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  • 4:27 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Robert Schumann

    For Love of You

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    Lara Downes, piano

    31:33
  • 4:22 AM

    Cancao sertaneja (Song of the Farmlands)

    Camargo Guarnieri

    Essencia Do Brasil

    Brazilian Guitar Quartet

    4:25
  • 4:06 AM

    Tarn Hows: A Cumbrian Rhapsody

    Maurice Johnstone

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    13:56
  • 4:01 AM

    Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens: Adagio

    John Williams

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    4:31
  • 3:39 AM

    Tam O'Shanter

    George Chadwick

    Thompson: Symphony No. 2/Chadwick: Overtures, etc.

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    19:32
  • 3:29 AM

    Introduction and Polonaise

    Frederic Chopin

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    8:21
  • 3:15 AM

    Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Eri Klas, conductor

    11:45
  • 3:06 AM

    Symphony No. 26

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 26, 27, 28, 30 & 32

    London Mozart Players

    Jane Glover, conductor

    8:33
  • 3:01 AM

    Flute Concerto: 1st movement

    Vilem Blodek

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Uros Lajovic, conductor

    Karl Bernhard Sebon, flute

    4:39
  • 2:46 AM

    Guitar Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    I Musici

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    12:00
  • 2:31 AM

    My Week with Marilyn: Suite

    Alexandre Desplat

    My Week With Marilyn: Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    Conrad Pope, conductor

    Lang Lang, piano

    13:27
  • 2:24 AM

    Baltic Sea Philharmonic

    Kristjan Jarvi, conductor

    5:31
  • 2:06 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 4

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Sejong Soloists

    Gil Shaham, violin

    17:16
  • 2:01 AM

    Romantic Waltz

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy's Harp

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    4:34
  • 1:51 AM

    Ubi caritas et amor

    Morten Lauridsen

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    7:00
  • 1:12 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Andrew Constantine, conductor

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    37:28
  • 1:06 AM

    Harvest Home Suite: Overture

    Jay Ungar

    Nashville Chamber Orchestra

    Paul Gambill, conductor

    Jay Ungar, fiddle

    Molly Mason, guitar

    4:12
  • 1:01 AM

    Violin Partita No. 2: Sarabande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    James Ehnes, violin

    4:30
  • 12:49 AM

    Symphony No. 4: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 4, Etc

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    9:44
  • 12:22 AM

    Serenade for Winds

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenades

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    25:07
  • 12:19 AM

    The White Moth

    Harriet Ware

    Nasty Women: Piano Music in the Age of Women's Suffrage

    Joanna Goldstein, piano

    1:15
  • 12:06 AM

    Symphony No. 9

    Georg Anton Benda

    Benda: Sinfonias Nos. 7-12

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    12:31
  • 12:01 AM

    Miniatures: Brecolada and Copla

    Joan Manen

    National Chamber Orchestra of Andorra

    Gerard Claret, conductor

    4:31
  • 11:11 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World"

    Antonin Dvorak

    44:15
  • 11:02 PM

    Symphony No. 13: 2nd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn Symphonies 1761-63

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    7:27
  • 10:52 PM

    Autumn Soiree No. 5

    Felicien David

    Les Quatre Saisons

    Limoges Baroque Ensemble

    8:17
  • 10:48 PM

    Spirituals for Strings: Gospel Train

    Morton Gould

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Klein, conductor

    2:16
  • 10:45 PM

    Porgy and Bess: It Ain't Necessarily So

    George Gershwin

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    Bryn Terfel, baritone

    3:43
  • 10:23 PM

    String Quartet

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Felix & Fanny

    Ebene Quartet

    20:21
  • 10:14 PM

    Polonaise No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    Rafal Blechacz, piano

    7:24
  • 10:02 PM

    Symphony No. 5: Adagietto

    Gustav Mahler

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    11:01
  • 9:55 PM

    Nabucco: Va, pensiero (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves)

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Aria: A Passion for Opera

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    4:53
  • 9:46 PM

    Cinema Paradiso

    Ennio Morricone

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    7:46
  • 9:42 PM

    String Quartet No. 13: Alla danza tedesca

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Danish String Quartet

    3:21
  • 9:34 PM

    String Quartet No. 13: Cavatina

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Prism II

    Danish String Quartet

    7:49
  • 9:29 PM

    Requiem: In Paradisum

    Gabriel Faure

    Eternity

    National Lutheran Choir

    David Cherwien, conductor

    3:23
  • 9:06 PM

    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerti 4 & 1

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jascha Horenstein, conductor

    Earl Wild, piano

    21:00
  • 9:01 PM

    The Last Rose of Summer

    Traditional Irish

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    3:43
  • 8:53 PM

    Henry V: Non nobis domine

    Patrick Doyle

    Henry V: Original Soundtrack Recording

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    4:10
  • 8:47 PM

    Nocturne Op. 55 No. 1

    Chopin

    Artur Rubinstein, piano

    4:43
  • 8:39 PM

    Symphony No. 7: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7

    Columbia Symphony Orchestra

    Bruno Walter, conductor

    6:45
  • 8:29 PM

    The Planets: Neptune

    Gustav Holst

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    8:25
  • 8:20 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": Andante

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 10 & 21

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    7:02
  • 8:15 PM

    Cello Suite No. 4: Bourees

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Casals: Bach Suites for Cello Vol. 2

    Pablo Casals, cello

    3:40
  • 8:10 PM

    Aria from the "Wedding Cantata"

    JS Bach

    Emma Kirkby, soprano

    4:11
  • 8:00 PM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi

    Venice Baroque Orchestra

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    7:33
  • 5:42 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 31

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Complete Piano Sonatas

    Rudolf Buchbinder, piano

    16:22
  • 5:19 PM

    Aranjuez Concerto

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    21:25
  • 5:12 PM

    Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

    Florence Price

    Apollo Chamber Players

    4:56
  • 5:06 PM

    Overture to an unfinished comedy opera

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    5:34
  • 5:01 PM

    Liza/Promenade

    George Gershwin

    Rendezvous with Tashi

    Tashi

    4:46
  • 4:45 PM

    Symphony

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: Complete Symphonies Vol. 5

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    12:59
  • 4:37 PM

    Don Quixote: Grand Pas de Deux

    Leon Minkus

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    8:07
  • 4:29 PM

    Czardashian Rhapsody

    Traditional

    Shiksa

    Lara St. John, violin

    6:03
  • 4:07 PM

    Faust Ballet Music

    Charles Gounod

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    21:09
  • 4:01 PM

    L'Orfeo Baroque Orchestra

    Michi Gaigg, conductor

    4:31
  • 3:45 PM

    Parsifal: Prelude to Act I

    Richard Wagner

    Klemperer Conducts Wagner: Album II

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Otto Klemperer, conductor

    13:06
  • 3:20 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 10

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    Georg Solti, piano

    Daniel Barenboim, piano

    23:30
  • 3:16 PM

    Seven Desires: 5

    Tan Dun

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    2:02
  • 3:06 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 11

    Arcangelo Corelli

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    9:40
  • 3:01 PM

    William Tell: Pas de Soldats (Soldiers' Dance)

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    4:31
  • 2:42 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Richard Strauss

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Ingo Metzmacher, conductor

    Marie Luise Neunecker, horn

    15:35
  • 2:26 PM

    Little Concert Suite

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    16:03
  • 2:20 PM

    Fantasy-Impromptu

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Preludes and Impromptus

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    4:54
  • 1:59 PM

    The Wreckers Overture

    Ethel Smyth

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    9:10
  • 1:54 PM

    La Traviata: Sempre libera (Always free I must pass from joy)

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Violetta

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Carlo Rizzi, conductor

    Anna Netrebko, soprano

    3:54
  • 1:47 PM

    The Sorceress: Overture

    Ferdinand Ries

    Cologne Academy

    Michael Alexander Willens, conductor

    6:17
  • 1:38 PM

    Nocturnes: Fetes (Festivals)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Orchestral Works

    Paris Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    6:56
  • 1:30 PM

    Introduction No. 5

    Pietro Locatelli

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, conductor

    6:34
  • 1:22 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Alessio Bax Plays Beethoven

    Alessio Bax, piano

    7:01
  • 1:20 PM

    The Ride of the Valkyries

    Richard Wagner

    The Cambridge Buskers

    :00
  • 1:11 PM

    Entry March of the Boyars

    Johan Halvorsen

    Norwegian Classical Favourites

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    4:27
  • 1:04 PM

    Ruslan and Ludmila: Overture

    Mikhail Glinka

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    5:32
  • 12:48 PM

    Symphony No. 4 "Italian": 1st movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    10:15
  • 12:45 PM

    Philadelphia Brass Ensemble

    2:35
  • 12:36 PM

    Four Seasons: Winter

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Il Cimento Dell'Armonia e Dell'Inventione

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    Fabio Biondi, violin

    7:44
  • 12:31 PM

    Morning Has Broken

    Traditional Gaelic

    Blanc

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    3:26
  • 12:23 PM

    Inishlacken: The Currach

    Bill Whelan

    RTE National Symphony Orchestra

    David Brophy, conductor

    Zoe Conway, violin

    Helena Woods, violin

    6:59
  • 12:17 PM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman: Canario

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    4:49
  • 12:15 PM

    Flight of the Bumblebee

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade / Tale of Tsar Saltan Suite

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    1:30
  • 12:07 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart & Brahms

    Pacifica String Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    6:42
  • 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
  • 11:48 AM

    Bartered Bride: Dances

    Bedrich Smetana

    The Moldau

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    10:44
  • 11:39 AM

    African Suite: Joyful Day

    Fela Sowande

    Black Composers Series 1974-1978

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    7:38
  • 11:31 AM

    Concerto No. 5

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    7:20
  • 11:24 AM

    Symphony No. 103 "Drum Roll": 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies No. 100 Military and No. 103 Drimroll

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    5:11
  • 11:17 AM

    Polonaise for Violin and Strings

    Franz Schubert

    Beethoven, Dvorak, Schubert

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    5:59
  • 11:09 AM

    Little Folk Suites: Selections

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    6:51
  • 11:04 AM

    Simple Gifts

    Aaron Copland

    Out Classics

    Philharmonia Virtuosi

    Richard Kapp, conductor

    3:42
  • 10:44 AM

    Cockaigne Overture (In London Town)

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Symphonies 1 & 2

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    14:12
  • 10:38 AM

    Carmen: Habanera

    Georges Bizet

    Paris Opera Orchestra

    Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, conductor

    Grace Bumbry, mezzo-soprano

    4:19
  • 10:34 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 11

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic Dances

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    3:36
  • 10:21 AM

    A Moorside Suite

    Gustav Holst

    English Folk Songs

    Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    12:57
  • 10:10 AM

    Concerto No. 1

    John Hebden

    Hebden: Six Concertos for Strings

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    9:07
  • 10:06 AM

    Hungarian Dance No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    2:56
  • 10:01 AM

    Bassoon Concerto: Rondo

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Janne Nisonen, conductor

    Jaakko Luoma, bassoon

    4:45
  • 9:39 AM

    Impressions: Suite for Chamber Orchestra

    Clarice Assad

    Together

    New Century Chamber Orchestra

    19:52
  • 9:28 AM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Finlandia: A Festival of Finnish Music

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    8:32
  • 9:19 AM

    String Quartet No. 3: Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Calidore String Quartet

    7:15
  • 9:06 AM

    Norwegian Rhapsody No. 1

    Johan Halvorsen

    Halvorsen, J.: Norwegian Rhapsodies Nos. 1 and 2 / Svendsen, J.: Norwegian Rhapsodies Nos. 1-4

    Trondheim Symphony Orchestra

    Ole Kristian Ruud, conductor

    12:41
  • 9:01 AM

    Glowing Red Morningstar Lilies

    Traditional Chinese

    Chinese Dreams

    Lydia Maria Bader, piano

    4:38
  • 8:24 AM

    Symphonie Espagnole

    Edouard Lalo

    Lalo; Saint-Saens; Ravel

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Antonio Pappano, conductor

    Maxim Vengerov, violin

    34:26
  • 8:19 AM

    Reflections on Air

    Augusta Gross

    Still Sound

    Bruce Levingston, piano

    3:29
  • 8:06 AM

    Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Richard Studt, conductor

    12:18
  • 8:01 AM

    Spanish Serenade

    Joaquin Malats

    Homages: A Musical Dedication

    Christoph Denoth, guitar

    4:35
  • 7:43 AM

    String Quartet No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Quartetto Italiano

    15:19
  • 7:35 AM

    Impromptu for Harp

    Gabriel Faure

    Susann McDonald, harp

    7:07
  • 7:16 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 2

    I Musici Montreal

    Maxim Shostakovich, conductor

    Dmitri Shostakovich, piano

    18:12
  • 7:06 AM

    Summer Pastorale

    Arthur Honegger

    The Four Seasons: A Musical Calendar Of Favorite Classics

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    8:55
  • 7:01 AM

    Love's Labours Lost: 3 Soliloquies

    Gerald Finzi

    Northern Sinfonia

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    4:48
  • 6:38 AM

    Shakespeare's Tempest

    John Knowles Paine

    John Knowles Paine: Orchestral Works

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    20:00
  • 6:33 AM

    In a Mist

    Bix Beiderbecke

    Free Range Saxophone Quartet

    Free Range Saxophone Quartet

    4:18
  • 6:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 10

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Quartets D804 Rosamunde, D87 and Quartettsatz

    Borodin Quartet

    25:25
  • 6:01 AM

    Winter Serenade (Serenade d'Hiver)

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Asbury Brass Quintet

    4:33
  • 5:41 AM

    French Suite No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The French Suites

    Murray Perahia, piano

    16:52
  • 5:37 AM

    Tropical Sonatina: Song of the Dawn

    Jose Lezcano

    Laura Gilbert, flute

    Antigoni Goni, guitar

    3:49
  • 5:06 AM

    Sinfonia for Strings

    Kurt Atterberg

    ATTERBERG: Sinfonia for Strings

    Camerata Nordica

    Ulf Wallin, conductor

    29:03
  • 5:01 AM

    Ensemble Giardino di Delizie

    4:35