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  • 4:20 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    Rudolf Serkin, piano

    38:25
  • 4:12 AM

    Iris Unveiled: Tender

    Qigang Chen

    Qigang Chen

    French National Orchestra

    Muhai Tang, conductor

    6:29
  • 4:06 AM

    The Immovable Do

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger Edition Vol. 5: Works for Chorus & Orchestra 2

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:56
  • 4:01 AM

    Edgar: Act I Prelude

    Giacomo Puccini

    Puccini

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor

    4:37
  • 3:47 AM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Maurice Ravel

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    11:04
  • 3:11 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Robert Schumann

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    34:51
  • 3:06 AM

    Il Giustino: La Gloria del mio Sangue

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi's Cello

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    2:49
  • 3:01 AM

    The Woods so Wild

    William Byrd

    Ayreheart

    4:32
  • 2:46 AM

    Chimney of King Rene

    Darius Milhaud

    Milhaud: Music for Wind Instruments

    Athena Ensemble

    12:53
  • 2:20 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 10

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Fazil Say, piano

    23:55
  • 2:10 AM

    Global Warming

    Michael Abels

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    8:19
  • 2:07 AM

    Nymphs and Satyr Suite: Scherzo

    Howard Hanson

    Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Spalding, conductor

    Holly Blake, bassoon

    3:02
  • 2:01 AM

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    4:46
  • 1:48 AM

    Overture to Shakespeare's "As You Like It"

    John Knowles Paine

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:23
  • 1:26 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 6

    Francesco Veracini

    Veracini Sonatas

    John Holloway, violin

    20:35
  • 1:12 AM

    Ma vlast (My Country): Vltava (The Moldau)

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: Ma Vlast

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    11:56
  • 1:06 AM

    Sally in Our Alley

    Frank Bridge

    Finzi; Parry; Bridge

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    3:42
  • 1:01 AM

    Grand Duchess of Gerolstein: Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    Gulbenkian Orchestra

    Michel Swierczewski, conductor

    4:33
  • 12:54 AM

    String Quartet No. 4: 4th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Tokyo String Quartet

    4:25
  • 12:27 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 6 "Pastoral"

    London Classical Players

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    25:47
  • 12:23 AM

    By the Cradle

    Moritz Moszkowski

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    2:10
  • 12:06 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Christopher Warren-Green, conductor

    John Wallace, trumpet

    16:00
  • 12:01 AM

    Sinfonia No. 3: 3rd movement

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Gli Incogniti

    Amandine Beyer, conductor

    4:51
  • 11:52 PM

    Three Preludes

    George Gershwin

    Leila Josefowicz, violin

    John Novacek, piano

    6:49
  • 11:49 PM

    Prelude for Lute

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Christopher Parkening, guitar

    1:25
  • 11:31 PM

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    17:17
  • 11:16 PM

    Serenade No. 1: Allegro molto

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Serenade Nr. 1; Tragische Ouverture; Akademische Festouverture

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    13:02
  • 11:06 PM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia

    Bela Drahos, conductor

    Tamas Benkocs, bassoon

    8:59
  • 11:01 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 11: 1st movement

    Pietro Locatelli

    Locatelli: Violin Sonatas, Op. 6

    Locatelli Trio

    4:49
  • 10:50 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 15: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Piano Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    7:57
  • 10:34 PM

    Rapsodie espagnole

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: The Orchestral Works

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    14:51
  • 10:26 PM

    Symphony No. 1

    William Boyce

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Ronald Thomas, conductor

    7:17
  • 10:21 PM

    Die Frauen und die Sanger

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Onyx Brass

    Paul Lambert, bass trombone

    3:29
  • 10:07 PM

    Provence Suite

    Darius Milhaud

    French Favourites

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    14:12
  • 10:01 PM

    Salut Printemps

    Claude Debussy

    Here I Stand

    iSing Silicon Valley

    Jennah Delp Somers/Shane Troll, conductor

    Dana Abbo, soprano

    4:36
  • 9:46 PM

    Symphony after the Grand Duo: Finale

    Franz Schubert

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    12:34
  • 9:40 PM

    Prelude

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff

    Vassily Primakov, piano

    4:28
  • 9:26 PM

    Harp Concerto

    George Frideric Handel

    Italian Concerto

    Harp Consort

    Andrew Lawrence-King, conductor

    Andrew Lawrence-King, harp

    13:46
  • 9:18 PM

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    6:50
  • 9:09 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Elfrida Andree

    Stockholm Symphony Orchestra

    Gustaf Sjokvist, conductor

    7:22
  • 9:06 PM

    Beautiful Rosemary (Schon Rosmarin)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Sun-Flute 2/3

    Gunilla von Bahr, piccolo/flute

    1:58
  • 9:03 PM

    Philharmonia Virtuosi

    Richard Kapp, conductor

    2:36
  • 8:41 PM

    Symphony No. 64 "Changed Times"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 50, 64 & 65

    Tafelmusik

    Bruno Weil, conductor

    17:00
  • 8:29 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Giovanni Antonini, conductor

    10:57
  • 8:21 PM

    Fra Diavolo: Overture

    Daniel Auber

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    7:47
  • 8:17 PM

    Seven Desires: 1

    Tan Dun

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    1:50
  • 8:07 PM

    Alina Ibragimova, violin

    Cedric Tiberghien, piano

    10:29
  • 8:01 PM

    Symphony: Intermezzo

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Symphony, In Autumn, Etc

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:32
  • 7:44 PM

    Serenade for Strings

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Enigma Variations, In the South, Serenade for Strings

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor

    14:09
  • 5:46 PM

    Keyboard Suite No. 8

    George Frideric Handel

    Keith Jarrett, piano

    12:43
  • 5:23 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American"

    William Grant Still

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    21:10
  • 5:16 PM

    Ofra Harnoy, cello

    5:33
  • 5:06 PM

    Euryanthe Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Romantic Overtures

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Eliahu Inbal, conductor

    8:52
  • 5:01 PM

    Caprice No. 24

    Niccolo Paganini

    Virtuoso Guitar Transcriptions

    Nicola Hall, guitar

    4:46
  • 4:43 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas

    John O'Conor, piano

    15:08
  • 4:37 PM

    Harvest Dance Suite: Folk Song and Polka

    Ilmari Hannikainen

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    4:12
  • 4:31 PM

    Introduction No. 6

    Pietro Locatelli

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, conductor

    5:37
  • 4:06 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Heinrich Schiff, cello

    23:16
  • 4:01 PM

    Liza/Promenade

    George Gershwin

    Rendezvous with Tashi

    Tashi

    4:46
  • 3:45 PM

    Double Keyboard Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    David Fray, conductor

    David Fray, piano

    Emmanuel Christien, piano

    13:13
  • 3:30 PM

    Sonata No. 4

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    (Selected members), conductor

    13:36
  • 3:20 PM

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    Zhang Weiliang, xiao

    8:19
  • 3:06 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Horn Concertos 2 & 3, Etc

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    William Purvis, horn

    13:12
  • 3:01 PM

    Festival Coronation March for Alexander III

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Pomp & Pizazz

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:40
  • 2:45 PM

    Scherzo Capriccioso

    Antonin Dvorak

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    11:59
  • 2:41 PM

    A Downland Suite

    John Ireland

    Music of John Ireland and Frank Bridge

    English Chamber Orchestra

    David Garforth, conductor

    17:30
  • 2:40 PM

    Waltz No. 1 "Grand Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Trifonov plays Chopin

    Daniil Trifonov, piano

    4:08
  • 2:32 PM

    American Mirror

    Derrick Skye

    Lakes Area Music Festival

    7:44
  • 2:04 PM

    Flute Concerto: 3rd movement

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    C.P.E. Bach Concertos

    Lyra Baroque Orchestra

    Jacques Ogg, conductor

    Wilbert Hazelzet, flute

    6:14
  • 2:01 PM

    Springdans fra Vestfold (Dance from Vestfold)

    Traditional Norwegian

    Trio Mediaeval

    1:35
  • 1:57 PM

    Romeo and Juliet: Gavotte

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    3:28
  • 1:52 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2: 3rd mvt

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Adolph Herseth, trumpet

    :00
  • 1:49 PM

    Oboe Concerto

    Richard Strauss

    Studio Orchestra

    Max Wilcox, conductor

    John de Lancie, oboe

    24:43
  • 1:42 PM

    Creatures of Prometheus: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Eugen Jochum, conductor

    5:37
  • 1:37 PM

    Sonata for Two Pianos: 3rd movement

    Muzio Clementi

    Piano Titans

    Anagnoson & Kinton, duo pianos

    3:40
  • 1:22 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 1, Sinfonia Concertante, etc.

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    13:07
  • 1:17 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 2: Rondo

    Franz Xaver Mozart

    Franz Xaver Mozart: Chamber Works

    Lukasz Blaszczyk, violin

    4:12
  • 1:08 PM

    Wine, Women, and Song (Wein, Weib und Gesang)

    Johann StraussJr.

    J Strauss II: Waltzes

    Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    5:55
  • 1:04 PM

    Children's Corner: Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum

    Claude Debussy

    Desirae Brown, piano

    Deondra Brown, piano

    2:25
  • 12:51 PM

    Karelia Overture

    Jean Sibelius

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    8:09
  • 12:45 PM

    Fantasia No. 9

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Folias and Fantasias

    Cavatina Duo

    5:16
  • 12:39 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Pastoral": Finale

    Francois-Joseph Gossec

    Le Mozart Noir

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    4:38
  • 12:34 PM

    Festival March

    Emil Reesen

    Emil Reesen: Orchestral Works

    Aalborg Symphony Orchestra

    Bo Holten, conductor

    3:39
  • 12:30 PM

    Walking Tune

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger: Vol. 1 - Orchestral Works 1

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    3:55
  • 12:18 PM

    Concerto for Two Mandolins

    Antonio Vivaldi

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    James Tyler, mandolin

    Robin Jeffrey, mandolin

    10:05
  • 12:15 PM

    Canzon Septimi Toni No. 2

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Royal Academy of Music Brass

    3:09
  • 12:10 PM

    Sarabande

    Ethel Smyth

    Liana Serbescu, piano

    3:21
  • 12:04 PM

    Symphony No. 98: 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    5:05
  • 11:53 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    6:02
  • 11:50 AM

    Hungarian Dance No. 18

    Johannes Brahms

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    1:28
  • 11:38 AM

    Symphony No. 8

    William Boyce

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    10:52
  • 11:33 AM

    Piano Quartet: Scherzo

    Robert Schumann

    Ames Piano Quartet

    3:33
  • 11:20 AM

    The Geniuses, or Love's Characters Ballet: Suite

    Mademoiselle Duval

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    11:42
  • 11:16 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 5

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic dances, Opp. 46 & 72

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vaclav Neumann, conductor

    3:13
  • 11:08 AM

    Serenade for Winds: Andante

    Julius Rontgen

    The Romantic Era in the Netherlands

    Viotta Ensemble

    6:44
  • 11:04 AM

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:23
  • 10:39 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Violin Concertos

    Orchestra Mozart

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Giuliano Carmignola, violin

    19:11
  • 10:33 AM

    Il Signor Bruschino: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    4:46
  • 10:18 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Thomas Arne

    Arne: Four Symphonies / Adrian Shepherd, Cantilena

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    14:18
  • 10:14 AM

    Fur Elise

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Palace of the Winds: Piano Music at the Movies

    Michael Chertock, piano

    2:58
  • 10:11 AM

    Lyric Pieces: Sommerfugl (Butterfly)

    Edvard Grieg

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    Michala Petri, recorder

    1:39
  • 10:06 AM

    Entry March of the Boyars

    Johan Halvorsen

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Jean, conductor

    5:01
  • 10:01 AM

    Symphony: 1st movement

    Antonio Rosetti

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    4:33
  • 9:45 AM

    Petite Suite

    Claude Debussy

    Musique Francaise

    CBC Vancouver Orchestra

    Mario Bernardi, conductor

    13:10
  • 9:33 AM

    Winter Poem No. 1

    Glenn Buhr

    Winter Poems - Music of Glenn Buhr

    Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra

    Bramwell Tovey, conductor

    10:02
  • 9:21 AM

    Othello Suite

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha OVerture / Petite Suite

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    10:35
  • 9:06 AM

    Concerto for Two Violins

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Violin Concertos

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    Andrew Manze, violin

    14:19
  • 9:01 AM

    Stephen Hough, piano

    4:36
  • 8:19 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    39:09
  • 8:12 AM

    Arabian Caprice

    Francisco Tarrega

    Anabel Montesinos: Guitar Recital

    Anabel Montesinos, guitar

    5:20
  • 8:06 AM

    Serenade for Flute, Harp and Strings

    Howard Hanson

    New Zealand Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor

    Alexa Still, flute

    5:34
  • 8:01 AM

    Suite of Dances No. 6

    Johann Ernst Rieck

    Stradivaria

    4:45
  • 7:49 AM

    The King's Violins

    Bernard Labadie, conductor

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    9:22
  • 7:41 AM

    October

    Eric Whitacre

    Passions

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    7:28
  • 7:11 AM

    Verklarte Nacht (Transfigured Night)

    Arnold Schoenberg

    Schoenberg: Verklarte Nacht; Kammersymphonien

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    28:34
  • 7:06 AM

    Dead Symphony No. 6: If I Had the World to Give

    Lee Johnson

    Russian National Orchestra

    Lee Johnson, conductor

    3:59
  • 7:01 AM

    The Mermaid Suite: Dance of 24 Mermaids

    Wu Zuqiang/Du Mingxin

    China National Symphony Orchestra

    Zuohuang Chen, conductor

    4:43
  • 6:38 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Felix Mendelssohn

    London Mozart Players

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    Howard Shelley, piano

    20:17
  • 6:33 AM

    Stabat mater dolorosa

    Pedro de Escobar

    New York Polyphony

    4:00
  • 6:06 AM

    String Quartet

    Ernst von Dohnanyi

    Dohnanyi: String Quartet, Serenade, and Sextet

    Nash Ensemble

    25:21
  • 6:01 AM

    Woodland Sketches (selected)

    Edward MacDowell

    Paula Robison, flute

    Eliot Fisk, guitar

    4:33
  • 5:38 AM

    November Woods

    Arnold Bax

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    20:27
  • 5:25 AM

    Emily Hoile, harp

    12:19
  • 5:06 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Fazil Say, piano

    16:49
  • 5:01 AM

    Nonetto: 1st movement

    Bohuslav Martinu

    Chamber Music Palm Beach

    4:47