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  • 4:35 AM

    String Quartet

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Vermeer Quartet

    23:10
  • 4:30 AM

    German Requiem: Wie lieblich (How lovely are thy dwelling places)

    Johannes Brahms

    MDR Radio Chorus Leipzig

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    4:52
  • 4:06 AM

    Concerto After Handel

    Arnold Schoenberg

    Schoenberg: Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra (after Handel); R. Strauss: Divertimento, Op. 86 (after Couperin)

    New York Chamber Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    21:38
  • 4:01 AM

    Violin Sonata: Ballad

    Leos Janacek

    Strauss, Janacek & Debussy: Sonatas for Violin and Piano

    Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin

    4:45
  • 3:40 AM

    Irish Rhapsody No. 4

    Charles Stanford

    An Irish Rhapsody

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    18:30
  • 3:21 AM

    The Gaelic Flute

    Edward McGuire

    Camerata Bariloche

    Chris Norman, flute

    16:55
  • 3:16 AM

    Landmarks: Cancion

    Matthew Dunne

    David Russell, guitar

    3:23
  • 3:06 AM

    Martha Argerich, piano

    9:19
  • 3:01 AM

    English Idyll No. 1

    George Butterworth

    English Rhapsody: Delius & Butterworth

    Halle Orchestra

    Mark Elder, conductor

    4:35
  • 2:49 AM

    Wiener Blut (Vienna Blood)

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    8:50
  • 2:20 AM

    Harp Concerto

    Reinhold Gliere

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Rachel Masters, harp

    26:59
  • 2:16 AM

    Fantasy Pieces: Humoresque

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Catalyst Quartet

    3:17
  • 2:06 AM

    L'Etoile du Nord: Dance Suite

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    9:06
  • 2:01 AM

    Cello Sonata: Scherzo

    Frederic Chopin

    Rachmaninoff And Chopin Cello Sonatas

    Alisa Weilerstein, cello

    4:41
  • 1:45 AM

    Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Bern Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Maag, conductor

    13:22
  • 1:35 AM

    Lore-Lore

    Lou Koster

    Koster: Orchestral Music

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    7:54
  • 1:32 AM

    Il est bel et bon

    Pierre Passereau

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    1:03
  • 1:06 AM

    Tonada Concertante

    Federico Torroba

    Torroba: Guitar Concertos Vol. 2

    Extremadura Symphony Orchestra

    Manuel Coves, conductor

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    26:15
  • 1:01 AM

    Sonata No. 3

    Giovanni Fontana

    John Holloway, violin

    Lars Ulrik Mortensen, harpsichord

    4:31
  • 12:36 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 4

    Giovanni Paisiello

    Paisiello: Complete Piano Concertos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Stephanie Gonley, conductor

    Mariaclara Monetti, piano

    22:41
  • 12:25 AM

    The Happy Forest

    Arnold Bax

    Scottish National Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    9:25
  • 12:18 AM

    The Last Emperor: Theme

    Ryuichi Sakamoto

    The Hollywood Sound

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:59
  • 12:07 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 8

    Bruce Haynes

    J.S. Bach: Nouveaux "Brandebourgeois" Nos. 7-12

    Montreal Baroque Orchestra

    Eric Milnes, conductor

    11:06
  • 12:01 AM

    Love's Labours Lost: 3 Soliloquies

    Gerald Finzi

    Northern Sinfonia

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    4:48
  • 11:40 PM

    Rhapsody in Blue

    George Gershwin

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Orion Weiss, piano

    18:28
  • 11:30 PM

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    Alec Frank-Gemmill, horn

    7:56
  • 11:23 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn, Beethoven: Violin Concertos

    Camerata Salzburg

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    6:26
  • 11:18 PM

    Prelude No. 5

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Julian Bream, guitar

    3:44
  • 11:06 PM

    Symphony No. 12

    William Herschel

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    11:14
  • 11:01 PM

    Flute Concerto: 1st movement

    Jacques Ibert

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Susan Milan, flute

    4:38
  • 10:48 PM

    Gloriana: Courtly Dances

    Benjamin Britten

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    9:59
  • 10:31 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    16:31
  • 10:21 PM

    Piano Quintet "Trout": Theme and Variations

    Franz Schubert

    Rudolf Serkin, piano

    Jaime Laredo, violin

    Philipp Naegele, viola

    Leslie Parnas, cello

    Julius Levine, double bass

    8:21
  • 10:10 PM

    Danzon No. 2

    Arturo Marquez

    Mi Alma Mexicana

    Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas

    Alondra de la Parra, conductor

    9:25
  • 10:06 PM

    Legend No. 1

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends

    Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    3:37
  • 10:01 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "In the Forest": 3rd movement

    Joachim Raff

    Raff: Symphonies Nos. 3 And 10

    Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic

    Urs Schneider, conductor

    4:47
  • 9:50 PM

    Symphony No. 5

    Johann Christian Bach

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:09
  • 9:35 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "Choral": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonien 1-9

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    13:26
  • 9:30 PM

    She's Like the Swallow

    Traditional Newfoundland

    Ofra Harnoy, cello

    Mike Herriott, brass

    2:53
  • 9:26 PM

    Carmen: Bullfighter's Chorus

    Georges Bizet

    Opera Choruses

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    3:52
  • 9:06 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 10

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Kristian Bezuidenhout, fortepiano

    19:12
  • 9:03 PM

    Les Tours de Passe-Passe (Sleight of Hand)

    Francois Couperin

    Air on a G String

    David Russell, guitar

    2:47
  • 8:48 PM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Maurice Ravel

    Melos Ensemble

    10:39
  • 8:28 PM

    Symphony No. 50

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    17:50
  • 8:11 PM

    The Tale of Honza: Dances and Adagio

    Oskar Nedbal

    Nedbal: The Tale of Honza, Princess Hyacinth

    Dvorak Chamber Orchestra

    Miroslav Homolka, conductor

    14:40
  • 8:06 PM

    Rhapsody

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Piano Pieces Opp. 116-119

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    5:02
  • 8:01 PM

    Child Grove; Easter Thursday; The Beggar Boy

    Anonymous

    King's Noyse

    4:37
  • 7:47 PM

    Symphony "Obligato"

    Samuel Wesley

    Wesley: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    11:08
  • 5:45 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 7

    George Frideric Handel

    George Frideric Händel - Concerti Grossi, Op. 6 CD2

    I Musici

    14:27
  • 5:13 PM

    Symphony No. 36 "Linz"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    30:12
  • 5:06 PM

    The Wedding Waltz

    Heikki Aaltoila

    Jyvaskyla City Orchestra

    Kyosti Haatanen, conductor

    4:56
  • 5:01 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Mozart & Brahms

    Pacifica String Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    4:34
  • 4:42 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 13

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    16:21
  • 4:24 PM

    Sinfonia "Le campane di Roma" ("Bells of Rome")

    Giuseppe Demachi

    Improvisata: Sinfonie con titoli

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    Fabio Biondi, violin

    15:57
  • 4:20 PM

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    2:40
  • 4:06 PM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 9

    Franz Liszt

    Vienna State Opera Orchestra

    Anatole Fistoulari, conductor

    13:33
  • 4:01 PM

    Bella Bocca Polka

    Emil Waldteufel

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:46
  • 3:44 PM

    Polonaise-Fantasie

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    13:58
  • 3:42 PM

    Kildare Fancy

    Traditional Irish

    Message of the Sea: Celtic Music for Guitar

    David Russell, guitar

    1:08
  • 3:22 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 4

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    20:05
  • 3:18 PM

    Music for Movies: Barley Wagons

    Aaron Copland

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    2:09
  • 3:16 PM

    Music for Movies: Sunday Traffic

    Aaron Copland

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    2:26
  • 3:06 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 9

    Arcangelo Corelli

    I Solisti Italiani

    8:56
  • 3:01 PM

    Merry Mount: Maypole Dances

    Howard Hanson

    American Visions

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    4:43
  • 2:50 PM

    Variations on a Waltz for Orchestra

    Jerome Moross

    London Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    7:55
  • 2:40 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 9

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Aldo Ciccolini, piano

    18:40
  • 2:31 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 9

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Aldo Ciccolini, piano

    18:40
  • 2:13 PM

    Overture, Scherzo and Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    16:48
  • 2:04 PM

    Shotgun Houses: Rome

    Valerie Coleman

    Harlem Quartet

    David Shifrin, clarinet

    7:22
  • 2:00 PM

    The Birds: Prelude

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: The Birds, Three Boticelli Pictures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:06
  • 1:48 PM

    Symphony No. 3: 1st movement

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: The Complete Symphonies

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    10:16
  • 1:45 PM

    Allemande

    Orlando Gibbons

    The Glenn Gould Edition: Byrd, Gibbons, Sweelink

    Glenn Gould, piano

    1:56
  • 1:39 PM

    Symphonic Metamorphosis: March

    Paul Hindemith

    Kansas City Symphony

    Michael Stern, conductor

    4:26
  • 1:36 PM

    The Plow the Broke the Plains: Pastoral

    Virgil Thomson

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    :00
  • 1:32 PM

    Shenandoah

    Traditional

    Fern Hill - American Choral Music

    Kansas City Chorale

    Charles Bruffy, conductor

    3:11
  • 1:22 PM

    My Home Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Istvan Kertesz, conductor

    9:31
  • 1:17 PM

    O Radiant Dawn

    James MacMillan

    Song of the Nativity

    The Sixteen

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    3:19
  • 1:09 PM

    Overture

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: Concertos For Violoncello and Orchestra, Overture, Octet, Sinfonia

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    5:04
  • 1:04 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Jewels of the Classics

    Philharmonia Virtuosi

    Richard Kapp, conductor

    3:45
  • 12:53 PM

    Concerto Grosso: March

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    4:54
  • 12:48 PM

    Symphony No. 1: Menuetto

    Louise Farrenc

    European Soloists, Luxembourg

    Christoph Konig, conductor

    4:32
  • 12:43 PM

    Liebesfreud (Love's Joy)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Patricia Zander, piano

    3:08
  • 12:36 PM

    Introduction No. 5

    Pietro Locatelli

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, conductor

    6:34
  • 12:30 PM

    Bassoon Concerto: Rondo

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Janiczek, conductor

    Peter Whelan, bassoon

    4:35
  • 12:22 PM

    Images for Orchestra: Iberia: On Highways and Byways

    Claude Debussy

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    6:50
  • 12:17 PM

    Four Paths of Light: Part 1

    Pat Metheny

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    4:14
  • 12:08 PM

    Symphony: 1st movement

    Georges Bizet

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    7:43
  • 12:04 PM

    Miniature Suite: Gigue

    Poldowski

    Sylvan Winds

    2:24
  • 11:48 AM

    Symphony No. 7: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 - The Creatures of Prometheus (complete ballet)

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

    Gottfried von der Goltz, conductor

    9:26
  • 11:47 AM

    Susann McDonald, harp

    1:22
  • 11:38 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos 21 And 23

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Ingrid Jacoby, piano

    7:17
  • 11:31 AM

    Waltzes and Landler

    Franz Schubert

    Bonbons aus Wien

    Boskovsky Ensemble

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    6:04
  • 11:25 AM

    Fantasia No. 7

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Folias and Fantasias

    Cavatina Duo

    4:00
  • 11:20 AM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 1; Beethoven: Egmont Overture

    Munich Philharmonic Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    5:15
  • 11:15 AM

    String Quartet No. 6: 2nd movement

    Maddalena Laura Sirmen

    Allegri String Quartet

    3:40
  • 11:10 AM

    The Queen's Hall

    Edward Elgar

    Donald Fraser: Songs for Strings

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Fraser, conductor

    3:55
  • 11:04 AM

    Greensleeves to a Ground

    Anonymous

    Daniel Hope: Air

    Daniel Hope, violin

    4:41
  • 10:59 AM

    Greensleeves to a Ground

    Anonymous

    Daniel Hope: Air

    Daniel Hope, violin

    4:41
  • 10:42 AM

    Simple Symphony

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten: Simple Symphony

    Northern Sinfonia

    Steuart Bedford, conductor

    15:53
  • 10:28 AM

    Symphony No. 16

    Carlos Baguer

    Baguer: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    13:17
  • 10:24 AM

    Rodeo: Hoe-Down

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: The Music Of America 

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:17
  • 10:22 AM

    Courante No. 20

    Marco Uccellini

    Romanesca

    1:10
  • 10:11 AM

    Gli Incogniti

    Amandine Beyer, conductor

    10:11
  • 10:06 AM

    Minuet

    Luigi Boccherini

    Sun-Flute IV

    Musica Vitae

    Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor

    Gunilla von Bahr, piccolo/flute

    3:55
  • 10:01 AM

    Three Improvisations

    Francis Poulenc

    Poulenc: Piano Music

    Pascal Roge, piano

    4:42
  • 9:51 AM

    Vocalise

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    shadow, echo, memory

    Northwestern University Cello Ensemble

    7:27
  • 9:27 AM

    Spring Music

    Joseph Marx

    Bochum Symphony Orchestra

    Steven Sloane, conductor

    23:04
  • 9:18 AM

    Cascay

    Francisco Pulgar Vidal

    Inca Trail Connections

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    6:50
  • 9:06 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "In the Spring": 4th movement

    John Knowles Paine

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    11:09
  • 9:01 AM

    Cello Sonata: 2nd movement

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Matt Haimovitz, cello

    Christopher O'Riley, piano

    4:48
  • 8:43 AM

    The River of the Seven Stars (El Rio de las Siete Estrellas)

    Evencio Castellanos

    Castellanos: Santa Cruz de Pacairigua / El rio de las siete estrellas / Avilena Suite

    Venezuela Symphony Orchestra

    Jan Wagner, conductor

    14:50
  • 8:32 AM

    Lyris Quartet

    10:24
  • 8:21 AM

    Trio Sonata No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Empire Brass

    9:52
  • 8:06 AM

    English Pastoral Impressions

    Ernest Farrar

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Alasdair Mitchell, conductor

    14:13
  • 8:01 AM

    4 Pieces: No. 2. Autumn Night

    Wanda Landowska

    The Salon of Polish Women Composers

    Magdalena Lisak, piano

    4:34
  • 7:30 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenades Op 22 & 44

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    28:08
  • 7:26 AM

    Lamento

    (Marie) Clemence de Grandval

    GRANDVAL: Oboe Works

    Budapest Strings

    Lajos Lencses, oboe

    4:16
  • 7:07 AM

    Piano Concerto for the Left Hand

    Maurice Ravel

    Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra

    Lionel Bringuier, conductor

    Yuja Wang, piano

    17:26
  • 7:01 AM

    It Never Rains

    Gavin Bryars

    Rick Cox, electric guitar

    Alma Lisa Fernandez, viola

    Erika Duke-Kirkpatrick, cello

    James Bergman, double bass

    4:49
  • 6:20 AM

    D'un soir triste (Of a sad evening)

    Lili Boulanger

    Boulanger, Tailleferre, Mendelssohn, Schumann

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    11:32
  • 6:06 AM

    Violin Sonata

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Sonatas for Piano and Violin K 301, 306, 378

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    13:28
  • 6:01 AM

    The Old Church

    Stephen Paulus

    Provenance

    Kinnara Ensemble

    J.D. Burnett, conductor

    4:31
  • 5:23 AM

    Concerto for Orchestra

    Bela Bartok

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    35:26
  • 5:17 AM

    Imaginary Numbers: Hymn of the Five Suns

    Michael Gandolfi

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    Elizabeth Koch Tiscione, oboe

    Laura Ardan, clarinet

    Andrew Brady, bassoon

    Brice Andrus, horn

    5:01
  • 5:07 AM

    Quiet City

    Aaron Copland

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Stephen Taylor, english horn

    Raymond Mase, trumpet

    9:22
  • 5:01 AM

    Four Romances

    Darius Milhaud

    French Piano Music

    Grant Johannesen, piano

    4:45