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  • 4:15 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Yefim Bronfman, piano

    43:02
  • 4:06 AM

    Shotgun Houses: Rome

    Valerie Coleman

    Harlem Quartet

    David Shifrin, clarinet

    7:22
  • 4:01 AM

    Contemplation

    Henriette Renie

    Naoko Yoshino, harp

    4:33
  • 3:48 AM

    Harmonielehre: Meister Eckhardt and Quackie

    John Adams

    The John Adams Earbox

    San Francisco Symphony

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    10:34
  • 3:22 AM

    Albany Symphony Orchestra

    David Alan Miller, conductor

    Tessa Lark, violin

    23:57
  • 3:19 AM

    Eight Memories in Watercolor: Blue Nun

    Tan Dun

    Beijing Guitar Duo

    1:09
  • 3:06 AM

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    12:44
  • 3:01 AM

    Two Preludes

    Frederic Chopin

    Rafal Blechacz, piano

    4:39
  • 2:52 AM

    Summer Night on the River

    Frederick Delius

    Delius Miniatures

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    6:13
  • 2:31 AM

    Eine kleine Nachtmusik

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures - Eine kleine Nachtmusik

    Tafelmusik

    Bruno Weil, conductor

    19:16
  • 2:25 AM

    The Da Vinci Code: Chevaliers de Sangreal

    Hans Zimmer

    Cello Unlimited

    Kian Soltani, cello

    4:05
  • 2:06 AM

    Piano Sonata

    Elfrida Andree

    Oskar Ekberg, piano

    18:37
  • 2:01 AM

    Sure on this Shining Night

    Morten Lauridsen

    A Company Of Voices: Conspirare In Concert

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    4:29
  • 1:47 AM

    Rondo Arlecchinesco

    Ferruccio Busoni

    North German Radio Symphony

    Werner Andreas Albert, conductor

    11:38
  • 1:24 AM

    Symphony No. 49 "La Passione"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Simon Standage, violin

    20:44
  • 1:11 AM

    Quartet No. 2

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    11:43
  • 1:06 AM

    The Shepherd Girl's Sunday

    Ole Bull

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:06
  • 1:01 AM

    Spring Waltz

    Agustin Barrios

    David Russell, guitar

    4:31
  • 12:47 AM

    Concerto for Three Basset Horns

    Jiri Druzecky

    Charles Neidich And Clarimonia And Solamente Naturali

    Orchestra Solamente Naturali

    Charles Neidich, conductor

    11:09
  • 12:26 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    20:02
  • 12:17 AM

    Glass Houses: No. 2

    Ann Southam

    Taktus

    6:51
  • 12:06 AM

    Chamber Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Musica Pacifica

    10:20
  • 12:01 AM

    Introduction and Tarantella

    Pablo de Sarasate

    A La Carte

    Abbey Road Ensemble

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    4:32
  • 11:23 PM

    Concerto for Orchestra

    Bela Bartok

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    34:40
  • 11:08 PM

    Katherine on my Chest/with you at your Grave

    Stanley Woolner

    Katherine on my Chest/with you at your Grave

    Ivan Konev, piano

    13:16
  • 11:00 PM

    Farewell to Stromness

    Peter Maxwell Davies

    Message of the Sea: Celtic Music for Guitar

    David Russell, guitar

    3:37
  • 10:55 PM

    Fanfare on Amazing Grace

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Virginia Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    3:32
  • 10:52 PM

    My Soul's Been Anchored in the Lord

    Moses Hogan

    The Worlds Above

    Concordia Choir of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota

    Rene Clausen, conductor

    3:11
  • 10:48 PM

    Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Gil Shaham, violin

    3:41
  • 10:27 PM

    Sonata for Two Pianos

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Christina and Michelle Naughton, piano duo

    20:22
  • 10:20 PM

    North by Northwest: Conversation Piece

    Bernard Herrmann

    To Catch A Thief: A History Of Hitchcock II

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    4:41
  • 10:06 PM

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    13:30
  • 10:03 PM

    The Dreame

    Patrick Doyle

    Sense And Sensibility Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    Robert Ziegler, conductor

    Jane Eaglen, soprano

    2:30
  • 9:38 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 12

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Janos Rolla, conductor

    Zoltan Kocsis, piano

    23:24
  • 9:29 PM

    Gymnopedies

    Erik Satie

    Oeuvres d' Erik Satie

    Aldo Ciccolini, piano

    7:39
  • 9:16 PM

    Tre Jolie Waltz

    Emil Waldteufel

    Strasberg philharmonic

    Theodor Guschlbauer, conductor

    7:46
  • 9:16 PM

    Songs of the Auvergne: Brezairola (Lullaby)

    Joseph Canteloube

    Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Pascal Rophe, conductor

    Carolyn Sampson, soprano

    3:04
  • 9:12 PM

    Foshay Tower (Washington Memorial)

    John Philip Sousa

    Sousa: Music for Wind Band, Vol. 1

    Royal Artillery Band

    Keith Brion, conductor

    3:07
  • 9:09 PM

    Minnesota March

    John Philip Sousa

    Sousa's Greatest Marches

    Royal Artillery Band

    Keith Brion, conductor

    3:16
  • 9:03 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight": 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Alessio Bax Plays Beethoven

    Alessio Bax, piano

    5:03
  • 8:52 PM

    Winter from the Four Seasons

    Vivaldi

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Janos Rolla, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    8:27
  • 8:42 PM

    La Procession del Rocio

    Joaquin Turina

    Wind Band Music - TURINA, J. / BERNSTEIN, L. / BONNEY, J. / NIXON, R. / KOH, Chang Su (Converging Cultures) (Lone Star Wind Orchestra, Corporon)

    Lone Star Wind Orchestra

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    8:53
  • 8:37 PM

    La Boheme: Che gelida manina

    Giacomo Puccini

    Italian Opera Arias

    Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Marcello Viotti, conductor

    Rolando Villazon, tenor

    4:32
  • 8:25 PM

    Water Music Suite No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    10:21
  • 8:21 PM

    The Lord's Prayer

    Part Uusberg

    Collegium Musicale Chamber Choir

    Endrik Uksvarav, conductor

    2:43
  • 8:05 PM

    Little Concert Suite

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    13:36
  • 8:00 PM

    The Children of Lir: Tuath De Danann

    Patrick Cassidy

    Patrick Cassidy: The Children of Lir

    London Symphony Orchestra

    4:11
  • 5:47 PM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Maurice Ravel

    Jupiter String Quartet

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    Alexa Still, flute

    Richard Hawkins, clarinet

    11:25
  • 5:44 PM

    Drive the Cold Winter Away

    John Playford

    Galante Kurzweyl: Dances from Renaissance, Baroqu and Rococo

    Ensemble Buon Tempo

    1:36
  • 5:20 PM

    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Complete Piano Concertos

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    23:34
  • 5:11 PM

    Suite of Scottish Dances

    William Alwyn

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    7:51
  • 5:06 PM

    Empire Brass

    5:16
  • 5:01 PM

    Salut Printemps

    Claude Debussy

    Here I Stand

    iSing Silicon Valley

    Jennah Delp Somers/Shane Troll, conductor

    Dana Abbo, soprano

    4:36
  • 4:39 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1, 2, & 3

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    19:50
  • 4:19 PM

    Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2/Romeo & Juliet

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    18:40
  • 4:12 PM

    Fisherman's Song by Moonlight

    Traditional Chinese

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    Yuan Sha, guzheng

    5:00
  • 4:06 PM

    Saturday Night at the Firehouse

    Henry Cowell

    Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

    Lukas Foss, conductor

    5:05
  • 4:01 PM

    String Quartet No. 50: Minuet

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 64

    Doric String Quartet

    4:34
  • 3:48 PM

    Fantasy on Themes from Verdi's Rigoletto

    Franz & Karl Doppler

    Wiener Virtuosen

    9:53
  • 3:22 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 6

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    23:55
  • 3:16 PM

    Fantastic Dance

    Enrique Soro

    Inca Trail Connections

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    4:25
  • 3:06 PM

    Double Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Gli Incogniti

    Giuliano Carmignola, violin

    Amandine Beyer, violin

    9:59
  • 3:01 PM

    Royal Academy of Music Brass

    4:49
  • 2:48 PM

    The Planets: Jupiter

    Gustav Holst

    Kansas City Symphony

    Michael Stern, conductor

    8:19
  • 2:07 PM

    Tragic Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    15:01
  • 2:02 PM

    Peer Gynt: Arabian Dance

    Edvard Grieg

    Minnesota Orchestra At One Hundred

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    4:15
  • 1:53 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 3

    Johann Quantz

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Barry Tuckwell, horn

    7:10
  • 1:48 PM

    Pines of Rome

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Roman Festival, Pines of Rome, Fountains of Rome

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Daniele Gatti, conductor

    23:07
  • 1:41 PM

    Dreams of Love No. 3 (Liebestraum)

    Franz Liszt

    Piano Collection: Arrau, Cziffra, Ciccolini, Rudy et al.

    Georges Cziffra, piano

    4:49
  • 1:34 PM

    La Scala di Seta (Silken Ladder): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures Vol 2 / Benda, Prague Sinfonia

    Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    6:02
  • 1:25 PM

    Six English Tunes

    Peter Warlock

    Warlock: Capriol Suite; The Curlew; Six English Tunes; Serenade; Six Italian Dance Tunes; Ross Pople/London Festival Orchestra

    London Festival Orchestra

    Ross Pople, conductor

    7:11
  • 1:20 PM

    Gayane: Russian Dance

    Aram Khachaturian

    Full Dimensional Sound - Sabre Dance: Ballet Suites

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    Alfred Newman, conductor

    3:48
  • 1:18 PM

    Pictures at an Exhibition: Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Pictures at an Exhibition

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    1:19
  • 1:09 PM

    Waltz-Scherzo

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    Esther Yoo, violin

    6:21
  • 1:04 PM

    Gayane: Russian Dance

    Aram Khachaturian

    Full Dimensional Sound - Sabre Dance: Ballet Suites

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    Alfred Newman, conductor

    3:48
  • 1:04 PM

    Symphony No. 3: Fanfare

    Aaron Copland

    The Joy Of Bernstein

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    3:12
  • 12:42 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 3rd and 4th movements

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies No 4 & 5

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    15:24
  • 12:34 PM

    Andante and Rondo Capriccioso

    Felix Mendelssohn

    The Complete Piano Works of Chopin, Vol 3: Ballads

    Ian Hobson, piano

    6:01
  • 12:29 PM

    Covent Garden: Overture

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    London Classical Players

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    4:12
  • 12:19 PM

    Cello Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Collegium Musicum Zurich

    Paul Sacher, conductor

    Mstislav Rostropovich, cello

    8:11
  • 12:15 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 1

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic Dances

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    3:54
  • 12:06 PM

    Water Music Suite No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Water Music, Il Pastor Fido

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    6:48
  • 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
  • 11:51 AM

    Bartered Bride: Dance of the Comedians

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: The Bartered Bride & From My Life

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    5:39
  • 11:46 AM

    Caprice viennois (Viennese Caprice)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    Robert McDuffie, violin

    3:59
  • 11:34 AM

    Moseltraume

    Lou Koster

    Koster: Orchestral Music

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    10:42
  • 11:27 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 8 "Pathetique": 2nd movment

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    50 Best Relaxing Piano

    Stephen Kovacevich, piano

    5:32
  • 11:18 AM

    La Belle Helene (Beautiful Helene): Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    Lille National Orchestra

    Darrell Ang, conductor

    8:29
  • 11:08 AM

    Sinfonia

    Johann Christian Bach

    JC Bach: Sinfonias

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    7:55
  • 11:04 AM

    Twinkle Variations

    Louise Pratt

    Silence Wakes My Song

    Julia Shaw, harp

    3:19
  • 10:45 AM

    The Winter's Tale Overture

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    West Australian Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Penny, conductor

    13:23
  • 10:38 AM

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits

    Christoph Gluck

    Pure Classics

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    6:16
  • 10:30 AM

    Hercules Overture

    George Frideric Handel

    English Baroque Soloists

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    6:57
  • 10:16 AM

    Piano Sonata

    John Field

    Miceal O'Rourke, piano

    12:55
  • 10:14 AM

    The Cuckoo

    Traditional Swiss

    Rhapsody in Brass

    Budapest Brass Quintet

    1:29
  • 10:08 AM

    Carmen: Seguedilla

    Georges Bizet

    Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra of Milan

    Karel Mark Chichon, conductor

    Elina Garanca, mezzo-soprano

    Roberto Alagna, tenor

    4:41
  • 10:06 AM

    Prelude for Lute

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Eduardo Fernandez, guitar

    1:27
  • 10:01 AM

    Symphony No. 18: 2nd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Volume 1

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    4:37
  • 9:52 AM

    Appalachian Spring: Variations on a Shaker Melody

    Aaron Copland

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    6:47
  • 9:30 AM

    Serenade for Winds

    Emil Hartmann

    Romantic Wind Serenades

    Consortium Classicum

    19:39
  • 9:22 AM

    Andante Cantabile

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Reveries

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    7:02
  • 9:06 AM

    Cello Sonata

    Luigi Boccherini

    Anner Bylsma, cello

    Hopkinson Smith, guitar

    Wieland Kuijken, cello

    14:58
  • 9:01 AM

    Summer Idyls: Meadow-Rest

    Herbert Howells

    Matthew Schellhorn, piano

    4:46
  • 8:24 AM

    Concerto for Orchestra

    Bela Bartok

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    34:40
  • 8:20 AM

    May Cause Dizziness

    Michael Kurth

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    3:30
  • 8:06 AM

    Flute Quartet No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Jasmine Choi, flute

    Florian Zwiauer, violin

    Vera Reigersberg, viola

    Attila Szekely, cello

    11:46
  • 8:01 AM

    Estampes: Pagodas

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images; Estampes; Children's Corner; Masques

    Steven Osborne, piano

    4:45
  • 7:41 AM

    Tristan and Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod (Love Death)

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner for Orchestra

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    17:26
  • 7:32 AM

    Thibaut Garcia, guitar

    8:20
  • 7:25 AM

    JFK: Theme

    John Williams

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    5:07
  • 7:06 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 4

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Discovering Dutch Ensembles

    Liza Ferschtman, violin

    17:55
  • 7:01 AM

    Inishlacken: Evening Ceili

    Bill Whelan

    RTE National Symphony Orchestra

    David Brophy, conductor

    Zoe Conway, violin

    Helena Woods, violin

    4:44
  • 6:34 AM

    String Quartet

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Eroica Quartet

    24:08
  • 6:30 AM

    A Teardrop (Une larme)

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    4:00
  • 6:06 AM

    Harlem Symphony

    James Price Johnson

    Concordia

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    21:44
  • 6:01 AM

    Miniatures: Brecolada and Copla

    Joan Manen

    National Chamber Orchestra of Andorra

    Gerard Claret, conductor

    4:31
  • 5:36 AM

    Symphony No. 4 "Poem of Ecstasy"

    Alexander Scriabin

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    21:59
  • 5:24 AM

    A Shropshire Lad

    George Butterworth

    Halle Orchestra

    Mark Elder, conductor

    11:36
  • 5:06 AM

    Variations on "La bergere Celimene"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Sonatas

    Alina Ibragimova, violin

    16:11
  • 5:01 AM

    New Zealand Suite: Milford Sound

    Ron Goodwin

    GOODWIN: Drake 400 Suite / New Zealand Suite

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Ron Goodwin, conductor

    4:50