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  • 5:50 AM

    Magnolia Suite: Part 2

    Nathaniel Dett

    Denver Oldham, piano

    8:29
  • 5:43 AM

    Three Roses

    Florence Price

    Lara Downes, piano

    7:02
  • 5:06 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich: Violin Concertos / Gringolts, Etc

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Itzhak Perlman, conductor

    Ilya Gringolts, violin

    34:52
  • 5:01 AM

    Portraits of Langston: Silver Rain

    Valerie Coleman

    Demarre McGill, flute

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    Michael McHale, piano

    4:47
  • 4:32 AM

    Idyll for String Orchestra

    Leos Janacek

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    26:28
  • 4:18 AM

    Flute Sonata

    Erwin Schulhoff

    Dvorak, Feld, Martinu, Schulhoff

    Jeffrey Khaner, flute

    11:10
  • 4:13 AM

    Oregon String Quartet

    3:30
  • 4:06 AM

    Andante grazioso

    Robert Fuchs

    Fuchs: Serenades Nos. 1 and 2

    Cologne Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Ludwig, conductor

    7:15
  • 4:01 AM

    String Quartet: 3rd movement

    Johan Svendsen

    Oslo String Quartet

    4:41
  • 3:57 AM

    The Little White Donkey

    Jacques Ibert

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    2:03
  • 3:52 AM

    Legend No. 2

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends

    Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    4:26
  • 3:47 AM

    Prelude and Fugue No. 5

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Dmitri Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87

    Jenny Lin, piano

    3:52
  • 3:05 AM

    Ninth Symphony

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Juraj Valcuha, conductor

    63:00
  • 2:07 AM

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Juraj Valcuha, conductor

    16:00
  • 1:45 AM

    Serenade to Music

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Tallis Fantasia; Symphony No. 5

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    Jessica Rivera, soprano

    13:04
  • 1:16 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: The Symphonies

    Hanover Band

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    27:47
  • 1:11 AM

    Carnival of the Animals: The Swan

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Philippe Entremont, piano

    Gaby Casadesus, piano

    3:08
  • 1:06 AM

    Aladdin: Birdcage Dance

    Ernest Tomlinson

    British Light Music: Ernest Tomlinson

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    4:08
  • 1:01 AM

    Sonatina No. 2 "Happy Workshop": 2nd movement

    Richard Strauss

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    4:32
  • 12:54 AM

    Kyunghee Kim-Sutre, harp

    4:10
  • 12:28 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 5 "Egyptian"

    Camille Saint-Saens

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    26:51
  • 12:20 AM

    Aida: Triumphal March

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    7:22
  • 12:17 AM

    How Fair this Spot

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    1:48
  • 12:04 AM

    The Nutcracker: Characteristic Dances

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    11:51
  • 11:59 PM

    Songs of a Wayfarer: Ging heut Morgen ubers Feld (Morning Walk)

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler: Orchestral Songs

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Susanna Malkki, conductor

    Katarina Karneus, mezzo-soprano

    4:17
  • 11:14 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Perlman Collection, Vol. 4

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    43:07
  • 11:07 PM

    May Morning Playground (The Then and Now)

    Stanley Woolner

    blue horizon

    Ivan Konev, piano

    4:48
  • 11:01 PM

    Peer Gynt: Solveig's Song

    Edvard Grieg

    100 Best Classics

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    Camilla Tilling, soprano

    4:50
  • 10:41 PM

    Variations on a Rococo Theme

    Tchaikovsky

    Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ari Rasilainen, conductor

    Sol Gabetta, cello

    18:36
  • 10:39 PM

    Amazing Grace (Postlude)

    Traditional

    Songs of Comfort and Hope

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    1:44
  • 10:35 PM

    Amazing Grace (Prelude)

    Traditional

    Songs of Comfort and Hope

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:06
  • 10:31 PM

    Nun danket alle Gott

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Great Organ Works

    Virgil Fox, organ

    3:42
  • 10:26 PM

    Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day

    Traditional English

    A Christmas Festival

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    2:52
  • 10:02 PM

    Juliane Banse, soprano

    Andres Schiff, piano

    2:17
  • 10:02 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Franz Liszt

    Schoenberg, Liszt: Piano Concertos

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    20:34
  • 9:55 PM

    String Quintet No. 5: 3rd movement

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: String Quartets

    Vanbrugh Quartet

    Richard Lester, cello

    3:06
  • 9:46 PM

    Variations on a Theme by Brahms

    Jocelyn Hagen

    Ruckblick: New Piano Music Inspired By Brahms

    Ann DuHamel, piano

    8:08
  • 9:41 PM

    Pagliacci: Vesti la giubba

    Ruggero Leoncavallo

    Pavarotti's Greatest Hits

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Giuseppe Patane, conductor

    Luciano Pavarotti, tenor

    4:06
  • 9:22 PM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Carl Maria von Weber

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    Karen Geoghegan, bassoon

    17:08
  • 9:16 PM

    Rhapsody

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Piano Pieces Opp. 116-119

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    5:02
  • 9:05 PM

    Danzon No. 2

    Arturo Marquez

    Mi Alma Mexicana

    Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas

    Alondra de la Parra, conductor

    9:25
  • 9:00 PM

    Pirates of Penzance: I am the very model of a modern Major-General

    W. S. Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan

    Gilbert and Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance

    Welsh National Opera Chorus and Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Richard Suart, baritone

    2:52
  • 6:47 PM

    Wedding Scenes

    Bedrich Smetana

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Stankovsky, conductor

    11:00
  • 6:20 PM

    Symphony No. 45 "Farewell"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    25:11
  • 6:15 PM

    Salut d'amour (Love's Greeting)

    Edward Elgar

    Duo Similia

    2:44
  • 6:06 PM

    Concerto for Two Cellos

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Jonathan Manson, cello

    9:06
  • 6:01 PM

    The Girl from Corsica

    Trevor Duncan

    British Light Music Classics - 3

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    4:39
  • 5:49 PM

    A Winter Idyll

    Gustav Holst

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    8:59
  • 5:16 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto; Saint-Saens: Havanaise

    New York Chamber Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    31:10
  • 5:08 PM

    Waltz No. 2 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    6:12
  • 5:06 PM

    Trumpet Tune

    Henry Purcell

    Bavarian Brass Soloists

    Gerd Zapf, conductor

    2:06
  • 5:01 PM

    Etude No. 11: for arpeggios

    Claude Debussy

    Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano

    4:39
  • 4:45 PM

    String Quartet No. 8

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Amadeus Quartet

    13:33
  • 4:21 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American"

    William Grant Still

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    24:08
  • 4:17 PM

    The Gospel Train

    Spiritual

    The Aeolians

    The Aeolians

    Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor

    1:41
  • 4:11 PM

    Terpsichore: Chaconne

    George Frideric Handel

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    4:42
  • 4:06 PM

    Il Signor Bruschino: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Favorite Overtures

    Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Gianluigi Gelmetti, conductor

    4:16
  • 4:01 PM

    Padouana and Gagliarda

    Johann Schein

    Fretwork

    Silas Wollston, organ

    4:37
  • 3:42 PM

    Capriccio Italien

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Ports of Call

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    15:53
  • 3:36 PM

    Spanish Dance No. 7 "Valenciana"

    Enrique Granados

    Favourite Spanish Encores

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    4:50
  • 3:28 PM

    Scherzando No. 2

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    FJ and JM Haydn: Flute Concertos

    Haydn Ensemble Berlin

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    7:20
  • 3:04 PM

    Suite: Paris

    Haydn Wood

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    13:34
  • 3:01 PM

    A Chloris (To Chloris)

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Cantabile

    Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Olivieri-Munroe, conductor

    Sol Gabetta, cello

    2:26
  • 2:51 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Géza Anda(p) Camerata Academica des Salzburger Mozarteums 1961 DG

    Camerata Academica Salzburg

    Geza Anda, conductor

    Geza Anda, piano

    27:21
  • 2:48 PM

    Minute Waltz

    Frederic Chopin

    Geza Anda, piano

    :00
  • 2:45 PM

    Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro

    Giacomo Puccini

    Gary Karr, doublebass

    :00
  • 2:38 PM

    The Boatswain's Mate: Overture

    Ethel Smyth

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    6:06
  • 2:33 PM

    Handel in the Strand

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger Edition Vol. 5: Works for Chorus & Orchestra 2

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    3:49
  • 2:20 PM

    Horn Concerto

    Christoph Forster

    Before Mozart: Early Horn Concertos

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    Alec Frank-Gemmill, horn

    11:44
  • 2:17 PM

    Fascinatin' Rhythm

    George Gershwin

    Katie Mahan, piano

    1:43
  • 2:10 PM

    Romance No. 3

    Clara Schumann

    Sarah Frisof, flute

    4:06
  • 2:04 PM

    Cosi fan tutte: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: 11 Overtures

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Hans Vonk, conductor

    4:48
  • 1:54 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Florence Price

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    3:38
  • 1:50 PM

    Song without Words No. 40

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Blue Hour

    Andreas Ottensamer, clarinet

    2:31
  • 1:44 PM

    Jewels of the Madonna: Intermezzo

    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    5:10
  • 1:38 PM

    Petite Symphony: Scherzo

    Charles Gounod

    Bizet: L'Arlesienne; Gounod: Symphonies

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    4:08
  • 1:32 PM

    Waltz-Intermezzo

    Frank Bridge

    Showpieces and Encores

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    6:13
  • 1:30 PM

    Susann McDonald, harp

    1:22
  • 1:25 PM

    Piano Quartet: Scherzo

    Robert Schumann

    Ames Piano Quartet

    3:33
  • 1:14 PM

    Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Ein Straussfest II

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    10:17
  • 1:14 PM

    Susann McDonald, harp

    1:22
  • 1:07 PM

    Norwegian Dance No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Symphonic Dances, Norwegian Dances, Lyric Suite

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:01
  • 1:04 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:56
  • 12:46 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    11:08
  • 12:44 PM

    Flight of the Bumblebee

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    1:20
  • 12:32 PM

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    10:14
  • 12:24 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 17: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 9 & 17

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Rudolf Serkin, piano

    7:33
  • 12:19 PM

    Harvest Celebration

    Jing-Ping Zhang

    Shanghai Quartet

    3:24
  • 12:15 PM

    The Seasons: November (Troika)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonid Grin, conductor

    3:13
  • 12:11 PM

    Ballet de Cour: The King's Minuet

    Gabriel Pierne

    Chamber Music Palm Beach

    3:17
  • 12:04 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 6

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic Dances Opp. 46 & 72

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Kubelik, conductor

    5:23
  • 11:44 AM

    Froissart Overture

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: 4 Overtures

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    13:52
  • 11:38 AM

    Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria (Cantilena)

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Lisa Friend, flute

    Craig Ogden, guitar

    5:14
  • 11:33 AM

    Paganini Etude No. 3 "La Campanella"

    Franz Liszt

    Yundi Li: Liszt

    Yundi Li, piano

    4:39
  • 11:29 AM

    Ribers No. 8

    Traditional

    Danish String Quartet

    2:53
  • 11:14 AM

    Concerto for 2 Orchestras No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, Concerti a due cori

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    13:31
  • 11:06 AM

    Flute Concertino

    Cecile Chaminade

    CBC Vancouver Orchestra

    Mario Bernardi, conductor

    Timothy Hutchins, flute

    7:37
  • 11:01 AM

    Romance

    Oscar Merikanto

    Oscar Merinkanto: Summer Evening

    Izumi Tateno, piano

    4:42
  • 10:50 AM

    Macbeth: Overture

    Arthur Sullivan

    Overtures from the British Isles

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    8:13
  • 10:32 AM

    Six Etudes in Canonic Form

    Robert Schumann

    Martha Argerich, piano

    Daniel Barenboim, piano

    16:18
  • 10:14 AM

    Cello Sonata

    Samuel Barber

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    16:42
  • 10:06 AM

    Concerto for Two Trumpets

    Antonio Vivaldi

    L'Art de Maurice Andre

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Maurice Andre, trumpet

    7:16
  • 10:01 AM

    Vespers: Laudate Dominum

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Voice Of The Violin

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    4:44
  • 9:57 AM

    Dumka No. 3

    Bohuslav Martinu

    Exiles' Cafe

    Lara Downes, piano

    1:40
  • 9:23 AM

    Symphony No. 5

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Symphonies 1 & 5

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    33:20
  • 9:17 AM

    El dia que me quieras

    Carlos Gardel

    Christoph Denoth, guitar

    3:54
  • 9:06 AM

    Little Serenade

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    A Swedish Serenade

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    11:09
  • 9:01 AM

    Three Poems by Fricis Barda: Prayer

    Maija Einfelde

    SWR Vocal Ensemble Stuttgart

    Marcus Creed, conductor

    4:36
  • 8:53 AM

    Three Piano Pieces: Wiegenlied

    Zara Levina

    Maria Lettberg, piano

    5:22
  • 8:39 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 4

    Pieter Hellendaal

    Combattimento Consort Amsterdam

    Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor

    12:40
  • 8:12 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Edward MacDowell

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    Donna Amato, piano

    26:18
  • 8:06 AM

    Shanghai Quartet

    5:10
  • 8:01 AM

    Etudes: Adagio

    Knudage Riisager

    Aarhus Symphony Orchestra

    Andreas Delfs, conductor

    4:45
  • 7:39 AM

    Serenade No. 1

    Robert Fuchs

    Fuchs: Serenades Nos. 1 and 2

    Cologne Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Ludwig, conductor

    19:39
  • 7:28 AM

    Fratres (Brothers)

    Arvo Part

    Jalbert and Bach: Violin Concertos, etc.

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Kahane, conductor

    Margaret Batjer, violin

    10:15
  • 7:06 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 62

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Rafal Blechacz, piano

    19:58
  • 7:01 AM

    The Red Pony Suite: Morning on the Ranch

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: The Red Pony; Our Town; The Heiress Suite; Music For Movies

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:33
  • 6:46 AM

    Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    English String Music

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Richard Studt, conductor

    12:19
  • 6:41 AM

    Ambre

    Nils Frahm

    The Glass Effect: The Music of Philip Glass

    Lavinia Meijer, harp

    3:53
  • 6:06 AM

    Symphony No. 3: 1st movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Benjamin Zander, conductor

    33:48
  • 6:01 AM

    Duo Similia

    4:38