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  • 4:29 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    York Bowen

    Bowen: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 / Davis, Bbc Philharmonic

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    29:44
  • 4:25 AM

    Magdalena Lisak, piano

    2:34
  • 4:06 AM

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    17:22
  • 4:01 AM

    English Idyll No. 2

    George Butterworth

    Halle Orchestra

    Mark Elder, conductor

    4:36
  • 3:46 AM

    New Medley Overture

    James Hewitt

    Sinfonia Finlandia Jyvaskyla

    Patrick Gallois, conductor

    12:20
  • 3:19 AM

    String Quartet No. 48

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 64

    Doric String Quartet

    25:46
  • 3:09 AM

    Prelude and Fugue No. 10

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Dmitri Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87

    Jenny Lin, piano

    6:49
  • 3:06 AM

    The Mountain King: Summer Rain

    Hugo Alfven

    Alfven: Symphony No. 5 Etc.

    Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    2:18
  • 3:01 AM

    Arvo Leibur, violin

    Vardo Rumessen, piano

    4:49
  • 2:29 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 27

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Murray Perahia, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    29:15
  • 2:18 AM

    Aires de la Mancha

    Federico Torroba

    Torroba: Guitar Concertos 1

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    9:29
  • 2:06 AM

    Rip Van Winkle Overture

    George Chadwick

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    10:24
  • 2:01 AM

    Beyond the Fog: Mist

    Gary Schocker

    Emily Mitchell, harp

    Gary Schocker, flute

    4:31
  • 1:51 AM

    Rhapsody

    Josef Rheinberger

    Masterpieces Rediscovered

    David Shostac, flute

    7:06
  • 1:42 AM

    Concerto No. 7 "Teatrale"

    Lorenzo Zavateri

    Zavateri: Concerti Da Chiesa E Da Camera

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

    Gottfried von der Goltz, conductor

    9:02
  • 1:27 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 9 "Kreutzer": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Key of A

    Lara St. John, violin

    12:30
  • 1:01 AM

    Aleko: Women's Dance

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    4:36
  • 12:47 AM

    Hungarian Sketches

    Bela Bartok

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    11:23
  • 12:17 AM

    Lenox Avenue: The Blues

    William Grant Still

    Jeni Slotchiver, piano

    2:33
  • 12:06 AM

    Concert Piece

    Franz Schubert

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    9:43
  • 12:01 AM

    Letter a l'Immortelle Bien-Aimee

    Corentin Apparailly

    Julien Martineau, mandolin

    Vanessa Benelli Mosell, piano

    4:43
  • 11:43 PM

    Lady Radnor's Suite

    Hubert Parry

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    15:27
  • 11:31 PM

    Summer Music

    Samuel Barber

    20th Century Wind Quintets

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    11:33
  • 11:21 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 24

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Wilhelm Kempff, piano

    8:05
  • 11:18 PM

    The Gospel Train

    Spiritual

    The Aeolians

    The Aeolians

    Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor

    1:41
  • 11:06 PM

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    11:07
  • 11:01 PM

    Flute Concerto: 1st movement

    Vilem Blodek

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Uros Lajovic, conductor

    Karl Bernhard Sebon, flute

    4:39
  • 10:43 PM

    Capriccio Italien

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    15:14
  • 10:33 PM

    The Red Pony Suite: selections

    Aaron Copland

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    8:32
  • 10:07 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 2

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Eurasian Soloists Chamber Orchestra

    Sherniyaz Mussakhan, conductor

    Christoph Croise, cello

    24:52
  • 10:01 PM

    Hugh Aston's Ground

    Edward Collard

    Jakob Lindberg, lute

    4:48
  • 9:41 PM

    Piano Concerto for the Left Hand

    Maurice Ravel

    Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra

    Lionel Bringuier, conductor

    Yuja Wang, piano

    17:26
  • 9:29 PM

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    Marc Neikrug, piano

    10:12
  • 9:07 PM

    Merry Mount Suite

    Howard Hanson

    Howard Hanson: Symphony No. 1, Merry Mount Suites

    Nashville Symphony Orchestra

    Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor

    17:49
  • 9:01 PM

    Prelude on an Old Folk Tune

    Amy Beach

    Joanne Polk, piano

    4:36
  • 8:51 PM

    Musical Moment No. 3

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, piano

    7:52
  • 8:18 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Jennifer Higdon

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    31:46
  • 8:07 PM

    Oboe Concerto

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Scottish Ensemble

    Jonathan Morton, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    9:42
  • 8:01 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Scottish": 2nd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: The Symphonies

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    4:13
  • 7:52 PM

    Variations on a Viennese "Heurigen" Melody

    Hans Gal

    Piano Trios: Gal, Shostakovich

    Briggs Piano Trio

    6:57
  • 7:20 PM

    Symphony No. 103 "Drum Roll"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    30:16
  • 7:09 PM

    Three Romances for Violin and Piano

    Clara Schumann

    Joseph Silverstein, violin

    Veronica Jochum, piano

    9:04
  • 7:06 PM

    Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III

    Richard Wagner

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    3:06
  • 7:01 PM

    Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing

    James W. Johnson/J. Rosamond Johnson

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    4:47
  • 6:55 PM

    Valdres-March

    Johannes Hanssen

    Norwegian Classical Favourites

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    3:43
  • 6:50 PM

    Pelimanni's Revenge

    Timo Alakotila

    Light

    Ethel

    3:22
  • 6:11 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Niccolo Paganini

    Paganini, Spohr: Violin Concertos

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    37:37
  • 6:06 PM

    Two-Part Invention No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Invention

    Tessa Lark, violin

    3:18
  • 6:01 PM

    Kroke

    Nigel Kennedy, violin

    John Anderson, oboe

    Janice Knight, oboe

    Julie Price, bassoon

    David Heath, flute

    Doug Boyle, guitar

    4:41
  • 5:44 PM

    American Rhapsody

    Ernst von Dohnanyi

    Dohnanyi: Violin Concerto

    Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Alun Francis, conductor

    14:35
  • 5:32 PM

    Four Seasons: Summer

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Orchestra of Flanders

    Rudolf Werthen, conductor

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    10:31
  • 5:16 PM

    Fantasy on Hungarian Folk Tunes

    Franz Liszt

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Jun'ichi Hirokami, conductor

    Barry Douglas, piano

    14:39
  • 5:06 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 9

    Arcangelo Corelli

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    8:55
  • 5:01 PM

    Siciliano

    Harry Dexter

    RTE Concert Orchestra, Dublin

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    4:47
  • 4:42 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    The Tchaikovsky Project

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    Kirill Gerstein, piano

    16:04
  • 4:22 PM

    Oboe Concerto

    Paul Carr

    British Light Music Premieres

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    Nicholas Daniel, oboe

    17:27
  • 4:16 PM

    Polonaise

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 and Works for Solo Piano

    Alessio Bax, piano

    5:21
  • 4:11 PM

    Serenade No. 9 "Posthorn": Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Posthorn Serenade K 320, 2 Marches K 335

    Camerata Academica Salzburg

    Sandor Vegh, conductor

    4:14
  • 4:06 PM

    Bugler's Holiday

    Leroy Anderson

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    2:32
  • 4:00 PM

    Magnetic Rag

    Scott Joplin

    Avatar Brass Ensemble

    4:43
  • 3:44 PM

    The Music Man: Seventy-Six Trombones

    Meredith Willson

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:00
  • 3:38 PM

    Our Town: Grover's Corners

    Aaron Copland

    He Got Game - The Music Of Aaron Copland (Motion Picture Soundtrack)

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Aaron Copland, conductor

    3:11
  • 3:33 PM

    Chicago: All That Jazz

    John Kander

    Oscar And Tony: Award-Winning Music From The Stage And Screen

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    3:23
  • 3:23 PM

    On the Town: Three Dance Episodes

    Leonard Bernstein

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    9:49
  • 3:19 PM

    The Bishop's Wife: Main Title

    Hugo Friedhofer

    The Bishop's Wife Soundtrack from the Motion Picture

    Studio Orchestra

    Hugo Friedhofer, conductor

    1:31
  • 3:11 PM

    Mrs. Doubtfire: Main Title

    Howard Shore

    Studio Orchestra

    Howard Shore, conductor

    3:00
  • 3:06 PM

    Singin' in the Rain: Main Theme

    Nacio Herb Brown

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:37
  • 3:01 PM

    West Side Story: America

    Leonard Bernstein

    Studio Orchestra

    Johnny Green, conductor

    Betty Wand, vocals

    George Chakiris, vocals

    4:59
  • 2:49 PM

    Philarte Quartet

    9:16
  • 2:27 PM

    Symphony No. 102

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Hanover Band

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    22:06
  • 2:16 PM

    The Union (Concert Paraphrase on National Airs)

    Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    Jeni Slotchiver, piano

    8:23
  • 2:06 PM

    Linos Ensemble

    8:13
  • 1:49 PM

    Oberon Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Overtures; Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    9:19
  • 1:21 PM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 4

    Louis Spohr

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Kenneth Sillito, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    24:10
  • 1:15 PM

    The Clowns

    Nino Rota

    The Symphonic Fellini/Rota

    Czech Symphony Orchestra

    Derek Wadsworth, conductor

    4:22
  • 1:11 PM

    Maids of Cadiz

    Leo Delibes

    Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Olivieri-Munroe, conductor

    Sol Gabetta, cello

    3:04
  • 1:06 PM

    Preludes, Book 2: Feux d'artifice (Fireworks)

    Claude Debussy

    Krystian Zimerman, piano

    4:27
  • 12:47 PM

    William Tell: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures Vol 2 / Benda, Prague Sinfonia

    Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    11:32
  • 12:17 PM

    Piano Trio No. 1

    Camille Saint-Saens

    David Golub, piano

    Mark Kaplan, violin

    Colin Carr, cello

    28:00
  • 12:13 PM

    Famous Blue Raincoat

    Leonard Cohen

    12 Ensemble

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    3:28
  • 12:06 PM

    Six Irish Fantasies: Jig

    Charles Stanford

    Lucy Gould, violin

    Benjamin Frith, piano

    5:33
  • 12:01 PM

    Lyric Quartet: The Quiet One

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    4:35
  • 11:42 AM

    Second Rhapsody

    George Gershwin

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Orion Weiss, piano

    15:47
  • 11:29 AM

    Violin Sonata "The Devil's Trill"

    Giuseppe Tartini

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    12:11
  • 11:25 AM

    Legend No. 8

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends, Symphony No. 8

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    3:47
  • 11:22 AM

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    1:55
  • 11:06 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Four Horn Concertos

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Janos Rolla, conductor

    Dale Clevenger, horn

    14:34
  • 11:01 AM

    Clio Gould, violin

    Rachel Portman, piano

    4:33
  • 10:45 AM

    La Valse

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Ballet And Dance Music

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    12:23
  • 10:22 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 4

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Piano Concertos

    The King's Violins

    Bernard Labadie, conductor

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    21:22
  • 10:16 AM

    Mountain Songs: He's Gone Away

    Robert Beaser

    Paula Robison, flute

    Eliot Fisk, guitar

    5:01
  • 10:06 AM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Potsdam Chamber Academy

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    Shalev Ad-El, harpsichord

    9:34
  • 10:01 AM

    Oskar Ekberg, piano

    4:39
  • 9:41 AM

    The Garden of Fand

    Arnold Bax

    Bax: Tone Poems

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    17:27
  • 9:25 AM

    Piano Trio

    Amy Beach

    Her Voice

    Neave Trio

    14:44
  • 9:20 AM

    White Snow in the Spring Sunlight

    Traditional Chinese

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    3:37
  • 9:06 AM

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Heinz Holliger, oboe

    12:56
  • 9:01 AM

    Berceuse (Lullaby)

    Frederic Chopin

    Yundi Li, piano

    4:31
  • 8:47 AM

    String Quartet No. 2 "musica instrumentalis": Double Triple Gigue Fugue

    Aaron Jay Kernis

    Jasper String Quartet

    11:00
  • 8:24 AM

    Flute Concerto

    Francois Devienne

    Devienne: 14 Concertos pour flute

    Munich Chamber Orchestra

    Hans Stadlmair, conductor

    Andras Adorjan, flute

    22:38
  • 8:16 AM

    Melancolie

    Francis Poulenc

    Melancolie

    Miki Aoki, piano

    5:59
  • 8:06 AM

    Melancholy Serenade

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    Esther Yoo, violin

    9:59
  • 8:01 AM

    Basse Danse

    Thoinot Arbeau

    Broadside Band

    4:33
  • 7:50 AM

    Norwegian Rhapsody No. 2

    Johan Svendsen

    South Jutland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    8:45
  • 7:42 AM

    The Path

    Zoe Keating

    Zoe Keating, cello

    5:42
  • 7:06 AM

    On an Overgrown Path, Book 1

    Leos Janacek

    Janacek: Piano Sonata 1.X.1905, In the Mists, etc.

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    35:36
  • 7:01 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 3: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    Marc Neikrug, piano

    4:34
  • 6:47 AM

    Fratres (Brothers)

    Arvo Part

    Passacaglia

    MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Kristjan Jarvi, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    10:49
  • 6:22 AM

    Violin Sonata

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Sonatas for Piano & Violin

    Isaac Stern, violin

    24:35
  • 6:14 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 6

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    6:30
  • 6:06 AM

    Elegy

    Ina Boyle

    Cello Abbey

    Staatskapelle Weimar

    Paul Meyer, conductor

    Nadege Rochat, cello

    7:23
  • 6:01 AM

    Minuets with Contredances

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

    Hans Graf, conductor

    4:40
  • 5:30 AM

    String Quartet No. 1 "From My Life"

    Bedrich Smetana

    Pavel Haas Quartet

    28:25
  • 5:16 AM

    Georgian Chamber Orchestra

    Lisa Batiashvili, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    12:25
  • 5:06 AM

    Symphony No. 7

    William Boyce

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    9:15
  • 5:01 AM

    Sonata Concertante: Rondo

    Louis Spohr

    Marielle Nordmann, harp

    Andras Adorjan, flute

    4:48