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  • 5:28 AM

    Fairy Tale

    Josef Suk

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    30:28
  • 5:24 AM

    Rumores de la Caleta (Murmurs from the Bay)

    Isaac Albeniz

    Susann McDonald, harp

    3:16
  • 5:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 30 "The Joke"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Emerson String Quartet

    16:08
  • 5:01 AM

    Good Night and Good Rest

    John Johnson

    Nocturnal

    Jakob Lindberg, lute

    4:42
  • 4:39 AM

    Dance Rhapsody

    Frank Bridge

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    19:11
  • 4:21 AM

    Faust Ballet Music

    Charles Gounod

    Gounod: Faust

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    16:23
  • 4:11 AM

    Prelude, Sarabande, and Gavotte

    Marin Marais

    Ensemble Fitzwilliam

    7:37
  • 4:06 AM

    English Northern Philharmonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    5:06
  • 4:01 AM

    Bassoon Concerto: Adagio

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2, Bassoon Concerto

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    Karen Geoghegan, bassoon

    4:45
  • 3:47 AM

    Pastoral Suite

    Gunnar De Frumerie

    Stockholm Chamber Ensemble

    Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor

    Gunilla von Bahr, flute

    11:28
  • 3:23 AM

    Piano Sonata for Four Hands

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Sonatas for Piano Duet, K 381 & 521; Sonata for 2 Pianos, K 448; Andante and Variations, K 501

    Martha Argerich, piano

    22:44
  • 3:13 AM

    Grande Overture

    Mauro Giuliani

    Music of Giuliani

    David Russell, guitar

    8:07
  • 3:06 AM

    Sea Sketches: Calm Sea in Summer

    Grace Williams

    Manitoba Chamber Orchestra

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    6:06
  • 3:01 AM

    Summer in the High Grassland

    Zhao Jiping

    Silk Road Ensemble

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:33
  • 2:39 AM

    Siegfried Idyll

    Richard Wagner

    German Opera Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    19:14
  • 2:24 AM

    Rounds for String Orchestra

    David Diamond

    David Diamond, Vol. 5: Rounds

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    14:17
  • 2:17 AM

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Rafal Blechacz, piano

    4:00
  • 2:06 AM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Violin Concerto

    Lucerne Festival Strings

    Daniel Dodds, conductor

    Midori, violin

    9:46
  • 2:01 AM

    Water Night

    Eric Whitacre

    Elora Festival Singers

    Noel Edison, conductor

    4:32
  • 1:36 AM

    Symphony No. 85 "The Queen"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    22:00
  • 1:18 AM

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 2

    Edvard Grieg

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    17:03
  • 1:09 AM

    Trumpet Sonata No. 1

    Giuseppe Torelli

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    Maurice Andre, trumpet

    7:14
  • 1:06 AM

    Entrance of the Little Fauns

    Gabriel Pierne

    Classic Marches

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    2:10
  • 1:01 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 1: 1st movement

    Alexander Reinagle

    Sylvia Glickman, piano

    4:42
  • 12:48 AM

    Concerto for Two Violins and Two Cellos

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Il Proteo

    Il Giardino Armonico

    10:25
  • 12:40 AM

    Ave Maria

    Franz Schubert

    Christmas With Los Romeros

    Los Romeros

    Massimo Paris, conductor

    6:56
  • 12:23 AM

    String Quartet No. 9

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The String Quartets

    Quartetto Italiano

    15:24
  • 12:17 AM

    Four Characteristic Waltzes: Queen's Waltz

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    5:14
  • 12:06 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Carl Friedrich Abel

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    9:38
  • 12:01 AM

    Clarinet Quartet No. 2: Pastorale

    Bernhard Crusell

    Osmo Vanska, clarinet

    Pekka Kaupinnen, violin

    Anu Airas, viola

    Ilkka Palli, cello

    4:48
  • 11:49 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1: Rondo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Andrew Constantine, conductor

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    9:03
  • 11:32 PM

    Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel; Grieg, Tchaikovsky / Karajan

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    14:56
  • 11:24 PM

    Trio Sonata No. 3

    Arcangelo Corelli

    Avison Ensemble

    Pavlo Beznosiuk, conductor

    6:31
  • 11:18 PM

    Symphony No. 5: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5, The Tempest Op. 18

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    5:55
  • 11:06 PM

    A Children's Overture

    Roger Quilter

    Hely-Hutchinson - Carol Symphony

    Light Music Society Orchestra

    Vivian Dunn, conductor

    11:16
  • 11:01 PM

    The Prince and the Pauper

    Erich Korngold

    Elizabeth & Essex: Classic Film Scores of Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    4:49
  • 10:52 PM

    Petite Symphony: 1st movement

    Charles Gounod

    Gounod, Milhaud, Debussy-Faldner

    Sinfonia Orchestra of Chicago

    Barry Faldner, conductor

    5:36
  • 10:49 PM

    Song without Words No. 30 "Spring Song"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Wu Han, piano

    2:20
  • 10:33 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Dunedin Consort

    John Butt, conductor

    14:35
  • 10:20 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": 1st movement

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphony No 1 & 4

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    12:09
  • 10:08 PM

    Oboe Concerto

    Alessandro Marcello

    A Baroque Feast

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    John Abberger, oboe

    11:10
  • 10:06 PM

    Waltz No. 6 "Minute"

    Frederic Chopin

    Beethoven: Sonatas; Chopin: Waltzes, Etc

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    1:47
  • 10:03 PM

    Louisiana Blues Strut (A Cakewalk)

    Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    2:32
  • 9:41 PM

    String Quartet No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: The String Quartets

    Melos Quartet

    17:20
  • 9:32 PM

    Guitar Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi, Giuliani, Rodrigo

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    John Williams, guitar

    8:38
  • 9:22 PM

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    8:20
  • 9:18 PM

    The Haunted Ocean

    Max Richter

    Max Richter: Exiles

    Baltic Sea Philharmonic

    Kristjan Jarvi, conductor

    2:16
  • 9:06 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 21 "Waldstein": 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Reubke, Beethoven: Sonata, Waldstein, Tandeln und Scherzen

    Richard Raymond, piano

    11:17
  • 9:01 PM

    Night and Day

    Cole Porter

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    Masao Kawasaki, viola

    Mats Lidstrom, cello

    4:33
  • 6:48 PM

    The Two Barons of Roccazzura: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Sinfonia Finlandia Jyvaskyla

    Patrick Gallois, conductor

    10:15
  • 6:24 PM

    Arpeggione Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert

    Ludwig Quandt, cello

    22:45
  • 6:13 PM

    Oboe Concerto No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    City of London Sinfonia

    Nicholas Ward, conductor

    Anthony Camden, oboe

    8:40
  • 6:06 PM

    Romance of the Prairie Lilies

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha OVerture / Petite Suite

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    6:33
  • 6:01 PM

    Choro No. 1 "Tipico Brasileiro"

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    David Russell, guitar

    4:30
  • 5:43 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Keyboard Concertos Nos. 3, 5, 6, 7

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Murray Perahia, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    15:34
  • 5:37 PM

    The Dambusters March

    Eric Coates

    The Music of Eric Coates

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    3:48
  • 5:32 PM

    Sonata pian e forte

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Royal Academy of Music Brass

    4:23
  • 5:06 PM

    Serenade for Winds

    Antonin Dvorak

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    24:20
  • 5:01 PM

    Festival Scherzo for Piano and Strings

    Madeleine Dring

    Peacock Pie: Gibbs, Jacob, Rootham, Milford, Dring

    Guildhall Strings

    Robert Salter, conductor

    Martin Roscoe, piano

    4:32
  • 4:50 PM

    Four Seasons: Winter

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

    Christian Li, conductor

    Christian Li, violin

    8:40
  • 4:25 PM

    Symphony No. 33

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 33 and 34 etc.

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    23:30
  • 4:16 PM

    Fiesta criolla

    Manuel Gomez Carrillo

    Fiesta Criolla: Latin-American Orchestral Works

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    Gabriel Castagna, conductor

    7:10
  • 4:06 PM

    Euryanthe Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    9:02
  • 4:01 PM

    Flute Concerto: 3rd movement

    Wilhelm Friedemann Bach

    Bachiana: Double Concertos

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    Verena Fischer, flute

    4:48
  • 3:36 PM

    Souvenirs

    Samuel Barber

    Royal Scottish Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    20:41
  • 3:11 PM

    Clarinet Quintet

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Beethoven: Center of Gravity, 4

    Miro Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    24:11
  • 3:08 PM

    L'embarquement pour Cythere

    Francis Poulenc

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos

    1:58
  • 3:00 PM

    L'Isle joyeuse (Joyous Isle)

    Claude Debussy

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    6:54
  • 2:43 PM

    Russian Easter Festival Overture

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    15:04
  • 2:36 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 2nd mvt

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, violin

    5:55
  • 2:31 PM

    Nils-Erik Sparf, violin/viola

    Peter Jablonski, piano

    3:03
  • 2:23 PM

    Il barbiere di Siviglia (Barber of Seville): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    7:28
  • 2:17 PM

    Symphony No. 9: 1st movement

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 6 and 9

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    5:00
  • 2:08 PM

    Wonderful Town: Overture

    Leonard Bernstein

    Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    5:17
  • 2:04 PM

    Humoresque No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Stephen Hough, piano

    3:06
  • 1:45 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-4

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    13:34
  • 1:43 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 18

    Johannes Brahms

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    1:38
  • 1:40 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 8

    Johannes Brahms

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    2:53
  • 1:38 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 19

    Johannes Brahms

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    2:21
  • 1:36 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 7

    Johannes Brahms

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    2:09
  • 1:29 PM

    Concerto No. 7

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Albinoni: 12 Concerti a cinque, Op.5

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    5:38
  • 1:19 PM

    Symphony: Finale

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Symphony, Jeux d'enfants, Roma

    Paris Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    8:40
  • 1:15 PM

    Zapateado

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Romance de Amor

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    2:49
  • 1:11 PM

    Lieutenant Kije: Troika

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Hovhaness, Prokofiev, Stravinsky

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    2:38
  • 1:04 PM

    Magic Flute: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures

    Zurich Operahouse Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    6:32
  • 12:53 PM

    Le Bourgeois gentilhomme: Selections

    Richard Strauss

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    5:00
  • 12:45 PM

    Miniatures: Russian Waltz

    Frank Bridge

    Romeo And Juliet

    Helen Callus, viola

    2:51
  • 12:41 PM

    Russian Dance

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Seasons

    Queensland Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    Takako Nishizaki, violin

    2:29
  • 12:32 PM

    English Dancing Master: Suite

    John Playford

    A Trip to Killburn

    Baltimore Consort

    9:04
  • 12:25 PM

    Namouna: Cigarette Waltz

    Edouard Lalo

    French National Orchestra

    Jean Martinon, conductor

    5:23
  • 12:17 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 7

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    6:23
  • 12:08 PM

    Concerto for Two Flutes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Stephen Preston, flute

    Nicholas McGegan, flute

    7:16
  • 12:04 PM

    Procession of the Sardar

    Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov

    Leonard Bernstein: The Encore Collection Vol. 3

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    3:45
  • 11:47 AM

    Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

    Alexander Borodin

    Offenbach: Gaite Parisienne

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    11:28
  • 11:41 AM

    Farewell to Stromness

    Peter Maxwell Davies

    Soundscapes

    Mississippi Guitar Quartet

    4:20
  • 11:28 AM

    Piano Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Andras Schiff, piano

    12:27
  • 11:26 AM

    Beautiful Rosemary (Schon Rosmarin)

    Fritz Kreisler

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    1:50
  • 11:11 AM

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    13:02
  • 11:06 AM

    Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune (Moonlight)

    Claude Debussy

    Seasons...Dreams...

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    4:31
  • 11:01 AM

    Prayer of Saint Gregory

    Alan Hovhaness

    Visions - The Alan Hovhaness Sampler

    Manhattan Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Auldon Clark, conductor

    Chris Gekker, trumpet

    4:37
  • 10:47 AM

    Fair Melusina Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Die erste Walpurgisnacht, Infalice, Trompeten-Ouverture

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    11:28
  • 10:25 AM

    Terzetto

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Streichquartette Vol. 5

    Stamitz Quartet

    (Selected members), conductor

    19:55
  • 10:21 AM

    Three Works from the Glogauer Songbook

    Charles Wuorinen

    Speculum Musicae

    3:09
  • 10:06 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concentus Hungaricus

    Ildiko Hegyi, conductor

    Jeno Jando, piano

    13:23
  • 10:01 AM

    Ae Fond Kiss

    Robert Burns

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Rory Macdonald, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    4:36
  • 9:17 AM

    La Boutique fantasque (Fantastic Toy Shop)

    Ottorino Respighi

    Rossini: La Boutique fantasque, etc.

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    41:40
  • 9:06 AM

    Concerto Grosso

    Pietro Locatelli

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    8:32
  • 9:01 AM

    Nocturne

    Auguste Franchomme

    The Franchomme Project

    Louise Dubin, cello

    4:43
  • 8:46 AM

    Symphony No. 10: 3rd movement

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Andris Nelsons, conductor

    12:41
  • 8:27 AM

    From the Southland

    Harry T. Burleigh

    Jeni Slotchiver, piano

    18:00
  • 8:17 AM

    Arco

    Oliver Davis

    Oliver Davis: Dance

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    Kerenza Peacock, violin

    8:20
  • 8:06 AM

    Quiet City

    Aaron Copland

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    Philip Smith, trumpet

    Thomas Stacy, English horn

    10:35
  • 8:01 AM

    Partita No. 3: Sarabande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    environs

    Pedrick-Hutson Guitar Duo

    4:32
  • 7:38 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 12

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Piano Sonatas II

    Ingrid Haebler, piano

    20:02
  • 7:31 AM

    Two Swedish Folk Tunes

    Johan Svendsen

    Orchestra of the Mill

    Andrew Penny, conductor

    5:57
  • 7:07 AM

    Sea Pictures

    Uuno Klami

    Klami: Karelian Rhapsody, etc.

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    23:35
  • 7:01 AM

    Concert Suite No. 6: La Poule (The Hen)

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Rameau: Une Symphonie Imaginaire

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    4:31
  • 6:39 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 29

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Piano Sonatas 29, 31, 34, 35, 49

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    19:00
  • 6:34 AM

    Summer Days by the Sea: Summer Meadow

    Maj Sonstevold

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Karsten Andersen, conductor

    3:34
  • 6:07 AM

    Love's Labours Lost Suite

    Gerald Finzi

    Finzi: Suite From "Love's Labours Lost", Clarinet Concerto, Prelude, Romance

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    27:02
  • 6:01 AM

    Lute Suite "L'Infidele": Sarabande

    Silvius Weiss

    L'infidele

    Jon Mendle, archguitar

    4:48