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  • 5:34 AM

    The Ballad of the Brown King

    Margaret Bonds

    Dessoff Choirs

    Malcolm J. Merriweather, conductor

    Laquita Mitchell, soprano

    Lucia Bradford, mezzo

    Noah Stewart, tenor

    24:49
  • 5:23 AM

    Family Album: Homage to Alfred, Emil and Lionel Newman

    Randy Newman

    Gloria Cheng, piano

    10:31
  • 5:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 11

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Amadeus Quartet

    14:41
  • 5:01 AM

    Night Song

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Miniatures

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    4:43
  • 4:48 AM

    Melancholy Serenade

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Odense Symphony Orchestra

    Alexander Vedernikov, conductor

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    10:34
  • 4:12 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 4

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    Krystian Zimerman, piano

    34:18
  • 4:06 AM

    Passacaglia

    Silvius Weiss

    The Baroque Album

    John Williams, guitar

    4:08
  • 4:01 AM

    Septura

    4:38
  • 3:42 AM

    Double Bass Concerto

    Giovanni Bottesini

    Meyer and Bottesini Concertos

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    Edgar Meyer, double bass

    16:51
  • 3:29 AM

    Ma vlast (My Country): Vltava (The Moldau)

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: Ma Vlast

    Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

    Zdenek Macal, conductor

    11:44
  • 3:19 AM

    The Bullfighter's Prayer

    Joaquin Turina

    Manhattan String Quartet

    7:37
  • 3:06 AM

    Flute Sonata

    Francis Poulenc

    Tour de France

    Karin Aurell, flute

    12:08
  • 3:01 AM

    Madame Bovary: Waltz

    Miklos Rozsa

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    4:49
  • 2:52 AM

    Letter from Home

    Aaron Copland

    Aaron Copland: Four Dances from Rodeo

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    6:22
  • 2:30 AM

    London Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Warren-Green, conductor

    19:50
  • 2:23 AM

    Cello Suite No. 3: Sarabande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    4:52
  • 2:06 AM

    Scherzo Capriccioso

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 7, In Nature's Realm Scherzo Capriccioso

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    15:27
  • 2:01 AM

    Return from Fingal; Irish Jig

    Traditional Irish

    Scott Tennant, guitar

    4:39
  • 1:42 AM

    Variations on "La ci darem la mano"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Works for Piano and Orchestra

    North German Radio Elbphilharmonie Orchestra

    Krzysztof Urbanski, conductor

    Jan Lisiecki, piano

    17:28
  • 1:39 AM

    Il est bel et bon

    Pierre Passereau

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    1:03
  • 1:14 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    Mari Fujiwara, cello

    24:56
  • 1:06 AM

    The Tempest: Dance of Nymphs and Reapers

    Arthur Sullivan

    Kansas City Symphony

    Michael Stern, conductor

    5:05
  • 1:01 AM

    Flute Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johan Agrell

    Concerto Copenhagen

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    Maria Bania, flute

    4:38
  • 12:48 AM

    Die Meistersinger von Nurmberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg): Prelude to Act I

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner Without Words

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    9:33
  • 12:37 AM

    Concerto for Oboe and Bassoon

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    9:38
  • 12:25 AM

    Viennese Waltzes

    Emma Kodaly

    Hiroko Ishimoto, piano

    9:58
  • 12:18 AM

    Minuet Antique

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: The Orchestral Works

    New York Philharmonic

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    7:08
  • 12:06 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    I Musici

    11:27
  • 12:01 AM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Minuet II

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Serenade No. 10 for Winds "Gran Partita"

    London Symphony Orchestra Wind Ensemble

    4:33
  • 11:39 PM

    Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished"

    Franz Schubert

    The Classical Band

    Bruno Weil, conductor

    20:53
  • 11:27 PM

    Capriol Suite

    Peter Warlock

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    10:02
  • 11:18 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Max Bruch

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Robert Trevino, conductor

    Ray Chen, violin

    7:38
  • 11:10 PM

    Behold, the Beautiful Light of the Sun

    Traditional Norwegian

    Strid

    Oslo Chamber Choir

    Hakon Daniel Nystedt, conductor

    Helga Gunnes, soprano

    6:52
  • 11:06 PM

    Four Characteristic Waltzes: Bohemian Waltz

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    2:22
  • 11:01 PM

    Liza/Promenade

    George Gershwin

    Rendezvous with Tashi

    Tashi

    4:46
  • 10:46 PM

    Concerto for Four Keyboards

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Hamburg Philharmonic

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    Christoph Eschenbach, piano

    Justus Frantz, piano

    Gerhard Oppitz, piano

    Helmut Schmidt, piano

    11:18
  • 10:43 PM

    Carmen: Intermezzo

    Georges Bizet

    Grieg: Carmen - Peer Gynt

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    2:37
  • 10:33 PM

    Wiener Blut (Vienna Blood)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss Waltzes

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    8:50
  • 10:24 PM

    Margret Koll, harp

    8:01
  • 10:08 PM

    Symphony No. 4

    Thomas Arne

    Arne: Four Symphonies / Adrian Shepherd, Cantilena

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    14:18
  • 10:06 PM

    Waltz No. 4 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    2:02
  • 10:03 PM

    Canzon No. 12

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Wallace Collection

    2:30
  • 9:43 PM

    Concerto for 2 Orchestras No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    15:42
  • 9:32 PM

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Schneider, conductor

    Isaac Stern, violin

    8:55
  • 9:26 PM

    First Xinjiang Dance

    Ding Shan-de

    Shanghai Philharmonic

    Cao Peng, conductor

    5:01
  • 9:12 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 27

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    12:37
  • 9:06 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 10

    Antonin Dvorak

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    5:38
  • 9:01 PM

    Hugh Aston's Ground

    Edward Collard

    Jakob Lindberg, lute

    4:48
  • 6:41 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    16:55
  • 6:31 PM

    Sigurd Jorsalfar: Homage March

    Edvard Grieg

    Sibelius: Finlandia

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    8:52
  • 6:19 PM

    Oboe Concerto No. 8

    Tomaso Albinoni

    I Musici

    Heinz Holliger, oboe

    10:34
  • 6:15 PM

    Highland Fancy

    Marcus Dods

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    John Wilson, conductor

    Alaster Bentley, oboe

    3:12
  • 6:06 PM

    Julius Caesar Overture

    Robert Schumann

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    8:23
  • 6:01 PM

    Plantation Melodies: Negro Lullaby

    Harry T. Burleigh

    Apollo Chamber Players

    4:49
  • 5:45 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 10

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Sonatas K 281, 330 & 333

    Vladimir Horowitz, piano

    13:22
  • 5:31 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Ocean": 1st movement

    Anton Rubinstein

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Stephen Gunzenhauser, conductor

    11:46
  • 5:19 PM

    Unter bluhenden Linden

    Lou Koster

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    10:53
  • 5:06 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 1st movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Istvan Kertesz, conductor

    12:27
  • 5:01 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 52: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Roman Rabinovich, piano

    4:45
  • 4:42 PM

    Simple Symphony

    Benjamin Britten

    English Music for Strings

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    16:03
  • 4:31 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 2

    Arcangelo Corelli

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    9:18
  • 4:18 PM

    Bass Tuba Concerto

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Singapore Symphony Orchestra

    Anne Manson, conductor

    Oystein Baadsvik, tuba

    11:51
  • 4:06 PM

    Four Seasons: Autumn

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, etc.

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Nicholas Kraemer, conductor

    Monica Huggett, violin

    11:20
  • 4:01 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 6: Sicilienne

    Saverio Mercadante

    Mercadante: Flute Concertos

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    4:49
  • 3:36 PM

    Piano Concerto

    Maurice Ravel

    Prokofiev, Ravel

    German Symphony Orchestra

    Gilbert Varga, conductor

    Anna Vinnitskaya, piano

    21:04
  • 3:25 PM

    Allegro for Strings

    Douglas Lilburn

    Lilburn: Landfall In Unknown Seas, Diversions For String Orchestra

    New Zealand Chamber Orchestra

    10:06
  • 3:21 PM

    Five Tails in Cold Blood: Manta Ray Ballet

    Richard Charlton

    Guitar Trek

    2:55
  • 3:09 PM

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Paul Dukas

    Mephisto and Co.

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    11:19
  • 2:59 PM

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    8:25
  • 2:54 PM

    Skating

    Vince Guaraldi

    Christmas On Copper Street

    Copper Street Brass Quintet

    4:28
  • 2:41 PM

    Snowflake Ballet

    Jacques Offenbach

    Gulbenkian Orchestra

    Michel Swierczewski, conductor

    11:09
  • 2:27 PM

    St. Paul's Suite

    Gustav Holst

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    12:45
  • 2:22 PM

    El pelele (The Straw Mannequin)

    Enrique Granados

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    4:28
  • 2:17 PM

    Symphony No. 17: 1st movement

    William Herschel

    Herschel: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    3:48
  • 2:08 PM

    The Harmonious Blacksmith

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Keyboard Suites 2

    Philip Edward Fisher, piano

    4:43
  • 2:04 PM

    Intermezzo

    Anton Arensky

    Russian Moods

    USSR Symphony Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    3:16
  • 1:46 PM

    English Horn Concerto

    Joseph Fiala

    Potsdam Chamber Academy

    Albrecht Mayer, conductor

    Albrecht Mayer, English horn

    11:45
  • 1:33 PM

    Il turco in Italia (The Turk in Italy): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    8:20
  • 1:30 PM

    Dulaman

    Michael McGlynn

    Let Your Voice Be Heard

    Cantus

    1:52
  • 1:22 PM

    Inspiration Waltzes

    Nathaniel Dett

    My Cup Runneth Over: The Complete Piano Works of R. Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    6:05
  • 1:15 PM

    Harold in Italy: Serenade

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Harold en Italie Op. 16

    Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Eliahu Inbal, conductor

    Yuri Bashmet, viola

    5:56
  • 1:10 PM

    El Amor Brujo: Ritual Fire Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Greatest Hits: The Ballet, Vol I

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    4:10
  • 1:04 PM

    I Got Rhythm

    George Gershwin

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    4:15
  • 12:46 PM

    Petite Suite

    Claude Debussy

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    11:22
  • 12:43 PM

    Umoja (Unity)

    Valerie Coleman

    Umoja

    Imani Winds

    2:23
  • 12:36 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Bluebird pas de deux

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Stravinsky: Le Baiser de la Fee, etc.

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:30
  • 12:30 PM

    Polska after Snickar-Erik Olsson

    Anonymous

    Baroque Tales

    Lynx Ensemble

    5:26
  • 12:21 PM

    Symphony No. 5

    William Boyce

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Ronald Thomas, conductor

    7:27
  • 12:17 PM

    Pelleas and Melisande: Sicilienne

    Gabriel Faure

    Gabriel Faure: Music For Cello And Piano

    Steven Doane, cello

    3:43
  • 12:11 PM

    Trumpet Sonata No. 1

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell Quartet

    Mark Bennett, trumpet

    4:05
  • 12:04 PM

    Symphony No. 104 "London": Minuet

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 22, 104, Piano Concerto in D

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    6:19
  • 11:43 AM

    The Comedians

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Kabalevsky, Prokofiev, Glinka, Tchaikovsky

    San Diego Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Barra, conductor

    15:29
  • 11:35 AM

    Rondo for Violin and Orchestra

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Thomas Zehetmair, conductor

    Thomas Zehetmair, violin

    6:53
  • 11:30 AM

    Cello Suite No. 6: Gavotte

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Transcriptions for Guitar

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    3:58
  • 11:20 AM

    Symphony: 4th movement

    Alice Mary Smith

    London Mozart Players

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    10:03
  • 11:17 AM

    Etude No. 1 "Aeolian Harp"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes Op. 10 & Op. 25 op. posth.

    Boris Berezovsky, piano

    2:20
  • 11:12 AM

    Legend No. 8

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends, Prague Waltzes

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    3:36
  • 11:06 AM

    Xavier de Maistre, harp

    4:46
  • 11:01 AM

    Flute Concerto: 1st movement

    Vilem Blodek

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Uros Lajovic, conductor

    Karl Bernhard Sebon, flute

    4:39
  • 10:45 AM

    Suite No. 7

    Kurt Atterberg

    ATTERBERG: Sinfonia for Strings

    Camerata Nordica

    Ulf Wallin, conductor

    13:13
  • 10:25 AM

    Concerto indio

    Theodoro Valcarcel Caballero

    Fiesta Criolla: Latin-American Orchestral Works

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    Gabriel Castagna, conductor

    Nora Chastain, violin

    18:46
  • 10:20 AM

    The Waltzing Cat

    Leroy Anderson

    Symphony Orchestra (un-named)

    Richard Hayman, conductor

    2:58
  • 10:06 AM

    Quintettino "La musica notturna di Madrid"

    Luigi Boccherini

    Luigi Boccherini

    Quinteto Boccherini

    13:10
  • 10:01 AM

    Wind Quintet: 2nd movement

    Carl Nielsen

    Carion: Nielsen's Footsteps

    Carion Wind Quintet

    4:36
  • 9:25 AM

    Piano Concerto

    George Gershwin

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    David Robertson, conductor

    Kirill Gerstein, piano

    32:46
  • 9:20 AM

    Un dia de Noviembre (A Day in November)

    Leo Brouwer

    Lily Afshar, guitar

    4:18
  • 9:06 AM

    The Hateful Eight: Neve

    Ennio Morricone

    Czech National Symphony Orchestra

    Ennio Morricone, conductor

    12:17
  • 9:01 AM

    Childhood Dream (Reve d'enfant)

    Eugene Ysaye

    French Impressions

    Bienne Symphony Orchestra

    Jean-Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    Rachel Kolly d'Alba, violin

    4:35
  • 8:42 AM

    Philomena: Suite

    Alexandre Desplat

    Studio Orchestra

    Alexandre Desplat, conductor

    16:06
  • 8:32 AM

    Intimate Voices

    Peter Knell

    Lyris Quartet

    10:24
  • 8:11 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: My Piano Hero

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    Lang Lang, piano

    19:29
  • 8:06 AM

    Tune for Lucas/Up Da Stroods Da Sailor Goes

    Kevin Henderson/Traditional Shetland

    Bonfrost

    Nordic Fiddlers Bloc

    3:38
  • 8:01 AM

    English Idyll No. 1

    George Butterworth

    Halle Orchestra

    Mark Elder, conductor

    4:34
  • 7:33 AM

    Death and Transfiguration

    Richard Strauss

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Donald Runnicles, conductor

    25:43
  • 7:29 AM

    Song and Dance No. 10

    Federico Mompou

    Sean Shibe, guitar

    3:14
  • 7:06 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 4

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn & Ligeti Concertos & Capriccios

    Danish National Symphony Orchestra

    Shai Wosner, piano

    20:56
  • 7:01 AM

    The English Patient: Convento di Sant'Anna

    Gabriel Yared

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    4:41
  • 6:39 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Night in the Tropics"

    Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    Utah Symphony Orchestra

    Maurice Abravanel, conductor

    18:57
  • 6:23 AM

    Fountains of Rome

    Ottorino Respighi

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    15:57
  • 6:06 AM

    Violin Sonata

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Sonatas for Piano and Violin

    Yefim Bronfman, piano

    14:57
  • 6:01 AM

    Amazing Grace

    John Newton

    Esenvalds: Northern Lights and Other Choral Works

    Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    Anna Cavaliero, soprano

    4:43