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  • 4:20 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    Rudolf Serkin, piano

    38:25
  • 4:12 AM

    El mestre (The Schoolmaster)

    Traditional Catalan

    Chants du Sud et du Nord

    Arianna Savall, mezzo-soprano

    6:26
  • 4:06 AM

    Four Characteristic Waltzes: Queen's Waltz

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    5:14
  • 4:01 AM

    Old and Lost Rivers

    Tobias Picker

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:34
  • 3:49 AM

    The Demon: Ballet Music

    Anton Rubinstein

    Exotic Dances from the Opera

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    9:11
  • 3:23 AM

    Piano Quartet No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Faure Piano Quartet

    24:49
  • 3:06 AM

    Ma vlast (My Country): Vysehrad

    Bedrich Smetana

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    14:41
  • 3:01 AM

    Over the Rainbow

    Harold Arlen

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    4:37
  • 2:51 AM

    At the Gate Concert Overture

    Michael Fine

    Michael Fine: Seasons

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Philip Mann, conductor

    7:18
  • 2:39 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Itzhak Perlman, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    10:58
  • 2:26 AM

    Miniature Suite

    Poldowski

    Sylvan Winds

    10:28
  • 2:06 AM

    Lachian Dances

    Leos Janacek

    Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ondrej Lenard, conductor

    19:26
  • 2:01 AM

    Piano Concerto: 2nd movement

    Luise Adolpha Le Beau

    Emilie Mayer - Symphony No. 5

    Berlin Chamber Symphony Ensemble

    Jurgen Bruns, conductor

    Katia Tchemberdji, piano

    4:41
  • 1:51 AM

    Recorder Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Cologne Camerata

    Michael Schneider, recorder

    7:45
  • 1:46 AM

    Pine Apple Rag

    Scott Joplin

    Giovanni De Chiaro, guitar

    3:47
  • 1:23 AM

    String Quartet No. 59 "The Rider"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    The Haydn Project

    Emerson String Quartet

    22:16
  • 1:06 AM

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    14:44
  • 1:01 AM

    The Prince and the Pauper

    Erich Korngold

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    4:48
  • 12:52 AM

    The Broken Engagement: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Patrick Gallois, conductor

    Barbora Tomeckova, oboe

    Jan Karas, horn

    6:12
  • 12:24 AM

    Violin Sonata

    Cesar Franck

    Paris: La Belle Epoque

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    26:39
  • 12:19 AM

    Lincolnshire Posy: Horkstow Grange

    Percy Grainger

    Brooklyn Bridge

    University of Michigan Symphony Band

    Michael Haithcock, conductor

    3:04
  • 12:06 AM

    Symphony No. 5

    Georg Anton Benda

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    12:09
  • 12:01 AM

    Notre Dame: Intermezzo

    Franz Schmidt

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    4:43
  • 11:22 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 4

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Piano Concertos

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Hannu Lintu, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    35:10
  • 11:06 PM

    Russian Easter Festival Orchestra

    Rimsky-Korsakov

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    14:22
  • 10:49 PM

    Cyrano de Bergerac Overture

    Johann Wagenaar

    Wagenaar: Saul En David, Amphitrion, Etc / Riccardo Chailly

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    13:46
  • 10:37 PM

    Polonaise No. 5 "Tragic"

    Frederic Chopin

    Evgeny Kissin, piano

    11:57
  • 10:33 PM

    The Road Home

    Stephen Paulus

    Concert Recording

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    3:41
  • 10:11 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Ouvertures

    Zefiro

    Alfredo Bernardini, conductor

    21:07
  • 10:05 PM

    Christine's Lullaby

    Carl Schroeder

    Minnesota youth Sympohnies

    Manny Laureano, conductor

    5:35
  • 9:31 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Johann Hummel

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    30:17
  • 9:20 PM

    Salut!

    Twin Cities Trumpet Ensemble

    4:00
  • 9:04 PM

    In Autumn

    Amy Beach

    Kimberly Schmidt, piano

    2:28
  • 8:56 PM

    Grosse Fuge (Great Fugue)

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Prism II

    Danish String Quartet

    16:37
  • 8:48 PM

    Cello Sonata

    Boris Tchaikovsky

    Johannes Moser, cello

    Paul Rivinius, piano

    8:30
  • 8:34 PM

    Lakme: Flower Duet

    Leo Delibes

    The #1 Opera Album

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    Joan Sutherland, soprano

    5:01
  • 8:28 PM

    The Harmonious Blacksmith

    George Frideric Handel

    Earl Wild - The Romantic Master

    Earl Wild, piano

    4:26
  • 8:17 PM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Cantatas

    Finnish National Opera Orchestra

    Eri Klas, conductor

    8:23
  • 8:08 PM

    La Cenerentola (Cinderella): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    8:06
  • 8:01 PM

    Goiin Home

    Dvorak

    Paul Robeson

    4:40
  • 5:39 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: 5 Piano Concertos

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Ramin Bahrami, piano

    19:23
  • 5:35 PM

    Latin American Dances: Dusk in Guadalajara

    Jose Elizondo

    Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vit Micka, conductor

    2:16
  • 5:31 PM

    Tosca: Vissi d'arte

    Giacomo Puccini

    Opera Without Words

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    3:28
  • 5:06 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Heinrich Schiff, cello

    23:16
  • 5:01 PM

    Caprice No. 24

    Niccolo Paganini

    Virtuoso Guitar Transcriptions

    Nicola Hall, guitar

    4:46
  • 4:43 PM

    Karelia Suite

    Jean Sibelius

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    15:42
  • 4:25 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    Martha Argerich, piano

    15:54
  • 4:18 PM

    Dance Odyssey

    Oliver Davis

    Oliver Davis: Dance

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    5:19
  • 4:06 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 6

    Arcangelo Corelli

    I Solisti Italiani

    11:43
  • 4:01 PM

    Sonata Concertante: Rondo

    Louis Spohr

    Marielle Nordmann, harp

    Andras Adorjan, flute

    4:48
  • 3:52 PM

    The Prisoner: Overture

    Francois Boieldieu/Luigi Cherubini

    Francois-Adrien Boieldieu: Piano Concerto; Six Overtures

    Swiss Italian Orchestra

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    6:39
  • 3:30 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 6

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Camerata Academica Salzburg

    Geza Anda, conductor

    Geza Anda, piano

    20:07
  • 3:20 PM

    Concerto Andaluz: 1st movement

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Interchange: Concertos by Rodrigo and Assad

    Delaware Symphony Orchestra

    David Amado, conductor

    8:06
  • 3:16 PM

    Poker Rag

    Charlotte Blake

    Music of the Gilded Age

    Sylvan Winds

    3:07
  • 3:06 PM

    From Italy (Aus Italien): In the Campagna

    Richard Strauss

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    9:54
  • 3:01 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 2: 1st movement

    William Alwyn

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    4:36
  • 2:46 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Franz Clement

    Beethoven and Clement Violin Concertos

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    11:53
  • 2:42 PM

    This Marriage

    Eric Whitacre

    Gold

    King's Singers

    2:21
  • 2:38 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 8

    Johannes Brahms

    Romantic Dances for Piano Duet

    Duo Turgeon

    2:59
  • 1:59 PM

    Scherzando No. 5

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn Ensemble Berlin

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    7:08
  • 1:50 PM

    If I Were King: Overture

    Adolphe Adam

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    7:15
  • 1:46 PM

    Canzon per sonare No. 2

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    The Antiphonal Music of Gabrieli

    Philadelphia Brass Ensemble

    2:32
  • 1:32 PM

    Sonata No. 4

    Johann Heinrich Schmelzer

    Stylus Phantasticus

    Pacific MusicWorks

    Stephen Stubbs, conductor

    Tekla Cunningham, Baroque violin

    8:13
  • 1:28 PM

    Etude No. 12 "Revolutionary"

    Frederic Chopin

    Frederic Chiu, piano

    2:59
  • 1:20 PM

    King Stephen: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    6:37
  • 1:17 PM

    La Bergamasca: Aria No. 11

    Marco Uccellini

    Arcadian Academy

    2:14
  • 1:09 PM

    Symphony: 1st movement

    Johann Vanhal

    Vanhal: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    4:56
  • 1:04 PM

    Czech Suite: Menuet

    Antonin Dvorak

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    4:26
  • 12:51 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 3: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Piano Concertos

    Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

    Leif Ove Andsnes, conductor

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    8:24
  • 12:49 PM

    Etude No. 4

    Frederic Chopin

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    1:54
  • 12:34 PM

    Masques and Bergamasques

    Gabriel Faure

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    13:42
  • 12:30 PM

    Song without Words No. 30 "Spring Song"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    Sergio Tiempo, piano

    2:27
  • 12:26 PM

    King Arthur: Chaconne

    Henry Purcell

    Oslo Circles

    3:20
  • 12:21 PM

    The Devil's Beauties

    Francois Dompierre

    Angele Dubeau & La Pieta: Infernal Violins

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    3:11
  • 12:17 PM

    Love Walked In

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin, Saint Saens, Ravel

    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    3:55
  • 12:06 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: 4th movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Joy and Desolation

    Tesla Quartet

    Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet

    9:24
  • 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
  • 11:52 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Vincenzo Bellini

    Trumpet Concertos

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jahja Ling, conductor

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    6:55
  • 11:44 AM

    Symphony: 1st movement

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet, Prokofiev, Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 1

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    7:13
  • 11:35 AM

    Suite of Old Lettish Dances

    Andrejs Jansons

    Blue Skies

    USAF Band of Flight

    7:36
  • 11:29 AM

    Swan Lake: Russian Dance

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    Esther Yoo, violin

    4:23
  • 11:23 AM

    Quintet for Piano and Winds: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Mozart: Quintett KV452; Beethoven: Quintett op. 16

    Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble

    Christian Zacharias, piano

    5:46
  • 11:17 AM

    Three Botticelli Pictures: Birth of Venus

    Ottorino Respighi

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    4:42
  • 11:09 AM

    Trio Sonata No. 6

    William Boyce

    Boyce: Trio Sonatas

    Parley of Instruments

    Peter Holman, conductor

    6:36
  • 11:04 AM

    A Moorside Suite: March

    Gustav Holst

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    4:09
  • 10:44 AM

    Symphony No. 9 "Great": 3rd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Gielen, conductor

    14:14
  • 10:35 AM

    Cantata No. 42: Sinfonia

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra

    William Lacey, conductor

    7:08
  • 10:22 AM

    Chimney of King Rene

    Darius Milhaud

    Danish National Symphony Wind Quintet

    12:42
  • 10:18 AM

    Gymnopedie No. 1

    Erik Satie

    Sawai, Liptak, Miyagi, Yonekura, Fujita, Satie

    Ryuko Mizutani, koto

    3:13
  • 10:13 AM

    Hutsul Triptych: Childhood

    Myroslav Skoryk

    Odessa Philharmonic Orchestra

    Hobart Earle, conductor

    4:08
  • 10:08 AM

    Idomeneo: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Arias for Male Soprano

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    4:28
  • 10:06 AM

    Michala Petri, recorder

    Lars Hannibal, guitar

    1:22
  • 10:01 AM

    Lyric Quartet: The Quiet One

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    4:35
  • 9:48 AM

    Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn Overtures

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Claus Peter Flor, conductor

    10:10
  • 9:34 AM

    Plow That Broke the Plains Suite

    Virgil Thomson

    Virgil Thompson: Music for Film, "The River" & "Plow That Broke the Plains"

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    12:37
  • 9:17 AM

    Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    THE BRITISH PROJECT

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, conductor

    15:18
  • 9:06 AM

    Chamber Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Musica Pacifica

    10:20
  • 9:01 AM

    English Idyll No. 2

    George Butterworth

    Halle Orchestra

    Mark Elder, conductor

    4:36
  • 8:22 AM

    Triple Concerto

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Triple Concerto & Symphony No. 7

    West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    35:28
  • 8:17 AM

    Sebastian: Barcarolle

    Gian Carlo Menotti

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    3:41
  • 8:06 AM

    Paganini Variations

    Eugene Ysaye

    Capriccio Quartet

    10:08
  • 8:01 AM

    Second Suite: Intermezzo

    Charles-Edouard Lefebvre

    Sylvan Winds

    Nicholas Gallas, clarinet

    4:30
  • 7:38 AM

    Responses, Hosanna and Fugue

    Arnold Rosner

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    David Amos, conductor

    20:06
  • 7:32 AM

    The Tale of Honza: Valse Triste

    Oskar Nedbal

    Dvorak Chamber Orchestra

    Miroslav Homolka, conductor

    6:18
  • 7:10 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 1

    Camille Saint-Saens

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Mstislav Rostropovich, conductor

    Han-Na Chang, cello

    19:20
  • 7:06 AM

    Seraph Brass

    3:33
  • 7:01 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Andante

    Max Bruch

    Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra

    George Hanson, conductor

    4:34
  • 6:43 AM

    Concerto da Camera

    Howard Hanson

    Ying String Quartet

    Adam Neiman, piano

    15:16
  • 6:37 AM

    Cavatina Duo

    5:53
  • 6:06 AM

    Symphony No. 7

    Christoph Weyse

    Royal Danish Orchestra

    Michael Schonwandt, conductor

    28:48
  • 6:01 AM

    Trio Sonata No. 10

    Arcangelo Corelli

    Purcell Quartet

    4:32
  • 5:40 AM

    Fantasie for Piano Four-Hands

    Franz Schubert

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    Ricardo Castro, piano

    18:39
  • 5:33 AM

    Concerto No. 3

    Capel Bond

    Capel Bond: Six Concertos in Seven Parts (1766)

    Parley of Instruments

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    6:39
  • 5:06 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Etienne Mehul

    Mehul: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    24:34
  • 5:01 AM

    Minuet in G Whiz

    Paul Reale

    Paul Reale: 2 Pianos and Piano 4-Hands

    Min Kwon, piano

    4:50