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  • 4:54 AM

    By the Sleepy Lagoon

    Eric Coates

    Coates: The Three Elizabeths Suite

    East of England Orchestra

    Malcolm Nabarro, conductor

    4:01
  • 4:50 AM

    Issam Rafea, oud

    Gao Hong, pipa

    3:22
  • 4:06 AM

    Don Quixote

    Richard Strauss

    Dvorak: Cello Concerto / Strauss, R.: Don Quixote

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    42:17
  • 4:01 AM

    Oskar Ekberg, piano

    4:39
  • 3:44 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Classical"

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Complete Symphonies

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    14:00
  • 3:20 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 1

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Ravel, Debussy, Saint-Saens

    James Ehnes, violin

    22:39
  • 3:10 AM

    Impressions: Quiet Art

    Jennifer Higdon

    Cypress String Quartet

    8:05
  • 3:06 AM

    Lullaby for Pegi

    John Rutter

    Blessing

    Sinfonia Cymru

    John Rutter, conductor

    Catrin Finch, harp

    3:47
  • 3:01 AM

    Sonata

    Domenico Scarlatti

    Scarlatti: Sonatas

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    4:47
  • 2:45 AM

    American Mirror, Pt. II

    Derrick Skye

    Salastina Music Society

    12:59
  • 2:23 AM

    Symphony No. 88

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    20:05
  • 2:10 AM

    Chloe Dufossez, flute

    Eloi Huscenot, English horn

    Leonard Becker, guitar

    11:40
  • 2:06 AM

    Years of Pilgrimage: Eclogue

    Franz Liszt

    Franz Liszt

    Jerome Lowenthal, piano

    3:26
  • 2:01 AM

    Lament

    Frank Bridge

    Finzi; Parry; Bridge

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    4:41
  • 1:43 AM

    Pelleas and Melisande Suite

    William Wallace

    Wallace: Creation Symphony, Pelleas and Melisande

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    15:23
  • 11:45 PM

    Concert Piece

    Gustaf Heinze

    The Clarinet in Concert 2

    English Chamber Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    Thea King, clarinet

    13:41
  • 11:34 PM

    Waltz Fantasy

    Mikhail Glinka

    Glinka: Capriccio Brillante / Overture in D Major / Souvenir D'Une Nuit D'Ete A Madrid

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vassily Sinaisky, conductor

    8:23
  • 11:28 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Concerts Brandebourgeois Nos. 2, 5, 6

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    6:14
  • 11:17 PM

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    9:12
  • 11:06 PM

    Benvenuto Cellini: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Pictures at a Gallery

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:12
  • 11:01 PM

    Consolation No. 3

    Franz Liszt

    Jeffrey Biegel, piano

    4:44
  • 10:45 PM

    Concerto for Saxophone

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Complete Concertos

    Russian National Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    Marc Chisson, saxophone

    13:10
  • 10:38 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    William Boyce

    Boyce: Symphonies, Op. 2

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    6:25
  • 10:19 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Handel and Haydn Society

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    Aisslinn Nosky, violin

    18:05
  • 10:15 PM

    Dolly Suite: Kitty-Valse

    Gabriel Faure

    Steven Osborne, piano

    Paul Lewis, piano

    2:16
  • 10:06 PM

    Rathhaus-Ball-Tanze (City Hall Ball Dances) Waltz

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    7:51
  • 10:01 PM

    Lohengrin: Treulich gefuhrt (Bridal Chorus)

    Richard Wagner

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    4:46
  • 9:47 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    11:08
  • 9:45 PM

    La Comparsa (Carnival Procession)

    Ernesto Lecuona

    Gabriela Montero, piano

    1:53
  • 9:34 PM

    Concerto for Trumpet and Two Oboes

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Baroque Trumpet Concertos

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    Sergei Nakariakov, trumpet

    10:02
  • 9:27 PM

    Piano Quintet: Finale

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Catalyst Quartet

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    5:20
  • 9:13 PM

    Symphony

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: Complete Symphonies Vol. 5

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    12:44
  • 9:06 PM

    String Quintet No. 1: 4th movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Octet; Quintet No. 1

    Hausmusik

    6:24
  • 9:03 PM

    After a Dream (Apres un Reve)

    Gabriel Faure

    Works for Cello and Piano

    Alisa Weilerstein, cello

    2:42
  • 8:38 PM

    Harp Concerto

    Francois Boieldieu

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Marisa Robles, harp

    20:15
  • 8:29 PM

    On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

    Frederick Delius

    Vaughan Williams, Delius, Walton

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    7:09
  • 8:21 PM

    Memory of the Norwegian Mountains

    Franz Berwald

    Franz Berwald: Symphonies Nos. 1-4

    Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    8:13
  • 8:16 PM

    Fiddle Faddle

    Leroy Anderson

    Kristina Musser, violin

    Catherine Wilson, piano

    3:58
  • 8:06 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    Vladimir Spivakov, violin

    8:10
  • 8:01 PM

    Memories of the Alhambra

    Francisco Tarrega

    Albeniz, Granados, Tarrega, Turina Etc.

    Eduardo Fernandez, guitar

    4:39
  • 7:52 PM

    Horn Trio: Finale

    Johannes Brahms

    Barry Tuckwell, horn

    Brenton Langbein, violin

    Maureen Jones, piano

    6:08
  • 5:53 PM

    Spanish Suite: Aragon

    Isaac Albeniz

    Albeniz, Turina: Works for the Guitar

    Manuel Barrueco, guitar

    5:23
  • 5:27 PM

    Symphony No. 92 "Oxford"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    24:47
  • 5:23 PM

    Vespers: Rejoice, O Virgin (Bogoroditse Devo)

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Agnus Dei: Music Of Inner Harmony

    Choir of New College, Oxford

    Edward Higginbottom, conductor

    3:28
  • 5:16 PM

    Fantasie No. 2

    Florence Price

    Randall Goosby, violin

    Zhu Wang, piano

    5:25
  • 5:06 PM

    In Ireland Fantasy

    Hamilton Harty

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    Colin Fleming, flute

    Denise Kelly, harp

    9:14
  • 5:01 PM

    Thais: Meditation

    Jules Massenet

    Abbey Road Ensemble

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    4:37
  • 4:28 PM

    Piano Concerto

    Robert Schumann

    German Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    30:28
  • 4:18 PM

    Recorder Concerto

    Johann Fasch

    Cappella Academia Frankfurt

    Michael Schneider, recorder

    8:05
  • 4:11 PM

    Troubled Water

    Margaret Bonds

    Jeni Slotchiver, piano

    5:02
  • 4:06 PM

    Roaring Fork Quintet: Whitewater Rapids

    Eric Ewazen

    Borealis Wind Quintet

    4:54
  • 4:01 PM

    Paris Quartet No. 11: Pas vite and Un peu gai

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Telemann: 12 Paris Quartets

    Barthold Kuijken, flute

    4:41
  • 3:40 PM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart, Strauss

    Mito Chamber Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    Dag Jensen, bassoon

    18:48
  • 3:37 PM

    Canario

    Lorenzo Allegri

    Via Crucis

    L'Arpeggiata

    Christina Pluhar, conductor

    2:15
  • 3:19 PM

    Cello Sonata No. 4

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Hope Amid Tears

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    16:43
  • 3:06 PM

    Oboe Concerto No. 8

    Tomaso Albinoni

    I Musici

    Heinz Holliger, oboe

    11:09
  • 3:01 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 8

    Antonin Dvorak

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:35
  • 2:44 PM

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    14:12
  • 2:44 PM

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    14:12
  • 2:29 PM

    Ma vlast (My Country): Vysehrad

    Bedrich Smetana

    Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

    Zdenek Macal, conductor

    14:05
  • 2:22 PM

    Romanza Andaluza

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Gil Shaham, violin

    4:46
  • 2:04 PM

    Amsterdam Sinfonietta

    Jaap ter Linden, conductor

    Pauline Oostenrijk, oboe

    17:51
  • 2:00 PM

    Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

    George Frideric Handel

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    2:47
  • 1:55 PM

    The Reader: The Egg/Spying

    Nico Muhly

    The Reader Original Motion Picture Score

    Studio Orchestra

    Nico Muhly, conductor

    3:34
  • 1:49 PM

    Set Me as a Seal

    Nico Muhly

    Essential Voices USA

    Judith Clurman, conductor

    4:15
  • 1:40 PM

    Andante Favori

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven Piano Sonatas 2

    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano

    8:11
  • 1:35 PM

    Minnesota March

    John Philip Sousa

    Sousa's Greatest Marches

    Royal Artillery Band

    Keith Brion, conductor

    3:16
  • 1:32 PM

    Fairest of the Fair

    John Philip Sousa

    University of Michigan Band

    3:00
  • 1:24 PM

    Coppelia: Slavic Theme and Variation

    Leo Delibes

    Delibes: Coppelia/ Chopin: Les Sylphides

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Heinz Fricke, conductor

    5:21
  • 1:19 PM

    Sonata for Trumpet No. 2

    Henry Purcell

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    4:57
  • 1:12 PM

    Suite for Flute, Violin and Piano: Scherzo

    Mel Bonis

    Trio Arkaede

    3:28
  • 1:05 PM

    Symphony No. 29: 4th movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    6:23
  • 12:55 PM

    Egyptian March

    Johann StraussJr.

    J Strauss: An der Schonen Blauen Donau and others

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    4:45
  • 12:50 PM

    Morning Song

    Edward Elgar

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    3:21
  • 12:31 PM

    Variations on "La ci darem la mano"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Works for Piano and Orchestra

    North German Radio Elbphilharmonie Orchestra

    Krzysztof Urbanski, conductor

    Jan Lisiecki, piano

    17:28
  • 12:26 PM

    Don Giovanni: La ci darem la mano

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Don Giovanni: Selections

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    Kathleen Battle, soprano

    3:32
  • 12:22 PM

    Tarantella

    Frederic Chopin

    Artur Rubinstein, piano

    3:14
  • 12:20 PM

    Gazebo Dances: Tarantella

    John Corigliano

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    2:27
  • 12:17 PM

    Little Concert Suite: Tarantelle Fretillante

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    2:39
  • 12:07 PM

    African Suite: Joyful Day

    Fela Sowande

    National Arts Centre Orchestra

    Mario Bernardi, conductor

    7:49
  • 12:04 PM

    Carmen: March of the Toreadors

    Georges Bizet

    Mad About the Classics

    Orchestre de la Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    2:07
  • 11:43 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 4, 5, 6

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    15:31
  • 11:37 AM

    American Suite: 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 in E minor; American Suite

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    4:33
  • 11:29 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Andris Nelsons, conductor

    5:48
  • 11:22 AM

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits

    Christoph Gluck

    Gluck: Orfeo Ed Euridice

    Insula Orchestra

    Laurence Equilbey, conductor

    6:11
  • 11:15 AM

    Waltz No. 3

    Frederic Chopin

    Therese Motard, cello

    Louise-Andree Baril, piano

    6:20
  • 11:09 AM

    William Tell: Pas de Soldats (Soldiers' Dance)

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    4:31
  • 11:04 AM

    Turkish Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Music for My Little Friends

    London Mozart Players

    James Galway, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    3:45
  • 10:48 AM

    The Magic Harp Overture (Rosamunde)

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphony in C Major

    Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    10:00
  • 10:43 AM

    Ragtime Dance

    Scott Joplin

    Leila Josefowicz, violin

    John Novacek, piano

    3:10
  • 10:34 AM

    Invitation to the Dance

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Hanover Band

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    9:36
  • 10:31 AM

    Te Deum: Prelude

    Marc-Antoine Charpentier

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    1:36
  • 10:22 AM

    Symphony No. 5

    William Boyce

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    7:50
  • 10:06 AM

    In the Fen Country

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    15:30
  • 10:01 AM

    Symphony No. 1: Menuetto

    Louise Farrenc

    European Soloists, Luxembourg

    Christoph Konig, conductor

    4:32
  • 9:34 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 4

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Complete Piano Concertos

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    24:33
  • 9:23 AM

    Jutta Puchhammer-Sedillot, viola

    Elise Desjardins, piano

    8:56
  • 9:17 AM

    Passaros em Festa

    Ernesto Nazareth

    Odeon: Brazilian Dances by Ernesto Nazareth

    Antoine Zemor, piano

    4:24
  • 9:06 AM

    Danish National Chamber Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    10:17
  • 9:01 AM

    Loch Lomond

    Traditional

    Chanticleer

    4:39
  • 8:21 AM

    Sonatina No. 2 "Happy Workshop"

    Richard Strauss

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    37:09
  • 8:15 AM

    Nocturne No. 10

    Gabriel Faure

    A Fauré Recital, Vol. 2

    Louis Lortie, piano

    5:06
  • 8:11 AM

    Funeral song

    Veljo Tormis

    Baltic Voices 1

    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

    Paul Hillier, conductor

    2:42
  • 8:06 AM

    Die tote Stadt: Pierrot's Dance Song

    Erich Korngold

    The Silver Violin

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Kirill Karabits, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    4:18
  • 8:01 AM

    Masques

    Claude Debussy

    Shadowlines

    Gilles Vonsattel, piano

    4:35
  • 7:34 AM

    Francesca da Rimini

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    25:01
  • 7:23 AM

    Dream Machine

    Charles Daniels

    the space in which to see

    Borderlands Ensemble

    10:15
  • 7:06 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 3

    Luigi Boccherini

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Anner Bylsma, cello

    14:54
  • 7:01 AM

    Sonatina: 2nd movement

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO, M.: Guitar Quintet / Fantasia / Ecloghe

    Chloe Dufossez, flute

    4:37
  • 6:30 AM

    String Quartet

    Fritz Kreisler

    Music from Vienna 2

    Brodsky Quartet

    27:56
  • 6:24 AM

    Reflections from a Plain

    Tonu Korvits

    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

    Tonu Kaljuste, conductor

    Anja Lechner, cello

    5:03
  • 6:06 AM

    Viola Sonata

    Mikhail Glinka

    White Nights: Viola Music From Saint Petersburg

    Tatjana Masurenko, viola

    16:20
  • 6:01 AM

    Suite of Three Pieces: Idylle

    Benjamin Godard

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Steuart Bedford, conductor

    William Bennett, flute

    4:37
  • 5:46 AM

    Romance for Violin and Orchestra

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Encore Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hege, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    12:37
  • 5:31 AM

    A Faust Symphony: Gretchen

    Franz Liszt

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    14:55
  • 5:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 15

    Frederic Chopin

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    4:35