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  • 4:35 AM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Clarinet and Flute Concertos

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    23:31
  • 4:27 AM

    Tous des oiseaux: David's Dream

    Eleni Karaindrou

    String Orchestra

    Argyro Seira, conductor

    6:54
  • 4:06 AM

    Danses Concertantes

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    19:30
  • 4:01 AM

    Spanish Dance No. 2 "Oriental"

    Enrique Granados

    Granados: Spanish Dances

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    4:42
  • 3:43 AM

    Cold Mountain

    Gabriel Yared

    Studio Orchestra

    Harry Rabinowitz, conductor

    15:25
  • 3:30 AM

    Two Nordic Melodies

    Edvard Grieg

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    11:07
  • 3:25 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 14

    Antonin Dvorak

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    3:33
  • 3:16 AM

    Camel Bells Along the Silk Road

    Ning Yong

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    7:43
  • 3:06 AM

    Castel del Monte

    Nino Rota

    Virtuosi Italiani

    Marzio Conti, conductor

    Guido Corti, horn

    10:09
  • 3:01 AM

    October Reveries: Elm Trees in Moonlight

    Rick Sowash

    Seasonal Breezes: Five Chamber Works by Rick Sowash

    Josh Aerie, cello

    4:33
  • 2:41 AM

    Brigg Fair

    Frederick Delius

    English Rhapsody: Delius & Butterworth

    Halle Orchestra

    Mark Elder, conductor

    16:46
  • 2:38 AM

    Memory Mist

    Florence Price

    Holes in the Sky

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:39
  • 2:19 AM

    String Quartet No. 53 "The Lark"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    The Haydn Project

    Emerson String Quartet

    17:45
  • 2:16 AM

    The Gospel Train

    Spiritual

    The Aeolians

    The Aeolians

    Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor

    1:41
  • 2:06 AM

    Nocturne for violin and orchestra

    Joseph Joachim

    Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    9:21
  • 2:01 AM

    In Delius' Sleep

    Harold Budd

    Zeitgeist

    Harold Budd, piano

    Bob Samarotto, clarinet

    4:40
  • 1:55 AM

    Poeme No. 1

    Alexander Scriabin

    Fantasia

    Yuja Wang, piano

    3:16
  • 1:32 AM

    Prometheus, the Poem of Fire

    Alexander Scriabin

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    Anatol Ugorski, piano

    22:43
  • 1:22 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    8:27
  • 1:16 AM

    March Militaire No. 1

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Piano Music for Four Hands, Vol III

    Yaara Tal, piano

    4:45
  • 1:01 AM

    Siggi String Quartet

    4:37
  • 12:41 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Piano Concerto; Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 3

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gilbert Levine, conductor

    Jeffrey Campbell, piano

    18:03
  • 12:22 AM

    King Arthur Suite

    Henry Purcell

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    18:25
  • 12:15 AM

    Impressionist Suite No. 2: Caillebotte

    Rick Sowash

    Mark Ostoich, oboe

    Ron Aufmann, clarinet

    Mark Ortwein, bassoon

    4:14
  • 12:12 AM

    Serenata alla spagnuola (Spanish Serenade)

    Alexander Borodin

    Violoncello Espanol

    I Musici Montreal

    Yuli Turovsky, conductor

    Yuli Turovsky, cello

    2:29
  • 12:06 AM

    Trumpet Symphony

    Giuseppe Torelli

    Wynton Marsalis: In Gabriel's Garden

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    4:59
  • 12:01 AM

    Etude-Tableau No. 5

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Yuja Wang, piano

    4:32
  • 11:50 PM

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    8:08
  • 11:46 PM

    Canzon Duodecimi Toni

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Music of Gabrieli

    Empire Brass

    3:37
  • 11:17 PM

    Symphony No. 1

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonien Nos. 1 & 2

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    27:19
  • 11:06 PM

    Fritiof Suite: Prelude

    Elfrida Andree

    Stockholm Symphony Orchestra

    Gustaf Sjokvist, conductor

    9:02
  • 11:01 PM

    English Idyll No. 2

    George Butterworth

    Halle Orchestra

    Mark Elder, conductor

    4:36
  • 10:54 PM

    Butterfly's Day Out

    Mark O'Connor

    Mark O'Connor, mandolin

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Edgar Meyer, double bass

    4:42
  • 10:12 PM

    Piano Quartet No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Murray Perahia: 25th Anniversary Edition

    Murray Perahia, piano

    40:18
  • 10:06 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4: Minuets

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Orchestral Suites

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    4:13
  • 10:03 PM

    Song without Words No. 10

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Bach-Busoni, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Liszt: Music without Words

    Murray Perahia, piano

    2:23
  • 10:01 PM

    Song without Words No. 5

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Murray Perahia, piano

    2:11
  • 9:33 PM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 2

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Phoenix in Flight

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Kirk Trevor, conductor

    Richard Stoltzman, clarinet

    25:02
  • 9:25 PM

    Lotario: Overture

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: 10 Overtures

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    6:53
  • 9:23 PM

    Mazurka No. 39

    Frederic Chopin

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    2:03
  • 9:06 PM

    In Nature's Realm Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    14:59
  • 9:01 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Polacca

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:33
  • 8:54 PM

    Kikujiro: Summer

    Joe Hisaishi

    Dream Songs

    Studio Orchestra

    Joe Hisaishi, piano

    4:04
  • 8:19 PM

    String Quintet No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: String Quintets K515/K516

    Takacs Quartet

    Gyorgy Pauk, violin

    34:14
  • 8:12 PM

    Four Paths of Light: Part 3

    Pat Metheny

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    5:28
  • 8:06 PM

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    Johanna Novom, violin

    4:53
  • 8:01 PM

    The Grumpy Old Bear

    Julius Fucik

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    Alan Pendlebury, bassoon

    4:36
  • 7:54 PM

    Giselle: selections

    Adolphe Adam

    Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    4:25
  • 7:43 PM

    Le Sinfonie

    Lodovico Viadana

    Swiss Italian Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    11:34
  • 7:24 PM

    Partita No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    For Glenn Gould

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    17:15
  • 7:21 PM

    Sarabande

    Johann Pezel

    Royal Brass: Music from the Renaissance & Baroque

    Empire Brass

    2:06
  • 7:07 PM

    Richard III

    Bedrich Smetana

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vaclav Neumann, conductor

    12:58
  • 7:01 PM

    Nepomuk's Dances: Arrival

    Marcelo Zarvos

    Ethel

    4:51
  • 6:36 PM

    Suite Concertino

    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

    Karen Geoghegan, bassoon

    21:53
  • 6:18 PM

    Don Juan

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Don Juan; Aus Italien

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    17:32
  • 6:09 PM

    Symphony No. 4

    William Boyce

    Boyce: 8 Symphonies

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    6:50
  • 6:06 PM

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    2:26
  • 6:01 PM

    Symphony: 1st movement

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    4:49
  • 5:53 PM

    Flammende Rose, Zierde der Erden (Flaming Rose, Earth's Ornament)

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel

    Louise Pellerin, oboe

    5:20
  • 5:51 PM

    Pine Trees

    Mary Lattimore

    Mary Lattimore, harp

    3:19
  • 5:45 PM

    Two Etudes

    Andres Segovia

    Eduardo Fernandez, guitar

    4:47
  • 5:23 PM

    Gaspard de la Nuit

    Maurice Ravel

    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    20:17
  • 5:06 PM

    Tragic Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    15:01
  • 5:01 PM

    Chaconne

    John Blow

    Chaconne

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    4:33
  • 4:47 PM

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Paul Dukas

    Mephisto and Co.

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    11:19
  • 4:45 PM

    A Piece without Title

    John Dowland

    The Renaissance Album

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    :47
  • 4:39 PM

    Impromptu

    Hugo Reinhold

    Jeffrey Biegel, piano

    6:06
  • 4:22 PM

    Horn Concerto

    Franz Pokorny

    Horn Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    16:00
  • 4:12 PM

    The Skaters Waltz

    Emil Waldteufel

    The Four Seasons: A Musical Calendar Of Favorite Classics

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:44
  • 4:06 PM

    Snow Maiden: Dance of the Tumblers

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Orchestral Spectaculars

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:46
  • 4:01 PM

    Divertimento No. 1: 2nd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Auer Quartet

    Lajos Lencses, oboe

    4:41
  • 3:47 PM

    The Sound of Music: Medley

    Richard Rodgers

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    11:48
  • 3:43 PM

    The Sound of Music: Do-Re-Mi

    Richard Rodgers

    Studio Orchestra

    Julie Andrews, vocals

    5:35
  • 3:35 PM

    Star Wars: Main Theme

    John Williams

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    5:45
  • 3:29 PM

    Legends of the Fall: The Ludlows

    James Horner

    London Symphony Orchestra

    James Horner, conductor

    5:39
  • 3:26 PM

    The Addams Family: Theme

    Vic Mizzy

    Scary Music

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    2:18
  • 3:22 PM

    Psycho: Prelude and The City

    Bernard Herrmann

    In Session: A Film Music Celebration

    Royal Scottish Orchestra

    Joel McNeely, conductor

    4:09
  • 3:12 PM

    The Lion in Winter Suite

    John Barry

    Cinema Choral Classics

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Alwyn, conductor

    8:12
  • 3:07 PM

    Meet Me in St. Louis: The Trolley Song

    Ralph Blane

    Aisle Seat

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:27
  • 3:01 PM

    Little Women: Dr. March's Daughters

    Alexandre Desplat

    Studio Orchestra

    Alexandre Desplat, conductor

    4:47
  • 2:34 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Max Bruch

    Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    24:38
  • 2:24 PM

    Overture in the French Style: Overture

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Andrew von Oeyen, piano

    7:48
  • 2:20 PM

    Thomas Albertus Irnberger, violin

    Barbara Moser, piano

    2:17
  • 2:06 PM

    Leonore Overture No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    13:09
  • 1:50 PM

    Chicago

    Edmond Dede

    DEDE: Mon pauvre coeur / Francoise et Tirtillard / Mefisto masque

    Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Rosenberg, conductor

    8:36
  • 1:21 PM

    Idomeneo: Ballet Music

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Complete Mozart Edition, Vol. 25: Theatre and Ballet Music

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    26:43
  • 1:15 PM

    John's Book of Alleged Dances: Habanera

    John Adams

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    4:45
  • 1:09 PM

    Habanera

    Moritz Moszkowski

    From Foreign Lands

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    4:59
  • 1:06 PM

    Carmen: Habanera

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Symphony in C; Carmen - Suites Nos 1 & 2; Jeux d'enfants - Suite; Overture: Patrie

    French National Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    2:07
  • 12:47 PM

    Der fliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman): Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Overtures and Preludes

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    11:09
  • 12:24 PM

    Concerto for Flute and Guitar

    Ferdinando Carulli

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Janos Rolla, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    Alexandre Lagoya, guitar

    22:05
  • 12:16 PM

    leaves and trees

    Rachel Portman

    Caroline Dale, cello

    Rachel Portman, piano

    5:57
  • 12:06 PM

    L'Etoile du Nord: Dance Suite

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    9:06
  • 12:01 PM

    Sonatine: Modere

    Maurice Ravel

    Arcata String Quartet

    Don Bailey, flute

    Grace Paradise, harp

    4:41
  • 11:42 AM

    Santa Cruz de Pacairigua

    Evencio Castellanos

    Fiesta

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    16:19
  • 11:36 AM

    early music (for a saturday)

    Caleb Burhans

    Caleb Burhans, electric bass

    Caleb Burhans, electric violin

    Caleb Burhans, electronics

    4:57
  • 11:27 AM

    O ignis spiritus (O fire of the Paraclete)

    Hildegard von Bingen

    A Far Cry Orchestra

    8:25
  • 11:22 AM

    Veni creator spiritus

    Hildegard von Bingen

    Hildegard Von Bingen: Origin Of Fire

    Anonymous 4

    4:24
  • 11:12 AM

    Impromptu No. 4

    Franz Schubert

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    8:06
  • 11:06 AM

    Musette de Choisie and Tavernie

    Francois Couperin

    The Sun King's Paradise

    Palladian Ensemble

    5:18
  • 11:01 AM

    Piano Trio No. 6: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Gryphon Trio

    4:49
  • 10:48 AM

    Benvenuto Cellini: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Pictures at a Gallery

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:12
  • 10:24 AM

    Symphony No. 46

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Giovanni Antonini, conductor

    22:59
  • 10:19 AM

    Santiago Rodriguez, piano

    2:20
  • 10:06 AM

    Popular Andean Dances

    Celso Garrido-Lecca

    Inca Trail Connections

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    12:58
  • 10:01 AM

    In the Mists: No. 1

    Leos Janacek

    Water

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    4:35
  • 9:47 AM

    Faust Fantasy

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Gil Shaham, violin

    Jonathan Feldman, piano

    11:18
  • 9:16 AM

    String Quartet No. 2

    Alexander Borodin

    Lark Quartet

    28:25
  • 9:12 AM

    She's Like the Swallow

    Traditional Newfoundland

    Ofra Harnoy, cello

    Mike Herriott, brass

    2:53
  • 9:06 AM

    Canadian Summer

    Andre Mathieu

    Hommage a Andre Mathieu

    Alain Lefevre, piano

    5:29
  • 9:01 AM

    Lux Aeterna

    Ivo Antognini

    Mid-Winter Songs/Un Soir De Neige

    Phoenix Chamber Choir

    4:41
  • 8:45 AM

    Divertimento for Winds

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenade K388; Divertimenti

    London Wind Soloists

    Jack Brymer, conductor

    12:44
  • 8:40 AM

    The Windcatcher: Part 3

    Philip Glass

    Philip Glass Ensemble Woodwinds

    4:55
  • 8:12 AM

    Piano Trio No. 2

    Robert Schumann

    Horszowski Trio

    26:53
  • 8:06 AM

    Summa

    Arvo Part

    Arvo Part: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    5:05
  • 8:01 AM

    Brendan's Air

    Brendan Monaghan

    Barry Douglas, piano

    Eimear McGeown, Irish flute

    4:36
  • 7:56 AM

    Music for Movies: Barley Wagons

    Aaron Copland

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    2:09
  • 7:31 AM

    Violin Sonatina No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    Emotion Unbound

    Philip Setzer, violin

    24:10
  • 7:06 AM

    Pibroch Suite

    Alexander Mackenzie

    Scottish Fantasies for Violin & Orchestra

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Platt, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    23:37
  • 7:01 AM

    Les Brises d'Orient: Souvenir d'Occident

    Felicien David

    Daniel Blumenthal, piano

    4:35
  • 6:38 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Franz Berwald

    Berwald: Orchestral Works

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Ulf Bjorlin, conductor

    Marian Migdal, piano

    20:34
  • 6:10 AM

    Guitar Quintet No. 1

    Luigi Boccherini

    Artaria Quartet

    Richard Savino, guitar

    25:53
  • 6:06 AM

    Kelly Hall-Tompkins, violin

    Craig Ketter, piano

    3:25
  • 6:01 AM

    Polonaise No. 1

    Henryk Wieniawski

    Danses

    Laurent Korcia, violin

    4:49
  • 5:43 AM

    The Merchant of Venice Overture

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO, M.: Shakespeare Overtures, Vol. 2

    West Australian Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Penny, conductor

    15:00
  • 5:41 AM

    Abendlied (Evening Song)

    Robert Schumann

    Perchance To Dream: A Lullaby Album For Children And Adults

    Carol Rosenberger, piano

    1:24
  • 5:06 AM

    Serenata

    Luigi Gatti

    Gatti: Chamber Music

    Calamus Ensemble

    34:00
  • 5:01 AM

    From Olden Times: Gigue

    Johan Halvorsen

    Halvorsen: Suite ancienne, Mascarade Suite

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Ari Rasilainen, conductor

    4:35