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  • 5:16 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Johannes Brahms

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Andris Nelsons, conductor

    42:11
  • 5:06 AM

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    8:03
  • 5:01 AM

    Lachrimae Tristes

    John Dowland

    The Dowland Consort

    Jakob Lindberg, conductor

    4:45
  • 4:43 AM

    Mediterranean Concerto: Slow and Sad

    John McLaughlin

    John McLaughlin: The Mediterranean Concerto

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    John McLaughlin, guitar

    15:33
  • 4:26 AM

    Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise

    Frederic Chopin

    Artur Rubinstein, piano

    14:58
  • 4:16 AM

    String Circle: Ballad

    Kenji Bunch

    ALIAS Chamber Ensemble

    7:30
  • 4:06 AM

    Concerto for Violin and Organ

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Music for the Chapel of the Pieta

    La Serenissima

    10:08
  • 4:01 AM

    Light of a Clear Blue Morning

    Dolly Parton

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    4:30
  • 3:36 AM

    Viola Concerto

    Jennifer Higdon

    Nashville Symphony Orchestra

    Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor

    Roberto Diaz, viola

    21:44
  • 3:22 AM

    Italian Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Lise de la Salle, piano

    12:03
  • 3:18 AM

    Pine Trees

    Mary Lattimore

    Silver Ladders

    Mary Lattimore, harp

    3:19
  • 3:06 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Alessandro Marcello

    Venetian Oboe Concertos

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Simon Wright, conductor

    John Anderson, oboe

    10:59
  • 3:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 2: Scherzo

    Alexander Borodin

    Emerson String Quartet

    4:47
  • 2:40 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Johann Hummel

    The Enlightened Trumpet

    Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marios Papadopoulous, conductor

    Paul Merkelo, trumpet

    18:32
  • 2:17 AM

    Gaspard de la Nuit

    Maurice Ravel

    Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit u.a.

    Andrei Gavrilov, piano

    21:17
  • 2:11 AM

    Fritiof Suite: Fritiof's infatuation

    Elfrida Andree

    Stockholm Symphony Orchestra

    Gustaf Sjokvist, conductor

    3:43
  • 2:06 AM

    Estudio Sin Luz/Anecdotas 2

    Andres Segovia

    David Russell, guitar

    4:56
  • 2:01 AM

    Concerto Grosso: 2nd movement

    Henry Cowell

    Manhattan Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Auldon Clark, conductor

    4:41
  • 1:41 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Arthur Sullivan

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Julian Lloyd Webber, cello

    17:24
  • 1:29 AM

    Concerto for Two Mandolins

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    10:04
  • 1:18 AM

    Variations and finale on "Clair de la Lune"

    Charles Lucien Lambert

    Yi-Chun Sunny Kuo, piano

    9:40
  • 1:06 AM

    Oboe Concerto No. 8

    Tomaso Albinoni

    I Musici

    Heinz Holliger, oboe

    11:09
  • 1:01 AM

    Angela's Ashes: Angela's Prayer

    John Williams

    Studio Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:47
  • 12:49 AM

    Behold, the Beautiful Light of the Sun

    Traditional Norwegian

    Strid

    Oslo Chamber Choir

    Hakon Daniel Nystedt, conductor

    Helga Gunnes, soprano

    6:52
  • 12:24 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 17 "The Tempest"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Andras Schiff, piano

    24:31
  • 12:15 AM

    The Planets: Jupiter

    Gustav Holst

    Dallas Space Spectacular

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    7:50
  • 12:11 AM

    Xerxes: Largo

    George Frideric Handel

    Strings! The Definitive Collection

    Guildhall Strings

    2:52
  • 12:05 AM

    Pearl Fishers: Au fond du temple saint (Temple Duet)

    Georges Bizet

    The Pearl Fishers Duet, plus duets and scenes by Puccini and Verdi

    RCA Symphony Orchestra

    Renato Cellini, conductor

    Jussi Bjorling, tenor

    4:37
  • 11:59 PM

    Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune (Moonlight)

    Claude Debussy

    Music for a Rainy Day

    Roland Pontinen, piano

    5:35
  • 11:37 PM

    berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet

    21:51
  • 11:32 PM

    Scherzo a la Russe

    Igor Stravinsky

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    3:59
  • 11:29 PM

    Prelude in e minor

    Chopin

    Alexander Boldachev, harp

    2:18
  • 11:24 PM

    Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle

    Jacques Offenbach

    Souvenirs

    Prague Philharmonia

    Emmanuel Villaume, conductor

    Anna Netrebko, soprano

    3:42
  • 11:15 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 15 (The Tempest)

    Beethoven

    Glenn Gould, piano

    7:29
  • 11:05 PM

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

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss: Waltzes And Overtures

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Franz Welser-Most, conductor

    9:39
  • 11:03 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:56
  • 10:44 PM

    Cello Sonata No. 4

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Hope Amid Tears

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    16:43
  • 10:40 PM

    The Water is Wide

    Traditional

    Harvest Home

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    3:54
  • 10:20 PM

    The Birds

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Trittico Botticelliano, Gli Uccelli, Antiche Danze

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    18:12
  • 10:10 PM

    Schwanda the Bagpiper: Polka and Fugue

    Jaromir Weinberger

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    9:17
  • 10:03 PM

    The Valkyrie: Ride of the Valkyries

    Richard Wagner

    Fright Night

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    5:02
  • 9:56 PM

    New Pizzicato Polka

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alfred Walter, conductor

    3:25
  • 9:54 PM

    Pizzicato Polka

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    2:33
  • 9:31 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Trondheim Soloists

    Alisa Weilerstein, cello

    21:29
  • 9:29 PM

    Gloria

    Vivaldi

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra/Chorus

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    2:22
  • 9:18 PM

    Concert Piece for Clarinet and Basset Horn

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Jorg Faerber, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    Wolfgang Meyer, basset horn

    8:27
  • 9:11 PM

    The Days (I giorni)

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Ludovico Einaudi: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    5:44
  • 9:06 PM

    Sleigh Ride

    Leroy Anderson

    Leroy Anderson Favorites

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    2:53
  • 9:00 PM

    The Children of Lir: Adieu To Thee, O Bhodhbh Deard

    Patrick Cassidy

    Patrick Cassidy: The Children of Lir

    London Symphony Orchestra

    4:07
  • 6:41 PM

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 2

    Edvard Grieg

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    17:03
  • 6:18 PM

    Octet for Winds

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Music for Winds

    Stephen Taylor, oboe

    21:22
  • 6:12 PM

    Lansdowne Symphony Orchestra

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    4:23
  • 6:06 PM

    Tabby Cat Walk

    William Bolcom

    John Murphy, piano

    5:22
  • 6:01 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 4th movement

    Adalbert Gyrowetz

    Contemporaries Of Mozart - Gyrowetz: Symphonies / Bamert, London Mozart Players

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    4:40
  • 5:18 PM

    Music of the Spheres Waltz

    Josef Strauss

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    9:53
  • 4:25 PM

    Pansies Polka Mazurka

    Josef Strauss

    New Year's Eve Concert 2004

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    4:36
  • 4:06 PM

    Sinfonia No. 6

    Gaspard Fritz

    Fritz: 5 Sinfonias

    La Stagione Frankfurt

    Michael Schneider, conductor

    11:28
  • 4:00 PM

    Sun and Moon and Stars

    Bill Whelan

    Invisible Stars - Choral Works of Ireland and Scotland

    The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin

    Desmond Earley, conductor

    Emily Doyle, soprano

    5:37
  • 3:45 PM

    Symphony: 1st movement

    Alice Mary Smith

    London Mozart Players

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    13:27
  • 3:38 PM

    Polonaise for Violin and Strings

    Franz Schubert

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    5:55
  • 3:19 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 9

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Fazil Say, piano

    17:54
  • 3:11 PM

    Air for Flute

    Alec Wilder

    Manhattan Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Auldon Clark, conductor

    Eugenia Zukerman, flute

    5:59
  • 3:06 PM

    Mlada: Procession of the Nobles

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Orchestral Spectaculars

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:30
  • 3:01 PM

    String Quartet No. 4: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Dover Quartet

    4:39
  • 2:52 PM

    Danse Macabre

    Camille Saint-Saens

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

    Paris Orchestra

    Pierre Dervaux, conductor

    6:46
  • 2:37 PM

    Oboe Concerto

    Christoph Forster

    La Follia

    Christophe Poiget, conductor

    Lajos Lencses, oboe

    13:28
  • 2:33 PM

    Liebesfreud (Love's Joy)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Violin Romances

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Gil Shaham, violin

    3:04
  • 2:29 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1: Adagietto

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Carmen Suite, L'arlesienne Suites Etc.

    Orchestra of the Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    3:26
  • 2:21 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 11: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn & Ligeti Concertos & Capriccios

    Danish National Symphony Orchestra

    Shai Wosner, piano

    7:28
  • 2:14 PM

    Artaxerxes: Overture

    Thomas Arne

    Capella Savaria

    Mary Terey-Smith, conductor

    6:01
  • 2:09 PM

    Legend No. 1

    Antonin Dvorak

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    3:17
  • 2:06 PM

    The Three-Cornered Hat: Miller's Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Romance D'amour

    Narciso Yepes, guitar

    3:03
  • 2:01 PM

    Minuetto

    Ricardo Castro

    El arbol de la vida

    Eduardo Mata University Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Rivero Weber, conductor

    4:47
  • 1:52 PM

    Norwegian Dance No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:01
  • 1:44 PM

    Homestead Dances: Quilters' Dance

    Don Ray

    Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra

    Derek Gleeson, conductor

    7:59
  • 1:40 PM

    Auf Flugeln des Gesanges (On wings of song)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto; Octet; Songs

    Daniel Hope, violin

    2:22
  • 1:34 PM

    Concerto for Strings

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    5:38
  • 1:29 PM

    Bassoon Concerto: Rondo

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Janiczek, conductor

    Peter Whelan, bassoon

    4:35
  • 1:13 PM

    Serenade for Strings

    Hans Gal

    Symphony Nova Scotia

    Georg Tintner, conductor

    15:11
  • 1:09 PM

    La Peri (The Fairy): Fanfare

    Paul Dukas

    New York Philharmonic

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    2:24
  • 1:06 PM

    Gymnopedie No. 1

    Erik Satie

    A Second of Silence

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    2:11
  • 1:01 PM

    The English Patient: Convento di Sant'Anna

    Gabriel Yared

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    4:41
  • 12:54 PM

    Eugene Onegin: Polonaise

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 3, Capriccio Italien

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    4:51
  • 12:47 PM

    Passacaglia

    Biagio Marini

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    6:08
  • 12:44 PM

    The Ruins of Athens: Turkish March

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    1:35
  • 12:35 PM

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    Alec Frank-Gemmill, horn

    7:56
  • 12:26 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 27: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos Vol 1

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Christian Zacharias, conductor

    Christian Zacharias, piano

    8:49
  • 12:18 PM

    String Quartet No. 3: Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Calidore String Quartet

    7:15
  • 12:09 PM

    Symphony No. 5

    William Boyce

    William Boyce Symphonies

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Ronald Thomas, conductor

    7:32
  • 12:06 PM

    Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Concertos And Transcriptions

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    2:23
  • 12:03 PM

    Serenade No. 1: Scherzo

    Johannes Brahms

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    2:37
  • 11:41 AM

    Dolly Suite

    Gabriel Faure

    The French Connection

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:18
  • 11:36 AM

    Danny Boy (Irish Tune from County Derry)

    Traditional Irish

    Let Your Voice Be Heard

    Cantus

    2:49
  • 11:20 AM

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    15:58
  • 11:17 AM

    Jazz Suite No. 1: Waltz

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Jazz Music

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    2:37
  • 11:09 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 9

    Bruce Haynes

    Montreal Baroque Orchestra

    Eric Milnes, conductor

    6:29
  • 11:06 AM

    Carnival of the Animals: The Swan

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    2:29
  • 11:01 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Johan Svendsen

    Svendsen: Symphonies 1 & 2

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    4:46
  • 10:44 AM

    Double Bass Quartet No. 4

    Franz Hoffmeister

    Rossini: String Sonatas; Hoffmeister: Solo Quartets

    Minna Pensola, violin

    14:15
  • 10:34 AM

    Mediodia en el Llano (Noon on the Plain)

    Antonio Estevez

    Fiesta

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    7:52
  • 10:19 AM

    Horn Concerto

    Antonio Rosetti

    Herrmann Baumann

    Concerto Amsterdam

    Jaap Schroder, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    13:51
  • 10:06 AM

    Last Hour Story

    Julia Kent

    Julia Kent, cello

    12:15
  • 10:01 AM

    Morning on the Water

    Jacques Ibert

    La Harpe Consolatrice

    Kyunghee Kim-Sutre, harp

    4:34
  • 9:27 AM

    Piano Trio No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Complete Cycle of Trios (Vol. 2)

    Joseph Kalichstein, piano

    31:14
  • 9:23 AM

    Sonata No. 9 "La Reggiana"

    Marco Uccellini

    Uccellini: La Bergamasca

    Arcadian Academy

    4:04
  • 9:06 AM

    Elegy for Violin and Strings

    Keith Jarrett

    Fairfield Orchestra

    Thomas Crawford, conductor

    Michelle Makarski, violin

    14:43
  • 9:01 AM

    The Mermaid Suite: Dance of 24 Mermaids

    Wu Zuqiang/Du Mingxin

    Concert Suites

    China National Symphony Orchestra

    Zuohuang Chen, conductor

    4:44
  • 8:46 AM

    Trio Sonata No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Palladian Ensemble

    12:33
  • 8:41 AM

    American Symphony: Prayer

    Adam Schoenberg

    Kansas City Symphony

    Michael Stern, conductor

    4:58
  • 8:27 AM

    Sonatina No. 1 "From an Invalid's Workshop": 1st movement

    Richard Strauss

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    12:00
  • 8:06 AM

    Impressions: Suite for Chamber Orchestra

    Clarice Assad

    Together

    New Century Chamber Orchestra

    19:52
  • 8:01 AM

    Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens: Adagio

    John Williams

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    4:31
  • 7:32 AM

    Piano Trio

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel, Faure, and Bonis: Trios avec piano

    Trio George Sand

    26:27
  • 7:27 AM

    Agua e Vinho (Water and Wine)

    Egberto Gismonti

    Tanguero: Music from South America

    Christoph Denoth, guitar

    4:04
  • 7:06 AM

    Suite for Large Orchestra

    Helena Munktell

    Gavle Symphony Orchestra

    Tobias Ringborg, conductor

    19:17
  • 7:01 AM

    Ensemble Giardino di Delizie

    4:35
  • 6:27 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Antar"

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Great Orchestral Works

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    30:57
  • 6:22 AM

    The Seasons: Petit Adagio

    Alexander Glazunov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade, Arensky: Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky, Glazunov: The Seasons, Concert Waltzes

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    4:48
  • 6:06 AM

    Piano Trio "Variations on an Original Theme"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beaux Arts Trio

    14:06
  • 6:01 AM

    Petite Symphony: Finale

    Charles Gounod

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    4:47