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  • 4:19 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Antonin Dvorak

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

    Rustem Hayroudinoff, piano

    39:17
  • 4:14 AM

    Nocturne

    Phillip Houghton

    Bluetongue

    Guitar Trek

    3:21
  • 4:06 AM

    The Enchanted Lake

    Anatol Liadov

    The Enchanted Kingdom

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    6:57
  • 4:01 AM

    Pol

    Johann Johannsson

    Johann Johannsson: 12 Conversations with Thilo Heinzmann

    Echo Collective

    4:33
  • 3:48 AM

    Skylark Lullaby

    Jennifer Bellor

    Eastman Saxophone Project

    Chien-Kwan Lin, conductor

    10:22
  • 3:43 AM

    Cradle Song (Berceuse)

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Lyric Pieces

    Stephen Hough, piano

    2:29
  • 3:14 AM

    Swanwhite Suite

    Jean Sibelius

    Turku Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    29:24
  • 3:06 AM

    Dialogue for Harp and Clarinet

    Anna Segal

    Rachel Talitman, harp

    Jean-Marc Fessard, clarinet

    5:44
  • 3:01 AM

    The Beatitudes

    Vladimir Martynov

    Mari

    Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra

    Jonathan Stockhammer, conductor

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    4:44
  • 2:51 AM

    Cuban Landscape with Rain

    Leo Brouwer

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    6:59
  • 2:19 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Slavyanskaya"

    Alexander Glazunov

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    31:50
  • 2:06 AM

    Legende

    Florent Schmitt

    Schmitt: La Tragédie de Salomé - Musique sur l'eau

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Nikki Chooi, violin

    10:21
  • 2:01 AM

    The Sun Never Says

    Dan Forrest

    Enchanted Isle

    Voces8

    4:47
  • 1:43 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 2

    Zara Levina

    Maria Lettberg, piano

    15:06
  • 1:22 AM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 1

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    Andreas Ottensamer, clarinet

    19:58
  • 1:15 AM

    Bird Songs at Eventide

    Eric Coates

    Eric Coates: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Wilson, conductor

    4:55
  • 1:01 AM

    Legend No. 5

    Antonin Dvorak

    Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    4:28
  • 12:49 AM

    String Quartet No. 12 "Quartettsatz"

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: String Quartets

    Belcea Quartet

    9:26
  • 12:23 AM

    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 1; Paganini Rhapsody

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    23:58
  • 12:17 AM

    Lonely Waterloo

    Traditional Newfoundland

    On the Rock

    Ofra Harnoy, cello

    3:59
  • 12:06 AM

    Roscatha

    Arnold Bax

    Bax: Tone Poems, Vol. 2

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    10:50
  • 12:01 AM

    La verita in cimento (The Truth Contested): Sinfonia

    Antonio Vivaldi

    The King's Violins

    Mathieu Lussier, conductor

    4:44
  • 11:39 PM

    Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet, Nutcracker Suite

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    19:16
  • 11:19 PM

    On the Waterfront: Symphonic Suite

    Leonard Bernstein

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    19:25
  • 11:15 PM

    Porgy and Bess: Summertime

    George Gershwin

    Randall Goosby, violin

    Zhu Wang, piano

    2:01
  • 11:07 PM

    Mediodia en el Llano (Noon on the Plain)

    Antonio Estevez

    Fiesta

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    7:52
  • 11:01 PM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Adagio

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart � Salieri

    Armonia Ensemble

    4:36
  • 10:43 PM

    Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    THE BRITISH PROJECT

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, conductor

    15:18
  • 10:39 PM

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Branford Marsalis, saxophone

    2:42
  • 10:14 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 5 "Spring"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Isaac Stern, violin

    Eugene Istomin, piano

    24:11
  • 10:07 PM

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits

    Christoph Gluck

    Gluck: Orfeo Ed Euridice

    Insula Orchestra

    Laurence Equilbey, conductor

    6:11
  • 10:01 PM

    Sonata No. 8

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell Quartet

    4:49
  • 9:49 PM

    Concerto for Two Mandolins

    Antonio Vivaldi

    La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy

    Jean-Claude Malgoire, conductor

    Christian Schneider, mandolin

    Andre Saint-Clivier, mandolin

    9:20
  • 9:19 PM

    Symphony No. 3

    Florence Price

    Women's Philharmonic

    Apo Hsu, conductor

    29:20
  • 9:13 PM

    Aloha 'Oe (Farewell to You)

    Queen Liliuokalani

    Rose Ensemble

    4:19
  • 9:06 PM

    Rondo alla polacca

    Nikolaus von Krufft

    Ben Goldscheider, horn

    Daniel Hill, piano

    5:24
  • 9:01 PM

    Characteristic Suite: Scherzo

    Henry Schoenefeld

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    4:51
  • 8:54 PM

    Gary Steigerwalt, piano

    4:15
  • 8:22 PM

    Scottish Fantasy

    Max Bruch

    Homecoming

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Rory Macdonald, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    30:58
  • 8:17 PM

    Scottishe Kerlou

    Calum Stewart

    Bonfrost

    Nordic Fiddlers Bloc

    3:15
  • 8:06 PM

    Hamlet Overture

    Niels Gade

    Gade: Symphony No. 1; Echoes of Ossian Overture; Hamlet Overture

    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Dmitri Kitayenko, conductor

    10:03
  • 8:01 PM

    Perpetuum mobile

    Simon Jeffes

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    4:29
  • 7:53 PM

    Mephisto Masque

    Edmond Dede

    Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Rosenberg, conductor

    Kabin Thomas, tuba

    5:27
  • 7:21 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonien 1-9

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    30:51
  • 7:16 PM

    A La Mu Han (Chinese Folk Song)

    Wang Luobin

    40 Degrees North

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    2:44
  • 7:06 PM

    Orchestra-Symphony No. 3

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    English Concert

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    10:15
  • 7:01 PM

    Youthful Suite: English Waltz

    Percy Grainger

    Martin Jones, piano

    4:45
  • 6:49 PM

    Kunstler-Leben Walzer (Artist's Life)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss

    Vienna Volksopera Orchestra

    Franz Bauer-Theussl, conductor

    9:16
  • 6:26 PM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 2

    Bernhard Crusell

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    Martin Frost, clarinet

    22:06
  • 6:17 PM

    Prelude and Fugue No. 1

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, piano

    6:42
  • 6:06 PM

    Brazilian Suite: Dawn at the Mountains

    Alberto Nepomuceno

    Nepomuceno: Symphony in G minor

    Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra

    Fabio Mechetti, conductor

    10:07
  • 6:01 PM

    Six Short Pieces: selections

    Henriette Renie

    Kyunghee Kim-Sutre, harp

    4:47
  • 5:45 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Sonates pour violon et clavecin, vol. 2

    James Ehnes, violin

    13:33
  • 5:41 PM

    Bleeding Heart

    Fanny Gordon

    Tango

    Sinfonia ViVa

    Tomasz Radziwonowicz, conductor

    3:36
  • 5:22 PM

    Variations on a Theme by Haydn "St. Antoni Chorale"

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Four Symphonies

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    17:09
  • 5:16 PM

    Fragments from Hans Andersen: The bird of popular song

    York Bowen

    Bowen: Fragments from Hans Andersen, Studies for piano Op.46

    Nicolas Namoradze, piano

    4:23
  • 5:06 PM

    The Magic Harp

    Ina Boyle

    Dan Godfrey Encores

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    9:15
  • 5:01 PM

    Four Pieces: Dudelsack and Waltz

    Alfred Uhl

    Cumberland Quintet

    4:42
  • 4:54 PM

    Jota aragonese

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    4:07
  • 4:51 PM

    The Well-Tempered Guitars: Prelude and Fugue

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO, M.: Music for Two Guitars, Vol. 1 (Brasil Guitar Duo) - Sonatina canonica / Les guitares bien temperees: Nos. 1-12

    Brasil Guitar Duo

    2:56
  • 4:24 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 1

    Gabriel Faure

    Bomsori Kim, violin

    Rafal Blechacz, piano

    24:08
  • 4:10 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Horn Concertos and Concert Rondo

    London Sinfonietta

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Richard Watkins, horn

    12:40
  • 4:06 PM

    Othello Suite: Dance

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    2:16
  • 4:01 PM

    Paris Quartet No. 6: 6th movement

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Trio Sonnerie

    Wilbert Hazelzet, flute

    4:34
  • 3:54 PM

    The Trouble with Harry: A Portrait of Hitch

    Bernard Herrmann

    To Catch A Thief: A History Of Hitchcock II

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    8:48
  • 3:50 PM

    The Ghost and Mrs. Muir: Main Title and Finale

    Bernard Herrmann

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    5:01
  • 3:42 PM

    The Snows of Kilimanjaro: Memory Waltz

    Bernard Herrmann

    The Great Waltz

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    5:28
  • 3:38 PM

    Citizen Kane: Overture

    Bernard Herrmann

    Torn Curtain: The Classic Film Music Of Bernard Herrmann

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    2:47
  • 3:38 PM

    Citizen Kane: Main Title

    Bernard Herrmann

    Composed By: Classic Film Themes From Hollywood's Masters

    RKO Radio Studio Orchestra

    Bernard Herrmann, conductor

    2:39
  • 3:22 PM

    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

    Jerome Moross

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    14:23
  • 3:17 PM

    Lazy Afternoon

    Jerome Moross

    Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano

    Antonio Pappano, piano

    2:45
  • 3:12 PM

    The Big Country: Main Theme

    Jerome Moross

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Tony Bremner, conductor

    3:14
  • 3:07 PM

    The Cardinal: Stay with me

    Jerome Moross

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    2:57
  • 3:01 PM

    North by Northwest: Conversation Piece

    Bernard Herrmann

    To Catch A Thief: A History Of Hitchcock II

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    4:41
  • 2:36 PM

    Guitar Concerto No. 1

    Mauro Giuliani

    Vivaldi, Giuliani: Guitar Concertos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    George Malcolm, conductor

    Eduardo Fernandez, guitar

    22:31
  • 2:23 PM

    12 Variations on Mozart's "Ein Madchen oder Weibchen"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Hope Amid Tears

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    10:40
  • 2:19 PM

    Due West: Chickadee

    Stephen Chatman

    Vancouver Chamber Choir

    Jon Washburn, conductor

    2:17
  • 2:06 PM

    Swan Lake: Act 1: Scene, Waltz, and Scene

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake - Highlights

    Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    12:18
  • 1:44 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn, Hummel, Etc.: Trumpet Concertos

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    14:38
  • 1:38 PM

    Tropic Winter: Pompons and Fans

    Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    3:56
  • 1:23 PM

    Panamanian Dances

    William Grant Still

    William Grant Still: La Guiablesse, Danzas de Panama, Quit Dat Fool'nish, Summerland

    Berlin Symphony Orchestra

    Isaiah Jackson, conductor

    14:02
  • 1:15 PM

    Symphony No. 40: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies No. 40 & 41

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    7:00
  • 1:09 PM

    Peer Gynt: Morning Mood

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2, etc.

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    4:19
  • 1:06 PM

    Suite for Flute and Piano: Scherzo

    Charles-Marie Widor

    Paris: La Belle Epoque

    Robert Langevin, flute

    2:49
  • 12:45 PM

    Harp Concerto

    George Frideric Handel

    Italian Concerto

    Harp Consort

    Andrew Lawrence-King, conductor

    Andrew Lawrence-King, harp

    13:46
  • 12:17 PM

    String Quartet No. 8

    Antonin Dvorak

    Chilingirian Quartet

    25:52
  • 12:06 PM

    English Folk Song Suite

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    9:08
  • 12:01 PM

    Staatskapelle Weimar

    Peter Gulke, conductor

    4:38
  • 11:49 AM

    Serenade for Winds

    Richard Strauss

    Richard Strauss: Don Juan; Burlesque; Serenade; Till Eulenspiegel

    Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paavo Berglund, conductor

    9:16
  • 11:25 AM

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    22:35
  • 11:09 AM

    Umbrian Scene

    Ulysses Kay

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Arthur Fagen, conductor

    13:33
  • 11:06 AM

    Two Dialogues with Postscript: Morning Serenade

    Valentin Silvestrov

    Helene Grimaud: The Messenger

    Camerata Salzburg

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    2:48
  • 11:01 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Entry of the Fairies

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    4:49
  • 10:44 AM

    Rapsodie espagnole

    Maurice Ravel

    Escales: French Orchestral Works

    Sinfonia of London

    John Wilson, conductor

    14:32
  • 10:43 AM

    Menuet

    Philbert Rebille

    La Magnifique: Flute Music for the Court of Louis XIV

    Barthold Kuijken, flute

    :53
  • 10:26 AM

    Piano Trio "Elegiaque" No. 1

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff

    Barbican Piano Trio

    15:01
  • 10:19 AM

    In Praise of Music

    Robert Kyr

    Kyr: In Praise of Music

    Antioch Chamber Ensemble

    Joshua Copeland, conductor

    5:37
  • 10:06 AM

    Musica Celestis

    Aaron Jay Kernis

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    12:21
  • 10:01 AM

    Flute Quartet No. 1: 2nd movement

    Francois-Joseph Gossec

    Francois-Joseph Gossec: Six Quatuors Avec Flute

    Milliere String Trio

    Patrice Bocquillon, flute

    4:42
  • 9:53 AM

    Generations: Sinfonietta No. 2: Alla sarabande

    Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    Serenely Cedille: Relaxing Rarities From Chicago's Classical Label

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    5:36
  • 9:48 AM

    Silver Clouds Chasing the Moon

    Ren Guang

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    3:33
  • 9:19 AM

    Symphony No. 90

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    27:46
  • 9:06 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Edward Elgar

    And the Bridge is Love: English Music for Strings

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Julian Lloyd Webber, conductor

    11:32
  • 9:01 AM

    Three Parts on a Ground

    Henry Purcell

    Stradivaria

    4:45
  • 8:43 AM

    Eight Russian Folk Songs

    Anatol Liadov

    Liadov: The Enchanted Lake, and other orchestral works.

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    15:32
  • 8:31 AM

    Air Russe Varie

    Louise Farrenc

    Joanne Polk, piano

    10:59
  • 8:10 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    19:17
  • 8:06 AM

    Consort for Ten Winds: Sautereau

    Robert Spittal

    Atlanta Chamber Winds

    Robert J. Ambrose, conductor

    3:32
  • 8:01 AM

    Pastoral and Reel

    Thomas C. Kelly

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    4:39
  • 7:56 AM

    Oskar Ekberg, piano

    2:21
  • 7:14 AM

    Symphony No. 4 "Summer Symphony"

    Erkki Melartin

    Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonid Grin, conductor

    Pia Freund, soprano

    Lilli Paasikivi, mezzo-soprano

    Laura Nykanen, soprano

    41:33
  • 7:06 AM

    Wisteria

    Ilari Kaila

    The Bells Bow Down

    Aizuri Quartet

    6:16
  • 7:01 AM

    Humoresque No. 3

    Jean Sibelius

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Pekka Kuusisto, conductor

    Pekka Kuusisto, violin

    4:32
  • 6:42 AM

    Tristan and Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod (Love Death)

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Overtures And Orchestral Music

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    16:28
  • 6:38 AM

    Aire de Zamba (Song of Yearning)

    Agustin Barrios

    John Williams, guitar

    2:44
  • 6:06 AM

    The Tale of the Stone Flower

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    30:29
  • 6:01 AM

    Le Temps des lilas (In the time of the lilacs)

    Ernest Chausson

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    Daria Hovora, piano

    4:45
  • 5:48 AM

    Toccata and Fugue

    Joaquin Turina

    Fantasias and Fugues: Music for Harp

    Katrina Szederkenyi, harp

    10:04
  • 5:22 AM

    Nights in the Gardens of Spain

    Manuel de Falla

    Paris Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    Martha Argerich, piano

    24:54
  • 5:06 AM

    Symphonie Fantastique: Reveries

    Hector Berlioz

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    14:43
  • 5:01 AM

    Intermezzo No. 6

    Johannes Brahms

    Lullabies For Mila

    Alessio Bax, piano

    4:41