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  • 4:18 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    RACHMANINOV, S.: Symphony No. 3 / Symphonic Dances

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    39:52
  • 4:13 AM

    Vespers: Gladsome Light

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil

    Phoenix Chorale

    Charles Bruffy, conductor

    Toby Vaughn Kidd, bass

    4:04
  • 4:06 AM

    Elegy for Viola and Piano

    Alexander Glazunov

    The Russian Viola

    Nobuko Imai, viola

    6:03
  • 4:01 AM

    Cinderella: Adagio

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Cinderella

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    4:47
  • 3:51 AM

    Town Lights

    Yuko Uebayashi

    Carol Wincenc, flute

    Emile Naoumoff, piano

    7:00
  • 3:33 AM

    Summer Scenes from Hame

    Vaino Raitio

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Tuomas Ollila-Hannikainen, conductor

    15:58
  • 3:14 AM

    Fountains of Rome

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Pini di Roma, Fontane di Roma, Reste Romane

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Carlo Rizzi, conductor

    17:16
  • 3:06 AM

    Years of Pilgrimage: The Fountains at the Villa d'Este

    Franz Liszt

    Water

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    7:38
  • 3:01 AM

    El cant dels ocells (Song of the Birds)

    Pablo Casals

    Romance: Lalo, Tchaikovsky, Casals, etc.

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Antonio Pappano, conductor

    Han-Na Chang, cello

    4:37
  • 2:44 AM

    Phantasy Quintet

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Violin Sonata, String Quartet No. 2 Etc.

    Nash Ensemble

    14:23
  • 2:16 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4 "Mozartiana"

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Kabalevsky, Prokofiev, Glinka, Tchaikovsky

    San Diego Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Barra, conductor

    26:17
  • 2:15 AM

    Kleine Gigue

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas

    Kristian Bezuidenhout, fortepiano

    1:34
  • 2:06 AM

    Michael Ponder, viola

    Ian Jones, piano

    6:34
  • 2:01 AM

    Ave Maria

    Tomas Luis de Victoria

    The Best of The Tallis Scholars

    Tallis Scholars

    Peter Philips, conductor

    4:43
  • 1:50 AM

    Quartet for Queen Mab

    Missy Mazzoli

    Aeolus Quartet

    8:40
  • 1:28 AM

    Die Frau ohne Schatten (Woman without a Shadow): Fantasy

    Richard Strauss

    Mephisto and Co.

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    20:17
  • 1:13 AM

    Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1

    Georges Enescu

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    13:09
  • 1:01 AM

    Garmoshka

    Ljova

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    Johnny Gandelsman, violin

    Colin Jacobsen, violin

    4:36
  • 12:52 AM

    Aurora Orchestra

    Nicholas Collon, conductor

    7:26
  • 12:21 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 5 "Egyptian"

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Jean-Philippe Collard, piano

    28:58
  • 12:15 AM

    Roses in a Box

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Sixteen Contemporary Love Songs

    William Howard, piano

    3:38
  • 12:06 AM

    Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

    Claude Debussy

    Sinfonia of London

    John Wilson, conductor

    9:10
  • 12:01 AM

    The Birds of Aristophanes: Bridal March of the Birds

    Hubert Parry

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:44
  • 11:37 PM

    Harp Concerto

    Nino Rota

    Rota: Concertos

    Virtuosi Italiani

    Marzio Conti, conductor

    Luisa Prandina, harp

    20:53
  • 11:34 PM

    Etude No. 12 "Revolutionary"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    2:48
  • 11:21 PM

    Flute Quartet No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Emerson String Quartet

    Carol Wincenc, flute

    11:12
  • 11:06 PM

    Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    13:05
  • 11:01 PM

    Brendan's Air

    Brendan Monaghan

    Barry Douglas, piano

    Eimear McGeown, Irish flute

    4:36
  • 10:47 PM

    Rienzi: Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Georg Solti, conductor

    11:36
  • 10:43 PM

    Bucimis (Folk Dance)

    Traditional Bulgarian

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    Itamar Doari, percussion

    2:57
  • 10:25 PM

    Fantasie for Piano Four-Hands

    Franz Schubert

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    Zhu Xiao-Mei, piano

    16:50
  • 10:12 PM

    blue cathedral

    Jennifer Higdon

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    12:19
  • 10:06 PM

    Show Me

    Aoife O'Donovan

    The Brooklyn Rider Almanac

    Brooklyn Rider

    4:53
  • 10:01 PM

    La verita in cimento (The Truth Contested): Sinfonia

    Antonio Vivaldi

    The King's Violins

    Mathieu Lussier, conductor

    4:44
  • 9:50 PM

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    Gemma Rosefield, cello

    8:17
  • 9:24 PM

    Symphony No. 82 "The Bear"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    24:18
  • 9:16 PM

    Heroes Symphony: Sons of the Silent Age

    Philip Glass

    Philip Glass | American Composers Orchestra

    American Composers Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    8:20
  • 9:07 PM

    Serenade No. 11: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenades K.375 & 388

    Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble

    7:33
  • 9:01 PM

    Zefiro torna

    Claudio Monteverdi

    c. 1300-c. 2000

    Jeremy Denk, piano

    4:36
  • 8:49 PM

    Bright Blue Music

    Michael Torke

    Michael Torke's Color Music

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    9:07
  • 8:14 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Jean Sibelius

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    Pekka Kuusisto, violin

    33:34
  • 8:11 PM

    Miki Aoki, piano

    2:07
  • 8:06 PM

    Jazz Suite No. 2: Waltz No. 2

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    The Greatest Classical Show On Earth

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    3:42
  • 8:01 PM

    A este Sol peregrino

    Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco

    Seraphic Fire

    Patrick Dupre Quigley, conductor

    Alvaro Andres Bermudez, guitar

    4:31
  • 7:32 PM

    Serenade for Strings

    Antonin Dvorak

    Anima Musicae Chamber Orchestra

    Laszlo G. Horvath, conductor

    26:13
  • 7:29 PM

    Rumba

    Carlos Salzedo

    Solo Harp: The Best of Yolanda Kondonassis

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    1:38
  • 7:24 PM

    Spanish Serenade

    Joaquin Malats

    Famous Spanish Guitar Music

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    4:24
  • 7:20 PM

    A Chloris (To Chloris)

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Bonjour Paris

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Mathias Monius, conductor

    Albrecht Mayer, English horn

    4:04
  • 7:06 PM

    Divertissement on a Pastoral Theme

    Gabriel Pierne

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    11:48
  • 7:01 PM

    Philemon und Baucis: Overture

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    4:44
  • 6:53 PM

    La Dangereuse

    Ludovic Lamothe

    William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    5:03
  • 6:20 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies, Vol. 2

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Edward Gardner, conductor

    31:55
  • 6:07 PM

    Folk Songs for Orchestra

    George Walker

    Cleveland Chamber Symphony

    Edwin London, conductor

    11:35
  • 6:01 PM

    Song without Words

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Marcy Rosen, cello

    Lydia Artymiw, piano

    4:41
  • 5:50 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    London Sinfonietta

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Richard Watkins, horn

    8:33
  • 5:42 PM

    Two Shandong Folk Songs

    Shi-Guang Cui

    Chinasong | Shanghai Quartet

    Shanghai Quartet

    7:13
  • 5:17 PM

    Symphony No. 1

    Carl Maria von Weber

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    23:35
  • 5:10 PM

    Spanish Suite: Cadiz

    Isaac Albeniz

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    4:42
  • 5:06 PM

    Carmen: Toreador Song

    Georges Bizet

    Bryn Terfel Sings Favorites

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    Bryn Terfel, baritone

    3:52
  • 5:01 PM

    The Garden of Eden: Through Eden's Gates

    William Bolcom

    Logan Skelton, piano

    4:33
  • 4:54 PM

    Festival March

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    4:04
  • 4:49 PM

    Tempo di Minuetto

    Fritz Kreisler

    Joshua Bell, violin

    Paul Coker, piano

    3:38
  • 4:25 PM

    String Quartet No. 2

    Robert Schumann

    Emerson String Quartet

    23:16
  • 4:14 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique": 3rd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky Symphonies

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    8:06
  • 4:06 PM

    Bucolique

    Eugene Bozza

    Ricardo Morales, clarinet

    Michael Chertock, piano

    7:02
  • 4:01 PM

    Ensemble Giardino di Delizie

    4:35
  • 3:42 PM

    South Pacific Medley

    Richard Rodgers

    Rodgers & Hammerstein: Songbook for Orchestra

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    16:06
  • 3:40 PM

    The Old Man and the Sea: Suite

    Dimitri Tiomkin

    The Greatest Film Scores Of Dimitri Tiomkin

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Kaufman, conductor

    6:05
  • 3:35 PM

    Jaws: The Great Shark Chase

    John Williams

    Studio Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:27
  • 3:29 PM

    The Hunt for Red October: Hymn to Red October

    Basil Poledouris

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:07
  • 3:23 PM

    Hawaii

    Elmer Bernstein

    Elmer Bernstein By Elmer Bernstein

    Royal Philharmonic Pops

    Elmer Bernstein, conductor

    5:00
  • 3:12 PM

    The Sea Hawk: Suite

    Erich Korngold

    Oregon Symphony

    James DePreist, conductor

    7:57
  • 3:07 PM

    Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl: selections

    Klaus Badelt

    Masters And Commanders: Music From Seafaring Film Classics

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:51
  • 3:01 PM

    Titanic: Take Her to Sea, Mr. Murdoch

    James Horner

    Studio Orchestra

    James Horner, conductor

    4:30
  • 2:37 PM

    Guitar Quintet No. 7

    Luigi Boccherini

    Marlboro Music Festival - 40th Anniversary: Boccherini Quintets

    Marlboro Festival Orchestra

    21:47
  • 2:25 PM

    Oboe Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    David Reichenberg, oboe

    10:05
  • 2:17 PM

    Taal-Naad Naman

    Sophia Bass

    Inbal Segev, cello

    Vivek Pandya, tabla

    Mari Tanaka, tanpura

    7:33
  • 2:06 PM

    London Mozart Players

    Jane Glover, conductor

    8:25
  • 1:53 PM

    First Xinjiang Dance

    Ding Shan-de

    Shanghai Philharmonic

    Cao Peng, conductor

    5:01
  • 1:40 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 35

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    12:54
  • 1:14 PM

    Serenade for Flute, Violin and Viola

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven in New York

    Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

    23:59
  • 1:06 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Six Brandenburg Concertos

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    5:59
  • 12:44 PM

    Fantasy on Polish Airs

    Frederic Chopin

    Warsaw Philharmonic

    Kazimierz Kord, conductor

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    14:58
  • 12:20 PM

    String Quartet No. 63 "Sunrise"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: 6 String Quartets Op 76

    Amadeus Quartet

    22:31
  • 12:16 PM

    La Boheme: Musetta's Waltz ("Quando m'en vo")

    Giacomo Puccini

    The Romantic Harp

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    2:08
  • 12:06 PM

    Air and Gavotte

    Arthur Foote

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    8:30
  • 12:01 PM

    The Red Pony Suite: Morning on the Ranch

    Aaron Copland

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:32
  • 11:45 AM

    Three Romances

    Clara Schumann

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    13:38
  • 11:41 AM

    Bas-Pelles Eriks Brudpolska

    Per Westberg

    Bonfrost

    Nordic Fiddlers Bloc

    3:31
  • 11:28 AM

    Music for a Garden

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Concierto-serenata; Concierto en Modo Calante

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    11:16
  • 11:22 AM

    Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria (Cantilena)

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Lisa Friend, flute

    Craig Ogden, guitar

    5:14
  • 11:07 AM

    Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Elgar: Introduction and Allegro, etc; Vaughan Williams

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    14:10
  • 11:01 AM

    Izumi Tateno, piano

    4:42
  • 10:53 AM

    Atzimba: Intermezzo

    Ricardo Castro

    Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas

    Alondra de la Parra, conductor

    5:01
  • 10:48 AM

    As one who has slept

    John Tavener

    Anonymous 4

    4:56
  • 10:27 AM

    Flute Quartet No. 3

    Ferdinand Ries

    RIES: 3 Flute Quartets, Op. 145

    John Herrick Littlefield, flute

    19:28
  • 10:18 AM

    Musical Moment No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Moments Musicaux; Impromptus

    David Fray, piano

    7:39
  • 10:06 AM

    Symphony No. 5: Adagietto

    Gustav Mahler

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    11:01
  • 10:01 AM

    Octet: 3rd movement

    Jean Francaix

    Gaudier Ensemble

    4:49
  • 9:44 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    14:00
  • 9:38 AM

    C'est l'amour

    Sophia Dussek

    Kyunghee Kim-Sutre, harp

    4:18
  • 9:21 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    (Marie) Clemence de Grandval

    GRANDVAL: Oboe Works

    Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Andrey Boreyko, conductor

    Lajos Lencses, oboe

    16:54
  • 9:06 AM

    Keyboard Suite No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Murray Perahia, piano

    13:20
  • 9:01 AM

    Violin Partita No. 3: Loure

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Partitas Nos. 2 and 3; Sonata No. 3

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    4:48
  • 8:49 AM

    Reverie (Nocturne)

    Giulio Regondi

    Reverie

    Dale Kavanagh, guitar

    8:40
  • 8:20 AM

    The Golden Spinning Wheel

    Antonin Dvorak

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    28:21
  • 8:16 AM

    Wild Swans: Eliza's Aria

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Spheres

    Daniel Hope, violin

    3:07
  • 8:06 AM

    Swan Lake: Pas d'action "White Swan"

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake - Highlights

    Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    9:10
  • 8:01 AM

    Flowers of the Forest

    Anonymous

    Baltimore Consort

    4:35
  • 7:48 AM

    The Messenger

    Valentin Silvestrov

    Camerata Salzburg

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    10:27
  • 7:15 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Emilie Mayer

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    Leo McFall, conductor

    30:37
  • 7:06 AM

    Harp Sonata

    Germaine Tailleferre

    Maria Graf � Recital: Debussy, Faure, Caplet, Tailleferre, Tournier, Roussel, Ravel

    Maria Graf, harp

    8:50
  • 7:01 AM

    Bassoon Concerto: Adagio

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2, Bassoon Concerto

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    Karen Geoghegan, bassoon

    4:45
  • 6:47 AM

    The Walk to the Paradise Garden

    Frederick Delius

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    10:39
  • 6:23 AM

    Violin Sonata

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Sonatas for Piano & Violin

    Isaac Stern, violin

    24:35
  • 6:13 AM

    Elegy

    Ina Boyle

    Cello Abbey

    Staatskapelle Weimar

    Paul Meyer, conductor

    Nadege Rochat, cello

    7:23
  • 6:06 AM

    O felix anima

    Hildegard von Bingen

    Hildegard Von Bingen: Origin Of Fire

    Anonymous 4

    6:31
  • 6:01 AM

    Minuets with Contredances

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

    Hans Graf, conductor

    4:40
  • 5:42 AM

    In the Tatra Mountains

    Vitezslav Novak

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    16:20
  • 5:17 AM

    Forest Scenes

    Robert Schumann

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    24:16
  • 5:06 AM

    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
  • 5:01 AM

    Forest Clearing

    Sigurd Islandsmoen

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    4:26