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  • 4:50 AM

    Premiere Rhapsodie

    Claude Debussy

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    Franklin Cohen, clarinet

    8:35
  • 4:40 AM

    Secret and Glass Gardens

    Jennifer Higdon

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    9:08
  • 4:35 AM

    From Last Night's Rain

    Margaret Hermant/Neil Leiter/Gary De Cart

    The See Within

    Echo Collective

    4:21
  • 4:06 AM

    Cello Sonata No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    The Incomparable Rudolf Serkin

    Mstislav Rostropovich, cello

    27:17
  • 4:01 AM

    Leaving Capri

    Tonu Korvits

    Tonu Korvits: Hymns to the Nordic Lights

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Risto Joost, conductor

    4:35
  • 3:51 AM

    A Dream in the Forest (Un Sueno en la Floresta)

    Agustin Barrios

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    7:21
  • 3:20 AM

    String Quartet

    Maurice Ravel

    Debussy, Faure, Ravel: String Quartets

    Ebene Quartet

    29:47
  • 3:14 AM

    Elena Urioste, violin

    Tom Poster, piano

    4:14
  • 3:06 AM

    Prelude and Quadruple Fugue

    Alan Hovhaness

    Eastern Music Festival Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    6:53
  • 3:01 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4 "Mozartiana": Preghiera (Prayer)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Suites Nos. 1-4

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    4:37
  • 2:53 AM

    The Day is Done

    Stephen Paulus

    Beyond All Mortal Dreams

    Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    5:15
  • 2:45 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": Andante

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart 250 - A Celebration

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    7:37
  • 2:29 AM

    Violin Concerto "Adrano"

    Samy Moussa

    Ginastera, Bernstein, Moussa: Works for Violin and Orchestra

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    Andrew Wan, violin

    14:58
  • 2:20 AM

    My Desert, My Rose

    Aleksandra Vrebalov

    Malva String Quartet

    7:53
  • 2:06 AM

    Ein Tanzspiel

    Franz Schreker

    Strauss, Liszt, Korngold, Busoni, Schreker

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Kazuki Yamada, conductor

    12:30
  • 2:01 AM

    Dreaming

    Amy Beach

    Anna Shelest, piano

    4:43
  • 1:53 AM

    Little dove

    Ivan Khandoshkin

    KHANDOSHKIN: 3 Violin Sonatas, Op. 3 / 6 Russian Songs

    Anastasia Khitruk, violin

    5:05
  • 1:27 AM

    Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished"

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies 3 & 8

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Carlos Kleiber, conductor

    24:36
  • 1:23 AM

    Maple Leaf Rag

    Scott Joplin

    Scott Joplin on Guitar

    Giovanni De Chiaro, guitar

    3:11
  • 1:06 AM

    Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2, Krakowiak, Andante spainato

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Eliahu Inbal, conductor

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    15:10
  • 1:01 AM

    Partita No. 6: Courante

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Piotr Anderszewski, piano

    4:35
  • 11:43 PM

    Fantastic Scherzo

    Josef Suk

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    14:50
  • 11:31 PM

    Violin Concerto in the Style of Vivaldi

    Fritz Kreisler

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Gil Shaham, violin

    11:13
  • 11:27 PM

    Beautiful Rosemary (Schon Rosmarin)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Sun-Flute 2/3

    Gunilla von Bahr, piccolo/flute

    1:58
  • 11:14 PM

    Rapsodia santiaguena

    Manuel Gomez Carrillo

    Fiesta Criolla: Latin-American Orchestral Works

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    Gabriel Castagna, conductor

    11:48
  • 11:06 PM

    The Planets: Jupiter

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    7:53
  • 11:01 PM

    Wind Quintet: 2nd movement

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen, Loeffler, Prokofiev

    Chamber Music Northwest

    4:52
  • 10:45 PM

    Grand Variations on a Theme by Count Gallenberg

    Louise Farrenc

    European Soloists, Luxembourg

    Christoph Konig, conductor

    Jean Muller, piano

    13:34
  • 10:30 PM

    Overture on a Spanish March Theme

    Mily Balakirev

    M. Balakirev: Symphony Music

    USSR Symphony Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    13:20
  • 10:22 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart & Brahms

    Pacifica String Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    6:42
  • 10:11 PM

    Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: La Mer, etc.

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    10:14
  • 10:06 PM

    Cancion de Cuna (Afro-Cuban Lullaby)

    Leo Brouwer

    Modern Mandolin Quartet

    3:58
  • 10:01 PM

    The Mission: Gabriel's Oboe

    Ennio Morricone

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    4:51
  • 9:57 PM

    Off-Beat Shorty

    Hale Smith

    William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    :35
  • 9:48 PM

    Carmen Suite No. 2

    Georges Bizet

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    8:34
  • 9:24 PM

    Symphony No. 100 "Military"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    22:35
  • 9:16 PM

    Five Yunnan Folk Songs

    Jian-Zhong Wang

    Shanghai Quartet

    6:43
  • 9:06 PM

    Dance of the Hours

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Famous Marches and Dances

    Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andras Korodi, conductor

    9:33
  • 9:03 PM

    In Sentimental Mood

    Florence Price

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:30
  • 8:43 PM

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    14:55
  • 8:17 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 2

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    CPE Bach: Cello Concertos

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    Gustav Leonhardt, conductor

    Anner Bylsma, cello

    24:47
  • 8:06 PM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 6 and 7 / Finlandia

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Pietari Inkinen, conductor

    8:55
  • 8:01 PM

    Waltz No. 5 "Grande Valse"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    4:34
  • 5:50 PM

    Trio Anima Mundi

    8:49
  • 5:14 PM

    Symphony No. 4

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    33:52
  • 5:11 PM

    Philadelphia Brass Ensemble

    2:35
  • 5:06 PM

    March of the Little Lead Soldiers

    Gabriel Pierne

    Sir Charles' Precious Music Box Ii

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    3:05
  • 5:01 PM

    Symphonic Metamorphosis: March

    Paul Hindemith

    American Maestros

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    4:35
  • 4:49 PM

    Scottish Highlands Overture

    Frederic Lamond

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    9:17
  • 4:25 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Orchestral Suites

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    22:17
  • 4:21 PM

    Art of Fugue: Contrapunctus 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Art of Life

    Daniil Trifonov, piano

    3:06
  • 4:12 PM

    Alice Kogan Weinreb, flute

    Nicholas Stovall, oboe

    Paul Cigan, clarinet

    Truman Harris, bassoon

    Laurel Bennert Ohlson, horn

    7:49
  • 4:06 PM

    Thais: Meditation

    Jules Massenet

    Escales: French Orchestral Works

    Sinfonia of London

    John Wilson, conductor

    5:34
  • 4:01 PM

    Lakme: Flower Duet

    Leo Delibes

    London Mozart Players

    Stuart Morley, conductor

    Claire Jones, harp

    4:52
  • 3:51 PM

    Alisa Weilerstein, cello

    Anna Polonsky, piano

    6:57
  • 3:31 PM

    Variations on a Theme by Haydn "St. Antoni Chorale"

    Johannes Brahms

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    18:51
  • 3:24 PM

    String Quartet No. 62 "Emperor": Adagio

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Emerson String Quartet

    6:37
  • 3:10 PM

    Festival of the Bayaderes

    Franz Berwald

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Ulf Bjorlin, conductor

    11:35
  • 3:06 PM

    Atalanta: Overture

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    3:50
  • 3:01 PM

    Carnival-Waltz

    Florent Schmitt

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    4:48
  • 2:46 PM

    Women's Philharmonic

    Apo Hsu, conductor

    12:36
  • 2:42 PM

    The Oak and the Ash

    Traditional

    Bushes and Briars

    St. Charles Singers

    Jeffrey Hunt, conductor

    2:40
  • 2:29 PM

    Violin Sonata

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonatas for Keyboard and Violin

    Alina Ibragimova, violin

    11:56
  • 2:13 PM

    Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

    Richard Strauss

    R Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    14:19
  • 2:08 PM

    Budapest Strings

    Lajos Lencses, oboe

    4:16
  • 2:00 PM

    Heather Hill

    Constance Warren

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Douglas Bostock, conductor

    6:45
  • 1:56 PM

    Preludes, Book 2: Brouillards (Mists)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Preludes

    Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano

    2:28
  • 1:50 PM

    Symphony No. 2: Scherzo

    Alexander Borodin

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    5:31
  • 1:40 PM

    La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    8:53
  • 1:36 PM

    Gayane: Dance of the Young Maidens

    Aram Khachaturian

    Pops a la Russe

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    2:08
  • 1:31 PM

    Tosca: Te Deum

    Giacomo Puccini

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:00
  • 1:22 PM

    Symphony No. 8: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    7:18
  • 1:19 PM

    The Age of Gold: Polka

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Waltzes

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    2:15
  • 1:08 PM

    Symphonie Espagnole: Rondo

    Edouard Lalo

    Mad About Violins

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Shlomo Mintz, violin

    6:56
  • 1:04 PM

    Highland Memories: Harvest Dance

    Hamish MacCunn

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    John Wilson, conductor

    3:08
  • 12:54 PM

    Andante festivo

    Jean Sibelius

    Live in Concert

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    Damon Gupton, conductor

    4:35
  • 12:46 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 4

    Antonin Dvorak

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    7:10
  • 12:41 PM

    Humoreske

    Alexander von Zemlinsky

    Bohemia

    Acelga Quintet

    4:20
  • 12:36 PM

    Young Frankenstein: A Transylvanian Lullaby

    John Morris

    Devil's Dance

    Gil Shaham, violin

    3:51
  • 12:33 PM

    Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro

    Giacomo Puccini

    100 Best Classics

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Antonio Pappano, conductor

    Angela Gheorghiu, soprano

    2:07
  • 12:17 PM

    Concerto for Two Violins

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Midori, violin

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    16:00
  • 12:07 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: 2nd movement

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Catalyst Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    6:10
  • 12:04 PM

    Song without Words No. 25 "May Breezes"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    2:18
  • 11:49 AM

    Capriol Suite

    Peter Warlock

    English Music for Strings

    Guildhall Strings

    9:30
  • 11:46 AM

    Shimmeree

    Peter Togni

    CBC Vancouver Orchestra

    Arthur Polson, conductor

    3:00
  • 11:37 AM

    Symphony No. 88: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    6:40
  • 11:32 AM

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:15
  • 11:20 AM

    Symphony No. 1: 1st movement

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Lars-Erik Larsson: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    10:28
  • 11:17 AM

    Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

    George Frideric Handel

    Best Film Classics 100

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    2:47
  • 11:08 AM

    Keyboard Sonata No. 11

    Antonio Soler

    Soler: Keyboard Sonatas Nos. 1-15

    Martina Filjak, piano

    7:39
  • 11:04 AM

    The Gadfly: Romance

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    Janine Jansen, violin

    2:33
  • 10:45 AM

    Concerto for Two Horns

    Franz Pokorny

    Concerto Amsterdam

    Jaap Schroder, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    Christoph Kohler, horn

    13:54
  • 10:30 AM

    Suite for Strings

    Joan Trimble

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    13:22
  • 10:22 AM

    Prince and the Mermaid Suite

    William Grant Still

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    7:24
  • 10:18 AM

    Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo

    Pietro Mascagni

    The #1 Opera Album

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gianandrea Gavazzeni, conductor

    3:10
  • 10:13 AM

    Concerto for Strings "Conch Shell"

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Venice Baroque Orchestra

    Andrea Marcon, conductor

    3:38
  • 10:06 AM

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    6:25
  • 10:01 AM

    Flute Quartet No. 1: 2nd movement

    Francois-Joseph Gossec

    Francois-Joseph Gossec: Six Quatuors Avec Flute

    Milliere String Trio

    Patrice Bocquillon, flute

    4:42
  • 9:50 AM

    Bukoolika (Bucolic)

    Ester Magi

    Ester Magi: Orchestral Music

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Arvo Volmer, conductor

    8:09
  • 9:39 AM

    Kanon Pokajanen (Canon of Repentance): Prayer

    Arvo Part

    Arvo Part: Kanon Pokajanen

    Estonian Chamber Choir

    Tonu Kaljuste, conductor

    10:54
  • 9:16 AM

    String Quartet

    Niels Gade

    Kontra Quartet

    21:48
  • 9:06 AM

    Fantaisie

    Georges Hue

    Sonora Slocum, flute

    John Wilson, piano

    7:58
  • 9:01 AM

    Sarabande: For Katharine in April

    Ron Nelson

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    4:53
  • 8:41 AM

    Don Quichotte Suite

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    TELEMANN: Don Quixote / La Lyra / Ouverture in D Minor

    Northern Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas Ward, conductor

    17:50
  • 8:19 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 5

    Maddalena Laura Sirmen

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Terry Baune, violin

    21:15
  • 8:06 AM

    Elibris

    Alan Hovhaness

    Visions - The Alan Hovhaness Sampler

    New Zealand Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor

    Alexa Still, flute

    10:52
  • 8:01 AM

    Rondo Amoroso

    Harald Saeverud

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Per Dreier, conductor

    4:35
  • 7:51 AM

    Catalyst Quartet

    6:52
  • 7:38 AM

    Seven Popular Spanish Songs

    Manuel de Falla

    Mirian Conti, piano

    12:32
  • 7:33 AM

    Tall as the Poplar Tree

    Gomidas Vartabed

    Chamber Players of the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra

    Eduard Topchjan, conductor

    Isabel Bayrakdarian, soprano

    4:48
  • 7:06 AM

    From Olden Times

    Johan Halvorsen

    Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    25:13
  • 7:01 AM

    Four Pieces: Dudelsack and Waltz

    Alfred Uhl

    Cumberland Quintet

    4:42
  • 6:43 AM

    Fantasy on Polish Airs

    Frederic Chopin

    Warsaw Philharmonic

    Kazimierz Kord, conductor

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    14:58
  • 6:41 AM

    Berceuse

    Alexandre Tansman

    Tansman: Complete Works for Solo Guitar, Volume 1

    Andrea De Vitis, guitar

    2:08
  • 6:23 AM

    Five Pieces in Folk-Style

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Cello Concerto

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    16:07
  • 6:06 AM

    Suite in the Ancient Style

    Vincent d'Indy

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    16:18
  • 6:01 AM

    Gnossienne No. 7

    Erik Satie

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    4:49
  • 5:17 AM

    String Quartet No. 7 "Razumovsky No. 1"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ebene Quartet

    41:55
  • 5:06 AM

    O ignis spiritus (O fire of the Paraclete)

    Hildegard von Bingen

    A Far Cry Orchestra

    8:25
  • 5:01 AM

    Ballade No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms on Brass

    Canadian Brass

    4:43