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  • 4:29 AM

    North Country Sketches

    Frederick Delius

    Delius: Florida Suite Etc.

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    28:42
  • 4:18 AM

    Moseltraume

    Lou Koster

    Koster: Orchestral Music

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    10:42
  • 4:06 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Edward Elgar

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    10:20
  • 4:01 AM

    Padouana and Gagliarda

    Johann Schein

    Fretwork

    Silas Wollston, organ

    4:37
  • 3:42 AM

    Papillons (Butterflies)

    Robert Schumann

    Bach: French Suite; Schumann: Papillons, Op.2; Chopin: Two Preludes, Mazurka

    Mieczyslaw Horszowski, piano

    16:10
  • 3:25 AM

    String Quartet No. 13

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Amadeus Quartet

    15:51
  • 3:21 AM

    Seven Desires: 5

    Tan Dun

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    2:02
  • 3:06 AM

    Disguises: M.A.s.q.u.e.

    Jon Lord

    Odense Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Mann, conductor

    14:17
  • 3:01 AM

    Stephen Hough, piano

    4:36
  • 2:46 AM

    Snow Maiden Suite

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Great Orchestral Works

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    Roberta Alexander, soprano

    12:18
  • 2:34 AM

    Four Seasons: Summer

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    Adrian Chandler, violin

    10:38
  • 2:20 AM

    Sonatina No. 2 "Happy Workshop": 1st movement

    Richard Strauss

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    12:12
  • 2:06 AM

    The Red Pony Suite

    Aaron Copland

    Copland, Williams: Music for the Stage and Screen

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    13:13
  • 2:01 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 6: Sicilienne

    Saverio Mercadante

    Mercadante: Flute Concertos

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    4:49
  • 1:41 AM

    Rhapsody in Blue

    George Gershwin

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Andrew Litton, piano

    17:02
  • 1:16 AM

    String Quartet

    Claude Debussy

    Medici String Quartet

    23:58
  • 1:12 AM

    Suffolk Suite: Framlingham Castle

    Doreen Carwithen

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    1:55
  • 1:06 AM

    Bridget Cruise and Eleanor Plunkett

    Turlough O'Carolan

    Carolan

    Michal Hromek Consort

    5:15
  • 1:01 AM

    Siciliano

    Harry Dexter

    RTE Concert Orchestra, Dublin

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    4:47
  • 12:45 AM

    Popular Andean Dances

    Celso Garrido-Lecca

    Inca Trail Connections

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    12:58
  • 12:23 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 6

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Complete Piano Concertos, Vol. I

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Murray Perahia, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    20:55
  • 12:15 AM

    Gavotte and six doubles

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Encores 2

    Emma Johnson, clarinet

    5:59
  • 12:07 AM

    Karelia Overture

    Jean Sibelius

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    8:09
  • 12:01 AM

    New Zealand Suite: Milford Sound

    Ron Goodwin

    GOODWIN: Drake 400 Suite / New Zealand Suite

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Ron Goodwin, conductor

    4:50
  • 11:40 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 2

    Ottorino Respighi

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:47
  • 11:33 PM

    Solace (A Mexican Serenade)

    Scott Joplin

    Richard Dowling, piano

    6:42
  • 11:23 PM

    Night on Bald Mountain

    Modest Mussorgsky

    The Fantastic Stokowski

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    8:43
  • 11:10 PM

    Bavarian Dances

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance Marches

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    11:36
  • 11:06 PM

    Cello Suite No. 3: Courante

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Charles Curtis, cello

    Anthony Burr, organ

    Naren Budhakar, tabla

    2:59
  • 11:01 PM

    Il Signor Bruschino: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Haydn Orchestra

    Alun Francis, conductor

    4:42
  • 10:49 PM

    Academic Festival Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Serenade No. 2; Haydn: Variationen

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    9:59
  • 10:39 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 19

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Paul Lewis, piano

    8:26
  • 10:32 PM

    Symphony No. 5: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    5:54
  • 10:14 PM

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    15:58
  • 10:06 PM

    Concert Piece for Clarinet and Basset Horn

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Jorg Faerber, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    Wolfgang Meyer, basset horn

    7:38
  • 10:01 PM

    Ladies in Lavender

    Nigel Hess

    Claire Jones: Royal Harp Strings

    London Mozart Players

    Stuart Morley, conductor

    Claire Jones, harp

    4:42
  • 9:50 PM

    Der Zigeunerbaron (The Gypsy Baron): Overture

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    7:57
  • 9:36 PM

    Petite Suite

    Claude Debussy

    Webster Trio

    12:18
  • 9:28 PM

    Everlasting Longing

    Traditional Chinese

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    Yuan Sha, guzheng

    5:42
  • 9:13 PM

    Afro-Cuban Concerto

    Valerie Coleman

    Imani Winds: The Classical Underground

    Imani Winds

    15:32
  • 9:06 PM

    Danish National Chamber Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    5:58
  • 9:03 PM

    Jaunting Car

    Peter Hope

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    2:47
  • 8:41 PM

    Concerto for Two Horns

    Friedrich Witt

    Herrmann Baumann

    Concerto Amsterdam

    Jaap Schroder, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    17:31
  • 8:18 PM

    Symphony No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 3 And 4

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

    Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor

    21:26
  • 8:11 PM

    Into the Light: Flower into Kindness

    Jake Runestad

    The Hope of Loving: Choral Music of Jake Runestad

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    Kathlene Ritch, soprano

    5:14
  • 8:06 PM

    A Chloris (To Chloris)

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Bonjour Paris

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Mathias Monius, conductor

    Albrecht Mayer, English horn

    4:04
  • 8:01 PM

    Graceful Ghost Rag

    William Bolcom

    Ruskin Cooper, piano

    4:34
  • 5:49 PM

    Suite Bucolique

    Hugo Godron

    Sara Fraker, oboe

    Casey Robards, piano

    9:35
  • 5:12 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Johannes Brahms

    Beethoven and Brahms Violin Concertos

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    35:05
  • 5:06 PM

    Canzona Bergamasca

    Samuel Scheidt

    Royal Brass: Music from the Renaissance & Baroque

    Empire Brass

    4:03
  • 5:01 PM

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    4:46
  • 4:45 PM

    Piano Duet Sonata

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Complete Mozart Edition, Vol. 16: Music for Two Pianos, Piano Duets

    Ingrid Haebler, piano

    12:53
  • 4:24 PM

    Billy the Kid

    Aaron Copland

    The Ultimate Copland Album

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    19:34
  • 4:21 PM

    Drive the Cold Winter Away

    John Playford

    Galante Kurzweyl: Dances from Renaissance, Baroqu and Rococo

    Ensemble Buon Tempo

    1:36
  • 4:06 PM

    Symphony No. 20

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 3, 11, 18, 19 & 20

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    14:20
  • 4:01 PM

    String Quartet: Vivace

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius Academy Quartet

    4:44
  • 3:48 PM

    Concerto for Violin and Oboe

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concerti per Mandolini

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    10:16
  • 3:38 PM

    Barcarolle

    Frederic Chopin

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    8:42
  • 3:28 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Dollar": 3rd movement

    Kurt Atterberg

    Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra

    Jun'ichi Hirokami, conductor

    9:52
  • 3:16 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Giuseppe Tartini

    Scottish Ensemble

    Jonathan Morton, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    9:40
  • 3:06 PM

    Concert Waltz No. 2

    Alexander Glazunov

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    9:23
  • 3:01 PM

    Hungarian Dances: Selected

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Hungarian Dances

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    Andras Keller, violin

    4:35
  • 2:36 PM

    Pines of Rome

    Ottorino Respighi

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    21:52
  • 2:30 PM

    Etude No. 3 "Un Sospiro" (A Sigh)

    Franz Liszt

    Rediscovered - Liszt Recital

    Jorge Bolet, piano

    5:35
  • 2:29 PM

    Etude No. 3 "Un Sospiro" (A Sigh)

    Franz Liszt

    Rediscovered - Liszt Recital

    Jorge Bolet, piano

    5:35
  • 2:12 PM

    Symphony No. 31 "Paris"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 31, 33 & 34

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    16:21
  • 2:06 PM

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    Johanna Novom, violin

    4:53
  • 2:00 PM

    Ruslan and Ludmila: Overture

    Mikhail Glinka

    Tchaikovsky, Smetana, Glinka, Moussorgsky

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    4:52
  • 1:45 PM

    Grand Variations on a Theme by Count Gallenberg

    Louise Farrenc

    European Soloists, Luxembourg

    Christoph Konig, conductor

    Jean Muller, piano

    13:34
  • 1:39 PM

    Rodeo: Saturday Night Waltz

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Billy the Kid, Rodeo; Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite

    Morton Gould Orchestra

    4:27
  • 1:30 PM

    Crown Imperial

    William Walton

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    6:50
  • 1:20 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Marieke Blankestijn, violin

    William Conway, cello

    Douglas Boyd, oboe

    Matthew Wilkie, bassoon

    9:05
  • 1:17 PM

    Venezuelan Waltz No. 3 "Natalia"

    Antonio Lauro

    Alexander-Sergei Ramirez, guitar

    2:03
  • 1:10 PM

    L'Etoile du Nord: Dance Suite: Waltz

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    3:27
  • 1:04 PM

    Madame Bovary: Waltz

    Miklos Rozsa

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    4:49
  • 12:45 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    13:47
  • 12:36 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    7:43
  • 12:29 PM

    Festival March

    Antonin Dvorak

    Rochester Philharmonic

    David Zinman, conductor

    5:39
  • 12:24 PM

    Autumn Landscapes: It is late summer, Clouds are racing, and Cold autumn night

    Veljo Tormis

    Holst Singers

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    4:08
  • 12:15 PM

    Polonaise No. 6 "Heroic"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Chopin Collection: 7 Polonaises

    Artur Rubinstein, piano

    7:11
  • 12:09 PM

    From Olden Times: Intrada

    Johan Halvorsen

    Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:46
  • 12:04 PM

    Handel in the Strand

    Percy Grainger

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:02
  • 11:48 AM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Violin Concerto

    Lucerne Festival Strings

    Daniel Dodds, conductor

    Midori, violin

    9:46
  • 11:44 AM

    Peer Gynt: Anitra's Dance

    Edvard Grieg

    The Little Tin Box

    Desirae Brown, piano

    2:17
  • 11:36 AM

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, violin

    6:58
  • 11:29 AM

    Automne

    Cecile Chaminade

    Stephen Hough's French Album

    Stephen Hough, piano

    5:32
  • 11:21 AM

    Alcina Overture

    George Frideric Handel

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    7:26
  • 11:15 AM

    Dreams of Love No. 3 (Liebestraum)

    Franz Liszt

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    4:05
  • 11:07 AM

    Concerto for Two Flutes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    William Bennett, flute

    Lenore Smith, flute

    6:42
  • 11:04 AM

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    2:39
  • 10:46 AM

    Consecration of the House: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    12:39
  • 10:33 AM

    Concerto No. 5

    John Hebden

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    11:03
  • 10:28 AM

    Aida: Triumphal Chorus & Grand March

    Giuseppe Verdi

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    4:32
  • 10:15 AM

    The Oak

    Florence Price

    The Oak - Mississippi River Suite - Symphony No. 3

    Women's Philharmonic

    Apo Hsu, conductor

    12:36
  • 10:10 AM

    Little Concert Suite: A Love Sonnet

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    3:58
  • 10:06 AM

    Songs My Mother Taught Me

    Antonin Dvorak

    Julian Lloyd Webber, cello

    John Lenehan, piano

    2:37
  • 10:01 AM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Johan Svendsen

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    4:45
  • 9:32 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    Jean Sibelius

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    26:47
  • 9:22 AM

    Der Rosenkavalier: Waltz Sequence No. 2

    Richard Strauss

    Schubert, Strauss

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Schippers, conductor

    8:18
  • 9:17 AM

    Cantigas de Santiago: Quen a Virgen ben servira

    Stephen Goss

    David Russell, guitar

    3:17
  • 9:06 AM

    Suite Rococo

    Andre Gretry

    I Fiamminghi

    France Springuel, cello

    9:50
  • 9:01 AM

    Festival Scherzo for Piano and Strings

    Madeleine Dring

    Guildhall Strings

    Robert Salter, conductor

    Martin Roscoe, piano

    4:32
  • 8:45 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    Giuliano Carmignola, violin

    13:46
  • 8:38 AM

    The River

    William Blezard

    British Light Music Discoveries

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    6:11
  • 8:21 AM

    Ennanga for String Quartet, Harp, and Piano

    William Grant Still

    Videmus

    15:28
  • 8:06 AM

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    14:07
  • 8:01 AM

    Total Tango

    David Matthews

    Orchestra Nova

    George Vass, conductor

    4:40
  • 7:20 AM

    Piano Quintet "Trout"

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Trout Quintet

    Cleveland Quartet

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    38:33
  • 7:16 AM

    Medallon antiguo (Antique Medallion)

    Agustin Barrios

    From The Jungles Of Paraguay: John Williams Plays Barrios

    John Williams, guitar

    3:19
  • 7:06 AM

    Flute Concertino

    Cecile Chaminade

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Susan Milan, flute

    8:03
  • 7:01 AM

    Sonata No. 12

    Johann Schmelzer

    English Concert

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    4:37
  • 6:27 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Antar"

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Great Orchestral Works

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    30:57
  • 6:20 AM

    Violin Concerto: 1st movement

    Philip Glass

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    6:33
  • 6:06 AM

    The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan

    Charles Tomlinson Griffes

    Griffes: Orchestral Music

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    12:19
  • 6:01 AM

    Air for the Poet

    Lou Harrison

    Tammittam Percussion Ensemble

    Guido Facchin, conductor

    4:48
  • 5:26 AM

    Piano Concerto

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin: The Complete Orchestral Collection

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    William Tritt, piano

    32:42
  • 5:21 AM

    Using the Apostate Tyrant as His Tool

    Kassia

    Kronos Quartet

    3:51