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  • 4:54 AM

    Dawn in Paradise

    Alan Hovhaness

    Music of Hovhaness

    I Fiamminghi

    Rudolf Werthen, conductor

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    4:21
  • 4:37 AM

    Goldberg Variations: selections

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Catalyst Quartet

    16:11
  • 4:06 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Ignaz Moscheles

    Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 29

    Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    Howard Shelley, piano

    29:34
  • 4:01 AM

    Amazing Grace

    John Newton

    Esenvalds: Northern Lights and Other Choral Works

    Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    Anna Cavaliero, soprano

    4:43
  • 3:37 AM

    Whistler Waves

    Caroline Mallonee

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Feng Hew, cello

    20:52
  • 3:27 AM

    Concert Piece for Clarinet and Basset Horn

    Felix Mendelssohn

    The Clarinet in Concert

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Alun Francis, conductor

    Thea King, clarinet

    8:18
  • 3:24 AM

    Seven Desires: 2

    Tan Dun

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    1:09
  • 3:06 AM

    Jeux (Games)

    Claude Debussy

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    James Conlon, conductor

    17:52
  • 3:01 AM

    The Prince and the Pauper

    Erich Korngold

    Elizabeth & Essex: Classic Film Scores of Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    4:49
  • 2:47 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 47

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    George Li, piano

    11:24
  • 2:29 AM

    Simple Symphony

    Benjamin Britten

    Works by Britten, Tippett, Walton

    Guildhall Strings

    15:55
  • 2:21 AM

    Cascay

    Francisco Pulgar Vidal

    Inca Trail Connections

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    6:50
  • 2:06 AM

    English Pastoral Impressions

    Ernest Farrar

    Farrar: Orchestral Works

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Alasdair Mitchell, conductor

    14:13
  • 12:41 AM

    Double Bass Concerto No. 1

    Franz Hoffmeister

    Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra

    Christian Vasquez, conductor

    Edicson Ruiz, double bass

    16:57
  • 12:27 AM

    Piano Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Andras Schiff, piano

    12:27
  • 12:13 AM

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    11:54
  • 12:06 AM

    Canon and Gigue

    Johann Pachelbel

    Pachelbel: Canon & Gigue

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    6:59
  • 12:01 AM

    Angela's Ashes: Angela's Prayer

    John Williams

    Studio Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:47
  • 11:48 PM

    Rosen aus dem Suden (Roses from the South) Waltz

    Johann StraussJr.

    Johann Strauss: Emperor Waltz

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    10:02
  • 11:22 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World"

    Antonin Dvorak

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    34:40
  • 11:18 PM

    On a Quiet Lake

    Florence Price

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:01
  • 11:02 PM

    Les Preludes

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Symphonic Poems

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    15:00
  • 10:45 PM

    Cockaigne Overture (In London Town)

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Complete Symphonies

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    14:47
  • 10:38 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight": 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Concerto No. 1 in C, Moonlight Sonata

    Artur Rubinstein, piano

    6:11
  • 10:28 PM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Alfred Wallenstein, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    9:19
  • 10:16 PM

    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
  • 10:04 PM

    1712 Overture

    P.D.Q. Bach (Peter Schickele)

    The Ill-Conceived P.D.Q. Bach Anthology

    Greater Hoople Area Philharmonic

    Walter Bruno, conductor

    11:33
  • 9:46 PM

    Arion

    Jean-Louis Blouin, viola

    12:13
  • 9:34 PM

    Totentanz

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Piano Concertos 1 & 2, Totentanz

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    Krystian Zimerman, piano

    15:09
  • 9:26 PM

    Pictures at an Exhibition: The Great Gate of Kiev

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Moussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, Ravel: La Valse

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Andre Previn, conductor

    6:06
  • 9:20 PM

    Nocturne No. 20

    Frederic Chopin

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    3:59
  • 9:11 PM

    The Travel set

    Anonymous

    The Alehouse Sessions

    Barokksolistene

    Bjarte Eike, violin

    6:57
  • 9:04 PM

    Perpetual Motion

    Niccolo Paganini

    PAGANINI, N.: La Campanella / Le streghe / Variations

    Philippe Quint, violin

    4:13
  • 8:55 PM

    Adagio for Strings

    Samuel Barber

    Guildhall Strings

    8:03
  • 8:49 PM

    Prelude No. 15 "Raindrop"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Complete Chopin Preludes

    Yundi Li, piano

    4:48
  • 8:38 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Organ": 4th movement

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Barber, Poulenc, Saint Saens

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    Olivier Latry, organ

    8:41
  • 8:26 PM

    First Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Time Pieces

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    10:34
  • 8:12 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Six Brandenburg Concertos

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    10:38
  • 8:00 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 4th movement

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 9

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    8:57
  • 5:42 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Murray Perahia plays Bach Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Murray Perahia, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    15:38
  • 5:35 PM

    The Running Set

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto / The Wasps / English Folk Song Suite / The Running Set

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    6:15
  • 5:30 PM

    Up in the Air

    The OK Factor

    The OK Factor

    4:14
  • 5:06 PM

    Symphony No. 25

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 25 & 29, Clarinet Concertos

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    22:13
  • 5:01 PM

    Romance

    Edward German

    The English Clarinet

    John Bradbury, clarinet

    4:32
  • 4:43 PM

    Masques and Bergamasques

    Gabriel Faure

    French Impressions

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    Jean-Bernard Pommier, conductor

    15:34
  • 4:28 PM

    For Aaron

    Lukas Foss

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    13:43
  • 4:13 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "Choral": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 9

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    12:32
  • 4:06 PM

    Concerto No. 3

    Lorenzo Zavateri

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

    Gottfried von der Goltz, conductor

    6:36
  • 4:01 PM

    Lansdowne Symphony Orchestra

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    4:23
  • 3:49 PM

    Introduction and Polonaise

    Frederic Chopin

    Edgar Moreau, cello

    Pierre-Yves Hodique, piano

    9:01
  • 3:27 PM

    Symphony No. 85 "The Queen"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Capella Istropolitana

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    21:05
  • 3:16 PM

    A Winter Idyll

    Gustav Holst

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    8:59
  • 3:06 PM

    Polish Concerto (Concerto Polonois)

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Telemann alla Polacca

    Rebel

    Jorg-Michael Schwarz, conductor

    9:15
  • 3:01 PM

    Bella Bocca Polka

    Emil Waldteufel

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:46
  • 2:54 PM

    Scherzo No. 2

    Clara Schumann

    Romance: The Music of Clara Schumann

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    4:48
  • 2:50 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 14: 2nd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: 3 Piano Sonatas

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    8:10
  • 2:31 PM

    Czech Suite

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 "New World"; Czech Suite

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    23:07
  • 2:19 PM

    Sierra Winds

    (Selected members), conductor

    11:13
  • 2:00 PM

    Perpetual Motion

    Niccolo Paganini

    PAGANINI, N.: La Campanella / Le streghe / Variations

    Philippe Quint, violin

    4:13
  • 1:51 PM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    Overtures

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    7:39
  • 1:46 PM

    Fanfare for the Common Man

    Aaron Copland

    American Voices

    Kansas City Symphony

    William McGlaughlin, conductor

    3:18
  • 1:39 PM

    Song for Orchestra

    Ruth Gipps

    Gipps: Symphonies Nos 2 and 4, etc.

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    5:57
  • 1:36 PM

    The Married Beau: Hornpipe on a Ground

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell: Dido and Aeneas

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    1:22
  • 1:29 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish": Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphonies 2 and 3

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Franz Welser-Most, conductor

    6:11
  • 1:22 PM

    Piva and Canario

    Johannes Kapsberger

    Alla Luce: Music of Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger

    Chatham Baroque

    5:34
  • 1:18 PM

    Concerto for Two Hunting Horns: Allegro

    Johann Heinichen

    Heinichen: Dresden Concerti

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    2:54
  • 1:08 PM

    Schlagobers (Whipped Cream Waltz)

    Richard Strauss

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    5:57
  • 1:04 PM

    Waltz No. 5 "Grande Valse"

    Frederic Chopin

    Beethoven: Sonatas; Chopin: Waltzes, Etc

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    3:49
  • 12:53 PM

    Symphonic Dance No. 2

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Norwegian Dances

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    5:17
  • 12:46 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Johann Fasch

    Carole Dawn Reinhart

    German Bach Soloists

    Helmut Winschermann, conductor

    Carole Dawn Reinhart, trumpet

    6:16
  • 12:39 PM

    Piano Quartet: 3rd movement

    Elfrida Andree

    Trio Nordica

    Thorunn Osk Marinosdottir, viola

    5:50
  • 12:33 PM

    Symphony No. 1: Scherzo

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphonies 1 & 7

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    5:09
  • 12:26 PM

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    4:57
  • 12:20 PM

    Symphony No. 33: Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    W.A. Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 32, 33 & 41 "Jupiter"

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Emmanuel Krivine, conductor

    6:07
  • 12:14 PM

    Jazz Suite No. 2: Waltz No. 2

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Ballet Suites Nos. 1 & 3, Jazz Suites Nos. 1 & 2

    Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Dmitri Kitayenko, conductor

    3:51
  • 12:09 PM

    L'Amico Fritz: Preludietto

    Pietro Mascagni

    Italian Overtures

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    3:41
  • 12:07 PM

    Shepherd's Hey

    Percy Grainger

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    2:02
  • 12:04 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:56
  • 11:52 AM

    Symphony No. 1: Scherzo

    Charles Gounod

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    6:27
  • 11:48 AM

    Romantic Pieces: Cavatina

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak, Janacek, Smetana: Romantic Pieces

    James Ehnes, violin

    3:00
  • 11:39 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    William Boyce

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    7:33
  • 11:33 AM

    Road Movies: Relaxed Groove

    John Adams

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    Reiko Uchida, piano

    4:38
  • 11:27 AM

    Adventures in a Perambulator: The Lake

    John Alden Carpenter

    Hanson Conducts Moore, Carpenter, Rogers and Philips

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    5:12
  • 11:18 AM

    The Uninhabited Island: Overture

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Opera Overtures

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    7:32
  • 11:15 AM

    The Musical Box

    Anatol Liadov

    Jouer, chanter, danser/Play, sing, dance

    Manon Le Comte, harp

    2:04
  • 11:09 AM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Cyril Scott

    Scott: Concerto For Cello, Symphony No 1 / Watkins, Brabbins

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    4:57
  • 11:04 AM

    Concerto alla rustica (Rustic Concerto)

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Ombra Mai Fu; Pachelbel: Canon

    I Solisti Italiani

    3:47
  • 10:47 AM

    La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Schippers, conductor

    11:13
  • 10:38 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Italian Trumpet Concertos

    Bavarian Radio Chamber Orchestra

    Radoslaw Szulc, conductor

    Gabor Tarkovi, trumpet

    7:21
  • 10:26 AM

    Norwegian Dances Nos. 2-4

    Edvard Grieg

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    11:40
  • 10:22 AM

    Venezuelan Waltz No. 3 "Natalia"

    Antonio Lauro

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    Colin David, guitar

    2:56
  • 10:12 AM

    Cantabile doloroso e Rondo giocoso

    Ole Bull

    Bruch, Wieniawski, Ole Bull

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Gourlay, conductor

    Charlie Siem, violin

    8:58
  • 10:06 AM

    Appalachian Spring: Variations on a Shaker Tune

    Aaron Copland

    American Postcard

    Christina and Michelle Naughton, piano duo

    5:37
  • 10:01 AM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Minuet II

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    London Symphony Orchestra Wind Ensemble

    4:32
  • 9:47 AM

    Symphony No. 8

    William Herschel

    Herschel: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    11:42
  • 9:22 AM

    Guitar Concerto

    Stephen Goss

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    John Williams, guitar

    23:30
  • 9:15 AM

    Deux Melodies Hebraiques (Two Hebrew Songs): Kaddish

    Maurice Ravel

    Brussels Philharmonic

    Mathieu Herzog, conductor

    Camille Thomas, cello

    4:59
  • 9:06 AM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    8:17
  • 9:01 AM

    Child Grove; Easter Thursday; The Beggar Boy

    Anonymous

    King's Noyse

    4:37
  • 8:25 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 4

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Complete Piano Concertos

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Andrew Constantine, conductor

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    32:49
  • 8:19 AM

    O sacrum convivium

    Thomas Tallis

    Fretwork

    4:24
  • 8:06 AM

    Moorish Rhapsody: Elegy at Summer

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic

    Martin Fischer-Dieskau, conductor

    12:56
  • 8:01 AM

    Kasia Kadlubowska, percussion

    Dominik Bukowski, percussion

    4:36
  • 7:31 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Sinfonie Capricieuse"

    Franz Berwald

    Berwald: Symphonies and Overtures

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    27:12
  • 7:26 AM

    Habanera

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Tortelier's French Bonbons

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    4:20
  • 7:10 AM

    Sonata No. 5

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Minna Pensola, violin

    Antti Tikkanen, violin

    Tuomas Lehto, cello

    Niek de Groot, double bass

    14:12
  • 7:06 AM

    Four Maori Folk Songs: Hine e Hine

    Bruce Paine

    Gunter Herbig, guitar

    3:53
  • 7:01 AM

    Morceaux de Fantaisie: Elegie

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Yuja Wang, piano

    4:44
  • 6:33 AM

    Clarinet Quartet

    Johann Hummel

    Weber / Reicha / Hummel: Clarinet Quintets & Quartet

    L'Archibudelli

    Charles Neidich, clarinet

    25:15
  • 6:16 AM

    A Song of Islands

    Douglas Lilburn

    LILBURN: Orchestral Works

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    16:33
  • 6:06 AM

    Capriccio for Orchestra

    Nancy Dalberg

    Danish Philharmonic Orchestra

    Frans Rasmussen, conductor

    8:09
  • 6:01 AM

    Time Lapse

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Ludovico Einaudi: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:56
  • 5:44 AM

    Estampes (Engravings)

    Claude Debussy

    Stephen Hough, piano

    14:20
  • 5:21 AM

    Symphony No. 31

    Alan Hovhaness

    Northwest Sinfonia

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    21:57
  • 5:06 AM

    Symphony: 1st movement

    Alice Mary Smith

    London Mozart Players

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    13:27
  • 5:01 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Romanza

    Ernst von Dohnanyi

    English Sinfonia

    John Farrer, conductor

    4:37