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  • 4:30 AM

    Verklarte Nacht (Transfigured Night)

    Arnold Schoenberg

    Trondheim Soloists

    Alisa Weilerstein, cello

    28:21
  • 4:27 AM

    Starlight

    Margaret Lang

    From the Unforgettable Skies

    Lucy Mauro, piano

    2:41
  • 4:06 AM

    London Mozart Players

    Jane Glover, conductor

    18:45
  • 4:01 AM

    The Broom of Cowdenknows

    John Playford

    A Trip to Killburn

    Baltimore Consort

    Custer LaRue, soprano

    4:34
  • 3:45 AM

    Serenade to Music

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Tallis Fantasia; Symphony No. 5

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    Jessica Rivera, soprano

    13:04
  • 3:26 AM

    Hamlet: Ballet Music

    Ambroise Thomas

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    17:16
  • 3:20 AM

    Zen Love Song

    Roxanna Panufnik

    Voces8

    Barnaby Smith, conductor

    Kiku Day, shakuhachi

    5:59
  • 3:06 AM

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

    Bedrich Smetana

    The Moldau

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    11:57
  • 3:01 AM

    Glowing Red Morningstar Lilies

    Traditional Chinese

    Chinese Dreams

    Lydia Maria Bader, piano

    4:38
  • 2:36 AM

    Pines of Rome

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Pines of Rome, Fountains of Rome, Roman Festivals

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    22:00
  • 2:25 AM

    La lugubre gondola No. 2 (The Black Gondola)

    Franz Liszt

    John Adams: El Dorado

    London Sinfonietta

    John Adams, conductor

    9:50
  • 2:14 AM

    Barcarolle venetienne

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Navarra Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Martinez Izquierdo, conductor

    Tianwa Yang, violin

    9:49
  • 2:06 AM

    Catalyst Quartet

    6:52
  • 2:01 AM

    Rondo

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    C.P.E. Bach: Sonatas And Rondos

    Mikhail Pletnev, piano

    4:35
  • 1:45 AM

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Mark Wigglesworth, conductor

    12:49
  • 1:37 AM

    Images, Book 1: Hommage a Rameau (Homage to Rameau)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images; Children's Corner; Suite Bergamasque; L'Isle Joyeuse

    Seong-Jin Cho, piano

    7:05
  • 1:16 AM

    Symphony

    Michael Haydn

    Michael Hadyn: Symphonies

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Hans-Peter Frank, conductor

    19:05
  • 1:01 AM

    Billy the Kid: Prairie Night

    Aaron Copland

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    4:43
  • 12:54 AM

    Sospiri (Sighs)

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    4:06
  • 12:15 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    38:35
  • 12:11 AM

    Suite No. 9: Sarabande

    Robert de Visee

    Barthold Kuijken, flute

    Arnie Tanimoto, viola da gamba

    Donald Livingston, harpsichord

    2:31
  • 12:07 AM

    Attila: Overture

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi: Overtures and Preludes

    Philharmonic of La Scala

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    3:27
  • 12:01 AM

    English Air

    Peter Lamb

    Kenneth Smith, flute

    Paul Rhodes, piano

    4:31
  • 11:58 PM

    Quick! we have but a second

    Charles Stanford

    There is Sweet Music

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    :44
  • 11:50 PM

    Concerto No. 5

    Francesco Durante

    Francesco Durante: Concerti

    Concerto Koln

    7:39
  • 11:29 PM

    On the Waterfront: Symphonic Suite

    Leonard Bernstein

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    19:25
  • 11:18 PM

    Berceuse

    Franz Liszt

    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    9:40
  • 11:07 PM

    Free Variations and Finale

    Gabriel Pierne

    Netherlands Harp Ensemble

    10:38
  • 11:01 PM

    Total Tango

    David Matthews

    Orchestra Nova

    George Vass, conductor

    4:40
  • 10:34 PM

    Horn Concerto

    Reinhold Gliere

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Werner Andreas Albert, conductor

    Marie Luise Neunecker, horn

    24:34
  • 10:21 PM

    Fantasy on La Traviata

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    10:19
  • 10:16 PM

    Xinjiang Dance

    Zhihong Guo

    Yit Kin Seow, piano

    3:51
  • 10:07 PM

    Moravian Dances

    Leos Janacek

    Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antoni Wit, conductor

    8:56
  • 10:01 PM

    Partita No. 6: Courante

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Piotr Anderszewski, piano

    4:35
  • 9:49 PM

    Symphony No. 2: Finale

    Otto Nicolai

    Nicolai: 4 Overtures, Symphony in D Major

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacker, conductor

    9:03
  • 9:47 PM

    Elijah: Lift Thine Eyes to the Mountains

    Felix Mendelssohn

    On The Shoulders Of Giants

    Cantus

    2:03
  • 9:33 PM

    Poema concertante

    Xavier Montsalvatge

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    Celso Antunes, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    12:29
  • 9:23 PM

    Variations on "Salve tu, Domine" by Paisiello

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas

    Kristian Bezuidenhout, fortepiano

    8:04
  • 9:07 PM

    In the Tatra Mountains

    Vitezslav Novak

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    16:20
  • 9:01 PM

    Toccata

    Girolamo Frescobaldi

    Jian Wang: The Baroque Album

    Camerata Salzburg

    Jian Wang, cello

    4:37
  • 8:54 PM

    Funeral March of a Marionette

    Charles Gounod

    Fright Night

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    4:06
  • 8:50 PM

    The Phantom Melody

    Albert Ketelbey

    In a Monastery Garden

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Eric Rogers, conductor

    3:55
  • 8:22 PM

    Oboe Concerto

    Richard Strauss

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    Heinz Holliger, oboe

    26:24
  • 8:18 PM

    Melodie

    Frank Bridge

    Bridge, F.: Cello Sonata / 4 Short Pieces / Serenade in A Major / Berceuse / Britten, B.: Cello Sonata in C Major

    Oystein Birkeland, cello

    3:52
  • 8:06 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 2nd movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninov: Symphonies/Symphonic Dances

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    9:47
  • 8:01 PM

    Moto Perpetuo

    Behzad Ranjbaran

    Sejong Soloists

    4:32
  • 7:39 PM

    Piano Trio

    Johann Hummel

    Hummel: Piano Trios

    Beaux Arts Trio

    19:32
  • 7:18 PM

    Ballet Suite No. 2

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    19:39
  • 7:15 PM

    Suite magica: Waltz

    Maximo Diego Pujol

    Together

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    2:03
  • 7:06 PM

    Concerto No. 12

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Albinoni: 12 Concerti a cinque, Op.5

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    7:15
  • 7:01 PM

    Leone Buyse, flute

    Martin Amlin, piano

    4:36
  • 6:49 PM

    Barcarolle

    Frederic Chopin

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    8:59
  • 6:18 PM

    String Quartet No. 5

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: String Quartets Op. 18

    Jerusalem Quartet

    29:21
  • 6:15 PM

    Lyric Pieces: Efferklang (Remembrances)

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Lyric Pieces

    Emil Gilels, piano

    1:56
  • 6:06 PM

    Memory of the Norwegian Mountains

    Franz Berwald

    Franz Berwald: Symphonies Nos. 1-4

    Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    8:13
  • 6:01 PM

    The Red Pony Suite: Morning on the Ranch

    Aaron Copland

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:32
  • 5:50 PM

    A Night Piece

    Arthur Foote

    Arcata String Quartet

    Don Bailey, flute

    Grace Paradise, harp

    7:52
  • 5:41 PM

    String Quartet: Adagio

    Emilie Mayer

    Erato Quartet

    7:43
  • 5:21 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Andras Schiff, conductor

    Andras Schiff, piano

    18:44
  • 5:06 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Classical"

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Symphonies Nos. 1-3

    Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    13:59
  • 5:01 PM

    Air for the Poet

    Lou Harrison

    Tammittam Percussion Ensemble

    Guido Facchin, conductor

    4:48
  • 4:38 PM

    Flight of the Bumblebee

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Trumpet Works

    Sergei Nakariakov, trumpet

    1:02
  • 4:29 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Leopold Mozart

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Elgar Howarth, conductor

    Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet

    8:50
  • 4:25 PM

    Dorothea von Albrecht, cello

    Martin Munch, piano

    3:27
  • 4:11 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 2nd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    The Tchaikovsky Project

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    12:20
  • 4:06 PM

    March and Gigue

    Henry Purcell

    Ceremonial Music for Trumpet & Symphonic Organ

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    3:41
  • 4:01 PM

    Ave Maria

    Gabriel Faure

    Choir of Trinity College

    Richard Marlow, conductor

    Camilla Otaki, soprano

    Joanne Andrews, soprano

    Richard Pearce, organ

    4:32
  • 3:54 PM

    Into the Woods: No One Is Alone

    Stephen Sondheim

    Original Cast Recording

    James Lapine, conductor

    3:57
  • 3:50 PM

    Taxi Driver: A Night Piece for Orchestra

    Bernard Herrmann

    Torn Curtain: The Classic Film Music Of Bernard Herrmann

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    8:02
  • 3:43 PM

    Star Trek: Theme

    Michael Giacchino

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    John Morris Russell, conductor

    5:35
  • 3:37 PM

    Philadelphia Story: Suite

    Franz Waxman

    Sunset Boulevard: The Classic Film Scores Of Franz Waxman

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    3:37
  • 3:26 PM

    Giant: Suite

    Dimitri Tiomkin

    The Greatest Film Scores Of Dimitri Tiomkin

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Kaufman, conductor

    8:22
  • 3:17 PM

    Raintree County: Overture

    Johnny Green

    MGM Studio Orchestra

    Johnny Green, conductor

    3:32
  • 3:07 PM

    A Place in the Sun: Suite

    Franz Waxman

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    8:32
  • 3:01 PM

    X-Men: The Last Stand: End Credits

    John Powell

    Superheroes!

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    John Morris Russell, conductor

    4:59
  • 2:50 PM

    Verdun: Heroic Epilogue

    Charles Stanford

    Ulster Orchestra

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    8:02
  • 2:38 PM

    String Symphony No. 4

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Complete String Symphonies

    Gli Incogniti

    Amandine Beyer, conductor

    11:26
  • 2:28 PM

    Suite L'Inconnue

    Michel de la Barre

    La Magnifique: Flute Music for the Court of Louis XIV

    Barthold Kuijken, flute

    8:44
  • 2:23 PM

    Prelude

    Lili Boulanger

    Donna voce

    Anna Shelest, piano

    3:53
  • 2:06 PM

    Symphony No. 58

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: The Sturm Und Drang Symphonies Vol 2

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Simon Standage, violin

    15:48
  • 1:52 PM

    Overture to a Comedy No. 1

    Svend Erik Tarp

    Aarhus Symphony Orchestra

    Tobias Ringborg, conductor

    6:47
  • 1:14 PM

    Symphony No. 7

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Andris Nelsons, conductor

    36:15
  • 1:06 PM

    Lara Downes, piano

    5:14
  • 12:44 PM

    Don Juan and Faust: Six airs de ballet

    Moritz Moszkowski

    From Foreign Lands

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    14:03
  • 12:22 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American"

    William Grant Still

    African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. 1

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    21:09
  • 12:16 PM

    My Soul Hath Found Refuge in Thee

    Evelyn Simpson-Curenton

    The Aeolians

    The Aeolians

    Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor

    5:29
  • 12:06 PM

    Sinfonia for Four Trumpets

    Giuseppe Torelli

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    7:41
  • 12:01 PM

    Minuet No. 1

    Giacomo Puccini

    Puccini

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor

    4:39
  • 11:43 AM

    String Quartet No. 1 "La Chasse"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Hagen Quartet

    14:57
  • 11:22 AM

    Variations for Piano and Orchestra

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi Discoveries

    Milan Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    20:17
  • 11:19 AM

    Rigoletto: La donna e mobile

    Giuseppe Verdi

    The #1 Opera Album

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    Luciano Pavarotti, tenor

    2:20
  • 11:07 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Carl Friedrich Abel

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    10:59
  • 11:01 AM

    Cantilene

    Louis Cahuzac

    Ricardo Morales, clarinet

    Michael Chertock, piano

    4:35
  • 10:44 AM

    Concerto for Two Violins

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: Concertos for Violin

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    Monica Huggett, violin

    14:44
  • 10:37 AM

    Gavotte and six doubles

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Encores 2

    Emma Johnson, clarinet

    5:59
  • 10:13 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 5

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Complete Mozart Edition, Vol. 7: Piano Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    21:53
  • 10:06 AM

    L'inganno felice (The Happy Deception): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    5:55
  • 10:01 AM

    Spanish Dance No. 2 "Oriental"

    Enrique Granados

    Three Guitars

    Pro Arte Guitar Trio

    4:30
  • 9:53 AM

    Pavan and Galliard No. 6

    William Byrd

    Glenn Gould, piano

    5:17
  • 9:34 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 6

    Luigi Boccherini

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    16:59
  • 9:15 AM

    Souvenir of a Beloved Place

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Complete Works for Violin and Orchestra

    Odense Symphony Orchestra

    Alexander Vedernikov, conductor

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    18:51
  • 9:06 AM

    Four Short Prayers of Saint Francis of Assisi

    Francis Poulenc

    Poulenc: Choral Works

    Robert Shaw Festival Singers

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    Christopher Cock, tenor

    7:11
  • 9:01 AM

    Court Sonata No. 4

    Heinrich Biber

    Purcell Quartet

    Michael Laird, trumpet

    Mark Bennett, trumpet

    4:44
  • 8:39 AM

    Flute Concerto

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Clarinet and Flute Concertos

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    19:32
  • 8:26 AM

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Uto Ughi, violin

    11:59
  • 8:22 AM

    Tropico

    Manuel Ponce

    Caribbean Souvenirs

    William Kanengiser, guitar

    3:03
  • 8:06 AM

    Septet

    Walter Kaufmann

    Kaufmann: Chamber Works

    ARC Ensemble

    Jamie Kruspe, violin

    14:50
  • 8:01 AM

    Lyrical Serenade

    Edward Elgar

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    4:41
  • 7:42 AM

    Symphony "The Hunt"

    Carl Stamitz

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    16:17
  • 7:40 AM

    William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    1:36
  • 7:06 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    Edmund Rubbra

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    32:27
  • 7:01 AM

    Two German Dances

    Franz Schubert

    Yaara Tal, piano

    Andreas Groethuysen, piano

    4:39
  • 6:56 AM

    Julian Lloyd Webber, cello

    John Lenehan, piano

    2:35
  • 6:11 AM

    Serenade No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Belgian Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra

    Alexander Rahbari, conductor

    43:39
  • 6:06 AM

    Sea-Shell

    Carl Engel

    Introducing Shannon Lee, violin

    Shannon Lee, violin

    3:37
  • 6:01 AM

    The Hours: Dead Things

    Philip Glass

    Valentina Lisitsa, piano

    4:34
  • 5:37 AM

    String Quartet No. 52

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 64

    Doric String Quartet

    21:01
  • 5:31 AM

    Pavan-Capriccio

    Isaac Albeniz

    Espana!

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos

    5:36
  • 5:06 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Kabalevsky: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Darrell Ang, conductor

    23:13
  • 5:01 AM

    Concert Suite No. 2: Menuets

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Baroque Nouveau

    4:39