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  • 4:47 AM

    Theme and Variations "Geistervariationen" (Ghost Variations)

    Robert Schumann

    Igor Levit, piano

    11:16
  • 4:26 AM

    Die Frau ohne Schatten (Woman without a Shadow): Fantasy

    Richard Strauss

    Mephisto and Co.

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    20:17
  • 4:18 AM

    The night is darkening round me

    Tonu Korvits

    Kreek's Notebook

    Choir of Royal Holloway

    Rupert Gough, conductor

    6:17
  • 4:06 AM

    Piano Quartet

    Gustav Mahler

    Daniel Hope, violin

    Paul Neubauer, viola

    David Finckel, cello

    Wu Han, piano

    11:37
  • 4:01 AM

    Giunto alla tomba

    Giaches de Wert

    Giaches de Wert: Madrigals

    Gabriele Palomba, lute

    4:47
  • 3:35 AM

    The Fairy's Kiss: Divertimento

    Igor Stravinsky

    London Sinfonietta

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    23:38
  • 3:26 AM

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Bjarnason, conductor

    7:17
  • 3:21 AM

    Last Song Before the News

    Una Sveinbjarnardottir

    Una Sveinbjarnardottir, violin

    Tinna Thorsteinsdottir, piano

    4:22
  • 3:06 AM

    Into the Twilight

    Arnold Bax

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    12:52
  • 3:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 1: 3rd movement

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Danubius Quartet

    4:42
  • 2:49 AM

    Four Seasons: Summer

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Joshua Bell, violin

    9:56
  • 2:45 AM

    Mondnacht (Moon Night)

    Robert Schumann

    Robert And Clara Schumann: Lieder

    Barbara Bonney, soprano

    3:44
  • 2:24 AM

    Piano Sonata

    Clara Schumann

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    20:09
  • 1:59 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 14

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Jeremy Denk, conductor

    22:00
  • 1:39 AM

    Many Many Cadences

    Sky Macklay

    The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Jeremy Denk, conductor

    7:00
  • 1:07 AM

    Quintet for Piano and Winds

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Jeremy Denk, conductor

    25:00
  • 12:42 AM

    Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye): Suite

    Maurice Ravel

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    Jean-Bernard Pommier, conductor

    16:59
  • 12:38 AM

    Summer Moon

    Florence Price

    Solem Quartet

    3:10
  • 12:19 AM

    Concert Piece for Piano and Orchestra

    Carl Maria von Weber

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    17:19
  • 12:06 AM

    Quartet No. 1

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    11:02
  • 12:01 AM

    Legend No. 6

    Antonin Dvorak

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:47
  • 11:46 PM

    Pastoral Suite

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor

    12:16
  • 11:43 PM

    Il Giustino: La Gloria del mio Sangue

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi's Cello

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    2:49
  • 11:27 PM

    Jasmine Choi, flute

    Florian Zwiauer, violin

    Vera Reigersberg, viola

    Attila Szekely, cello

    14:31
  • 11:08 PM

    Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    16:45
  • 11:06 PM

    Suite for Piano: Gigue

    Ethel Smyth

    Liana Serbescu, piano

    1:24
  • 11:01 PM

    English Suite: Prelude and Round Dance

    John Duarte

    Stein-Erik Olsen, guitar

    4:46
  • 10:50 PM

    Das Rheingold: Entry of the Gods into Valhalla

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Overtures and Preludes

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    8:46
  • 10:13 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 4

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Hans Vonk, conductor

    Christian Zacharias, piano

    34:43
  • 10:06 PM

    2 Canzons

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    The Antiphonal Music of Gabrieli

    Chicago Brass Ensemble

    5:43
  • 10:01 PM

    String Quartet No. 2: Scherzo

    Alexander Borodin

    Emerson String Quartet

    4:39
  • 9:44 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart, Strauss: Horn Concertos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Radovan Vlatkovic, horn

    14:14
  • 9:15 PM

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    27:45
  • 9:12 PM

    William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    2:10
  • 9:07 PM

    Sinfonia

    Johan Roman

    J.H. Roman: Sinfonias & Violin Concertos

    Orpheus Chamber Ensemble

    4:13
  • 9:01 PM

    Per Flemstrom, flute

    Mats Bergstrom, guitar

    4:34
  • 8:53 PM

    Preghiera

    Fritz Kreisler

    Preghiera

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    5:24
  • 8:36 PM

    Capriccio Italien

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    16:27
  • 8:21 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Benedetti Baroque Orchestra

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    14:10
  • 8:18 PM

    Scottish Folk Songs: Land o' the Leal

    Helen Hopekirk

    Gary Steigerwalt, piano

    2:12
  • 8:07 PM

    Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Edward Gardner, conductor

    9:50
  • 8:01 PM

    Il delirio amoroso: Introduction

    George Frideric Handel

    Le Concert d'Astree

    Emmanuelle Haim, conductor

    4:50
  • 7:44 PM

    Ninerias

    Joaquin Turina

    Children's World

    Mirian Conti, piano

    14:21
  • 7:18 PM

    Pines of Rome

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Pini di Roma, Fontane di Roma, Reste Romane

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Carlo Rizzi, conductor

    24:25
  • 7:14 PM

    Amuri Feritu

    Frederico Alagna

    Malena

    London Orchestra

    Yvan Cassar, conductor

    Roberto Alagna, tenor

    3:12
  • 7:06 PM

    Brook Green Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    6:16
  • 7:01 PM

    Christian Lindberg, trombone

    Roland Pontinen, piano

    4:30
  • 6:46 PM

    Scherzo Capriccioso

    Antonin Dvorak

    Tchaikovsky: 1812; Dukas: Sorcerer's Apprentice; Smetana: Vltava (Die Moldau); Dvorak: Scherzo capriccioso; Mussorgsky: A Night on the Bare Mountain

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    12:40
  • 6:25 PM

    Suite for Violin and Piano

    Laura Netzel

    Laura Netzel: Chamber Portrait

    Malin Broman, violin

    18:59
  • 6:21 PM

    Boogie Woogie Etude

    Morton Gould

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    2:13
  • 6:06 PM

    Divertimento No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Divertimenti KN 113, 137 & 251

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    14:42
  • 6:01 PM

    La verita in cimento (The Truth Contested): Sinfonia

    Antonio Vivaldi

    The King's Violins

    Mathieu Lussier, conductor

    4:44
  • 5:47 PM

    Ma vlast (My Country): Vltava (The Moldau)

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: Ma Vlast

    Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

    Zdenek Macal, conductor

    11:44
  • 5:26 PM

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    19:16
  • 5:23 PM

    Pine Trees

    Mary Lattimore

    Mary Lattimore, harp

    3:19
  • 5:07 PM

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    14:01
  • 5:01 PM

    Maghera Mountain

    Martin Hayes

    Brooklyn Rider

    Martin Hayes, Irish fiddle

    4:45
  • 4:41 PM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Nino Rota

    Virtuosi Italiani

    Marzio Conti, conductor

    Paolo Carlini, bassoon

    17:03
  • 4:26 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    13:47
  • 4:11 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 2nd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 5, Swan Lake

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    13:36
  • 4:07 PM

    Dances in the Canebrakes: Nimble Feet

    Florence Price

    Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    2:34
  • 4:01 PM

    Mikhail Pletnev, piano

    4:36
  • 3:56 PM

    Beetlejuice: End Credits

    Danny Elfman

    Beetlejuice Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    Bill Ross, conductor

    2:50
  • 3:50 PM

    Dracula: Night Journeys

    John Williams

    Hollywood Nightmares

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    5:38
  • 3:44 PM

    Young Frankenstein: A Transylvanian Lullaby

    John Morris

    A History Of Horror: From Nosferatu To The Sixth Sense

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Nic Raine, conductor

    4:07
  • 3:35 PM

    Bride of Frankenstein

    Franz Waxman

    Sunset Boulevard: The Classic Film Scores Of Franz Waxman

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    7:22
  • 3:30 PM

    Ghostbusters

    Elmer Bernstein

    Elmer Bernstein By Elmer Bernstein

    Royal Philharmonic Pops

    Elmer Bernstein, conductor

    2:47
  • 3:24 PM

    The Ghost and Mrs. Muir: Main Title and Finale

    Bernard Herrmann

    Torn Curtain: The Classic Film Music Of Bernard Herrmann

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    5:02
  • 3:12 PM

    Hamlet: The Ghost

    Patrick Doyle

    Hamlet Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    9:56
  • 3:06 PM

    Ghost: Unchained Melody

    Maurice Jarre

    Silence on Joue, Take 2

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    3:57
  • 3:01 PM

    The Mummy: The Sand Volcano

    Jerry Goldsmith

    Mega Movies

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:08
  • 2:49 PM

    A Night Piece

    Arthur Foote

    American Flute Quintets

    Carol Wincenc, flute

    8:42
  • 2:18 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 20

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Jeremy Denk, piano

    29:45
  • 2:08 PM

    The Cathedral (La Catedral)

    Agustin Barrios

    Alexander-Sergei Ramirez, guitar

    7:33
  • 2:06 PM

    Stuttgart Brass Quartet

    1:53
  • 1:42 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 2

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Barry Tuckwell, horn

    16:17
  • 1:29 PM

    Semiramide: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures, Vol. 2

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    12:06
  • 1:14 PM

    Delights and Dances

    Michael Abels

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    13:03
  • 1:10 PM

    Arabesque No. 1

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Piano Works

    Jean-Bernard Pommier, piano

    3:28
  • 1:06 PM

    Carmina Burana: O Fortuna

    Carl Orff

    Classics at the Movies

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    2:39
  • 12:30 PM

    Octet

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Haydn Violin Concertos, Mendelssohn Octet

    Sejong Soloists

    Gil Shaham, violin

    28:08
  • 12:17 PM

    Sonata for Flute and Orchestra

    Francis Poulenc

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Steuart Bedford, conductor

    Jennifer Stinton, flute

    12:03
  • 12:06 PM

    Serenade No. 2: 1st movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    8:38
  • 12:01 PM

    Sonata No. 16

    Giovanni Fontana

    Stradivaria

    4:31
  • 11:37 AM

    Summer Concerto (Concerto de estio)

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Four Seasons

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    Michael Guttman, violin

    21:34
  • 11:29 AM

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    Damon Gupton, conductor

    6:34
  • 11:22 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 5

    Johann Christian Bach

    Daniil Trifonov, piano

    6:13
  • 11:16 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Entry of the Fairies

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    4:25
  • 11:06 AM

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    9:16
  • 11:01 AM

    Apollo Chamber Players

    4:35
  • 10:50 AM

    Roman Carnival Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Hungarian & Trojan Marches; Corsair & Roman Carnival Overtures

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    8:21
  • 10:25 AM

    Fantasy

    Josef Suk

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Michael Ludwig, violin

    23:22
  • 10:18 AM

    Fisherman's Song by Moonlight

    Traditional Chinese

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    Yuan Sha, guzheng

    5:00
  • 10:06 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    I Solisti Italiani

    11:40
  • 10:01 AM

    A Country Woman

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: Short Orchestral Pieces

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Stankovsky, conductor

    4:34
  • 9:50 AM

    La Stravaganza: Violin Concerto No. 11

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Arte Dei Suonatori Baroque Orchestra

    Rachel Podger, violin

    8:03
  • 9:47 AM

    The Age of Gold: Polka

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Waltzes

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    2:15
  • 9:29 AM

    Symphony No. 22 "Philosopher"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    16:55
  • 9:25 AM

    Hymnus an das Leben

    Friedrich Nietzsche

    Gottwald: Hymnus an das Leben

    Saarbrucken Chamber Choir

    Georg Grun, conductor

    3:39
  • 9:06 AM

    Papillons (Butterflies)

    Robert Schumann

    The Poet Speaks: Schumann Piano Music

    Jeanne Golan, piano

    16:53
  • 9:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 15

    Frederic Chopin

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    4:35
  • 8:43 AM

    Cello Sonata No. 4

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    15:42
  • 8:23 AM

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Benjamin Wallfisch, conductor

    Emily Pailthorpe, oboe

    19:18
  • 8:12 AM

    Flute Sonata

    Johann Quantz

    Barthold Kuijken, flute

    Wieland Kuijken, cello/gamba

    Bob van Asperen, harpsichord

    9:24
  • 8:06 AM

    Suite Gothique: Priere a Notre Dame

    Leon Boellmann

    Hans Fagius, organ

    5:05
  • 8:01 AM

    Ensemble Giardino di Delizie

    4:35
  • 7:21 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Vasily Kalinnikov

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    37:19
  • 7:17 AM

    Poeme No. 1

    Alexander Scriabin

    Fantasia

    Yuja Wang, piano

    3:16
  • 7:06 AM

    Symphony No. 7

    William Boyce

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    9:15
  • 7:01 AM

    Zambra Granadina

    Isaac Albeniz

    Isaac Albeniz: Spanish Music For Classical Guitar

    David Russell, guitar

    4:43
  • 6:51 AM

    Romance for Violin and Orchestra

    Johan Svendsen

    Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    Henning Kraggerud, violin

    7:41
  • 6:34 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Horn Concertos, Rondo

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Peter Damm, horn

    15:52
  • 6:31 AM

    La Morinete

    Francois Couperin

    Couperin: Keyboard Music

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    2:21
  • 6:06 AM

    Symphony No. 7

    Jean Sibelius

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    23:28
  • 6:01 AM

    Suite No. 1

    Francois Chauvon

    Washington McClain, oboe

    Alison Melville, recorder

    Julia Wedman, violin

    Michael McCraw, bassoon

    Charlotte Nediger, harpsichord

    4:40
  • 5:49 AM

    At Night on the Lake Beneath the Maple Bridge

    Wang Jianmin

    Lang Lang: Dragon Songs

    Lang Lang, piano

    9:08
  • 5:16 AM

    Kontra Quartet

    Anne Egendal, violin

    33:04
  • 5:06 AM

    Violin Concerto: 2nd movement

    Philip Glass

    Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra

    Jonathan Stockhammer, conductor

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    7:54
  • 5:01 AM

    Au gre des ondes: Prelude en Berceuse; Claquettes

    Henri Dutilleux

    Robert Levin, piano

    4:44