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  • 4:29 AM

    String Quartet

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss, Verdi, Puccini: String Quartets

    Enso String Quartet

    28:55
  • 4:27 AM

    Prelude No. 12

    Nikolai Kapustin

    John Salmon, piano

    2:02
  • 4:06 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Georg Matthias Monn

    Jian Wang: The Baroque Album

    Camerata Salzburg

    Jian Wang, cello

    19:08
  • 4:01 AM

    Spanish Serenade

    Joaquin Malats

    Christoph Denoth, guitar

    4:34
  • 3:33 AM

    Symphony No. 9

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Symphonies 5 & 9

    Kirov Orchestra

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    25:39
  • 3:30 AM

    Lyric Pieces: I hjemmet (In the Home Country)

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Lyric Pieces

    Stephen Hough, piano

    1:44
  • 3:15 AM

    Ma vlast (My Country): Vysehrad

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: Ma Vlast

    Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

    Zdenek Macal, conductor

    14:08
  • 3:06 AM

    Les Larmes de Jacqueline

    Jacques Offenbach

    French Cello Concertos

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Scott Yoo, conductor

    Hee-Young Lim, cello

    6:57
  • 3:01 AM

    Sayyid Chant and Dance No. 29

    Georges Ivanovitch Gurdjieff

    Serouj Kradjian, piano

    4:43
  • 2:52 AM

    Tippett Quartet

    Mark van de Wiel, clarinet

    6:36
  • 2:15 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2 "Characteristic"

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    34:47
  • 2:11 AM

    Berceuse

    Frank Bridge

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

    Oystein Birkeland, cello

    2:55
  • 2:06 AM

    The Beekeeper: Farewell Theme

    Eleni Karaindrou

    Camerata Orchestra

    Alexandros Myrat, conductor

    Jan Garbarek, tenor saxophone

    Eleni Karaindrou, piano

    4:22
  • 2:01 AM

    A Dream

    John Dowland

    John Dowland: Lute Music

    Jakob Lindberg, orpharion

    4:49
  • 1:46 AM

    Introductions, Variations and Rondo

    Fanny Hunerwadel

    Adalberto Maria Riva, piano

    12:33
  • 1:20 AM

    String Quintet No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Melos Quartet

    Franz Beyer, viola

    23:54
  • 1:01 AM

    William Tell: Pas de Soldats (Soldiers' Dance)

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    4:31
  • 12:48 AM

    Andante and Hungarian Rondo

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Hummel, Weber: Bassoon Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Klaus Thunemann, bassoon

    9:47
  • 12:46 AM

    Raining at Sunset

    Chris Thile

    Jochen Ross, mandolin

    Jens-Uwe Popp, guitar

    2:15
  • 12:19 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 23 "Appassionata"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Sonatas 8, 17, and 23

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    24:50
  • 12:13 AM

    Strange Days (Giorni dispari)

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Ludovico Einaudi: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    5:30
  • 12:06 AM

    Alsacian Scenes: Under the Lindens

    Jules Massenet

    Rhapsodie

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    5:28
  • 12:01 AM

    Intermezzo No. 2 "Klavierstucke"

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Late Piano Works

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    4:37
  • 11:37 PM

    Moses: Ballet Music

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    21:16
  • 11:27 PM

    Blades of Grass

    Romeo Cascarino

    To the Point

    Orchestra 2001

    James Freeman, conductor

    Dorothy Freeman, English horn

    8:41
  • 11:15 PM

    Elinor Bennett, harp

    10:52
  • 11:06 PM

    Introduction and Rondo

    Charles-Marie Widor

    Lille National Orchestra

    Alexandre Bloch, conductor

    Annelien Van Wauwe, clarinet

    7:32
  • 11:01 PM

    Lyrical Serenade

    Edward Elgar

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    4:41
  • 10:41 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Franz Liszt

    Chopin, Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    Yundi Li, piano

    17:48
  • 10:32 PM

    Guitar Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi, Giuliani, Rodrigo

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    John Williams, guitar

    8:38
  • 10:15 PM

    Concerto for String Orchestra

    Grazyna Bacewicz

    Cracow Philharmonic Orchestra

    Roland Bader, conductor

    15:10
  • 10:06 PM

    Images for Orchestra: Iberia: On Highways and Byways

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Orchestral Works

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    7:03
  • 10:01 PM

    String Quartet No. 1: 3rd movement

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Danubius Quartet

    4:42
  • 9:47 PM

    Toccata

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Toccatas

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    11:33
  • 9:11 PM

    Seven Beauties: Ballet Suite

    Kara Karayev

    Kara Karayev: Ballet Suites

    Moscow Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra

    Rauf Abdulayev, conductor

    34:16
  • 9:06 PM

    Les Chemins de l'Amour

    Francis Poulenc

    Songs of Comfort and Hope

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    3:06
  • 9:01 PM

    London Suite: Knightsbridge March

    Eric Coates

    European Light Music Classics

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    4:34
  • 8:48 PM

    Ballade No. 4

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2

    Nelson Freire, piano

    10:24
  • 8:22 PM

    Fantasy

    Josef Suk

    Poeme

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    24:46
  • 8:16 PM

    Carmen: La fleur que tu m'avais jetee (Flower Song)

    Georges Bizet

    Jonas Kaufmann: Romantic Arias

    Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marco Armiliato, conductor

    Jonas Kaufmann, tenor

    4:16
  • 8:06 PM

    Flower Festival in Genzano: Pas de deux

    Eduard Helsted

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    9:03
  • 8:01 PM

    Jota aragonesa

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Julia Fischer, violin

    Milana Chernyavska, piano

    4:46
  • 7:46 PM

    Divertissement on Russian Songs

    Henri Rabaud

    Rabaud: Marouf, Eglogue, Etc.

    Loire Valley Philharmonic

    Pierre Dervaux, conductor

    12:38
  • 7:23 PM

    Double Concerto

    Elias Parish-Alvars

    Parish-Alvars

    Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra

    Theodor Guschlbauer, conductor

    Marielle Nordmann, harp

    21:50
  • 7:12 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 3 "Il gardellino" ("The Goldfinch")

    Antonio Vivaldi

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    9:00
  • 7:09 PM

    Jorge Federico Osorio, piano

    1:34
  • 7:06 PM

    Menuets Nos. 1 and 2

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    The French Album

    Jorge Federico Osorio, piano

    3:21
  • 7:01 PM

    Ave Maria mater dei

    Robert Hunt

    Blue Heron

    Scott Metcalfe, conductor

    4:34
  • 6:20 PM

    Piano Concerto

    Antonin Dvorak

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    Andras Schiff, piano

    38:16
  • 6:12 PM

    Andante and Scherzo

    Louis Ganne

    Laurel Zucker, flute

    Paul Switzler, piano

    6:41
  • 6:06 PM

    Short Ride in a Fast Machine

    John Adams

    San Francisco Symphony

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    4:16
  • 6:01 PM

    Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I

    Andras Schiff, piano

    4:39
  • 5:44 PM

    Concerto for Three Keyboards

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Piano Concertos

    Hamburg Philharmonic

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    Christoph Eschenbach, piano

    14:06
  • 5:40 PM

    Time For Three

    3:13
  • 5:18 PM

    Cello Sonata No. 1

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Complete Works for Cello and Piano

    Elizabeth Dolin, cello

    21:39
  • 5:06 PM

    Francesca da Rimini Overture

    Hermann Goetz

    Hannover Radio Philharmonic Orchestra

    Werner Andreas Albert, conductor

    9:16
  • 5:01 PM

    The Jester at the Wedding: Caprice

    Eric Coates

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Wilson, conductor

    4:41
  • 4:40 PM

    Septet

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Chausson, Faure, Massenet, Ravel

    Trio a Cordes Francais

    Jean-Philippe Collard, piano

    18:03
  • 4:39 PM

    La Mariposa (The Butterfly)

    Celedonio Romero

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    1:22
  • 4:25 PM

    Piano Sonata

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    CPE Bach: Keyboard Sonatas Vol. 1

    Danny Driver, piano

    12:53
  • 4:14 PM

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    8:17
  • 4:06 PM

    Toward a New Life

    Josef Suk

    Pomp & Pizazz

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:48
  • 4:01 PM

    La Strada

    Nino Rota

    I Salonisti

    3:24
  • 4:01 PM

    Cinema Paradiso

    Ennio Morricone

    Cinema Paradiso: The Classic Film Music Of Ennio Morricone

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    3:32
  • 3:55 PM

    The Umbrellas of Cherbourg: I Will Wait for You

    Michel Legrand

    Jessye Norman, soprano

    John Williams, piano

    3:57
  • 3:50 PM

    8 1/2: Walking the Gangplank

    Nino Rota

    Nino Rota: Music For Film

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    5:31
  • 3:45 PM

    The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: Ecstasy of Gold

    Ennio Morricone

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    3:02
  • 3:41 PM

    Le Mepris: Camille

    Georges Delerue

    Cinema

    Brussels Philharmonic

    Stephane Deneve, conductor

    Renaud Capucon, violin

    3:20
  • 3:37 PM

    Day for Night: Chorale

    Georges Delerue

    London Sinfonietta

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    2:14
  • 3:29 PM

    The Thomas Crown Affair: Windmills of your Mind/La valse des lilas

    Michel Legrand

    Silence on Joue, Take 2

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:33
  • 3:23 PM

    The Last Emperor

    Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Studio Orchestra

    Ryuichi Sakamoto, conductor

    5:19
  • 3:18 PM

    Beauty and the Beast: Main Title

    Georges Auric

    Moscow Symphony Orchestra

    Adriano, conductor

    2:00
  • 3:14 PM

    Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Silk Road

    Tan Dun

    Shanghai Symphony Orchestra

    Tan Dun, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    3:08
  • 3:06 PM

    Cinema Nostalgia

    Joe Hisaishi

    Studio Orchestra

    Joe Hisaishi, piano

    6:08
  • 3:01 PM

    Princess Mononoke

    Joe Hisaishi

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    4:18
  • 2:38 PM

    Fall River Legend

    Morton Gould

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Sedares, conductor

    20:41
  • 2:26 PM

    Legende

    Florent Schmitt

    Schmitt: La Tragédie de Salomé - Musique sur l'eau

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Nikki Chooi, violin

    10:21
  • 2:13 PM

    Sacred and Profane Dances

    Claude Debussy

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    Lisa Wellbaum, harp

    10:18
  • 2:06 PM

    Welcome the Queen

    Arthur Bliss

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    6:46
  • 1:52 PM

    Concertino for Flute and Piano

    Alphonse Duvernoy

    Laurel Zucker, flute

    Paul Switzler, piano

    5:54
  • 1:24 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 5 "Turkish"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 1-5 - Adagio, K. 261 - Rondo, K. 269 & K. 373

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Eivind Aadland, conductor

    Baiba Skride, violin

    27:08
  • 1:22 PM

    The Ruins of Athens: Turkish March

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    1:35
  • 1:13 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 5

    Francesco Geminiani

    Geminiani: Concerti Grossi Op. 7

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    7:19
  • 1:06 PM

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Bela Bartok

    Avi Avital: Between Worlds

    Potsdam Chamber Academy

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    6:05
  • 12:43 PM

    Hippolyte et Aricie: Suite

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Symphonie Fantastique

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    15:44
  • 12:38 PM

    Milonga "Tango"

    Astor Piazzolla

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    Akira Eguchi, piano

    3:36
  • 12:15 PM

    In The South Overture (Alassio)

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Enigma Variations

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    21:18
  • 12:06 PM

    Joan of Arc: Overture

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi: Overtures and Preludes

    Philharmonic of La Scala

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    7:34
  • 12:01 PM

    Concert Suite No. 6: La Poule (The Hen)

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Rameau: Une Symphonie Imaginaire

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    4:31
  • 11:52 AM

    i thank You God for most this amazing day

    Eric Whitacre

    Whitacre: Cloudburst

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    5:56
  • 11:35 AM

    Overture, Scherzo and Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    16:48
  • 11:20 AM

    Five Bagatelles

    Gerald Finzi

    Music for Clarinet and Piano 1

    Thea King, clarinet

    13:36
  • 11:14 AM

    Poem

    Zdenek Fibich

    Claire Jones: Royal Harp Strings

    London Mozart Players

    Stuart Morley, conductor

    Claire Jones, harp

    4:21
  • 11:06 AM

    Dancing Folk

    Oliver Davis

    Oliver Davis: Dance

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    Kerenza Peacock, violin

    7:01
  • 11:01 AM

    Anthony Glise, guitar

    4:33
  • 10:40 AM

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    18:18
  • 10:36 AM

    Shadows

    Ola Gjeilo

    Ola Gjeilo: Night

    Ola Gjeilo, piano

    3:10
  • 10:23 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Alessandro Marcello

    Academy of London

    Richard Stamp, conductor

    Ray Still, oboe

    12:03
  • 10:06 AM

    Concerto for String Orchestra

    Grazyna Bacewicz

    Cracow Philharmonic Orchestra

    Roland Bader, conductor

    15:10
  • 10:01 AM

    Canarios

    Santiago de Murcia

    Jacaras! Santiago de Murcia

    Paul O'Dette, guitar

    4:53
  • 9:55 AM

    After a Dream (Apres un Reve)

    Gabriel Faure

    single

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    2:57
  • 9:50 AM

    Neopolitan Galliard

    Antonio Valente

    Hesperion XX

    Jordi Savall, conductor

    4:20
  • 9:31 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Violin Concertos

    Scottish Ensemble

    Jonathan Rees, conductor

    Jonathan Reese, violin

    17:31
  • 9:18 AM

    Totus Tuus (I Am Wholly Thine)

    Henryk Gorecki

    Evocation of the Spirit

    Robert Shaw Festival Singers

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    11:14
  • 9:06 AM

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Maxine Eilander, harp

    11:52
  • 9:01 AM

    Schnofler-Dance

    Johann Mayer

    Ensemble Bella Musica Vienna

    4:36
  • 8:41 AM

    Suite Lyrique

    John Rutter

    Sinfonia Cymru

    John Rutter, conductor

    Catrin Finch, harp

    17:22
  • 8:34 AM

    Sonata

    Domenico Scarlatti

    Scarlatti: Sonatas, Vol. 1

    Federico Colli, piano

    6:04
  • 8:10 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Janos Rolla, conductor

    Pierre Pierlot, oboe

    22:55
  • 8:06 AM

    Nocturno

    Reinhold Gliere

    Russian Horn Concertos

    Marie Luise Neunecker, horn

    3:18
  • 8:01 AM

    Morning on the Water

    Jacques Ibert

    La Harpe Consolatrice

    Kyunghee Kim-Sutre, harp

    4:34
  • 7:55 AM

    Nocturne "Parting"

    Mikhail Glinka

    Night Stories

    Jenny Lin, piano

    3:20
  • 7:06 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Edward Elgar

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vladimir Jurowski, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    47:35
  • 7:01 AM

    Introspection

    Carlos Salzedo

    Quietude

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    4:46
  • 6:32 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Adalbert Gyrowetz

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    25:37
  • 6:24 AM

    Vocalissimus

    Elena Ruehr

    Boston Modern Orchestra Project

    Gil Rose, conductor

    7:48
  • 6:06 AM

    Jewels of the Madonna Suite

    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

    Wolf-Ferrari: Orchestral Works

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

    16:31
  • 6:01 AM

    What Wondrous Love is This

    Traditional

    Come to the River: An Early American Gathering

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    4:29
  • 5:45 AM

    Delights and Dances

    Michael Abels

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    13:03
  • 5:41 AM

    Song for the Lonely

    William Grant Still

    William Grant Still: Summerland

    Alexa Still, flute

    3:16
  • 5:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 1

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Fine Arts Quartet

    33:42
  • 5:01 AM

    Prayer of Saint Gregory

    Alan Hovhaness

    Visions - The Alan Hovhaness Sampler

    Manhattan Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Auldon Clark, conductor

    Chris Gekker, trumpet

    4:37