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  • 4:47 AM

    Oboe Sonata

    Henri Dutilleux

    Sinfonia of London

    John Wilson, conductor

    Juliana Koch, oboe

    11:09
  • 4:10 AM

    String Quartet No. 12

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Complete String Quartets Vol 2

    Cremona Quartet

    35:16
  • 4:06 AM

    The Lake at Evening

    Charles Tomlinson Griffes

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    3:32
  • 4:01 AM

    Edgar: Act I Prelude

    Giacomo Puccini

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor

    4:37
  • 3:52 AM

    Anthracite Fields: Flowers

    Julia Wolfe

    Choir of Trinity Church, Wall Street

    Julian Wachner, conductor

    6:38
  • 3:20 AM

    Piano Quartet No. 2

    Emilie Mayer

    Mariani Piano Quartet

    29:34
  • 3:14 AM

    Les Soirees d'Auteuil: Scherzo

    Napoleon Coste

    Anabel Montesinos, guitar

    4:29
  • 3:06 AM

    Rathhaus-Ball-Tanze (City Hall Ball Dances) Waltz

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    7:51
  • 3:01 AM

    Romance

    Johann Peter Salomon

    Journey to Mozart

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, violin

    4:40
  • 2:25 AM

    Symphonie Espagnole

    Edouard Lalo

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    Chee-Yun, violin

    33:23
  • 2:21 AM

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    1:30
  • 2:16 AM

    Budapest Strings

    Lajos Lencses, oboe

    4:16
  • 2:06 AM

    Sleep: Dream 13

    Max Richter

    Max Richter: From Sleep

    American Contemporary Music Ensemble

    Max Richter, electronics

    8:54
  • 2:01 AM

    Suite of Dances No. 6

    Johann Ernst Rieck

    A Tre Violini

    Stradivaria

    4:45
  • 1:49 AM

    Prague Waltzes

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Czech Suite, Prague Waltzes, etc.

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    8:55
  • 1:20 AM

    Flute and Harp Concerto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Cosi fan Flauti: Mozart for Flute and Orchestra

    Czech Chamber Orchestra

    Ondrej Kukal, conductor

    Robert Stallman, flute

    28:01
  • 1:13 AM

    My Mind is Still

    Nainita Desai

    Voces8

    Thomas Gould, violin

    Leif Kaner-Lidstrom, piano

    Elsa Bradley, vibraphone

    5:34
  • 1:06 AM

    Preludes, Book 1: La Cathedrale engloutie (Sunken Cathedral)

    Claude Debussy

    Water

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    5:59
  • 1:01 AM

    English Suite No. 4: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    4:30
  • 12:46 AM

    Children's Games (Jeux d'enfants)

    Georges Bizet

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    11:45
  • 12:15 AM

    Nonet for Strings and Winds

    Louise Farrenc

    Farrenc: Musique de chambre

    Philippe Bernold, flute

    29:06
  • 12:06 AM

    In the Steppes of Central Asia

    Alexander Borodin

    Bavarian State Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    7:23
  • 12:01 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Maria Bergmann, piano

    4:37
  • 11:36 PM

    Aranjuez Concerto

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Spanish Radio and TV Orchestra

    Pedro Amaral, conductor

    Xianji Liu, guitar

    22:46
  • 11:23 PM

    Pierrot of the Minute: Comedy Overture

    Granville Bantock

    Bridge, Bantock & Butterworth

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    11:03
  • 11:11 PM

    Keyboard Suite No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    Lisa Smirnova, piano

    10:29
  • 11:07 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 2nd movement

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Paris

    Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mikko Franck, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    3:55
  • 11:01 PM

    I Musici Montreal

    Yuli Turovsky, conductor

    Yuli Turovsky, cello

    4:35
  • 10:44 PM

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Simon Joly, conductor

    14:48
  • 10:34 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    7:43
  • 10:27 PM

    Gary Hammond, piano

    6:27
  • 10:18 PM

    Three Short Pieces

    Jacques Ibert

    Gounod, Poulenc, Ibert: Music for Wind

    Athena Ensemble

    6:59
  • 10:06 PM

    Fair Maid of Perth: Suite

    Georges Bizet

    Paris Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    11:59
  • 10:01 PM

    La Boheme: Che gelida manina

    Giacomo Puccini

    Pavarotti's Greatest Hits

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    Luciano Pavarotti, tenor

    4:38
  • 9:49 PM

    Rhapsody for Viola and Orchestra: 1st movement

    Bohuslav Martinu

    Marseille Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Magali Demesse, viola

    9:12
  • 9:47 PM

    Waltz No. 15

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Works for Solo Piano, Vol. 3

    Barry Douglas, piano

    1:35
  • 9:27 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 2

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Etc

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Norbert Hauptmann, horn

    19:07
  • 9:10 PM

    Concerto No. 10

    Pietro Locatelli

    Locatelli: Introduttioni Teatralli and Concerti, Op. 4

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, conductor

    15:11
  • 9:06 PM

    Impromptu No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    3:31
  • 9:03 PM

    David Russell, guitar

    2:39
  • 8:38 PM

    Bulgarian National Radio Orchestra

    Rossen Milanov, conductor

    Elizabeth Hainen, harp

    20:19
  • 8:28 PM

    The Wreckers Overture

    Ethel Smyth

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    9:10
  • 8:24 PM

    She's Like the Swallow

    Traditional Newfoundland

    Ofra Harnoy, cello

    Mike Herriott, brass

    2:53
  • 8:12 PM

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    10:53
  • 8:06 PM

    Il Signor Bruschino: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    4:46
  • 8:01 PM

    Trio Sonata

    Giuseppe Tartini

    La Magnifica Comunita

    Enrico Casazza, violin

    Isabella Longa, violin

    Marcello Scandelli, cello

    Giorgio Cerasoli, harpsichord

    4:34
  • 5:26 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 27

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos No. 20, K466 & 27, K595

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Mitsuko Uchida, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    32:14
  • 5:17 PM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    Overtures

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    7:39
  • 5:11 PM

    Adalberto Maria Riva, piano

    3:58
  • 5:06 PM

    Aida: Triumphal Chorus & Grand March

    Giuseppe Verdi

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    4:32
  • 5:01 PM

    Modern Times: Smile

    Charlie Chaplin

    I Salonisti Play Music from Titanic, Casablanca, the Godfather

    I Salonisti

    4:31
  • 4:51 PM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Music for Lute and Mandolin

    Parley of Instruments

    Paul O'Dette, lute

    7:03
  • 4:32 PM

    Four African Dances

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    John Fadial, violin

    Andrew Harley, piano

    18:07
  • 4:26 PM

    Fantasy Piece for Clarinet and Piano

    Carl Nielsen

    Lars Brynildsen, clarinet

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    4:06
  • 4:06 PM

    CBC Vancouver Orchestra

    Mario Bernardi, conductor

    Robert Aitken, flute

    19:08
  • 4:01 PM

    London Suite: Covent Garden

    Eric Coates

    Eric Coates: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Wilson, conductor

    4:38
  • 3:45 PM

    Scottish Rhapsody "Prince Charlie"

    John McEwen

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Platt, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    12:58
  • 3:26 PM

    William Tell: Ballet Music

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Ballet Music

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    17:43
  • 3:16 PM

    String Quartet No. 5: 3rd movement

    Dmitri Klebanov

    Chamber Works by Dmitri Klebanov

    ARC Ensemble

    7:43
  • 3:06 PM

    Concerto No. 3

    Francesco Durante

    Francesco Durante: Concerti

    Concerto Koln

    9:53
  • 3:01 PM

    Fragments from Hans Andersen: A leaf from the sky

    York Bowen

    Nicolas Namoradze, piano

    4:40
  • 2:45 PM

    Piano Quartet: 1st movement

    Elfrida Andree

    Trio Nordica

    Thorunn Osk Marinosdottir, viola

    10:49
  • 2:38 PM

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    6:10
  • 2:18 PM

    Three Botticelli Pictures

    Ottorino Respighi

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Tamas Vasary, conductor

    18:40
  • 2:07 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 2nd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 1

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Gunter Wand, conductor

    9:27
  • 1:58 PM

    Music for the Royal Fireworks: Overture

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Fireworks, Watermusic

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    7:48
  • 1:49 PM

    Beatrice and Benedict: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

    New York Philharmonic

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    7:41
  • 1:39 PM

    Symphony No. 8: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

    8:47
  • 1:30 PM

    Concerto for Two Trumpets

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Y Chamber Symphony of New York

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Gerard Schwarz, trumpet

    Norman Smith, trumpet

    7:27
  • 1:27 PM

    Fon-Fon (Toot-Toot)

    Ernesto Nazareth

    Gabriela Montero, piano

    2:12
  • 1:24 PM

    Humoresque

    Laura Netzel

    Breaking Waves: Music by Swedish Women Composers

    Paula Gudmundson, flute

    2:28
  • 1:17 PM

    Black Swan

    Bright Sheng

    Echoes: Classic Works Transformed

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    6:49
  • 1:10 PM

    Carnival of the Animals: Aquarium

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Aquarium

    The Kanneh-Masons

    2:46
  • 1:04 PM

    Ballet Scenes: Polonaise

    Alexander Glazunov

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:10
  • 12:53 PM

    Broceliande Overture

    Lucien-Leon Lambert

    Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Rosenberg, conductor

    6:47
  • 12:46 PM

    Minuet Antique

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Piano Concertos, Etc

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    6:15
  • 12:38 PM

    Impromptu-Caprice

    Gabriel Pierne

    Solo Harp: The Best of Yolanda Kondonassis

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    5:55
  • 12:32 PM

    Symphony No. 4: Scherzo

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky Symphonies

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    5:43
  • 12:27 PM

    Dance from Jalisco

    Aaron Copland

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:42
  • 12:23 PM

    Il Sogno: Lovers Arise

    Elvis Costello

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    3:33
  • 12:15 PM

    A Toi (To You) Waltz

    Emil Waldteufel

    Music of Waldteufel

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    7:00
  • 12:06 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 15: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    7:54
  • 12:04 PM

    Folk Suite No. 4: Tayeras

    William Grant Still

    Sylvan Winds

    1:00
  • 11:55 AM

    Fugue "Little"

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Canadian Brass

    3:16
  • 11:46 AM

    A Fugal Concerto

    Gustav Holst

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Kathryn Greenbank, oboe

    Julia Bogorad-Kogan, flute

    7:22
  • 11:42 AM

    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini: 18th Variation

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    The Art of Ashkenazy

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    3:07
  • 11:30 AM

    Fantasy on La Traviata

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    10:19
  • 11:22 AM

    Sonata No. 7

    Henry Purcell

    London Baroque

    7:17
  • 11:15 AM

    Die Meistersinger von Nurmberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg): Dance; Finale

    Richard Wagner

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    6:17
  • 11:08 AM

    Swan Lake: Pas de Deux

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    Esther Yoo, violin

    5:25
  • 11:04 AM

    Legend No. 9

    Antonin Dvorak

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    2:50
  • 10:52 AM

    Nameday (Namensfeier) Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    6:33
  • 10:32 AM

    Piano Concerto for the Left Hand

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Piano Concertos, Valses Nobles et Sentimentales, Sonatine

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    18:29
  • 10:24 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    William Boyce

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    7:23
  • 10:17 AM

    Grand Canyon Suite: On the Trail

    Ferde Grofe

    Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    7:24
  • 10:12 AM

    Don Giovanni: Dalla sua pace

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    3:44
  • 10:07 AM

    Hungarian March

    Hector Berlioz

    Heavy Classix

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    4:52
  • 10:01 AM

    Piano Sonata

    Andrea Luchesi

    Roberto Plano, piano

    4:31
  • 9:41 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 4

    Chevalier de Meude-Monpas

    Encore Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hege, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    16:59
  • 9:25 AM

    Poem for Cello and Orchestra

    Henriette Bosmans

    Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ed Spanjaard, conductor

    Dimitri Ferschtman, cello

    14:31
  • 9:18 AM

    leaves and trees

    Rachel Portman

    ask the river

    Caroline Dale, cello

    5:57
  • 9:06 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Dunedin Consort

    John Butt, conductor

    10:53
  • 9:01 AM

    Ca'azapa (Popular Paraguayan Song)

    Agustin Barrios

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    4:35
  • 8:46 AM

    Musica Celestis

    Aaron Jay Kernis

    Magnificat

    Trondheim Soloists

    12:00
  • 8:37 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 5

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Tokyo Bach-Mozart Ensemble

    Masahiro Arita, baroque flute

    8:15
  • 8:15 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Pamela Frank, violin

    Peter Serkin, piano

    21:15
  • 8:06 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Leopold Mozart

    Trumpet Concertos

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    7:54
  • 8:01 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2 "Characteristic": Scherzo burlesque

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Orchestra Suites

    USSR Symphony Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    4:46
  • 7:16 AM

    Don Quixote

    Richard Strauss

    Dvorak: Cello Concerto / Strauss, R.: Don Quixote

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    42:17
  • 7:14 AM

    Romanesca VII

    Diego Ortiz

    Entremeneo Del Siglo Del Oro

    Hesperion XX

    1:59
  • 7:06 AM

    Violin Partita No. 1: Bourrees

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Testament

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    6:12
  • 7:01 AM

    Ave Maria mater dei

    Robert Hunt

    Blue Heron

    Scott Metcalfe, conductor

    4:34
  • 6:44 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Early Symphonies

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    13:48
  • 6:39 AM

    Prelude and Fugue No. 1

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Jenny Lin, piano

    5:25
  • 6:06 AM

    Sextet

    Ernst von Dohnanyi

    Dohnanyi: String Quartet, Serenade, and Sextet

    Nash Ensemble

    30:30
  • 6:01 AM

    Romeo and Juliet: Folk Dance

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    4:34
  • 5:46 AM

    Symphony No. 5: 3rd movement

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5; Scenes adapted from Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    12:15
  • 5:28 AM

    Concerto for Harp and String Orchestra

    Alan Hovhaness

    Music of Hovhaness

    I Fiamminghi

    Rudolf Werthen, conductor

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    18:02
  • 5:20 AM

    Duo

    Eric Sweeney

    Irish Holidays

    John Finucane, clarinet

    5:56
  • 5:01 AM

    Seville

    Isaac Albeniz

    40 Degrees North

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    4:35