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  • 4:27 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Jean Sibelius

    Mendelssohn, Sibelius: Violin Concertos

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    Sarah Chang, violin

    31:14
  • 4:21 AM

    Fandango

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    De Falla, Ponce, Rodrigo

    Manuel Barrueco, guitar

    3:50
  • 4:06 AM

    Impressions d'ardennes

    Joseph Jongen

    National Orchestra of Belgium

    Roman Kofman, conductor

    14:47
  • 4:01 AM

    Fantasia Suite No. 8

    John Jenkins

    Locke Consort

    4:36
  • 3:51 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Winter Dreams": 3rd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphonies No 1 & 2 / Schwarz, Seattle Symphony

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    7:31
  • 3:16 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Hans Vonk, conductor

    Christian Zacharias, piano

    34:03
  • 3:11 AM

    Harp Sonata: 1st movement

    Sophia Dussek

    Judy Loman, harp

    2:35
  • 3:06 AM

    Cantata No. 133: Ich freue mich in dir

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Christmas with Septura

    Septura

    4:09
  • 3:01 AM

    Aliens with Extraordinary Abilities: Take Anything You Want

    David Skidmore

    Third Coast Percussion

    4:39
  • 2:37 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Edvard Grieg

    Tromso Chamber Orchestra

    Henning Kraggerud, violin

    21:15
  • 2:27 AM

    Kreisleriana No. 2

    Robert Schumann

    Anton Kuerti, piano

    8:21
  • 2:17 AM

    Dana Maiben, violin

    Robert Mealy, violin

    Jane Hershey, viola da gamba

    Peter Sykes, harpsichord

    Frances Conover Fitch, harpsichord

    8:11
  • 2:06 AM

    Hungarian Pastoral Fantasy

    Franz Doppler

    Favorite Encores

    Tokyo Concert Orchestra

    Shigenobu Yamaoka, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    10:10
  • 2:01 AM

    Serenade for Guitar and Strings

    Malcolm Arnold

    English Guitar Concertos

    Northern Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Craig Ogden, guitar

    4:31
  • 1:39 AM

    La Peri (The Fairy)

    Paul Dukas

    Dukas: La Peri, De Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat

    New York Philharmonic

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    19:13
  • 1:25 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 24

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Piano Sonatas

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    11:57
  • 1:18 AM

    The Days (I giorni)

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Ludovico Einaudi: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    5:44
  • 1:06 AM

    Capriol Suite

    Peter Warlock

    English Music for Strings

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    George Hurst, conductor

    9:45
  • 1:01 AM

    The Upas Tree

    Anton Arensky

    Ravishingly Russian

    Houston Chamber Choir

    Robert Simpson, conductor

    4:45
  • 12:46 AM

    Snow Maiden Suite

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    12:28
  • 12:16 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    National Arts Centre Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    27:56
  • 12:06 AM

    Spring Song

    Jean Sibelius

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:20
  • 12:01 AM

    Butterfly's Day Out

    Mark O'Connor

    The Essential Yo-Yo Ma

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:41
  • 11:52 PM

    Concerto for Two Oboes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    Rachel Chaplin, oboe

    Mark Baigent, oboe

    6:30
  • 11:46 PM

    Waltz No. 9 "L'adieu"

    Frederic Chopin

    Pavel Kolesnikov, piano

    4:14
  • 11:34 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    11:16
  • 11:21 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 1st movement

    Elfrida Andree

    Stockholm Symphony Orchestra

    Gustaf Sjokvist, conductor

    11:21
  • 11:06 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Horn Concertos

    Hanover Band

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    Anthony Halstead, horn

    14:08
  • 11:01 PM

    Aleko: Women's Dance

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    4:36
  • 10:45 PM

    Concert Fantasy on Mozart's Magic Flute

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Navarra Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Martinez Izquierdo, conductor

    Tianwa Yang, violin

    12:57
  • 10:27 PM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin

    Maurice Ravel

    The French Connection

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    16:51
  • 10:20 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 8 "Pathetique": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    5:17
  • 10:13 PM

    Yao Dance

    Liu Tieshan

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    6:11
  • 10:06 PM

    Symphony No. 6

    William Boyce

    William Boyce Symphonies

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Ronald Thomas, conductor

    6:37
  • 10:01 PM

    Symphony No. 37: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    4:49
  • 9:46 PM

    Sonata for Flute and Harp

    Jean-Baptiste Krumpholtz

    Shigenori Kudo, flute

    Naoko Yoshino, harp

    12:15
  • 9:40 PM

    Thais: Meditation

    Jules Massenet

    Violin for Relaxation

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    5:21
  • 9:30 PM

    Der Zigeunerbaron (The Gypsy Baron): Overture

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    7:57
  • 9:23 PM

    Viennese Ladies Landler

    Franz Schubert

    Ensemble Wien

    7:00
  • 9:17 PM

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers Awake)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    4:18
  • 9:06 PM

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    10:08
  • 9:03 PM

    The Seasons: September (The Hunt)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    2:41
  • 8:49 PM

    Sonatina No. 1 "From an Invalid's Workshop": 2nd movement

    Richard Strauss

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    8:53
  • 8:36 PM

    Mephisto Waltz No. 1 "Dance in the Village Inn"

    Franz Liszt

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    11:58
  • 8:29 PM

    A Yiddishe Mamme

    Traditional

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Dov Seltzer, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    6:46
  • 8:15 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    12:10
  • 8:06 PM

    Oboe Concerto No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Apollo e Dafne

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    Bruce Haynes, oboe

    8:07
  • 8:01 PM

    Nabucco: Va, pensiero (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves)

    Giuseppe Verdi

    The #1 Opera Album

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    4:34
  • 7:46 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Overtures

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    12:02
  • 5:47 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 7

    Giovanni Paisiello

    Paisiello: Piano Concertos Vol. 2

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Stephanie Gonley, conductor

    Mariaclara Monetti, piano

    11:14
  • 5:21 PM

    Symphony No. 4

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphonies 1 & 4

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    24:13
  • 5:17 PM

    Miniatures: Suliko

    Sulkhan Tsintsadze

    A Sicilian Traveller

    Avos Chamber Orchestra

    Alessio Pianelli, cello

    2:35
  • 5:06 PM

    Concerto for Two Flutes and Two Oboes

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    10:24
  • 5:01 PM

    Suite for Strings: Prelude

    Joan Trimble

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    4:46
  • 4:44 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: Piano Concertos BVW 1052, 1054, 1056, 1057

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Janos Rolla, conductor

    Cyprien Katsaris, piano

    14:36
  • 4:24 PM

    3 Argentinian Cantilenas and Finale

    Carlos Guastavino

    Camerata Bariloche

    18:07
  • 4:21 PM

    Pensees lyriques: Berceuse

    Jean Sibelius

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    2:01
  • 4:06 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Classical"

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    13:33
  • 4:01 PM

    The Honeysuckle; The Fairy Round; The Night Watch

    Anthony Holborne

    Nocturnal

    Jakob Lindberg, lute

    4:46
  • 3:46 PM

    Ma vlast (My Country): From Bohemia's Woods and Fields

    Bedrich Smetana

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    12:30
  • 3:25 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Violin Concertos

    Orchestra Mozart

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Giuliano Carmignola, violin

    19:11
  • 3:18 PM

    Sonata for 2 Pianos

    Francis Poulenc

    French Duets

    Steven Osborne, piano

    5:51
  • 3:06 PM

    Symphony No. 3

    Carl Friedrich Abel

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    10:59
  • 3:01 PM

    Bees and Bumblebees

    Eugene Arcade Dede

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    4:33
  • 2:38 PM

    Symphony on a Hymn Tune

    Virgil Thomson

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    20:21
  • 2:37 PM

    Symphony on a Hymn Tune

    Virgil Thomson

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    20:21
  • 2:31 PM

    Etude No. 7

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    4:51
  • 2:19 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra

    Peter Schreier, conductor

    Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet

    10:39
  • 2:05 PM

    London Fields

    Phyllis Tate

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    12:53
  • 1:57 PM

    Danzon Cubano

    Aaron Copland

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    6:31
  • 1:46 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 4

    Arcangelo Corelli

    London Calling: Handel and His Contemporaries

    Bjarte Eike, violin

    10:00
  • 1:37 PM

    La Cenerentola (Cinderella): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jaime Laredo, conductor

    7:52
  • 1:32 PM

    El Pronunciamento

    Edmond Dede

    Gary Hammond, piano

    3:13
  • 1:28 PM

    Music for the Royal Fireworks: La Rejouissance

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Water Music, Royal Fireworks

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    3:05
  • 1:21 PM

    Music for the Royal Fireworks

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Water Music, Royal Fireworks

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    18:31
  • 1:17 PM

    Petit Quatuor: Cantilene

    Jean Francaix

    The Clarinotts

    2:24
  • 1:07 PM

    Octet: 5th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Gaudier Ensemble

    6:20
  • 1:04 PM

    Sinfonietta: Fanfare

    Leos Janacek

    Dvorak: Legends, Op. 59; Janacek: Sinfonietta

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    2:29
  • 12:47 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 9 "Jeunehomme": 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Concertos Nos. 9 & 21

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    11:14
  • 12:43 PM

    Exsultate, Jubilate: Alleluia

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart 250 - A Celebration

    Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Judith Blegen, soprano

    2:42
  • 12:32 PM

    Overture for a Masque

    E.J. Moeran

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    9:31
  • 12:26 PM

    Swan Lake: Russian Dance

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    Esther Yoo, violin

    4:23
  • 12:20 PM

    Spanish Dance No. 4 "Villanesca"

    Enrique Granados

    Granados: 12 Danzas Espanolas

    Angel Romero, guitar

    5:22
  • 12:16 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 5

    Johannes Brahms

    With Love from Vienna

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    2:48
  • 12:11 PM

    Folk Songs for Orchestra: Going to lay down my sword and shield

    George Walker

    Cleveland Chamber Symphony

    Edwin London, conductor

    4:03
  • 12:09 PM

    Nora's Dance

    Nora Holt

    Lara Downes, piano

    1:47
  • 12:04 PM

    Joyous March

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Tortelier's French Bonbons

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    3:38
  • 11:55 AM

    Karelia Suite: Alla Marcia

    Jean Sibelius

    Finlandia 3 - Finnish Music

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    4:28
  • 11:46 AM

    Jean de Paris: Overture

    Francois Boieldieu

    Francois-Adrien Boieldieu: Piano Concerto; Six Overtures

    Swiss Italian Orchestra

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    7:50
  • 11:39 AM

    Quintetto: Finale

    Jens Emborg

    Carion: Nielsen's Footsteps

    Carion Wind Quintet

    4:54
  • 11:31 AM

    L'Estro Armonico: Concerto No. 1 for Four Violins

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Brecon Baroque

    Rachel Podger, violin

    7:39
  • 11:26 AM

    Prelude

    (Marie) Clemence de Grandval

    GRANDVAL: Oboe Works

    Lajos Lencses, English horn

    2:58
  • 11:20 AM

    Symphony No. 48 "Maria Theresia": 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies No 48 & 49

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    5:04
  • 11:16 AM

    Dancing for Love, Dancing for the Gods: Light and Quick

    Bruce Broughton

    Dance Sketches

    Chicago Harp Quartet

    3:07
  • 11:08 AM

    Namouna: Cigarette Waltz

    Edouard Lalo

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Robertson, conductor

    6:15
  • 11:04 AM

    Song without Words No. 30 "Spring Song"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Songs without Words

    Luba Edlina, piano

    2:58
  • 10:43 AM

    The Good-humored Ladies

    Vincenzo Tommasini

    Irving: Glazunov, Scarlatti/Tommasini, Bach/Walton

    Concert Arts Orchestra

    Robert Irving, conductor

    14:56
  • 10:36 AM

    Three Preludes

    George Gershwin

    Septura

    7:03
  • 10:26 AM

    Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

    Hans Graf, conductor

    7:56
  • 10:22 AM

    Carmen: Entrance of the Toreadors

    Georges Bizet

    The Greatest Choral Show On Earth

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    4:16
  • 10:17 AM

    Violin Partita No. 3: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Solace

    Ray Chen, violin

    3:57
  • 10:12 AM

    Eternal Song

    Gerard Drozd

    Lily Afshar, guitar

    4:17
  • 10:06 AM

    Fantasy-Impromptu

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Preludes and Impromptus

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    4:54
  • 10:01 AM

    Romantic Waltz

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy's Harp

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    4:34
  • 9:47 AM

    Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

    Alexander Borodin

    Offenbach: Gaite Parisienne

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    11:28
  • 9:33 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 6

    Arcangelo Corelli

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    11:58
  • 9:27 AM

    Musette de Choisie and Tavernie

    Francois Couperin

    The Sun King's Paradise

    Palladian Ensemble

    5:18
  • 9:07 AM

    Holberg Suite

    Edvard Grieg

    Rotterdam Chamber Orchestra

    Conrad van Alphen, conductor

    19:39
  • 9:01 AM

    The Rain

    Joe Hisaishi

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:47
  • 8:38 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Jerome Moross

    London Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    20:04
  • 8:28 AM

    Musica serena

    Peteris Vasks

    Dedicated to

    Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra

    Juha Kangas, conductor

    10:01
  • 8:06 AM

    Celtic Symphony

    Granville Bantock

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    19:55
  • 8:01 AM

    Three Late Love Songs: Tranquillo

    Kurt Schwertsik

    Christopher van Kampen, cello

    Nicola Meecham, piano

    4:32
  • 7:43 AM

    Oboe d'Amore Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    John Abberger, oboe d'amore

    15:11
  • 7:35 AM

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    Nicholas Trygstad, cello

    Desmond Neysmith, cello

    Chris Murray, cello

    Robert Max, cello

    Ashok Klouda, cello

    7:31
  • 7:30 AM

    Miserere mei, Deus

    William Byrd

    Aurora Orchestra

    Nicholas Collon, conductor

    3:23
  • 7:07 AM

    Symphony No. 9: Adagio

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler: Symphony No. 9

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    23:22
  • 7:01 AM

    Hocus Pocus: Klutzy Witches

    Clarice Assad

    Duo Noire

    4:36
  • 6:32 AM

    Arpeggione Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Sonatas for Piano and Arpeggione

    David Finckel, cello

    26:14
  • 6:25 AM

    Sea Sketches: Calm Sea in Summer

    Grace Williams

    Manitoba Chamber Orchestra

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    6:06
  • 6:06 AM

    The North Star

    Aaron Copland

    Eos Orchestra

    Jonathan Sheffer, conductor

    17:21
  • 6:01 AM

    Song and Dance No. 9

    Federico Mompou

    Stephen Hough, piano

    4:33
  • 5:44 AM

    String Quartet No. 12

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Hagen Quartet

    14:45
  • 5:21 AM

    Harlem Symphony

    James Price Johnson

    Concordia

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    21:44
  • 5:06 AM

    Concerto for Oboe and Violin

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Camerata Bern

    Erich Hobarth, conductor

    Heinz Holliger, oboe

    Erich Hobarth, violin

    13:17
  • 5:01 AM

    Orphee Suite: Orphee and the Princess

    Philip Glass

    The Orpheus Suite for Piano

    Paul Barnes, piano

    4:36