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  • 4:25 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2, 'The Four Temperaments'

    Seattle Symphony

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    32:50
  • 4:12 AM

    Caprice on Danish and Russian Tunes

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Belle Epoque: French Music for Winds

    Orsino Ensemble

    Pavel Kolesnikov, piano

    11:35
  • 4:06 AM

    The Tale of Honza: Valse Triste

    Oskar Nedbal

    The Moldau

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    5:20
  • 4:01 AM

    The Jane Pickering Lute Book

    Anonymous

    The Scottish Lute

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    4:41
  • 3:50 AM

    Kreisleriana No. 2

    Robert Schumann

    Jonathan Biss, piano

    8:33
  • 3:11 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Aram Khachaturian

    Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra

    Sascha Goetzel, conductor

    Nemanja Radulovic, violin

    36:59
  • 3:06 AM

    Arabesque No. 2

    Claude Debussy

    Maria Graf, harp

    3:29
  • 3:01 AM

    Pan's Flute: Pan and the Nymphs

    Jules Mouquet

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Philippe Auguin, conductor

    Manuela Wiesler, flute

    4:51
  • 2:52 AM

    Pavane

    Gabriel Faure

    The French Album

    Jorge Federico Osorio, piano

    5:55
  • 2:33 AM

    Don Quichotte Suite

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    TELEMANN: Don Quixote / La Lyra / Ouverture in D Minor

    Northern Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas Ward, conductor

    17:50
  • 2:13 AM

    Suite for Large Orchestra

    Helena Munktell

    Gavle Symphony Orchestra

    Tobias Ringborg, conductor

    19:17
  • 2:06 AM

    Fantasy-Impromptu

    Frederic Chopin

    Pavlos Hatzopoulos, piano

    5:32
  • 2:01 AM

    Toccata

    Girolamo Frescobaldi

    Bolder Baroque

    Boulder Brass

    4:39
  • 1:51 AM

    Guard My Tongue

    Julia Wolfe

    .and...

    Ars Nova Copenhagen

    Paul Hillier, conductor

    7:33
  • 1:44 AM

    Flowering Jasmine

    Georgs Pelecis

    De Profundis

    Kremerata Baltica

    Gidon Kremer, conductor

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    6:40
  • 1:13 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Cello Concerto, Bloch: Schelomo

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    28:56
  • 1:13 AM

    Flowering Jasmine

    Georgs Pelecis

    De Profundis

    Kremerata Baltica

    Gidon Kremer, conductor

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    6:40
  • 1:06 AM

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    Alexander Kniazev, cello

    5:16
  • 1:01 AM

    Ruhe, meine Seele

    Richard Strauss

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Lise Davidsen, soprano

    4:33
  • 12:51 AM

    Capriccio No. 1

    Muzio Clementi

    Lilya Zilberstein, piano

    7:30
  • 12:21 AM

    Symphony No. 4 "Tragic"

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Douglas Boyd, conductor

    28:13
  • 12:13 AM

    Evensongs: Abide Canons

    Ingram Marshall

    Maia Quartet

    6:07
  • 12:06 AM

    Nocturnes: Fetes (Festivals)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Trois Nocturnes, Jeux

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    6:17
  • 12:01 AM

    From Meadow to Mayfair Suite: Evening in Town

    Eric Coates

    Boult conducts Coates

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    4:39
  • 11:45 PM

    Fantasie

    Robert Schumann

    Mutterissimo

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    13:14
  • 11:28 PM

    Suite in the Old Style

    Alfred Schnittke

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    15:26
  • 11:18 PM

    Guitar Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Amadeus Guitar Duo

    9:35
  • 11:09 PM

    L'Heure du berger (The Shepherd's Hour)

    Jean Francaix

    French Chamber Music

    Pascal Roge, piano

    7:23
  • 11:06 PM

    Schwanda the Bagpiper: Polka

    Jaromir Weinberger

    Concert in the Park

    Edmonton Wind Ensemble

    Harry Pinchin, conductor

    2:28
  • 11:01 PM

    Intermezzo for String Trio

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Domus

    4:42
  • 10:48 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Two Pictures

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    10:48
  • 10:24 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Concertos K 216 & 219

    Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra

    Isabelle van Keulen, violin

    22:05
  • 10:20 PM

    Piece in the Form of a Habanera

    Maurice Ravel

    Music for Flute & Harp

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    2:52
  • 10:16 PM

    Gracias a la Vida

    Violeta Parra

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    3:11
  • 10:06 PM

    Invitation to the Dance

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    8:49
  • 10:01 PM

    Angela's Ashes: Angela's Prayer

    John Williams

    Angela's Ashes (Music From The Motion Picture)

    Studio Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:47
  • 9:47 PM

    Symphony: Finale

    Cesar Franck

    Franck, Bizet: Overtures

    Paris Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    11:28
  • 9:41 PM

    Perpetual Motion Pieces

    Francis Poulenc

    Poulenc: Piano Music

    Pascal Roge, piano

    5:25
  • 9:19 PM

    Ballet Suite No. 2

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    19:39
  • 9:14 PM

    Nocturne No. 9

    Frederic Chopin

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    4:51
  • 9:06 PM

    Donna Diana Overture

    Emil von Reznicek

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:00
  • 9:03 PM

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    2:49
  • 8:44 PM

    Norwegian Fantasie

    Edouard Lalo

    Rare French Works For Violin And Orchestra

    Ulster Orchestra

    Thierry Fischer, conductor

    Philippe Graffin, violin

    13:57
  • 8:19 PM

    Symphony

    Ignaz Pleyel

    Pleyel: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    24:25
  • 8:17 PM

    Nora's Dance

    Nora Holt

    Lara Downes, piano

    1:47
  • 8:12 PM

    Meditation

    Alexander Glazunov

    A La Carte

    Abbey Road Ensemble

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    3:39
  • 8:07 PM

    Raymonda: Grand Pas d'action

    Alexander Glazunov

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:25
  • 8:01 PM

    Concert Suite No. 2: Menuets

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Baroque Nouveau

    4:39
  • 7:43 PM

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    15:05
  • 5:55 PM

    The Merchant of Venice: Suite: Bourree

    Arthur Sullivan

    Ruddigore

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Vivian Dunn, conductor

    3:36
  • 5:41 PM

    The Fairy Queen: Suite

    Henry Purcell

    New York Chamber Musicians

    Ilonna Pederson, conductor

    13:26
  • 5:22 PM

    Hamlet: Ballet Music

    Ambroise Thomas

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    17:16
  • 5:18 PM

    West Side Story: Mambo

    Leonard Bernstein

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    2:29
  • 5:14 PM

    Romeo and Juliet: Love Theme

    Nino Rota

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:10
  • 5:06 PM

    Romeo and Juliet: Queen Mab

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Romeo and Juliet, Les Nuits d'ete

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    7:18
  • 5:01 PM

    Hamlet: Funeral March

    William Walton

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    4:34
  • 4:29 PM

    Piano Trio

    Clara Schumann

    Dardington Piano Trio

    29:20
  • 4:20 PM

    Concerto No. 5

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    7:20
  • 4:17 PM

    Hypnotized: Together

    Gary Schocker

    Together

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    2:40
  • 4:07 PM

    Marche Slave

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    9:32
  • 4:01 PM

    Per Flemstrom, flute

    Mats Bergstrom, guitar

    4:34
  • 3:49 PM

    Student Concerto

    Friedrich Seitz

    Concertos from My Childhood

    Juilliard Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    9:23
  • 3:27 PM

    Symphony No. 77

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Hanover Band

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    21:15
  • 3:22 PM

    Five Impressions of a Holiday: The Water Wheel

    Eugene Goossens

    Goossens: Chamber Works

    London Chamber Music Group

    Susan Milan, flute

    2:11
  • 3:06 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1

    Ottorino Respighi

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    15:11
  • 3:01 PM

    String Poetic: Nocturne

    Jennifer Higdon

    String Poetic

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    4:46
  • 2:45 PM

    Prince Igor: Overture

    Alexander Borodin

    Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

    Bramwell Tovey, conductor

    10:43
  • 2:39 PM

    Burleske

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Don Juan; Burleske

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    19:13
  • 2:25 PM

    Burleske

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Don Juan; Burleske

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    19:13
  • 2:17 PM

    Elegy

    Josef Suk

    Suk: Complete Chamber Works

    Suk Quartet

    Josef Suk, violin

    6:07
  • 2:01 PM

    Oboe d'Amore Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    John Abberger, oboe d'amore

    15:11
  • 1:49 PM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Maurice Ravel

    Quatuor Via Nova

    Lily Laskine, harp

    Alain Marion, flute

    Jacques Lancelot, clarinet

    10:50
  • 1:42 PM

    Rinaldo: Lascia ch'io pianga

    George Frederick Handel

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

    Miah Persson, soprano

    6:00
  • 1:30 PM

    Concerto Koln

    9:53
  • 1:18 PM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Higdon, Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    10:31
  • 1:04 PM

    Mazurka-oberek

    Alexander Glazunov

    Swiss Italian Orchestra

    Alexander Vedernikov, conductor

    Chloe Hanslip, violin

    9:48
  • 12:50 PM

    L'Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    7:43
  • 12:46 PM

    Cancion de Cuna (Afro-Cuban Lullaby)

    Leo Brouwer

    Manuel Barrueco, guitar

    3:08
  • 12:36 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 9 "Jeunehomme": 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart, Haydn: Jeunehomme

    The King's Violins

    Bernard Labadie, conductor

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    9:09
  • 12:31 PM

    String Quartet No. 4: Scherzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Cecilia String Quartet

    3:57
  • 12:23 PM

    Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball

    Hector Berlioz

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    6:24
  • 12:16 PM

    Andante Pastoral and Scherzettino

    Paul Taffanel

    Laurel Zucker, flute

    Paul Switzler, piano

    5:58
  • 12:16 PM

    Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball

    Hector Berlioz

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    6:24
  • 12:07 PM

    Brook Green Suite

    Gustav Holst

    New Zealand Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor

    7:07
  • 12:04 PM

    Swedish Polka

    Hugo Alfven

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    2:09
  • 11:51 AM

    Symphony No. 82 "The Bear": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Handel and Haydn Society

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    7:35
  • 11:48 AM

    Country Gardens

    Percy Grainger

    Martin Jones, piano

    2:05
  • 11:37 AM

    Memories of the Straw Brook Waltz

    Joseph Lanner

    Vienna String Ensemble

    9:35
  • 11:31 AM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 2: Bergamasca

    Ottorino Respighi

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    5:05
  • 11:27 AM

    Will-o'-the-Wisps

    Alphonse Hasselmans

    Masterworks for the Harp

    Marisa Robles, harp

    2:23
  • 11:16 AM

    Four Seasons: Spring

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Sarah Chang: Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Sarah Chang, violin

    10:39
  • 11:09 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    William Boyce

    Menuhin Festival Orchestra

    Yehudi Menuhin, conductor

    4:51
  • 11:04 AM

    Nursery Suite: Awake

    Edward Elgar

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    4:25
  • 10:46 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 4: 1st movement

    Johann Baptist Cramer

    Cramer: Piano Concertos Nos. 4 and 5

    London Mozart Players

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    Howard Shelley, piano

    11:55
  • 10:43 AM

    Spatter the Dew

    Traditional Irish

    Message of the Sea: Celtic Music for Guitar

    David Russell, guitar

    3:09
  • 10:27 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Jean-Marie Leclair

    Jean-Marie Leclair: Violin Concertos

    La Cetra

    Leila Schayegh, conductor

    Leila Schayegh, violin

    14:58
  • 10:20 AM

    Waltz-Intermezzo

    Frank Bridge

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    6:12
  • 10:10 AM

    Clarinet Quintet: 1st movement

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Catalyst Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    7:19
  • 10:06 AM

    Schwanengesang, Book 1: Standchen (Serenade)

    Franz Schubert

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    James MacMillan, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    4:08
  • 10:01 AM

    Concert Study

    Felix Godefroid

    Revelation

    Valerie Milot, harp

    4:46
  • 9:42 AM

    String Quintet No. 5

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: String Quintets, Cello Sonatas

    Sigiswald Kuijken, violin

    16:43
  • 9:22 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Sunday Symphony"

    William Grant Still

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    17:48
  • 9:13 AM

    L'amant anonyme: Overture-Symphony

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Le Mozart Noir

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    7:42
  • 9:06 AM

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits

    Christoph Gluck

    Gluck: Orfeo Ed Euridice

    Insula Orchestra

    Laurence Equilbey, conductor

    6:11
  • 9:01 AM

    Two Preludes

    Frederic Chopin

    Rafal Blechacz, piano

    4:39
  • 8:43 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 26 "Les adieux"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Stephen Kovacevich, piano

    15:40
  • 8:39 AM

    A Georgian Miniature

    Ernest Tomlinson

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    3:35
  • 8:14 AM

    Faithful Shepherd: Suite

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Water Music, Il Pastor Fido

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    23:09
  • 8:06 AM

    The Merchant of Venice: Suite Anglaise No. 2

    Henri Rabaud

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    7:11
  • 8:01 AM

    Postludium No. 4

    Valentin Silvestrov

    Ustvolskaya, Silvestrov, Kancheli: Works for Piano and Orchestra

    Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

    Thomas Sanderling, conductor

    Elisaveta Blumina, piano

    4:33
  • 7:21 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Marcel Tyberg

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    36:42
  • 7:17 AM

    Basque Folk Song

    Clarence Cameron White

    Marcus Eley, clarinet

    Lucerne DeSa, piano

    2:33
  • 7:06 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 1 (after Corelli)

    Francesco Geminiani

    Geminiani: 12 Concerti Grossi

    I Musici

    10:20
  • 7:01 AM

    La Verneuille

    Francois Couperin

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    4:33
  • 6:45 AM

    The Jungle Book: The Meditation of Purun Bhagat

    Charles Koechlin

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    13:46
  • 6:13 AM

    Interchange

    Sergio Assad

    Interchange: Concertos by Rodrigo and Assad

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    David Amado, conductor

    30:13
  • 6:06 AM

    The Path

    Zoe Keating

    Zoe Keating, cello

    5:42
  • 6:01 AM

    Schnofler-Dance

    Johann Mayer

    Ensemble Bella Musica Vienna

    4:36
  • 5:51 AM

    Chamber Music

    Paul Ben-Haim

    Embracing the Wind

    Aureole Trio

    7:48
  • 5:31 AM

    La Peri (The Fairy)

    Paul Dukas

    New York Philharmonic

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    19:10
  • 5:01 AM

    Picturesque Pieces: Pompous Minuet

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    4:32