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  • 4:28 AM

    Piano Quintet

    Joaquin Turina

    Turina: Chamber Music For Strings And Piano

    Lincoln Trio

    Jasmine Lin, violin

    29:58
  • 4:22 AM

    Caitlin Sullivan, cello

    4:37
  • 4:06 AM

    A Faust Symphony: Gretchen

    Franz Liszt

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    14:55
  • 4:01 AM

    Echo Collective

    4:27
  • 3:52 AM

    Top of the Lake: China Girl: selections

    Mark Bradshaw

    6:43
  • 3:48 AM

    How Can I Recognize My Home?

    Veljo Tormis

    Eve Harma, soprano

    Kadri Ratt, soprano

    4:25
  • 3:25 AM

    The Isle of the Dead

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    21:09
  • 3:10 AM

    Dark Forest

    Rick Sowash

    Josh Aerie, cello

    Greg Kostraba, piano

    12:21
  • 3:06 AM

    Heptapod B

    Johann Johannsson

    Mari

    Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra

    Jonathan Stockhammer, conductor

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    3:31
  • 3:01 AM

    For Alina

    Arvo Part

    Motherland

    Khatia Buniatishvili, piano

    4:51
  • 2:46 AM

    Violin Sonata "The Devil's Trill"

    Giuseppe Tartini

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    12:11
  • 2:11 AM

    The Rite of Spring

    Igor Stravinsky

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    32:58
  • 2:06 AM

    El Amor Brujo: Ritual Fire Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:33
  • 2:01 AM

    Vertigo: Prelude and Rooftop

    Bernard Herrmann

    Studio Orchestra

    4:41
  • 1:42 AM

    Masquerade Suite

    Aram Khachaturian

    Khachaturian: Piano Concerto, etc.

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    16:17
  • 1:38 AM

    Macbeth: Tre volte miagola (Witches Scene)

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi: Choruses

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    4:01
  • 1:23 AM

    The Accursed Huntsman

    Cesar Franck

    Mephisto and Co.

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    14:25
  • 1:18 AM

    Der Erlkonig (The Elf King)

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Lieder

    Ian Bostridge, tenor

    4:18
  • 1:11 AM

    Symphonic Sketches: Hobgoblin

    George Chadwick

    Chadwick: Symphony No. 2; Symphonic Sketches

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:11
  • 1:06 AM

    The Lord of the Rings: Mordor and Isengard

    Howard Shore

    Cello Unlimited

    Kian Soltani, cello

    4:24
  • 1:01 AM

    The Valkyrie: Ride of the Valkyries

    Richard Wagner

    Leonard Bernstein: The Encore Collection Vol. 3

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    4:48
  • 12:50 AM

    Toccata and Fugue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Great Organ Works

    Virgil Fox, organ

    8:44
  • 12:39 AM

    Symphonie Fantastique: Dream of a Witches' Sabbath

    Hector Berlioz

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    10:03
  • 12:28 AM

    The Witches

    Niccolo Paganini

    Leonidas Kavakos Plays Debussy, Kreisler, Paganini, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Wieniawski & more

    Leonidas Kavakos, violin

    9:24
  • 12:19 AM

    Hansel and Gretel: Hokus pokus

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Hansel and Gretel

    Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Kurt Eichhorn, conductor

    Christa Ludwig, mezzo-soprano

    8:21
  • 12:07 AM

    Night on Bald Mountain

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    11:22
  • 12:01 AM

    Corpse Bride: Into the Forest

    Danny Elfman

    Tim Burton's Corpse Bride: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    Nick Ingman, conductor

    4:35
  • 11:51 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 2: Funeral March

    Frederic Chopin

    Stokowski Encores

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    6:57
  • 11:43 PM

    The Vampire: Overture

    Heinrich Marschner

    Marschner: Der Vampyr

    Cologne Radio Orchestra

    Helmut Froschauer, conductor

    7:44
  • 11:39 PM

    Dracula: In the Theatre

    Philip Glass

    Kronos Quartet

    2:50
  • 11:23 PM

    Totentanz

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Piano Concertos 1 & 2, Totentanz

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    Krystian Zimerman, piano

    15:09
  • 11:10 PM

    Transylvanian Symphony for Strings

    Kurt Schwertsik

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    HK Gruber, conductor

    11:55
  • 11:06 PM

    Peer Gynt: In The Hall Of The Mountain King

    Edvard Grieg

    Dies Irae: The Essential Choral Collection

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    2:49
  • 11:01 PM

    Faust, the Damned: Mirror Pas de Deux

    Laszlo Dubrovay

    László Dubrovay: Faust, the Damned

    Budapest Symphony Orchestra

    Laszlo Kovacs, conductor

    4:37
  • 10:49 PM

    Orpheus in the Underworld: Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    Angele Dubeau & La Pieta: Infernal Violins

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    9:38
  • 10:14 PM

    The Spider's Feast

    Albert Roussel

    Paris Orchestra

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    33:14
  • 10:07 PM

    Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra

    Allen Tinkham, conductor

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    Demarre McGill, flute

    6:08
  • 10:02 PM

    Hamlet: The Ghost

    William Walton

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:15
  • 10:01 PM

    Eight Piano Pieces: Moonlight through the Curtain

    Hasan Ferid Alnar

    Beyza Yazgan, piano

    1:23
  • 8:45 PM

    Transylvanian Dances

    Sandor Veress

    Camerata Bern

    Thomas Zehetmair, conductor

    13:21
  • 8:39 PM

    Mephisto Masque

    Edmond Dede

    Gary Hammond, piano

    4:24
  • 8:19 PM

    Tam O'Shanter

    George Chadwick

    Thompson: Symphony No. 2/Chadwick: Overtures, etc.

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    19:32
  • 8:07 PM

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Paul Dukas

    Mephisto and Co.

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    11:19
  • 8:01 PM

    Symphony "The Transformation of Lycean Peasants": 1st movement

    Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    4:49
  • 4:43 PM

    The Noonday Witch

    Antonin Dvorak

    Danse Macabre

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    14:48
  • 4:40 PM

    Ruddigore: When the night wind howls (The Ghosts' High Noon)

    Arthur Sullivan

    Bryn Terfel: Bad Boys

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    Bryn Terfel, baritone

    2:27
  • 4:11 PM

    Piano Trio No. 5 "Ghost"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Trios

    Trio Sora

    27:38
  • 4:06 PM

    The Devil's Beauties

    Francois Dompierre

    Angele Dubeau & La Pieta: Infernal Violins

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    3:11
  • 4:02 PM

    Romeo and Juliet: Tarantella

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Kabalevsky

    Byelorussian Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra

    Anatoly Lapunov, conductor

    3:22
  • 4:01 PM

    Irrlicht (Will-o'-the-Wisp)

    Christian Sinding

    Christian Sinding: Music For Piano

    Jerome Lowenthal, piano

    1:26
  • 3:38 PM

    Symphonic Metamorphosis

    Paul Hindemith

    Hindemith: Violinkonzert - Symphonic Metamorphosis - Konzertmusik, Op. 50

    North German Radio Symphony

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    20:32
  • 3:33 PM

    Funeral March of a Marionette

    Charles Gounod

    European Light Music Classics

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    4:20
  • 3:20 PM

    The Ship o' the Fiend

    Hamish MacCunn

    Maccunn: Jeanie Dean

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    11:52
  • 3:14 PM

    Hook: Flight to Neverland

    John Williams

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:42
  • 3:09 PM

    Silver Clouds Chasing the Moon

    Ren Guang

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    3:33
  • 3:06 PM

    The Twilight Saga: New Moon

    Alexandre Desplat

    Brussels Philharmonic

    Stephane Deneve, conductor

    Renaud Capucon, violin

    2:45
  • 3:01 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "In the Forest": 3rd movement

    Joachim Raff

    Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic

    Urs Schneider, conductor

    4:46
  • 2:51 PM

    Lydia Mordkovitch, violin

    James Kirby, piano

    7:13
  • 2:25 PM

    The Magic Mirror Suite

    William Hurlstone

    Hurlstone

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor

    24:36
  • 2:17 PM

    Narnia Suite

    Marisa Robles

    Marisa Robles Harp Ensemble

    Marisa Robles, harp

    Christopher Hyde-Smith, flute

    7:23
  • 2:06 PM

    Robert le Diable: Pas de cinq

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Meyerbeer: Ballet Music From The Operas / Nesterowicz

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    9:20
  • 2:01 PM

    Tanguori

    Jeremy Cohen

    Quartet San Francisco

    4:33
  • 1:46 PM

    Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Bernstein Favorites: Waltzes

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    11:54
  • 1:42 PM

    Mondnacht (Moon Night)

    Robert Schumann

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    3:47
  • 1:28 PM

    Etude for "The Haunted Palace"

    Florent Schmitt

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Georges Pretre, conductor

    12:12
  • 1:24 PM

    Danse des Lutins

    Henriette Renie

    Caprice: French Music For Harp

    Susann McDonald, harp

    3:11
  • 1:06 PM

    Noble and Sentimental Waltzes

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Ballet And Dance Music

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    16:37
  • 1:01 PM

    Serenade No. 6 "Serenata Notturna": 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    4:38
  • 10:42 AM

    Concerto for Double Bass

    Domenico Dragonetti

    Koussevitzky, Dragonetti, Paganini

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Uros Lajovic, conductor

    Gary Karr, double bass

    15:56
  • 10:39 AM

    Feuillet inedit No. 4

    Olivier Messiaen

    Music for Ondes Martenot

    Thomas Bloch, ondes Martenot

    2:49
  • 10:33 AM

    Aliens with Extraordinary Abilities: Take Anything You Want

    David Skidmore

    Third Coast Percussion

    4:39
  • 10:28 AM

    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
  • 10:23 AM

    Adagio for glass harmonica

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Music for Glass Harmonica

    Bruno Hoffmann, glass harmonica

    3:58
  • 10:10 AM

    Gaspard de la Nuit: Scarbo

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 - Valses nobles et sentimentales / Gaspard de la nuit

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    10:56
  • 10:06 AM

    Carnival of the Animals: The Swan

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Salut Salon

    3:27
  • 10:01 AM

    Michael Jon Fink, celesta

    4:43
  • 9:41 AM

    Serenade for Strings "Nachtmusik"

    Richard Heuberger

    RIAS Sinfonietta

    Jiri Starek, conductor

    17:30
  • 9:23 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven Piano Sonatas Nos. 12, 13, 14, 15

    Gerhard Oppitz, piano

    16:26
  • 9:09 AM

    Cienfuegos Concerto: Song to the Night

    Lorenzo Palomo

    Seville Royal Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, conductor

    12:00
  • 9:06 AM

    Spirit Dance

    Franz Schubert

    Piano Phantoms

    Michael Lewin, piano

    2:33
  • 9:01 AM

    Flute Sonata: Adagio

    George Antheil

    Zizi Mueller, flute

    Emma Tahmazian, piano

    4:27
  • 8:39 AM

    Suite for Large Orchestra

    Helena Munktell

    Gavle Symphony Orchestra

    Tobias Ringborg, conductor

    19:17
  • 8:21 AM

    Conte fantastique (Fantastic Story)

    Andre Caplet

    Debussy, Martin, Caplet, Pierne, Jongen

    Oxalys

    17:53
  • 8:06 AM

    Little Concerto

    Carl Orff

    Mainz Wind Ensemble

    Klaus Rainer Scholl, conductor

    13:01
  • 8:01 AM

    Seringapatam

    Bruce Paine

    Waitemata Reverie: Music by Bruce Paine

    Gunter Herbig, guitar

    4:34
  • 7:47 AM

    In Autumn Overture

    Edvard Grieg

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    11:25
  • 7:41 AM

    Silent Woods

    Antonin Dvorak

    Alisa Weilerstein - Dvorak

    Alisa Weilerstein, cello

    4:58
  • 7:35 AM

    Suite No. 1: In a Haunted Forest

    Edward MacDowell

    MACDOWELL: Suites Nos. 1 and 2 / Hamlet and Ophelia

    Ulster Orchestra

    Takuo Yuasa, conductor

    5:33
  • 7:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 3

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Cecilia String Quartet

    27:33
  • 7:01 AM

    4 Pieces: No. 2. Autumn Night

    Wanda Landowska

    The Salon of Polish Women Composers

    Magdalena Lisak, piano

    4:34
  • 6:14 AM

    Violin Concerto "Eleven Eleven"

    Danny Elfman

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    Sandy Cameron, violin

    44:12
  • 6:06 AM

    Nocturnes: Nuages (Clouds)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Pelleas Et Melisande Suite; Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Faun; Three Nocturnes

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    6:22
  • 6:01 AM

    Olmsted: World's End

    Robert Honstein

    Unraveling Beethoven

    Nicholas DiEugenio, violin

    4:36
  • 5:38 AM

    La Peri (The Fairy)

    Paul Dukas

    Dukas: Symphonie en Ut, La Peri, L'Apprenti Sorcier

    French National Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    20:14
  • 5:24 AM

    Pohadka (Fairy Tale)

    Leos Janacek

    Shuffle. Play. Listen.

    Matt Haimovitz, cello

    13:09
  • 5:06 AM

    In the Tatra Mountains

    Vitezslav Novak

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    16:20
  • 5:01 AM

    Forgotten Fairy Tales: Selections

    Edward MacDowell

    James Barbagallo, piano

    4:51