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  • 5:47 AM

    Serenade to Music

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    10:38
  • 5:36 AM

    The Winter's Tale

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    A Swedish Pastorale

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor

    10:28
  • 5:06 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Romantic"

    Howard Hanson

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    28:18
  • 5:01 AM

    Matinees Musicales: Nocturne

    Benjamin Britten

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    4:32
  • 4:45 AM

    The Night Gatherers

    Judd Greenstein

    first things first

    Chiara String Quartet

    Nadia Sirota, viola

    12:54
  • 4:26 AM

    Variations on a Theme of Corelli

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    George Li, piano

    17:48
  • 4:21 AM

    Variations on La Folia

    Mauro Giuliani

    Dale Kavanagh, guitar

    4:15
  • 4:15 AM

    Poem

    Zdenek Fibich

    Claire Jones: Royal Harp Strings

    London Mozart Players

    Stuart Morley, conductor

    Claire Jones, harp

    4:21
  • 4:06 AM

    Concert Waltz No. 1

    Alexander Glazunov

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:35
  • 4:01 AM

    Old and Lost Rivers

    Tobias Picker

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:34
  • 3:37 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 16

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Stephen Kovacevich, piano

    21:11
  • 3:27 AM

    Concert Suite No. 4

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Rameau: Six Concerts en sextuor

    Les Talens Lyriques

    Christophe Rousset, conductor

    9:10
  • 3:10 AM

    Borderlands Ensemble

    14:52
  • 3:06 AM

    As She Sleeps

    Michael Byron

    Byron: Awakening at the Inn of the Birds

    Sarah Cahill, piano

    3:17
  • 3:01 AM

    Carnival-Waltz

    Florent Schmitt

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    4:48
  • 2:46 AM

    Symphony No. 7 "Song of the Night": 4th movement (Nachtmusik II)

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler: Symphony No 7

    Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    12:55
  • 2:23 AM

    Renaissance Concerto

    Lukas Foss

    Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lukas Foss, conductor

    Carol Wincenc, flute

    20:47
  • 2:19 AM

    Las Abejas (The Bees)

    Agustin Barrios

    Intimate Barrios

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    2:23
  • 2:06 AM

    Apollo Ballet Music

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky: L'Oiseau de Feu, Apollon Musagete, Scherzo Fantastique

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    12:28
  • 2:01 AM

    Romance No. 2

    Robert Schumann

    Songs of the Reeds

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe

    4:38
  • 1:51 AM

    Sinfonietta

    Leos Janacek

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    23:13
  • 1:35 AM

    Sinfonietta

    Leos Janacek

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    23:13
  • 1:27 AM

    Imagined Archipelagos: The Island with the Imaginary Moons

    Reinaldo Moya

    Francesca Anderegg, violin

    Brent Funderburk, piano

    6:36
  • 1:17 AM

    Bold Island Suite: Summer Seascape

    Howard Hanson

    Symphonic Music of Howard Hanson

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    9:47
  • 1:06 AM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: A Strange Beauty

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    9:06
  • 1:01 AM

    Quintet No. 2: 1st movement

    Jean Francaix

    Mobius

    4:39
  • 12:50 AM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, Carnival Overture

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    8:03
  • 12:19 AM

    Concerto for Two Pianos

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Double Piano Concertos

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Guher & Suher Pekinel, pianos

    29:28
  • 12:09 AM

    Valse-Caprice No. 3

    Gabriel Faure

    Paul Crossley, piano

    8:27
  • 12:06 AM

    Mlada: Lithuanian Dance

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Suites

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    2:17
  • 12:01 AM

    Lachrimae Tristes

    John Dowland

    DOWLAND: Lachrimae, or seaven teares

    The Dowland Consort

    Jakob Lindberg, conductor

    4:46
  • 11:35 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    Vladimir Spivakov, violin

    Mikhail Milman, cello

    Alexei Utkin, oboe

    Marc Minkowski, bassoon

    22:12
  • 11:29 PM

    Appalachia Waltz

    Mark O'Connor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:25
  • 11:22 PM

    Autumn Soiree No. 6

    Felicien David

    Limoges Baroque Ensemble

    7:05
  • 11:14 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    William Boyce

    Boyce: Symphonies, Op. 2

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    6:25
  • 11:06 PM

    The Royal Children: Overture

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Humperdinck: Fairy-Tale Music

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    7:49
  • 11:01 PM

    The Wedding Waltz

    Heikki Aaltoila

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:37
  • 10:48 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "Choral": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Mad About Beethoven

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    10:17
  • 10:41 PM

    Arabian Caprice

    Francisco Tarrega

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    5:54
  • 10:28 PM

    Suite Francaise

    Francis Poulenc

    Poulenc: Orchestral Works

    Paris Orchestra

    Georges Pretre, conductor

    12:23
  • 10:24 PM

    French Suite No. 1: Menuet

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The French Suites

    Murray Perahia, piano

    3:02
  • 10:19 PM

    The Piano: The Heart Asks Pleasure First

    Michael Nyman

    Paris Chamber Orchestra

    Adrien Perruchon, conductor

    Gautier Capucon, cello

    3:39
  • 10:06 PM

    Agincourt Overture

    Walter Leigh

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    12:28
  • 10:03 PM

    The Monaghan Jig

    Traditional Irish

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    2:32
  • 9:44 PM

    Rapsodie espagnole

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: The Orchestral Works

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    14:51
  • 9:20 PM

    Harp Concerto No. 1

    Ernst Eichner

    Kurpfalz Chamber Orchestra

    Stefan Fraas, conductor

    Silke Aichhorn, harp

    22:41
  • 9:12 PM

    Images, Book 1: Reflets dans l'eau (Reflections in the Water)

    Claude Debussy

    Eric Himy, piano

    5:35
  • 9:06 PM

    Ruslan and Ludmila: Overture

    Mikhail Glinka

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    5:32
  • 9:01 PM

    English Air

    Peter Lamb

    Kenneth Smith, flute

    Paul Rhodes, piano

    4:31
  • 6:49 PM

    Carnival Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Overtures; Symphonic Poems; Symphonic Variations, etc.

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Kubelik, conductor

    8:53
  • 6:43 PM

    De la court

    Robert Parsons

    Phantasm

    5:14
  • 6:12 PM

    Symphony No. 3

    Jean Sibelius

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    29:51
  • 6:06 PM

    Perpetuum mobile

    Simon Jeffes

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    4:29
  • 6:01 PM

    Carol Rosenberger, piano

    4:33
  • 5:49 PM

    Rosen aus dem Suden (Roses from the South) Waltz

    Johann StraussJr.

    J. Strauss: Waltz Transcriptions/Stravinsky: Chamber Music

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    9:43
  • 5:36 PM

    Much Ado About Nothing Suite

    Erich Korngold

    Barber, Korngold: Violin Concertos Etc.

    Gil Shaham, violin

    12:59
  • 5:18 PM

    Afro-Cuban Concerto

    Valerie Coleman

    Imani Winds: The Classical Underground

    Imani Winds

    15:32
  • 5:06 PM

    L'Estro Armonico: Concerto No. 10 for Four Violins and Cello

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    10:21
  • 5:01 PM

    Bassoon Concerto: Rondo

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Janne Nisonen, conductor

    Jaakko Luoma, bassoon

    4:45
  • 4:46 PM

    Divertimento No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenades K320 & K239, Divertimento K136

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Yehudi Menuhin, conductor

    12:36
  • 4:19 PM

    Symphony No. 4

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    25:24
  • 4:11 PM

    Troubled Water

    Margaret Bonds

    Joel Fan, piano

    5:21
  • 4:06 PM

    Violin Concerto: Fly Forward

    Jennifer Higdon

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    5:08
  • 4:01 PM

    Cantilene

    Louis Cahuzac

    Ricardo Morales, clarinet

    Michael Chertock, piano

    4:35
  • 3:28 PM

    Piano Concerto

    Robert Schumann

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    30:08
  • 3:23 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 9

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic dances, Opp. 46 & 72

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vaclav Neumann, conductor

    4:13
  • 3:05 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Horn Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    16:14
  • 3:00 PM

    Song of Jean Racine (Cantique de Jean Racine)

    Gabriel Faure

    Spheres

    German Chamber Orchestra Berlin

    Simon Halsey, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    4:16
  • 2:47 PM

    Helios Overture

    Carl Nielsen

    Danish National Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    11:55
  • 2:42 PM

    Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Daniel Hope | Belle Epoque

    Daniel Hope, violin

    3:12
  • 2:37 PM

    Allegro Appassionato

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Romance: Lalo, Tchaikovsky, Casals, etc.

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Antonio Pappano, conductor

    Han-Na Chang, cello

    3:49
  • 2:29 PM

    Canon and Gigue

    Johann Pachelbel

    Pachelbel: Canon & Gigue

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    6:59
  • 2:19 PM

    Promenade Overture

    John Corigliano

    Corigliano: Creations, To Music, Etc

    I Fiamminghi

    Rudolf Werthen, conductor

    8:27
  • 2:16 PM

    Passepied

    Leo Delibes

    The Sounds Of Remembered Dreams

    Humbert Lucarelli, oboe

    2:04
  • 2:09 PM

    Oklahoma: Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'

    Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein

    English Northern Philharmonia

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    Bryn Terfel, baritone

    :00
  • 2:04 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    4:46
  • 1:48 PM

    Dance of the Hours

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Dream Melodies

    Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andras Korodi, conductor

    9:34
  • 1:39 PM

    Gondoliers Overture

    Arthur Sullivan

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    6:53
  • 1:30 PM

    Barcarolle

    Frederic Chopin

    Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1

    Daniil Trifonov, piano

    8:41
  • 1:16 PM

    The Seasons: Autumn

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: The Seasons, Scenes de Ballet

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    11:45
  • 1:08 PM

    Brook Green Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Bax: Garden of Fand, Tintagel, November Woods

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Imogen Holst, conductor

    7:04
  • 1:04 PM

    Suite for Piano: Gavotte and Bourree

    Ethel Smyth

    Liana Serbescu, piano

    2:49
  • 12:51 PM

    Concerto Symphonique No. 4: Scherzo

    Henry Litolff

    Masterpieces in Miniature

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    Yuja Wang, piano

    7:26
  • 12:49 PM

    New York Waltzes: Waltz No. 2

    Lou Harrison

    Lara Downes, piano

    1:16
  • 12:41 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 3: 2nd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 3-5

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Olli Mustonen, conductor

    Pekka Kuusisto, violin

    6:57
  • 12:31 PM

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    8:38
  • 12:18 PM

    Alborada del Gracioso (Morning Song of the Jester)

    Maurice Ravel

    pictures at an exhibition

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    7:38
  • 12:14 PM

    Las Dos Hermanitas (Two Sisters)

    Francisco Tarrega

    Celedonio Romero, guitar

    2:38
  • 12:04 PM

    Rondo

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Piano Music for Four Hands, Vol. 1

    Yaara Tal, piano

    8:46
  • 11:52 AM

    Fidelio Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9, Overtures "Fidelio" and "Egmont"

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    6:21
  • 11:46 AM

    The Carpenter: Overture

    Paul Wranitzky

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Marek Stilec, conductor

    4:19
  • 11:20 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Erich Korngold

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Kirill Karabits, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    25:33
  • 11:16 AM

    Maids of Cadiz

    Leo Delibes

    Storyteller

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Eivind Aadland, conductor

    Tine Thing Helseth, trumpet

    3:18
  • 11:09 AM

    Concerto for Two Trumpets

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi, Scarlatti, Torelli, Stradella

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Simon Wright, conductor

    John Wallace, trumpet

    6:12
  • 11:06 AM

    Carmen: March of the Toreadors

    Georges Bizet

    Dance!: The World's Favourite Ice-Skating Music

    French National Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    2:06
  • 11:01 AM

    Sacred Heart (Ubi Caritas III)

    Ola Gjeilo

    Ola Gjeilo

    Voces8

    Ben Hancox, violin

    4:37
  • 10:51 AM

    Prelude and Quadruple Fugue

    Alan Hovhaness

    Hovhaness: Celestial Gate

    I Fiamminghi

    Rudolf Werthen, conductor

    7:42
  • 10:44 AM

    Prelude No. 15 "Raindrop"

    Frederic Chopin

    Music for a Rainy Day

    Roland Pontinen, piano

    6:09
  • 10:30 AM

    The Garden of Cosmic Speculation: Garden of the Senses Suite

    Michael Gandolfi

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    12:55
  • 10:21 AM

    Serenade No. 2

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Violin Concerto, Serenades, Etc

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    6:55
  • 10:06 AM

    Serenade

    E.J. Moeran

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    14:23
  • 10:01 AM

    Sonatina: 2nd movement

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO, M.: Guitar Quintet / Fantasia / Ecloghe

    Chloe Dufossez, flute

    4:37
  • 9:52 AM

    L'inganno felice (The Happy Deception): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    5:55
  • 9:48 AM

    Strange Fruit

    Abel Meeropol

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:57
  • 9:16 AM

    String Quartet No. 9

    Sergei Taneyev

    Taneyev: Complete String Quartets 4

    Carpe Diem String Quartet

    30:44
  • 9:06 AM

    Harp Concerto: Adagio

    Giovanni Battista Viotti

    Romantic Harp Concertos

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, conductor

    Marielle Nordmann, harp

    8:59
  • 9:01 AM

    Mikhail Pletnev, piano

    4:42
  • 8:23 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Jean Sibelius

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    35:05
  • 8:18 AM

    Romance for Violin and Piano

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Complete Chamber Music for Strings and Piano

    Renaud Capucon, violin

    5:30
  • 8:06 AM

    Scintillation

    Carlos Salzedo

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    9:29
  • 8:01 AM

    Philemon und Baucis: Overture

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    4:44
  • 7:41 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Elias String Quartet

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    17:23
  • 7:36 AM

    Three American Pieces: Early Song

    Lukas Foss

    Nancy Ruffer, flute

    Helen Crayford, piano

    4:42
  • 7:10 AM

    Forest Scenes

    Robert Schumann

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    24:16
  • 7:06 AM

    Klange des waldes (Sounds of the Forest)

    Sofia Gubaidulina

    Carl Vine: Sonata for Flute

    Alexa Still, flute

    3:07
  • 7:01 AM

    Symphony: Finale

    Juan Arriaga

    Algarve Orchestra

    Alvaro Cassuto, conductor

    4:37
  • 6:45 AM

    Flute Concerto

    Johann Stamitz

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Barthold Kuijken, flute

    13:10
  • 6:25 AM

    Cello Sonata "Les adieux"

    Stephen Hough

    Mendelssohn, Grieg, Hough: Cello Sonatas

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    20:03
  • 6:07 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Radovan Vlatkovic, horn

    16:39
  • 6:01 AM

    Aleko: Women's Dance

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    4:36