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  • 4:32 AM

    Violin Concerto

    James Newton Howard

    Kernis, Howard, Tovey

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Cristian Macelaru, conductor

    James Ehnes, violin

    26:33
  • 4:20 AM

    Musical Moment No. 6

    Franz Schubert

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    10:29
  • 4:06 AM

    Symphony No. 5: Adagietto

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler: Symphony No. 5

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    12:39
  • 4:01 AM

    Air to Breath

    Daniel Bjarnason

    Epicycle II

    Gyda Valtysdottir, cello

    4:39
  • 3:50 AM

    Child: Sweet Air

    David Lang

    Sentieri Selvaggi

    Carlo Baccadoro, conductor

    8:49
  • 3:19 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Four Temperaments"

    Carl Nielsen

    Seattle Symphony

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    29:49
  • 3:06 AM

    Sacred and Profane Dances

    Claude Debussy

    Oberlin 21

    Bridget-Michaele Reischl, conductor

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    10:20
  • 3:01 AM

    Sanctus

    Ola Gjeilo

    Tenebrae

    4:46
  • 2:49 AM

    Eclogue

    Gerald Finzi

    Meditations at Sunset

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    Martin Jones, piano

    9:38
  • 2:41 AM

    String Quartet No. 13: Cavatina

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Essential Beethoven

    Quartetto Italiano

    7:07
  • 2:19 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Virginia Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    21:04
  • 2:06 AM

    Piano Suite No. 2 "Times of Solitude"

    John Wineglass

    Duo Dolce

    10:45
  • 2:01 AM

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    4:42
  • 1:53 AM

    Waltz No. 2 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    5:24
  • 1:20 AM

    Octet

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Octet in Eb Major

    Cleveland Quartet

    31:49
  • 1:15 AM

    The Frog Galliard

    John Dowland

    Durch Raum und Zeit

    Jochen Ross, mandolin

    2:34
  • 1:06 AM

    The Frogs

    Granville Bantock

    Overtures from the British Isles

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    8:27
  • 1:01 AM

    Douglas Riva, piano

    4:30
  • 12:52 AM

    Five Small Tone Pictures in Sequence

    Elfrida Andree

    Elfrida Andree: Complete Piano Works

    Oskar Ekberg, piano

    6:48
  • 11:50 PM

    La Belle Helene (Beautiful Helene): Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    Lille National Orchestra

    Darrell Ang, conductor

    8:29
  • 11:33 PM

    Guitar Quintet No. 2

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: The Guitar Quintets

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    15:13
  • 11:17 PM

    Ballet Suite No. 3

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Ballet Suites; Festive Overture

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    15:48
  • 11:14 PM

    Miniatures: Shepherd's Dance

    Sulkhan Tsintsadze

    A Sicilian Traveller

    Avos Chamber Orchestra

    Alessio Pianelli, cello

    1:23
  • 11:07 PM

    Magic Flute: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    6:45
  • 11:01 PM

    Skipping Stones

    Michael Fine

    Alice K. Dade, flute

    Scott Yoo, violin

    Erik Arvinder, violin

    Maurycy Banaszek, viola

    Jonah Kim, cello

    Susan Cahill, double bass

    4:53
  • 10:41 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sonnerie

    Monica Huggett, conductor

    17:32
  • 10:33 PM

    O Magnum Mysterium (O Great Mystery)

    Morten Lauridsen

    Lux Aurumque

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    5:33
  • 10:19 PM

    Symphony No. 30 "Alleluia"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 22, 24, 30

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    13:51
  • 10:14 PM

    Canzon No. 8

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Royal Academy of Music Brass

    4:21
  • 10:07 PM

    Crown Imperial

    William Walton

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

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    6:25
  • 10:01 PM

    Downton Abbey: A Royal Command

    John Lunn

    Chamber Orchestra of London

    Alastair King, conductor

    4:49
  • 9:48 PM

    Rondo Brilliant

    Felix Mendelssohn

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    10:45
  • 9:43 PM

    Molly on the Shore

    Percy Grainger

    Percy Grainger: Symphonic Band Music

    Michigan State University Band

    Keith Brion, conductor

    4:01
  • 9:29 PM

    Overture di Ballo

    Arthur Sullivan

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    11:38
  • 9:23 PM

    Michael Linville, piano

    6:18
  • 9:14 PM

    Prince and the Mermaid Suite

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    7:24
  • 9:07 PM

    Concerto for Two Flutes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    Shigenori Kudo, flute

    6:49
  • 9:03 PM

    The Beachcomber

    Clive Richardson

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    2:41
  • 8:46 PM

    Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise

    Frederic Chopin

    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    12:49
  • 8:40 PM

    Butterfly's Day Out

    Mark O'Connor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Mark O'Connor, mandolin

    Edgar Meyer, double bass

    4:40
  • 8:30 PM

    English Folk Song Suite

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: A Serenade to Music, etc.

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    8:51
  • 8:21 PM

    Impressions from the Countryside: Village Dance

    Zdenek Fibich

    Czech National Symphony Orchestra

    Marek Stilec, conductor

    7:46
  • 8:06 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Barry Tuckwell, conductor

    Barry Tuckwell, horn

    14:00
  • 8:01 PM

    String Quartet "For Art": 4th movement

    Eduardo Toldra

    Andorra National Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Claret, conductor

    4:42
  • 7:50 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 2

    Anne-Louise Brillon de Jouy

    Nicolas Horvath, piano

    8:45
  • 5:47 PM

    Symphony No. 8

    William Boyce

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    10:59
  • 5:25 PM

    Aranjuez Concerto

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Naples Philharmonic Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    David Russell, guitar

    21:15
  • 5:19 PM

    La Dangereuse

    Ludovic Lamothe

    William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    5:03
  • 5:10 PM

    Dancing Folk

    Oliver Davis

    Oliver Davis: Dance

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    Kerenza Peacock, violin

    7:01
  • 5:06 PM

    Snow Maiden: Dance of the Tumblers

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Orchestral Suites

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    3:37
  • 5:01 PM

    Minuets with Contredances

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

    Hans Graf, conductor

    4:40
  • 4:51 PM

    Barthold Kuijken, flute

    Bob van Asperen, harpsichord

    7:32
  • 4:18 PM

    Symphony No. 4

    Florence Price

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    31:25
  • 4:09 PM

    Catalyst Quartet

    6:52
  • 4:06 PM

    Pizzicato Polka

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    2:33
  • 4:01 PM

    Sonata No. 25

    Niccolo Paganini

    Dale Kavanagh, guitar

    4:26
  • 3:48 PM

    Miniature Suite

    Poldowski

    Sylvan Winds

    10:28
  • 3:19 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Complete Piano Concertos

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Andrew Constantine, conductor

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    27:57
  • 3:13 PM

    The Moon Represents My Heart

    Ching-Hsi Weng

    Sketches of China

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    3:35
  • 3:06 PM

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits

    Christoph Gluck

    Pure Classics

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    6:16
  • 3:01 PM

    Hook: Flight to Neverland

    John Williams

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    4:48
  • 2:55 PM

    The Lark

    Stephan Koncz

    City Lights

    Georgia Philharmonic Orchestra

    Nikoloz Rachveli, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    3:08
  • 2:50 PM

    Prague Waltzes

    Antonin Dvorak

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    7:35
  • 2:40 PM

    Rondo in C for glass harmonica, flute, oboe, viola, and cello

    Wolfgang Mozart

    Bruno Hoffmann, glass harmonica

    et al

    9:33
  • 2:19 PM

    Eine kleine Nachtmusik

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures - Eine kleine Nachtmusik

    Tafelmusik

    Bruno Weil, conductor

    19:16
  • 2:07 PM

    Gli Incogniti

    Amandine Beyer, conductor

    10:11
  • 1:58 PM

    Corsair: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Munch, conductor

    8:03
  • 1:49 PM

    Sinfonia

    Josef Myslivecek

    Myslivecek: Symphonies

    Concerto Koln

    7:10
  • 1:43 PM

    String Quartet No. 2: 2nd movement

    Maddalena Laura Sirmen

    Erato Quartet

    5:07
  • 1:37 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    5:04
  • 1:31 PM

    Concertino Pastorale: Finale

    John Ireland

    Ireland: A Downland Suite Etc.

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:26
  • 1:22 PM

    Heideland

    Lou Koster

    Koster: Orchestral Music

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    7:48
  • 1:19 PM

    Umoja (Unity)

    Valerie Coleman

    Umoja

    Imani Winds

    2:23
  • 1:11 PM

    Fantastic Dance

    Enrique Soro

    Inca Trail Connections

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    4:25
  • 1:06 PM

    Wand of Youth: Overture and Dance

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: The Wand of Youth (Suites No. 1 & 2)

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    4:19
  • 1:04 PM

    Scenes from Childhood: Of Foreign Lands and People

    Robert Schumann

    .Such Stuff As Dreams...

    Carol Rosenberger, piano

    1:43
  • 12:50 PM

    Woodruff: Overture

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alfred Walter, conductor

    9:05
  • 12:43 PM

    Danse Macabre

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Camille Saint-Saens: Organ Symphony; Tone Poems

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    6:16
  • 12:33 PM

    The Wasps: Overture

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    8:54
  • 12:30 PM

    Flight of the Bumblebee

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    1:20
  • 12:24 PM

    Joanne Polk, piano

    5:05
  • 12:20 PM

    Pizzicato Polka

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Strauss: Gala I

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    2:35
  • 12:16 PM

    Raindrop Polka

    Johann StraussJr.

    Johann Strauss

    King's Singers

    3:37
  • 12:08 PM

    Oboe Concerto

    Vincenzo Bellini

    Ensemble Berlin

    Christoph Hartmann, oboe

    7:13
  • 12:04 PM

    Banjo and Fiddle

    William Kroll

    Classic Kennedy

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Nigel Kennedy, violin

    3:04
  • 11:48 AM

    Symphony No. 1: 1st movement

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Lars-Erik Larsson: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    10:28
  • 11:45 AM

    The Cuckoo

    Traditional Swiss

    Rhapsody in Brass

    Budapest Brass Quintet

    1:29
  • 11:38 AM

    On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

    Frederick Delius

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    5:53
  • 11:31 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Piano Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    6:11
  • 11:24 AM

    Legend No. 4

    Antonin Dvorak

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    5:35
  • 11:16 AM

    La Stravaganza: Violin Concerto No. 9

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Arte Dei Suonatori Baroque Orchestra

    Rachel Podger, violin

    6:57
  • 11:09 AM

    Alsacian Scenes: Under the Lindens

    Jules Massenet

    Rhapsodie

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    5:28
  • 11:04 AM

    Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano

    4:22
  • 10:42 AM

    Suite in the Ancient Style

    Vincent d'Indy

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    16:18
  • 10:33 AM

    Quartet for Two Oboes and Two Bassoons

    Johann Fasch

    Ingo Goritzki, oboe

    Burkhard Glaetzner, oboe

    Thomas Reinhardt, bassoon

    Lutz Klepel, bassoon

    7:15
  • 10:24 AM

    Cantata No. 169: Sinfonia

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Sinfonia

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    Stefano Demicheli, organ

    8:50
  • 10:20 AM

    For the Beauty of the Earth

    John Rutter

    City of London Sinfonia

    John Rutter, conductor

    3:37
  • 10:09 AM

    The Magic Harp

    Ina Boyle

    Dan Godfrey Encores

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    9:15
  • 10:06 AM

    Song without Words No. 25 "May Breezes"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Andras Schiff, piano

    2:24
  • 10:01 AM

    Three Country Dances

    John Playford

    Broadside Band

    Jeremy Barlow, conductor

    4:43
  • 9:35 AM

    Children's Games (Jeux d'enfants)

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    23:35
  • 9:24 AM

    Fantasia Suite No. 6

    William Lawes

    London Baroque

    8:42
  • 9:18 AM

    My Lagan Love

    Traditional Irish

    Barry Douglas, piano

    4:17
  • 9:06 AM

    Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

    Alexander Borodin

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    11:27
  • 9:01 AM

    Oboe Quintet No. 1: Minuet

    Josef Myslivecek

    Dolezal Quartet

    Michaela Hrabankova, oboe

    4:46
  • 8:42 AM

    Printemps (Spring)

    Claude Debussy

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    16:41
  • 8:27 AM

    From Grandmother's Garden

    Amy Beach

    Beach: Fire-flies: The Solo Piano Music of Amy Beach Vol. 3

    Joanne Polk, piano

    14:02
  • 8:21 AM

    Transit of Venus

    Joby Talbot

    Jess Gillam: Rise

    Jess Gillam Ensemble

    Jess Gillam, soprano saxophone

    4:16
  • 8:06 AM

    Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mikko Franck, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    14:25
  • 8:01 AM

    Lute Suite: Sarabande and Gigue

    Jan Antonin Losy

    Jan Antonin Losy: Note d'oro

    Jakob Lindberg, lute

    4:39
  • 7:16 AM

    Rustic Wedding Symphony

    Karl Goldmark

    Goldmark, Enesco

    Utah Symphony Orchestra

    Maurice Abravanel, conductor

    42:23
  • 7:11 AM

    Getting Hitched

    The OK Factor

    The OK Factor

    3:28
  • 7:06 AM

    Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle

    Jacques Offenbach

    Best Film Classics 100

    Chorus of the Theatre Royal de la Monnaie

    Sylvain Cambreling, conductor

    Jessye Norman, soprano

    4:20
  • 7:01 AM

    Village Scenes: Pastorale

    Emile Sauret

    Michi Wiancko, violin

    Dina Vainshtein, piano

    4:20
  • 6:55 AM

    An die Musik (To Music)

    Franz Schubert

    Daniel Hope, violin

    Christoph Israel, piano

    2:57
  • 6:41 AM

    Serenade to Music

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Tallis Fantasia; Symphony No. 5

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    Jessica Rivera, soprano

    13:04
  • 6:06 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 4

    John Field

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    Miceal O'Rourke, piano

    33:34
  • 6:01 AM

    Eventide

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Elgar and Vaughan Williams

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    George Hurst, conductor

    4:52
  • 5:41 AM

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    17:22
  • 5:36 AM

    Cell Fone Blues

    Ed Bland

    Judith Olson, piano

    4:56
  • 5:21 AM

    Lute Sonata "Pastorella"

    Bernhard Joachim Hagen

    Sonatas for Lute and Strings

    John Schneiderman, lute

    13:15
  • 5:01 AM

    Wind Quintet: 2nd movement

    Carl Nielsen

    Bergen Wind Quintet

    4:43