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  • 4:50 AM

    The Cobblers on the Heath

    Uuno Klami

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    8:11
  • 4:17 AM

    Piano Sonata

    Franz Liszt

    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    31:49
  • 4:06 AM

    Poem for Flute and Orchestra

    Charles Tomlinson Griffes

    New Zealand Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor

    Alexa Still, flute

    10:00
  • 4:01 AM

    O'Carolan's Draft

    Turlough O'Carolan

    Tina Chancey: The Versatile Viol: Scottish & Irish Music

    Tina Chancey, viola da gamba

    4:48
  • 3:51 AM

    Larghetto

    Neil McKay

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    6:30
  • 3:49 AM

    Idylle arabe

    Cecile Chaminade

    Bengt Forsberg, piano

    David Huang, piano

    2:18
  • 3:41 AM

    The Last Ship

    Tonu Korvits

    Mirror

    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

    Tonu Kaljuste, conductor

    6:23
  • 3:07 AM

    Symphony No. 5 "Sinfonia brevis"

    Erkki Melartin

    Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonid Grin, conductor

    32:46
  • 3:01 AM

    Hungarian Dances: Selected

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Hungarian Dances

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    Andras Keller, violin

    4:35
  • 2:39 AM

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Benjamin Wallfisch, conductor

    Emily Pailthorpe, oboe

    19:18
  • 2:13 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 6

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    24:24
  • 2:09 AM

    Twelve Studies: Light staccato chords

    York Bowen

    Nicolas Namoradze, piano

    2:30
  • 2:06 AM

    Hora staccato

    Grigoras Dinicu

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    2:02
  • 2:01 AM

    What Inspires Poetry: About Rain and Storm

    Jorge Grundman

    Minds

    Ara Malikian, violin

    4:38
  • 1:46 AM

    Serenade No. 2

    Robert Volkmann

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    12:25
  • 1:42 AM

    Ricardo Cobo, guitar

    3:20
  • 1:37 AM

    Partita No. 1: Allemande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    3:15
  • 1:33 AM

    Requiem: Agnus Dei

    Maurice Durufle

    The Durufle Album

    Voices of Ascension

    Dennis Keene, conductor

    4:10
  • 1:06 AM

    Flute Sonata

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Flute Sonatas & Solo Works

    Brandon Patrick George, flute

    24:43
  • 1:01 AM

    Vento Chiaro

    4:33
  • 12:48 AM

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    10:42
  • 12:16 AM

    Scottish Fantasy

    Max Bruch

    Bruch: Scottish Fantasy and Violin Concerto No. 2

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    30:25
  • 12:15 AM

    Orlando Sleeps

    John Dowland

    Lute Music of Dowland

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    :57
  • 12:10 AM

    Prelude No. 2

    Vasyl Barvinskyi

    Consolation: Forgotten Treasures of the Ukrainian Soul

    Natalya Pasichnyk, piano

    3:22
  • 12:06 AM

    Flowers from Froso: Lawn Tennis

    Wilhelm Peterson-Berger

    Arcata String Quartet

    Don Bailey, flute

    Grace Paradise, harp

    3:00
  • 12:01 AM

    I Musici Montreal

    Yuli Turovsky, conductor

    Yuli Turovsky, cello

    4:35
  • 11:37 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Complete Piano Concertos

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    21:36
  • 11:18 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suites for a Young Prince

    Sonnerie

    Monica Huggett, conductor

    17:19
  • 11:10 PM

    Oboe Sonata

    George Frideric Handel

    G. F. Handel: Recorder & Oboe Sonatas

    Amarillis

    Heloise Gaillard, oboe

    6:07
  • 11:06 PM

    Legend No. 1

    Antonin Dvorak

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    3:17
  • 11:01 PM

    English Suite No. 4: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    4:30
  • 10:41 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 4

    Chevalier de Meude-Monpas

    Encore Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hege, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    16:59
  • 10:30 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 4: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn & Ligeti Concertos & Capriccios

    Danish National Symphony Orchestra

    Shai Wosner, piano

    9:15
  • 10:21 PM

    Tres Danzas

    Guillermo Uribe Holguin

    Fiesta Criolla: Latin-American Orchestral Works

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    Gabriel Castagna, conductor

    8:04
  • 10:16 PM

    Four African Dances: No. 1

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    John Fadial, violin

    Andrew Harley, piano

    5:01
  • 10:06 PM

    Carmen Suite No. 2

    Georges Bizet

    Grieg: Carmen - Peer Gynt

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    8:34
  • 10:01 PM

    Scotch Strathspey and Reel

    Percy Grainger

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    4:39
  • 9:47 PM

    Julius Caesar Overture

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    West Australian Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Penny, conductor

    11:15
  • 9:40 PM

    Song for Orchestra

    Ruth Gipps

    Gipps: Symphonies Nos 2 and 4, etc.

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    5:57
  • 9:32 PM

    Symphony: 3rd movement

    Alberto Nepomuceno

    Nepomuceno: Symphony in G minor

    Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra

    Fabio Mechetti, conductor

    6:55
  • 9:22 PM

    Adagio and Rondo

    Johann Hummel

    Clarinet and Orchestra

    Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Gernot Schmalfuss, conductor

    Dieter Klocker, clarinet

    9:13
  • 9:12 PM

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    8:12
  • 9:06 PM

    Prince Igor: Polovtsian March

    Alexander Borodin

    White Nights: Romantic Russian Showpieces

    Kirov Orchestra

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    5:25
  • 9:03 PM

    Second Suite: Petite Waltz

    Theodore Dubois

    Sylvan Winds

    Diva Goodfriend-Koven, flute

    Mark Dover, clarinet

    Nanci Belmont, bassoon

    2:51
  • 8:46 PM

    Piano Trio: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov: Piano Trios

    Lang Lang, piano

    11:43
  • 8:24 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Complete Concertos

    Russian National Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    20:17
  • 8:21 PM

    Tango Bitterness

    Charlie Chaplin

    Philippe Quint, violin

    Marta Aznavoorian, piano

    2:44
  • 8:06 PM

    Masques and Bergamasques

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Requiem Op. 48

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Emmanuel Krivine, conductor

    12:58
  • 8:01 PM

    String Quartet No. 1: Minuet

    Wilhelm Kienzl

    Thomas Christian Ensemble

    4:28
  • 7:47 PM

    Symphony No. 8

    William Boyce

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    10:59
  • 6:53 PM

    Andante festivo

    Jean Sibelius

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    Damon Gupton, conductor

    4:35
  • 6:45 PM

    English Folk Song Suite

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: A Serenade to Music, etc.

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    8:51
  • 6:32 PM

    Miniatures

    William Grant Still

    Vintage America

    Calico Winds

    12:22
  • 5:49 PM

    Flute Concertino

    Cecile Chaminade

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Philippe Auguin, conductor

    Manuela Wiesler, flute

    8:31
  • 5:44 PM

    Provence Suite

    Darius Milhaud

    Milhaud: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2, Suite Provencale

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    14:09
  • 5:25 PM

    Symphony No. 80

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    22:52
  • 5:13 PM

    Miniature Suite

    Poldowski

    Sylvan Winds

    10:28
  • 5:06 PM

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits

    Christoph Gluck

    Pure Classics

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    6:16
  • 5:01 PM

    Hook: Flight to Neverland

    John Williams

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    4:48
  • 4:55 PM

    Joyous March

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    3:40
  • 4:12 PM

    Scheherazade

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Stravinsky: Firebird

    Orchestre de la Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    41:36
  • 4:06 PM

    The Hours Suite: The Poet Acts

    Philip Glass

    Janacek Philharmonic

    Mark Shapiro, conductor

    Gregory Harrington, violin

    3:45
  • 4:01 PM

    Flute Quintet

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Divertimento, K. 344

    Trio Pasquier

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    4:42
  • 3:41 PM

    Piano Concerto for the Left Hand

    Maurice Ravel

    Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra

    Lionel Bringuier, conductor

    Yuja Wang, piano

    17:26
  • 3:21 PM

    Concerto for Double Bass

    Johann Vanhal

    Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra

    Christian Vasquez, conductor

    Edicson Ruiz, double bass

    18:53
  • 3:19 PM

    Galliard

    Claude Gervaise

    David Munrow conducts Henry VIII and his Six Wives

    Early Music Consort of London

    David Munrow, conductor

    1:27
  • 3:06 PM

    Snowflake Ballet

    Jacques Offenbach

    Gulbenkian Orchestra

    Michel Swierczewski, conductor

    11:09
  • 3:01 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin Concertos by Black Composers

    Encore Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hege, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    4:37
  • 2:44 PM

    Provence Suite

    Darius Milhaud

    Milhaud: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2, Suite Provencale

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    14:09
  • 2:44 PM

    Provence Suite

    Darius Milhaud

    Milhaud: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2, Suite Provencale

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    14:09
  • 2:41 PM

    Humoresque

    Laura Netzel

    Breaking Waves: Music by Swedish Women Composers

    Paula Gudmundson, flute

    2:28
  • 2:35 PM

    Reflections on the Mississippi: Steamboat

    Michael Daugherty

    Albany Symphony Orchestra

    David Alan Miller, conductor

    Carol Jantsch, tuba

    4:37
  • 2:13 PM

    Spirituals for Strings

    Morton Gould

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Klein, conductor

    20:32
  • 2:04 PM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Ports of Call

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    7:48
  • 2:00 PM

    Travel Pictures: On the Road

    Vincent d'Indy

    D'Indy: Orchestral Works

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic

    Gilles Nopre, conductor

    2:53
  • 1:52 PM

    Samson and Delilah: Bacchanale

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Camille Saint-Saens: Organ Symphony; Tone Poems

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    7:12
  • 1:48 PM

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    2:16
  • 1:41 PM

    Alzira Overture

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi: Overtures and Preludes, Vol. II

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    5:46
  • 1:31 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 8 "Pathetique": 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Yundi Li, piano

    8:30
  • 1:22 PM

    Symphony No. 4 "Deliciae Basiliensis": 3rd movement

    Arthur Honegger

    Honegger: Symphonies 2 & 4

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    8:02
  • 1:20 PM

    Souvenir de Chopin

    Arthur Honegger

    Miki Aoki, piano

    2:06
  • 1:08 PM

    Chamber Concerto for Flute, Violin, and Bassoon

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The French Connection

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    Katy Bircher, flute

    7:39
  • 1:05 PM

    Serenade No. 1: Scherzo

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Serenades

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    2:37
  • 12:48 PM

    Serenade for Strings: 1st movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    9:48
  • 12:35 PM

    Piano Concerto: 3rd movement

    Edvard Grieg

    Wonderland

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Alice Sara Ott, piano

    10:22
  • 12:25 PM

    Norwegian Festival Overture

    Johan Halvorsen

    Bergen Symphony Orchestra

    Karsten Andersen, conductor

    9:16
  • 12:21 PM

    Consolation No. 3

    Franz Liszt

    Mariam Batsashvili, piano

    3:33
  • 12:17 PM

    Our Town: Grover's Corners

    Aaron Copland

    Essential Aaron Copland: 12 Greatest Hits

    London Sinfonietta

    Elgar Howarth, conductor

    2:56
  • 12:07 PM

    Trumpet Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Die erste Walpurgisnacht, Infalice, Trompeten-Ouverture

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    9:05
  • 12:04 PM

    Folk Suite No. 3: Wade in the Water

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    1:48
  • 11:48 AM

    La Chasse du Jeune Henri: Overture

    Etienne Mehul

    Mehul: The Complete Symphonies

    Gulbenkian Orchestra

    Michel Swierczewski, conductor

    10:30
  • 11:46 AM

    Violin Partita No. 3: Bourree

    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

    1:38
  • 11:42 AM

    Violin Partita No. 3: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    3:33
  • 11:34 AM

    Symphonie Espagnole: Rondo

    Edouard Lalo

    Mad About Violins

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Shlomo Mintz, violin

    6:56
  • 11:29 AM

    The Tempest: Banquet Dance

    Arthur Sullivan

    Kansas City Symphony

    Michael Stern, conductor

    4:06
  • 11:23 AM

    Etude No. 3 "Tristesse"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: The Complete Etudes

    Louis Lortie, piano

    4:30
  • 11:16 AM

    Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

    Florence Price

    Apollo Chamber Players

    4:56
  • 11:04 AM

    Overture No. 2

    Carl Friedrich Abel

    Abel: Overtures & Sinfonias

    Il Fondamento

    Paul Dombrecht, conductor

    10:53
  • 10:53 AM

    Symphony No. 4 "Italian": Saltarello

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 3 and 4

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

    Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor

    5:19
  • 10:49 AM

    Johnson's March

    Francis Johnson

    Those Fabulous Americans

    Symphony Orchestra of America

    Matthew H. Phillips, conductor

    3:13
  • 10:42 AM

    Trio Sonata No. 5: Allegro

    Jan Zelenka

    Heinz Holliger Ensemble

    6:14
  • 10:21 AM

    Suite for Large Orchestra

    Helena Munktell

    Gavle Symphony Orchestra

    Tobias Ringborg, conductor

    19:17
  • 10:17 AM

    Carmen: Seguedilla and Dragoons

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Carmen Suite, L'arlesienne Suites Etc.

    Orchestra of the Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    3:41
  • 10:13 AM

    Saint Petersburg Etchings: Romance

    Yuriy Smirnov

    White Nights Serenades

    Anton Baranov, guitar

    2:42
  • 10:06 AM

    La Scala di Seta (Silken Ladder): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    5:57
  • 10:01 AM

    Lute Concerto: Allegro

    Silvius Weiss

    The Galileo Project: Music of the Spheres

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Lucas Harris, lute

    4:43
  • 9:44 AM

    Fantasy on Hungarian Folk Tunes

    Franz Liszt

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Jun'ichi Hirokami, conductor

    Barry Douglas, piano

    14:39
  • 9:22 AM

    Louisiana Story: Suite

    Virgil Thomson

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    20:33
  • 9:18 AM

    Jeni Slotchiver, piano

    4:12
  • 9:06 AM

    Concerto No. 11

    Pietro Locatelli

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, conductor

    9:34
  • 9:01 AM

    The Desert of Roses: 3rd movement

    Robert Moran

    Robert Moran: Desert of Roses/Open Veins, etc.

    Piano Circus Band

    Craig Smith, conductor

    4:35
  • 8:56 AM

    Fantasy Pieces: Summer Song

    Agathe Grondahl

    Norwegian Classical Favourites

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    2:20
  • 8:49 AM

    Triple Rondo for Flute and Harp

    Henry Cowell

    Laurel Zucker, flute

    Susan Jolles, harp

    6:55
  • 8:44 AM

    In the Mists: No. 1

    Leos Janacek

    Water

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    4:35
  • 8:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 8 "Razumovsky No. 2"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ebene Quartet

    35:53
  • 8:01 AM

    Two-Part Inventions Nos. 1 and 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Invention

    Tessa Lark, violin

    4:39
  • 7:33 AM

    Symphony No. 5

    Niels Gade

    Gade: Symphonies 5 & 6

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    Roland Pontinen, piano

    25:51
  • 7:25 AM

    Humoresque-Bagatelles

    Carl Nielsen

    Per Flemstrom, flute

    Mats Bergstrom, guitar

    6:52
  • 7:06 AM

    The Garden of Fand

    Arnold Bax

    Bax: Tone Poems

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    17:27
  • 7:01 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Jubilee March

    Erkki Melartin

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:32
  • 6:49 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs": 2nd movement

    Henryk Gorecki

    Gorecki: Symphony No. 3

    London Sinfonietta

    David Zinman, conductor

    Dawn Upshaw, soprano

    9:26
  • 6:46 AM

    J'ai les biens/Que ferai biaus sire/Ne puet faillir

    Montpellier Codex

    Anonymous 4

    2:25
  • 6:07 AM

    Piano Trio No. 1

    Franz Schubert

    Isaac Stern - In Tribute and Celebration

    Isaac Stern, violin

    37:49
  • 6:01 AM

    Orchestra of the Royal Swedish Opera

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    4:34
  • 5:28 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Richard Strauss

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    Sarah Chang, violin

    30:45
  • 5:24 AM

    Ballade No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Awadagin Pratt: A Long Way from Normal

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    3:48
  • 5:06 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 5

    George Frideric Handel

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    15:30
  • 5:01 AM

    Partita: Pavane

    Paul Lansky

    David Starobin, guitar

    Mari Yoshinaga, percussion

    4:39