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  • 4:38 AM

    Nursery Suite

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: The Wand of Youth (Suites No. 1 & 2)

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    20:35
  • 4:24 AM

    Triodion

    Arvo Part

    Arvo Part: Tintinnabuli

    Tallis Scholars

    Peter Phillips, conductor

    13:32
  • 4:06 AM

    Music in Four Sharps (on Dowland's Frog Galliard)

    Ian Krouse

    At Home and Abroad

    Leslie Shank, violin

    15:34
  • 4:01 AM

    Postludium No. 4

    Valentin Silvestrov

    Ustvolskaya, Silvestrov, Kancheli: Works for Piano and Orchestra

    Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

    Thomas Sanderling, conductor

    Elisaveta Blumina, piano

    4:33
  • 3:49 AM

    Symphony No. 3: 3rd movement

    Marcel Tyberg

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    9:19
  • 3:26 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Concertos 1, 3 & 4

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    Viktoria Mullova, conductor

    Viktoria Mullova, violin

    21:01
  • 3:15 AM

    Tristan and Isolde: Prelude to Act I

    Richard Wagner

    The London Horn Sound

    London Horns

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    9:20
  • 3:06 AM

    Music for a Young Prince: Dreams

    Godfrey Ridout

    Godfrey Ridout: Orchestral Works

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Victor Feldbrill, conductor

    8:32
  • 3:01 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 1: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Jonathan Biss, piano

    4:33
  • 2:49 AM

    Harp Sonata

    Germaine Tailleferre

    Maria Graf � Recital: Debussy, Faure, Caplet, Tailleferre, Tournier, Roussel, Ravel

    Maria Graf, harp

    8:50
  • 2:31 AM

    Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    Benjamin Britten

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    16:30
  • 2:26 AM

    Landmarks: Cancion

    Matthew Dunne

    David Russell, guitar

    3:23
  • 2:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 61 "Fifths"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Kodaly Quartet

    19:35
  • 2:01 AM

    Prelude No. 25

    Frederic Chopin

    Vanessa Perez, piano

    4:50
  • 1:44 AM

    Concerto for Oboe and Violin

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Heinz Holliger, conductor

    Heinz Holliger, oboe

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    13:48
  • 1:27 AM

    Faust Ballet Music

    Charles Gounod

    Gounod: Faust

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    16:23
  • 1:12 AM

    Sonatina No. 1 "From an Invalid's Workshop": 3rd movement

    Richard Strauss

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    13:36
  • 1:06 AM

    Keyboard Sonata No. 14

    Antonio Soler

    Martina Filjak, piano

    4:27
  • 1:01 AM

    Requiem: The Lord is My Shepherd

    John Rutter

    City of London Sinfonia

    Stephen Cleobury, conductor

    4:43
  • 12:51 AM

    School for Scandal Overture

    Samuel Barber

    New York Philharmonic

    Thomas Schippers, conductor

    7:33
  • 12:27 AM

    Symphony No. 35 "Haffner"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    22:53
  • 12:19 AM

    Samson and Delilah: Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix (My heart at thy sweet voice)

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Storyteller

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Eivind Aadland, conductor

    Tine Thing Helseth, trumpet

    5:42
  • 12:06 AM

    Armenian Folk Songs and Dances

    Gomidas Vartabed

    A Sicilian Traveller

    Avos Chamber Orchestra

    Alessio Pianelli, cello

    11:58
  • 12:01 AM

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    Pavel Gililov, piano

    4:31
  • 11:38 PM

    String Quartet No. 23

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Emerson String Quartet

    20:26
  • 11:21 PM

    Russian Easter Festival Overture

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    14:50
  • 11:16 PM

    Cantata No. 29: Sinfonia

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    3:34
  • 11:13 PM

    Seven Desires: 5

    Tan Dun

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    2:02
  • 11:06 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 1st movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies 3 and 5

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    7:00
  • 11:01 PM

    Three Improvisations

    Francis Poulenc

    Pascal Roge, piano

    4:42
  • 10:50 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: 6 Concerti Grossi Op 3

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    7:42
  • 10:30 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2

    Georges Bizet

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    18:15
  • 10:22 PM

    Quartet for Two Oboes and Two Bassoons

    Johann Fasch

    Ingo Goritzki, oboe

    Burkhard Glaetzner, oboe

    Thomas Reinhardt, bassoon

    Lutz Klepel, bassoon

    7:15
  • 10:13 PM

    Symphonie Espagnole: Rondo

    Edouard Lalo

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    Chee-Yun, violin

    8:27
  • 10:06 PM

    Dances With Wolves: Themes

    John Barry

    Hollywood's Greatest Hits Volume II

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:18
  • 10:01 PM

    Etude No. 11: for arpeggios

    Claude Debussy

    Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano

    4:39
  • 9:49 PM

    Das Rheingold: Entry of the Gods into Valhalla

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Orchestral Music from The Ring

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    7:33
  • 9:35 PM

    Symphony No. 5: Adagietto

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler: Symphony No. 5

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    12:39
  • 9:27 PM

    Baltic Sea Philharmonic

    Kristjan Jarvi, conductor

    5:31
  • 9:15 PM

    Il Cimento: Violin Concerto No. 11

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Nicholas Kraemer, conductor

    Monica Huggett, violin

    11:33
  • 9:06 PM

    An Outdoor Overture

    Aaron Copland

    Pacific Symphony Orchestra

    Keith Clark, conductor

    8:57
  • 9:03 PM

    Czech Dances: Polka

    Bedrich Smetana

    Ivan Moravec, piano

    2:36
  • 8:50 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Barry Tuckwell, conductor

    Barry Tuckwell, horn

    8:25
  • 8:29 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Night in the Tropics"

    Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    Utah Symphony Orchestra

    Maurice Abravanel, conductor

    18:57
  • 8:19 PM

    Knights Templar Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    8:16
  • 8:14 PM

    French Suite No. 5: Sarabande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Peter Hill, piano

    5:07
  • 8:06 PM

    Deep Summer Music

    Libby Larsen

    Libby Larsen

    Colorado Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    7:16
  • 8:01 PM

    Suite: Festival

    Marcel Tournier

    French Flute Chamber Music - Pierne, Francaix, Roussel, Etc / Mirage Quintet

    Mirage Quintet

    4:47
  • 5:44 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Complete Mozart Edition, Vol. 17: Piano Sonatas

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    13:50
  • 5:17 PM

    Aladdin Suite

    Carl Nielsen

    Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2, etc.

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    25:07
  • 5:11 PM

    String Quartet No. 1: Minuet

    Wilhelm Kienzl

    Thomas Christian Ensemble

    4:28
  • 5:06 PM

    Entry March of the Boyars

    Johan Halvorsen

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Jean, conductor

    5:01
  • 5:01 PM

    La Sampaguita (The Flower of Manila)

    Dolores Paterno

    To A Camia: Piano Music from Romantic Manila

    Sally Pinkas, piano

    4:46
  • 4:49 PM

    Invitation to the Dance

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    8:49
  • 4:28 PM

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    Celia Nicklin, oboe

    18:53
  • 4:15 PM

    Quartet No. 4

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Six Wind Quartets

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    11:54
  • 4:06 PM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    Wagner: Siegfried Idyll, Boccherini, Dvorak, Faure, Grieg, Nicolai, Ponchielli, Suppe, Tchaikovsky

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:40
  • 4:01 PM

    Eight Russian Folk Songs: selections

    Anatol Liadov

    Kottos

    4:39
  • 3:46 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 46

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 7

    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano

    11:44
  • 3:32 PM

    St. Paul's Suite

    Gustav Holst

    English Music for Strings

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    George Hurst, conductor

    12:36
  • 3:22 PM

    Serenade No. 7 "Haffner": Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Karl Bohm, conductor

    8:04
  • 3:15 PM

    Overture No. 2

    Louise Farrenc

    European Soloists, Luxembourg

    Christoph Konig, conductor

    7:07
  • 3:06 PM

    Trumpet Sonata No. 1

    Giuseppe Torelli

    New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig

    Max Pommer, conductor

    Ludwig Guttler, trumpet

    8:33
  • 3:01 PM

    The Seasons: January (At the Fireside)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Freddy Kempf, piano

    4:39
  • 2:45 PM

    Pastoral Suite

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor

    12:16
  • 2:42 PM

    Bartered Bride: Dance of the Comedians

    Bedrich Smetana

    Empire Brass: Greatest Hits

    Empire Brass

    2:47
  • 2:23 PM

    Simple Symphony

    Benjamin Britten

    I Musici Montreal

    Yuli Turovsky, conductor

    18:18
  • 2:17 PM

    Troubled Water

    Margaret Bonds

    Senku

    William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    4:51
  • 2:14 PM

    Wade in the Water

    Traditional

    African American Spirituals: The Concert Tradition

    Fisk Jubilee Singers

    2:24
  • 2:05 PM

    L'amant anonyme: Overture-Symphony

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Le Mozart Noir

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    7:42
  • 1:57 PM

    Bourree Fantasque

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Chabrier: Orchestral Works

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:43
  • 1:46 PM

    Fantasy on Mozart's "La ci darem la mano"

    Franz Danzi

    New Era

    Potsdam Chamber Academy

    Andreas Ottensamer, clarinet

    10:03
  • 1:40 PM

    Overture No. 5: Andante

    Carl Friedrich Abel

    Il Fondamento

    Paul Dombrecht, conductor

    4:44
  • 1:32 PM

    Appalachia Waltz

    Mark O'Connor

    Mark O'Connor, violin

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Edgar Meyer, double bass

    5:45
  • 1:25 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Waltz

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenades Opp. 22 & 24

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    6:51
  • 1:21 PM

    Fancy Free Ballet: Danzon

    Leonard Bernstein

    Leonard Bernstein: Marin Alsop The Complete Naxos Recordings

    Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    3:04
  • 1:17 PM

    La Vida Breve: Dance No. 1

    Manuel de Falla

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    3:25
  • 1:07 PM

    Hercules Overture

    George Frideric Handel

    English Baroque Soloists

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    6:57
  • 1:04 PM

    Sonata Concertata: 3rd movement

    Niccolo Paganini

    David Starobin: Favorite Tracks, Volume 1

    David Starobin, guitar

    2:21
  • 12:44 PM

    Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1

    Georges Enescu

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    13:09
  • 12:41 PM

    Gary Steigerwalt, piano

    2:19
  • 12:30 PM

    Concerto for Three Trumpets

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Baroque Music for Trumpet

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    9:57
  • 12:23 PM

    Symphony No. 3: 3rd movement

    Florence Price

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    5:02
  • 12:22 PM

    Folk Suite No. 4: Tayeras

    William Grant Still

    2013-2014 Class Notes: Classical MPR Presents A Musical History Tour

    Dolce Wind Quintet

    1:07
  • 12:15 PM

    Medley of Scots Tunes

    Rachel Barton Pine

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Platt, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    Alasdair Fraser, fiddle

    5:58
  • 12:07 PM

    Swan Lake: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Essential Ballet

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    6:52
  • 12:04 PM

    Nais: Rigaudons

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    2:17
  • 11:53 AM

    Enigma Variations: Nimrod

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Enigma Variations, Cockaigne & Froissart Overtures

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    5:04
  • 11:45 AM

    Symphony No. 101 "The Clock": 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    7:24
  • 11:34 AM

    Student Concerto

    Friedrich Seitz

    Concertos from My Childhood

    Juilliard Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    9:23
  • 11:31 AM

    Etude No. 1 "Aeolian Harp"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin Etudes

    Jan Lisiecki, piano

    2:25
  • 11:24 AM

    Overture to an unfinished comedy opera

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    5:34
  • 11:16 AM

    Concerto for Two Oboes

    Tomaso Albinoni

    London Virtuosi

    John Georgiadis, conductor

    Anthony Camden, oboe

    Alison Alty, oboe

    6:53
  • 11:11 AM

    Carmen: Seguedilla and Dragoons

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Carmen Suite, L'arlesienne Suites Etc.

    Orchestra of the Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    3:41
  • 11:04 AM

    Sivan Magen, harp

    6:48
  • 10:59 AM

    Concerto for Two Oboes

    Tomaso Albinoni

    London Virtuosi

    John Georgiadis, conductor

    Anthony Camden, oboe

    Alison Alty, oboe

    6:53
  • 10:46 AM

    Fair Melusina Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Italian Symphony, Three Overtures

    Bern Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Maag, conductor

    12:04
  • 10:37 AM

    Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

    Hans Graf, conductor

    7:56
  • 10:23 AM

    Serenade No. 1: Allegro molto

    Johannes Brahms

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    13:13
  • 10:18 AM

    Molly on the Shore

    Percy Grainger

    Percy Grainger: Symphonic Band Music

    Michigan State University Band

    Keith Brion, conductor

    4:01
  • 10:10 AM

    Fidelio Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Complete Overtures

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    6:29
  • 10:06 AM

    New Pizzicato Polka

    Johann StraussJr.

    J. Strauss, Jr. Edition: Vol. 2

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alfred Walter, conductor

    3:24
  • 10:01 AM

    Art of Fugue: Contrapunctus 13

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Chris Thile, mandolin

    Edgar Meyer, bass

    4:38
  • 9:47 AM

    Miniature Suite

    Cyril Rootham

    Peacock Pie: Gibbs, Jacob, Rootham, Milford, Dring

    Guildhall Strings

    Robert Salter, conductor

    Martin Roscoe, piano

    11:48
  • 9:25 AM

    Serenade No. 1

    Robert Fuchs

    Fuchs: Serenades Nos. 1 and 2

    Cologne Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Ludwig, conductor

    19:39
  • 9:16 AM

    Suite for Orchestra 'The B's': Lament

    Herbert Howells

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    7:35
  • 9:06 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 7

    Arcangelo Corelli

    I Solisti Italiani

    9:10
  • 9:01 AM

    Portraits of Langston: Silver Rain

    Valerie Coleman

    Portraits: Works for Flute, Clarinet and Piano

    Demarre McGill, flute

    4:48
  • 8:38 AM

    La Boutique fantasque (Fantastic Toy Shop)

    Ottorino Respighi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    20:30
  • 8:30 AM

    Notturno No. 1

    Giuseppe Martucci

    Martucci: Symphony No. 1; Novelletta; Notturno; Tarantella

    Philharmonia

    Francesco d'Avalos, conductor

    6:42
  • 8:18 AM

    Divertimento No. 14

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    New York Philomusica

    10:36
  • 8:06 AM

    Piano Concerto "The Circle and the Child": 1st movement

    Philip Lasser

    MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Kristjan Jarvi, conductor

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    11:43
  • 8:01 AM

    Sure on this Shining Night

    Morten Lauridsen

    A Company Of Voices: Conspirare In Concert

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    4:29
  • 7:35 AM

    Vikings of the Sunrise: Fantasy on the Polynesian Star Navigators: Movements 1-8

    Stephen Scott

    Vikings of the Sunrise: Fantasy On the Polynesian Star Navigators

    The Bowed Piano Ensemble

    23:13
  • 7:26 AM

    String Quartet: Adagio

    Emilie Mayer

    Erato Quartet

    7:43
  • 7:06 AM

    La Peri (The Fairy)

    Paul Dukas

    New York Philharmonic

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    19:10
  • 7:01 AM

    Blue Violet Duo

    4:30
  • 6:45 AM

    Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    13:03
  • 6:26 AM

    Pelleas and Melisande

    Jean Sibelius

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    18:46
  • 6:07 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Sunday Symphony"

    William Grant Still

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    17:48
  • 6:01 AM

    Morceaux de Fantaisie: Elegie

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Yuja Wang, piano

    4:44
  • 5:29 AM

    String Quartet No. 20 "Hoffmeister"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Quartetto Italiano

    29:21
  • 5:24 AM

    Impressionist Suite No. 2: Caillebotte

    Rick Sowash

    Mark Ostoich, oboe

    Ron Aufmann, clarinet

    Mark Ortwein, bassoon

    4:14
  • 5:06 AM

    In the Tatra Mountains

    Vitezslav Novak

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    16:20
  • 5:01 AM

    Keltic Lament

    John Foulds

    Foulds: Dynamic Triptych, Music-Pictures Iii

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    4:31