 1912

    John Williams

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Williams, conductor

    6:30
  • 5:06 PM

    Concert Suite No. 4

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Rameau: Six Concerts en sextuor

    Les Talens Lyriques

    Christophe Rousset, conductor

    9:10
  • 5:01 PM

    Saving Private Ryan: Hymn to the Fallen

    John Williams

    Voces8

    4:39
  • 4:41 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2

    Georges Bizet

    Rossini: La Boutique Fantasque

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    17:26
  • 4:20 PM

    An American in Paris

    George Gershwin

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    18:49
  • 4:15 PM

    Barcarolle

    Florence Price

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:36
  • 4:06 PM

    Carnival of Venice

    Jean-Baptiste Arban

    Maurice Andre: La Belle Epoque

    Paris National Guard Orchestra

    Claude Pichaureau, conductor

    Maurice Andre, trumpet

    8:01
  • 4:01 PM

    Last Spring

    Edvard Grieg

    To the Spring

    Elena Urioste, violin

    4:33
  • 3:54 PM

    Hear us in Heaven

    Anna Thorvaldsdottir

    Schola Cantorum Reykjavik

    Hordur Askelsson, conductor

    4:17
  • 3:18 PM

    Piano Trio No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Trio Sora

    34:15
  • 3:06 PM

    In Spring Overture

    Karl Goldmark

    Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andras Korodi, conductor

    10:31
  • 3:01 PM

    Torre Bermeja (Vermillion Tower)

    Isaac Albeniz

    Stephen Marchionda, guitar

    4:40
  • 2:46 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    12:29
  • 2:45 PM

    Flute and Harp Concerto: Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Flute And Harp Concerto; Sinfonia Concertante

    Orchestra Mozart

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Jacques Zoon, flute

    8:28
  • 2:30 PM

    West Side Story Medley

    Leonard Bernstein

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    9:07
  • 2:27 PM

    Que Rico el Mambo

    Damaso Perez Prado

    Havana Horns

    Sarah Willis, horn

    2:33
  • 2:15 PM

    Light Cavalry Overture

    Franz von Suppe

    Overtures by Suppe and Auber

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    6:22
  • 2:09 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Wedding March

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Orchestral Ensemble of Paris

    John Nelson, conductor

    4:26
  • 2:01 PM

    March Militaire No. 1

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Piano Music for Four Hands, Vol III

    Yaara Tal, piano

    4:45
  • 1:55 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
  • 1:45 PM

    Tancredi: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    5:54
  • 1:39 PM

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Mark O'Connor, violin

    Edgar Meyer, double bass

    4:00
  • 1:33 PM

    Lieutenant Kije: Troika

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije, Dukas: The Sourcerer's Apprentice

    Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yuri Temirkanov, conductor

    2:35
  • 1:25 PM

    Orb and Sceptre

    William Walton

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

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    7:10
  • 1:17 PM

    Polonaise No. 3 "Military"

    Frederic Chopin

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    3:42
  • 1:11 PM

    Children's Circus: Little March

    Jan Koetsier

    Clowning Around

    London Brass

    2:45
  • 1:04 PM

    Hary Janos Suite: Entrance of the Emperor and His Court

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    2:46
  • 12:48 PM

    Symphony No. 7: Finale

    Emilie Mayer

    Berlin Chamber Symphony Ensemble

    Jurgen Bruns, conductor

    6:06
  • 12:44 PM

    Te Deum: Prelude

    Marc-Antoine Charpentier

    Trumpet Voluntary - Music for Organ & Brass

    Laird Brass Ensemble

    Peter Hurford, organ

    2:17
  • 12:32 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    7:38
  • 12:28 PM

    The Bourgeois Gentleman: Courante

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos (Suite)

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    2:48
  • 12:16 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    5:58
  • 12:12 PM

    French Suite No. 5: Gigue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The French Suites

    Murray Perahia, piano

    3:22
  • 12:04 PM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman: Dance

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Milos: Aranjuez

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    1:59
  • 11:51 AM

    Symphony No. 39: Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    7:56
  • 11:44 AM

    The Overturned Carriages: Overture

    Francois Boieldieu

    Swiss Italian Orchestra

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    4:52
  • 11:40 AM

    Little David Play on Your Harp

    Traditional

    Umoja

    Imani Winds

    2:41
  • 11:37 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Dance

    Samuel Barber

    American Music For Strings

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    3:00
  • 11:30 AM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin Concertos by Black Composers

    Encore Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hege, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    4:37
  • 11:25 AM

    A Summer Day

    Lena McLin

    Helen Walker-Hill, piano

    3:57
  • 11:16 AM

    Symphony No. 2: Andantino

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Little Russian, Rimsky-Korsakov: Antar

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    7:15
  • 11:08 AM

    Concerto for Two Oboes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerti Virtuosi

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    6:04
  • 11:04 AM

    Song without Words No. 1 "Sweet Remembrance"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    Samuel Sanders, piano

    2:43
  • 10:42 AM

    Dances of Galanta

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Kodaly: The Peacock, Galanta Dances, Marosszek Dances

    Budapest Symphony Orchestra

    Gyorgy Lehel, conductor

    16:04
  • 10:38 AM

    Album Leaf

    Valborg Aulin

    neglected works for piano

    Bengt Forsberg, piano

    3:09
  • 10:28 AM

    Oboe Concerto No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Complete Orchestral Works

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Heinz Holliger, oboe

    9:30
  • 10:26 AM

    William Kanengiser, guitar

    1:43
  • 10:15 AM

    Introduction and Polonaise

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin

    Therese Motard, cello

    9:16
  • 10:06 AM

    Symphony No. 1: 1st movement

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Kabalevsky: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Darrell Ang, conductor

    8:21
  • 10:01 AM

    A Lady in Her Tower

    Gabriel Faure

    Sivan Magen, harp

    4:38
  • 9:39 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Giovanni Paisiello

    Paisiello: Piano Concertos Vol. 2

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Stephanie Gonley, conductor

    Mariaclara Monetti, piano

    19:48
  • 9:25 AM

    Quiet Reflections

    Jack Gallagher

    London Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    12:01
  • 9:19 AM

    Fantastic Dances: Dance of Elegy

    Loris Tjeknavorian

    Tara Kamangar, piano

    3:53
  • 9:06 AM

    Norwegian Rhapsody No. 1

    Johan Halvorsen

    Halvorsen, J.: Norwegian Rhapsodies Nos. 1 and 2 / Svendsen, J.: Norwegian Rhapsodies Nos. 1-4

    Trondheim Symphony Orchestra

    Ole Kristian Ruud, conductor

    12:41
  • 9:01 AM

    King Lear: Overture and Fanfare

    Claude Debussy

    Radio Luxembourg Orchestra

    Louis de Froment, conductor

    4:38
  • 8:49 AM

    Symphony

    Johann Reichardt

    Jet Set! Classical Glitterati

    New Dutch Academy

    Simon Murphy, conductor

    9:42
  • 8:46 AM

    Minuet on the name of Haydn

    Maurice Ravel

    Heidi Lowy, piano

    1:52
  • 8:09 AM

    Suite Symphonique

    George Chadwick

    Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    36:07
  • 8:06 AM

    Salut Salon

    1:54
  • 8:01 AM

    Reflexoes No. 6: Doloroso

    Jaime Zenamon

    Rupert Boyd, guitar

    Laura Metcalf, cello

    4:35
  • 7:38 AM

    Cello Sonata "Les adieux"

    Stephen Hough

    Mendelssohn, Grieg, Hough: Cello Sonatas

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    20:03
  • 7:26 AM

    Serenata for Chamber Orchestra

    George Walker

    Cleveland Chamber Symphony

    Edwin London, conductor

    11:45
  • 7:06 AM

    King Arthur Suite

    Henry Purcell

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    18:25
  • 7:01 AM

    Minuet

    Ignaz Paderewski

    My Favorite Things: Virtuoso Encores

    Stephen Hough, piano

    4:29
  • 6:37 AM

    Symphony No. 4: 3rd movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler: Symphony No. 4

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    21:35
  • 6:32 AM

    The Mulberry Garden

    John Playford

    A Trip to Killburn

    Baltimore Consort

    2:47
  • 6:06 AM

    Nights in the Gardens of Spain

    Manuel de Falla

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Carol Rosenberger, piano

    25:15
  • 6:01 AM

    Four Sketches: Legend

    Eugene Goossens

    Goossens: Chamber Works

    London Chamber Music Group

    Susan Milan, flute

    4:48
  • 5:55 AM

    Flower Catalogue: Lilac

    Stephanie Ann Boyd

    Jenny Lin, piano

    3:21
  • 5:33 AM

    Walter Boeykens Ensemble

    21:26
  • 5:24 AM

    The Enchanted Lake

    Anatol Liadov

    Impressions Of The Sea

    Long Beach Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    7:37
  • 5:01 AM

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    4:46