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  • 5:38 AM

    The Isle of the Dead

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Orchestral Music

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    20:28
  • 5:24 AM

    American Mirror, Pt. II

    Derrick Skye

    Salastina Music Society

    12:59
  • 5:06 AM

    French Suite No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: The French Suites

    Peter Hill, piano

    16:13
  • 5:01 AM

    Amores Pasados: So ell encina (Beneath the oaks)

    John Paul Jones

    John Potter, tenor

    Anna Maria Friman, voice

    Ariel Abramavich, lute

    Jacob Heringman, lute

    4:33
  • 4:48 AM

    Gli Incogniti

    Amandine Beyer, conductor

    10:11
  • 4:37 AM

    Sigurd Jorsalfar: Homage March

    Edvard Grieg

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    9:08
  • 4:23 AM

    The Jungle Book: The Meditation of Purun Bhagat

    Charles Koechlin

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    13:46
  • 4:15 AM

    Adagietto for Orchestra

    Erkki Salmenhaara

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ralf Sjoblom, conductor

    5:39
  • 4:06 AM

    Adagio and Allegro

    Robert Schumann

    Martin Ostertag, cello

    Kalle Randalu, piano

    8:53
  • 4:01 AM

    Suite of Dances No. 6

    Johann Ernst Rieck

    Stradivaria

    4:45
  • 3:48 AM

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Paul Dukas

    French National Orchestra

    Georges Pretre, conductor

    10:24
  • 3:26 AM

    Symphony on a Hymn Tune

    Virgil Thomson

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    20:21
  • 3:17 AM

    A Dream in the Forest (Un Sueno en la Floresta)

    Agustin Barrios

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    7:21
  • 3:06 AM

    Helios Overture

    Carl Nielsen

    Songs of the Earth

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    10:08
  • 3:01 AM

    Suite for Flute and Piano: 1st movement

    Charles-Marie Widor

    Robert Langevin, flute

    Margaret Kampmeier, piano

    4:32
  • 2:52 AM

    The Banks of Green Willow

    George Butterworth

    Vaughan Williams/Butterworth

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    6:12
  • 2:15 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev: Violin Concertos

    Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Vladimir Fedoseyev, conductor

    Kyoko Takezawa, violin

    35:40
  • 2:06 AM

    Sarnia: In a May Morning

    John Ireland

    Orchestra of the Swan

    David Curtis, conductor

    6:56
  • 2:01 AM

    Vento Chiaro

    4:33
  • 1:58 AM

    Prelude No. 7

    Frederic Chopin

    50 Best Relaxing Piano

    Samson Francois, piano

    :42
  • 1:38 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Francois Boieldieu

    French Piano Concertos

    Innsbruck Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Wagner, conductor

    Martin Galling, piano

    19:42
  • 1:20 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Maurice Andre "Le Meilleur de Moi-Meme"

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    Maurice Andre, trumpet

    16:19
  • 1:11 AM

    Sicilian Vespers: Four Seasons: Spring

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi: Ballet Music

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    8:02
  • 1:06 AM

    Up in the Air

    The OK Factor

    The OK Factor

    4:14
  • 1:01 AM

    Guitar Sonata: 3rd movement

    Ferdinando Carulli

    Richard Savino, guitar

    4:39
  • 12:38 AM

    Piano Trio No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Piano Trios

    Beaux Arts Trio

    20:15
  • 12:27 AM

    Vocalise

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2; Vocalise, op. 34

    Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yuri Temirkanov, conductor

    8:52
  • 12:20 AM

    Clarinet Concerto: 2nd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sabine Meyer: Clarinet Connection

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Hans Vonk, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    6:36
  • 12:09 AM

    North Country Sketches: The March of Spring

    Frederick Delius

    Delius: A Walk in a Paradise Garden

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    9:03
  • 12:06 AM

    Cello Suite No. 3: Courante

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    3:00
  • 12:01 AM

    A Lady in Her Tower

    Gabriel Faure

    Sivan Magen, harp

    4:38
  • 11:47 PM

    Symphony "Obligato"

    Samuel Wesley

    Wesley: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    11:08
  • 11:39 PM

    Impromptu No. 3

    Frederic Chopin

    Pavel Kolesnikov, piano

    6:37
  • 11:29 PM

    Carmen Suite No. 2

    Georges Bizet

    Grieg: Carmen - Peer Gynt

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    8:34
  • 11:23 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 and Corelian Overture

    Beethovenhalle Orchestra Bonn

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    5:35
  • 11:12 PM

    Fair Melusina Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Seascapes

    Virginia Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:11
  • 11:06 PM

    Prelude No. 3

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Julian Bream, guitar

    5:29
  • 11:01 PM

    String Quintet No. 1: Finale

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: String Quintets, Vol. VI

    La Magnifica Comunita

    4:46
  • 10:49 PM

    Four Seasons: Winter

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Sarah Chang, violin

    9:14
  • 10:39 PM

    Der Zigeunerbaron (The Gypsy Baron): Overture

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    7:57
  • 10:35 PM

    Go Down, Moses

    Traditional

    Marian Anderson, contralto

    2:51
  • 10:22 PM

    Horn Concerto

    Christoph Forster

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Barry Tuckwell, horn

    12:12
  • 10:06 PM

    Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

    Richard Strauss

    R Strauss: An Alpine Symphony, etc.

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    15:01
  • 10:03 PM

    Legend No. 9

    Antonin Dvorak

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    2:50
  • 9:37 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 17

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Cedric Tiberghien, piano

    21:33
  • 9:28 PM

    Concerto for Clarinet: 2nd movement

    William Bolcom

    Lancaster Festival Orchestra

    Gary Sheldon, conductor

    Richard Stoltzman, clarinet

    7:36
  • 9:12 PM

    Symphonie Fantastique: Reveries

    Hector Berlioz

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    14:43
  • 9:06 PM

    The Seasons: October (Autumn Song)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Queensland Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    Takako Nishizaki, violin

    4:25
  • 9:01 PM

    Mikhail Pletnev, piano

    4:42
  • 6:40 PM

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    18:18
  • 6:21 PM

    The Cunning Little Vixen: Suite

    Leos Janacek

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    17:40
  • 6:17 PM

    Maple Leaf Rag

    Scott Joplin

    Calico Winds

    1:53
  • 6:06 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 9 (after Corelli)

    Francesco Geminiani

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    10:25
  • 6:01 PM

    Introduction and Tarantella

    Pablo de Sarasate

    A La Carte

    Abbey Road Ensemble

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    4:32
  • 5:49 PM

    Variations on "I Got Rhythm"

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue / Concerto In F

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    William Tritt, piano

    9:04
  • 5:37 PM

    Concerto for Two Horns

    Leopold Mozart

    Concerto Amsterdam

    Jaap Schroder, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    Mahir Cakar, horn

    11:09
  • 5:25 PM

    String Quartet No. 3: 1st movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Hagen Quartet

    10:22
  • 5:17 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Elfrida Andree

    Stockholm Symphony Orchestra

    Gustaf Sjokvist, conductor

    7:22
  • 5:07 PM

    Water Music Suite No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, Water Music

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    9:34
  • 5:01 PM

    Intermedio

    Vicente Arregui

    Roberto Moronn Perez, guitar

    4:42
  • 4:51 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique": 3rd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky Symphonies

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    8:06
  • 4:40 PM

    Concert Piece

    Franz Schubert

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    9:43
  • 4:33 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": Andante

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Simone Dinnerstein: Mozart in Havana

    Havana Lyceum Orchestra

    Jose Antonio Mendez Padron, conductor

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    7:05
  • 4:18 PM

    Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Richard Studt, conductor

    12:18
  • 4:06 PM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    I Solisti Veneti

    Milan Turkovich, bassoon

    10:46
  • 4:01 PM

    String Quartet No. 2: 4th movement

    Robert Schumann

    Ying String Quartet

    4:43
  • 3:38 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain"

    Alan Hovhaness

    Hovhaness: Mysterious Mountains

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    19:28
  • 3:29 PM

    Strike Up the Band: Overture

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin: Overtures

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    7:08
  • 3:09 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Murray Perahia plays Bach Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Murray Perahia, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    18:56
  • 3:06 PM

    Jeg elsker Dig (I Love You)

    Edvard Grieg

    Lise Davidsen, soprano

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    1:19
  • 3:02 PM

    Peer Gynt: Morning Mood

    Edvard Grieg

    Scandinavian Rhapsody, A Selection of Orchestral Favourites

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:30
  • 2:42 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances I & Iii, Etc

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    16:34
  • 2:36 PM

    String Quartet: 2nd movement

    Maurice Ravel

    Parker Quartet

    Parker Quartet

    6:11
  • 2:28 PM

    Symphony No. 4: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 4, Tragic Overture

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    6:30
  • 2:22 PM

    Paganini Etude No. 3 "La Campanella"

    Franz Liszt

    Yuanfan Yang, piano

    4:46
  • 2:18 PM

    Memories of a Child's Sunday: Bells

    Roy Harris

    Albany Symphony Orchestra

    David Alan Miller, conductor

    3:19
  • 2:07 PM

    Il barbiere di Siviglia (Barber of Seville): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Barber of Seville (highlights)

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    7:04
  • 2:04 PM

    Suite: Gaio

    Randall Thompson

    Kelly Peterson Peral, oboe

    Michael Forte, clarinet

    Elizabeth Derderian-Wood, viola

    2:02
  • 1:52 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Five Violin Concertos

    Vienna Philharmonic

    James Levine, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    5:39
  • 1:50 PM

    Children's Games (Jeux d'enfants): The Ball

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet, Ravel, Faure

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos

    1:45
  • 1:48 PM

    Children's Games (Jeux d'enfants): Merry-Go-Round

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet, Ravel, Faure

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos

    1:17
  • 1:47 PM

    Children's Games (Jeux d'enfants): The Top

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet, Ravel, Faure

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos

    1:00
  • 1:39 PM

    Trio Sonata No. 6

    William Boyce

    Boyce: Trio Sonatas

    Parley of Instruments

    Peter Holman, conductor

    6:36
  • 1:30 PM

    Beatrice and Benedict: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    San Diego Symphony Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    7:48
  • 1:22 PM

    The Merrymakers

    Eric Coates

    Eric Coates: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Wilson, conductor

    4:29
  • 1:18 PM

    Waltz No. 1

    Antonin Dvorak

    Stamitz Quartet

    3:59
  • 1:09 PM

    American Eagle Waltz

    Jacques Offenbach

    Offenbach Music from the Operettas

    Gulbenkian Orchestra

    Michel Swierczewski, conductor

    Nelson Rocha, trumpet

    6:54
  • 1:04 PM

    Algerian Suite: French Military March

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    4:29
  • 12:49 PM

    Oboe Concerto

    Domenico Scarlatti

    UNKNOWN

    Ensemble Berlin

    Christoph Hartmann, oboe

    9:30
  • 12:47 PM

    Sonata

    Domenico Scarlatti

    Fantasia

    Yuja Wang, piano

    1:44
  • 12:41 PM

    Symphony No. 101 "The Clock": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos 101 The Clock and 104 London

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    4:31
  • 12:31 PM

    Concerto for Mixed Instruments

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concerti per Mandolini

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    9:11
  • 12:25 PM

    Judas Maccabaeus: See, the Conqu'ring Hero Comes!

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Coronation Anthems

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:38
  • 12:22 PM

    Hary Janos Suite: Entrance of the Emperor and His Court

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    2:46
  • 12:15 PM

    Scherzando No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    FJ and JM Haydn: Flute Concertos

    Haydn Ensemble Berlin

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    6:13
  • 12:09 PM

    Octet: Scherzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, Octet

    Seattle Chamber Music Society

    James Ehnes, violin

    4:29
  • 12:04 PM

    Arabesque No. 1

    Claude Debussy

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    4:13
  • 11:43 AM

    The Comedians

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Kabalevsky, Prokofiev, Glinka, Tchaikovsky

    San Diego Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Barra, conductor

    15:29
  • 11:36 AM

    Die Meistersinger von Nurmberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg): Dance; Finale

    Richard Wagner

    Reiner Conducts Wagner

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    6:18
  • 11:28 AM

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    6:10
  • 11:18 AM

    String Quartet

    Germaine Tailleferre

    Debussy, Tailleferre, Ravel

    Stenhammar Quartet

    9:45
  • 11:16 AM

    Prelude No. 1

    George Gershwin

    Septura

    1:35
  • 11:10 AM

    Abdelazar: Suite

    Henry Purcell

    Oslo Circles

    5:02
  • 11:06 AM

    Salut d'amour (Love's Greeting)

    Edward Elgar

    Introducing Shannon Lee, violin

    Shannon Lee, violin

    3:10
  • 11:01 AM

    Wind Quintet No. 1: Rondo

    Giovanni Giuseppe Cambini

    CAMBINI: Wind Quintets Nos. 1-3 / BRICCIALDI: Wind Quintet in D Major

    Avalon Wind Quintet

    4:34
  • 10:48 AM

    Lake of the Woods

    Robert Farnon

    Farnon: Capt. Horation Hornblower

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Douglas Gamley, conductor

    9:55
  • 10:29 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Sunday Symphony"

    William Grant Still

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    17:48
  • 10:16 AM

    Concerto Pastorale

    Johann Molter

    Noel

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    11:20
  • 10:06 AM

    Clarinet Concertino

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Jean-Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    Martin Frost, clarinet

    9:10
  • 10:01 AM

    The Tempest: Rustic Dance

    Ernest Chausson

    Chausson: Symphony in B flat, Op. 20; Soir de Fete, Op. 32; The Tempest, Op. 18: Two Scenes

    Orchestra of Belgian Radio & TV

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:51
  • 9:49 AM

    New York Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    9:37
  • 9:43 AM

    Arabian Caprice

    Francisco Tarrega

    Play

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    5:07
  • 9:15 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Friedrich Kiel

    Romantic Piano Concerto Vol. 31

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    Martin Roscoe, piano

    26:55
  • 9:06 AM

    Heideland

    Lou Koster

    Koster: Orchestral Music

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    7:48
  • 9:01 AM

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    4:36
  • 8:21 AM

    String Quartet No. 13

    Antonin Dvorak

    Emerson String Quartet

    37:07
  • 8:08 AM

    Musica Celestis

    Aaron Jay Kernis

    Magnificat

    Trondheim Soloists

    12:00
  • 8:06 AM

    Platee: Entrance of Mercury

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    The Galileo Project: Music of the Spheres

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    1:24
  • 8:01 AM

    Stephen Hough, piano

    4:39
  • 7:31 AM

    Tristan and Isolde: Love Scene and Transfiguration

    Richard Wagner

    Songs of the Earth

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    27:09
  • 7:27 AM

    The Flowers of Edinburgh

    James Oswald

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    3:26
  • 7:06 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    Lambert Orkis, piano

    19:11
  • 7:01 AM

    Matinees Musicales: Nocturne

    Benjamin Britten

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    4:32
  • 6:20 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "A Pastoral Symphony"

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 3 "Pastoral", Symphony No. 4

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Heather Harper, soprano

    38:07
  • 6:11 AM

    Lullaby for Kara

    Rick Sowash

    Jeff Schoyen, cello

    7:18
  • 6:06 AM

    Lansdowne Symphony Orchestra

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    4:23
  • 6:01 AM

    Missa L'homme arme: Gloria in excelsis Deo

    Francisco de Penalosa

    New York Polyphony

    4:43