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  • 4:51 AM

    There Will Be Rest

    Frank Ticheli

    Phoenix Bach Choir

    Charles Bruffy, conductor

    7:46
  • 4:23 AM

    To Notice Such Things

    Jon Lord

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Clark Rundell, conductor

    Jon Lord, piano

    Cormac Henry, flute

    27:00
  • 4:18 AM

    Chelys Consort of Viols

    3:34
  • 4:06 AM

    Symphonie Fantastique: Reveries

    Hector Berlioz

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    11:26
  • 4:01 AM

    End of Day

    Todd Reynolds

    Todd Reynolds, viola

    4:28
  • 3:52 AM

    Forest of Charm and Enchantment

    Marcel Grandjany

    Impressions de France

    Caroline Leonardelli, harp

    5:52
  • 3:30 AM

    The Forest

    Howard Shore

    The Moon and the Forest

    National Arts Centre Orchestra

    Alexander Shelley, conductor

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    20:48
  • 3:10 AM

    The Night Callings

    Heino Eller

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Olari Elts, conductor

    17:35
  • 3:06 AM

    Romance

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    3:53
  • 3:01 AM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Adagio

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart � Salieri

    Armonia Ensemble

    4:36
  • 2:50 AM

    Piano Trio "Notturno"

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert

    Trio Vitruvi

    8:16
  • 2:27 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 2

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss Concertos

    Philharmonia Orchestra of Bratislava

    Dale Clevenger, conductor

    Steven Gross, horn

    21:05
  • 2:22 AM

    A Single Petal of a Rose

    Duke Ellington

    Reflections on Duke

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    3:43
  • 2:06 AM

    Ennanga for String Quartet, Harp, and Piano

    William Grant Still

    Videmus

    15:28
  • 2:01 AM

    Lyrical Serenade

    Edward Elgar

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    4:41
  • 1:51 AM

    Ballade No. 3

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Ballades; Berceuse; Mazurkas

    Yundi Li, piano

    7:29
  • 1:29 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    European Brandenburg Ensemble

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Katy Bircher, flute

    Beatrix Hulsemann, violin

    Trevor Pinnock, harpsichord

    20:40
  • 1:16 AM

    Agincourt Overture

    Walter Leigh

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    12:28
  • 1:06 AM

    Pieta, Signore

    Alessandro Stradella

    Premieres of the Old and New

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Amos, conductor

    Meir Rimon, horn

    7:31
  • 1:01 AM

    English Suite: Prelude and Round Dance

    John Duarte

    Stein-Erik Olsen, guitar

    4:46
  • 12:50 AM

    New Era Dance

    Aaron Jay Kernis

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    7:48
  • 12:17 AM

    Fantasie

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Humoreske, Fantasie

    Richard Goode, piano

    31:06
  • 12:06 AM

    String Quartet

    Germaine Tailleferre

    Debussy, Tailleferre, Ravel

    Stenhammar Quartet

    9:45
  • 12:00 AM

    Il finto Stanislao: Overture

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Philharmonic of La Scala

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    4:43
  • 11:42 PM

    Dances of Galanta

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    16:06
  • 11:27 PM

    Symphony No. 1

    Niels Gade

    Gade: Symphonies No 1 & 8 / Järvi, Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    31:41
  • 11:15 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 5 "Egyptian"

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens

    French National Orchestra

    Emmanuel Krivine, conductor

    Bertrand Chamayou, piano

    26:30
  • 11:07 PM

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

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Piano Sonata & 3 Concert Studies

    Louis Lortie, piano

    6:07
  • 11:01 PM

    Abduction from the Seraglio: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Key to Classics: Mozart

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    5:45
  • 10:54 PM

    Symphony No. 82 "The Bear": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 82, 83 & 84

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor

    5:51
  • 10:48 PM

    Musical Moment No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Moments Musicaux; Impromptus

    David Fray, piano

    2:10
  • 10:35 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonien 1-9

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    11:53
  • 10:25 PM

    Song without Words No. 25 "May Breezes"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Songs without Words

    Ilse von Alpenheim, piano

    3:15
  • 10:18 PM

    Elegy for Cello and Orchestra

    John Williams

    Recording Arts Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    6:17
  • 10:11 PM

    Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Viennese Violin

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    Robert McDuffie, violin

    3:36
  • 10:00 PM

    Waltz No. 2 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Waltzes

    Richard Raymond, piano

    5:19
  • 9:48 PM

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:31
  • 9:38 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Pinchas Zukerman: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon and Philips

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    6:29
  • 9:36 PM

    Swan Lake: Neapolitan Dance

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky | Sleeping Beauty & Swan Lake

    Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra

    Aleksander Lazarev, conductor

    2:03
  • 9:27 PM

    Symphonie Fantastique: March to the Scaffold

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    4:05
  • 9:13 PM

    Four Seasons: Winter

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, etc.

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Nicholas Kraemer, conductor

    Monica Huggett, violin

    7:55
  • 9:01 PM

    Dance of the Hours

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Essential Ballet

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bruno Bartoletti, conductor

    7:33
  • 8:54 PM

    The Red Poppy: Russian Sailor's Dance

    Reinhold Gliere

    Pops a la Russe

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:38
  • 8:44 PM

    Images for Orchestra: Rondes de printemps (Spring Rounds)

    Claude Debussy

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    7:57
  • 8:36 PM

    King Stephen: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

    7:18
  • 8:29 PM

    Rondeau

    Jean-Joseph Mouret

    Ceremonial Music for Trumpet & Symphonic Organ

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    1:45
  • 8:20 PM

    Piano Quintet "Trout": Theme and Variations

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Quintet, Op. 114 "The Trout"

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    7:43
  • 8:10 PM

    Colas Breugnon Overture

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Darrell Ang, conductor

    4:50
  • 8:00 PM

    La clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus): Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:30
  • 5:55 PM

    Little Concert Suite: Nanette's Caprice

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha OVerture / Petite Suite

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    3:49
  • 5:45 PM

    Three Preludes

    George Gershwin

    Joshua Bell, violin

    John Williams, piano

    6:50
  • 5:40 PM

    Symphony No. 3: 3rd movement

    Florence Price

    Women's Philharmonic

    Apo Hsu, conductor

    5:05
  • 5:35 PM

    Serenade for Strings: 1st movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenades Opp. 22 & 24

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    4:24
  • 5:22 PM

    Symphony No. 7: 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 7

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    8:40
  • 5:13 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 1 "La Tempesta di Mare" ("Storm at Sea")

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Rebel

    Jorg-Michael Schwarz, conductor

    Matthias Maute, recorder

    5:42
  • 5:08 PM

    Eugene Onegin: Polonaise

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 3, Capriccio Italien

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    4:51
  • 5:01 PM

    Arabesque No. 2

    Claude Debussy

    Romance

    Richard Stoltzman, clarinet

    3:31
  • 4:54 PM

    Symphony No. 102: 4th Movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos 78 & 102

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    4:45
  • 4:49 PM

    Schwanengesang, Book 2: Das Fischermadchen

    Franz Schubert

    Le Romantique

    David Leisner, guitar

    2:04
  • 4:31 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1

    Georges Bizet

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    17:06
  • 4:20 PM

    String Quartet No. 17 "Hunt": 4th movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Emerson String Quartet: Complete Recordings

    Emerson String Quartet

    6:08
  • 4:10 PM

    Masquerade: Nocturne

    Aram Khachaturian

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    Janine Jansen, violin

    3:20
  • 4:07 PM

    The Little White Donkey

    Jacques Ibert

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    2:03
  • 4:00 PM

    Masques and Bergamasques: Gavotte

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Requiem Op. 48

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Emmanuel Krivine, conductor

    3:16
  • 3:52 PM

    Espana

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Living Stereo Audiophile Sampler

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    6:26
  • 3:46 PM

    Prelude No. 5

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Yuja Wang, piano

    3:48
  • 3:39 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra

    Peter Schreier, conductor

    5:54
  • 3:25 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    9:06
  • 3:21 PM

    Minuet

    Luigi Boccherini

    The Fantastic Stokowski

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:11
  • 3:14 PM

    The Gumsuckers March

    Percy Grainger

    Michigan State University Band

    Keith Brion, conductor

    3:46
  • 3:10 PM

    Miniature Viennese March

    Fritz Kreisler

    The Kreisler Album

    Joshua Bell, violin

    3:15
  • 3:00 PM

    Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance, etc.

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    5:03
  • 2:48 PM

    Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Viennese Summerfest!

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    9:48
  • 2:42 PM

    Dance of the Shepherd Girl

    Hugo Alfven

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra: Portrait

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    4:15
  • 2:36 PM

    Reverie D'Automne

    Wanda Landowska

    Jeanne Golan, piano

    3:52
  • 2:28 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Classical": Finale

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Symphonies Nos. 1-3

    Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    4:08
  • 2:23 PM

    Candide: Overture

    Leonard Bernstein

    Copland: Appalachian Spring; Barber: Adagio

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    4:18
  • 2:13 PM

    The Seasons: December (Christmas)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Queensland Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    Takako Nishizaki, violin

    4:30
  • 2:03 PM

    El Amor Brujo: Ritual Fire Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    4:16
  • 1:53 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Organ": 4th movement

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Barber, Poulenc, Saint Saens

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    Olivier Latry, organ

    8:41
  • 1:45 PM

    The Deer Hunter: Cavatina

    Stanley Myers

    A Touch of Class

    Angel Romero, guitar

    3:09
  • 1:40 PM

    Czech Suite: Sousedska

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenade, Bagatelles, Czech Suite

    National Chamber Players

    Lowell Graham, conductor

    4:11
  • 1:32 PM

    A Downland Suite: Minuet

    John Ireland

    Music of John Ireland and Frank Bridge

    English Chamber Orchestra

    David Garforth, conductor

    4:26
  • 1:24 PM

    Cello Sonata: Andante

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Heinrich Schiff, cello

    Elisabeth Leonskaja, piano

    5:50
  • 1:18 PM

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    Sandra Rivers, piano

    :59
  • 1:10 PM

    Procession of the Sardar

    Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    3:44
  • 1:04 PM

    Jazz Suite No. 1: Waltz

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Jazz Music

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    2:37
  • 12:58 PM

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    1:22
  • 12:40 PM

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Paul Dukas

    Dukas: La Peri; L'Apprenti sorcier/Chabrier: Suite pastorale; Espana

    Ulster Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    11:29
  • 12:32 PM

    Salut d'amour (Love's Greeting)

    Edward Elgar

    German Chamber Orchestra Berlin

    Daniel Hope, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    Jacques Ammon, piano

    3:06
  • 12:29 PM

    Russian Dance

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Seasons

    Queensland Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    Takako Nishizaki, violin

    2:29
  • 12:17 PM

    The Gadfly: Romance

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Hamlet/The Gadfly

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Leonid Grin, conductor

    5:52
  • 12:13 PM

    Cello Suite No. 1: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Essential Yo-Yo Ma

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    2:17
  • 12:04 PM

    The Planets: Mercury

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    3:55
  • 11:51 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 2nd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Violin Concertos; Sinfonia concertante

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    7:58
  • 11:46 AM

    Waltz

    Helen Hopekirk

    Hopekirk: Piano Works

    Gary Steigerwalt, piano

    4:15
  • 11:32 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel and Haydn Society

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    11:48
  • 11:22 AM

    Whimsical Symphony (Grillensymphonie)

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    8:32
  • 11:17 AM

    The Three-Cornered Hat: Neighbor's Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Dukas: La Peri, De Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat

    New York Philharmonic

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    3:28
  • 11:09 AM

    Aria in Classic Style

    Marcel Grandjany

    Classics for Chamber Orchestra

    Stockholm Chamber Orchestra

    Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor

    Christine Muhlbach, harp

    5:58
  • 11:04 AM

    Peer Gynt: Morning Mood

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Peer Gynt

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    4:19
  • 10:45 AM

    Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 3

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    12:58
  • 10:36 AM

    Concerto Koln

    8:01
  • 10:26 AM

    Fairy Tales (Feen-Marchen) Waltz

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Alfred Eschwe, conductor

    9:45
  • 10:20 AM

    Lullaby to Wake Up With

    Phil Rosheger

    David Russell, guitar

    5:10
  • 10:11 AM

    Adagio amoroso

    Kurt Atterberg

    Camerata Nordica

    Ulf Wallin, conductor

    7:56
  • 10:06 AM

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Works

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    4:13
  • 10:01 AM

    Dance of the Flowers

    Amy Beach

    Joanne Polk, piano

    4:41
  • 9:43 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Hans Gal

    Symphony Nova Scotia

    Georg Tintner, conductor

    15:11
  • 9:30 AM

    Allegro

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Clarinet Quintets

    Leopold Quartet

    Dieter Klocker, clarinet

    11:04
  • 9:26 AM

    Vem ca, Branquinha (Come here, little darling)

    Ernesto Nazareth

    Joel Fan, piano

    2:45
  • 9:06 AM

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    Gustav Leonhardt, conductor

    Anner Bylsma, cello

    19:19
  • 9:01 AM

    Belle of the Ball

    Leroy Anderson

    Catherine Wilson, piano

    4:39
  • 8:56 AM

    Nunc aperuit nobis (Now a door long shut has opened)

    Hildegard von Bingen

    Sequentia

    Barbara Thornton, conductor

    1:52
  • 8:30 AM

    Quintet for Oboe, Clarinet and String Trio

    Ruth Gipps

    Peter Cigleris, clarinet

    Gareth Hulse, oboe

    John Mills, violin

    Lydia Lowndes-Northcott, viola

    Bozidar Vukotic, cello

    26:27
  • 8:13 AM

    Suite in the Old Style

    Alfred Schnittke

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    15:26
  • 8:06 AM

    Cavatina Duo

    5:53
  • 8:01 AM

    Across the Vast, Eternal Sky

    Ola Gjeilo

    Ola Gjeilo: Winter Songs

    Choir of Royal Holloway

    Rupert Gough, conductor

    Ola Gjeilo, piano

    4:35
  • 7:28 AM

    Fairy Tale

    Josef Suk

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    30:28
  • 7:23 AM

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    Cory Smythe, piano

    3:45
  • 7:06 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 2

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Horn Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    16:00
  • 7:01 AM

    Sarabande

    Claude Debussy

    Recital Vlado Perlemuter

    Vlado Perlemuter, piano

    4:37
  • 6:22 AM

    Falstaff

    Edward Elgar

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    36:00
  • 6:18 AM

    Persian Miniatures: Solitude

    Aminollah Hossein

    Tara Kamangar, piano

    3:43
  • 6:06 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 25

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas

    Mari Kodama, piano

    10:14
  • 6:01 AM

    Flowers of the Forest

    Anonymous

    Baltimore Consort

    4:35
  • 5:50 AM

    Dance Card: Celestial Blue

    Jennifer Higdon

    Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    7:58
  • 5:01 AM

    Sonata No. 1

    Dario Castello

    Verso Venezia - Sonate & Canzoni

    Pallade Musica

    4:40