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  • 4:19 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 4

    Paris Orchestra

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    Lang Lang, piano

    38:43
  • 4:14 AM

    Theme and Variations on "Draw the Sacred Circle Closer": Variations 3 and 4

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Kristen Yeon-Ji Yun, cello

    4:48
  • 4:06 AM

    Symphonic Poem No. 13: The Grave

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Symphonic Poems; 'Dante' Symphony

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    6:20
  • 4:01 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Andante

    Max Bruch

    Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra

    George Hanson, conductor

    4:34
  • 3:49 AM

    New York Drones

    Stephen Scott

    Stephen Scott: Ice and Fire

    The Bowed Piano Ensemble

    9:22
  • 3:26 AM

    String Quartet No. 3

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Amadeus Quartet

    21:32
  • 3:17 AM

    ODTAA (One Damned Thing After Another)

    Doreen Carwithen

    CARWITHEN: Piano Concerto / Bishop Rock / ODTAA / Suffolk Suite

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    8:16
  • 3:06 AM

    Achilles at the Siege of Troy: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Patrick Gallois, conductor

    9:14
  • 3:01 AM

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    4:47
  • 2:46 AM

    Swan Lake: Dance of the Swans

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Barry Griffiths, violin

    12:05
  • 2:24 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 6

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 5 & 6, Rondo K 382

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    21:02
  • 2:18 AM

    Enigma Variations: Nimrod

    Edward Elgar

    Daydream

    Washington Saxophone Quartet

    4:48
  • 2:06 AM

    Overture No. 3

    Jean-Marie Leclair

    Rare Fruits Council

    10:34
  • 2:01 AM

    Four Last Songs: September

    Richard Strauss

    Berlin Philharmonic | Strauss

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    Gundula Janowitz, soprano

    4:50
  • 1:50 AM

    Mignon: Overture

    Ambroise Thomas

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    8:18
  • 1:35 AM

    Grand Variations on a Theme by Count Gallenberg

    Louise Farrenc

    European Soloists, Luxembourg

    Christoph Konig, conductor

    Jean Muller, piano

    13:34
  • 1:20 AM

    Bolero

    Maurice Ravel

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Ravel: Boler

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    14:02
  • 1:06 AM

    Four Seasons: Autumn

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Joshua Bell, violin

    10:37
  • 1:01 AM

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    Anneleen Lenaerts, harp

    4:30
  • 12:42 AM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    16:24
  • 12:38 AM

    Daphne

    John Playford

    Galante Kurzweyl: Dances from Renaissance, Baroqu and Rococo

    Ensemble Buon Tempo

    1:51
  • 12:14 AM

    Symphony No. 100 "Military"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    23:31
  • 12:06 AM

    Sonata No. 9 "The Golden Sonata"

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell: Ten Sonatas (1697)

    London Baroque

    6:38
  • 12:01 AM

    Concerto for 2 Horns: Rondo

    Antonio Rosetti

    Bavarian Chamber Philharmonic

    Johannes Moesus, conductor

    Klaus Wallendorf, horn

    Sarah Willis, horn

    4:34
  • 11:51 PM

    Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

    Hans Graf, conductor

    7:10
  • 11:44 PM

    Jeux d'eau (Fountains)

    Maurice Ravel

    Heidi Lowy, piano

    6:01
  • 11:30 PM

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    13:02
  • 11:17 PM

    Japanese Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    11:33
  • 11:07 PM

    Il Convegno (The Meeting)

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    The Clarinotts

    Wiener Virtuosen

    9:48
  • 11:01 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Pastoral": Finale

    Francois-Joseph Gossec

    Le Mozart Noir

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    4:38
  • 10:51 PM

    Andante and Rondo Capriccioso

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Jan Lisiecki, piano

    7:06
  • 10:41 PM

    Romance No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Violin Concerto; Romance No. 1; Romance No. 2

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    John Pritchard, conductor

    Yehudi Menuhin, violin

    9:12
  • 10:32 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique": 2nd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    The Tchaikovsky Project, Volume 1

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    8:12
  • 10:15 PM

    Dances of Galanta

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Kodaly: The Peacock, Galanta Dances, Marosszek Dances

    Budapest Symphony Orchestra

    Gyorgy Lehel, conductor

    16:04
  • 10:06 PM

    Concerto No. 9

    Pietro Locatelli

    Locatelli: Introduttioni Teatralli and Concerti, Op. 4

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, conductor

    7:45
  • 10:01 PM

    Matinees Musicales: Nocturne

    Benjamin Britten

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    4:32
  • 9:49 PM

    Symphony No. 8

    John Marsh

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    9:51
  • 9:44 PM

    Impromptu No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Impromptu

    Shai Wosner, piano

    3:41
  • 9:34 PM

    Wiener Blut (Vienna Blood)

    Johann StraussJr.

    International Salute

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    8:52
  • 9:25 PM

    Euristeo: Sotto un faggio o lungo un rio

    Antonio Caldara

    Contraltos

    Orfeo 55

    Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor

    Nathalie Stutzmann, contralto

    8:52
  • 9:11 PM

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    12:27
  • 9:07 PM

    Schwanengesang, Book 1: Standchen (Serenade)

    Franz Schubert

    Romance Of The Violin

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    3:42
  • 9:03 PM

    Les Tours de Passe-Passe (Sleight of Hand)

    Francois Couperin

    David Russell, guitar

    2:46
  • 8:48 PM

    Der fliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman): Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Orchestral Favorites

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Georg Solti, conductor

    10:38
  • 8:34 PM

    Semiramide: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures, Vol. 2

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    12:06
  • 8:25 PM

    Flute Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    8:25
  • 8:20 PM

    Lise de la Salle, piano

    3:52
  • 8:06 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 4

    George Frideric Handel

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    12:45
  • 8:01 PM

    Symphony No. 5: Scherzo

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Symphonies 1 & 5

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:33
  • 7:48 PM

    Overture No. 3

    Carl Friedrich Abel

    Abel: Overtures & Sinfonias

    Il Fondamento

    Paul Dombrecht, conductor

    10:47
  • 5:49 PM

    Six Studies in English Folk Song

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Nash Ensemble

    9:05
  • 5:26 PM

    Symphony No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Carlos Kleiber, conductor

    21:18
  • 5:17 PM

    Sursum Corda

    Edward Elgar

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    George Hurst, conductor

    7:06
  • 5:06 PM

    Concerto for Two Oboes

    Tomaso Albinoni

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    Gail Hennessy, oboe

    Rachel Chaplin, oboe

    11:00
  • 5:01 PM

    Cello Concerto: Fugue

    Giovanni Platti

    Ensemble Cordia

    Stefano Veggetti, cello

    4:36
  • 4:45 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Seong-Jin Cho, piano

    13:35
  • 4:32 PM

    Berlin Baroque Trio

    11:32
  • 4:14 PM

    Faust Ballet Music

    Charles Gounod

    Gounod: Faust

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    16:23
  • 4:06 PM

    Trio Sonata No. 5

    William Boyce

    Boyce: Trio Sonatas

    Parley of Instruments

    Peter Holman, conductor

    6:51
  • 4:01 PM

    Notre Dame: Intermezzo

    Franz Schmidt

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    4:43
  • 3:50 PM

    Concerto for Two Trumpets

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Michael Laird, trumpet

    Iaan Wilson, trumpet

    8:42
  • 3:39 PM

    Land of the Mountain and the Flood

    Hamish MacCunn

    Scottish Light Music

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    John Wilson, conductor

    9:11
  • 3:25 PM

    Concerto for Two Violins

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Daniel Hope, violin

    Marieke Blankestijn, violin

    Kristian Bezuidenhout, harpsichord and organ

    13:38
  • 3:19 PM

    Peace of Mind

    Hazel Scott

    Phenomenal Women

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:45
  • 3:06 PM

    From Italy (Aus Italien): On the Beach at Sorrento

    Richard Strauss

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    12:34
  • 3:01 PM

    Bassoon Concerto: Rondeau

    Antonio Rosetti

    Antonio Rosetti: Bassoon Concertos

    German Chamber Academy

    Eckart Hubner, bassoon

    4:34
  • 2:45 PM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Domenico Caudioso

    Come una volta

    Concerto Italiano

    Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor

    Julien Martineau, mandolin

    13:14
  • 2:43 PM

    Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise

    Frederic Chopin

    Lang Lang, piano

    15:16
  • 2:37 PM

    Polonaise for Violin and Strings

    Franz Schubert

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Thomas Zehetmair, conductor

    Thomas Zehetmair, violin

    5:36
  • 2:31 PM

    Shepherd's Song

    Han-Kun Sha

    Chinasong | Shanghai Quartet

    Shanghai Quartet

    4:47
  • 2:17 PM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Domenico Caudioso

    Come una volta

    Concerto Italiano

    Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor

    Julien Martineau, mandolin

    13:14
  • 2:04 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Summer Adagio

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    11:26
  • 2:01 PM

    Dances in the Canebrakes: Nimble Feet

    Florence Price

    Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    2:34
  • 1:54 PM

    Tahiti Trot (Tea for Two)

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    3:31
  • 1:48 PM

    Horn Trio: Finale

    Johannes Brahms

    Function.Lust

    Frank Almond, violin

    6:18
  • 1:40 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 6

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic dances, Opp. 46 & 72

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vaclav Neumann, conductor

    6:03
  • 1:32 PM

    Concerto Symphonique No. 4: Scherzo

    Henry Litolff

    Masterpieces in Miniature

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    Yuja Wang, piano

    7:26
  • 1:22 PM

    Bishop Rock

    Doreen Carwithen

    CARWITHEN: Piano Concerto / Bishop Rock / ODTAA / Suffolk Suite

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    8:16
  • 1:18 PM

    Peter Kairoff, piano

    3:55
  • 1:10 PM

    Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo

    Pietro Mascagni

    The Most Relaxing Classical Album In The World...Ever!

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    3:39
  • 1:04 PM

    Concerto Grosso: March

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Works

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    4:30
  • 12:47 PM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Maurice Ravel

    Jupiter String Quartet

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    Alexa Still, flute

    Richard Hawkins, clarinet

    11:25
  • 12:42 PM

    Prelude No. 1

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Manuel Barrueco, guitar

    4:21
  • 12:32 PM

    Serenade No. 7 "Haffner": Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Capella Savaria

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    Zsolt Kallo, violin

    7:33
  • 12:26 PM

    Thais: Meditation

    Jules Massenet

    Dance!: The World's Favourite Ice-Skating Music

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Placido Domingo, conductor

    Sarah Chang, violin

    5:28
  • 12:20 PM

    Village Dance

    Claude Champagne

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    4:47
  • 12:14 PM

    You and Me

    Qigang Chen

    Paris Chamber Orchestra

    Adrien Perruchon, conductor

    Gautier Capucon, cello

    5:44
  • 12:07 PM

    The Birds of Aristophanes: Bridal March of the Birds

    Hubert Parry

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:44
  • 12:05 PM

    Carmina Burana: Dance

    Carl Orff

    Orff: Trionfi

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Eugen Jochum, conductor

    1:40
  • 11:53 AM

    The Tender Land: The Promise of Living

    Aaron Copland

    Virginia Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    5:02
  • 11:50 AM

    Moritzburg Serenata

    Johann Heinichen

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    2:58
  • 11:43 AM

    The Valkyrie: Magic Fire Music

    Richard Wagner

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    4:44
  • 11:26 AM

    Capriccio Espagnol

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Great Orchestral Works

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    15:56
  • 11:18 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas op. 106 and op. 27/2

    Murray Perahia, piano

    7:15
  • 11:16 AM

    Gillicrankie

    Anonymous

    Broadside Band

    Jeremy Barlow, conductor

    1:53
  • 11:09 AM

    Tara Kamangar, piano

    5:05
  • 11:04 AM

    Trumpet Voluntary

    John Stanley

    London Brass

    3:35
  • 10:45 AM

    Rob Roy: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    13:03
  • 10:38 AM

    Los Romeros

    Massimo Paris, conductor

    6:56
  • 10:31 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    William Boyce

    Boyce: Symphonies I-VIII

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    6:04
  • 10:23 AM

    L'Heure du berger (The Shepherd's Hour)

    Jean Francaix

    Gaudier Ensemble

    7:22
  • 10:20 AM

    Cello Suite No. 1: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Zuill Bailey

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    2:23
  • 10:16 AM

    Go To Sleep My Baby

    Traditional

    London Mozart Players

    Stuart Morley, conductor

    Claire Jones, harp

    3:05
  • 10:10 AM

    Serenade No. 9 "Posthorn": 6th movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concentus Musicus Vienna

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    5:13
  • 10:06 AM

    Etude No. 12 "Revolutionary"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: The Complete Etudes

    Louis Lortie, piano

    2:49
  • 10:01 AM

    Three Parts on a Ground

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell Quartet

    4:33
  • 9:46 AM

    Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1

    Georges Enescu

    Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Kristjan Jarvi, conductor

    11:56
  • 9:26 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Franz Hoffmeister

    Lost and Found

    Potsdam Chamber Academy

    Albrecht Mayer, conductor

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe

    18:22
  • 9:18 AM

    Walt Whitman Overture

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: Symphony, "The Cotswolds" / Walt Whitman, Overture / Indra / Japanese Suite / A Winter Idyll

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    7:17
  • 9:07 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Edward Elgar

    Rotterdam Chamber Orchestra

    Conrad van Alphen, conductor

    10:46
  • 9:01 AM

    Christmas Tree Suite: Abendglocken (Evening Bells)

    Franz Liszt

    Franz Liszt

    Jerome Lowenthal, piano

    4:30
  • 8:36 AM

    Pines of Rome

    Ottorino Respighi

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    21:56
  • 8:27 AM

    Northwestern University Cello Ensemble

    8:07
  • 8:06 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 36

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Roman Rabinovich, piano

    19:58
  • 8:01 AM

    Bibo No Aozora (Beauty of a Blue Sky)

    Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Blanc

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:42
  • 7:36 AM

    A Card Game (Jeu de cartes)

    Igor Stravinsky

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    James Conlon, conductor

    22:32
  • 7:22 AM

    Symphony No. 7 "Song of the Night": 4th movement (Nachtmusik II)

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler: Symphony No 7

    Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    12:55
  • 7:12 AM

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    8:54
  • 7:06 AM

    Ashokan Farewell

    Jay Ungar

    Stillpoint

    Adagio Trio

    5:11
  • 7:01 AM

    Dowland in Armenia

    Loris Chobanian

    William Kanengiser, guitar

    4:50
  • 6:34 AM

    Death and Transfiguration

    Richard Strauss

    New York Philharmonic

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    24:43
  • 6:29 AM

    The Lake at Evening

    Charles Tomlinson Griffes

    Griffes: Orchestral Music

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    3:33
  • 6:07 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Stefan Jackiw, violin

    Max Levinson, piano

    21:20
  • 6:01 AM

    Bird Songs at Eventide

    Eric Coates

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Wilson, conductor

    4:55
  • 5:42 AM

    Suite for Strings

    Arthur Foote

    American Stringbook

    do.gma chamber orchestra

    Mikhail Gurewitsch, conductor

    16:11
  • 5:27 AM

    Japanese Folk Song Suite No. 2

    Hajime Komatsu

    Apollo Chamber Players

    14:41
  • 5:07 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Flute Concertos

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    18:43
  • 5:01 AM

    Pastoral and Reel

    Thomas C. Kelly

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    4:39