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  • 4:32 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Antonin Dvorak

    Brno State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yehudi Menuhin, conductor

    26:28
  • 4:25 AM

    Henry V Suite

    William Walton

    Orchestral Favourites Vol. 2

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    5:19
  • 4:06 AM

    Elegy for Violin and Strings

    Keith Jarrett

    I Musici Montreal

    Yuli Turovsky, conductor

    Eleonora Turovsky, violin

    18:26
  • 4:01 AM

    Return from Fingal; Irish Jig

    Traditional Irish

    Scott Tennant, guitar

    4:39
  • 3:47 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 1

    Arcangelo Corelli

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    11:06
  • 3:29 AM

    Romeo and Juliet: Love Scene

    Hector Berlioz

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    16:11
  • 3:16 AM

    Sonata for Harp

    Alan Hovhaness

    Music of Hovhaness

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    12:10
  • 3:06 AM

    Adagio and Allegro

    Robert Schumann

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    8:43
  • 3:01 AM

    Irmelin Prelude

    Frederick Delius

    Delius

    Symphony Nova Scotia

    Georg Tintner, conductor

    4:47
  • 2:37 AM

    Flute Quintet No. 3

    Friedrich Kuhlau

    Juilliard String Quartet

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    20:46
  • 2:15 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American"

    William Grant Still

    African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. 1

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    21:09
  • 2:06 AM

    The Beatitudes

    Arvo Part

    Twentieth Century Choral Music

    Vasari Singers

    Jeremy Backhouse, conductor

    6:59
  • 2:01 AM

    Legend No. 6

    Antonin Dvorak

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:47
  • 1:49 AM

    Munich: A Memory Waltz

    Richard Strauss

    Munich Chamber Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    8:54
  • 1:38 AM

    Piano Trio No. 16

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Beaux Arts Trio

    9:06
  • 1:23 AM

    Divertimento No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart; Zuckerman

    National Arts Centre Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    14:08
  • 1:01 AM

    Symphony No. 1: Menuetto

    Louise Farrenc

    European Soloists, Luxembourg

    Christoph Konig, conductor

    4:32
  • 12:49 AM

    Variations and finale on "Clair de la Lune"

    Charles Lucien Lambert

    Yi-Chun Sunny Kuo, piano

    9:40
  • 12:23 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Ferdinand Ries

    Ries, F.: Concerto for 2 Horns, Woo 19 / Violin Concerto No. 1 / Overtures To Die Rauberbraut and The Sorceress

    Cologne Academy

    Michael Alexander Willens, conductor

    Anton Steck, violin

    24:39
  • 12:06 AM

    Irish Rhapsody No. 5

    Charles Stanford

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    14:27
  • 12:01 AM

    Hugh Aston's Ground

    Edward Collard

    Jakob Lindberg, lute

    4:48
  • 11:48 PM

    Recorder Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Sonnerie

    Monica Huggett, conductor

    Pamela Thorby, recorder

    10:19
  • 11:38 PM

    Warsaw Concerto

    Richard Addinsell

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    William Tritt, piano

    8:39
  • 11:26 PM

    Concerto for 4 Voices

    Baldassare Galuppi

    Arias for Farinelli

    Academy of Ancient Music Berlin

    Rene Jacobs, conductor

    10:03
  • 11:06 PM

    Variations on a Rococo Theme

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky

    Russian Federal Orchestra

    Vakhtang Jordania, conductor

    Dong-oo Lee, cello

    19:12
  • 11:01 PM

    Rinaldo: Sibilar gli angui d'Aletto

    George Frideric Handel

    Septura

    Matthew Gee, trombone

    4:50
  • 10:47 PM

    Jeromita Linares

    Carlos Guastavino

    "Impresiones"

    Camerata Bariloche

    Pablo Cohen, guitar

    11:43
  • 10:22 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 11

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Complete Mozart Edition, Vol. 7: Piano Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    22:41
  • 10:17 PM

    Fantasy Pieces: Humoresque

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Uncovered Vol. 1

    Catalyst Quartet

    3:17
  • 10:06 PM

    Oboe Concerto No. 8

    Tomaso Albinoni

    I Musici

    Heinz Holliger, oboe

    10:34
  • 10:01 PM

    Turibio Santos, guitar

    4:33
  • 9:45 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Air: The Bach Album

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Steven Mercurio, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    13:11
  • 9:14 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Elfrida Andree

    Stockholm Symphony Orchestra

    Gustaf Sjokvist, conductor

    28:53
  • 9:11 PM

    Contrafacta Hungarica: Saltarello

    Ferenc Farkas

    Montreal Winds

    Jacques Lacombe, conductor

    1:02
  • 9:06 PM

    Valse Triste

    Jean Sibelius

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    5:08
  • 9:01 PM

    Bagatelles: Poco Allegro

    Antonin Dvorak

    Quartetto Gelato

    4:36
  • 8:48 PM

    Four Seasons: Spring

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Orchestra of Flanders

    Rudolf Werthen, conductor

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    10:07
  • 8:22 PM

    Piano Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Barry Douglas, piano

    24:07
  • 8:16 PM

    String Quartet No. 2: 2nd movement

    Maddalena Laura Sirmen

    Erato Quartet

    5:07
  • 8:06 PM

    Bright Blue Music

    Michael Torke

    National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic

    David Alan Miller, conductor

    8:59
  • 8:01 PM

    The Color Purple: Main Theme

    Quincy Jones

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    4:30
  • 7:42 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Israel Sinfonietta

    Uri Mayer, conductor

    David Jolley, horn

    15:57
  • 7:16 PM

    Appalachian Spring

    Aaron Copland

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    24:55
  • 7:11 PM

    Tu Imagen (Your Image)

    Agustin Barrios

    David Russell, guitar

    3:09
  • 7:06 PM

    Faeroe Island Dance and Country Gardens

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger Edition Vol. 4: Works for Wind Orchestra

    Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra

    Clark Rundell/Timothy Reynish, conductor

    4:27
  • 7:01 PM

    The Capricious One

    Edward Elgar

    Sarah Chang, violin

    Sandra Rivers, piano

    4:44
  • 6:48 PM

    Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz)

    Johann StraussJr.

    The Key to Classics: J. Strauss

    Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    10:12
  • 6:34 PM

    Parley of Instruments

    12:51
  • 6:25 PM

    Alice Kogan Weinreb, flute

    Nicholas Stovall, oboe

    Paul Cigan, clarinet

    Truman Harris, bassoon

    Laurel Bennert Ohlson, horn

    7:49
  • 6:06 PM

    Symphony No. 3

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    17:32
  • 6:01 PM

    God in Disguise: Prelude

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    LARSSON: Forkladd gud (God in Disguise) / Symphony No. 3

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Sten Frykberg, conductor

    4:31
  • 5:49 PM

    Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

    Aram Khachaturian

    Essential Ballet

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Aram Khachaturian, conductor

    9:09
  • 5:36 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 4

    George Frideric Handel

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    11:33
  • 5:23 PM

    Chloe Dufossez, flute

    Eloi Huscenot, English horn

    Leonard Becker, guitar

    11:40
  • 5:06 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 8

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sara Davis Buechner, piano

    15:59
  • 5:01 PM

    Overture No. 2 "La Calamita de Cuori"

    Johann Christian Bach

    JC Bach: Sinfonias

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    4:40
  • 4:50 PM

    Il turco in Italia (The Turk in Italy): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    8:20
  • 4:21 PM

    String Trio "Serenade"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The String Trios

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    27:20
  • 4:12 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Ocean": 6th movement

    Anton Rubinstein

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Stephen Gunzenhauser, conductor

    6:04
  • 4:06 PM

    Chaconne

    Jean-Baptiste Lully

    Chaconne

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    4:21
  • 4:01 PM

    Waltz No. 5 "Grande Valse"

    Frederic Chopin

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    4:33
  • 3:54 PM

    Henry V: Non nobis domine

    Patrick Doyle

    Henry V: Original Soundtrack Recording

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    4:10
  • 3:42 PM

    The Cider House Rules: Suite

    Rachel Portman

    The Cider House Rules: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture

    Studio Orchestra

    David Snell, conductor

    11:05
  • 3:38 PM

    The Piano: The Heart Asks Pleasure First

    Michael Nyman

    Best Film Classics 100

    Michael Nyman, piano

    3:13
  • 3:35 PM

    The Great Escape

    Elmer Bernstein

    Elmer Bernstein By Elmer Bernstein

    Royal Philharmonic Pops

    Elmer Bernstein, conductor

    2:16
  • 3:29 PM

    The Magnificent Seven

    Elmer Bernstein

    Elmer Bernstein By Elmer Bernstein

    Royal Philharmonic Pops

    Elmer Bernstein, conductor

    4:58
  • 3:24 PM

    On Golden Pond: Main Theme

    Dave Grusin

    The Nature of America: A Musical Impression

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    William Tritt, piano

    3:59
  • 3:16 PM

    Glory: Closing Credits

    James Horner

    Glory Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    James Horner, conductor

    6:49
  • 3:12 PM

    The Mask of Zorro: Main Title

    James Horner

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:18
  • 3:06 PM

    Braveheart: End Credits

    James Horner

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    Eric Rigler, Uilleann pipes

    4:47
  • 3:01 PM

    True Grit: Suite

    Elmer Bernstein

    True Grit: Music from the Classic Films of John Wayne

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    4:41
  • 2:48 PM

    Diversions Overture

    Jack Gallagher

    London Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:07
  • 2:27 PM

    Amsterdam Sinfonietta

    Jaap ter Linden, conductor

    Pauline Oostenrijk, oboe

    19:37
  • 2:24 PM

    Eight Piano Pieces: On the Slope

    Hasan Ferid Alnar

    Beyza Yazgan, piano

    2:35
  • 2:06 PM

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    15:42
  • 1:51 PM

    Fanfare Ritmico

    Jennifer Higdon

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    7:10
  • 1:27 PM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    22:18
  • 1:22 PM

    The Bumblebee

    Paule Maurice

    National Arts Centre Orchestra

    Mario Bernardi, conductor

    Julia Nolan, saxophone

    4:00
  • 1:15 PM

    Ruler of the Spirits: Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Overtures; Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:20
  • 1:06 PM

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits

    Christoph Gluck

    Pachelbel Canon

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Lisa Beznosiuk, flute

    7:36
  • 12:46 PM

    Carmen Fantasy

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    11:34
  • 12:19 PM

    Symphony No. 4

    Etienne Mehul

    Mehul: The Complete Symphonies

    Gulbenkian Orchestra

    Michel Swierczewski, conductor

    25:37
  • 12:06 PM

    String Symphony No. 4

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Complete String Symphonies

    Gli Incogniti

    Amandine Beyer, conductor

    11:26
  • 12:01 PM

    Toccata Marziale

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Donald Hunsberger, conductor

    4:32
  • 11:43 AM

    Fantasy on Polish Airs

    Frederic Chopin

    Warsaw Philharmonic

    Kazimierz Kord, conductor

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    14:58
  • 11:39 AM

    Piece in the Form of a Habanera

    Maurice Ravel

    Music for Flute & Harp

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    2:52
  • 11:26 AM

    New Medley Overture

    James Hewitt

    Sinfonia Finlandia Jyvaskyla

    Patrick Gallois, conductor

    12:20
  • 11:16 AM

    Rondo for Cello

    Antonin Dvorak

    Romance: Lalo, Tchaikovsky, Casals, etc.

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Antonio Pappano, conductor

    Han-Na Chang, cello

    8:45
  • 11:06 AM

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    8:55
  • 11:01 AM

    A New Satiesfaction

    Stephan Koncz

    Ray Chen: The Golden Age

    Made in Berlin

    4:32
  • 10:51 AM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi Guitar Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    7:35
  • 10:26 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 28

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Hammerklavier Sonatas

    Anton Kuerti, piano

    22:59
  • 10:19 AM

    Baltic Sea Philharmonic

    Kristjan Jarvi, conductor

    5:31
  • 10:06 AM

    Trumpet Concerto No. 2

    Johann Molter

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    12:15
  • 10:01 AM

    Romeo and Juliet: Ballet Music: Danse Bohemienne

    Charles Gounod

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    4:37
  • 9:40 AM

    November Woods

    Arnold Bax

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    18:33
  • 9:21 AM

    Les Preludes

    Franz Liszt

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    16:44
  • 9:13 AM

    The Mother: Three Pieces

    Carl Nielsen

    Bergen Wind Quintet

    6:38
  • 9:06 AM

    Pavane

    Gabriel Faure

    Bizet, Faure, Ibert, Ravel

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    6:21
  • 9:01 AM

    Night and Day

    Cole Porter

    Night and Day

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    4:34
  • 8:49 AM

    Eclogue

    Gerald Finzi

    Meditations at Sunset

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    Martin Jones, piano

    9:38
  • 8:42 AM

    Wave Radiance

    Phillip Houghton

    Guitar Trek

    6:26
  • 8:29 AM

    Flute Quartet No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Emerson String Quartet

    Carol Wincenc, flute

    11:12
  • 8:06 AM

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    22:01
  • 8:01 AM

    The Red Pony Suite: The Gift

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: The Red Pony; Our Town; The Heiress Suite; Music For Movies

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:50
  • 7:28 AM

    Scottish Fantasy

    Max Bruch

    Scottish Fantasy

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Joshua Bell, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    30:31
  • 7:22 AM

    Phunky Phrogs Rag

    Ed Bland

    Judith Olson, piano

    4:14
  • 7:06 AM

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Samuel Friedman, conductor

    15:07
  • 7:01 AM

    Elegy, to Calvin Simmons

    Lou Harrison

    Lou Harrison: A Portrait

    California Symphony

    Barry Jekowsky, conductor

    4:44
  • 6:32 AM

    Symphony No. 63 "Loon Lake"

    Alan Hovhaness

    Hovhaness: Guitar Concerto No. 2

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Stewart Robertson, conductor

    26:15
  • 6:25 AM

    Crisantemi (Chrysanthemums)

    Giacomo Puccini

    Puccini: Chrisantemi/3 Minuetti, etc.

    Orchestra of the Auvergne

    Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    5:41
  • 6:06 AM

    Oriane et le Prince d'Amour Suite

    Florent Schmitt

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    17:46
  • 6:01 AM

    Schindler's List: Theme

    John Williams

    Beautiful Hollywood

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    Alexander Kerr, violin

    4:39
  • 5:29 AM

    Enigma Variations

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Enigma Variations, etc.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Georg Solti, conductor

    28:52
  • 5:25 AM

    Sonata alla Scarlatti

    Germaine Tailleferre

    Alessandra Ziveri, harp

    3:08
  • 5:06 AM

    Piano Trio No. 4 "Gassenhauer"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beaux Arts Trio

    17:47
  • 5:01 AM

    Lament

    Frank Bridge

    Finzi; Parry; Bridge

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    4:41