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  • 4:25 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Jean Sibelius

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    Pekka Kuusisto, violin

    33:34
  • 4:19 AM

    Renascence: Andante

    Lita Grier

    Serenely Cedille: Relaxing Rarities From Chicago's Classical Label

    Czech National Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    Mary Stolper, flute

    3:42
  • 4:06 AM

    Bavarian Dances

    Edward Elgar

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    12:47
  • 4:01 AM

    Pol

    Johann Johannsson

    Johann Johannsson: 12 Conversations with Thilo Heinzmann

    Echo Collective

    4:33
  • 3:49 AM

    Children Suite

    Ding Shan-de

    Seow Yitkin Plays Popular Chinese Piano Pieces

    Yit Kin Seow, piano

    9:28
  • 3:17 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Antonin Dvorak

    Tchaikovsky, Dvorak: String Serenades

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    30:43
  • 3:12 AM

    Maids of Cadiz

    Leo Delibes

    Storyteller

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Eivind Aadland, conductor

    Tine Thing Helseth, trumpet

    3:18
  • 3:06 AM

    The Albeniz Concerto: Aragon

    Stephen Goss

    Xuefei Yang: Rodrigo, Albeniz

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    5:23
  • 3:01 AM

    Second Suite: Intermezzo

    Charles-Edouard Lefebvre

    Sylvan Winds

    Nicholas Gallas, clarinet

    4:30
  • 2:47 AM

    Toccata

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Toccatas

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    11:33
  • 2:23 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Max Bruch

    New Symphony Orchestra of London

    Malcolm Sargent, conductor

    Jascha Heifetz, violin

    21:59
  • 2:18 AM

    Duo seraphim

    Francisco Guerrero

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    3:05
  • 2:06 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    11:29
  • 2:01 AM

    Norse Legend

    Frank Bridge

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:47
  • 1:52 AM

    Hymn for String Orchestra

    Henry Cowell

    City of London Sinfonia

    David Amos, conductor

    Karen Elaine, viola

    5:05
  • 1:35 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 48

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano

    16:16
  • 1:26 AM

    Gnossiennes Nos. 1 and 3

    Erik Satie

    Humbert Lucarelli, oboe

    Susan Jolles, harp

    Frank Morelli, bassoon

    7:04
  • 1:06 AM

    Symphony No. 28

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Late Symphonies: 21-41

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:55
  • 1:01 AM

    Songs of Farewell: There is an old belief

    Hubert Parry

    Music for Brass Septet, Vol. 6

    Septura

    4:41
  • 12:41 AM

    Piano Trio No. 4 "Gassenhauer"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beaux Arts Trio

    17:47
  • 12:17 AM

    Mandolin Concerto No. 2

    Raffaele Calace

    Come una volta

    Concerto Italiano

    Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor

    Julien Martineau, mandolin

    21:48
  • 12:09 AM

    Elegy - In Memoriam - Stephen Lawrence

    Philip Herbert

    Spark Catchers

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Anthony Parnther, conductor

    6:54
  • 12:06 AM

    Les animaux modeles (The Model Animals): The Lion in Love

    Francis Poulenc

    Poulenc: Orchestral Works

    Orchestra of the Society of Conservatory Concerts

    Georges Pretre, conductor

    1:41
  • 12:01 AM

    Koanga: La Calinda

    Frederick Delius

    Halle Orchestra

    John Barbirolli, conductor

    4:31
  • 11:50 PM

    Impromptu No. 4

    Franz Schubert

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    7:40
  • 11:47 PM

    Evening Party

    He Luting

    Shanghai Philharmonic

    Cao Peng, conductor

    1:47
  • 11:35 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 2nd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    10:49
  • 11:24 PM

    Dream Machine

    Charles Daniels

    the space in which to see

    Borderlands Ensemble

    10:15
  • 11:06 PM

    Hamlet: Ballet Music

    Ambroise Thomas

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    17:16
  • 11:01 PM

    Merry Mount: Maypole Dances

    Howard Hanson

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    4:42
  • 10:50 PM

    Violin and Oboe Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    Adrian Chandler, violin

    Gail Hennessy, oboe

    7:37
  • 10:28 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 6

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mantova Chamber Orchestra

    Carlo Fabiano, conductor

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    19:53
  • 10:21 PM

    String Quartet No. 2: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Dover Quartet

    5:32
  • 10:14 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Polish": Scherzo

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Piano Concerto; Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 3

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gilbert Levine, conductor

    6:57
  • 10:06 PM

    Symphony No. 5

    William Boyce

    Boyce: Symphonies I-VIII

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:02
  • 10:01 PM

    A Gaelic Blessing: Meditation

    John Rutter

    Blessing

    Sinfonia Cymru

    John Rutter, conductor

    Catrin Finch, harp

    4:43
  • 9:52 PM

    Zadok the Priest

    George Frideric Handel

    The Greatest Choral Show On Earth

    English Chamber Orchestra

    David Willcocks, conductor

    5:55
  • 9:46 PM

    Berceuse (Lullaby)

    Frederic Chopin

    Brahms Inspired

    Orli Shaham, piano

    4:59
  • 9:28 PM

    Les Preludes

    Franz Liszt

    Encore!

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    16:41
  • 9:22 PM

    Three Variations on Plum Blossom

    Traditional Chinese

    Sketches of China

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    3:49
  • 9:10 PM

    Symphony No. 9

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    12:11
  • 9:06 PM

    Humoresque No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak In Prague: A Celebration

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    3:30
  • 9:03 PM

    Trumpet Tune

    Henry Purcell

    Laird Brass Ensemble

    Peter Hurford, organ

    2:36
  • 8:48 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 12

    Arcangelo Corelli

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    10:12
  • 8:28 PM

    Miss Sally's Party

    William Grant Still

    Plymouth Music Series Orchestra

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    19:05
  • 8:19 PM

    Light Cavalry Overture

    Franz von Suppe

    Overtures by Suppe and Auber

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    6:22
  • 8:06 PM

    Violin Sonata

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Sonatas K. 301, 304, 376, 526

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    12:39
  • 8:01 PM

    Wind Quintet No. 1: Rondo

    Giovanni Giuseppe Cambini

    CAMBINI: Wind Quintets Nos. 1-3 / BRICCIALDI: Wind Quintet in D Major

    Avalon Wind Quintet

    4:34
  • 5:49 PM

    Six Studies in English Folk Song

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Eileen Croxford, cello

    David Parkhouse, piano

    9:23
  • 5:23 PM

    La Mer (The Sea)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Complete Orchestral Works I

    French National Radio and Television Orchestra

    Jean Martinon, conductor

    24:28
  • 5:15 PM

    String Symphony No. 7: 1st movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    Damon Gupton, conductor

    5:35
  • 5:06 PM

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    8:54
  • 5:01 PM

    Smoky Mountains Concerto: Valley Song

    Richard Addinsell

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Kenneth Alwyn, conductor

    Philip Martin, piano

    4:39
  • 4:49 PM

    An Outdoor Overture

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Orchestral Works

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Louis Lane, conductor

    8:57
  • 4:23 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Lucerne Festival Strings

    Daniel Dodds, conductor

    Arabella Steinbacher, violin

    24:28
  • 4:19 PM

    Canzon Septimi et Octavi Toni

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Wallace Collection

    2:10
  • 4:06 PM

    Liebeslieder Walzer (Love-Song Waltzes)

    Johannes Brahms

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    12:52
  • 4:01 PM

    I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Capulets and Montagues): Sinfonia

    Vincenzo Bellini

    Orchestra of St. Cecilia

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    4:40
  • 3:46 PM

    St. Paul's Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Wilson: St. Kentigern Suite

    Scottish Ensemble

    Jonathan Rees, conductor

    11:56
  • 3:26 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 31

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven - Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no.4.

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    18:55
  • 3:21 PM

    The Seasons: Summer: The Heather Bells

    James Oswald

    Alison Melville, recorder

    Mary-Katherine Finch, cello

    Kirk Elliott, harp/guitar

    Ben Grossman, percussion

    Michael Jarvis, harpsichord

    3:24
  • 3:06 PM

    Panamanian Dances

    William Grant Still

    Berlin Symphony Orchestra

    Isaiah Jackson, conductor

    14:00
  • 3:01 PM

    Les Troyens (The Trojans): Trojan March

    Hector Berlioz

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    4:31
  • 2:45 PM

    Concertino for Oboe

    Lille Soderlundh

    A Swedish Serenade

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Alf Nilsson, oboe

    13:13
  • 2:40 PM

    Etude No. 11 "Winter Wind"

    Frederic Chopin

    Lang Lang, piano

    3:51
  • 2:34 PM

    Novelette (Valse)

    Alexander Glazunov

    Saint Petersburg String Quartet

    5:58
  • 2:14 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 2

    Ottorino Respighi

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    18:50
  • 2:05 PM

    Concerto for Two Horns

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Timothy Brown, horn

    Nicolas Hill, horn

    7:37
  • 2:01 PM

    Philharmonia Virtuosi

    Richard Kapp, conductor

    3:25
  • 1:54 PM

    Symphony No. 97: Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: The London Symphonies, Vol. II

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    5:37
  • 1:49 PM

    Images, Book 2: Cloches a travers les feuilles (Bells through the leaves)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Piano Music

    Stephen Hough, piano

    4:03
  • 1:44 PM

    Janoska Ensemble

    3:43
  • 1:40 PM

    The Lord of the Rings: Twilight and Shadow

    Howard Shore

    The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Howard Shore, conductor

    Renee Fleming, soprano

    3:30
  • 1:30 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms, Ligeti: Violin Concertos

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    Augustin Hadelich, violin

    8:11
  • 1:25 PM

    Andante with Variations

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Chamber Music with Harp

    Consortium Classicum

    3:59
  • 1:20 PM

    Israel in Egypt: Sing Ye to the Lord

    George Frideric Handel

    Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    3:53
  • 1:07 PM

    Variations on a Once Popular Humorous Song

    Haydn Wood

    British Light Music: Haydn Wood, Vol. 2

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    9:49
  • 1:04 PM

    Shepherd's Hey

    Percy Grainger

    Stars & Stripes

    Cleveland Symphonic Winds

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    1:59
  • 12:58 PM

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    2:00
  • 12:52 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    3:32
  • 12:47 PM

    Rodeo: Hoe-Down

    Aaron Copland

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:14
  • 12:43 PM

    Ballet Scenes: Preambule

    Alexander Glazunov

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    3:21
  • 12:35 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Bartok, Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    Augustin Hadelich, violin

    6:39
  • 12:32 PM

    The Musical Box

    Anatol Liadov

    Jouer, chanter, danser/Play, sing, dance

    Manon Le Comte, harp

    2:04
  • 12:15 PM

    Masques and Bergamasques

    Gabriel Faure

    French Impressions

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    Jean-Bernard Pommier, conductor

    15:34
  • 12:07 PM

    Piano Trio No. 2: 3rd movement

    Elfrida Andree

    Trio Nordica

    6:29
  • 12:04 PM

    Cello Suite No. 1: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Essential Bach

    Janos Starker, cello

    2:26
  • 11:47 AM

    A Spring Garland

    Armstrong Gibbs

    Guildhall Strings

    Robert Salter, conductor

    11:13
  • 11:44 AM

    Alessio Bax, piano

    2:37
  • 11:37 AM

    Sinfonia

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi Discoveries

    Milan Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    5:12
  • 11:30 AM

    Symphony No. 29: 4th movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    6:55
  • 11:22 AM

    Italian Serenade

    Hugo Wolf

    Takacs Quartet

    6:36
  • 11:16 AM

    Symphony No. 3: 3rd movement

    Florence Price

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    5:02
  • 11:07 AM

    Concerto No. 3

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    6:42
  • 11:04 AM

    Songs My Mother Taught Me

    Antonin Dvorak

    Julian Lloyd Webber, cello

    John Lenehan, piano

    2:37
  • 10:47 AM

    Norwegian Dances Nos. 2-4

    Edvard Grieg

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    11:40
  • 10:39 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 9

    Bruce Haynes

    Montreal Baroque Orchestra

    Eric Milnes, conductor

    6:29
  • 10:27 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Two Pictures

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    10:48
  • 10:25 AM

    Carmen: Prelude

    Georges Bizet

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    2:16
  • 10:17 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 4

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi Recorder Concertos

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    Marion Verbruggen, recorder

    6:59
  • 10:09 AM

    La Fille du Regiment (The Daughter of the Regiment): Ah! mes amis...Pour mon ame

    Gaetano Donizetti

    Pavarotti's Greatest Hits

    Royal Opera Chorus

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    Luciano Pavarotti, tenor

    6:52
  • 10:06 AM

    Waltz No. 4 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Beethoven: Sonatas; Chopin: Waltzes, Etc

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    2:14
  • 10:01 AM

    Violin Partita No. 2: Sarabande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ray Chen, violin

    4:34
  • 9:45 AM

    Symphony

    Carl Stamitz

    Stamitz: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    13:42
  • 9:31 AM

    Chimney of King Rene

    Darius Milhaud

    French Wind Music

    Reykjavik Wind Quintet

    12:26
  • 9:15 AM

    Tarn Hows: A Cumbrian Rhapsody

    Maurice Johnstone

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    13:56
  • 9:06 AM

    Heroes Symphony: Sons of the Silent Age

    Philip Glass

    Philip Glass | American Composers Orchestra

    American Composers Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    8:20
  • 9:01 AM

    Encantamento

    Camargo Guarnieri

    Brazilian Music for Viola and Piano

    Barbara Westphal, viola

    4:36
  • 8:32 AM

    Symphony No. 45 "Farewell"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    26:11
  • 8:26 AM

    Suite on Sixteenth Century Hymn Tunes: Meditation

    George Frederick McKay

    National Radio Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine

    John McLaughlin Williams, conductor

    5:30
  • 8:06 AM

    A Downland Suite

    John Ireland

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    18:20
  • 8:01 AM

    A Scotts Tune; A Scots Tune; Swit Sant Nickola

    Anonymous Scottish

    softLOUD

    Sean Shibe, guitar

    4:49
  • 7:48 AM

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    10:13
  • 7:42 AM

    Recorder Sonata No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Amarillis

    6:03
  • 7:11 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Jules Massenet

    French Piano Concertos

    Westphalian Symphony Orchestra

    Siegfried Landau, conductor

    Marylene Dosse, piano

    30:06
  • 7:06 AM

    Japanese Folk Song Suite No. 2: Yagibushi

    Hajime Komatsu

    Apollo Chamber Players

    3:11
  • 7:01 AM

    Pavane and Gigue

    William Byrd

    Bach Transcriptions, 2

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:33
  • 6:37 AM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 2

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Clarinet Concertos

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Jean-Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    Martin Frost, clarinet

    21:52
  • 6:27 AM

    Reflection of the Moon in the Er-Quan Spring

    Yan-Jun Hua

    Chinese National Symphony Orchestra

    China National Symphony Orchestra

    Zuohuang Chen, conductor

    8:34
  • 6:06 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos 1-3

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    19:39
  • 6:01 AM

    The Merrymakers

    Eric Coates

    Boult conducts Coates

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    4:34
  • 5:42 AM

    Guitar Concerto

    Ferdinando Carulli

    Carulli, Molino: Guitar Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    16:18
  • 5:37 AM

    La Prosperina: Sonata No. 27

    Marco Uccellini

    Arcadian Academy

    4:03
  • 5:07 AM

    Symphony No. 22 "City of Light"

    Alan Hovhaness

    Seattle Symphony

    Alan Hovhaness, conductor

    29:34
  • 5:01 AM

    Downton Abbey: A Royal Command

    John Lunn

    Chamber Orchestra of London

    Alastair King, conductor

    4:49