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  • 5:49 AM

    Spiegel im Spiegel (Mirror in the Mirror)

    Arvo Part

    Daniel Hope, violin

    Jacques Ammon, piano

    9:53
  • 5:20 AM

    Road to the Sun

    Pat Metheny

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    28:46
  • 5:06 AM

    The Song of Hiawatha: Overture

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    11:22
  • 5:01 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Romanza

    Ernst von Dohnanyi

    English Sinfonia

    John Farrer, conductor

    4:37
  • 4:47 AM

    Breaking Waves

    Helena Munktell

    Helena Munktell: Orchestral Works

    Gavle Symphony Orchestra

    Tobias Ringborg, conductor

    11:14
  • 4:22 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 5 "Spring"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    Marc Neikrug, piano

    24:06
  • 4:06 AM

    Irish Rhapsody No. 1

    Charles Stanford

    Stanford: Symphony No. 6

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    13:39
  • 4:01 AM

    Serenade No. 6 "Serenata Notturna": 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    4:31
  • 3:48 AM

    Darkness in the Ancient Valley: Benediction

    Richard Danielpour

    Nashville Symphony Orchestra

    Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor

    10:49
  • 3:30 AM

    Simple Symphony

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten: Works for String Orchestra

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    16:49
  • 3:20 AM

    Sainte-Chapelle

    Eric Whitacre

    Eric Whitacre: Sainte-Chapelle

    Tallis Scholars

    Peter Philips, conductor

    8:29
  • 3:06 AM

    Piano Trio No. 35

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Beaux Arts Trio

    12:11
  • 3:01 AM

    Four Sketches: Legend

    Eugene Goossens

    Goossens: Chamber Works

    London Chamber Music Group

    Susan Milan, flute

    4:48
  • 2:42 AM

    Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Norfolk Rhapsody etc.

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    16:06
  • 2:22 AM

    Holberg Suite

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg; Nielsen; Sibelius; Wiren

    Guildhall Strings

    19:04
  • 2:11 AM

    Die Fledermaus: Overture

    Johann StraussJr.

    Viennafest

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    8:21
  • 2:06 AM

    Caged Bird

    Abbey Lincoln

    Regina Carter, violin

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:07
  • 2:01 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 1: 4th movement

    Gabriel Faure

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    4:35
  • 1:49 AM

    Guitar Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Amadeus Guitar Duo

    9:35
  • 1:26 AM

    Danses Concertantes

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky: Pulcinella & Danses Concertantes

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    20:52
  • 1:19 AM

    Earthly Angels

    5:05
  • 1:06 AM

    Norwegian Rhapsody No. 1

    Johan Halvorsen

    Halvorsen, J.: Norwegian Rhapsodies Nos. 1 and 2 / Svendsen, J.: Norwegian Rhapsodies Nos. 1-4

    Trondheim Symphony Orchestra

    Ole Kristian Ruud, conductor

    12:41
  • 1:01 AM

    New York Philomusica

    4:38
  • 12:52 AM

    Prelude No. 15 "Raindrop"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin Preludes

    Ivan Moravec, piano

    6:28
  • 12:45 AM

    Oboe Sonata

    George Frideric Handel

    G. F. Handel: Recorder & Oboe Sonatas

    Amarillis

    Heloise Gaillard, oboe

    6:07
  • 12:26 AM

    Swan Lake: Dance of the Swans

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    Joseph Silverstein, violin

    Jules Eskin, cello

    Bernard Zighera, harp

    Armando Ghitalla, trumpet

    17:34
  • 12:19 AM

    Baltic Sea Philharmonic

    Kristjan Jarvi, conductor

    5:31
  • 12:06 AM

    Scheherazade: The Festival at Baghdad

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade, etc.

    Kirov Orchestra

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    Sergei Levitin, violin

    12:04
  • 12:01 AM

    Abbywood Trail

    Dale Kavanagh

    Guitar Gala Night

    Dale Kavanagh, guitar

    4:44
  • 11:39 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    19:33
  • 11:31 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante: 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Cello Concertos in C & D, Sinfonia Concertante

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    Marieke Blankestijn, violin

    6:37
  • 11:20 PM

    Consecration of the House: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, Overture Op. 124

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    10:34
  • 11:11 PM

    The Day is Done

    Stephen Paulus

    Kinnara Ensemble

    J.D. Burnett, conductor

    6:38
  • 11:06 PM

    Legend No. 5

    Antonin Dvorak

    Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    4:28
  • 11:01 PM

    Symphony No. 1: Scherzo

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    4:34
  • 10:49 PM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

    Franz Liszt

    International Salute

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    9:43
  • 10:44 PM

    Minuet

    Luigi Boccherini

    Promenade Concert

    I Solisti Italiani

    3:57
  • 10:29 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 7

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    A Far Cry Orchestra

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    13:04
  • 10:21 PM

    String Quartet: 2nd movement

    Maurice Ravel

    Diffusion

    Verona Quartet

    6:09
  • 10:10 PM

    First Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Composer's Collection: Gustav Holst

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    10:35
  • 10:07 PM

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, violin

    3:25
  • 10:03 PM

    Las Dos Hermanitas (Two Sisters)

    Francisco Tarrega

    Celedonio Romero, guitar

    2:38
  • 9:46 PM

    12 Variations on Handel's "See, The Conquering Hero Comes" from Judas Maccabaeus

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    David Finckel, cello

    Wu Han, piano

    12:06
  • 9:35 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 4

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    10:38
  • 9:18 PM

    Don Juan

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35, Horn Concerto #1 in E Flat Major, Op. 11, Don Juan, Op. 20

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    15:49
  • 9:07 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Giuseppe Tartini

    Scottish Ensemble

    Jonathan Morton, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    9:40
  • 9:01 PM

    Sonata No. 16

    Giovanni Fontana

    Stradivaria

    4:31
  • 6:41 PM

    Guitar Quintet No. 6

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: The Guitar Quintets

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    17:29
  • 6:28 PM

    Norwegian Dances Nos. 2-4

    Edvard Grieg

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    11:40
  • 6:19 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 5

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Tokyo Bach-Mozart Ensemble

    Masahiro Arita, baroque flute

    8:15
  • 6:16 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Three Ivans

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    1:16
  • 6:06 PM

    Keyboard Suite No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Suites for Keyboard

    Keith Jarrett, piano

    9:30
  • 6:01 PM

    From Foreign Lands: Germany

    Moritz Moszkowski

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    4:37
  • 5:50 PM

    Corsair: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    8:36
  • 5:24 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Cello Concertos

    Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Truls Mork, cello

    23:55
  • 5:13 PM

    Alessandra Ziveri, harp

    10:10
  • 5:06 PM

    Seattle Slew: Derby Dressage

    William Bolcom

    Louisville Orchestra

    Lawrence Leighton Smith, conductor

    5:26
  • 5:01 PM

    Lakme: Flower Duet

    Leo Delibes

    The Opera Album

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    Natalie Dessay, soprano

    4:49
  • 4:46 PM

    Carmen Suite No. 1

    Georges Bizet

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    12:00
  • 4:25 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 6

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mantova Chamber Orchestra

    Carlo Fabiano, conductor

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    19:53
  • 4:15 PM

    Nabucco: Overture

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    7:15
  • 4:06 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 9

    Arcangelo Corelli

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    8:55
  • 4:01 PM

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:40
  • 3:26 PM

    Piano Concerto

    George Gershwin

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Justin Brown, conductor

    Anne-Marie McDermott, piano

    32:25
  • 3:08 PM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Richard H. Walthew

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    Robert Plane, clarinet

    16:38
  • 3:04 PM

    Song without Words No. 30 "Spring Song"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Emotion Unbound

    Wu Han, piano

    2:20
  • 3:01 PM

    Appalachian Spring: Variations on a Shaker Melody

    Aaron Copland

    Bernstein Favorites: The 20th Century

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    3:02
  • 2:51 PM

    Pageant

    Vincent Persichetti

    Composer's Collection: Vincent Persichetti

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    7:31
  • 2:46 PM

    Air for Violin and Piano

    Kevin Puts

    Anthony Marwood, violin

    Gilles Vonsattel, piano

    4:18
  • 2:40 PM

    Cantata No. 171: Jesus soll mein erstes Wort

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    John Nelson, conductor

    Kathleen Battle, soprano

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    :00
  • 2:32 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    English Baroque Soloists

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    Kati Debretzeni, violin

    7:42
  • 2:24 PM

    Wedding Day at Troldhaugen

    Edvard Grieg

    Symphonic Dances, Piano Concerto, Wedding Day at Toldhaugen

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    5:51
  • 2:17 PM

    Don Pasquale: Quel guardo il cavaliere..So anch'io la virtu magica

    Gaetano Donizetti

    Opera Arias for Trumpet

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    Maurice Andre, trumpet

    5:56
  • 2:08 PM

    Raiders of the Lost Ark March

    John Williams

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Williams, conductor

    5:43
  • 2:04 PM

    Click-Clack (Klipp-klapp) Galop

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    2:04
  • 1:48 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 2nd movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2, Dances from Aleko, Scherzo

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    9:50
  • 1:44 PM

    Vespers: Rejoice, O Virgin (Bogoroditse Devo)

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Christmas with Septura

    Septura

    2:50
  • 1:35 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 16

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    8:35
  • 1:32 PM

    Rapsodie espagnole

    Maurice Ravel

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    14:43
  • 1:27 PM

    Four Spanish Pieces: Polo Gitano

    Tomas Breton

    LOM Piano Trio

    3:15
  • 1:21 PM

    Chiling o guiry (Celia O'Gara)

    Burke Thumoth

    Concerto Caledonia

    David McGuinness, conductor

    4:46
  • 1:18 PM

    Othello Suite: Dance

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    2:16
  • 1:16 PM

    Etude No. 5 "Black Keys"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Complete Piano Works of Chopin, Vol. 10: Etudes

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    1:41
  • 1:09 PM

    Overture "Water Music": Bourree; Harlequinade; Der sturmende Aeolus

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    5:10
  • 1:04 PM

    Pelleas and Melisande: Sicilienne

    Gabriel Faure

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    3:59
  • 12:49 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 21 "Waldstein": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Sonatas Opp. 53, 54, 57

    Richard Goode, piano

    9:34
  • 12:44 PM

    The Soul of the Philosopher: Overture

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Opera Overtures

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    4:02
  • 12:41 PM

    Carmen: March of the Toreadors

    Georges Bizet

    Mad About the Classics

    Orchestre de la Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    2:07
  • 12:37 PM

    Carmen: Seguedilla and Dragoons

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Carmen Suite, L'arlesienne Suites Etc.

    Orchestra of the Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    3:41
  • 12:33 PM

    Medallon antiguo (Antique Medallion)

    Agustin Barrios

    From The Jungles Of Paraguay: John Williams Plays Barrios

    John Williams, guitar

    3:19
  • 12:19 PM

    Chimney of King Rene

    Darius Milhaud

    Printemps

    Berlin Philharmonic Winds

    12:54
  • 12:15 PM

    Ballet Scenes: Preambule

    Alexander Glazunov

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    3:21
  • 12:10 PM

    Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Chen Yi, violin

    Lars Hannibal, guitar

    3:40
  • 12:04 PM

    Symphony No. 3

    William Boyce

    Menuhin Festival Orchestra

    Yehudi Menuhin, conductor

    4:51
  • 11:45 AM

    Symphony No. 5

    Samuel Wesley

    Wesley: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    13:08
  • 11:39 AM

    The Gadfly: Romance

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    6:22
  • 11:29 AM

    Serenade No. 9 "Posthorn": 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    Bernard Adelstein, posthorn

    7:30
  • 11:20 AM

    Global Warming

    Michael Abels

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    8:19
  • 11:15 AM

    Peer Gynt: Morning Mood

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 And 2

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    4:04
  • 11:11 AM

    Cello Suite No. 3: Courante

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Suites For Solo Cello

    Pierre Fournier, cello

    3:07
  • 11:06 AM

    Berceuse (Lullaby)

    Frederic Chopin

    Artur Rubinstein, piano

    4:38
  • 11:01 AM

    Reverie

    Claude Debussy

    Serenade

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    James Galway, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    4:35
  • 10:39 AM

    Miss Sally's Party

    William Grant Still

    VocalEssence Orchestra

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    19:02
  • 10:25 AM

    Snow Maiden Suite

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    12:28
  • 10:19 AM

    Christoph Denoth, guitar

    4:05
  • 10:06 AM

    The Oak

    Florence Price

    The Oak - Mississippi River Suite - Symphony No. 3

    Women's Philharmonic

    Apo Hsu, conductor

    12:36
  • 10:01 AM

    Kasia Kadlubowska, percussion

    Dominik Bukowski, percussion

    4:36
  • 9:25 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 4

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 4 Op. 40 (Original 1926 version); Scriabin: Prometheus-The Poem of Fire, Op. 60

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    Alain Lefevre, piano

    33:16
  • 9:21 AM

    Madame Butterfly: Humming Chorus

    Giacomo Puccini

    Opera Without Words

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    3:19
  • 9:06 AM

    Umbrian Scene

    Ulysses Kay

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Arthur Fagen, conductor

    13:33
  • 9:01 AM

    Toccata

    Girolamo Frescobaldi

    Bolder Baroque

    Boulder Brass

    4:39
  • 8:46 AM

    blue cathedral

    Jennifer Higdon

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    12:19
  • 8:38 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 16

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic dances, Opp. 46 & 72

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vaclav Neumann, conductor

    7:05
  • 8:22 AM

    Violin Sonatina No. 1

    Franz Schubert

    Gil Shaham, violin

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    14:30
  • 8:06 AM

    Cold Mountain

    Gabriel Yared

    Studio Orchestra

    Harry Rabinowitz, conductor

    15:25
  • 8:01 AM

    Romeo and Juliet: Juliet

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet - Suites 1 - 3 (complete)

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    4:34
  • 7:37 AM

    Piano Trio

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Piano Trio Op. 120, Piano Quartet Op. 15

    Beaux Arts Trio

    21:16
  • 7:30 AM

    Elegy - In Memoriam - Stephen Lawrence

    Philip Herbert

    Spark Catchers

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Anthony Parnther, conductor

    6:54
  • 7:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 59 "The Rider"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: String Quartetts Opp. 71, 74, 77, 103

    Amadeus Quartet

    21:41
  • 7:01 AM

    Two Pastorales

    Lou Harrison

    Lou Harrison: Seven Pastorales

    Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    4:36
  • 6:41 AM

    The Night Callings

    Heino Eller

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Olari Elts, conductor

    17:35
  • 6:25 AM

    Poema Autunnale (Autumn Poem)

    Ottorino Respighi

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Edward Downes, conductor

    Lydia Mordkovitch, violin

    15:00
  • 6:06 AM

    English Suite No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: Partitas Nos. 1 & 2, English Suites Nos. 2 & 3

    Anne-Marie McDermott, piano

    16:57
  • 6:01 AM

    Zambra Granadina

    Isaac Albeniz

    Isaac Albeniz: Spanish Music For Classical Guitar

    David Russell, guitar

    4:43