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  • 4:22 AM

    Boom of the Tingling Strings

    Jon Lord

    Jon Lord: Boom Of The Tingling Strings

    Odense Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Mann, conductor

    Nelson Goerner, piano

    36:21
  • 4:12 AM

    Sarabanda and Toccata

    Nino Rota

    L'arpa notturna

    Elisabeth Plank, harp

    7:20
  • 4:06 AM

    Cantus in memory of Benjamin Britten

    Arvo Part

    Music from Estonia, Vol. 2

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:14
  • 4:01 AM

    Octet: 2nd movement

    Jean Francaix

    Gaudier Ensemble

    4:36
  • 3:40 AM

    Mahashakti

    John Tavener

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    Ruth Palmer, violin

    18:16
  • 3:14 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    MOZART: Flute Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / Concerto for Flute and Harp

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Patrick Gallois, flute

    24:19
  • 3:10 AM

    Szatmar Dances

    Sandor Veress

    Hungarian Serenade

    Offenburg String Trio

    2:31
  • 3:06 AM

    In Moonlight

    Edward Elgar

    Vaughan Williams; Elgar

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, viola

    3:09
  • 3:01 AM

    Hocus Pocus: Klutzy Witches

    Clarice Assad

    Night Triptych

    Duo Noire

    4:37
  • 2:32 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Paul Creston

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    26:00
  • 2:20 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Scottish Ensemble

    Jonathan Rees, conductor

    Jonathan Rees, violin

    9:40
  • 2:16 AM

    Poker Rag

    Charlotte Blake

    Music of the Gilded Age

    Sylvan Winds

    3:07
  • 2:06 AM

    Organ Concerto No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Richard Egarr, conductor

    Richard Egarr, organ

    9:41
  • 2:01 AM

    Fantasy

    Malcolm Arnold

    Legacy: A Tribute to Dennis Brain

    Ben Goldscheider, horn

    4:43
  • 1:43 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 13

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Gerhard Oppitz, piano

    15:34
  • 1:37 AM

    Morgen! (Tomorrow!)

    Richard Strauss

    Lise Davidesen | Wagner and Strauss

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Lise Davidsen, soprano

    4:29
  • 1:30 AM

    Nulla in mundo pax sincera

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Italia

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Curnyn, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    6:59
  • 1:06 AM

    Aranjuez Concerto

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    21:25
  • 1:01 AM

    Liza/Promenade

    George Gershwin

    Rendezvous with Tashi

    Tashi

    4:46
  • 12:45 AM

    Lady Radnor's Suite

    Hubert Parry

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    13:15
  • 12:23 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 6

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    20:45
  • 12:16 AM

    Roses of Picardy

    Haydn Wood

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    5:53
  • 12:13 AM

    Miniatures: Shepherd's Dance

    Sulkhan Tsintsadze

    A Sicilian Traveller

    Avos Chamber Orchestra

    Alessio Pianelli, cello

    1:23
  • 12:06 AM

    The Secret Marriage: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Great Comedy Overtures

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    6:43
  • 12:01 AM

    Perpetual Motion

    Niccolo Paganini

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Donald Hunsberger, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, cornet

    4:33
  • 11:51 PM

    Concert Piece for Clarinet and Basset Horn

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Wiener Virtuosen

    7:41
  • 11:21 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "In Summer"

    Joachim Raff

    Slovak State Phiharmonic, Kosice

    Urs Schneider, conductor

    36:06
  • 11:17 PM

    Les nuits d'ete (Summer Nights): Villanelle

    Hector Berlioz

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    Elly Ameling, soprano

    2:18
  • 11:11 PM

    Blue Spruce

    Bela Fleck

    Evolution Of The Brass Quintet

    Copper Street Brass Quintet

    6:00
  • 11:07 PM

    Children of the Heavenly Father

    Carol Barnett

    Carol Barnett: Treasures From The Archives

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    3:11
  • 10:25 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World"

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    39:43
  • 10:01 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "Great": 1st movement

    Franz Schubert

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Schippers, conductor

    14:34
  • 9:38 PM

    Victory at Sea Suite

    Richard Rodgers

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    21:36
  • 9:22 PM

    Rhapsody in Blue

    George Gershwin

    Columbia Jazz Band

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    George Gershwin, piano

    13:43
  • 9:14 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Niccolo Paganini

    Paganini, Spohr: Violin Concertos

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    10:26
  • 9:11 PM

    Ezekiel Saw the Wheel

    Spiritual

    Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

    American Spiritual Ensemble

    Dr. Everett McCorvey, conductor

    2:31
  • 9:09 PM

    Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho

    Spiritual

    Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

    American Spiritual Ensemble

    Everett McCorvey, conductor

    2:18
  • 9:01 PM

    Seringapatam

    Bruce Paine

    Waitemata Reverie: Music by Bruce Paine

    Gunter Herbig, guitar

    4:34
  • 8:54 PM

    On Golden Pond: Main Theme

    Dave Grusin

    The Nature of America: A Musical Impression

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    William Tritt, piano

    3:59
  • 8:40 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Six Brandenburg Concertos

    Dunedin Consort

    John Butt, conductor

    10:54
  • 8:33 PM

    My God is So High

    Moses Hogan

    Seraphic Fire

    Patrick Dupre Quigley, conductor

    3:13
  • 5:41 PM

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 2

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2, etc.

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    17:03
  • 5:33 PM

    Serenade No. 9 "Posthorn": Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Camerata Academica Salzburg

    Sandor Vegh, conductor

    5:51
  • 5:06 PM

    Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished"

    Franz Schubert

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Douglas Boyd, conductor

    25:50
  • 5:01 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Florence Price

    Janacek Philharmonic

    Ryan Cockerham, conductor

    Er-Gene Kahng, violin

    4:33
  • 4:50 PM

    Alice Kogan Weinreb, flute

    Nicholas Stovall, oboe

    Paul Cigan, clarinet

    Truman Harris, bassoon

    Laurel Bennert Ohlson, horn

    7:49
  • 4:38 PM

    Symphony No. 5: Adagietto

    Gustav Mahler

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    11:01
  • 4:21 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach

    The King's Violins

    Bernard Labadie, conductor

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    15:36
  • 4:17 PM

    Pine Trees

    Mary Lattimore

    Mary Lattimore, harp

    3:19
  • 4:06 PM

    Oboe Concerto No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Complete Orchestral Works

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Heinz Holliger, oboe

    10:09
  • 4:00 PM

    Lute Sonata: 1st movement

    Bernhard Joachim Hagen

    John Schneiderman, lute

    Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin

    William Skeen, cello

    4:39
  • 3:46 PM

    Romeo and Juliet: Act II Selections

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet, Op. 64

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    12:04
  • 3:28 PM

    Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye): Suite

    Maurice Ravel

    Prague Philharmonia

    Emmanuel Villaume, conductor

    16:34
  • 3:19 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 11

    Arcangelo Corelli

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Janos Rolla, conductor

    8:26
  • 3:06 PM

    From Italy (Aus Italien): In Rome's Ruins

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Don Juan; Aus Italien

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    11:01
  • 3:01 PM

    Les Brises d'Orient: Souvenir d'Occident

    Felicien David

    Daniel Blumenthal, piano

    4:35
  • 2:52 PM

    The Three-Cornered Hat: Neighbor's Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Muti | Philadelphia Orchestra | de Falla, Ravel, Chabrier

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    3:11
  • 2:52 PM

    The Three-Cornered Hat: Neighbor's Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Muti | Philadelphia Orchestra | de Falla, Ravel, Chabrier

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    3:11
  • 2:39 PM

    Indian Queen: selections

    Henry Purcell

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    12:40
  • 2:36 PM

    Cello Concerto

    Robert Schumann

    Ying String Quartet

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    22:12
  • 2:04 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2 "Characteristic": Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    6:10
  • 1:59 PM

    Cantata No. 208: Sheep May Safely Graze

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Grace

    Studio Orchestra

    Robert Sadin, conductor

    Kathleen Battle, soprano

    4:06
  • 1:48 PM

    Faust Ballet Music

    Charles Gounod

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:20
  • 1:40 PM

    Preludes, Op. 28 (selections)

    Frederic Chopin

    Martha Argerich, piano

    :00
  • 1:37 PM

    Etude in C, Op. 10, No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Martha Argerich, piano

    :00
  • 1:31 PM

    Scherzo

    (Marie) Clemence de Grandval

    GRANDVAL: Oboe Works

    Budapest Strings

    Lajos Lencses, oboe

    4:17
  • 1:23 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Max Bruch

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Robert Trevino, conductor

    Ray Chen, violin

    7:38
  • 1:17 PM

    Il mondo della luna (Life on the Moon): Overture

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    4:16
  • 1:11 PM

    Dance Antique

    William Mason

    Calico Winds

    2:41
  • 1:09 PM

    Kleine Gigue

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: 2 Piano Sonatas K 330 & 333, Adagio K 540 & Gigue K 574

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    1:37
  • 1:04 PM

    The Temple of Glory: Overture

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Jean-Philippe Rameau: Le Temple de la Gloire

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    3:59
  • 12:47 PM

    Scherzo Capriccioso

    Antonin Dvorak

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    11:59
  • 12:39 PM

    Inishlacken: The Currach

    Bill Whelan

    RTE National Symphony Orchestra

    David Brophy, conductor

    Zoe Conway, violin

    Helena Woods, violin

    6:59
  • 12:32 PM

    Norwegian Dance No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg, Svendsen: Orchestral Works

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    6:15
  • 12:27 PM

    Atalanta: Overture

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    3:50
  • 12:18 PM

    Concerto Symphonique No. 4: Scherzo

    Henry Litolff

    Masterpieces in Miniature

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    Yuja Wang, piano

    7:26
  • 12:14 PM

    Gymnopedie No. 2

    Erik Satie

    A Second of Silence

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    2:46
  • 12:07 PM

    Concerto for Strings

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    5:38
  • 12:04 PM

    Sleigh Ride

    Leroy Anderson

    ANDERSON, L.: Orchestral Music, Vol. 3 - Sleigh Ride / The Typewriter / Plink, Plank, Plunk! / The Syncopated Clock

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    2:43
  • 11:42 AM

    An American in Paris

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin: Rhapsody in Bluem An American in Paris

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    17:18
  • 11:38 AM

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:00
  • 11:32 AM

    Mexican Landscape

    Aaron Copland

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:05
  • 11:27 AM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2: Farandole

    Georges Bizet

    Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    3:10
  • 11:20 AM

    Sinfonia Concertante: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Pinchas Zukerman: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon and Philips

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    6:29
  • 11:15 AM

    Cantata No. 29: Sinfonia

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Pachelbel, Bach, Handel, Purcell

    Taverner Players

    Andrew Parrott, conductor

    3:38
  • 11:06 AM

    The Uninhabited Island: Overture

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Opera Overtures

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    7:32
  • 11:04 AM

    Waltz No. 15

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Works for Solo Piano, Vol. 3

    Barry Douglas, piano

    1:35
  • 10:43 AM

    Karelia Suite

    Jean Sibelius

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    15:42
  • 10:33 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Giuseppe Torelli

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Maurice Andre, trumpet

    7:18
  • 10:28 AM

    Impromptu No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    Marie-Pierre Langlamet, harp

    5:10
  • 10:15 AM

    Pastoral Suite

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    12:22
  • 10:09 AM

    Legend No. 2

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends, Symphony No. 8

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:17
  • 10:06 AM

    Etude No. 12 "Revolutionary"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes / John Browning

    John Browning, piano

    2:22
  • 10:01 AM

    Kroke

    Nigel Kennedy, violin

    John Anderson, oboe

    Janice Knight, oboe

    Julie Price, bassoon

    David Heath, flute

    Doug Boyle, guitar

    4:41
  • 9:46 AM

    Suite for Strings

    John Rutter

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Rutter, conductor

    12:23
  • 9:29 AM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 - Valses nobles et sentimentales / Gaspard de la nuit

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    16:06
  • 9:12 AM

    American Series

    Hector Ayala

    Sonidos Latinos

    David Russell, guitar

    15:44
  • 9:06 AM

    Hymn for String Orchestra

    Henry Cowell

    City of London Sinfonia

    David Amos, conductor

    Karen Elaine, viola

    5:05
  • 9:01 AM

    Garmoshka

    Ljova

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    Johnny Gandelsman, violin

    Colin Jacobsen, violin

    4:36
  • 8:25 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 4

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    Stephen Kovacevich, piano

    33:10
  • 8:19 AM

    Lyric for Strings

    George Walker

    Live in Concert

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    Damon Gupton, conductor

    5:33
  • 8:06 AM

    Fair Melusina Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    11:28
  • 8:01 AM

    West: 1st movement

    Michael Torke

    Albany Symphony Orchestra

    David Alan Miller, conductor

    Peter Kolkay, bassoon

    4:37
  • 7:33 AM

    Shaker Loops

    John Adams

    London Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Warren-Green, conductor

    24:53
  • 7:25 AM

    Trio Sonata No. 11

    William Boyce

    Boyce: Trio Sonatas

    Parley of Instruments

    Peter Holman, conductor

    7:44
  • 7:09 AM

    Violin Sonatina No. 1

    Franz Schubert

    Gil Shaham, violin

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    14:30
  • 7:06 AM

    The Lark

    Clement Janequin

    Renaissance Winds

    Ensemble Doulce Memoire

    2:18
  • 7:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 2: 4th movement

    Robert Schumann

    Ying String Quartet

    4:43
  • 6:26 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Piano Concerto No 2, 24 Preludes

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    32:19
  • 6:22 AM

    Beloved (Wa Habibi)

    Traditional

    Floodplain

    Kronos Quartet

    3:11
  • 6:06 AM

    Spanish Dances

    Moritz Moszkowski

    From Foreign Lands

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    14:19
  • 6:01 AM

    The Grumpy Old Bear

    Julius Fucik

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    Alan Pendlebury, bassoon

    4:36
  • 5:35 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Josef Suk

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    23:45
  • 5:27 AM

    An Irish Symphony: In the Antrim Hills

    Hamilton Harty

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    7:21
  • 5:06 AM

    Piano Trio No. 4 "Gassenhauer"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Vienna Piano Trio

    18:38
  • 5:01 AM

    Il delirio amoroso: Introduction

    George Frideric Handel

    Le Concert d'Astree

    Emmanuelle Haim, conductor

    4:50