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  • 5:52 AM

    12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic

    6:06
  • 5:32 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain"

    Alan Hovhaness

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    19:05
  • 5:06 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 16

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven - Piano Sonatas Vol. 1

    Paul Lewis, piano

    24:39
  • 5:01 AM

    Bees and Bumblebees

    Eugene Arcade Dede

    American Romantics

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    4:33
  • 4:54 AM

    Nocturne No. 6

    Frederic Chopin

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    4:19
  • 4:13 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak And Lalo Cello Concertos

    Prague Philharmonic

    Jakub Hrusa, conductor

    Johannes Moser, cello

    38:41
  • 4:06 AM

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    5:40
  • 4:01 AM

    Caprice-Chaconne

    Francesco Corbetta

    Alfabeto

    Ensemble Kapsberger

    Rolf Lislevand, conductor

    4:48
  • 3:34 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphonies 1 & 4

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    24:13
  • 3:30 AM

    Lu

    Tim Ries

    Dedication

    Prism Quartet

    2:36
  • 3:19 AM

    Impromptu No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    The Magic of Horowitz

    Vladimir Horowitz, piano

    10:06
  • 3:10 AM

    Winter in Buenos Aires (Invierno Porteno)

    Astor Piazzolla

    Vivaldi, Piazzolla: The Four Seasons

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Eduardo Marturet, conductor

    Lara St. John, violin

    6:38
  • 3:06 AM

    See Amid the Winter's Snow

    John Goss

    Essential Carols

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    David Willcocks, conductor

    Simon Preston, organ

    3:51
  • 3:01 AM

    Petite Suite: Caprice

    Joseph Lauber

    Joseph Lauber, 1864-1952

    Rachel Talitman, harp

    4:53
  • 2:54 AM

    Contemplation

    Henriette Renie

    The Healing Harp

    Naoko Yoshino, harp

    4:33
  • 2:15 AM

    Grand Canyon Suite

    Ferde Grofe

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    36:08
  • 2:06 AM

    Rondo for Violin and Orchestra

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Berlin Philharmonic

    David Oistrakh, conductor

    David Oistrakh, violin

    6:33
  • 2:01 AM

    Gnossienne No. 7

    Erik Satie

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    4:50
  • 1:52 AM

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Gustav Holst

    Isthmus Brass

    John Stevens, conductor

    5:57
  • 1:14 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Organ"

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Organ Symphony; Carnival of the Animals

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Antonio Pappano, conductor

    Daniele Rossi, organ

    36:54
  • 1:06 AM

    Eugene Onegin: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Ballets Russes

    France Radio Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    6:01
  • 1:01 AM

    Waltz No. 9 "L'adieu"

    Frederic Chopin

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    4:41
  • 12:43 AM

    Impressions d'ardennes

    Joseph Jongen

    National Orchestra of Belgium

    Roman Kofman, conductor

    14:47
  • 12:25 AM

    Masquerade Suite

    Aram Khachaturian

    Khachaturian: Piano Concerto, etc.

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    16:17
  • 12:22 AM

    Hiroko Ishimoto, piano

    3:24
  • 12:06 AM

    Carmen Fantasy

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Leila Josefowicz, violin

    13:53
  • 12:01 AM

    Silvain Overture

    Andre Gretry

    Gretry: Suites and Overtures

    Orchestre De Bretagne

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    4:45
  • 11:50 PM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphony No. 2, Finlandia

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    8:06
  • 11:36 PM

    Concerto Grosso "Alexander's Feast"

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Alexander's Feast, 3 Oboe Concertos, Sonata A 5

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    12:45
  • 11:28 PM

    Piano Trio: Scherzo

    Louise Farrenc

    Her Voice

    Neave Trio

    6:49
  • 11:19 PM

    Symphony No. 104 "London": 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos 101 The Clock and 104 London

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    8:42
  • 11:15 PM

    Rigaudon

    Cecile Chaminade

    Double Trouble

    Bengt Forsberg, piano

    2:44
  • 11:06 PM

    Concerto Andaluz: 1st movement

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Interchange: Concertos by Rodrigo and Assad

    Delaware Symphony Orchestra

    David Amado, conductor

    8:06
  • 11:01 PM

    Legend No. 6

    Antonin Dvorak

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:47
  • 10:42 PM

    Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    15:57
  • 10:39 PM

    Suantrai (Lullaby)

    Fiontan O Cearbhaill

    Be All Merry

    The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin

    Desmond Earley, conductor

    Niamh McCullough, soprano

    2:33
  • 10:33 PM

    I'll Bid My Heart Be Still

    Rebecca Clarke

    Helen Callus, viola

    Robert McDonald, piano

    3:44
  • 10:26 PM

    String Quartet No. 1: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Dover Quartet

    6:39
  • 10:13 PM

    Suffolk Suite

    Doreen Carwithen

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    11:34
  • 10:06 PM

    Concerto for Two Flutes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    Shigenori Kudo, flute

    6:49
  • 10:03 PM

    Evening Song

    John Ireland

    DELIUS, F. / IRELAND, J.: Songs (arr. for cello and piano)

    Jiaxin Cheng, cello

    2:48
  • 9:53 PM

    C'est l'amour

    Sophia Dussek

    Favourite Airs Arranged for the Harp

    Kyunghee Kim-Sutre, harp

    4:18
  • 9:46 PM

    Love Song "Pisen Lasky"

    Josef Suk

    Josef Suk: Piano Works

    Jonathan Plowright, piano

    6:38
  • 9:16 PM

    String Quintet No. 2

    Felix Mendelssohn

    L'Archibudelli

    28:10
  • 9:12 PM

    Batucada

    Isaias Savio

    Milos: Pasion

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    2:59
  • 9:06 PM

    Abduction from the Seraglio: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    5:45
  • 9:01 PM

    Columbine Polka-Mazurka

    Hans Christian Lumbye

    Lumbye: Polkas, Mazurkas, Waltzes

    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor

    4:29
  • 6:50 PM

    Huapango

    Jose Moncayo

    Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra

    Maximiano Valdez, conductor

    7:52
  • 6:19 PM

    Piano Concerto

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Antonio Pappano, conductor

    Jan Lisiecki, piano

    29:41
  • 6:14 PM

    Appalachian Fantasy

    Tessa Lark

    Tessa Lark, violin

    4:16
  • 6:07 PM

    Sinfonia Finlandia Jyvaskyla

    Patrick Gallois, conductor

    6:26
  • 6:01 PM

    Six Short Pieces: selections

    Henriette Renie

    La Harpe Consolatrice

    Kyunghee Kim-Sutre, harp

    4:47
  • 5:53 PM

    Solo de Concours

    Andre Messager

    French Portraits / Ricardo Morales, Michael Chertok

    Ricardo Morales, clarinet

    5:25
  • 5:12 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World"

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    39:43
  • 5:06 PM

    Requiem: In Paradisum

    Gabriel Faure

    The Most Relaxing Classical Album In The World...Ever!

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    David Willcocks, conductor

    3:44
  • 5:01 PM

    Gold Dust Waltz

    Erik Satie

    Erik Satie: Oeuvres pour piano

    Anne Queffelec, piano

    4:33
  • 4:44 PM

    The Merchant of Venice: Suite

    Arthur Sullivan

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Vivian Dunn, conductor

    14:20
  • 4:36 PM

    Adagio

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Haydn, Mozart, Schubert: Works for Violin and Orchestra

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Arthur Grumiaux, violin

    7:25
  • 4:15 PM

    Wind Quintet

    Jean Francaix

    20th Century Wind Quintets

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    19:20
  • 4:06 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Titan": 2nd movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    7:27
  • 4:01 PM

    Magic Forest Dances: Flower Nymphs

    Stefania de Kenessey

    William Meredith, oboe

    Stefania de Kenessey, piano

    4:35
  • 3:49 PM

    Divertimento

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Telemann: String Concertos

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    9:07
  • 3:45 PM

    Batchelar's Delight

    Thomas Morley

    Corona Guitar Quartet

    Corona Guitar Quartet

    3:40
  • 3:31 PM

    String Quartet No. 1

    Maddalena Laura Sirmen

    Sirmen: The 6 String Quartets / Allegri String Quartet

    Allegri String Quartet

    12:14
  • 3:11 PM

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    18:21
  • 3:06 PM

    Etude No. 3 "Tristesse"

    Frederic Chopin

    Agustin Anievas, piano

    4:16
  • 3:01 PM

    Andantino

    Alfredo Catalani

    Catalani: Ero e Leandro / Contemplazione / Il Mattino

    Rome Symphony Orchestra

    Francesco La Vecchia, conductor

    4:31
  • 2:54 PM

    The Creation (Die Schopfung): The heavens are telling (Die Himmel erzahlen)

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    David Willcocks, conductor

    Heather Harper, soprano

    Robert Tear, tenor

    John Shirley-Quirk, baritone

    4:45
  • 2:47 PM

    Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball

    Hector Berlioz

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    6:24
  • 2:35 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Overture

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Orchestral Suites

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    10:11
  • 2:29 PM

    Toute vie

    Lou Koster

    Koster: Orchestral Music

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    6:05
  • 2:21 PM

    Symphony No. 3

    Carl Friedrich Abel

    Abel: Overtures & Sinfonias

    Il Fondamento

    Paul Dombrecht, conductor

    7:16
  • 2:18 PM

    Folk Suite No. 3: Wade in the Water

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    1:48
  • 2:09 PM

    Morning Papers Waltz

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss Waltzes

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    8:00
  • 2:06 PM

    Shepherd's Hey

    Percy Grainger

    Denver Brass

    2:07
  • 2:01 PM

    Maghera Mountain

    Martin Hayes

    Brooklyn Rider

    Martin Hayes, Irish fiddle

    4:45
  • 1:55 PM

    The Red Poppy: Russian Sailor's Dance

    Reinhold Gliere

    Pops a la Russe

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:38
  • 1:47 PM

    Symphony No. 7: Scherzo

    Emilie Mayer

    Berlin Chamber Symphony Ensemble

    Jurgen Bruns, conductor

    6:46
  • 1:34 PM

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    12:06
  • 1:28 PM

    Butterfly's Day Out

    Mark O'Connor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Mark O'Connor, mandolin

    Edgar Meyer, double bass

    4:40
  • 1:25 PM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenade KV 361 "Gran Partita"

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    3:14
  • 1:21 PM

    Polska after Olof Norblad

    Anonymous

    Baroque Tales

    Lynx Ensemble

    3:32
  • 1:12 PM

    Italian Serenade

    Hugo Wolf

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    7:29
  • 1:06 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 2

    Antonin Dvorak

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos

    4:59
  • 1:01 PM

    Three Chinese Folk Songs

    Zhou Long

    Shanghai Quartet

    4:43
  • 12:53 PM

    Symphony No. 4 "Italian": Saltarello

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4, Hebrides Overture

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    5:25
  • 12:49 PM

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits

    Christoph Gluck

    Romance Of The Violin

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    3:53
  • 12:44 PM

    Bella Bocca Polka

    Emil Waldteufel

    Music of Waldteufel

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:46
  • 12:36 PM

    Zadok the Priest

    George Frideric Handel

    The Greatest Choral Show On Earth

    English Chamber Orchestra

    David Willcocks, conductor

    5:55
  • 12:29 PM

    Octet: 5th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Isabelle Faust, violin

    Anne-Katharina Schreiber, violin

    James Boyd, viola

    Kristin von der Goltz, cello

    James Munro, bass

    Lorenzo Coppola, clarinet

    7:15
  • 12:26 PM

    Album Leaf

    Agathe Grondahl

    Hiroko Ishimoto, piano

    2:18
  • 12:19 PM

    Raymonda: Entr'acte

    Alexander Glazunov

    Russian Adagios

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    6:01
  • 12:09 PM

    Symphony No. 1

    Thomas Arne

    Arne: Four Symphonies / Adrian Shepherd, Cantilena

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    8:36
  • 12:06 PM

    The Prince of Denmark's March

    Jeremiah Clarke

    Canadian Brass

    2:25
  • 12:03 PM

    Les Tours de Passe-Passe (Sleight of Hand)

    Francois Couperin

    David Russell, guitar

    2:46
  • 11:51 AM

    Rodeo: Buckaroo Holiday

    Aaron Copland

    Colorado Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    7:09
  • 11:36 AM

    Suite for Strings

    Armstrong Gibbs

    Armstrong Gibbs: Dale and Fell

    Guildhall Strings

    Robert Salter, conductor

    14:03
  • 11:27 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart, Strauss: Horn Concertos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Radovan Vlatkovic, horn

    8:36
  • 11:22 AM

    Two pieces from Temple Fair

    Zu-Xin Jiang

    Shanghai Quartet

    3:42
  • 11:19 AM

    Seven Popular Spanish Songs: Jota

    Manuel de Falla

    Claremont Duo

    2:55
  • 11:08 AM

    Polonaise Brillante

    Franz Liszt

    Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue; Addinsell: Warsaw Concerto

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Misha Dichter, piano

    9:27
  • 11:06 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2: Badinerie

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Isabelle Perrin, harp

    Shigenori Kudo, flute

    1:27
  • 11:01 AM

    Characteristic Suite: Scherzo

    Henry Schoenefeld

    American Romantics

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    4:51
  • 10:39 AM

    Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    19:15
  • 10:24 AM

    Quintet

    Franz Danzi

    Ensemble Wien-Berlin

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    13:36
  • 10:17 AM

    A Cotswold Hill Tune

    Charles Wilfrid Orr

    Green And Pleasant Land

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    5:00
  • 10:06 AM

    Four Seasons: Spring

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Joshua Bell, violin

    10:11
  • 10:01 AM

    Tango No. 2

    Astor Piazzolla

    Tali Morgulis, piano

    4:45
  • 9:21 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Vasily Kalinnikov

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    37:19
  • 9:17 AM

    Berceuse (Lullaby)

    Mikhail Antsev

    Violin Lullabies / Rachel Barton Pine

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    3:06
  • 9:06 AM

    6 Early Netherlands Dances

    Julius Rontgen

    Rontgern: Symphony No. 18

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    David Porcelijn, conductor

    9:29
  • 9:01 AM

    Love's Labours Lost: 3 Soliloquies

    Gerald Finzi

    FINZI: Clarinet Concerto / Five Bagatelles / Three Soliloquies / Romance

    Northern Sinfonia

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    4:48
  • 8:44 AM

    Fantastic Scherzo

    Josef Suk

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    14:50
  • 8:35 AM

    Big Sky, Low Horizon

    Michael Ippolito

    Michael Ippolito: Songlines

    Attacca Quartet

    7:54
  • 8:16 AM

    Double Keyboard Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Art of Bach

    Anderson & Roe Piano Duo

    17:58
  • 8:06 AM

    The Planets: Saturn

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Colin Davis, conductor

    8:52
  • 8:01 AM

    Seringapatam

    Bruce Paine

    Waitemata Reverie: Music by Bruce Paine

    Gunter Herbig, guitar

    4:34
  • 7:39 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Symphonies 1 & 3, etc.

    Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor

    19:40
  • 7:32 AM

    Colonial Song

    Percy Grainger

    Lincolnshire Posy

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    6:11
  • 7:06 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 4

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    Lambert Orkis, piano

    23:50
  • 7:01 AM

    Aleko: Women's Dance

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    4:36
  • 6:30 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 10

    August Muller

    Muller: Flute Concertos

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Timo Handschuh, conductor

    Tatjana Ruhland, flute

    28:14
  • 6:21 AM

    String Quartet No. 3: The Abbey

    Elena Ruehr

    Cypress String Quartet

    8:53
  • 6:06 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Lennox Berkeley

    The Berkeley Edition, Volume 1 - Pyatt

    BBC Welsh National Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    12:46
  • 6:01 AM

    Valse Triste

    Jean Sibelius

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    4:40