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  • 4:27 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Alan Hovhaness

    Seattle Symphony

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    Janos Starker, cello

    31:03
  • 4:19 AM

    Six Songs for Piano

    Gomidas Vartabed

    Komitas: Piano and Chamber Music

    Mikael Ayrapetyan, piano

    6:30
  • 4:06 AM

    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

    Paul Hillier, conductor

    12:17
  • 4:01 AM

    Canticles of the Sky: Sky with Nameless Colors

    John Luther Adams

    Northwestern University Cello Ensemble

    Hans Jorgen Jensen, conductor

    4:22
  • 3:38 AM

    Responses, Hosanna and Fugue

    Arnold Rosner

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    David Amos, conductor

    20:06
  • 3:15 AM

    Piano Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Piano Sonatas, D537 and D664, etc.

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    19:16
  • 3:06 AM

    Impromptu for Harp

    Gabriel Faure

    Susann McDonald, harp

    7:07
  • 3:01 AM

    On Distant Waves (Sur les flots lointains)

    Charles Koechlin

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:45
  • 2:53 AM

    Memories of the Alhambra

    Francisco Tarrega

    Reflections of Spain: Spanish Favorites for Guitar

    David Russell, guitar

    5:25
  • 2:25 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    26:15
  • 2:20 AM

    Budapest Strings

    Lajos Lencses, oboe

    3:51
  • 2:06 AM

    Into the Twilight

    Arnold Bax

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    12:52
  • 2:01 AM

    Romeo and Juliet: The Young Juliet

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Petites fleurs

    Susanne Lang, piano

    4:25
  • 1:43 AM

    Les Preludes

    Franz Liszt

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    15:00
  • 1:13 AM

    String Quartet No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: String Quartets, Opus 18 (Complete)

    Miro Quartet

    28:35
  • 1:06 AM

    Andante festivo

    Jean Sibelius

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:04
  • 1:01 AM

    The Capricious One

    Edward Elgar

    Albeniz, Brahms, Dvorak, Elgar, Falla, Kreisler

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    4:32
  • 12:47 AM

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Ben Palmer, conductor

    Peter Cigleris, clarinet

    11:26
  • 12:43 AM

    La Wally: Ebben? Ne andro lontana

    Alfredo Catalani

    The #1 Opera Album

    Orchestra of the Royal Theater, Torino

    John Mauceri, conductor

    Angela Gheorghiu, soprano

    3:37
  • 12:19 AM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    22:30
  • 12:06 AM

    Quintettino "La musica notturna di Madrid"

    Luigi Boccherini

    United Strings of Europe

    Julian Azkoul, conductor

    11:03
  • 12:01 AM

    Song and Dance No. 9

    Federico Mompou

    Stephen Hough, piano

    4:33
  • 11:48 PM

    Symphony No. 4 "Italian": 1st movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    10:15
  • 11:40 PM

    Symphony No. 5

    William Boyce

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Ronald Thomas, conductor

    7:27
  • 11:19 PM

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    Matt Haimovitz, cello

    19:58
  • 11:09 PM

    Etude No. 6 "En forme de valse"

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Lise de la Salle, piano

    7:56
  • 11:06 PM

    Nais: Rigaudons

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    2:17
  • 11:01 PM

    Hary Janos Suite: Intermezzo

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    4:35
  • 10:47 PM

    Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Favourites

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    11:36
  • 10:40 PM

    Zadok the Priest

    George Frideric Handel

    The Sixteen

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    5:42
  • 10:28 PM

    Concerto for Two Mandolins

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Venice Baroque Orchestra

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    Alon Sariel, mandolin

    11:00
  • 10:17 PM

    From Italy (Aus Italien): In the Campagna

    Richard Strauss

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    9:54
  • 10:09 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Waltz

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenades Op 22 & 44

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    6:56
  • 10:06 PM

    A Chloris (To Chloris)

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Olivieri-Munroe, conductor

    Sol Gabetta, cello

    2:26
  • 10:01 PM

    Images, Book 1: Reflets dans l'eau (Reflections in the Water)

    Claude Debussy

    Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano

    4:43
  • 9:50 PM

    Das Rheingold: Entry of the Gods into Valhalla

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Orchestral Music from The Ring

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    7:33
  • 9:46 PM

    Ciaconna

    Andrea Falconieri

    The Kingdoms of Castille

    El Mundo

    Richard Savino, conductor

    2:58
  • 9:21 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Concertos

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    24:30
  • 9:17 PM

    Mulqueen's

    Traditional

    Brooklyn Rider

    Martin Hayes, Irish fiddle

    2:02
  • 9:06 PM

    Mephisto Waltz No. 1 "Dance in the Village Inn"

    Franz Liszt

    Mephisto Magic

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    10:37
  • 9:03 PM

    Three Piano Pieces: Dance

    Zara Levina

    Maria Lettberg, piano

    2:46
  • 8:43 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Giovanni Antonini, conductor

    15:07
  • 8:16 PM

    Symphony No. 7 "Midday"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    25:28
  • 8:06 PM

    Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna

    Franz von Suppe

    Vienna Soiree

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    8:08
  • 8:01 PM

    Graceful Ghost Rag

    William Bolcom

    Richard Dowling, piano

    4:32
  • 7:42 PM

    Rondo for Violin and Piano

    Franz Schubert

    Isaac Stern, violin

    Daniel Barenboim, piano

    16:00
  • 5:46 PM

    Gayane Ballet Suite

    Aram Khachaturian

    Royal Scottish Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    12:20
  • 5:16 PM

    Harp Concerto

    Elias Parish-Alvars

    Parish-Alvars

    Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra

    Theodor Guschlbauer, conductor

    Marielle Nordmann, harp

    28:15
  • 5:12 PM

    Daniel, Daniel, Servant of the Lord

    Undine Smith Moore

    Steal Away: The African American Concert Spiritual

    Seraphic Fire

    Patrick Dupre Quigley, conductor

    2:11
  • 5:06 PM

    Legend No. 6

    Antonin Dvorak

    Masterpieces in Miniature

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    5:42
  • 5:01 PM

    Nonetto: 1st movement

    Bohuslav Martinu

    Spohr, Martinu: Nonets / Ensemble Wien-Berlin

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    4:50
  • 4:42 PM

    8 Variations on an Original Theme

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Piano Music for Four Hands, Vol III

    Yaara Tal, piano

    16:27
  • 4:23 PM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Bassoon Concertos

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Janne Nisonen, conductor

    Jaakko Luoma, bassoon

    16:43
  • 4:19 PM

    Armenian Folk Songs and Dances: My Scarlet Kerchief

    Gomidas Vartabed

    Avos Chamber Orchestra

    Alessio Pianelli, cello

    2:09
  • 4:06 PM

    Symphonic Dances: 1st movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninov: Symphonies/Symphonic Dances

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    12:50
  • 4:00 PM

    Suite in modo polonico: Kujawiak Mazurka and Oberek Mazurka

    Alexandre Tansman

    Tomasz Zawierucha, guitar

    4:53
  • 3:40 PM

    Wand of Youth Suite No. 1

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: The Wand of Youth, Suites I & II; Dream Children; Nursery Suite; Starlight Express

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    17:57
  • 3:22 PM

    Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye): Suite

    Maurice Ravel

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    Jean-Bernard Pommier, conductor

    16:59
  • 3:18 PM

    Fairy Tale

    Nikolai Medtner

    Nikolai Demidenko, piano

    3:16
  • 3:08 PM

    The White-Haired Girl Suite: White-Haired Girl

    Yan Jinxuan

    China National Symphony Orchestra

    Zuohuang Chen, conductor

    8:04
  • 3:06 PM

    The Love for Three Oranges: March

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Hindemith, Prokofiev, Bartok

    Kansas City Symphony

    Michael Stern, conductor

    1:41
  • 3:01 PM

    Sextet for Two Horns and Strings: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Septet Op. 20; Sextet Op. 81b

    Consortium Classicum

    4:52
  • 2:52 PM

    Kentucky Rondo

    Otto Luening

    The Louisville Orchstra

    Louisville Orchestra

    Lawrence Leighton Smith, conductor

    4:56
  • 2:48 PM

    Homestead Dances: Promenade

    Don Ray

    Home For The Harvest

    Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra

    Derek Gleeson, conductor

    3:08
  • 2:39 PM

    The Little Trifles (Les petits riens)

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    19:45
  • 2:27 PM

    The Little Trifles (Les petits riens)

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    19:45
  • 2:09 PM

    Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    Benjamin Britten

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    17:06
  • 2:01 PM

    Perpetual Motion Pieces

    Francis Poulenc

    Lisa Friend, flute

    Craig Ogden, guitar

    6:41
  • 1:53 PM

    Overture No. 2

    Louise Farrenc

    European Soloists, Luxembourg

    Christoph Konig, conductor

    7:07
  • 1:49 PM

    Prelude in Db, Op. 28 No. 15, "Raindrop"

    Frederic Chopin

    David Helfgott, piano

    4:22
  • 1:42 PM

    The King's Speech

    Alexandre Desplat

    Traffic Quintet Plays Alexander Desplat

    Traffic Quintet

    Alain Planes, piano

    3:41
  • 1:34 PM

    La Stravaganza: Violin Concerto No. 8

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Arte Dei Suonatori Baroque Orchestra

    Rachel Podger, violin

    7:06
  • 1:29 PM

    Tjonneblomen (Water Lily)

    Gjermund Haugen

    Danish String Quartet

    3:51
  • 1:19 PM

    Symphony: 1st movement

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Symphony, Jeux d'enfants, Roma

    Paris Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    9:43
  • 1:10 PM

    The Entertainer

    Scott Joplin

    Scott Joplin: The Red Back Book

    New England Conservatory Ragtime Ensemble

    4:16
  • 1:04 PM

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers Awake)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    German Brass

    4:54
  • 12:48 PM

    Symphony No. 8

    Antonin Dvorak

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    36:45
  • 12:37 PM

    Invitation to the Dance

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    8:49
  • 12:21 PM

    Swan Lake: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Sergiu Comissiona, conductor

    7:21
  • 12:17 PM

    Song (Cancion a dos tiples)

    Anonymous

    Al Ayre Espanol

    2:53
  • 12:10 PM

    Sinfonia detta "La tempesta di mare" ("Storm at Sea")

    Carlo Monza

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    Fabio Biondi, violin

    5:34
  • 12:04 PM

    Der Rosenkavalier: Mit Mir Waltz

    Richard Strauss

    The Great Waltz

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    4:40
  • 11:48 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 9 "Jeunehomme": 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 8 & 9

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    9:29
  • 11:39 AM

    Double Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    La Folia Baroque Orchestra

    Robin Peter Muller, conductor

    Jan Vogler, cello

    Giuliano Carmignola, violin

    7:51
  • 11:30 AM

    Jean de Paris: Overture

    Francois Boieldieu

    Francois-Adrien Boieldieu: Piano Concerto; Six Overtures

    Swiss Italian Orchestra

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    7:50
  • 11:26 AM

    Othello Suite: Dance

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    2:16
  • 11:16 AM

    The Skaters Waltz

    Emil Waldteufel

    Waldteufel Waltzes, Polkas and Galops

    Gulbenkian Orchestra

    Michel Swierczewski, conductor

    9:03
  • 11:09 AM

    Oboe Concerto No. 9

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Albinoni: Concerti, Op. 7 and Sonatas, Op. 2

    I Musici

    Heinz Holliger, oboe

    6:14
  • 11:04 AM

    Paris Sketches: The Halles

    Martin Ellerby

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    3:56
  • 10:45 AM

    Keyboard Suite No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Murray Perahia, piano

    13:20
  • 10:41 AM

    Hungarian Folk Songs: Hey, Gorbenye

    Dana Wilson

    Formosa Quartet

    2:09
  • 10:26 AM

    Fantastic Scherzo

    Josef Suk

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    14:50
  • 10:23 AM

    Prince Igor: Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens

    Alexander Borodin

    Peter Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture; Alexander Borodin: Polovtsian Dances

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    2:11
  • 10:10 AM

    Symphony No. 13

    William Herschel

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    11:59
  • 10:07 AM

    Humoresque No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    3:02
  • 10:01 AM

    Symphony No. 1: 2nd movement

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Utah Symphony

    Thierry Fischer, conductor

    4:47
  • 9:40 AM

    Fantasy Pieces

    Robert Schumann

    Trio Wanderer

    18:03
  • 9:20 AM

    Siegfried Idyll

    Richard Wagner

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    18:57
  • 9:14 AM

    The Moon Represents My Heart

    Ching-Hsi Weng

    Sketches of China

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    3:35
  • 9:06 AM

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits

    Christoph Gluck

    Karl Richter Edition: Mozart/Haydn/Gluck

    Munich Bach Orchestra

    Karl Richter, conductor

    Aurele Nicolet, flute

    7:47
  • 9:01 AM

    Eduardo Mata University Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Rivero Weber, conductor

    4:46
  • 8:46 AM

    French Suite No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Andras Schiff, piano

    11:54
  • 8:36 AM

    Negro Folk Symphony: Hope in the Night

    William Dawson

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    9:51
  • 8:16 AM

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    Timothy Brown, horn

    Iona Brown, violin

    Stephen Shingles, viola

    Denis Vigay, cello

    Soloists

    17:47
  • 8:06 AM

    6 Early Netherlands Dances

    Julius Rontgen

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    David Porcelijn, conductor

    9:29
  • 8:01 AM

    Four English Country Dances

    John Playford

    Hesperus

    4:50
  • 7:20 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    Lang Lang, piano

    38:22
  • 7:15 AM

    Getting Hitched

    The OK Factor

    The OK Factor

    3:28
  • 7:06 AM

    Blumine (Flowers)

    Gustav Mahler

    Florida Philharmonic Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    8:14
  • 7:01 AM

    Canon

    Johann Pachelbel

    The Bells of St. Genevieve and other Baroque delights

    Baroque Chamber Orchestra

    Ettore Stratta, conductor

    4:49
  • 6:50 AM

    Bukoolika (Bucolic)

    Ester Magi

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Arvo Volmer, conductor

    8:08
  • 6:26 AM

    Serenade for Flute, Violin and Viola

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven in New York

    Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

    23:59
  • 6:06 AM

    Serenade for Strings "Nachtmusik"

    Richard Heuberger

    RIAS Sinfonietta

    Jiri Starek, conductor

    17:30
  • 6:01 AM

    Fantasia Suite No. 8

    John Jenkins

    Locke Consort

    4:36
  • 5:48 AM

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Paul Dukas

    The Sorceror's Apprentice; Ben Kingsley: Peter and the Wolf & Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    10:19
  • 5:45 AM

    Gigue and Rondeau

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    A Basket of Wild Strawberries

    Tzimon Barto, piano

    2:29
  • 5:33 AM

    Oboe Sonata

    Henri Dutilleux

    Sinfonia of London

    John Wilson, conductor

    Juliana Koch, oboe

    11:09
  • 5:07 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 1

    Gabriel Faure

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    Lambert Orkis, piano

    25:12
  • 5:01 AM

    Cello Suite No. 6: Gavottes

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: 6 Suites for Cello Solo

    Matt Haimovitz, cello

    4:41