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  • 4:32 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Thomas Hengebrock, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    25:57
  • 4:25 AM

    Berceuse

    Stephen Paulus

    American Harp

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    5:42
  • 4:06 AM

    A Downland Suite

    John Ireland

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    18:20
  • 4:01 AM

    Ballade No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms on Brass

    Canadian Brass

    4:43
  • 3:34 AM

    Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Complete Orchestral Works Iv

    French National Radio and Television Orchestra

    Jean Martinon, conductor

    Aldo Ciccolini, piano

    23:50
  • 3:21 AM

    Canto V: Into the heart of light

    Einojuhani Rautavaara

    Dedicated to

    Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra

    Juha Kangas, conductor

    11:34
  • 3:16 AM

    Flower Drum

    Qu Wei

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    3:01
  • 3:06 AM

    Concerto for Violin and Cello "Il Proteo o sia il mondo al rovescio"

    Antonio Vivaldi

    I Musici

    9:55
  • 3:01 AM

    The Merchant of Venice: Suite: A la Valse

    Arthur Sullivan

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Vivian Dunn, conductor

    4:55
  • 2:53 AM

    Stephen Hough, piano

    5:31
  • 2:43 AM

    Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise

    Frederic Chopin

    Artur Rubinstein, piano

    14:58
  • 2:38 AM

    Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise

    Frederic Chopin

    Lang Lang, piano

    15:16
  • 1:50 AM

    Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Opus 36

    Tchaikovsky

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Karina Canellakis, conductor

    44:00
  • 1:23 AM

    Concerto No. 21 in C major for Piano and Orchestra, K. 467

    Wolfgang Mozart

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Karina Canellakis, conductor

    Jon Kimura Parker

    16:00
  • 1:07 AM

    Symphony No. 1, Afro-American

    William Grant Still

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Karina Canellakis, conductor

    8:00
  • 12:52 AM

    Namouna: Cigarette Waltz

    Edouard Lalo

    Lalo: Namuona - Musique de Ballet

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Robertson, conductor

    6:15
  • 12:29 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    English Baroque Soloists

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    Kati Debretzeni, violin

    21:29
  • 12:18 AM

    8 Variations on a Theme by Count Waldstein

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Amy Hamann, piano

    Sara Hamann, piano

    8:23
  • 12:06 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Alessandro Marcello

    Concertos for Oboe

    Academy of London

    Richard Stamp, conductor

    Ray Still, oboe

    12:03
  • 12:01 AM

    Chilean Dance

    Andrew York

    Andrew York: Into Dark

    Andrew York, guitar

    4:29
  • 11:39 PM

    Siegfried Idyll

    Richard Wagner

    German Opera Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    19:14
  • 11:27 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 1

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Inspiration

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, conductor

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    31:22
  • 11:20 PM

    Three Preludes

    George Gershwin

    Summertime

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    6:26
  • 11:09 PM

    An Outdoor Overture

    Aaron Copland

    Portraits of Freedom: Copland, Harris

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    9:15
  • 10:38 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 5 "Egyptian"

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Jean-Philippe Collard, piano

    28:58
  • 10:35 PM

    Ballet de Cour: Rigaudon

    Gabriel Pierne

    Prisms

    Chamber Music Palm Beach

    2:47
  • 10:27 PM

    Organ Symphony No. 9 "Gothique": 1st movement

    Charles-Marie Widor

    Widor: Symphonies Nos 3, 4, 9 "Gothique"

    Marie-Claire Alain, organ

    6:04
  • 10:24 PM

    Songs My Mother Taught Me

    Antonin Dvorak

    Alisa Weilerstein, cello

    Anna Polonsky, piano

    :00
  • 10:13 PM

    Trumpet Concerto in F

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Mecklenberg Staatskapelle

    Matthias Foremny, conductor

    Giuliano Sommerhalder, trumpet

    :00
  • 10:01 PM

    Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune (Moonlight)

    Claude Debussy

    Leon Fleisher: Two Hands

    Leon Fleisher, piano

    4:57
  • 9:47 PM

    Requiem: Confutatis; Lux Aeterna

    Wolfgang Mozart

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    :00
  • 9:30 PM

    Concertstuck

    Cecile Chaminade

    Beach, Chaminade, Howell: Piano Concertos

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Rebecca Miller, conductor

    Danny Driver, piano

    14:51
  • 9:25 PM

    Five Bagatelles: I

    William Walton

    Julian Bream, guitar

    :00
  • 9:14 PM

    Symphony No. 4

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    42:32
  • 9:10 PM

    A Birch Tree in a Field did Stand

    Trad.

    Soviet Army Chorus

    Ivan Didenko, tenor

    :00
  • 9:00 PM

    The Wizard of Oz Fantasy

    William Hirtz

    Jon Kimura Parker, piano

    7:24
  • 8:30 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Alban Berg

    Staatskapelle Dresden

    David Robertson, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    :00
  • 8:18 PM

    The Lord of the Rings: Suite

    Howard Shore

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Klauspeter Seibel, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    6:43
  • 8:12 PM

    Malaguena

    Isaac Albeniz

    Mad About Guitars

    Narciso Yepes, guitar

    3:53
  • 8:01 PM

    Der Freischutz (The Free Shooter): Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    9:21
  • 5:49 PM

    Gymnopedies

    Erik Satie

    Miki Aoki, piano

    9:44
  • 5:21 PM

    Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto

    He Zhanhao/Chen Gang

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Viktor Fedotov, conductor

    Vanessa-Mae, violin

    26:37
  • 5:11 PM

    Trio Sonata

    Sebastian de Brossard

    Sacrifices

    La Nuova Musica

    David Bates, conductor

    7:06
  • 5:06 PM

    Hungarian March

    Hector Berlioz

    Pomp & Pizazz

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:02
  • 5:01 PM

    German Dances

    William Brade

    Brass Ensemble

    Ludwig Guttler, trumpet

    4:50
  • 4:48 PM

    Dance of the Hours

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    10:27
  • 4:30 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
  • 4:21 PM

    Zampa Overture

    Ferdinand Herold

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    7:26
  • 4:06 PM

    Flute Concerto

    Frederick the Great

    CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra

    Hartmut Haenchen, conductor

    Manfred Friedrich, flute

    14:42
  • 4:01 PM

    Madame Bovary: Waltz

    Miklos Rozsa

    The Epic Film Music of Miklos Rozsa

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Alwyn, conductor

    4:44
  • 3:48 PM

    Quartet No. 1

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    11:02
  • 3:37 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique": 3rd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    9:52
  • 3:27 PM

    Scherzo No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    8:10
  • 3:18 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Elfrida Andree

    Stockholm Symphony Orchestra

    Gustaf Sjokvist, conductor

    7:22
  • 3:06 PM

    Bavarian Dances

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance Marches

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    11:36
  • 3:01 PM

    The Woods so Wild

    William Byrd

    Barley Moon

    Ayreheart

    4:32
  • 2:50 PM

    Fra Diavolo: Overture

    Daniel Auber

    Great Comedy Overtures

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    8:10
  • 2:50 PM

    Impromptu No. 4

    Franz Schubert

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    7:40
  • 2:38 PM

    Gloriana: Courtly Dances

    Benjamin Britten

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    10:18
  • 2:05 PM

    Symphony No. 5

    Samuel Wesley

    Milton Keynes City Orchestra

    Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor

    14:40
  • 1:59 PM

    Humoreske

    Alexander von Zemlinsky

    Bohemia

    Acelga Quintet

    4:20
  • 1:50 PM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky & Mendelssohn Concertos

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    Jascha Heifetz, violin

    8:15
  • 1:44 PM

    State Fair: Suite

    Richard Rodgers

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:18
  • 1:35 PM

    Carousel Waltz

    Richard Rodgers

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    7:49
  • 1:27 PM

    Karelia Overture

    Jean Sibelius

    Tampere Philharmonic

    Tuomas Ollila, conductor

    6:54
  • 1:21 PM

    Three Parts on a Ground

    Henry Purcell

    Henry Purcell: Sonatas and Theatre Music

    Chatham Baroque

    5:15
  • 1:18 PM

    Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge

    Anna Lapwood, conductor

    2:25
  • 1:07 PM

    Grand Canyon Suite: On the Trail

    Ferde Grofe

    Out West!

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    7:24
  • 1:04 PM

    March

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Sound Off!

    United States Marine Band

    Col. John Bourgeois, conductor

    2:02
  • 12:51 PM

    The Anonymous Lover: Overture-Symphony

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    7:41
  • 12:46 PM

    Procession of the Sardar

    Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov

    Stokowski Showcase / National Philharmonic Orchestra

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leopold Stokowski, conductor

    3:32
  • 12:45 PM

    The Anonymous Lover: Overture-Symphony

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    7:41
  • 12:34 PM

    Concertante for Flute and Clarinet: 1st movement

    Franz Danzi

    Winged Creatures

    Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra

    Allen Tinkham, conductor

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    10:28
  • 12:29 PM

    Prelude No. 1

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Manuel Barrueco, guitar

    4:21
  • 12:23 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "In the Forest": 3rd movement

    Joachim Raff

    Raff: Symphonies Nos. 3 And 10

    Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic

    Urs Schneider, conductor

    4:47
  • 12:15 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 4

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Patrick Gallois, flute

    7:15
  • 12:07 PM

    Magic Flute: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    6:49
  • 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
  • 11:53 AM

    Violin Concerto: Fly Forward

    Jennifer Higdon

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    5:08
  • 11:51 AM

    Violin Partita No. 3: Gigue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Partitas Nos. 2 and 3; Sonata No. 3

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    1:49
  • 11:45 AM

    Ave Maria

    Franz Schubert

    Santo

    Bologna Theater Orchestra

    Michele Mariotti, conductor

    Juan Diego Florez, tenor

    5:00
  • 11:29 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    The Chicago Principal

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Adolph Herseth, trumpet

    14:23
  • 11:24 AM

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Susan Milan, flute

    4:06
  • 11:19 AM

    Introduction No. 4

    Pietro Locatelli

    Locatelli: Introduttioni Teatralli and Concerti, Op. 4

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, conductor

    4:15
  • 11:15 AM

    Molly on the Shore

    Percy Grainger

    Michael McHale, piano

    3:37
  • 11:07 AM

    Serenade No. 2: Rondo

    Johannes Brahms

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    5:58
  • 11:04 AM

    Canzon No. 4

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Five Centuries of Music for Brass Ensemble

    Bavarian Brass Soloists

    Gerd Zapf, conductor

    2:34
  • 10:47 AM

    New Federal Overture

    James Hewitt

    Sinfonia Finlandia Jyvaskyla

    Patrick Gallois, conductor

    10:56
  • 10:39 AM

    Nocturnes: Nuages (Clouds)

    Claude Debussy

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    7:45
  • 10:25 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 4

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel and Haydn Society

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    12:57
  • 10:19 AM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Adagio

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sabine Meyer: Clarinet Connection

    Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble

    5:23
  • 10:14 AM

    Tjonneblomen (Water Lily)

    Gjermund Haugen

    Danish String Quartet

    3:51
  • 10:09 AM

    Perpetual Motion Piece No. 3

    Francis Poulenc

    'Pot-Pourri' for flute & guitar

    William Bennett, flute

    3:37
  • 10:06 AM

    Songs My Mother Taught Me

    Antonin Dvorak

    Julian Lloyd Webber, cello

    John Lenehan, piano

    2:37
  • 10:01 AM

    Ladies in Lavender

    Nigel Hess

    Claire Jones: Royal Harp Strings

    London Mozart Players

    Stuart Morley, conductor

    Claire Jones, harp

    4:42
  • 9:39 AM

    String Concerto

    Giuseppe Valentini

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    19:30
  • 9:26 AM

    In Autumn Overture

    Edvard Grieg

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    11:25
  • 9:09 AM

    Sextet for Two Horns and Strings

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Consortium Classicum

    15:34
  • 9:06 AM

    The Winter's Tale: Pastoral

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Lars-Erik Larsson: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    1:55
  • 9:06 AM

    Sextet for Two Horns and Strings

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Consortium Classicum

    15:34
  • 9:01 AM

    Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra

    Vladimir Ziva, conductor

    Andrei Korobeinikov, piano

    4:35
  • 8:23 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Johannes Brahms: Symphonies Nos.1-4 (Gunter Wand Collection)

    North German Radio Symphony

    Gunter Wand, conductor

    35:23
  • 8:17 AM

    Bookmarks from Japan: Evening Snow at Kambara

    Julie Giroux

    United States Air Force Band

    Larry H. Lang, conductor

    4:19
  • 8:06 AM

    The Dream of Gunnar

    Carl Nielsen

    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor

    10:09
  • 8:01 AM

    Tango Song and Dance: Song

    Andre Previn

    Franck, Kurtag, Previn, Schumann

    Augustin Hadelich, violin

    4:39
  • 7:35 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 3

    August Muller

    Muller: Flute Concertos

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Timo Handschuh, conductor

    Tatjana Ruhland, flute

    23:44
  • 7:24 AM

    Fantasy on a Hymn by Justin Morgan

    Thomas Canning

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    10:14
  • 7:09 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 58

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 7

    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano

    12:20
  • 7:06 AM

    Bambuco

    Adolfo Mejia

    Guitar Music of Colombia

    Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar

    3:05
  • 7:01 AM

    Semele: Where E'er You Walk

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Arias

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    Harry Bicket, conductor

    Ian Bostridge, tenor

    4:46
  • 6:31 AM

    String Quintet No. 5

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: String Quintets Kv 593 And 614

    Melos Quartet

    Piero Farulli, viola

    27:01
  • 6:24 AM

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    6:22
  • 6:06 AM

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    16:26
  • 6:01 AM

    Sonata No. 16

    Giovanni Fontana

    Stradivaria

    4:31
  • 5:37 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Arvo Part

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Franz Welser-Most, conductor

    21:06
  • 5:23 AM

    Fantasy Pieces

    Niels Gade

    Seunghee Lee, clarinet

    Katrine Gislinge, piano

    12:08
  • 5:06 AM

    Fountains of Rome

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Pini di Roma, Fontane di Roma, etc.

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    16:39
  • 5:01 AM

    Intermezzo No. 4

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    4:39