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  • 5:46 AM

    Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1

    Georges Enescu

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    12:17
  • 5:26 AM

    Elegy for Violin and Strings

    Keith Jarrett

    I Musici Montreal

    Yuli Turovsky, conductor

    Eleonora Turovsky, violin

    18:26
  • 5:06 AM

    Brazilian Impressions

    Ottorino Respighi

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    18:55
  • 5:01 AM

    The Desert of Roses: 3rd movement

    Robert Moran

    Robert Moran: Desert of Roses/Open Veins, etc.

    Piano Circus Band

    Craig Smith, conductor

    4:35
  • 4:40 AM

    Guitar Quintet No. 5

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: Quintets IV, V, VI

    Artaria Quartet

    Richard Savino, guitar

    18:46
  • 4:23 AM

    Fantasy on Polish Airs

    Frederic Chopin

    Warsaw Philharmonic

    Kazimierz Kord, conductor

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    14:58
  • 4:19 AM

    Umoja (Unity)

    Valerie Coleman

    Imani Winds

    Imani Winds

    2:49
  • 4:06 AM

    The Leopard (Il Gattopardo): Selections

    Nino Rota

    Philharmonic of La Scala

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    11:42
  • 4:01 AM

    Prayer of Saint Gregory

    Alan Hovhaness

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Charles Butler, trumpet

    4:50
  • 3:50 AM

    Four Seasons: Winter

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi - The Four Seasons

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    Christina Day Martinson, violin

    8:50
  • 3:32 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Andre Watts, piano

    16:30
  • 3:20 AM

    A Shropshire Lad

    George Butterworth

    Butterworth Parry Bridge

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    10:18
  • 3:06 AM

    String Symphony No. 4

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

    Thomas Hengelbrock, conductor

    12:44
  • 3:01 AM

    The Wedding Waltz

    Heikki Aaltoila

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:37
  • 2:49 AM

    Two Black Churches: Ballad of Birmingham

    Shawn E. Okpebholo

    Will Liverman, baritone

    Paul Sanchez, piano

    9:21
  • 2:17 AM

    Enigma Variations

    Edward Elgar

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    30:24
  • 2:13 AM

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    2:05
  • 2:06 AM

    Sonata No. 9 "The Golden Sonata"

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell: Ten Sonatas (1697)

    London Baroque

    6:38
  • 2:01 AM

    Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye): Laideronnette, Empress of the Pagodas

    Maurice Ravel

    Silence Wakes My Song

    Julia Shaw, harp

    4:33
  • 12:47 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 9

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Stefan Litwin, piano

    11:20
  • 12:37 AM

    Fuquoi in the Sugar Cane

    Henry Lissant-Collins

    South African Broadcast Orchestra

    Peter Marchbank, conductor

    8:39
  • 12:29 AM

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

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9; Sibelius: Symphony No. 2

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    6:52
  • 12:11 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Richard Strauss

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Radovan Vlatkovic, horn

    16:05
  • 12:06 AM

    Concerto Grosso: March

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Holst, Williams, Delius, Warlock

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    4:55
  • 12:01 AM

    English Suite: Prelude and Round Dance

    John Duarte

    Wild Mountain Thyme: Celtic Music for Guitar

    Scott Tennant, guitar

    4:31
  • 11:45 PM

    Marosszek Dances

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Philharmonia Hungarica

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    13:43
  • 11:37 PM

    Sonata No. 5 "In Imitation of Corelli"

    William McGibbon

    Chatham Baroque

    7:53
  • 11:25 PM

    Impromptu No. 1

    Franz Schubert

    Murray Perahia, piano

    9:43
  • 11:18 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    Bruno Giuranna, viola

    6:07
  • 11:10 PM

    Ducal Suite: Heaven

    Duke Ellington

    Clarinet Quintets for Our Time

    Dover Quartet

    David Shifrin, clarinet

    6:27
  • 11:06 PM

    Dance Suite after Couperin: Courante

    Richard Strauss

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Rudolf Kempe, conductor

    3:37
  • 11:01 PM

    Symphony No. 104 "London": Minuet

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 104 "London" and 100 "Military"

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    4:37
  • 10:48 PM

    Gayane Ballet Suite

    Aram Khachaturian

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    9:56
  • 10:43 PM

    Faeroe Island Dance and Country Gardens

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger Edition Vol. 4: Works for Wind Orchestra

    Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra

    Clark Rundell/Timothy Reynish, conductor

    4:27
  • 10:33 PM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    Great Comedy Overtures

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    8:19
  • 10:25 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: 4th movement

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Catalyst Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    7:03
  • 10:15 PM

    Eclogue

    Gerald Finzi

    Finzi: Cello Concerto, Eclogue, New Year Music and Grand Fantasia & Toccata

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    Louis Lortie, piano

    9:04
  • 10:06 PM

    Egmont Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven In Berlin - 1991 New Year's Eve Concert

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    8:03
  • 10:03 PM

    The Seasons: November (Troika)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    2:40
  • 9:43 PM

    Concerto for Two Violins

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Curtis 20/21 Ensemble

    Vinay Parameswaran, conductor

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    Jaime Laredo, violin

    15:07
  • 9:32 PM

    Two Black Churches: Ballad of Birmingham

    Shawn E. Okpebholo

    Will Liverman, baritone

    Paul Sanchez, piano

    9:21
  • 9:14 PM

    Suite in the Ancient Style

    Vincent d'Indy

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    16:18
  • 9:06 PM

    Prague Waltzes

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends, Prague Waltzes

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    7:35
  • 9:01 PM

    Rondo for Horn and Orchestra

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart, Strauss: Horn Concertos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Radovan Vlatkovic, horn

    4:36
  • 6:39 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    19:04
  • 6:21 PM

    Sinfonia No. 1

    Franz Beck

    Beck: Symphonies Op. 3, Nos. 1-4

    Toronto Chamber Orchestra

    Kevin Mallon, conductor

    16:33
  • 6:14 PM

    Suite for Flute and Oboe

    Ulysses Kay

    New York Flute Club

    Members of...

    5:25
  • 6:06 PM

    Symphonic Sketches: A Vagrom Ballad

    George Chadwick

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:17
  • 6:01 PM

    Concerto Grosso: 2nd movement

    Henry Cowell

    Cowell: Concerto Grosso/Hymn & Fuguing Tune No 10

    Manhattan Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Auldon Clark, conductor

    4:41
  • 5:39 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Sonatas for Piano & Violin

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    18:45
  • 5:29 PM

    Das Rheingold: Entry of the Gods into Valhalla

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Overtures and Preludes

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    8:46
  • 5:24 PM

    Folk Songs for Orchestra: My Lord, what a morning

    George Walker

    George Walker: Orchestral Works

    Cleveland Chamber Symphony

    Edwin London, conductor

    3:33
  • 5:06 PM

    Symphony No. 70

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Giovanni Antonini, conductor

    17:19
  • 5:00 PM

    Grand Duchess of Gerolstein: Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    Gulbenkian Orchestra

    Michel Swierczewski, conductor

    4:33
  • 4:48 PM

    Keyboard Suite No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    Lisa Smirnova, piano

    10:29
  • 4:38 PM

    Corsair: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    8:04
  • 4:30 PM

    Symphony No. 39: Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    7:56
  • 4:21 PM

    Harlem Symphony: April in Harlem

    James Price Johnson

    Concordia

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    7:45
  • 4:06 PM

    Hammersmith

    Gustav Holst

    United States Air Force Band

    Col. Lowell Graham, conductor

    13:53
  • 4:01 PM

    Violin Partita No. 2: Sarabande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ray Chen, violin

    4:34
  • 3:45 PM

    Winged Creatures

    Michael Abels

    Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra

    Allen Tinkham, conductor

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    Demarre McGill, flute

    11:38
  • 3:41 PM

    Little David Play on Your Harp

    Traditional

    Umoja

    Imani Winds

    2:41
  • 3:31 PM

    Spitfire Prelude and Fugue

    William Walton

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:35
  • 3:18 PM

    The Chairman Dances

    John Adams

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    12:39
  • 3:13 PM

    Venezuelan Waltz No. 3 "Natalia"

    Antonio Lauro

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    2:53
  • 3:07 PM

    Spring Festival Overture

    Huan Zhi Li

    Jin-xuan Yan, Huan Zhi Li & Wei Qu: Orchestral Music

    Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kektjiang Lim, conductor

    5:02
  • 3:02 PM

    The Prophet: Coronation March

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Marches And Overtures A La Francaise

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    4:25
  • 2:57 PM

    Roma Suite: A Roma Song

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha OVerture / Petite Suite

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    4:07
  • 2:51 PM

    La Wally: Ebben? Ne andro lontana

    Alfredo Catalani

    Golden Opera

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Fausto Cleva, conductor

    Renata Tebaldi, soprano

    4:51
  • 2:48 PM

    Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro

    Giacomo Puccini

    The #1 Opera Album

    Orchestra of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

    Lamberto Gardelli, conductor

    Renata Tebaldi, soprano

    2:09
  • 2:32 PM

    Mignon: Overture

    Ambroise Thomas

    Great Comedy Overtures

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    8:22
  • 2:30 PM

    Waltz No. 15

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Works for Solo Piano, Vol. 3

    Barry Douglas, piano

    1:35
  • 2:26 PM

    Our Town: Grover's Corners

    Aaron Copland

    He Got Game - The Music Of Aaron Copland (Motion Picture Soundtrack)

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Aaron Copland, conductor

    3:11
  • 2:16 PM

    Bright Blue Music

    Michael Torke

    Michael Torke's Color Music

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    9:07
  • 2:06 PM

    Hugo and Adelheid Overture

    Friedrich Kuhlau

    Kuhlau: Overtures

    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Schonwandt, conductor

    5:31
  • 1:45 PM

    Capriccio Espagnol

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Scheherazade, Capriccio espagnol - Sir Charles Mackerras London Symphony Orchestra

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    14:44
  • 1:35 PM

    L'Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    7:43
  • 1:31 PM

    Cantata No. 208: Sheep May Safely Graze

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Ton Koopman, organ

    3:38
  • 1:21 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 3

    John Stanley

    Stanley: Concertos, Op. 2

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    9:01
  • 1:17 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Sunday Symphony": 3rd movement

    William Grant Still

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    2:25
  • 1:08 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 17: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Piano Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    7:37
  • 1:04 PM

    Mock Morris

    Percy Grainger

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Kenneth Montgomery, conductor

    3:29
  • 12:54 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2: Farandole

    Georges Bizet

    Home for the Holidays

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    John Morris Russell, conductor

    3:27
  • 12:49 PM

    Piano Sonata: Andante

    Florence Price

    Hiroko Ishimoto, piano

    4:23
  • 12:34 PM

    Masques and Bergamasques

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Requiem Op. 48

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Emmanuel Krivine, conductor

    12:58
  • 12:31 PM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman: Dance

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    2:01
  • 12:19 PM

    Concerto for Two Horns

    Leopold Mozart

    Concerto Amsterdam

    Jaap Schroder, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    Mahir Cakar, horn

    11:09
  • 12:16 PM

    Song without Words No. 30 "Spring Song"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Yevgeny Kutik, violin

    John Novacek, piano

    2:11
  • 12:10 PM

    Kyunghee Kim-Sutre, harp

    4:10
  • 12:04 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 6

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic Dances

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    6:00
  • 11:42 AM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Johann Stamitz

    Potsdam Chamber Academy

    Andreas Ottensamer, clarinet

    16:41
  • 11:34 AM

    The Planets: Jupiter

    Gustav Holst

    Voyage

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    John Morris Russell, conductor

    7:55
  • 11:25 AM

    L'Estro Armonico: Concerto No. 3 for Violin

    Antonio Vivaldi

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Simon Standage, violin

    6:35
  • 11:20 AM

    Eugene Onegin: Polonaise

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6, Etc

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    4:31
  • 11:16 AM

    Swing Low, Sweet Chariot!

    William Dawson

    St. Olaf Choir

    Anton Armstrong, conductor

    3:42
  • 11:09 AM

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    5:10
  • 11:06 AM

    Prince Igor: Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens

    Alexander Borodin

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    2:21
  • 11:01 AM

    Partita No. 6: Courante

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sergey Schepkin, piano

    4:39
  • 10:47 AM

    Lincoln Green

    Malcolm Nabarro

    East of England Orchestra

    Malcolm Nabarro, conductor

    11:16
  • 10:33 AM

    Sonata No. 3

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Camerata Bern

    Thomas Furi, conductor

    12:51
  • 10:22 AM

    Swedish Dances

    Max Bruch

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    9:50
  • 10:07 AM

    Sextet for Two Horns and Strings

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Dallas Chamber Orchestra

    Ronald Neal, conductor

    Gregory Hustis, horn

    William Scharnberg, horn

    14:36
  • 10:01 AM

    Waltz No. 3

    Agustin Barrios

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    4:30
  • 9:40 AM

    Sonatina

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak, Janacek, Smetana: Romantic Pieces

    James Ehnes, violin

    18:43
  • 9:28 AM

    The Walk to the Paradise Garden

    Frederick Delius

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    10:39
  • 9:12 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Samuel Wesley

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    14:39
  • 9:07 AM

    Inishlacken: The Island Terns

    Bill Whelan

    RTE National Symphony Orchestra

    David Brophy, conductor

    Zoe Conway, violin

    Helena Woods, violin

    5:33
  • 9:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 2: 4th movement

    Robert Schumann

    Ying String Quartet

    4:43
  • 8:29 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Romantic"

    Howard Hanson

    RCA Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    28:47
  • 8:25 AM

    Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout: Coquetos

    Gabriela Lena Frank

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    Damon Gupton, conductor

    3:40
  • 8:06 AM

    Wind Quintet

    Franz Danzi

    Danzi: Wind Quintets, Op. 56 Nos. 1 & 2, Op. 68 Nos. 1 & 2

    Academia Wind Quintet

    17:31
  • 8:01 AM

    Edgar: Act I Prelude

    Giacomo Puccini

    Puccini

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor

    4:37
  • 7:47 AM

    Flute Concertino

    Svend Erik Tarp

    Aarhus Symphony Orchestra

    Tobias Ringborg, conductor

    Lena Kildahl, flute

    10:49
  • 7:18 AM

    Road to the Sun

    Pat Metheny

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    28:46
  • 7:06 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 40

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Gilbert Kalish, piano

    10:00
  • 7:01 AM

    El cant dels ocells (Song of the Birds)

    Pablo Casals

    Romance: Lalo, Tchaikovsky, Casals, etc.

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Antonio Pappano, conductor

    Han-Na Chang, cello

    4:37
  • 6:31 AM

    The River Suite

    Duke Ellington

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    26:48
  • 6:22 AM

    Stabat Mater

    Alissa Firsova

    The Sixteen

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    8:32
  • 6:06 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Sonatas K. 281, 282, 284, 545

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    14:24
  • 6:01 AM

    Elegy, to Calvin Simmons

    Lou Harrison

    Lou Harrison: A Portrait

    California Symphony

    Barry Jekowsky, conductor

    4:44