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  • 4:20 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andreas Delfs, conductor

    John O'Conor, piano

    38:14
  • 4:14 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 1: Siciliano

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Hilary Hahn Plays Bach

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    3:32
  • 4:06 AM

    Variations on "The Carnival of Venice"

    Francisco Tarrega

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    8:09
  • 4:01 AM

    Lachrimae Tristes

    John Dowland

    The Dowland Consort

    Jakob Lindberg, conductor

    4:45
  • 3:45 AM

    Sonata No. 4

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Camerata Bern

    Thomas Furi, conductor

    13:44
  • 3:23 AM

    Scenes from Childhood

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    20:03
  • 3:19 AM

    36 Greek Dances: Ipirotikos

    Nikos Skalkottas

    Avos Chamber Orchestra

    Alessio Pianelli, cello

    1:41
  • 3:06 AM

    Fantasy Quartet

    E.J. Moeran

    English Music for Oboe and String Quartet

    English String Quartet

    Sarah Francis, oboe

    12:30
  • 3:01 AM

    Mysterious Ones

    Patricia van Ness

    Ensemble Pan

    4:49
  • 2:55 AM

    Abendserenade (Evening Serenade)

    Valentin Silvestrov

    Hieroglyphen der Nacht

    Anja Lechner, cello

    3:11
  • 2:53 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 16: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Complete Mozart Edition, Vol. 17: Piano Sonatas

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    2:00
  • 2:44 AM

    Romantic Pieces

    Antonin Dvorak

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    14:18
  • 2:37 AM

    Piano Duet Sonata

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Sonatas for Piano Duet, K 381 & 521; Sonata for 2 Pianos, K 448; Andante and Variations, K 501

    Martha Argerich, piano

    15:47
  • 1:52 AM

    Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Opus 95, From the New World

    Antonin Dvorak

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor

    43:00
  • 1:06 AM

    Concerto No. 2 in C minor for Piano and Orchestra, Opus 18

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor

    Lukáš Vondráček

    36:00
  • 12:32 AM

    Symphony No. 8

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven Symphony No.8 - Overtures

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    26:16
  • 12:21 AM

    Six Studies in English Folk Song

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Pastoral

    Emma Johnson, clarinet

    9:02
  • 12:16 AM

    Three Variations on Plum Blossom

    Traditional Chinese

    Sketches of China

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    3:49
  • 12:06 AM

    Scottish Highlands Overture

    Frederic Lamond

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    9:17
  • 12:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 1: 3rd movement

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Danubius Quartet

    4:42
  • 11:51 PM

    blue pacific

    Michael Torke

    Hana Chu, piano

    7:23
  • 11:46 PM

    St. Paul's Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Orchestral Favourites Vol I

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    12:33
  • 11:23 PM

    Variations on a Hungarian Folksong

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    28:25
  • 11:08 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 4

    Jean-Marie Leclair

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, violin

    13:37
  • 11:01 PM

    Berceuse and Tarantelle

    Laura Netzel

    Breaking Waves: Music by Swedish Women Composers

    Paula Gudmundson, flute

    6:46
  • 10:30 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    Krystian Zimerman, piano

    29:06
  • 10:26 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 5

    Antonin Dvorak

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Andres Orozco-Estrada, conductor

    3:22
  • 10:13 PM

    Violin Partita No. 2: Chaconne

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Testament: Complete Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin - See more at: http://www.avie-records.com/releases/testament-complete-sonatas-and-partitas-by-j-s-bach/#sthash.upnoelV6.dpuf

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    11:37
  • 10:08 PM

    Serenade

    Roman Hoffstetter

    Favourite Serenades for Orchestra

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:24
  • 9:47 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Complete Concertos

    Russian National Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    20:17
  • 9:32 PM

    Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsummer Vigil"

    Hugo Alfven

    Ports of Call

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    12:56
  • 9:28 PM

    Carousel: You'll Never Walk Alone

    Richard Rodgers

    English Northern Philharmonia

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    Bryn Terfel, baritone

    3:03
  • 9:14 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: 3rd movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff, Paganini Rhapsody, Piano Concerto No. 2

    Mahler Chamber Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Yuja Wang, piano

    11:27
  • 8:51 PM

    Adiemus Variations

    Karl Jenkins

    Diamond Music

    Smith Quartet

    11:03
  • 8:44 PM

    Salve Regina

    Giovanni Palestrina

    Palestrina: Missa pro Defunctis Requiem, Motets

    Chanticleer

    5:51
  • 8:37 PM

    Colas Breugnon Overture

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    4:48
  • 8:33 PM

    Philharmonia Virtuosi

    Richard Kapp, conductor

    2:36
  • 8:26 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight": 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas

    John O'Conor, piano

    5:46
  • 8:16 PM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Violin Concerto

    Lucerne Festival Strings

    Daniel Dodds, conductor

    Midori, violin

    9:46
  • 8:04 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 4th movement

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5, Op. 47 - Barber: Adagio for Strings, Op. 11

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    12:24
  • 8:00 PM

    Exsultate, Jubilate: Alleluia

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart 250 - A Celebration

    Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Judith Blegen, soprano

    2:42
  • 5:47 PM

    Cello Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi, Boccherini: Cello Concertos

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    11:00
  • 5:17 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 5 "Egyptian"

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Jean-Philippe Collard, piano

    28:58
  • 5:11 PM

    Minuet

    Ignaz Paderewski

    Voyage

    Arcata String Quartet

    Don Bailey, flute

    4:02
  • 5:06 PM

    Les Soirees d'Auteuil: Scherzo

    Napoleon Coste

    Anabel Montesinos, guitar

    4:29
  • 5:00 PM

    Symphony

    Francesco Uttini

    The Gustavian Symphony

    Orchestra of the Royal Swedish Opera

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    4:35
  • 4:50 PM

    Mignon: Overture

    Ambroise Thomas

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    8:18
  • 4:33 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    14:43
  • 4:25 PM

    Ballade No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Paul Lewis, piano

    6:10
  • 4:18 PM

    Piano Duet Sonata

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Sonatas for Piano Duet, K 381 & 521; Sonata for 2 Pianos, K 448; Andante and Variations, K 501

    Martha Argerich, piano

    15:47
  • 4:06 PM

    Concert Piece for Four Horns

    Robert Schumann

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    18:47
  • 4:01 PM

    Night and Day

    Cole Porter

    Night and Day

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    4:34
  • 3:49 PM

    Scaramouche

    Darius Milhaud

    Saint-Saens, Poulenc, Devienne, Milhaud

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    9:46
  • 3:38 PM

    Dances in the Canebrakes

    Florence Price

    Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    9:29
  • 3:29 PM

    Amarillis

    Heloise Gaillard, oboe

    8:18
  • 3:15 PM

    String Quartet No. 9

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Amadeus Quartet

    12:52
  • 3:06 PM

    Il turco in Italia (The Turk in Italy): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    8:20
  • 3:01 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Johan Svendsen

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    4:46
  • 2:50 PM

    Double Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Eurasian Soloists Chamber Orchestra

    Sherniyaz Mussakhan, conductor

    Christoph Croise, cello

    Sherniyaz Mussakhan, violin

    8:31
  • 2:41 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain"

    Alan Hovhaness

    Into the Light: Symphonic Expressions of the Spirit

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    16:04
  • 2:31 PM

    Double Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Eurasian Soloists Chamber Orchestra

    Sherniyaz Mussakhan, conductor

    Christoph Croise, cello

    Sherniyaz Mussakhan, violin

    8:31
  • 2:21 PM

    6 Early Netherlands Dances

    Julius Rontgen

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    David Porcelijn, conductor

    9:29
  • 2:18 PM

    Musical Moment No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    1:46
  • 1:59 PM

    Champagne Polka

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    2:19
  • 1:40 PM

    Norwegian Dances

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Symphonic Dances, Norwegian Dances, Lyric Suite

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    17:05
  • 1:38 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 21

    Johannes Brahms

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    Andras Keller, violin

    Kalman Balogh, cimbalom

    1:28
  • 1:32 PM

    The Damnation of Faust: Minuet of the Will-o'-the-Wisps

    Hector Berlioz

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Louis Fremaux, conductor

    5:00
  • 1:22 PM

    Variations on "I Got Rhythm"

    George Gershwin

    Fazil Say

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Fazil Say, piano

    7:56
  • 1:17 PM

    Arabesque No. 2

    Claude Debussy

    Impressions

    Katerina Englichova, harp

    4:17
  • 1:09 PM

    Ensemble Giardino di Delizie

    4:35
  • 1:04 PM

    Trumpet Voluntary

    John Stanley

    Classic Wynton

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    3:34
  • 12:43 PM

    Capriccio Espagnol

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Iberia: Music of Rimsky-Korsakov, Debussy, Turina

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    Eliot Chapo, violin

    15:18
  • 12:37 PM

    A Moorside Suite: March

    Gustav Holst

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    4:09
  • 12:31 PM

    Folk Suite No. 4

    William Grant Still

    Calico Winds

    5:28
  • 12:27 PM

    Roma Suite: A Roma Dance

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha OVerture / Petite Suite

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    2:03
  • 12:18 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 15: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 15 & 22

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Rudolf Serkin, piano

    8:44
  • 12:15 PM

    Beautiful Rosemary (Schon Rosmarin)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Chen Yi, violin

    Lars Hannibal, guitar

    2:33
  • 12:07 PM

    Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1

    Edward Elgar

    Pomp & Pizazz

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:22
  • 12:04 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:56
  • 11:45 AM

    Tafelmusik II: Concerto

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    13:37
  • 11:40 AM

    Peer Gynt: In The Hall Of The Mountain King

    Edvard Grieg

    Dies Irae: The Essential Choral Collection

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    2:49
  • 11:36 AM

    Rodeo: Saturday Night Waltz

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Appalachian Spring, Rodeo, Billy The Kid, Fanfare For The Common Man

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    4:08
  • 11:32 AM

    Thunder and Lightning Polka

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    3:01
  • 11:23 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight": 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas

    Yundi Li, piano

    7:06
  • 11:15 AM

    Concerto for Strings

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Albinoni: Oboe Concerti, Vol. 3

    London Virtuosi

    John Georgiadis, conductor

    7:36
  • 11:07 AM

    Broceliande Overture

    Lucien-Leon Lambert

    Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Rosenberg, conductor

    6:47
  • 11:05 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2: Badinerie

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    James Galway - Celebrating 70: A Collection of Personal Favorites

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Jorg Faerber, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    1:19
  • 10:51 AM

    Music for the Royal Fireworks: Overture

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Music For The Royal Fireworks

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    7:42
  • 10:37 AM

    Parsifal: Prelude to Act I

    Richard Wagner

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra: Wagner

    Philharmonia Zurich

    Fabio Luisi, conductor

    12:09
  • 10:28 AM

    Fuquoi in the Sugar Cane

    Henry Lissant-Collins

    South African Broadcast Orchestra

    Peter Marchbank, conductor

    8:39
  • 10:24 AM

    Tango en Skai

    Roland Dyens

    Milos: Pasion

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    2:22
  • 10:12 AM

    String Quintet: 3rd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert Quintet Live!

    Brentano String Quartet

    Michael Kannen, cello

    11:06
  • 10:06 AM

    Prelude No. 15 "Raindrop"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: The Complete Preludes

    Vanessa Perez, piano

    5:36
  • 10:01 AM

    Liti Kersti: Bjorgulv the Fiddler

    Arne Eggen

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    4:33
  • 9:51 AM

    Facades

    Philip Glass

    Philip Glass: Glassmasters

    Glass Ensemble

    Michael Riesman, conductor

    7:21
  • 9:32 AM

    Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye): Suite

    Maurice Ravel

    French Impressions

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    Jean-Bernard Pommier, conductor

    17:00
  • 9:25 AM

    Spring Festival Overture

    Huan Zhi Li

    Jin-xuan Yan, Huan Zhi Li & Wei Qu: Orchestral Music

    Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kektjiang Lim, conductor

    5:02
  • 9:06 AM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart, Strauss

    Mito Chamber Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    Dag Jensen, bassoon

    18:48
  • 9:01 AM

    Dardanus: Overture

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    4:45
  • 8:30 AM

    Violin Sonata

    Cesar Franck

    Szymanowski & Franck: Violin Sonatas

    Chee-Yun, violin

    28:37
  • 8:19 AM

    Tragic Interlude

    William Alwyn

    Alwyn: Orchestral Music

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    9:07
  • 8:06 AM

    Romanian Concerto

    Gyorgy Ligeti

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Jonathan Nott, conductor

    12:08
  • 8:01 AM

    Zambra Granadina

    Isaac Albeniz

    Isaac Albeniz: Spanish Music For Classical Guitar

    David Russell, guitar

    4:43
  • 7:40 AM

    I Fiamminghi

    Rudolf Werthen, conductor

    17:38
  • 7:33 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Prelude

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Humperdinck: Fairy-Tale Music

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    7:06
  • 7:15 AM

    Songs without Words: Selections

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Murray Perahia, piano

    16:34
  • 7:06 AM

    Clarinet Quintet: 4th movement

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Hawthorne String Quartet

    Harold Wright, clarinet

    8:01
  • 7:01 AM

    Old and Lost Rivers

    Tobias Picker

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:34
  • 6:33 AM

    String Quartet

    Claude Debussy

    The Kernis Project: Debussy

    Jasper String Quartet

    25:12
  • 6:29 AM

    Scenes of Childhood: Love's Fascination

    John Thomas

    John Thomas: Harp Music

    Lipman Harp Duo

    3:21
  • 6:06 AM

    Violin Sonata

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonatas for Keyboard and Violin

    Alina Ibragimova, violin

    21:07
  • 6:01 AM

    Two Pastorales

    Lou Harrison

    Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    4:36
  • 5:40 AM

    Guitar Quintet No. 7

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: The Guitar Quintets

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    18:32
  • 5:18 AM

    Symphonic Suite

    Leevi Madetoja

    Music by Leevi Madetoja & Tauno Pylkkanen

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    21:37
  • 5:06 AM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Complete Keyboard Concertos; J.S. Bach-Vivaldi: Two Concertos

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Saulius Sondeckis, conductor

    Julia Zilberquit, piano

    9:47
  • 5:01 AM

    Sarabande

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Ludovico Einaudi: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:42