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  • 4:36 AM

    Concerto After Handel

    Arnold Schoenberg

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Jean-Louis LeRoux, conductor

    22:42
  • 4:22 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 2 "Presence": 3rd movement

    Peteris Vasks

    Vasks: Presence

    Amsterdam Sinfonietta

    Candida Thompson, conductor

    Sol Gabetta, cello

    12:25
  • 4:06 AM

    French Suite No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Andras Schiff, piano

    14:30
  • 4:01 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Andante

    Max Bruch

    Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra

    George Hanson, conductor

    4:34
  • 3:52 AM

    The Cusp of Magic: Royal Wedding

    Terry Riley

    Kronos Quartet

    Wu Man, pipa

    6:14
  • 3:15 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish"

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphony No. 3

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    35:47
  • 3:06 AM

    March of the Defeated

    Enrique Granados

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Pablo Gonzalez, conductor

    6:57
  • 3:01 AM

    Night Song

    Edward Elgar

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    4:43
  • 2:49 AM

    Scherzo No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Cyprien Katsaris, piano

    9:44
  • 2:23 AM

    String Quartet No. 62 "Emperor"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Emerson String Quartet

    23:42
  • 2:18 AM

    The English Nightingale

    Mandora book of John Skene

    Nocturnal

    Jakob Lindberg, lute

    2:57
  • 2:06 AM

    Sonata for Flute and Orchestra

    Francis Poulenc

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Steuart Bedford, conductor

    Jennifer Stinton, flute

    12:03
  • 2:01 AM

    Youthful Suite: English Waltz

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger: "Dished Up for Piano" Volume One

    Martin Jones, piano

    4:46
  • 1:41 AM

    Minuets and Trios

    Franz Schubert

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    17:32
  • 1:24 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Chicago Principal

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Dale Clevenger, horn

    16:02
  • 1:15 AM

    Symphony No. 3: 2nd movement

    Marcel Tyberg

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    6:13
  • 1:06 AM

    Six Studies in English Folk Song

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Doris Lederer, viola

    Jude Mollenhauer, harp

    8:34
  • 1:01 AM

    Overture No. 2: Gavotte

    Francesco Veracini

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    4:40
  • 12:39 AM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: 5 Piano Concertos

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Ramin Bahrami, piano

    19:23
  • 12:21 AM

    Manfred Symphony: 1st movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    16:17
  • 12:12 AM

    Sapho: O ma lyre immortelle

    Charles Gounod

    Paris, Mon Amour

    Valencia Orchestra

    Frederic Chaslin, conductor

    Sonya Yoncheva, soprano

    7:18
  • 12:06 AM

    Duo Transatlantique

    5:31
  • 12:01 AM

    Bassoon Concerto: Rondeau

    Antonio Rosetti

    Antonio Rosetti: Bassoon Concertos

    German Chamber Academy

    Eckart Hubner, bassoon

    4:34
  • 11:40 PM

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    17:17
  • 11:32 PM

    Three Short Pieces

    Jacques Ibert

    Syrinx Quintet

    6:24
  • 11:25 PM

    Images for Orchestra: Iberia: On Highways and Byways

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Orchestral Music

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    7:08
  • 11:13 PM

    Violin Sonatine

    Pauline Viardot-Garcia

    Thomas Albertus Irnberger, violin

    Barbara Moser, piano

    10:43
  • 11:06 PM

    Concerto for Two Oboes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerti Virtuosi

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    6:04
  • 11:01 PM

    Symphony No. 40: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    4:45
  • 10:42 PM

    Matinees Musicales

    Benjamin Britten

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    15:45
  • 10:33 PM

    Serenade No. 7 "Haffner": 8th movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Haffner Serenade

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Karl Bohm, conductor

    8:34
  • 10:22 PM

    By the Beautiful Blue Danube (An der schonen, blauen Donau)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Bernstein Favorites: Waltzes

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    10:20
  • 10:14 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight": 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas

    Yundi Li, piano

    7:06
  • 10:08 PM

    Sonatina: 1st movement

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    Chloe Dufossez, flute

    4:19
  • 10:06 PM

    Swan Lake: Dance of the Little Swans

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    1:32
  • 10:01 PM

    String Quartet No. 2: 4th movement

    Robert Schumann

    Ying String Quartet

    4:43
  • 9:48 PM

    Old Hungarian Dances

    Ferenc Farkas

    Frosunda Wind Quintet

    9:35
  • 9:45 PM

    Humoresque No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    2:57
  • 9:31 PM

    Semiramide: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures, Vol. 2

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    12:06
  • 9:26 PM

    Sunlight

    Max Richter

    Baltic Sea Philharmonic

    Kristjan Jarvi, conductor

    3:54
  • 9:11 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 7

    George Frideric Handel

    Concentus Musicus Vienna

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    14:07
  • 9:06 PM

    Etude No. 3 "Tristesse"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: The Complete Etudes

    Louis Lortie, piano

    4:30
  • 9:03 PM

    Othello Suite: Willow Song

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    2:34
  • 8:44 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Concerts Brandebourgeois Nos. 1, 3, 4

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    13:34
  • 8:38 PM

    Serenade No. 1: Rondo

    Johannes Brahms

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    5:06
  • 8:32 PM

    Schlagobers (Whipped Cream Waltz)

    Richard Strauss

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    5:57
  • 8:21 PM

    Flute Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: 6 Concertos

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    9:14
  • 8:06 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    14:03
  • 8:01 PM

    Minuet No. 1

    Giacomo Puccini

    Orchestra of the Auvergne

    Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    4:38
  • 5:46 PM

    Liebeslieder Walzer (Love-Song Waltzes)

    Johannes Brahms

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    12:52
  • 5:37 PM

    Oboe Sonata

    George Frideric Handel

    G. F. Handel: Recorder & Oboe Sonatas

    Amarillis

    Heloise Gaillard, oboe

    8:07
  • 5:24 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonien 1-9

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    11:42
  • 5:15 PM

    The Boatswain's Mate: Overture

    Ethel Smyth

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    6:06
  • 5:06 PM

    String Quartet No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    W.A. Mozart: The String Quartets

    Amadeus Quartet

    8:47
  • 5:01 PM

    Lyric Waltz

    Jean Sibelius

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:49
  • 4:51 PM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi

    Venice Baroque Orchestra

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    7:33
  • 4:38 PM

    Mephisto Waltz No. 1

    Franz Liszt

    Strauss, Liszt, Korngold, Busoni, Schreker

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Kazuki Yamada, conductor

    11:22
  • 4:33 PM

    Madrigal

    Philippe Gaubert

    Paris: La Belle Epoque

    Robert Langevin, flute

    4:14
  • 4:27 PM

    Fosca: Ah! Se tu sei fra gli angeli

    Antonio Carlos Gomez

    Giuseppe Verdi Orchestra of Milan

    Daniele Callegari, conductor

    Rolando Villazon, tenor

    5:01
  • 4:07 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 1

    Camille Saint-Saens

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Scott Yoo, conductor

    Hee-Young Lim, cello

    19:41
  • 4:01 PM

    Capriccio No. 3: Allemande

    Jan Zelenka

    Zelenka: The Capriccios

    Bach Sinfonia

    Daniel Abraham, conductor

    4:33
  • 3:35 PM

    Children's Games (Jeux d'enfants)

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    23:35
  • 3:23 PM

    Impromptu No. 1

    Franz Schubert

    Murray Perahia, piano

    9:43
  • 3:16 PM

    Introduction No. 3

    Pietro Locatelli

    Locatelli: Introduttioni Teatralli and Concerti, Op. 4

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, conductor

    5:28
  • 3:06 PM

    Alexander in India: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Cimarosa: Overtures, 2

    Toronto Chamber Orchestra

    Kevin Mallon, conductor

    9:38
  • 3:01 PM

    Chilean Dance

    Andrew York

    Andrew York, guitar

    4:30
  • 2:52 PM

    Violin Concerto: Fly Forward

    Jennifer Higdon

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    5:08
  • 2:46 PM

    Startin' Sumthin'

    Jeff Scott

    Startin' Sumthin'

    Imani Winds

    4:50
  • 2:17 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Randall Thompson

    American Masters: Harris, Thompson, Diamond

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    27:45
  • 2:12 PM

    Butterflying

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Nicola Sweeney, violin

    Sarah Nicolls, piano

    4:25
  • 2:02 PM

    Beatrice and Benedict: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Stravinsky, I.: Firebird (The) / Strauss, R.: Till Eulenspiegels Lustige Streiche

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    8:13
  • 1:57 PM

    The King and I: March of the Siamese Children

    Richard Rodgers

    Stephen Hough, piano

    3:47
  • 1:54 PM

    The King and I: Hello, Young Lovers

    Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein

    Studio orchestra

    Marni Nixon, soprano

    :00
  • 1:50 PM

    The King and I: Hello, Young Lovers

    Richard Rodgers

    Stephen Hough, piano

    2:23
  • 1:34 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Wynton Marsalis - The London Concert - Haydn, Hummel, Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    14:32
  • 1:31 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2: Badinerie

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    James Galway - Celebrating 70: A Collection of Personal Favorites

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Jorg Faerber, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    1:19
  • 1:23 PM

    Norwegian Dances Nos. 2-4

    Edvard Grieg

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    11:40
  • 1:18 PM

    Carmen: Bullfighter's Chorus

    Georges Bizet

    Opera Choruses

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    3:52
  • 1:09 PM

    Suite for Strings: Finding Home

    Michael Fine

    Michael Fine: Seasons

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Philip Mann, conductor

    5:26
  • 1:04 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Alla marcia

    Dag Wiren

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Richard Studt, conductor

    4:48
  • 12:50 PM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Ports of Call

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    7:48
  • 12:44 PM

    Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1

    Edward Elgar

    BBC Symphony

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    5:44
  • 12:33 PM

    Carousel Waltz

    Richard Rodgers

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    7:49
  • 12:28 PM

    Dance from Jalisco

    Aaron Copland

    LAGQ Latin

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:42
  • 12:20 PM

    Symphony No. 1

    William Boyce

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    7:33
  • 12:16 PM

    Gavotte Fantastique

    Amy Beach

    Adalberto Maria Riva, piano

    3:06
  • 12:10 PM

    Gayane: Lullaby

    Aram Khachaturian

    Khachaturian: Piano Concerto, etc.

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:37
  • 12:04 PM

    Dardanus: Overture

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    4:45
  • 11:46 AM

    Symphony No. 16

    Carlos Baguer

    Baguer: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    13:17
  • 11:42 AM

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    9:16
  • 11:30 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 5 "Turkish": 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    10:06
  • 11:21 AM

    Symphony No. 5

    Carl Friedrich Abel

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    7:37
  • 11:19 AM

    Judge's Dance (Domaredansen)

    Traditional Swedish

    Cantus

    1:38
  • 11:17 AM

    Swedish Polka

    Hugo Alfven

    European Light Music Classics

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    2:25
  • 11:09 AM

    Novelette "In Spanish Style"

    Alexander Glazunov

    Saint Petersburg String Quartet

    6:41
  • 11:04 AM

    Vocalise

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Kathleen Battle at Carnegie Hall

    Kathleen Battle, soprano

    3:57
  • 10:48 AM

    Old Polish Suite

    Andrei Panufnik

    Polish Chamber Orchestra

    Mariusz Smolij, conductor

    10:03
  • 10:37 AM

    Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Strings by Starlight

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    Felix Slatkin, conductor

    Michael Rabin, violin

    9:37
  • 10:30 AM

    Sonorous Table Suite (Mensa sonora): Part 5

    Heinrich Biber

    Baroque Band

    Garry Clarke, conductor

    6:16
  • 10:21 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Introduction and March

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    8:33
  • 10:19 AM

    Othello Suite: Military March

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha OVerture / Petite Suite

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    1:57
  • 10:10 AM

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    6:53
  • 10:06 AM

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers Awake)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Transfigured Bach

    Petronel Malan, piano

    3:49
  • 10:01 AM

    Philemon und Baucis: Overture

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    4:44
  • 9:40 AM

    An American in Paris

    George Gershwin

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    18:21
  • 9:27 AM

    Camerata Bern

    Thomas Furi, conductor

    11:27
  • 9:22 AM

    Umoja (Unity)

    Valerie Coleman

    Imani Winds

    Imani Winds

    2:49
  • 9:06 AM

    Lemminkainen and the Maidens of Saari

    Jean Sibelius

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    15:37
  • 9:01 AM

    In Delius' Sleep

    Harold Budd

    Zeitgeist

    Harold Budd, piano

    Bob Samarotto, clarinet

    4:40
  • 8:38 AM

    Spirituals for Strings

    Morton Gould

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Klein, conductor

    20:32
  • 8:30 AM

    Violin Sonata

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel Cantatas

    John Dornenburg, viola

    6:57
  • 8:12 AM

    Suite for Strings

    Arthur Foote

    American Stringbook

    do.gma chamber orchestra

    Mikhail Gurewitsch, conductor

    16:11
  • 8:06 AM

    Prelude and Fugue No. 1

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Jenny Lin, piano

    5:25
  • 8:01 AM

    Michael Jon Fink, celesta

    4:43
  • 7:21 AM

    String Quartet No. 14 "Death and the Maiden"

    Franz Schubert

    Emerson String Quartet: Complete Recordings

    Emerson String Quartet

    37:40
  • 7:16 AM

    Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4: Miudinho

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    New World Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    3:42
  • 7:06 AM

    Quiet City

    Aaron Copland

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Michael Laird, trumpet

    Celia Nicklin, English horn

    8:40
  • 7:01 AM

    Chi passa per'sta strada

    Filippo Azzaiolo

    Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble ?– Silk Road Journeys

    Silk Road Ensemble

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:39
  • 6:32 AM

    The River Suite

    Duke Ellington

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    26:48
  • 6:19 AM

    Koyunbaba

    Carlo Domeniconi

    Milos: Mediterraneo

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    12:02
  • 6:06 AM

    Piano Trio No. 41 "Jacob's Dream"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Trio Wanderer

    10:55
  • 6:01 AM

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    4:47
  • 5:41 AM

    Partita for Strings

    Gideon Klein

    Bartok, Martinu, Klein

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    17:08
  • 5:20 AM

    Symphony No. 1: 1st movement

    Edward Elgar

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    19:51
  • 5:15 AM

    By the Spring in the Woods

    Marcel Tournier

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    4:21
  • 5:01 AM

    Romance No. 3

    Robert Schumann

    Oboe Obsession: Romantic And Virtuosic Works For Oboe

    Allan Vogel, oboe

    4:43