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  • 4:21 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Marcel Tyberg

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    36:42
  • 4:17 AM

    Piano Trio No. 2: 2nd movement

    Dmitri Klebanov

    ARC Ensemble

    3:51
  • 4:06 AM

    Adagio

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Pachelbel: Canon / Albinoni: Adagio / Bach / Molter / Bonporti

    Paillard Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Francois Paillard, conductor

    9:40
  • 4:01 AM

    Serenade for Guitar and Strings

    Malcolm Arnold

    English Guitar Concertos

    Northern Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Craig Ogden, guitar

    4:31
  • 3:35 AM

    English Suite No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: English Suites 1, 3, And 5

    Piotr Anderszewski, piano

    22:55
  • 3:21 AM

    The Beckoning Stars

    Stanley Grill

    Camerata Philadelphia

    12:24
  • 2:21 AM

    Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Opus 93

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Minnesota Orchestra

    David Afkham, conductor

    55:00
  • 1:17 AM

    Concerto No. 4 in G major for Piano and Orchestra, Opus 58

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Minnesota Orchestra

    David Afkham, conductor

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    34:00
  • 1:06 AM

    subito con forza

    Unsuk Chin

    Minnesota Orchestra

    David Afkham, conductor

    6:00
  • 12:52 AM

    The Cohen Variations

    Daniel Felsenfeld

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    6:40
  • 12:25 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Erich Korngold

    Barber, Korngold: Violin Concertos Etc.

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    25:12
  • 12:21 AM

    Cinema Paradiso: Love Theme

    Ennio Morricone

    Morricone 60

    Czech National Symphony Orchestra

    Ennio Morricone, conductor

    3:30
  • 12:16 AM

    Fantasy Pieces: Humoresque

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Uncovered Vol. 1

    Catalyst Quartet

    3:17
  • 12:06 AM

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Murray Perahia, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    9:26
  • 12:01 AM

    Keltic Lament

    John Foulds

    Foulds: Dynamic Triptych, Music-Pictures Iii

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    4:31
  • 11:27 PM

    Piano Quintet

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Piano Quintet & Quartet

    Emerson String Quartet

    Menahem Pressler, piano

    30:07
  • 11:23 PM

    Fanfare on Amazing Grace

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Virginia Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    3:26
  • 11:07 PM

    Rapsodie espagnole

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: The Orchestral Works

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    14:51
  • 11:05 PM

    Dark Shadows: Theme

    Robert Cobert

    Scary Music

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    1:25
  • 11:00 PM

    Witches and Warlocks Chorus from Mefistofele

    Arrigo Boito

    Orchestra and Chorus of La Scalla

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    3:42
  • 10:45 PM

    Cello Concerto: 1st movement

    Edouard Lalo

    Dvorak And Lalo Cello Concertos

    Prague Philharmonic

    Jakub Hrusa, conductor

    Johannes Moser, cello

    13:02
  • 10:37 PM

    At the Gate Concert Overture

    Michael Fine

    Michael Fine: Seasons

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Philip Mann, conductor

    7:18
  • 10:15 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Ouvertures

    Zefiro

    Alfredo Bernardini, conductor

    21:07
  • 10:06 PM

    Toccata from Suite Gothique

    Leon Boelmann

    Carlo Curley, organ

    3:21
  • 9:39 PM

    Death and Transfiguration

    Richard Strauss

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Donald Runnicles, conductor

    25:43
  • 9:29 PM

    Graceful Ghost Rag

    William Bolcom

    Gil Shaham, violin

    Jonathan Feldman, piano

    8:26
  • 9:25 PM

    Peer Gynt: In The Hall Of The Mountain King

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Peer Gynt

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    2:31
  • 9:17 PM

    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Hedwig's Theme

    John Williams

    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    5:04
  • 9:08 PM

    Wedding Cake

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals

    I Musici Montreal

    Yuli Turovsky, conductor

    David Owen Norris, piano

    6:24
  • 9:04 PM

    Hilary's Hoedown

    Mark-Anthony Turnage

    In 27 Pieces: The Hilary Hahn Encores

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    1:52
  • 8:49 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: 1st movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2, Paganini Rhapsody

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    11:18
  • 8:43 PM

    A Boy and a Girl

    Eric Whitacre

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    4:25
  • 8:38 PM

    Arabesque No. 1

    Claude Debussy

    Piano Classics: Popular Works for Solo Piano

    John O'Conor, piano

    4:37
  • 8:28 PM

    The Planets: Venus

    Gustav Holst

    Varese: Arcana, Holst: The Planets

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    8:10
  • 8:22 PM

    Piano Quintet: 3rd movement

    Florence Price

    Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective

    3:48
  • 8:10 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    11:20
  • 8:00 PM

    Toccata and Fugue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Great Organ Works

    Virgil Fox, organ

    8:44
  • 5:39 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 1

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Emmanuel Krivine, conductor

    Anne Gastinel, cello

    18:52
  • 5:14 PM

    Czech Suite

    Antonin Dvorak

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    23:00
  • 5:10 PM

    Simple Gifts

    Traditional

    Harvest Home

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    Linda Chatterton, flute

    2:14
  • 5:06 PM

    Roma Suite: A Roma Song

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha OVerture / Petite Suite

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    4:07
  • 5:01 PM

    Winter Serenade (Serenade d'Hiver)

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Asbury Brass Quintet

    4:33
  • 4:51 PM

    Norwegian Artist's Carnival

    Johan Svendsen

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    6:46
  • 4:22 PM

    Piano Quartet

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Piano Quintet & Quartet

    Emerson String Quartet

    (Selected members), conductor

    Menahem Pressler, piano

    27:21
  • 4:11 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 1

    Francesco Geminiani

    Geminiani: Concerti Grossi Op. 7

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    9:01
  • 4:06 PM

    Abduction from the Seraglio: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Overtures

    Norwegian National Opera Orchestra

    Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor

    5:23
  • 4:01 PM

    Symphony No. 5 "The Carnival": 1st movement

    Alfred Hill

    Alfred Hill: Symphonies Nos. 5 and 10

    Queensland Symphony Orchestra

    Wilfred Lehmann, conductor

    4:34
  • 3:43 PM

    Cockaigne Overture (In London Town)

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Symphonies 1 & 2

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    14:12
  • 3:38 PM

    Danse Lente

    Joseph Jongen

    Medieval Dances for Flute and Harp

    Laurel Zucker, flute

    4:16
  • 3:15 PM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Fantasía para un gentilhombre & Concierto de Aranjuez

    Spanish Radio and TV Orchestra

    Pedro Amaral, conductor

    Xianji Liu, guitar

    21:39
  • 3:06 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 6

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    8:09
  • 3:01 PM

    Dance of the Orange Blossoms

    Eric Coates

    East of England Orchestra

    Malcolm Nabarro, conductor

    4:32
  • 2:46 PM

    Poema concertante

    Xavier Montsalvatge

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    Celso Antunes, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    12:29
  • 2:19 PM

    Symphony No. 60 "Il Distratto"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    25:10
  • 2:00 PM

    Ten Pieces: Gavotte

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Music For Brass Septet 3

    Septura

    2:45
  • 1:57 PM

    Beetlejuice: Main Titles

    Danny Elfman

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    2:05
  • 1:54 PM

    Terpsichore: Torche Bransle

    Michael Praetorius

    Praetorius: Dances from Terpischore, 1612

    New London Consort

    Philip Pickett, conductor

    1:57
  • 1:35 PM

    Variations on "La ci darem la mano"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Works for Piano and Orchestra

    North German Radio Elbphilharmonie Orchestra

    Krzysztof Urbanski, conductor

    Jan Lisiecki, piano

    17:28
  • 1:30 PM

    Don Giovanni: La ci darem la mano

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    100 Best Classics

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    Barbara Bonney, soprano

    3:44
  • 1:22 PM

    Bartered Bride: Overture, Furiant and Skocna

    Bedrich Smetana

    Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Eliahu Inbal, conductor

    13:27
  • 1:17 PM

    Harlem Symphony: Night Club

    James Price Johnson

    Victory Stride: The Symphonic Music of James P. Johnson

    Concordia

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    3:43
  • 1:09 PM

    Arabesque No. 1

    Claude Debussy

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    4:13
  • 1:04 PM

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    4:42
  • 12:45 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 1st mvt

    Antonin Dvorak

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Istvan Kertesz, conductor

    12:00
  • 12:40 PM

    Snow Maiden: Dance of the Tumblers

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Dances from the Opera

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:43
  • 12:31 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Max Bruch

    Elgar Violin Concerto

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    7:43
  • 12:27 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 6

    Johannes Brahms

    World Wide Webster

    Webster Trio

    2:57
  • 12:22 PM

    The Haunted Manor: Overture

    Stanislaw Moniuszko

    Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antoni Wit, conductor

    4:04
  • 12:16 PM

    Ruslan and Ludmila: Overture

    Mikhail Glinka

    Minnesota Orchestra At One Hundred

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Klaus Tennstedt, conductor

    5:42
  • 12:06 PM

    Symphony No. 5

    William Boyce

    Boyce: 8 Symphonies

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    7:57
  • 12:04 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:56
  • 11:53 AM

    Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye): The Fairy Garden

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Sheherazade, etc.

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    5:24
  • 11:48 AM

    Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye): Laideronnette, Empress of the Pagodas

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Sheherazade, etc.

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    5:03
  • 11:45 AM

    Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    2:00
  • 11:40 AM

    A Voluntary, for My Lady Nevell

    William Byrd

    c. 1300-c. 2000

    Jeremy Denk, piano

    3:36
  • 11:36 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 4 & 5 "Emperor"

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    30:07
  • 11:27 AM

    Cantata No. 208: Sheep May Safely Graze

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    A Bach Festival

    Empire Brass

    Douglas Major, organ

    4:52
  • 11:20 AM

    Voices of Spring Waltz (Fruhlingsstimmen)

    Johann StraussJr.

    The Four Seasons: A Musical Calendar Of Favorite Classics

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    5:58
  • 11:15 AM

    Serenade No. 5: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenades KV185, KV204

    Orchestra of the Auvergne

    Leopold Hager, conductor

    Jean-Jacques Kantorow, violin

    3:59
  • 11:09 AM

    Toccata Marziale

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Donald Hunsberger, conductor

    4:32
  • 11:04 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Entry of the Fairies

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:28
  • 10:43 AM

    Manfred Overture

    Robert Schumann

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    14:47
  • 10:36 AM

    Danse (Tarantelle styrienne)

    Claude Debussy

    Prokofiev, Debussy, Milhaud

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Alberto Zedda, conductor

    5:27
  • 10:32 AM

    Legend No. 10

    Antonin Dvorak

    Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    4:08
  • 10:28 AM

    Three Songs: Mamulengo

    Lea Freire

    Francesca Anderegg, violin

    Erika Ribiero, piano

    3:30
  • 10:11 AM

    Four Piano Pieces

    Elfrida Andree

    Oskar Ekberg, piano

    15:24
  • 10:06 AM

    Peer Gynt: Ase's Death

    Edvard Grieg

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    4:30
  • 10:01 AM

    Toccata

    Girolamo Frescobaldi

    Jian Wang: The Baroque Album

    Camerata Salzburg

    Jian Wang, cello

    4:37
  • 9:52 AM

    Concerto for Two Oboes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    Rachel Chaplin, oboe

    Mark Baigent, oboe

    6:30
  • 9:43 AM

    Canticum Mariae Virginis

    Einojuhani Rautavaara

    Latvian Radio Choir

    Sigvards Klava, conductor

    8:49
  • 9:27 AM

    Sonata No. 4

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Camerata Bern

    Thomas Furi, conductor

    13:44
  • 9:21 AM

    Shelter Island

    Xavier Dubois Foley

    Randall Goosby, violin

    Xavier Dubois Foley, double bass

    5:11
  • 9:06 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Complete Mozart Edition, Vol. 17: Piano Sonatas

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    13:51
  • 9:01 AM

    Pavan

    John Dowland

    Viva Italia

    Queen's Chamber Band

    4:34
  • 8:21 AM

    String Sextet No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Cypress String Quartet

    Barry Shiffman, violin

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    36:58
  • 8:07 AM

    Concerto for Oboe and Violin

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: Violin Concertos

    Janine Jansen and Friends

    Janine Jansen, violin

    13:31
  • 8:01 AM

    Pan Voyevoda: Nocturne

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Russian Adagios

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    4:44
  • 7:40 AM

    King Arthur Suite

    Henry Purcell

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    18:25
  • 7:32 AM

    On the Nature of Daylight

    Max Richter

    Max Richter: Exiles

    Baltic Sea Philharmonic

    Kristjan Jarvi, conductor

    7:17
  • 7:19 AM

    Suite for Violin, Clarinet, and Piano

    Darius Milhaud

    Gabriele Pieranunzi, violin

    11:12
  • 7:06 AM

    Concerto for Two Violins and Bassoon

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerti Bizarri

    Irish Baroque Orchestra

    Monica Huggett, conductor

    Monica Huggett, violin

    12:39
  • 7:01 AM

    Mazurka No. 32

    Frederic Chopin

    Leon Fleisher, piano

    4:32
  • 6:48 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 12

    Walter Kaufmann

    Kaufmann: Chamber Works

    Erika Raum, violin

    10:33
  • 6:41 AM

    Norbert Kraft, guitar

    6:35
  • 6:27 AM

    The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan

    Charles Tomlinson Griffes

    Griffes: Orchestral Music

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    12:19
  • 6:06 AM

    Shakespeare's Tempest

    John Knowles Paine

    John Knowles Paine: Orchestral Works

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    20:00
  • 6:01 AM

    Prelude No. 5

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

    Sergiu Comissiona, conductor

    4:32
  • 5:35 AM

    String Symphony No. 9

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn Complete String Symphonies Vol 3

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    23:09
  • 5:32 AM

    Late Autumn: Music Box

    Takanobu Saito

    Tokyo Story

    Miki Aoki, piano

    2:16
  • 5:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 2

    Ernst von Dohnanyi

    Dohnányi: Piano Quintets Nos.1 & 2, String Quartet No.2

    Takacs Quartet

    24:27
  • 5:01 AM

    Lyrical Serenade

    Edward Elgar

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    4:41