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  • 4:49 AM

    Fare Well

    Randall Thompson

    American Polyphony

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    9:18
  • 4:28 AM

    String Quartet

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Ebene Quartet

    20:21
  • 4:06 AM

    Responses, Hosanna and Fugue

    Arnold Rosner

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    David Amos, conductor

    20:06
  • 4:01 AM

    Summer Evening: Waltz

    Oscar Merikanto

    Scandinavian Rhapsody, A Selection of Orchestral Favourites

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:36
  • 3:43 AM

    Concertstuck

    Cecile Chaminade

    Beach, Chaminade, Howell: Piano Concertos

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Rebecca Miller, conductor

    Danny Driver, piano

    14:51
  • 3:28 AM

    Three Idylls

    Frank Bridge

    Elgar, Walton: String Quartets; Bridge: Three Idylls

    Coull Quartet

    15:04
  • 3:07 AM

    Flute and Oboe Concerto

    Antonio Salieri

    Salieri, Cimarosa, Stamitz: Double Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Kenneth Sillito, conductor

    Aurele Nicolet, flute

    19:00
  • 3:01 AM

    Art of Fugue: Contrapunctus 13

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Chris Thile, mandolin

    Edgar Meyer, bass

    4:38
  • 2:40 AM

    Pelleas and Melisande

    Jean Sibelius

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    18:46
  • 2:35 AM

    La Gondoliera

    Laura Netzel

    Breaking Waves: Music by Swedish Women Composers

    Paula Gudmundson, flute

    3:39
  • 2:28 AM

    Dala Suite: Siljan Lake

    Helena Munktell

    Gavle Symphony Orchestra

    Tobias Ringborg, conductor

    5:38
  • 2:09 AM

    Piano Quartet

    Joaquin Turina

    Turina: Chamber Music For Strings And Piano

    Lincoln Trio

    Ayane Kozasa, viola

    16:58
  • 2:06 AM

    Batucada

    Isaias Savio

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    2:59
  • 2:01 AM

    La Bergamasca: Sonata No. 21

    Marco Uccellini

    Arcadian Academy

    4:41
  • 1:52 AM

    Alleluia

    Kile Smith

    Kile Smith: Canticle

    Cincinnati Vocal Arts Ensemble

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    6:42
  • 1:12 AM

    Piano Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Paul Lewis, piano

    38:04
  • 1:06 AM

    Meditation

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov, Schoeck: Violin Concertos

    Swiss Italian Orchestra

    Alexander Vedernikov, conductor

    Chloe Hanslip, violin

    4:10
  • 1:01 AM

    Oskar Ekberg, piano

    4:39
  • 12:37 AM

    String Quartet

    Niels Gade

    Kontra Quartet

    21:48
  • 12:21 AM

    Academy of Ancient Music Berlin

    13:21
  • 12:15 AM

    Images oubliees (Forgotten Images): Souvenir du Louvre

    Claude Debussy

    Zoltan Kocsis, piano

    4:52
  • 12:07 AM

    Die Fledermaus: Overture

    Johann StraussJr.

    New Year's Concert 1988

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    8:11
  • 12:01 AM

    Cantilene

    Louis Cahuzac

    Ricardo Morales, clarinet

    Michael Chertock, piano

    4:35
  • 11:50 PM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    German Overtures

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    8:39
  • 11:15 PM

    Piano Quartet No. 2

    Antonin Dvorak

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    Isaac Stern, violin

    Jaime Laredo, viola

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    33:24
  • 11:06 PM

    Ruler of the Spirits: Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Overtures; Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:20
  • 11:01 PM

    Duo Similia

    4:38
  • 10:50 PM

    Chevy Chase

    George Macfarren

    Victorian Concert Overtures

    English Northern Philharmonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    7:54
  • 10:17 PM

    Symphony No. 4

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    31:45
  • 10:12 PM

    Masanga

    Bosco Mwenda

    The Magic Box

    John Williams, guitar

    3:16
  • 10:07 PM

    Voyevoda: Dance of the Hay Girls

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Queen Of Spades Suite; Voyevoda Suite / Breiner, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    5:32
  • 10:01 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Jubilee March

    Erkki Melartin

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:32
  • 9:49 PM

    Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Janine Jansen

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    Janine Jansen, violin

    8:58
  • 9:45 PM

    Prince Igor: Chorus of the Peasants

    Alexander Borodin

    Russian Soul

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    3:43
  • 9:19 PM

    String Symphony No. 9

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Symphonies For Strings No 8, 9, 10

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    24:26
  • 9:06 PM

    Divertimento No. 14

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Berlin Philharmonic Winds

    11:30
  • 9:01 PM

    Requiebros

    Gaspar Cassado

    I Musici Montreal

    Yuli Turovsky, conductor

    Yuli Turovsky, cello

    4:48
  • 8:50 PM

    Islamey (Oriental Fantasy)

    Mily Balakirev

    Natasha

    Natasha Paremski, piano

    8:30
  • 8:27 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Ouvertures

    Zefiro

    Alfredo Bernardini, conductor

    21:07
  • 8:22 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Romanza

    Ernst von Dohnanyi

    English Sinfonia

    John Farrer, conductor

    4:37
  • 8:17 PM

    Les Sylvains (The Fauns)

    Cecile Chaminade

    Donna voce

    Anna Shelest, piano

    3:56
  • 8:07 PM

    String Symphony No. 4

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Academy for Ancient Music Berlin

    9:50
  • 8:01 PM

    Four Spanish Pieces: Montanesa

    Manuel de Falla

    Falla: Noches En Los Jardines De Espana

    Javier Perianes, piano

    4:37
  • 7:54 PM

    Dance of the Bajader

    Johan Halvorsen

    Latvian National Symphony Orchestra

    Terje Mikkelsen, conductor

    4:25
  • 4:39 PM

    Wind Quintet

    Jean Francaix

    20th Century Wind Quintets

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    19:20
  • 4:15 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Henryk Wieniawski

    Tchaikovsky/Wieniawsky: Violin Concertos

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    22:48
  • 4:09 PM

    Valse romantique

    Deodat de Severac

    Les Bis de Alexis Weissenberg

    Alexis Weissenberg, piano

    3:18
  • 4:06 PM

    Fanfare for the Common Man

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: The Music Of America 

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:03
  • 4:01 PM

    The Birds of Aristophanes: Bridal March of the Birds

    Hubert Parry

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:44
  • 3:41 PM

    Simple Symphony

    Benjamin Britten

    Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

    Iona Brown, conductor

    17:35
  • 3:30 PM

    Organ Concerto No. 12

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Organ Concertos II

    Menuhin Festival Orchestra

    Yehudi Menuhin, conductor

    Simon Preston, organ

    9:22
  • 3:16 PM

    12 Variations on Handel's "See, The Conquering Hero Comes" from Judas Maccabaeus

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    David Finckel, cello

    Wu Han, piano

    12:06
  • 3:06 PM

    North Country Sketches: The March of Spring

    Frederick Delius

    Delius: A Walk in a Paradise Garden

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    9:03
  • 3:01 PM

    Benedicta es celorum

    Anonymous Medieval

    Words of the Angel

    Trio Mediaeval

    4:47
  • 2:54 PM

    Scherzo a la Russe

    Igor Stravinsky

    A. Skrjabin Symphony No. 3

    Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Gielen, conductor

    4:01
  • 2:33 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 4

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: 3 Piano Concertos

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    20:21
  • 2:18 PM

    O'Carolan Suite in Baroque Style

    Thomas C. Kelly

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    13:55
  • 2:06 PM

    Prince Igor: Overture

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Three Symphonies, Petite Suite, Polovetsian Dances

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    10:09
  • 2:01 PM

    Piano Quintet: Scherzo

    Robert Schumann

    Trio Wanderer

    Catherine Montier, violin

    Christoph Gaugue, viola

    4:32
  • 1:46 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Four Temperaments": 3rd movement

    Carl Nielsen

    Carl Nielsen: Symphonies 2 And 3

    New York Philharmonic

    Alan Gilbert, conductor

    12:19
  • 1:40 PM

    Monteverdi Choir

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    5:59
  • 1:18 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: My Piano Hero

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    Lang Lang, piano

    19:29
  • 1:06 PM

    Snowflake Ballet

    Jacques Offenbach

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    10:23
  • 1:01 PM

    Gold Dust Waltz

    Erik Satie

    Anne Queffelec, piano

    4:33
  • 10:51 AM

    Suite of Scottish Dances

    William Alwyn

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    7:17
  • 10:46 AM

    Auld Lang Syne Variations

    Robert Burns

    Homecoming

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    4:07
  • 10:41 AM

    Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The Eternal Vow

    Tan Dun

    Shanghai Symphony Orchestra

    Tan Dun & Chen Xie Yang, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    2:57
  • 10:38 AM

    Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Silk Road

    Tan Dun

    Shanghai Symphony Orchestra

    Tan Dun, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    3:08
  • 10:31 AM

    Memories of My Father: O Tu, Andrzej

    Roxanna Panufnik

    Brodsky Quartet

    5:57
  • 10:24 AM

    The Mother: Three Pieces

    Carl Nielsen

    Bergen Wind Quintet

    6:38
  • 10:18 AM

    Sense and Sensibility: My Father's Favorite

    Patrick Doyle

    Sense And Sensibility Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    Robert Ziegler, conductor

    5:28
  • 10:11 AM

    Suite for Violin and Piano: Mother and Child

    William Grant Still

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    Matthew Hagle, piano

    6:18
  • 10:06 AM

    The Nutcracker: Parents and Grandfather

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    4:15
  • 10:01 AM

    Grande Serenade: Finale

    Mauro Giuliani

    An Italian in Vienna: Duos by Mauro Giuliani

    Louise Schulman, viola

    4:56
  • 9:55 AM

    I Puritani: Son vergin vezzosa (Polka d'Elvira)

    Vincenzo Bellini

    Opera Arias for Trumpet

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    Maurice Andre, trumpet

    3:32
  • 9:48 AM

    Mephisto Polka

    Franz Liszt

    Sviatoslav Richter, piano

    6:52
  • 9:29 AM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Johann Hummel

    Hummell: Mandolin Concerto, etc.

    London Mozart Players

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    Alison Stephens, mandolin

    17:32
  • 9:10 AM

    Ballade on a Norwegian Folk Song

    Julius Rontgen

    Rontgern: Symphony No. 18

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    David Porcelijn, conductor

    16:42
  • 9:06 AM

    The Distance Between

    Adrian Munsey

    Blanc

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    3:32
  • 9:01 AM

    Treuliebchen (True Love) Polka

    Eduard Strauss

    Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mika Eichenholz, conductor

    4:39
  • 8:21 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Jean Sibelius

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    37:20
  • 8:17 AM

    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
  • 8:06 AM

    Scenes d'Enfants

    Federico Mompou

    Children's World

    Mirian Conti, piano

    9:10
  • 8:01 AM

    Apollo Chamber Players

    4:35
  • 7:54 AM

    Six Polish Songs: Meine Freuden (My Darling)

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin, Liszt

    Mariam Batsashvili, piano

    3:59
  • 7:29 AM

    A Child's Reliquary

    Richard Danielpour

    Vermont Symphony Orchestra

    Sarah Hicks, conductor

    Jaime Laredo, violin

    Sharon Robinson, cello

    25:43
  • 7:13 AM

    Symphony No. 20

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 3, 11, 18, 19 & 20

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    14:20
  • 7:06 AM

    Three Pieces

    Cesar Guerra-Peixe

    Images of Brazil

    Francesca Anderegg, violin

    5:35
  • 7:01 AM

    Octet: Scherzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, Octet

    Seattle Chamber Music Society

    James Ehnes, violin

    4:29
  • 6:45 AM

    Harp Concerto

    George Frideric Handel

    Pachelbel, Bach, Handel, Purcell

    Taverner Players

    Andrew Parrott, conductor

    Andrew Lawrence-King, harp

    13:53
  • 6:39 AM

    Boston Chamber Music Society

    4:27
  • 6:06 AM

    Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra

    Michael Hankinson, conductor

    Philippe Graffin, violin

    31:25
  • 6:01 AM

    Album Leaf

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Music of the Gilded Age

    Sylvan Winds

    Boris Baev, oboe

    4:38
  • 5:43 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Radovan Vlatkovic, horn

    15:50
  • 5:39 AM

    Etude No. 1 "Corona"

    Victor Baez

    Iceberg: The Etudes Project, Volume One

    Jenny Lin, piano

    2:43
  • 5:34 AM

    Naja's Waltz

    Fredrik Sjolin

    Last Leaf

    Danish String Quartet

    3:16
  • 5:06 AM

    Cello Sonata No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Works For Cello And Piano

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    27:52
  • 5:01 AM

    Barcarolle No. 3

    Ned Rorem

    Ruskin Cooper, piano

    4:32