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  • 4:33 AM

    Four Tone Poems after Arnold Bocklin

    Max Reger

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    24:57
  • 4:25 AM

    Eventide

    Byron Adams

    A Harvest Home

    Cantus

    6:48
  • 4:11 AM

    Wind Quintet

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Greatest Hits

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    12:44
  • 4:01 AM

    Invitation to the Dance

    Carl Maria von Weber

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    10:01
  • 3:43 AM

    Five Pieces for String Orchestra

    Heino Eller

    Music from Estonia, Vol. 1

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    15:15
  • 3:29 AM

    Sonata for Harp and Guitar

    Anthony Sidney

    Miguel Bonachea, guitar

    Gretchen Chell Cover, harp

    13:01
  • 3:20 AM

    Airs ecossais (Scottish Airs)

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Platt, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    7:30
  • 3:06 AM

    Flute Sonata

    Francis Poulenc

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    Eric le Sage, piano

    12:33
  • 3:01 AM

    Prelude

    Heino Kaski

    Scandinavian Rhapsody, A Selection of Orchestral Favourites

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:41
  • 2:43 AM

    Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Orchestral Works

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    15:52
  • 2:29 AM

    The Song of Hiawatha: Overture

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    11:22
  • 2:20 AM

    String Quartet No. 3: Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Calidore String Quartet

    7:15
  • 2:06 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Early Symphonies, Vol. 1

    Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

    Hans Graf, conductor

    13:37
  • 2:01 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 52: 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Roman Rabinovich, piano

    4:35
  • 1:48 AM

    Water Music Suite No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Water Music, Rodrigo

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    10:56
  • 1:39 AM

    Solemn March for Shakespeare Celebration

    Bedrich Smetana

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vaclav Neumann, conductor

    6:58
  • 1:32 AM

    Fanfare Ritmico

    Jennifer Higdon

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    7:10
  • 1:07 AM

    Gaite Parisienne: Selections

    Jacques Offenbach

    Offenbach: Gaite; Five Overtures

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    23:12
  • 1:01 AM

    From Foreign Lands: Germany

    Moritz Moszkowski

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    4:37
  • 12:49 AM

    Concert Piece for Clarinet and Basset Horn

    Felix Mendelssohn

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Alun Francis, conductor

    Thea King, clarinet

    Georgina Dobree, basset horn

    9:06
  • 12:25 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 15 "Pastoral"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Stephen Kovacevich: The Complete Piano Sonatas

    Stephen Kovacevich, piano

    22:41
  • 12:21 AM

    Seven Desires: 2

    Tan Dun

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    1:09
  • 12:06 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Hans Gal

    Late Romantics

    Symphony Nova Scotia

    Georg Tintner, conductor

    15:11
  • 12:01 AM

    Light of a Clear Blue Morning

    Dolly Parton

    A Company Of Voices: Conspirare In Concert

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    4:31
  • 11:51 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Johann Fasch

    Paillard Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Francois Paillard, conductor

    Maurice Andre, trumpet

    7:12
  • 11:35 PM

    Carmen Fantasy

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Leila Josefowicz, violin

    13:53
  • 11:26 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 19: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Radoslaw Szulc, conductor

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    7:42
  • 11:14 PM

    Old Wine in New Bottles

    Gordon Jacob

    The Chamber Winds

    Chamber Winds

    11:51
  • 11:06 PM

    Scherzando No. 5

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn Ensemble Berlin

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    7:08
  • 11:01 PM

    Shepherd's Song

    Han-Kun Sha

    Chinasong | Shanghai Quartet

    Shanghai Quartet

    4:47
  • 10:47 PM

    William Tell: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    11:02
  • 10:33 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Grand Pas de Deux

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    11:48
  • 10:25 PM

    Symphonie Espagnole: Rondo

    Edouard Lalo

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    6:58
  • 10:21 PM

    Pine Trees

    Mary Lattimore

    Mary Lattimore, harp

    3:19
  • 10:18 PM

    Alessio Bax, piano

    2:37
  • 10:06 PM

    Second Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Composer's Collection: Gustav Holst

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    11:33
  • 10:01 PM

    Hook: Flight to Neverland

    John Williams

    Celebrating John Williams

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    4:48
  • 9:41 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss, Weber: Horn Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Concertino For Horn

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    16:16
  • 9:37 PM

    The Entertainer

    Scott Joplin

    Giovanni De Chiaro, guitar

    3:56
  • 9:26 PM

    Night on Bald Mountain

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Stokowski Transcriptions

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    9:10
  • 9:23 PM

    Twelve Studies: For the glissando

    York Bowen

    Nicolas Namoradze, piano

    1:30
  • 9:06 PM

    Les Preludes

    Franz Liszt

    Encore!

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    16:41
  • 9:03 PM

    Minuet No. 3

    Giacomo Puccini

    R. Strauss, Verdi, Puccini: String Quartets

    Enso String Quartet

    2:41
  • 8:38 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 12

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Sonatas

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    19:45
  • 8:26 PM

    A Children's Overture

    Roger Quilter

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    10:50
  • 8:18 PM

    Air for Flute

    Alec Wilder

    Manhattan Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Auldon Clark, conductor

    Eugenia Zukerman, flute

    5:59
  • 8:06 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 1st movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Piano Quintets In A, Op.5 & Op.81; Borodin: Quartet

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    12:04
  • 8:01 PM

    Piano Quintet: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Joseph Haydn: Piano Chamber Music

    Haydn Trio Eisenstadt

    Martin Brambock, horn

    4:31
  • 7:50 PM

    Symphony No. 4

    Carl Friedrich Abel

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    8:39
  • 5:50 PM

    Das Rheingold: Entry of the Gods into Valhalla

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Overtures and Preludes

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    8:46
  • 5:41 PM

    Concerto No. 8 for Four Recorders

    Johann Heinichen

    Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble

    7:14
  • 5:11 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Concertos

    Camerata Ireland

    Barry Douglas, conductor

    Barry Douglas, piano

    28:51
  • 5:06 PM

    The Temple of Glory: Air for the Muses

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    4:27
  • 5:01 PM

    Toccata Marziale

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Donald Hunsberger, conductor

    4:32
  • 4:47 PM

    Children's Games (Jeux d'enfants)

    Georges Bizet

    Rossini: La Boutique Fantasque

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    11:30
  • 4:26 PM

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    19:16
  • 4:21 PM

    Prelude No. 2

    George Gershwin

    Leonard Bernstein, piano

    4:09
  • 4:06 PM

    String Quartet No. 8

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Hagen Quartet

    13:55
  • 4:00 PM

    Contredanse and Tarantelle

    Frederic Chopin

    Malcom Frager plays Chopin

    Malcolm Frager, piano

    4:35
  • 3:50 PM

    Carnival Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Overtures; Symphonic Poems; Symphonic Variations, etc.

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Kubelik, conductor

    8:53
  • 3:40 PM

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    9:49
  • 3:21 PM

    Quintet

    Johann Christian Bach

    Florigelium Musicale: Vivaldi, Marcello, Quantz, J.Ch. Bach, Fasch

    Camerata Cologne

    17:23
  • 3:12 PM

    Adagio for Strings

    Samuel Barber

    I Solisti Italiani

    7:03
  • 3:06 PM

    D'un matin de printemps (Of a Spring Morning)

    Lili Boulanger

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    4:57
  • 3:01 PM

    Sonata No. 16

    Giovanni Fontana

    A Tre Violini

    Stradivaria

    4:31
  • 2:51 PM

    Urban Dance No. 1

    Richard Danielpour

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Zdenek Macal, conductor

    6:23
  • 2:45 PM

    Clarinet Quartet No. 2: Pastorale

    Bernhard Crusell

    Crusell Clarinet Quartets

    Osmo Vanska, clarinet

    4:49
  • 2:43 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Keyboard Concertos Nos. 3, 5, 6, 7

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Murray Perahia, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    15:37
  • 2:34 PM

    Conversation Symphony for Two Orchestras

    John Marsh

    Marsh: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    10:41
  • 2:17 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Keyboard Concertos Nos. 3, 5, 6, 7

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Murray Perahia, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    15:37
  • 2:07 PM

    An Outdoor Overture

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Orchestral Works

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Louis Lane, conductor

    8:57
  • 2:00 PM

    Fast Blue Village 2

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Habemus Quartet

    5:56
  • 1:53 PM

    Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

    Aram Khachaturian

    Serenade

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    6:27
  • 1:50 PM

    The Pajama Game: Hey There

    Richard Adler & Jerry Ross

    Original Cast

    John Raitt, vocal

    3:00
  • 1:42 PM

    Paganini Etude No. 3 "La Campanella"

    Franz Liszt

    Yundi Li: Liszt

    Yundi Li, piano

    4:39
  • 1:31 PM

    String Quintet: Finale

    Franz Schubert

    Brentano String Quartet

    Michael Kannen, cello

    10:01
  • 1:23 PM

    King Stephen: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    6:51
  • 1:17 PM

    Farewell to Stromness

    Peter Maxwell Davies

    Soundscapes

    Mississippi Guitar Quartet

    4:19
  • 1:09 PM

    Der Rosenkavalier: Mit Mir Waltz

    Richard Strauss

    The Great Waltz

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    4:40
  • 1:04 PM

    Caprice viennois (Viennese Caprice)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Music of Fritz Kreisler

    James Ehnes, violin

    4:15
  • 12:48 PM

    Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1

    Georges Enescu

    Pops Concert

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    11:31
  • 12:44 PM

    The Drunken Sailor

    Traditional

    Cantus

    2:46
  • 12:41 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 10

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Nine Hungarian Dances; Dvorak

    North German Radio Symphony

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    1:44
  • 12:35 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 10

    Antonin Dvorak

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    6:02
  • 12:29 PM

    Hymn for String Orchestra

    Henry Cowell

    City of London Sinfonia

    David Amos, conductor

    Karen Elaine, viola

    5:05
  • 12:24 PM

    The Waltzing Cat

    Leroy Anderson

    Symphony Orchestra (un-named)

    Richard Hayman, conductor

    2:58
  • 12:17 PM

    Symphony No. 5: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky Waltzes

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Sergiu Comissiona, conductor

    6:29
  • 12:09 PM

    Trumpet Sonata No. 1

    Henry Purcell

    Trumpet Music from the Italian Baroque

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Christopher Warren-Green, conductor

    John Wallace, trumpet

    6:45
  • 12:04 PM

    Dance of the Shepherd Girl

    Hugo Alfven

    Sibelius: Finlandia, Valse Triste; Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfar

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    3:56
  • 11:45 AM

    Agincourt Overture

    Walter Leigh

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    12:28
  • 11:43 AM

    Henry V Suite

    William Walton

    Walton: Belshazzar's Feast/ Henry V Suite

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    16:46
  • 11:30 AM

    Overture No. 6

    Francesco Veracini

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    10:45
  • 11:24 AM

    Symphony No. 29: 4th movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Introducing the Complete Mozart Edition

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:55
  • 11:18 AM

    Amelia Goes to the Ball: Overture

    Gian Carlo Menotti

    New York Philharmonic

    Thomas Schippers, conductor

    4:14
  • 11:10 AM

    Ode for St. Cecilia's Day: Overture; March

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Famous Overtures & Marches

    Concentus Musicus Vienna

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    7:08
  • 11:04 AM

    Andante festivo

    Jean Sibelius

    Live in Concert

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    Damon Gupton, conductor

    4:35
  • 10:49 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Scottish": 4th movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    9:35
  • 10:41 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    William Boyce

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    6:36
  • 10:34 AM

    Symphony No. 4: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Four Symphonies

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    6:09
  • 10:23 AM

    Gli Incogniti

    Amandine Beyer, conductor

    10:29
  • 10:16 AM

    Un Ballo in Maschera Quadrille

    Johann StraussJr.

    2018 New Year's Concerto

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    5:28
  • 10:06 AM

    Sigurd Jorsalfar: Homage March

    Edvard Grieg

    Sibelius: Finlandia

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    8:52
  • 10:01 AM

    Symphony No. 5: Scherzo

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Symphonies 1 & 5

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:33
  • 9:52 AM

    Graceful Ghost Rag

    William Bolcom

    Haerim Elizabeth Lee, violin

    Alex Brown, piano

    6:32
  • 9:23 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Louis Theodore Gouvy

    Gouvy: Symphony 4; Fantasie symphonique

    German Radio Philharmonic

    Jacques Mercier, conductor

    27:11
  • 9:16 AM

    Fisherman's Song by Moonlight

    Traditional Chinese

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    Yuan Sha, guzheng

    5:00
  • 9:06 AM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Theme and Variations

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Ensemble Intercontemporain

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    9:24
  • 9:01 AM

    L'Orfeo Baroque Orchestra

    Michi Gaigg, conductor

    4:31
  • 8:42 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 23

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Piano Sonatas

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    16:37
  • 8:20 AM

    Idillio-Concertino

    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

    Folkwang Chamber Orchestra

    Robert Maxym, conductor

    Omar Zoboli, oboe

    21:14
  • 8:11 AM

    An Irish Symphony: In the Antrim Hills

    Hamilton Harty

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    7:21
  • 8:06 AM

    An Rogaire Dubh

    Traditional

    Brooklyn Rider

    Martin Hayes, Irish fiddle

    4:14
  • 8:01 AM

    On Distant Waves (Sur les flots lointains)

    Charles Koechlin

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:45
  • 7:24 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    Mahler Chamber Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    Daniil Trifonov, piano

    34:45
  • 7:18 AM

    Toccata

    Johann Froberger

    Royal Brass: Music from the Renaissance & Baroque

    Empire Brass

    5:08
  • 7:06 AM

    Disguises: Music for Miriam

    Jon Lord

    Jon Lord: Boom Of The Tingling Strings

    Odense Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Mann, conductor

    10:13
  • 7:01 AM

    Duettino

    Jan Dussek

    Genetic Harps

    Gretchen Van Hoesen, harp

    4:42
  • 6:49 AM

    Scheherazade: The Young Prince and the Young Princess

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Mad About Love

    Orchestre de la Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    9:42
  • 6:18 AM

    Interchange

    Sergio Assad

    Interchange: Concertos by Rodrigo and Assad

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    David Amado, conductor

    30:13
  • 6:06 AM

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    Mark Steinberg, violin

    9:50
  • 6:01 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Andante

    Max Bruch

    Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra

    George Hanson, conductor

    4:34
  • 5:36 AM

    String Quartet No. 5

    Philip Glass

    Brooklyn Rider

    22:11
  • 5:27 AM

    Field of Dreams: The Place Where Dreams Come True

    James Horner

    Studio Orchestra

    James Horner, conductor

    9:07
  • 5:06 AM

    An American in Paris

    George Gershwin

    Seattle Symphony

    Ludovic Morlot, conductor

    18:35