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  • 5:54 AM

    Pavane and Bransles

    Antoine Francisque

    The World of the Harp

    Susann McDonald, harp

    3:10
  • 5:06 AM

    Ein Heldenleben

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, etc.

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    47:25
  • 5:01 AM

    Pavan-Capriccio

    Isaac Albeniz

    Duo Van Dua

    4:36
  • 4:42 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Stephen Shingles, viola

    Roger Best, viola

    Dennis Nesbitt, viola da gamba

    Marilyn Samson, viola da gamba

    16:43
  • 4:21 AM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 1

    Bernhard Crusell

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    Martin Frost, clarinet

    19:56
  • 4:15 AM

    Suite on Galician Songs: Homesickness

    Enrique Granados

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Pablo Gonzalez, conductor

    5:05
  • 4:06 AM

    Adagio for Strings

    Samuel Barber

    Ying String Quartet

    6:49
  • 4:01 AM

    Idomeneo: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Arias for Male Soprano

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    4:28
  • 3:27 AM

    Piano Quintet No. 1

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Musique du Chambre 2

    Quatuor Parrenin

    Jean-Philippe Collard, piano

    31:26
  • 3:21 AM

    Symphony No. 1: Scherzo

    Jean Sibelius

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    4:31
  • 3:17 AM

    Graham Anthony Devine, guitar

    2:37
  • 3:06 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 11

    Arcangelo Corelli

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    9:40
  • 3:01 AM

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    4:36
  • 2:50 AM

    Variations on "I Got Rhythm"

    George Gershwin

    Fazil Say

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Fazil Say, piano

    7:56
  • 2:40 AM

    Hymn to St. Cecilia

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten: Spring Symphony; Hymn to St Cecilia etc.

    Monteverdi Choir

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    Gill Ross, soprano

    9:43
  • 2:31 AM

    Ode for St. Cecilia's Day: Overture

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell: Hail, Bright Cecilia!

    Gabrieli Players

    Paul McCreesh, conductor

    8:39
  • 2:21 AM

    Bartered Bride: Overture

    Bedrich Smetana

    The Moldau

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    6:52
  • 2:06 AM

    Romance for Violin and Orchestra

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Encore Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hege, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    12:37
  • 2:01 AM

    Symphony No. 8: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Andris Nelsons, conductor

    4:38
  • 1:36 AM

    Pines of Rome

    Ottorino Respighi

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    21:56
  • 1:17 AM

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Stephan Hammer, oboe

    17:34
  • 1:15 AM

    Christopher Parkening, guitar

    2:03
  • 1:06 AM

    Images for Orchestra: Iberia: On Highways and Byways

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Orchestral Works

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    7:03
  • 1:01 AM

    Douglas Riva, piano

    4:30
  • 12:42 AM

    Tragic Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    15:01
  • 12:17 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 2

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Cello Concertos - Bloch, Dvorak, Faure, Haydn, Lalo, Saint-Saens

    Moscow Soloists

    Yuri Bashmet, conductor

    Anne Gastinel, cello

    24:07
  • 12:16 AM

    Three-Part Sinfonia No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Inventions and Sinfonias

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    :55
  • 12:06 AM

    Overture to a Comedy

    Henry Gardiner

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    8:26
  • 12:01 AM

    Contredanse and Tarantelle

    Frederic Chopin

    Malcolm Frager, piano

    4:35
  • 11:43 PM

    Irish Rhapsody

    Victor Herbert

    Victor Herbert: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 and 2

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    15:47
  • 11:26 PM

    Tannhauser: Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Klemperer Conducts Wagner: Album I

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Otto Klemperer, conductor

    14:46
  • 11:18 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
  • 11:06 PM

    CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra

    Hartmut Haenchen, conductor

    10:57
  • 11:01 PM

    Night and Day

    Cole Porter

    Night and Day

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    4:34
  • 10:55 PM

    String Quartet No. 2: 3rd movement

    Robert Schumann

    The Schumann Quartets

    Dover Quartet

    3:06
  • 10:49 PM

    Pavane for a Dead Princess (Pavane pour une infante defunte)

    Maurice Ravel

    Duo Similia

    5:32
  • 10:39 PM

    School for Scandal Overture

    Samuel Barber

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:56
  • 10:37 PM

    A Slumber Song of the Madonna

    Samuel Barber

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    1:42
  • 10:24 PM

    Orchestra-Symphony No. 4

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    CPE Bach: 4 Symphonies

    English Concert

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    11:34
  • 10:07 PM

    Wand of Youth Suite No. 2

    Edward Elgar

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    16:27
  • 10:03 PM

    Canzon No. 2

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    National Brass Ensemble: Gabrieli

    National Brass Ensemble

    2:37
  • 9:41 PM

    Danish National Chamber Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    17:33
  • 9:33 PM

    Concert Suite for Violin and Orchestra: Gavotte

    Sergei Taneyev

    Kiev Virtuosi Symphony Orchestra

    Dmitri Yablonsky, conductor

    Annelle Gregory, violin

    6:03
  • 9:28 PM

    Gavotte

    David Popper

    Le Grand Tango and Other Dances for Cello and Piano

    Maria Kliegel, cello

    5:12
  • 9:14 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel Concerti Grossi Op 12

    Concentus Musicus Vienna

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    12:29
  • 9:06 PM

    Don Pasquale: Sinfonia

    Gaetano Donizetti

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    6:43
  • 9:01 PM

    Fall River Legend: Hymnal Variations

    Morton Gould

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Sedares, conductor

    4:33
  • 6:45 PM

    String Quartet No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Hagen Quartet

    13:08
  • 6:27 PM

    Concerto for Flute, Strings, Two Oboes and Two Horns

    Friedrich Hartmann Graf

    Friedrich Hartmann Graf: Flute Concertos

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Johannes Moesus, conductor

    Gaby Pas-van Riet, flute

    16:02
  • 6:11 PM

    In a Summer Garden

    Frederick Delius

    Halle Orchestra

    John Barbirolli, conductor

    14:53
  • 6:06 PM

    Polonaise No. 3 "Military"

    Frederic Chopin

    Artur Rubinstein, piano

    4:11
  • 6:01 PM

    Katrina Szederkenyi, harp

    4:48
  • 5:52 PM

    Concerto for 7 Trumpets and Timpani

    Johann Altenburg

    Wallace Collection

    John Wallace, conductor

    6:09
  • 5:23 PM

    Serenade for Strings

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenades Op. 22 & 44

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    27:34
  • 5:19 PM

    Serenade

    Mel Bonis

    Sara Chenal, violin

    Jean-Pierre Ferey, piano

    3:29
  • 5:06 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Edward Gardner, conductor

    11:25
  • 5:01 PM

    Carnival-Waltz

    Florent Schmitt

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    4:48
  • 4:44 PM

    Prisms, Cycles, Leaps

    Derrick Skye

    Prisms, Cycles, Leaps

    Bridge to Everywhere

    14:08
  • 4:23 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 31

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven Piano Sonatas: No. 11, Op. 22; No. 13, Op. 27 No. 1; No. 31, Op. 110

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    19:12
  • 4:18 PM

    Chopi (Danza Paraguaya)

    Pablo Escobar

    Batucada: South American Guitar Music

    Graham Anthony Devine, guitar

    3:20
  • 4:06 PM

    Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1

    Georges Enescu

    Symphonic Spectacular

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    11:52
  • 4:01 PM

    Symphony: 4th movement

    Johan Zander

    Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    4:44
  • 3:40 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Johann Hummel

    Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marios Papadopoulous, conductor

    Paul Merkelo, trumpet

    18:32
  • 3:16 PM

    Violin Sonata

    Cesar Franck

    Key of A

    Lara St. John, violin

    22:06
  • 3:12 PM

    Panis Angelicus

    Cesar Franck

    Libera: Peace

    Libera

    Robert Prizeman, conductor

    3:14
  • 3:07 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 2

    Antonin Dvorak

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Kubelik, conductor

    4:43
  • 3:00 PM

    Ballade "About Olden Times"

    Anatol Liadov

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    5:52
  • 2:56 PM

    Korobeiniki (Song of the Peddler)

    Traditional Russian

    European Folkscapes

    Apollo Chamber Players

    2:18
  • 2:49 PM

    Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1

    Edward Elgar

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    6:24
  • 2:45 PM

    Musical Jewellery Box

    Stephen Hough

    Stephen Hough, piano

    2:57
  • 2:33 PM

    Symphony No. 6, "Pastoral": 2nd mvt ("Scene by a Brook")

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    11:11
  • 2:27 PM

    Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle

    Jacques Offenbach

    Offenbach: Overtures

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    3:32
  • 2:22 PM

    Avos Chamber Orchestra

    Alessio Pianelli, cello

    5:02
  • 2:17 PM

    St. Cecilia: Overture

    Maurice Greene

    Baroque Band

    Garry Clarke, conductor

    3:45
  • 2:09 PM

    Dances from Terpsichore

    Michael Praetorius

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    4:25
  • 2:04 PM

    Eugene Onegin: Polonaise

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6, Etc

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    4:31
  • 1:49 PM

    By the Beautiful Blue Danube (An der schonen, blauen Donau)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss: Gala I

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    9:22
  • 1:46 PM

    Beautiful Rosemary (Schon Rosmarin)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Abbey Road Ensemble

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    1:54
  • 1:31 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Pinchas Zukerman: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon and Philips

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    13:27
  • 1:25 PM

    Piano Concerto: Scherzo

    Amy Beach

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Rebecca Miller, conductor

    Danny Driver, piano

    5:34
  • 1:20 PM

    Piano Quintet "Trout": Scherzo

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Trout Quintet, Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik, Hugo Wolf: Italian Serenade

    Takacs Quartet

    Andreas Haefliger, piano

    3:52
  • 1:15 PM

    Bassoon Concerto: Rondo

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2, Bassoon Concerto

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    Karen Geoghegan, bassoon

    4:09
  • 1:12 PM

    Empire Brass

    1:28
  • 1:07 PM

    Five Renaissance Dances

    Pierre Attaingnant

    The Renaissance Lute

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    5:03
  • 1:04 PM

    Prince Igor: Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens

    Alexander Borodin

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    2:33
  • 12:49 PM

    Miniature Concerto

    Robin Milford

    Guildhall Strings

    9:09
  • 12:40 PM

    Prince and the Mermaid Suite

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    7:24
  • 12:29 PM

    Concerto for Two Mandolins

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    10:04
  • 12:25 PM

    Matinees Musicales: Pantomime

    Benjamin Britten

    Rossini, Respighi: La Boutique Fantasque

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    2:51
  • 12:18 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: Andante

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach, Vasks: Distant Light - Violin Concertos

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Renaud Capucon, conductor

    Renaud Capucon, violin

    5:51
  • 12:14 PM

    Sunlight

    Max Richter

    Baltic Sea Philharmonic

    Kristjan Jarvi, conductor

    3:54
  • 12:08 PM

    Symphony No. 3

    William Boyce

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Ronald Thomas, conductor

    5:05
  • 11:49 AM

    Symphony No. 3: 2nd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphonies 1-4

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    9:18
  • 11:35 AM

    String Quartet No. 1

    Maddalena Laura Sirmen

    Sirmen: The 6 String Quartets / Allegri String Quartet

    Allegri String Quartet

    12:14
  • 11:23 AM

    Suffolk Suite

    Doreen Carwithen

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    11:34
  • 11:18 AM

    Prelude No. 15 "Raindrop"

    Frederic Chopin

    Piano Dreams

    Martha Argerich, piano

    4:53
  • 11:10 AM

    Sonorous Table Suite (Mensa sonora): Part 5

    Heinrich Biber

    Baroque Band

    Garry Clarke, conductor

    6:16
  • 11:06 AM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1: Gagliarda

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances, Etc

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    3:36
  • 11:01 AM

    Divertimento No. 14: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Divertimenti

    Berlin Philharmonic Winds

    4:30
  • 10:49 AM

    Trio Sonata No. 2

    Dietrich Buxtehude

    Eroica Trio

    9:47
  • 10:18 AM

    Negro Folk Symphony

    William Dawson

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    28:28
  • 10:06 AM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel, Debussy, Saint-Saens, Roussel

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    Skaila Kanga, harp

    10:31
  • 10:01 AM

    Staatskapelle Weimar

    Peter Gulke, conductor

    4:38
  • 9:24 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alexander Vedernikov, conductor

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    34:46
  • 9:19 AM

    The Deer Hunter: Cavatina

    Stanley Myers

    A Touch of Class

    Angel Romero, guitar

    3:09
  • 9:06 AM

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Uto Ughi, violin

    11:59
  • 9:01 AM

    Notre Dame: Intermezzo

    Franz Schmidt

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    4:40
  • 8:46 AM

    Liebeslieder Walzer (Love-Song Waltzes)

    Johannes Brahms

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    12:52
  • 8:21 AM

    String Quartet No. 2 "Intimate Letters"

    Leos Janacek

    Emerson String Quartet

    22:54
  • 8:06 AM

    Pohjola's Daughter

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Tone Poems & Incidental Music

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    14:16
  • 8:01 AM

    Unsent Love Letters

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Tamara-Anna Cislowska, piano

    4:39
  • 7:27 AM

    Symphony No. 10 "In Autumn"

    Joachim Raff

    Slovak State Phiharmonic, Kosice

    Urs Schneider, conductor

    31:34
  • 7:19 AM

    Evensongs: Abide Canons

    Ingram Marshall

    Maia Quartet

    6:07
  • 7:06 AM

    Quiet Reflections

    Jack Gallagher

    London Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    12:01
  • 7:01 AM

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    4:47
  • 6:33 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Charles Stanford

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    Gemma Rosefield, cello

    25:30
  • 6:29 AM

    Beati quorum via integra est (Blessed are They)

    Charles Stanford

    Hear My Prayer

    Voices of Ascension

    Dennis Keene, conductor

    3:20
  • 6:06 AM

    Wanderer Fantasy

    Franz Schubert

    Andre Watts: The Schubert Recital

    Andre Watts, piano

    20:47
  • 6:01 AM

    Paul's Steeple and Stingo

    John Playford

    Apollo's Banquet

    4:42