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  • 4:40 AM

    Simple Symphony

    Benjamin Britten

    I Musici Montreal

    Yuli Turovsky, conductor

    18:18
  • 4:29 AM

    Toccata and Fugue

    Joaquin Turina

    Katrina Szederkenyi, harp

    10:03
  • 4:06 AM

    The Tender Land Suite

    Aaron Copland

    Phoenix Symphony

    James Sedares, conductor

    21:21
  • 4:01 AM

    Pekka Kuusisto, violin

    Ismo Eskelinen, guitar

    4:44
  • 3:48 AM

    Vladimir Viardo, piano

    9:26
  • 3:22 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Susan Palma, flute

    24:59
  • 3:11 AM

    Fritiof Suite: Fritiof's sea journey

    Elfrida Andree

    Stockholm Symphony Orchestra

    Gustaf Sjokvist, conductor

    9:33
  • 3:06 AM

    Norwegian Folk Tune

    Johan Svendsen

    Scandinavian String Music

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Richard Studt, conductor

    4:21
  • 3:01 AM

    Krysia Osostowicz, violin

    Daniel Tong, piano

    4:34
  • 2:51 AM

    String Circle: Ballad

    Kenji Bunch

    Boiling Point: Music Of Kenji Bunch

    ALIAS Chamber Ensemble

    7:30
  • 2:46 AM

    Hommage to Faure

    Robert Helps

    Alan Feinberg, piano

    4:14
  • 2:35 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 2; Overtures

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    9:34
  • 2:20 AM

    Concerto for Two Horns

    Franz Pokorny

    Concerto Amsterdam

    Jaap Schroder, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    Christoph Kohler, horn

    13:54
  • 2:06 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Lennox Berkeley

    The Berkeley Edition, Volume 1 - Pyatt

    BBC Welsh National Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    12:46
  • 2:01 AM

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    4:30
  • 1:33 AM

    Violin Concerto: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Renaud Capucon, violin

    24:27
  • 1:26 AM

    La Fille du tambour-major: Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    Offenbach: Orchestral Works

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:51
  • 1:21 AM

    Hymnus for 12 Cellos

    Julius Klengel

    Elgar

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    5:10
  • 1:06 AM

    Oboe d'Amore Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cafe Zimmermann

    Antoine Torunczyk, oboe d'amore

    12:32
  • 1:01 AM

    Mazurka No. 32

    Frederic Chopin

    Leon Fleisher, piano

    4:32
  • 12:51 AM

    Serenade No. 3: 3rd movement

    Robert Fuchs

    Cologne Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Ludwig, conductor

    7:34
  • 12:29 AM

    Symphony No. 95

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    La Petite Bande

    Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor

    20:18
  • 12:21 AM

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    8:08
  • 12:15 AM

    Battalia Imperiale

    Domenico Zipoli

    Ensemble Caprice

    Matthias Maute, conductor

    3:32
  • 12:06 AM

    Minuet in Fandango Style

    Salvador Castro de Gistau

    Artemandoline

    8:23
  • 12:01 AM

    Cow Call

    Edvard Grieg

    Melissa Holm-Johansen, soprano

    Stephen Swanson, piano

    4:35
  • 11:44 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 3

    Francois Devienne

    Munich Chamber Orchestra

    Hans Stadlmair, conductor

    Andras Adorjan, flute

    14:31
  • 11:36 PM

    Sicilian Vespers: Four Seasons: Winter

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi: Ballet Music

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    6:44
  • 11:27 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Eivind Aadland, conductor

    Baiba Skride, violin

    7:52
  • 11:15 PM

    English Folk Song Suite

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Cleveland Symphonic Winds

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    10:42
  • 11:06 PM

    Beatrice and Benedict: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    8:10
  • 11:01 PM

    Royal Academy of Music Brass

    4:49
  • 10:46 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Grand Pas de Deux

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    11:48
  • 10:30 PM

    Fantasy on Polish Airs

    Frederic Chopin

    Warsaw Philharmonic

    Kazimierz Kord, conductor

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    14:58
  • 10:23 PM

    Violin Concerto: Fly Forward

    Jennifer Higdon

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    5:08
  • 10:14 PM

    Concerto for Strings

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Arion

    8:26
  • 10:06 PM

    Samson and Delilah: Bacchanale

    Camille Saint-Saens

    French Opera Highlights

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    7:32
  • 10:01 PM

    Per Flemstrom, flute

    Mats Bergstrom, guitar

    4:34
  • 9:51 PM

    Das Rheingold: Entry of the Gods into Valhalla

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Orchestral Music from The Ring

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    7:33
  • 9:45 PM

    Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro

    Giacomo Puccini

    Opera Without Words

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    4:03
  • 9:27 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 8 "Pathetique"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas 8, 15, 27 & 30

    Jonathan Biss, piano

    17:23
  • 9:22 PM

    Pine Trees

    Mary Lattimore

    Mary Lattimore, harp

    3:19
  • 9:06 PM

    Les Preludes

    Franz Liszt

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Liszt - Solti

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    15:03
  • 9:03 PM

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    2:30
  • 8:50 PM

    London Mozart Players

    Jane Glover, conductor

    8:25
  • 8:35 PM

    Concerto for 2 Orchestras No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Concerti a due cori

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    13:36
  • 8:19 PM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 3

    Carl Stamitz

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    14:20
  • 8:06 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Andre Previn, conductor

    12:05
  • 8:01 PM

    Cello Concerto: Fugue

    Giovanni Platti

    Ensemble Cordia

    Stefano Veggetti, cello

    4:36
  • 5:42 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 13

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Sonatas and Variations

    Fazil Say, piano

    16:45
  • 5:19 PM

    Concerto for Two Clarinets

    Franz Krommer

    Krommer: Clarinet Concertos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Pay, conductor

    Antony Pay, clarinet

    22:03
  • 5:15 PM

    The Tempest Suite No. 2: Songs I and II

    Jean Sibelius

    Shakespeare's Tempest

    Kansas City Symphony

    Michael Stern, conductor

    1:48
  • 5:06 PM

    The Temple of Glory: Three Airs

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    7:54
  • 5:01 PM

    Introduction and Tarantella

    Pablo de Sarasate

    A La Carte

    Abbey Road Ensemble

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    4:32
  • 4:51 PM

    Symphony No. 3

    Carl Friedrich Abel

    Abel: Overtures & Sinfonias

    Il Fondamento

    Paul Dombrecht, conductor

    7:16
  • 4:36 PM

    Rhapsody in Blue

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, Piano Concerto in F, An American in Paris

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Andre Previn, piano

    13:58
  • 4:27 PM

    A Moonlit Night on the Spring River

    Traditional Chinese

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    7:17
  • 4:07 PM

    Suite for Strings

    Frank Bridge

    Butterworth Parry Bridge

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    19:44
  • 4:01 PM

    Concerto for Viola and Orchestra: Finale

    Carl Stamitz

    Cologne Chamber Orchestra

    Helmut Muller-Bruhl, conductor

    Wolfram Christ, viola

    4:34
  • 3:44 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concertos

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    14:06
  • 3:29 PM

    French Suite No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Murray Perahia, piano

    14:59
  • 3:20 PM

    Serenata No. 5

    James Oswald

    Chatham Baroque

    8:07
  • 3:14 PM

    Animal Requiem: Pie Jesu

    Rachel Fuller

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Robert Ziegler, conductor

    Katy Batho, soprano

    3:38
  • 3:06 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven For All: Music of Passion, Power and Beauty

    West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    6:13
  • 3:01 PM

    The rising of the moon

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Bart Schneemann, oboe

    Paolo Giacometti, piano

    4:34
  • 2:31 PM

    String Quartet No. 12 "American"

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: G Major Op. 106 & F Major Op. 96 "American"

    Pavel Haas Quartet

    26:26
  • 2:17 PM

    The King's Violins

    Bernard Labadie, conductor

    Valerie Milot, harp

    13:14
  • 2:12 PM

    El pelele (The Straw Mannequin)

    Enrique Granados

    Jean-Francois Heisser, piano

    4:44
  • 2:05 PM

    Tancredi: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    5:58
  • 2:00 PM

    Berceuse (Lullaby)

    Amy Beach

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    Stephen Hough, piano

    3:07
  • 1:49 PM

    Prince Igor: Overture

    Alexander Borodin

    Russian Overtures

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    10:11
  • 1:42 PM

    I'll Be Around

    Alec Wilder

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    5:50
  • 1:38 PM

    A River Runs Through It: Haunted by Waters

    Mark Isham

    Studio orchestra

    4:00
  • 1:31 PM

    Le Carnaval de Londres: Little March; The Tower of London; Finale

    Darius Milhaud

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    3:50
  • 1:23 PM

    Alborada del Gracioso (Morning Song of the Jester)

    Maurice Ravel

    pictures at an exhibition

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    7:38
  • 1:18 PM

    Manha de Carnaval

    Luiz Bonfa

    Cinema Serenade

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    4:16
  • 1:07 PM

    Bartered Bride: Overture

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: Bartered Bride

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    Miklos Rozsa, conductor

    6:43
  • 1:04 PM

    Scherzo-Polka

    Bedrich Smetana

    Czech Miniature Masterpieces

    Antonin Kubalek, piano

    2:36
  • 12:53 PM

    Serenade No. 9 "Posthorn": Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Camerata Academica Salzburg

    Sandor Vegh, conductor

    5:51
  • 12:47 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Carducci Quartet

    Julian Bliss, clarinet

    4:25
  • 12:38 PM

    Variations on "I Got Rhythm"

    George Gershwin

    Fazil Say

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Fazil Say, piano

    7:56
  • 12:28 PM

    True Constancy: Sinfonia

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Opera Overtures

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    8:24
  • 12:18 PM

    Israeli Melodies

    Julius Chajes

    Members of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Amos, conductor

    8:53
  • 12:16 PM

    Swan Lake: Dance of the Little Swans

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    1:31
  • 12:10 PM

    Carmen: Gypsy Dance

    Georges Bizet

    French Opera Highlights

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    4:34
  • 12:04 PM

    Sonata No. 8

    Dario Castello

    Castello, Fontana: Sonate Concertate in Stil Moderno

    John Holloway, violin

    4:54
  • 11:45 AM

    St. Paul's Suite

    Gustav Holst

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    12:50
  • 11:41 AM

    Schwanda the Bagpiper: Polka

    Jaromir Weinberger

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    2:17
  • 11:36 AM

    El Amor Brujo: Ritual Fire Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:33
  • 11:33 AM

    Four Irish Dances: The Leprechaun's Dance

    Charles Stanford

    Grainger: Piano Transcriptions

    Piers Lane, piano

    2:52
  • 11:21 AM

    Andante and Hungarian Rondo

    Carl Maria von Weber

    London Mozart Players

    Nicholas Cleobury, conductor

    Yoshiyuki Nakanishi, bassoon

    10:33
  • 11:17 AM

    Hungarian Dance No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    3:12
  • 11:09 AM

    Abdelazar: Incidental Music

    Henry Purcell

    A Baroque Feast

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    7:02
  • 11:04 AM

    Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo

    Pietro Mascagni

    Opera Without Words

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    3:27
  • 10:43 AM

    Capriccio Espagnol

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Great Orchestral Works

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    15:56
  • 10:38 AM

    Legend No. 1

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends, Symphony No. 8

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    3:23
  • 10:24 AM

    Delights and Dances

    Michael Abels

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    13:03
  • 10:20 AM

    Fanfare for the Common Man

    Aaron Copland

    Strauss, Brahms, Delius, Copland, Davis

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Carl Davis, conductor

    3:11
  • 10:11 AM

    Le Roi malgre lui (The King in Spite of Himself): Fete polonaise

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    7:23
  • 10:06 AM

    Abduction from the Seraglio: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Dream of the Orient

    Concerto Koln

    Werner Ehrhardt, conductor

    4:39
  • 10:01 AM

    Arvo Leibur, violin

    Vardo Rumessen, piano

    4:49
  • 9:44 AM

    Six Promenades

    Edward Elgar

    Athena Ensemble

    14:03
  • 9:32 AM

    Capriol Suite

    Peter Warlock

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alan Barlow, conductor

    10:53
  • 9:28 AM

    Seven Desires: 5

    Tan Dun

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    2:02
  • 9:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 3

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Amadeus Quartet

    21:32
  • 9:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 4

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Nocturnes

    Ivan Moravec, piano

    4:30
  • 8:44 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Janine Jansen, violin

    Jan Jansen, harpsichord

    14:28
  • 8:24 AM

    Brazilian Impressions

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Roman Festivals, Brazilian Impressions, Pines of Rome

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    19:35
  • 8:12 AM

    Clarinet Concertino

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Kirk Trevor, conductor

    Richard Stoltzman, clarinet

    10:28
  • 8:07 AM

    The Immovable Do

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger Edition Vol. 5: Works for Chorus & Orchestra 2

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:56
  • 8:01 AM

    The Floating One Polka Mazurka

    Josef Strauss

    Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Arthur Kulling, conductor

    4:37
  • 7:22 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Till Fellner, piano

    35:52
  • 7:15 AM

    The White Peacock

    Charles Tomlinson Griffes

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    6:06
  • 7:06 AM

    String Quartet: 1st movement

    Maurice Ravel

    Diffusion

    Verona Quartet

    7:56
  • 7:01 AM

    Agnus Dei

    Charlotte Bray

    Upheld By Stillness

    ORA

    Suzi Digby, conductor

    4:32
  • 6:29 AM

    Juno Concerto

    Bela Fleck

    Colorado Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Luis Gomez, conductor

    Bela Fleck, banjo

    29:42
  • 6:23 AM

    Summa

    Arvo Part

    Arvo Part: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    5:05
  • 6:06 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concentus Hungaricus

    Ildiko Hegyi, conductor

    Jeno Jando, piano

    14:55
  • 6:01 AM

    Cello Concerto: Larghetto

    Giuseppe Tartini

    Collegium Musicum Zurich

    Paul Sacher, conductor

    Mstislav Rostropovich, cello

    4:39
  • 5:22 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Hailstork: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3

    Grand Rapids Symphony

    David Lockington, conductor

    36:36
  • 5:16 AM

    Great White Bird

    Hilary Kleinig

    Zephyr Quartet

    4:12
  • 5:06 AM

    Sigurd Jorsalfar: Homage March

    Edvard Grieg

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    9:08
  • 5:01 AM

    Miami Grands: Key Biscayne, Dawn

    Michael Torke

    Miami Piano Circle

    Georgi Danchev, conductor

    4:41