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  • 4:28 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 4 & 5 "Emperor"

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    30:07
  • 4:06 AM

    Jewels of the Madonna Suite

    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    15:34
  • 4:01 AM

    Morning on the Water

    Jacques Ibert

    La Harpe Consolatrice

    Kyunghee Kim-Sutre, harp

    4:34
  • 3:48 AM

    Autumn Legend

    William Alwyn

    Alwyn: Orchestral Music

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    Rachael Pankhurst, English horn

    10:50
  • 3:14 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphonies No. 1 & 4

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    32:24
  • 3:06 AM

    Inner Mongolia Suite: Nostalgia

    Ma Sicong

    Taipei Chinese Orchestra

    Yiu-Kwong Chung, conductor

    Lu Siqing, violin

    5:45
  • 3:01 AM

    Sonatina No. 2 "Happy Workshop": 2nd movement

    Richard Strauss

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    4:32
  • 2:45 AM

    Two Nordic Melodies

    Edvard Grieg

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    13:02
  • 2:21 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 11

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Murray Perahia, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    23:07
  • 2:10 AM

    Concerto for Two Cellos

    Antonio Vivaldi

    European Union Chamber Orchestra

    Hans-Peter Hofmann, conductor

    Julian Lloyd Webber, cello

    Jiaxin Lloyd Webber, cello

    9:03
  • 2:06 AM

    La rondine: Chi il bel sogno di Doretta

    Giacomo Puccini

    Soprano

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    Nicole Cabell, soprano

    3:00
  • 2:01 AM

    The Woods so Wild

    William Byrd

    Ayreheart

    4:32
  • 1:45 AM

    Bavarian Dances

    Edward Elgar

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    12:47
  • 1:28 AM

    Pelleas and Melisande Suite

    Gabriel Faure

    Schoenberg, Sibelius, Faure: Pelleas et Melisande

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    15:45
  • 1:25 AM

    The Love for Three Oranges: March

    Sergei Prokofiev

    The Fiddler Of The Opera

    Gil Shaham, violin

    1:29
  • 1:07 AM

    Capriccio Italien

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    16:27
  • 1:01 AM

    The English Patient: Convento di Sant'Anna

    Gabriel Yared

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    4:41
  • 12:49 AM

    Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Pelleas Et Melisande Suite; Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Faun; Three Nocturnes

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    9:22
  • 12:19 AM

    String Quartet No. 3

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: String Quartets

    Emerson String Quartet

    28:24
  • 12:07 AM

    Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes

    Grace Williams

    Grace Williams: Sea Sketches

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    10:54
  • 12:01 AM

    Schindler's List: Theme

    John Williams

    Beautiful Hollywood

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    Alexander Kerr, violin

    4:39
  • 11:50 PM

    Concerto for Two Trumpets

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Maurice Andre, trumpet

    Bernard Soustrot, trumpet

    7:15
  • 11:47 PM

    Le Bananier (The Banana Tree)

    Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    Paul Bisaccia, piano

    2:47
  • 11:28 PM

    Guitar Quintet No. 4 "Fandango"

    Luigi Boccherini

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    17:05
  • 11:22 PM

    First Xinjiang Dance

    Ding Shan-de

    Shanghai Philharmonic

    Cao Peng, conductor

    5:01
  • 11:06 PM

    Northern Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas Ward, conductor

    15:38
  • 11:01 PM

    French Suite No. 6: Allemande; Courante

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Peter Hill, piano

    4:31
  • 10:34 PM

    Symphony No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    24:15
  • 10:28 PM

    Violin Concerto: Fly Forward

    Jennifer Higdon

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    5:08
  • 10:17 PM

    Der Rosenkavalier: Waltz Sequence No. 2

    Richard Strauss

    Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavelier; Die Frau ohne Schatten; Burleske

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    8:44
  • 10:14 PM

    Folk Suite No. 3: Wade in the Water

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    1:48
  • 10:06 PM

    Oboe Concerto No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    David Reichenberg, oboe

    7:58
  • 10:01 PM

    Ladies in Lavender

    Nigel Hess

    Claire Jones: Royal Harp Strings

    London Mozart Players

    Stuart Morley, conductor

    Claire Jones, harp

    4:42
  • 9:54 PM

    Symphony No. 89: Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    4:28
  • 9:50 PM

    Song without Words No. 30 "Spring Song"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Emotion Unbound

    Wu Han, piano

    2:20
  • 9:35 PM

    Russian Easter Festival Overture

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Russian Sketches

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    14:25
  • 9:24 PM

    Gli Incogniti

    Amandine Beyer, conductor

    10:11
  • 9:09 PM

    Euphonium Concerto

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Mecklenburg Staatskapelle Schwerin

    Matthias Foremny, conductor

    Roland Froscher, euphonium

    13:22
  • 9:06 PM

    Gymnopedie No. 3

    Erik Satie

    Chen Yi, violin

    Lars Hannibal, guitar

    2:15
  • 9:03 PM

    Serenade No. 2: Scherzo: Vivace

    Johannes Brahms

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    2:43
  • 8:48 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 24

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    9:48
  • 8:27 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    20:05
  • 8:22 PM

    Undina: Undina's Aria

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Guilty Pleasures

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Sebastian Lang-Lessing, conductor

    Renee Fleming, soprano

    3:56
  • 8:14 PM

    Fair Maid of Perth: 2 Dances

    Georges Bizet

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:18
  • 8:06 PM

    Il barbiere di Siviglia (Barber of Seville): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    7:34
  • 8:01 PM

    Menuet and A Little Gigue

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sara Davis Buechner, piano

    4:31
  • 7:49 PM

    Four Seasons: Spring

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The 4 Seasons

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Jeanne Lamon, violin

    9:44
  • 5:38 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Seven London Symphonies

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Marieke Blankestijn, violin

    20:27
  • 5:29 PM

    Karelia Overture

    Jean Sibelius

    Tampere Philharmonic

    Tuomas Ollila, conductor

    6:54
  • 5:20 PM

    Mandolin Sonata

    Cristoforo Signorelli

    Artemandoline

    8:28
  • 5:10 PM

    Adagio and Allegro

    Robert Schumann

    Jeffrey Rathbun, oboe

    Marc Shapiro, piano

    8:35
  • 5:06 PM

    Dances of Somogy

    Sandor Veress

    Offenburg String Trio

    3:32
  • 5:01 PM

    Tale of Tsar Saltan Suite: March

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    4:43
  • 4:47 PM

    Night on Bald Mountain

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    11:00
  • 4:41 PM

    12 German Dances for Orchestra: Nos. 5-7

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Capella Istropolitana

    Oliver Dohnanyi, conductor

    4:29
  • 4:37 PM

    Sinfonia a quattro

    Bernardo Pasquini

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    4:10
  • 4:23 PM

    Medley Overture

    James Hewitt

    Sinfonia Finlandia Jyvaskyla

    Patrick Gallois, conductor

    11:52
  • 4:06 PM

    Cockaigne Overture (In London Town)

    Edward Elgar

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Owain Arwel Hughes, conductor

    16:33
  • 4:01 PM

    Ae Fond Kiss

    Robert Burns

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Rory Macdonald, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    4:36
  • 3:44 PM

    Carmen Suite

    Georges Bizet

    Carmen: Bold as Brass

    London Brass

    14:50
  • 3:23 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 10

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Sonatas, K330, 331 & 570

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    19:20
  • 3:17 PM

    White Snow in the Spring Sunlight

    Traditional Chinese

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    3:37
  • 3:06 PM

    El Salon Mexico

    Aaron Copland

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    10:45
  • 3:01 PM

    Concerto Grosso: 2nd movement

    Henry Cowell

    Cowell: Concerto Grosso/Hymn & Fuguing Tune No 10

    Manhattan Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Auldon Clark, conductor

    4:41
  • 2:45 PM

    In Nature's Realm Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    13:50
  • 2:44 PM

    In Nature's Realm Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    13:50
  • 2:40 PM

    Always Singing

    Dale Warland

    Always Singing

    North Dakota State University Concert Choir

    Jo Ann Miller, conductor

    2:57
  • 2:35 PM

    The Gumsuckers March

    Percy Grainger

    Lincolnshire Posy

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    3:45
  • 2:29 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 1: Rondo

    Ethel Smyth

    Smyth: Complete Piano Works

    Liana Serbescu, piano

    5:07
  • 2:04 PM

    Symphony No. 102

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    23:55
  • 2:00 PM

    Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

    George Frideric Handel

    Pachelbel Canon

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    3:18
  • 1:56 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 2: 1st mvt

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Jaime Laredo, violin

    Glenn Gould, piano

    3:33
  • 1:47 PM

    Fidelio Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Overtures

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    6:12
  • 1:39 PM

    Symphonic Dance No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    7:16
  • 1:35 PM

    Ribers No. 8

    Traditional

    Danish String Quartet

    2:53
  • 1:22 PM

    Hungarian Pastoral Fantasy

    Franz Doppler

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Steuart Bedford, conductor

    William Bennett, flute

    11:21
  • 1:18 PM

    Pastorale

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge Etc.

    Simon Blendis, violin

    3:26
  • 1:08 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2: 3rd movement

    Henryk Wieniawski

    Wieniawski: Violinkonzerte; Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    6:33
  • 1:04 PM

    Music for Brass Instruments: Intermezzo

    Ingolf Dahl

    The Music of Ingolf Dahl

    New World Brass

    3:09
  • 12:48 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Overture

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Orchestral Suites

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    10:11
  • 12:45 PM

    Prelude on "The Little Red Lark"

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Genetic Harps

    Gretchen Van Hoesen, harp

    1:42
  • 12:36 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: 1st movement

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Catalyst Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    7:19
  • 12:29 PM

    Spanish Dance No. 5 "Andaluza"

    Enrique Granados

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    5:36
  • 12:17 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 26 "Coronation": 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    10:41
  • 12:14 PM

    Canzon No. 9

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Empire Brass & Friends

    2:47
  • 12:07 PM

    Symphony breve: Rondo

    Louis Theodore Gouvy

    Gouvy: Symphony 4; Fantasie symphonique

    German Radio Philharmonic

    Jacques Mercier, conductor

    5:38
  • 12:04 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 10

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Nine Hungarian Dances; Dvorak

    North German Radio Symphony

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    1:44
  • 11:52 AM

    Henry V Suite

    William Walton

    Walton: Belshazzar's Feast/ Henry V Suite

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    16:46
  • 11:42 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    William Boyce

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    7:07
  • 11:35 AM

    Medley of Scots Tunes

    Rachel Barton Pine

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Platt, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    Alasdair Fraser, fiddle

    5:58
  • 11:31 AM

    Early One Morning

    Traditional

    Folk Songs of the British Isles

    Maria Jette, soprano

    3:08
  • 11:28 AM

    Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    2:33
  • 11:20 AM

    Giselle: Pas de deux of the young peasants

    Adolphe Adam

    Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    6:50
  • 11:15 AM

    Serenade

    Roman Hoffstetter

    Ultimate Classics

    Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

    Karl Munchinger, conductor

    3:57
  • 11:09 AM

    Dance Suite after Couperin: Allemande

    Richard Strauss

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Rudolf Kempe, conductor

    5:11
  • 11:04 AM

    Humoresque No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak, Janacek, Smetana: Romantic Pieces

    James Ehnes, piano

    3:51
  • 10:51 AM

    Concerto for Two Flutes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Stephen Preston, flute

    Nicholas McGegan, flute

    7:16
  • 10:42 AM

    In the Steppes of Central Asia

    Alexander Borodin

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    7:25
  • 10:36 AM

    Abide with Me

    William Henry Monk

    Remembrance

    Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

    Graham Ross, conductor

    5:16
  • 10:17 AM

    Miss Sally's Party

    William Grant Still

    VocalEssence Orchestra

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    19:02
  • 10:14 AM

    The Sound of Silence

    Paul Simon

    12 Ensemble

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    2:44
  • 10:11 AM

    Don Giovanni: Mi tradi quell' alma...

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    1:56
  • 10:06 AM

    Liebesfreud (Love's Joy)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Leonidas Kavakos Plays Debussy, Kreisler, Paganini, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Wieniawski & more

    Leonidas Kavakos, violin

    3:50
  • 10:01 AM

    Concertino for Horn: Polacca

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    4:47
  • 9:46 AM

    Swan Lake: Act 1: Scene, Waltz, and Scene

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake - Highlights

    Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    12:18
  • 9:27 AM

    A Downland Suite

    John Ireland

    Music of John Ireland and Frank Bridge

    English Chamber Orchestra

    David Garforth, conductor

    17:30
  • 9:20 AM

    Dance Odyssey

    Oliver Davis

    Oliver Davis: Dance

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    5:19
  • 9:06 AM

    Italian Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Harp Consort

    Andrew Lawrence-King, conductor

    13:12
  • 9:01 AM

    Flute Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johan Agrell

    Concerto Copenhagen

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    Maria Bania, flute

    4:38
  • 8:23 AM

    Triple Concerto

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Triple Concerto

    Basel Chamber Orchestra

    Giovanni Antonini, conductor

    Giuliano Carmignola, violin

    35:06
  • 8:13 AM

    Ode to the Snow

    Chen Pei-xun

    China National Symphony Orchestra

    Zuohuang Chen, conductor

    8:08
  • 8:06 AM

    Black Swan

    Bright Sheng

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    6:45
  • 8:01 AM

    Figure Humaine: Liberte

    Francis Poulenc

    12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic

    4:34
  • 7:44 AM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Edward Elgar

    Vaughan Williams; Elgar

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    14:20
  • 7:38 AM

    Mandolin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johann Hummel

    Hummell: Mandolin Concerto, etc.

    London Mozart Players

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    Alison Stephens, mandolin

    5:03
  • 7:28 AM

    Introduction and Polonaise

    Frederic Chopin

    Matt Haimovitz, cello

    Itamar Golan, piano

    9:07
  • 7:06 AM

    Symphony No. 7

    Jean Sibelius

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    20:59
  • 7:01 AM

    The Desert of Roses: 3rd movement

    Robert Moran

    Robert Moran: Desert of Roses/Open Veins, etc.

    Piano Circus Band

    Craig Smith, conductor

    4:35
  • 6:26 AM

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    31:53
  • 6:15 AM

    Land of the Mountain and the Flood

    Hamish MacCunn

    Scottish Overtures

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    9:52
  • 6:06 AM

    The Formosa Trio

    Tyzen Hsiao

    Pro Arte Trio

    8:05
  • 6:01 AM

    Choro No. 1 "Tipico Brasileiro"

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    David Russell, guitar

    4:30
  • 5:47 AM

    String Quartet No. 7

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The String Quartets

    Quartetto Italiano

    11:12
  • 5:39 AM

    The Adventures of Robin Hood: Love Theme

    Erich Korngold

    East of England Orchestra

    Malcolm Nabarro, conductor

    7:14
  • 5:06 AM

    Through the Looking Glass

    Deems Taylor

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    31:17
  • 5:01 AM

    Suite for Strings: Prelude

    Joan Trimble

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    4:46