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  • 4:50 AM

    Intermezzo: Dreaming by the Fireside

    Richard Strauss

    Zarathustra, Dance Of The Seven Veils, Intermezzo

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    7:57
  • 4:18 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Nikolay Myaskovsky

    Tchaikovsky, Miaskovsky, Shostakovich

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Maxim Shostakovich, conductor

    Julian Lloyd Webber, cello

    31:59
  • 4:06 AM

    Viennese Waltzes

    Emma Kodaly

    Hiroko Ishimoto, piano

    9:58
  • 4:01 AM

    Four English Country Dances

    John Playford

    Early American Roots

    Hesperus

    4:50
  • 3:55 AM

    The Lark

    Stephan Koncz

    City Lights

    Georgia Philharmonic Orchestra

    Nikoloz Rachveli, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    3:08
  • 3:12 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 6; Janacek: Taras Bulba

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    41:53
  • 3:06 AM

    English Suite No. 1: Bourees

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    4:00
  • 3:01 AM

    Magic Forest Dances: Flower Nymphs

    Stefania de Kenessey

    William Meredith, oboe

    Stefania de Kenessey, piano

    4:35
  • 2:27 AM

    Piano Quintet No. 1

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Musique du Chambre 2

    Quatuor Parrenin

    Jean-Philippe Collard, piano

    31:26
  • 2:15 AM

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    10:20
  • 2:06 AM

    Introduction and Rondo

    Charles-Marie Widor

    Lille National Orchestra

    Alexandre Bloch, conductor

    Annelien Van Wauwe, clarinet

    7:32
  • 2:01 AM

    Au gre des ondes: Prelude en Berceuse; Claquettes

    Henri Dutilleux

    Henri Dutilleux: D'ombre et de silence

    Robert Levin, piano

    4:45
  • 1:45 AM

    Nokuthula Ngwenyama, violin

    Mihae Lee, piano

    13:33
  • 1:42 AM

    Sourisse Vocal Ensemble

    Jean Sourisse, conductor

    2:18
  • 1:23 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 11

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Danish National Symphony Orchestra

    Shai Wosner, piano

    17:36
  • 1:16 AM

    Laudibus in sanctis (In sacred praises)

    William Byrd

    The Sixteen

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    5:11
  • 1:01 AM

    Paul O'Dette, guitar

    4:41
  • 12:55 AM

    L'Eventail de Jeanne (Jeanne's Fan): Rondo

    Georges Auric

    French Ballet Music of the 1920s

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    3:28
  • 12:21 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Georges Onslow

    Hannover Radio Philharmonic Orchestra

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    32:38
  • 12:17 AM

    Porgy and Bess: Summertime

    George Gershwin

    Randall Goosby, violin

    Zhu Wang, piano

    2:01
  • 12:06 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Stuttgart Arcata Chamber Orchestra

    Patrick Strub, conductor

    Lajos Lencses, oboe

    10:22
  • 12:01 AM

    Treuliebchen (True Love) Polka

    Eduard Strauss

    Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mika Eichenholz, conductor

    4:39
  • 11:39 PM

    New Zealand Suite

    Ron Goodwin

    GOODWIN: Drake 400 Suite / New Zealand Suite

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Ron Goodwin, conductor

    19:05
  • 11:23 PM

    Concerto for Flute, Strings and Two Horns

    Friedrich Hartmann Graf

    Friedrich Hartmann Graf: Flute Concertos

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Johannes Moesus, conductor

    Gaby Pas-van Riet, flute

    15:30
  • 11:18 PM

    From the Southland: A Jubilee

    Harry T. Burleigh

    Jeni Slotchiver, piano

    3:14
  • 11:07 PM

    Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Day Concert 1991

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    10:38
  • 11:01 PM

    Hassan: Intermezzo and Serenade

    Frederick Delius

    Delius Miniatures

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:37
  • 10:44 PM

    Fantasy on Hungarian Folk Tunes

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Jun'ichi Hirokami, conductor

    Barry Douglas, piano

    14:39
  • 10:40 PM

    Bucimis (Folk Dance)

    Traditional Bulgarian

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    Itamar Doari, percussion

    2:57
  • 10:23 PM

    Three Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Early Chamber Music

    Nash Ensemble

    15:31
  • 10:22 PM

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    Sandra Rivers, piano

    :59
  • 10:06 PM

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 And 2

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    13:55
  • 10:01 PM

    West Side Story: Somewhere

    Leonard Bernstein

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    4:36
  • 9:47 PM

    Horn Concerto

    Christoph Forster

    Before Mozart: Early Horn Concertos

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    Alec Frank-Gemmill, horn

    11:44
  • 9:17 PM

    Violin Sonata

    Cesar Franck

    Vadim Repin, violin

    Nikolai Lugansky, piano

    27:35
  • 9:13 PM

    Carman's Whistle

    John Johnson

    Nocturnal

    Jakob Lindberg, lute

    2:23
  • 9:06 PM

    Cantata No. 42: Sinfonia

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    6:21
  • 9:01 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Richard Hol

    Hol: Symphonies

    Residentie Orchestra The Hague

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    4:42
  • 8:46 PM

    Concerto for Two Violins and Bassoon

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerti Bizarri

    Irish Baroque Orchestra

    Monica Huggett, conductor

    Monica Huggett, violin

    12:39
  • 8:41 PM

    Six Fish: Sunfish

    Nigel Westlake

    Bluetongue

    Guitar Trek

    3:28
  • 8:32 PM

    Green Bushes

    Percy Grainger

    Music of Percy Grainger

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Kenneth Montgomery, conductor

    Philip Martin, piano

    8:45
  • 8:27 PM

    Ubi Caritas

    Paul Mealor

    Lux

    Voces8

    3:43
  • 8:06 PM

    London Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Warren-Green, conductor

    19:50
  • 8:01 PM

    Bella Bocca Polka

    Emil Waldteufel

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:46
  • 7:52 PM

    L'Isle joyeuse (Joyous Isle)

    Claude Debussy

    Seong-Jin Cho, piano

    6:15
  • 7:23 PM

    Mathis der Maler (Mathis the Painter)

    Paul Hindemith

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    28:08
  • 7:17 PM

    Ground after the Scotch Humour

    Nicola Matteis

    An Excess of Pleasure

    Palladian Ensemble

    4:15
  • 7:06 PM

    Gli Incogniti

    Amandine Beyer, conductor

    9:59
  • 7:01 PM

    Wind Quintet No. 1: Rondo

    Giovanni Giuseppe Cambini

    Avalon Wind Quintet

    4:34
  • 6:45 PM

    Jane Eyre

    John Williams

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    13:26
  • 6:34 PM

    Euterpe Overture

    George Chadwick

    Nashville Symphony Orchestra

    Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor

    8:59
  • 6:31 PM

    Schwanengesang, Book 2: Das Fischermadchen

    Franz Schubert

    Le Romantique

    David Leisner, guitar

    2:04
  • 6:09 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Pamela Frank, violin

    Peter Serkin, piano

    21:15
  • 6:06 PM

    Canzon "La Serafina"

    Pietro Lappi

    Royal Academy of Music Brass

    2:41
  • 6:01 PM

    Scherzo

    Alfredo Catalani

    Puccini, Catalani, Ponchielli: for orchestra

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    4:42
  • 5:55 PM

    Pavan

    Thomas Lupo

    Tabarinades: Musiques pour le theatre de Tabarin

    Les Boreades

    Francis Colpron, conductor

    3:45
  • 5:14 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    Krystian Zimerman, piano

    39:35
  • 5:06 PM

    Arabian Caprice

    Francisco Tarrega

    Alma Espanola

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    5:54
  • 5:01 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    William Boyce

    Boyce: The Eight Symphonies

    Menuhin Festival Orchestra

    Yehudi Menuhin, conductor

    4:39
  • 4:47 PM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Maurice Ravel

    Jupiter String Quartet

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    Alexa Still, flute

    Richard Hawkins, clarinet

    11:25
  • 4:19 PM

    Clarinet Quartet No. 3

    Bernhard Crusell

    Osmo Vanska, clarinet

    Pekka Kaupinnen, violin

    Anu Airas, viola

    Ilkka Palli, cello

    26:18
  • 4:10 PM

    Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter": Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Ensemble Appassionato

    Mathieu Herzog, conductor

    7:23
  • 4:06 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 5: Allegro

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 6, Nos. 1-6

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    2:06
  • 4:01 PM

    Ballade No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms on Brass

    Canadian Brass

    4:43
  • 3:46 PM

    Spellbound Concerto

    Miklos Rozsa

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    12:01
  • 3:42 PM

    Murder on the Orient Express: Waltz

    Richard Rodney Bennett

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    3:35
  • 3:32 PM

    Casablanca Suite

    Max Steiner

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    8:40
  • 3:19 PM

    The Guns of Navarone

    Dimitri Tiomkin

    Royal College of Music

    David Willcocks, conductor

    10:35
  • 3:14 PM

    To Kill a Mockingbird: Main Title

    Elmer Bernstein

    Vintage Cinema

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:02
  • 3:01 PM

    The Generals' March

    Jerry Goldsmith

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:47
  • 2:24 PM

    Double Concerto

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Violin Concerto, Double Concerto

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    33:53
  • 2:19 PM

    Flower Drum

    Qu Wei

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    3:01
  • 2:16 PM

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    2:24
  • 2:06 PM

    Hermann and Dorothea Overture

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann, R.: Overtures

    Polish National Radio Orchestra

    Johannes Wildner, conductor

    8:19
  • 1:41 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: Concertos for Violin

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    Monica Huggett, violin

    16:46
  • 1:37 PM

    Lyric Pieces: Gratitude

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Lyric Pieces

    Balasz Szokolay, piano

    3:46
  • 1:30 PM

    The Word of a Nobleman: Overture

    Stanislaw Moniuszko

    Moniuszko: Overtures

    Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antoni Wit, conductor

    5:11
  • 1:25 PM

    Mlada: Procession of the Nobles

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Pops a la Russe

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:25
  • 1:15 PM

    Four Seasons: Winter

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Nikki Chooi, violin

    8:43
  • 1:06 PM

    Carnival of Venice

    Jean-Baptiste Arban

    Maurice Andre: La Belle Epoque

    Paris National Guard Orchestra

    Claude Pichaureau, conductor

    Maurice Andre, trumpet

    8:01
  • 12:44 PM

    Capriccio Italien

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Symphonic Battle Scenes

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    14:37
  • 12:36 PM

    Alleluia

    Kile Smith

    Kile Smith: Canticle

    Cincinnati Vocal Arts Ensemble

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    6:42
  • 12:34 PM

    Six Etudes in Canonic Form: Andantino

    Robert Schumann

    Martha Argerich, piano

    Daniel Barenboim, piano

    1:54
  • 12:30 PM

    Gavotte

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Kodaly: String Quartets No. 1 and 2; Gavotte

    Kontra Quartet

    2:32
  • 12:20 PM

    Symphony No. 4: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    9:59
  • 12:16 PM

    Wedding on the Eiffel Tower: Waltz of the Telegrams

    Germaine Tailleferre

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    2:32
  • 12:06 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Leopold Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    9:05
  • 12:01 PM

    Cello Suite No. 6: Gavotte

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Suites For Solo Cello

    Pierre Fournier, cello

    4:37
  • 11:46 AM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    12:08
  • 11:39 AM

    Improvisation No. 2

    Gabriela Montero

    Gabriela Montero, piano

    7:03
  • 11:31 AM

    O Sacrum Convivium

    Kim Andre Arnesen

    Infinity: Choral Works

    Kantorei Denver

    Joel Rinsema, conductor

    5:53
  • 11:17 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Murray Perahia, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    13:38
  • 11:06 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 2

    Francesco Geminiani

    Geminiani: 6 Concerti Grossi

    La Petite Bande

    Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor

    9:27
  • 11:01 AM

    Two German Dances

    Franz Schubert

    Yaara Tal, piano

    Andreas Groethuysen, piano

    4:39
  • 10:44 AM

    Norwegian Fantasie

    Edouard Lalo

    Rare French Works For Violin And Orchestra

    Ulster Orchestra

    Thierry Fischer, conductor

    Philippe Graffin, violin

    13:57
  • 10:40 AM

    Dives and Lazarus

    Traditional English

    A Vaughan Williams Christmas

    Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea

    William Vann, conductor

    3:53
  • 10:27 AM

    Andante e Polacca

    Carl Czerny

    Barry Tuckwell, horn

    Daniel Blumenthal, piano

    11:47
  • 10:24 AM

    Irma la Douce: Our Language of Love

    Marguerite Monnot

    Studio Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    2:03
  • 10:14 AM

    The Witches

    Niccolo Paganini

    Of Witches and Devils

    Luca Fanfoni, violin

    9:24
  • 10:06 AM

    Lakme: Flower Duet

    Leo Delibes

    Golden Opera

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    Joan Sutherland, soprano

    6:04
  • 10:01 AM

    Suite for Flute and Piano: Romance

    Charles-Marie Widor

    Paris: La Belle Epoque

    Robert Langevin, flute

    4:34
  • 9:49 AM

    Variations on Mozart's "Bei Mannern"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    8:59
  • 9:15 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Arthur Somervell

    Coleridge-Taylor: Violin Concerto

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    Anthony Marwood, violin

    32:49
  • 9:10 AM

    Pavan

    Anthony Holborne

    Heart's Ease: Music For Viol Consort

    Fretwork

    3:02
  • 9:06 AM

    Isabelle Perrin, harp

    Baltazar Juarez, harp

    3:20
  • 9:01 AM

    Paris Quartet No. 6: 6th movement

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Trio Sonnerie

    Wilbert Hazelzet, flute

    4:34
  • 8:50 AM

    Andante Cantabile

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    The Essential Yo-Yo Ma

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    8:19
  • 8:06 AM

    Chamber Concerto

    Ernest Chausson

    Daniel Hope | Belle Epoque

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, violin

    42:19
  • 8:01 AM

    Four Waltzes

    Johannes Brahms

    Canadian Brass

    4:52
  • 7:50 AM

    The Planets: Venus

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Colin Davis, conductor

    8:02
  • 7:38 AM

    Norbert Kraft, guitar

    12:02
  • 7:15 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 5

    Maddalena Laura Sirmen

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Terry Baune, violin

    21:15
  • 7:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 6: Variations on the Pachelbel Canon

    George Rochberg

    Concord String Quartet

    8:16
  • 7:01 AM

    Atlas-Pumas: 3rd movement

    Gabriela Ortiz

    Shalini Vijayan, violin

    Lynn Vartan, marimba

    4:34
  • 6:41 AM

    Lute Suite No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Lute Suites

    Eduardo Fernandez, guitar

    16:53
  • 6:30 AM

    The Cider House Rules: Suite

    Rachel Portman

    Studio Orchestra

    David Snell, conductor

    11:05
  • 6:06 AM

    Harp Concertino

    Anna Segal

    Mendelssohn Ensemble

    Rachel Talitman, harp

    Jean-Marc Fessard, clarinet

    21:48
  • 6:01 AM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin: Menuet

    Maurice Ravel

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:40
  • 5:37 AM

    Suite for Strings

    Frank Bridge

    Music of John Ireland and Frank Bridge

    English Chamber Orchestra

    David Garforth, conductor

    21:13
  • 5:33 AM

    Heroic Berceuse

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Works for Orchestra, Vol. II

    Radio Luxembourg Orchestra

    Louis de Froment, conductor

    3:58
  • 5:06 AM

    Piano Trio No. 1

    Elfrida Andree

    Andree: Piano Trios - Piano Quartet in A minor

    Trio Nordica

    24:36
  • 5:01 AM

    Estampes: Pagodas

    Claude Debussy

    Zoltan Kocsis, piano

    4:34