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  • 5:14 AM

    Symphonia Domestica

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Sinfonia Domestica

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    43:50
  • 5:06 AM

    Five Variations on "I am still in my spring"

    Louis Spohr

    Virtuoso Harp

    Marion Hoffman, harp

    6:36
  • 5:01 AM

    Mazurka No. 32

    Frederic Chopin

    Leon Fleisher, piano

    4:32
  • 4:48 AM

    Double Concerto: 1st movement

    Ethel Smyth

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Odaline de la Martinez, conductor

    Sophie Langdon, violin

    Richard Watkins, horn

    10:02
  • 4:30 AM

    Les Preludes

    Franz Liszt

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    16:44
  • 4:19 AM

    Concerto for Strings

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Arion

    8:26
  • 4:17 AM

    Milonga de mis amores

    Pedro Laurenz

    Graham Anthony Devine, guitar

    1:46
  • 3:39 AM

    Concerto in D minor for Violin and Orchestra, Opus 47 (1905 revision) ca. 31’

    Jean Sibelius

    Minnesota Orchestra live from Orchestra Hall

    Osmo Vänskä, conductor

    Elina Vähälä, violin

    31:00
  • 2:55 AM

    Symphony No. 3 in C major, Opus 52 ca. 30’

    Jean Sibelius

    Minnesota Orchestra live from Orchestra Hall

    Osmo Vänskä, conductor

    Elina Vähälä, violin

    30:00
  • 2:05 AM

    Symphony No. 4 in A minor, Opus 63

    Jean Sibelius

    Minnesota Orchestra live from Orchestra Hall

    Osmo Vänskä, conductor

    Elina Vähälä, violin

    32:00
  • 1:41 AM

    Suite Italienne

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky: Works for Violin and Piano

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    17:00
  • 1:23 AM

    Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    Benjamin Britten

    Benjamin Britten: Four Sea Interludes

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    16:37
  • 1:14 AM

    The Red Pony Suite: selections

    Aaron Copland

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    7:21
  • 1:06 AM

    Allegro for Clarinet and Strings

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Clarinet Quintets

    Leopold Quartet

    Dieter Klocker, clarinet

    7:11
  • 1:01 AM

    Concierto en Flamenco: Alegrias de Cadiz

    Federico Torroba

    Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra

    Manuel Coves, conductor

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    4:42
  • 12:39 AM

    Suite for String Orchestra

    Susan Spain-Dunk

    British Music for Strings, Vol. 3

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Douglas Bostock, conductor

    15:37
  • 12:28 AM

    Dance of the Hours

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Philharmonic of La Scala

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    9:42
  • 12:08 AM

    Brazilian Impressions

    Ottorino Respighi

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    18:55
  • 12:02 AM

    Maya Beiser, cello

    Anthony de Mare, piano

    4:27
  • 11:24 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    Rudolf Serkin, piano

    36:48
  • 11:19 PM

    We Shall Walk Through the Valley

    Traditional

    Harvest Home

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    2:59
  • 11:05 PM

    Passacaglia and Fugue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    12:38
  • 10:45 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 11 "Turkish"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Sonatas and Variations

    Fazil Say, piano

    18:32
  • 10:40 PM

    Requiem: Pie Jesu

    Andrew Lloyd Webber

    Souvenirs

    Prague Philharmonia

    Emmanuel Villaume, conductor

    Anna Netrebko, soprano

    3:41
  • 10:10 PM

    Arpeggione Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert, Schumann, Debussy

    Mstislav Rostropovich, cello

    28:37
  • 10:02 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    5:56
  • 9:56 PM

    Mysterious Barricades

    Francois Couperin

    Labyrinth

    Khatia Buniatishvili, piano

    2:22
  • 9:39 PM

    Blackberry Winter

    Conni Ellisor

    Conversations in Silence

    Nashville Chamber Orchestra

    Paul Gambill, conductor

    Stephen Seifert, mountain dulcimer and Tennessee music box

    16:46
  • 9:22 PM

    Rhapsody in Blue

    George Gershwin

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Andre Previn, piano

    14:51
  • 9:14 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Piano Quintets In A, Op.5 & Op.81; Borodin: Quartet

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    7:36
  • 9:00 PM

    "Twinkle, Twinkle" Variations (Ah, vous dirai-je, maman)

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Book

    Lang Lang, piano

    10:13
  • 6:46 PM

    Faust Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    11:33
  • 6:17 PM

    Symphony No. 86

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    27:51
  • 6:13 PM

    High are the snowdrifts (On hanget korkeat nietokset)

    Jean Sibelius

    Christmas Wonderland

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    2:09
  • 6:06 PM

    Two Icelandic Melodies

    Johan Svendsen

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    6:53
  • 6:01 PM

    Erlkonig (after Schubert)

    Franz Liszt

    Valentina Lisitsa plays Liszt

    Valentina Lisitsa, piano

    4:36
  • 5:39 PM

    Miss Sally's Party

    William Grant Still

    Plymouth Music Series Orchestra

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    19:05
  • 5:18 PM

    Oboe d'Amore Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig

    Max Pommer, conductor

    Burkhard Glaetzner, oboe d'amore

    18:37
  • 5:15 PM

    Nora's Dance

    Nora Holt

    Lara Downes, piano

    1:47
  • 5:06 PM

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    8:53
  • 5:01 PM

    Irish Roots Medley

    Traditional

    Modern Mandolin Quartet: Americana

    Modern Mandolin Quartet

    4:43
  • 4:44 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "Great": 4th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphony No. 9 "The Great"

    Northern Sinfonia

    Thomas Zehetmair, conductor

    14:09
  • 4:31 PM

    Violin Concerto "Per la Solennita di San Lorenzo"

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Stabat Mater

    Concerto Italiano

    Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor

    11:50
  • 4:21 PM

    Kreisleriana No. 2

    Robert Schumann

    Anton Kuerti, piano

    8:21
  • 4:18 PM

    Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman No. 1

    Joan Tower

    Colorado Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    2:33
  • 4:06 PM

    CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra

    Hartmut Haenchen, conductor

    11:03
  • 4:01 PM

    Czech Suite: Romance

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Czech Suite; Nocturne; Serenade for Strings

    Padua Chamber Orchestra

    David Golub, conductor

    4:46
  • 3:49 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: 6 Concerti Grossi Op 3

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    7:42
  • 3:43 PM

    Three Botticelli Pictures: La Primavera (Spring)

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances I & Iii, Etc

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    5:33
  • 3:26 PM

    Suite in the Ancient Style

    Vincent d'Indy

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    16:18
  • 3:20 PM

    String Quartet No. 59 "The Rider": 4th movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    2013-2014 Class Notes: Classical MPR Presents A Musical History Tour

    Artaria Quartet

    4:16
  • 2:59 PM

    Our Town: Grover's Corners

    Aaron Copland

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    2:20
  • 2:52 PM

    Le Bourgeois gentilhomme: Selections

    Jean-Baptiste Lully

    Le Concert des Nations

    Jordi Savall, conductor

    6:00
  • 2:45 PM

    Le Bourgeois gentilhomme: Selections

    Richard Strauss

    New York Chamber Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    2:00
  • 2:41 PM

    Dances in the Canebrakes: Silk Hat and Walking Cane

    Florence Price

    William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    2:43
  • 2:31 PM

    Trumpet Sonata

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Telemann for Trumpet

    American Concerto Orchestra

    Stephen Burns, trumpet

    8:59
  • 2:22 PM

    Symphonie Espagnole: Rondo

    Edouard Lalo

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    6:58
  • 2:17 PM

    Harp Concerto: Joy Ride

    Jennifer Higdon

    Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

    Ward Stare, conductor

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    4:25
  • 2:10 PM

    Sonata "Tanto tempo hormai"

    Francesco Turini

    Gathering/Hui

    Belladonna

    3:32
  • 2:04 PM

    Il Signor Bruschino: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    4:46
  • 1:52 PM

    String Quartet No. 3: Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Calidore String Quartet

    7:15
  • 1:46 PM

    Serenade No. 1: Rondo

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Serenade No 1

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    5:52
  • 1:39 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    5:38
  • 1:34 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Grand Pas de Deux

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Greatest Hits: The Ballet, Vol. III

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    4:02
  • 1:29 PM

    Cantata No. 29: Sinfonia

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    3:34
  • 1:24 PM

    Marriage of Figaro: Non piu andrai, farfallone amoroso

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Bryn Terfel: Tutto Mozart

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Bryn Terfel, baritone

    3:40
  • 1:18 PM

    The Women of Ireland

    Sean O'Riada

    Barry Douglas, piano

    Eimear McGeown, Irish flute

    Chris Stout, Shetland fiddle

    Catriona McKay, Scottish harp

    5:45
  • 1:07 PM

    Poet and Peasant Overture

    Franz von Suppe

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    9:24
  • 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
  • 12:57 PM

    Le Bourgeois gentilhomme: Selections

    Richard Strauss

    New York Chamber Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    2:00
  • 12:52 PM

    Prelude, Op. 23 No. 4

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Marika Bournaki, piano

    4:00
  • 12:47 PM

    Humoresque No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    3:02
  • 12:42 PM

    Othello Suite: Children's Intermezzo

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    3:44
  • 12:34 PM

    Concerto for Two Flutes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    Shigenori Kudo, flute

    6:49
  • 12:30 PM

    Farewell to Stromness

    Peter Maxwell Davies

    Message of the Sea: Celtic Music for Guitar

    David Russell, guitar

    3:37
  • 12:15 PM

    Potpourri on Themes of Mozart

    Louis Spohr

    Spohr: String Sextet, etc.

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    13:32
  • 12:09 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 11: 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    The King's Violins

    Bernard Labadie, conductor

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    4:07
  • 12:04 PM

    Der Rosenkavalier: Mit Mir Waltz

    Richard Strauss

    The Great Waltz

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    4:40
  • 11:52 AM

    Symphony No. 7: Finale

    Emilie Mayer

    Berlin Chamber Symphony Ensemble

    Jurgen Bruns, conductor

    6:06
  • 11:44 AM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Adagio

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Marlboro Wind Ensemble

    6:35
  • 11:38 AM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Complete Symphonies

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    5:05
  • 11:30 AM

    Harold in Italy: March of the Pilgrims

    Hector Berlioz

    Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    Gerard Causse, viola

    7:32
  • 11:25 AM

    The Seasons: November (Troika)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonid Grin, conductor

    3:13
  • 11:14 AM

    String Quartet

    Luigi Boccherini

    Cremona Quartet

    10:41
  • 11:06 AM

    Alborada del Gracioso (Morning Song of the Jester)

    Maurice Ravel

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    7:30
  • 11:01 AM

    English Suite No. 3: Gavottes

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ivo Pogorelich, piano

    4:30
  • 10:27 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Max Bruch

    Bruch: The 3 Symphonies, Swedish Dances

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    31:42
  • 10:16 AM

    Quiet City

    Aaron Copland

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:45
  • 10:12 AM

    Milonga de Don Taco

    Cacho Tirao

    Graham Anthony Devine, guitar

    2:52
  • 10:06 AM

    Summa

    Arvo Part

    Arvo Part: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    5:05
  • 10:01 AM

    To Spring

    Chen Pei-xun

    Seow Yitkin Plays Popular Chinese Piano Pieces

    Yit Kin Seow, piano

    4:34
  • 9:24 AM

    Piano Trio No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Trio Sora

    34:15
  • 9:17 AM

    Summer Night on the River

    Frederick Delius

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    5:40
  • 9:06 AM

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    9:58
  • 9:01 AM

    New Zealand Suite: Milford Sound

    Ron Goodwin

    GOODWIN: Drake 400 Suite / New Zealand Suite

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Ron Goodwin, conductor

    4:50
  • 8:44 AM

    Consortium Classicum

    14:27
  • 8:34 AM

    Reverie (Nocturne)

    Giulio Regondi

    Reverie

    Dale Kavanagh, guitar

    8:40
  • 8:13 AM

    Piano Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Works for Solo Piano, Vol. 4

    Barry Douglas, piano

    19:49
  • 8:06 AM

    Song for Orchestra

    Ruth Gipps

    Gipps: Symphonies Nos 2 and 4, etc.

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    5:57
  • 8:01 AM

    A Boy and a Girl

    Eric Whitacre

    Voces8

    4:48
  • 7:34 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Samuel Barber

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Elmar Oliveira, violin

    24:09
  • 7:28 AM

    Elisenda's Garden

    Enrique Granados

    Douglas Riva, piano

    5:28
  • 7:06 AM

    String Quartet

    Arthur Bliss

    BLISS: String Quartets / Conversations

    Maggini Quartet

    20:09
  • 7:01 AM

    I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Capulets and Montagues): Sinfonia

    Vincenzo Bellini

    Orchestra of St. Cecilia

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    4:40
  • 6:25 AM

    Petrushka

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stavinsky: The Firebird, Petrushka, Fireworks

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    33:27
  • 6:21 AM

    Nocturne

    Phillip Houghton

    Bluetongue

    Guitar Trek

    3:21
  • 6:06 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    Derek Han, piano

    13:14
  • 6:01 AM

    Suite for Strings: Prelude

    Joan Trimble

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    4:46