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  • 4:34 AM

    Roman Festivals

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Roman Trilogy

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    23:56
  • 4:25 AM

    The Sixteen

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    8:21
  • 4:06 AM

    Swan Lake: Dance of the Swans

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    Joseph Silverstein, violin

    Jules Eskin, cello

    Bernard Zighera, harp

    Armando Ghitalla, trumpet

    17:34
  • 4:01 AM

    Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens: Adagio

    John Williams

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    4:31
  • 3:46 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 58

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    12:23
  • 3:22 AM

    Czech Suite

    Antonin Dvorak

    National Chamber Players

    Lowell Graham, conductor

    22:43
  • 3:16 AM

    Old Bollnas Polska

    Anonymous

    Lynx Ensemble

    3:27
  • 3:06 AM

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    9:58
  • 3:01 AM

    The Mermaid Suite: Dance of 24 Mermaids

    Wu Zuqiang/Du Mingxin

    Concert Suites

    China National Symphony Orchestra

    Zuohuang Chen, conductor

    4:44
  • 2:44 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Richard Goode, piano

    14:50
  • 11:46 PM

    Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra

    Kazuhiro Koizumi, conductor

    11:46
  • 11:35 PM

    Impromptu No. 1

    Franz Schubert

    Murray Perahia, piano

    9:43
  • 11:28 PM

    Symphony No. 5: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    5:45
  • 11:22 PM

    Scherzo

    Arthur Foote

    American Flute Quintets

    Carol Wincenc, flute

    4:55
  • 11:06 PM

    The Comedians

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Kabalevsky, Prokofiev, Glinka, Tchaikovsky

    San Diego Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Barra, conductor

    15:29
  • 11:01 PM

    Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria (Cantilena)

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Essential Guitar

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Kenneth Sillito, conductor

    Alexandre Lagoya, guitar

    4:40
  • 10:40 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1

    Georges Bizet

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    18:09
  • 10:32 PM

    Sinfonia for Strings

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    6:10
  • 10:24 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 18: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    7:34
  • 10:20 PM

    Louisiana Blues Strut (A Cakewalk)

    Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    2:32
  • 10:06 PM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 9

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos. 1-6

    Vienna State Opera Orchestra

    Anatole Fistoulari, conductor

    13:33
  • 10:01 PM

    A Ground by Mr. Finger/The Satyr's Masque

    Anonymous

    Hesperus

    4:53
  • 9:44 PM

    Harp Concerto

    George Frideric Handel

    Pachelbel, Bach, Handel, Purcell

    Taverner Players

    Andrew Parrott, conductor

    Andrew Lawrence-King, harp

    13:53
  • 9:38 PM

    Dance of the Shepherd Girl

    Hugo Alfven

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra: Portrait

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    4:15
  • 9:35 PM

    The Shepherd Girl's Sunday

    Johan Svendsen

    Svendsen: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

    Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    2:42
  • 9:27 PM

    Serenade No. 1

    Robert Volkmann

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    7:42
  • 9:16 PM

    Symphony No. 31 "Hornsignal": 4th movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies, Volume 4 1764-65

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    9:39
  • 9:06 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Complete Symphonies

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    8:54
  • 9:03 PM

    Fantasy Upon One Note

    Henry Purcell

    Pavans and Fantasies from the Age of Dowland

    John Holloway, violin

    2:43
  • 8:41 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Ramin Bahrami, piano

    17:25
  • 8:22 PM

    Concerto for Two Horns

    Friedrich Witt

    Herrmann Baumann

    Concerto Amsterdam

    Jaap Schroder, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    17:31
  • 8:18 PM

    Blow Softer Now, Breeze

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Complete Works For Mixed Choir

    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

    Heikki Seppanen, conductor

    Jenny Carlstedt, mezzo-soprano

    2:37
  • 8:06 PM

    Capriol Suite

    Peter Warlock

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Christopher Parkening, guitar

    10:51
  • 8:01 PM

    The Capricious One

    Edward Elgar

    Albeniz, Brahms, Dvorak, Elgar, Falla, Kreisler

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    4:32
  • 7:50 PM

    Beatrice and Benedict: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Overtures

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    8:03
  • 5:48 PM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven and Clement Violin Concertos

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    10:13
  • 5:31 PM

    Flute and Oboe Concerto

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Janos Rolla, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    Pierre Pierlot, oboe

    15:10
  • 5:29 PM

    Estudio brillante

    Francisco Tarrega

    Eduardo Fernandez, guitar

    1:45
  • 5:06 PM

    Piano Concerto

    Maurice Ravel

    Prokofiev, Ravel

    German Symphony Orchestra

    Gilbert Varga, conductor

    Anna Vinnitskaya, piano

    21:04
  • 5:01 PM

    Humoresque No. 3

    Jean Sibelius

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Pekka Kuusisto, conductor

    Pekka Kuusisto, violin

    4:32
  • 4:47 PM

    Rienzi: Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Georg Solti, conductor

    11:36
  • 4:29 PM

    String Quartet No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Hagen Quartet

    15:50
  • 4:15 PM

    Concerto Grosso "Alexander's Feast"

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    12:49
  • 4:06 PM

    Morning Song "Maytime in Sussex"

    Arnold Bax

    Bax: Symphonic Variations & Morning Song

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    Margaret Fingerhut, piano

    8:10
  • 4:01 PM

    Concert Suite No. 6: La Poule (The Hen)

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    4:31
  • 3:49 PM

    The Wreckers Overture

    Ethel Smyth

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    9:10
  • 3:29 PM

    The Birds

    Ottorino Respighi

    Classical Zoo

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Louis Lane, conductor

    18:24
  • 3:20 PM

    Horn Trio: Scherzo

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms, Koechlin, Banks: Horn Trios

    Barry Tuckwell, horn

    7:25
  • 3:12 PM

    Shuo Chang

    Chen Yi

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    7:05
  • 3:06 PM

    Symphonic Dance No. 2

    Edvard Grieg

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    5:40
  • 3:01 PM

    Concerto Grosso: March

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Holst, Williams, Delius, Warlock

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    4:55
  • 2:54 PM

    We Shall Overcome

    Traditional

    We Shall Overcome

    Boys' Choir of Harlem

    3:51
  • 2:44 PM

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    14:12
  • 2:39 PM

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    14:12
  • 2:33 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 4: 3rd movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Brandenburg Concertos

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    4:40
  • 2:17 PM

    Flute Sonata

    Philippe Gaubert

    Susan Milan & Ian Brown

    Susan Milan, flute

    14:39
  • 2:07 PM

    Fantasy on a Hymn by Justin Morgan

    Thomas Canning

    Into the Light: Symphonic Expressions of the Spirit

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    8:58
  • 1:39 PM

    Pavane

    Gabriel Faure

    Cantabile

    Duo Similia

    4:52
  • 1:33 PM

    An Rogaire Dubh

    Traditional

    Brooklyn Rider

    Martin Hayes, Irish fiddle

    4:14
  • 1:21 PM

    Marosszek Dances

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    11:32
  • 1:18 PM

    Shepherd's Hey

    Percy Grainger

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    2:02
  • 1:10 PM

    The Stone Host Suite: Spanish Dance

    Myroslav Skoryk

    Odessa Philharmonic Orchestra

    Hobart Earle, conductor

    4:02
  • 1:04 PM

    Egyptian March

    Johann StraussJr.

    J Strauss: An der Schonen Blauen Donau and others

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    4:45
  • 12:54 PM

    There is a Balm in Gilead

    Spiritual

    American Spiritual Ensemble

    Dr. Everett McCorvey, conductor

    4:25
  • 12:46 PM

    Broceliande Overture

    Lucien-Leon Lambert

    Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Rosenberg, conductor

    6:47
  • 12:38 PM

    Symphony No. 3: 4th movement

    Marcel Tyberg

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    6:34
  • 12:30 PM

    Trio Sonata No. 3

    Arcangelo Corelli

    Avison Ensemble

    Pavlo Beznosiuk, conductor

    6:31
  • 12:20 PM

    Concert Waltz No. 1

    Alexander Glazunov

    Russian State Symphony Orchestra

    Valery Polyansky, conductor

    9:11
  • 12:15 PM

    Morning Song

    Edward Elgar

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    3:21
  • 12:09 PM

    Trumpet Sonata a 7

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Baroque Trumpet Music

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    John Wallace, trumpet

    4:44
  • 12:04 PM

    Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing

    James W. Johnson/J. Rosamond Johnson

    Umoja

    Imani Winds

    3:36
  • 11:57 AM

    The Bourgeois Gentleman: Courante

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, etc.

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    2:18
  • 11:54 AM

    The Bourgeois Gentleman: Minuet of Lully

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, etc.

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    2:13
  • 11:51 AM

    Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Claire Jones, harp

    2:26
  • 11:39 AM

    The Perfect Fool Ballet Music

    Gustav Holst

    Kansas City Symphony

    Michael Stern, conductor

    10:39
  • 11:33 AM

    William Tell: Pas de Soldats (Soldiers' Dance)

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    4:31
  • 11:22 AM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak, Khachaturian Violin Concertos

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Teddy Abrams, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    10:25
  • 11:17 AM

    Turkish Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Music for My Little Friends

    London Mozart Players

    James Galway, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    3:45
  • 11:08 AM

    Il Cimento: Violin Concerto No. 10 "La caccia" ("The Hunt")

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Il Cimento Dell'Armonia e Dell'Inventione

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Nicholas Kraemer, conductor

    Monica Huggett, violin

    7:42
  • 11:04 AM

    Preludes, Book 1: La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair)

    Claude Debussy

    David Russell, guitar

    2:37
  • 10:49 AM

    Carnival Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 3, etc.

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:59
  • 10:44 AM

    The Fisherwomen: Sinfonia

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Opera Overtures

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    4:17
  • 10:34 AM

    Invitation to the Dance

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Hanover Band

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    9:36
  • 10:31 AM

    Te Deum: Prelude

    Marc-Antoine Charpentier

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    1:36
  • 10:22 AM

    Symphony No. 5

    William Boyce

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    7:50
  • 10:06 AM

    In the Fen Country

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    15:30
  • 10:01 AM

    Symphony No. 1: Menuetto

    Louise Farrenc

    European Soloists, Luxembourg

    Christoph Konig, conductor

    4:32
  • 9:42 AM

    In The Bottoms Suite

    Nathaniel Dett

    William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    16:12
  • 9:29 AM

    Capriccio: String Sextet

    Richard Strauss

    Capriccio Quartet

    Gerard Causse, viola

    Yan Levionnois, cello

    11:12
  • 9:22 AM

    Everlasting Longing

    Traditional Chinese

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    Yuan Sha, guzheng

    5:42
  • 9:06 AM

    Suite Modale

    Ernest Bloch

    Chicago String Ensemble

    Alan Heatherington, conductor

    Lyon Leifer, flute

    15:05
  • 9:01 AM

    From Foreign Lands: Italy

    Moritz Moszkowski

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    4:44
  • 8:50 AM

    Rosary Sonata No. 11: The Resurrection

    Heinrich Biber

    Tragicomedia

    John Holloway, violin

    8:02
  • 8:45 AM

    Four Characteristic Waltzes: Queen's Waltz

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    5:14
  • 8:11 AM

    Clarinet Quintet

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Stadler Quintet

    Consortium Classicum

    Dieter Klocker, conductor

    32:11
  • 8:06 AM

    Tjonneblomen (Water Lily)

    Gjermund Haugen

    Danish String Quartet

    3:51
  • 8:01 AM

    Fantasy

    Malcolm Arnold

    Legacy: A Tribute to Dennis Brain

    Ben Goldscheider, horn

    4:43
  • 7:22 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Robert Fuchs

    Romantic Piano Concerto Vol. 31

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    Martin Roscoe, piano

    36:09
  • 7:15 AM

    The Old Lime Tree

    Sergei Rudnev

    AN IDEA

    Kristina Varlid, guitar

    6:47
  • 7:06 AM

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    7:13
  • 7:01 AM

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

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Suites Nos. 1-4

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    4:37
  • 6:44 AM

    Tarn Hows: A Cumbrian Rhapsody

    Maurice Johnstone

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    13:56
  • 6:17 AM

    Pelleas and Melisande

    Jean Sibelius

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    26:38
  • 6:06 AM

    Berlin Baroque Soloists

    Rainer Kussmaul, conductor

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    9:05
  • 6:01 AM

    October Reveries: Elm Trees in Moonlight

    Rick Sowash

    Seasonal Breezes: Five Chamber Works by Rick Sowash

    Josh Aerie, cello

    4:33
  • 5:46 AM

    Divertimento No. 9

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Berlin Philharmonic Winds

    12:04
  • 5:18 AM

    Mathis der Maler (Mathis the Painter)

    Paul Hindemith

    Hindemith: Mathis der Maler, Konzertmusik, Symphonic Metamorphoses

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    28:08
  • 5:06 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 25

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Andras Schiff, piano

    9:47
  • 5:01 AM

    Cello Suite No. 3: Sarabande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Yo-Yo Ma Plays Bach

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:41