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  • 4:15 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Cello Concerto; Bloch: Schelomo

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    43:31
  • 4:06 AM

    The Cathedral (La Catedral)

    Agustin Barrios

    From The Jungles Of Paraguay: John Williams Plays Barrios

    John Williams, guitar

    6:57
  • 4:01 AM

    Variations for Arinushka

    Arvo Part

    Piano Icons For The 21st Century

    Elena Riu, piano

    4:30
  • 3:45 AM

    Andean Folk Dances

    Celso Garrido-Lecca

    Garrido-Lecca: Peruvian Suite; Symphonic Tableaux; Andean Folk Dances; Laudes II

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    12:59
  • 3:25 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "A Sea Symphony": A Song for All Seas, All Ships

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 1 "A Sea Symphony"

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Benita Valente, soprano

    19:01
  • 3:15 AM

    The Bullfighter's Prayer

    Joaquin Turina

    Manhattan String Quartet

    7:37
  • 3:06 AM

    From Italy (Aus Italien): Life in Naples

    Richard Strauss

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    8:32
  • 3:01 AM

    Sonatine for Bassoon and Harp

    Joseph Lauber

    Rachel Talitman, harp

    Pierre Martens, bassoon

    4:31
  • 2:43 AM

    Fantasy on Polish Airs

    Frederic Chopin

    North German Radio Elbphilharmonie Orchestra

    Krzysztof Urbanski, conductor

    Jan Lisiecki, piano

    14:50
  • 2:28 AM

    Violin Concerto "Eleven Eleven": 1st movement

    Danny Elfman

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    Sandy Cameron, violin

    14:01
  • 2:19 AM

    Yao Dance

    Liu Tieshan

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    6:11
  • 2:06 AM

    Dinorah: Overture

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Darrell Ang, conductor

    13:11
  • 2:01 AM

    La Verneuille

    Francois Couperin

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    4:33
  • 1:47 AM

    Sense and Sensibility: Suite

    Patrick Doyle

    Studio Orchestra

    Robert Ziegler, conductor

    10:54
  • 1:21 AM

    Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished"

    Franz Schubert

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    24:35
  • 1:14 AM

    Juditha Triumphans: Noli, o Cara

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Alfredo Bernardini, oboe

    Ton Koopman, organ

    4:54
  • 1:06 AM

    Die Rauberbraut: Overture

    Ferdinand Ries

    Cologne Academy

    Michael Alexander Willens, conductor

    7:48
  • 1:01 AM

    Concert Suite No. 2: Menuets

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Baroque Nouveau

    4:39
  • 12:43 AM

    Anticipations of Scotland

    Ignaz Moscheles

    Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 29

    Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    Howard Shelley, piano

    14:52
  • 11:49 PM

    Sonata No. 4

    Johann Heinrich Schmelzer

    Stylus Phantasticus

    Pacific MusicWorks

    Stephen Stubbs, conductor

    Tekla Cunningham, Baroque violin

    8:13
  • 11:35 PM

    Children's Games (Jeux d'enfants)

    Georges Bizet

    Orchestre de la Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    11:21
  • 11:32 PM

    Une Amourette: March

    Svend Schulz

    Carion: Nielsen's Footsteps

    Carion Wind Quintet

    2:34
  • 11:00 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Rudolf Serkin, piano

    30:25
  • 10:47 PM

    Autumn Roses (Herbstrosen)

    Josef Strauss

    J. Strauss Edition Vol. 13

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Michael Dittrich, conductor

    9:24
  • 10:42 PM

    Requiem

    Jon Leifs

    Crossing Over

    Skylark Vocal Ensemble

    4:39
  • 10:26 PM

    The Mission: Suite

    Ennio Morricone

    Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture: The Mission

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Ennio Morricone, conductor

    13:41
  • 10:20 PM

    Requiem: Pie Jesu

    John Rutter

    Rutter: Requiem

    City of London Sinfonia

    John Rutter, conductor

    Caroline Ashton, soprano

    4:09
  • 10:13 PM

    Wedding Day at Troldhaugen

    Edvard Grieg

    Wonderland

    Alice Sara Ott, piano

    5:18
  • 10:08 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "Choral": Ode to Joy (excerpt)

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    100 Best Classics

    City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    Barbara Bonney, soprano

    3:42
  • 9:39 PM

    Symphony No. 63 "Loon Lake"

    Alan Hovhaness

    Hovhaness: Guitar Concerto No. 2

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Stewart Robertson, conductor

    26:15
  • 9:30 PM

    Clarinet Concerto: 2nd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sabine Meyer: Clarinet Connection

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Hans Vonk, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    6:36
  • 9:22 PM

    Pacific 231

    Arthur Honegger

    Honegger: Symphonies 2 and 3

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    6:28
  • 9:13 PM

    Battle Hymn of the Republic

    William Steffe

    Mormon Tabernacle Choir

    Craig Jessop, conductor

    5:29
  • 9:02 PM

    Dynamids Waltz

    Josef Strauss

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    10:02
  • 8:50 PM

    For Example

    Jon Lord

    Jon Lord: To Notice Such Things

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Clark Rundell, conductor

    9:08
  • 8:40 PM

    Cymbeline: Sunset

    David Bruce

    The North Wind Was a Woman: Chamber Works by David Bruce

    Dover Quartet

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    7:34
  • 8:24 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 2nd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 5, Swan Lake

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    13:36
  • 8:05 PM

    Leonore Overture No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    14:46
  • 8:01 PM

    Out of Africa: Flight over Africa

    John Barry

    1985 At The Movies

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Joel McNeely, conductor

    2:43
  • 5:47 PM

    Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

    Alexander Borodin

    1812 Overture

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    11:06
  • 5:32 PM

    Symphony No. 20

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 3, 11, 18, 19 & 20

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    14:20
  • 5:25 PM

    Appalachian Fantasy

    Tessa Lark

    Tessa Lark, violin

    4:16
  • 5:06 PM

    Guitar Quintet No. 5

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: Quintets IV, V, VI

    Artaria Quartet

    Richard Savino, guitar

    18:46
  • 5:01 PM

    Trumpet Sinfonia "Il Barcheggio"

    Alessandro Stradella

    Italian Trumpet Concertos

    New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig

    Max Pommer, conductor

    Ludwig Guttler, trumpet

    4:45
  • 4:40 PM

    Piano Trio No. 4 "Gassenhauer"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beaux Arts Trio

    17:47
  • 4:23 PM

    Rapsodie espagnole

    Maurice Ravel

    Escales: French Orchestral Works

    Sinfonia of London

    John Wilson, conductor

    14:32
  • 4:17 PM

    Spring Festival Overture

    Huan Zhi Li

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

    Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kektjiang Lim, conductor

    5:02
  • 4:06 PM

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    11:07
  • 4:01 PM

    Barry's Reels

    Catriona McKay/Chris Stout

    Celtic Airs

    Barry Douglas, piano

    4:31
  • 3:48 PM

    Orchestra Rehearsal

    Nino Rota

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    10:02
  • 3:21 PM

    Appalachian Spring

    Aaron Copland

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    25:11
  • 3:16 PM

    Fantasy Pieces: Humoresque

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Uncovered Vol. 1

    Catalyst Quartet

    3:17
  • 3:06 PM

    Clarinet Concertino

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Arturo Tamayo, conductor

    Dieter Klocker, clarinet

    9:37
  • 3:01 PM

    Maskarade: Overture

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Symphonies No 4 & 5

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    4:37
  • 2:46 PM

    William Tell: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Italian Overtures

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    11:03
  • 2:39 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    19:04
  • 2:25 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    19:04
  • 2:01 PM

    Festival Overture

    Hugo Alfven

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Niklas Willen, conductor

    9:39
  • 1:57 PM

    Seven Popular Spanish Songs: Jota

    Manuel de Falla

    Claremont Duo

    2:55
  • 1:44 PM

    Scherzo Capriccioso

    Antonin Dvorak

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Kubelik, conductor

    12:47
  • 1:40 PM

    Pelleas and Melisande: Intermezzo

    Jean Sibelius

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    2:51
  • 1:33 PM

    Ruslan and Ludmila: Overture

    Mikhail Glinka

    Popular Operatic Overtures

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    5:18
  • 1:30 PM

    Canzon Noni Toni

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Gabrieli and St. Marks: Venetian Brass Music

    Wallace Collection

    2:52
  • 1:22 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": Andante

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos No. 9, K271 & 21, K467

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Mitsuko Uchida, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    6:46
  • 1:18 PM

    Symphony: 3rd movement

    Florence Price

    Recorded Music of the African Diaspora, Vol. 3 - Florence B. Price: Concerto in One Movement; Symphony in E Minor

    New Black Music Repertory Ensemble

    Leslie B. Dunner, conductor

    3:49
  • 1:08 PM

    Trio Sonata No. 3

    Arcangelo Corelli

    Avison Ensemble

    Pavlo Beznosiuk, conductor

    6:31
  • 1:05 PM

    Carmen: Aragonaise

    Georges Bizet

    Dance!: The World's Favourite Ice-Skating Music

    French National Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    2:25
  • 12:51 PM

    Aida: Triumphal March

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Bernstein Favorites: Marches

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    6:31
  • 12:42 PM

    Scherzando No. 6

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    FJ and JM Haydn: Flute Concertos

    Haydn Ensemble Berlin

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    7:32
  • 12:32 PM

    Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Janine Jansen

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    Janine Jansen, violin

    8:58
  • 12:24 PM

    Polonaise No. 6 "Heroic"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Complete Piano Works of Chopin, Vol 5: Polonaises & Impromptus

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    7:00
  • 12:19 PM

    Guitar Concerto: Largo

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Parkening plays Vivaldi, Warlock & Praetorius

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Christopher Parkening, guitar

    4:30
  • 12:11 PM

    Paulus (St. Paul): Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Edward Gardner, conductor

    6:29
  • 12:07 PM

    The Merchant of Venice: Suite Anglaise No. 2: 1st movement

    Henri Rabaud

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    3:18
  • 12:05 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:56
  • 11:49 AM

    Symphony No. 3: Finale

    Alberic Magnard

    Magnard: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    8:53
  • 11:45 AM

    Saltarello

    Anonymous

    Diversions

    Calliope

    3:50
  • 11:41 AM

    Hungarian Dance No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Dorati Conducts Brahms and Enesco

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    2:11
  • 11:37 AM

    Three Latin-American Sketches: Dance from Jalisco

    Aaron Copland

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    3:25
  • 11:25 AM

    Concerto No. 7

    Pietro Locatelli

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, conductor

    11:11
  • 11:18 AM

    Symphony No. 1: 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    6:27
  • 11:08 AM

    Symphony No. 5

    William Boyce

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    7:50
  • 11:05 AM

    Carmina Burana: O Fortuna

    Carl Orff

    Dies Irae: The Essential Choral Collection

    German Opera Orchestra

    Eugen Jochum, conductor

    2:36
  • 10:42 AM

    Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Don Quixote; Till Euenspiegel

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    15:57
  • 10:39 AM

    Othello Suite: Military March

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha OVerture / Petite Suite

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    1:57
  • 10:24 AM

    Trio Sonata

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    C.P.E. Bach: Triosonaten

    London Baroque

    13:46
  • 10:22 AM

    Waltz No. 6 "Minute"

    Frederic Chopin

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    2:05
  • 10:09 AM

    Variations on The Wayfaring Stranger

    James Cohn

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Vakhtang Jordania, conductor

    11:29
  • 10:06 AM

    Auf Flugeln des Gesanges (On wings of song)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto; Octet; Songs

    Daniel Hope, violin

    2:22
  • 10:01 AM

    Rondo for Horn and Orchestra

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart, Strauss: Horn Concertos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Radovan Vlatkovic, horn

    4:36
  • 9:52 AM

    Carolan's Harp

    Turlough O'Carolan

    Carolan's Harp

    Harp Consort

    6:50
  • 9:23 AM

    Nights

    Florent Schmitt

    Florent Schmitt: Symphonie Concertante, Reves, Soirs

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Robertson, conductor

    26:36
  • 9:18 AM

    Pine Trees

    Mary Lattimore

    Mary Lattimore, harp

    3:19
  • 9:06 AM

    Music for Airports: 2/1

    Brian Eno

    Bang on a Can All-Stars

    11:38
  • 9:01 AM

    Dr. Case's Pavan

    John Dowland

    Lute Music of Dowland

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    4:41
  • 8:30 AM

    String Quartet

    Maurice Ravel

    Tesla Quartet

    28:25
  • 8:26 AM

    Prelude de la porte heroique du ciel (Heaven's Heroic Gate Prelude)

    Erik Satie

    Satie: Gymnopedies, Gnossiennes

    Hakon Austbo, piano

    3:44
  • 8:06 AM

    Fantasy Variations

    Ulysses Kay

    Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony - U. Kay: Fantasy Variations - Umbrian Scene

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Arthur Fagen, conductor

    17:55
  • 8:01 AM

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    4:42
  • 7:44 AM

    Fantastic Dances

    Joaquin Turina

    Music of Turina and Debussy

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    14:38
  • 7:37 AM

    Ballad

    Eric Coates

    Coates: The Three Elizabeths Suite

    East of England Orchestra

    Malcolm Nabarro, conductor

    6:00
  • 7:26 AM

    Keyboard Suite No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Lisa Smirnova, piano

    9:16
  • 7:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 1

    E.J. Moeran

    Vanbrugh Quartet

    19:30
  • 7:01 AM

    Fantasy

    Malcolm Arnold

    Legacy: A Tribute to Dennis Brain

    Ben Goldscheider, horn

    4:43
  • 6:36 AM

    Aranjuez Concerto

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Miguel Gomez Martinez, conductor

    Eduardo Fernandez, guitar

    22:17
  • 6:30 AM

    Cinderella's Waltz

    Sergei Prokofiev

    The Great Waltz

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    3:31
  • 6:06 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 7

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    The Many Musics of Gidon Kremer

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    23:54
  • 6:01 AM

    Edgar: Act I Prelude

    Giacomo Puccini

    Puccini

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor

    4:37
  • 5:36 AM

    Pines of Rome

    Ottorino Respighi

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    21:56
  • 5:21 AM

    Symphony No. 10: 4th movement

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Andris Nelsons, conductor

    13:41
  • 5:06 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    14:10
  • 5:01 AM

    Night Song

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Miniatures

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    4:43