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  • 4:16 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Johannes Brahms

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Andris Nelsons, conductor

    42:11
  • 4:06 AM

    Flute Concertino

    Cecile Chaminade

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Susan Milan, flute

    8:03
  • 4:01 AM

    Cello Suite No. 3: Sarabande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Yo-Yo Ma Plays Bach

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:41
  • 3:44 AM

    Les Barbares: Prologue

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    14:24
  • 3:20 AM

    Piano Trio No. 5 "Ghost"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beaux Arts Trio

    22:17
  • 3:11 AM

    Harp Sonata

    Sophia Dussek

    Harp Showpieces

    Judy Loman, harp

    7:12
  • 3:07 AM

    Epilogue for Strings

    Donald Fraser

    English Symphony Orchestra

    Donald Fraser, conductor

    4:17
  • 3:01 AM

    Matinees Musicales: Nocturne

    Benjamin Britten

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    4:32
  • 2:44 AM

    The Lark Ascending

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams; Elgar

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    14:13
  • 2:21 AM

    Symphonic Suite

    Leevi Madetoja

    Music by Leevi Madetoja & Tauno Pylkkanen

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    21:37
  • 2:16 AM

    Silver Clouds Chasing the Moon

    Ren Guang

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    3:33
  • 2:06 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 2 "La notte" ("The Night")

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Tokyo Bach-Mozart Ensemble

    Masahiro Arita, baroque flute

    8:53
  • 2:01 AM

    The Seawall Song

    Tamezo Narita

    Paillard Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Francois Paillard, conductor

    4:33
  • 1:51 AM

    To Become (Divenire)

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Ludovico Einaudi: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    7:02
  • 1:13 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Slovak Radio Orchestra

    Kirk Trevor, conductor

    Robert DeGaetano, piano

    36:02
  • 1:06 AM

    Tenebrae

    Nigel Short, conductor

    3:44
  • 1:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 11: 4th movement

    Walter Kaufmann

    Kaufmann: Chamber Works

    ARC Ensemble

    4:51
  • 12:43 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Radovan Vlatkovic, horn

    15:50
  • 12:35 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 1: 2nd movement

    Victor Herbert

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Mark Kosower, cello

    6:20
  • 12:27 AM

    The Maids at the Headlands

    Vaino Raitio

    Vaino Raitio: Queen of the Flowers - Works for Small Orchestra

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Tuomas Ollila-Hannikainen, conductor

    7:27
  • 12:06 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Works For Orchestra

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    18:42
  • 12:01 AM

    Downton Abbey: A Royal Command

    John Lunn

    Chamber Orchestra of London

    Alastair King, conductor

    4:49
  • 11:50 PM

    String Symphony No. 6

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Gli Incogniti

    Amandine Beyer, conductor

    8:32
  • 11:46 PM

    Cancion de Cuna (Afro-Cuban Lullaby)

    Leo Brouwer

    Sound of Silence

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    3:21
  • 11:27 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 2

    I Musici Montreal

    Maxim Shostakovich, conductor

    Dmitri Shostakovich, piano

    18:12
  • 11:15 PM

    String Quartet No. 4

    Maddalena Laura Sirmen

    Sirmen: The 6 String Quartets / Allegri String Quartet

    Allegri String Quartet

    9:44
  • 11:07 PM

    The Planets: Jupiter

    Gustav Holst

    Varese: Arcana, Holst: The Planets

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    8:00
  • 11:01 PM

    Bassoon Concerto: Rondeau

    Antonio Rosetti

    Antonio Rosetti: Bassoon Concertos

    German Chamber Academy

    Eckart Hubner, bassoon

    4:34
  • 10:51 PM

    The Skaters Waltz

    Emil Waldteufel

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    7:49
  • 10:31 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Giuseppe Tartini

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    Adrian Chandler, violin

    18:29
  • 10:25 PM

    Piano Sonata: 4th movement

    Clara Schumann

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    5:08
  • 10:18 PM

    Raymonda: Grand Adagio

    Alexander Glazunov

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    5:14
  • 10:06 PM

    Der fliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman): Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Overtures and Preludes

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    11:09
  • 10:01 PM

    Torre Bermeja (Vermillion Tower)

    Isaac Albeniz

    Serenata Espanola

    Xavier de Maistre, harp

    4:51
  • 9:49 PM

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    8:53
  • 9:46 PM

    Te Deum: Prelude

    Marc-Antoine Charpentier

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    Michael Murray, organ

    2:29
  • 9:25 PM

    London Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Warren-Green, conductor

    19:50
  • 9:23 PM

    String Quartet No. 13: 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Late Beethoven Quartets

    Orion String Quartet

    1:57
  • 9:12 PM

    Fritiof Suite: Fritiof's sea journey

    Elfrida Andree

    Stockholm Symphony Orchestra

    Gustaf Sjokvist, conductor

    9:33
  • 9:07 PM

    Arabesque No. 1

    Claude Debussy

    Romances for Saxophone

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Branford Marsalis, saxophone

    4:11
  • 9:03 PM

    Serenade No. 1: Scherzo

    Johannes Brahms

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Istvan Kertesz, conductor

    2:37
  • 8:40 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Kenneth Sillito, conductor

    John Williams, guitar

    17:55
  • 8:27 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "A London Symphony": 4th movement

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony, etc.

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    12:00
  • 8:13 PM

    Piano Trio No. 35

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Trio Wanderer

    12:29
  • 8:07 PM

    La Scala di Seta (Silken Ladder): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    5:57
  • 8:01 PM

    A John Field Suite: Polka

    Hamilton Harty

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    4:51
  • 7:40 PM

    Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2/Romeo & Juliet

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    18:40
  • 5:51 PM

    Variations on a Theme of Rossini

    Bohuslav Martinu

    Duo Virtuoso

    Murasaki Duo

    7:36
  • 5:26 PM

    La Mer (The Sea)

    Claude Debussy

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    23:30
  • 5:17 PM

    Ducal Suite: Heaven

    Duke Ellington

    Clarinet Quintets for Our Time

    Dover Quartet

    David Shifrin, clarinet

    6:27
  • 5:06 PM

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    10:50
  • 5:01 PM

    Hopkinson Smith, lute

    4:30
  • 4:45 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 9

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Murray Perahia, piano

    12:59
  • 4:12 PM

    8 1/2: Walking the Gangplank

    Nino Rota

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    5:31
  • 4:06 PM

    Trio Sonata No. 10

    Arcangelo Corelli

    Rebel

    Jorg-Michael Schwarz, conductor

    5:14
  • 4:01 PM

    Symphony No. 1: Scherzo

    Jean Sibelius

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    4:31
  • 3:44 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 18

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas

    Fazil Say, piano

    14:13
  • 3:25 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 5

    George Frideric Handel

    I Musici

    17:11
  • 3:16 PM

    Introduction and Rondo

    Charles-Marie Widor

    Lille National Orchestra

    Alexandre Bloch, conductor

    Annelien Van Wauwe, clarinet

    7:32
  • 3:06 PM

    Norwegian Rhapsody No. 2

    Johan Svendsen

    Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    9:14
  • 3:01 PM

    Fantasy

    Malcolm Arnold

    Legacy: A Tribute to Dennis Brain

    Ben Goldscheider, horn

    4:43
  • 2:48 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Piano Concertos

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Andris Nelsons, conductor

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    9:17
  • 2:42 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    16:24
  • 2:30 PM

    String Quintet No. 4

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: String Quintets, Cello Sonatas

    Sigiswald Kuijken, violin

    17:11
  • 2:12 PM

    Faust Ballet Music

    Charles Gounod

    Gounod: Faust

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    16:23
  • 2:07 PM

    Eugene Onegin: Polonaise

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphonies 1-4

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    4:54
  • 2:02 PM

    Suite of Voltas

    Michael Praetorius

    The Music of a Victoria Christmas

    Early Music Consort of London

    David Munrow, conductor

    3:58
  • 2:02 PM

    Eugene Onegin: Polonaise

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphonies 1-4

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    4:54
  • 1:48 PM

    Ma vlast (My Country): Vltava (The Moldau)

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: Ma Vlast

    Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

    Zdenek Macal, conductor

    11:44
  • 1:45 PM

    Piano Sonata in Bb, D. 960: 3rd mvt

    Franz Schubert

    Imogen Cooper, piano

    3:33
  • 1:35 PM

    Harold in Italy: Serenade

    Hector Berlioz

    Pinchas Zukerman: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon and Philips

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Dutoit, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, viola

    6:56
  • 1:30 PM

    Memories of a Child's Sunday: Play

    Roy Harris

    Roy Harris: Symphony No. 8, Symphony No. 9

    Albany Symphony Orchestra

    David Alan Miller, conductor

    3:09
  • 1:22 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 3

    Johann Quantz

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Barry Tuckwell, horn

    7:10
  • 1:19 PM

    Little Threepenny Music: The Ballad of Mack the Knife

    Kurt Weill

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    :00
  • 1:09 PM

    Polonaise No. 6 "Heroic"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Chopin I Love

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    6:25
  • 1:04 PM

    Candide: Overture

    Leonard Bernstein

    Bernstein conducts Bernstein

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    4:10
  • 12:50 PM

    Fall River Legend: Church Social and Cotillion

    Morton Gould

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Sedares, conductor

    7:05
  • 12:46 PM

    Fanfare for the Common Man

    Aaron Copland

    Copland 100

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    3:31
  • 12:30 PM

    Beautiful Rosemary (Schon Rosmarin)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Abbey Road Ensemble

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    1:54
  • 12:20 PM

    Concert Suite No. 4

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Rameau: Six Concerts en sextuor

    Les Talens Lyriques

    Christophe Rousset, conductor

    9:10
  • 12:17 PM

    Dragon-flies

    Ethel Hier

    Joanna Goldstein, piano

    2:08
  • 12:08 PM

    Beatrice and Benedict: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Munch, conductor

    7:19
  • 12:04 PM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenade KV 361 "Gran Partita"

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    3:14
  • 11:49 AM

    Guitar Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Amadeus Guitar Duo

    9:35
  • 11:47 AM

    Hungarian Dance No. 18

    Johannes Brahms

    North German Radio Symphony

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    1:20
  • 11:44 AM

    Waltz No. 6 "Minute"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Greatest Classical Show On Earth

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    1:52
  • 11:32 AM

    Symphony "Obligato"

    Samuel Wesley

    Wesley: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    11:08
  • 11:23 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 5: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Brandenburg Concertos

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    7:47
  • 11:18 AM

    Czech Suite: Prelude-Pastorale

    Antonin Dvorak

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    3:37
  • 11:12 AM

    Trumpet Symphony

    Giuseppe Torelli

    Wynton Marsalis: In Gabriel's Garden

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    4:59
  • 11:04 AM

    Nameday (Namensfeier) Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    6:33
  • 10:42 AM

    Simple Symphony

    Benjamin Britten

    Northern Sinfonia

    Steuart Bedford, conductor

    15:52
  • 10:34 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    William Boyce

    Boyce: 8 Symphonies

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    7:24
  • 10:27 AM

    Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

    Aram Khachaturian

    Serenade

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    6:27
  • 10:26 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Three Ivans

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    1:16
  • 10:13 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 12

    Arcangelo Corelli

    I Solisti Italiani

    10:39
  • 10:06 AM

    March Militaire No. 1

    Franz Schubert

    Vladimir Horowitz, piano

    6:09
  • 10:01 AM

    The Mermaid Suite: Dance of 24 Mermaids

    Wu Zuqiang/Du Mingxin

    Concert Suites

    China National Symphony Orchestra

    Zuohuang Chen, conductor

    4:44
  • 9:40 AM

    Jeux (Games)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Orchestral Music

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    18:50
  • 9:20 AM

    Guitar Quintet No. 6

    Luigi Boccherini

    Artaria Quartet

    Richard Savino, guitar

    17:28
  • 9:17 AM

    Saudades do Brazil: Sorocaba

    Darius Milhaud

    The Roaring 20s

    Windscape

    1:14
  • 9:06 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 5

    Francesco Veracini

    Veracini Sonatas

    John Holloway, violin

    10:44
  • 9:01 AM

    Peer Gynt: Morning Mood

    Edvard Grieg

    Scandinavian Rhapsody, A Selection of Orchestral Favourites

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:30
  • 8:33 AM

    Church Windows

    Ottorino Respighi

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    24:59
  • 8:23 AM

    Concerto No. 11

    Pietro Locatelli

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, conductor

    9:34
  • 8:06 AM

    Suite in the Old Style

    Alfred Schnittke

    Through the Lens of Time

    Francisco Fullana, violin

    14:51
  • 8:01 AM

    Prayer of Saint Gregory

    Alan Hovhaness

    Manhattan Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Auldon Clark, conductor

    Chris Gekker, trumpet

    4:37
  • 7:40 AM

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Petter Sundkvist, conductor

    18:05
  • 7:34 AM

    Ricercata prima

    Vincenzo Capirola

    Rolf Lislevand & Ensemble

    4:57
  • 7:21 AM

    Freeform

    Glenn Branca

    Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra

    Christian von Borries, conductor

    11:44
  • 7:06 AM

    Fairy Tale Pictures (Marchenbilder)

    Robert Schumann

    Patricia McCarty, viola

    Martin Amlin, piano

    14:42
  • 7:01 AM

    English Idyll No. 1

    George Butterworth

    Halle Orchestra

    Mark Elder, conductor

    4:34
  • 6:28 AM

    The Tale of the Stone Flower

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    30:29
  • 6:21 AM

    Ave Maria

    Josquin des Prez

    Beyond Chant

    Voices of Ascension

    Dennis Keene, conductor

    6:07
  • 6:06 AM

    Sonata for Flute and Harp

    Nino Rota

    Medieval Dances for Flute and Harp

    Laurel Zucker, flute

    13:17
  • 6:01 AM

    Miniatures: Brecolada and Copla

    Joan Manen

    National Chamber Orchestra of Andorra

    Gerard Claret, conductor

    4:31
  • 5:42 AM

    Andras Schiff, piano

    16:25
  • 5:20 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Paul Ben-Haim

    Paul Ben-Haim: Evocation

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Philippe Bach, conductor

    Itamar Zorman, violin

    21:00
  • 5:06 AM

    Divertimento No. 12

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    New York Philomusica

    12:19
  • 5:01 AM

    Sunset

    Foday Musa Suso

    Kronos Quartet: Pieces of Africa

    Kronos Quartet

    Soloists

    4:24