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  • 5:43 AM

    Three Idylls

    Frank Bridge

    Elgar, Walton: String Quartets; Bridge: Three Idylls

    Coull Quartet

    15:04
  • 5:07 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 9 "Kreutzer"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Isaac Stern, violin

    Eugene Istomin, piano

    35:10
  • 5:01 AM

    Contemplation

    Henriette Renie

    Naoko Yoshino, harp

    4:33
  • 4:50 AM

    Concert Piece for Clarinet and Basset Horn

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Jorg Faerber, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    Wolfgang Meyer, basset horn

    8:27
  • 4:44 AM

    Folk Suite No. 3

    William Grant Still

    Sierra Winds

    5:49
  • 4:33 AM

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Hans-Peter Frank, conductor

    9:33
  • 4:06 AM

    Concierto Breve

    Xavier Montsalvatge

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    Celso Antunes, conductor

    Jenny Lin, piano

    24:25
  • 4:01 AM

    Balinese Ceremonial Music: Taboeh Teloe

    Colin McPhee

    Peter Pears: Balinese Ceremonial Music

    Nico Muhly, piano

    4:44
  • 3:39 AM

    String Quartet No. 1

    E.J. Moeran

    Vanbrugh Quartet

    19:30
  • 3:17 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Alexander Glazunov

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Kirill Karabits, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    20:01
  • 3:10 AM

    Elegy "By the Lake"

    Balys Dvarionas

    Korngold, Dvarionas: Violin Concertos

    Residentie Orchestra of the Hague

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    Vadim Gluzman, violin

    5:20
  • 3:06 AM

    Years of Pilgrimage: Au lac de Wallenstadt (At the Lake)

    Franz Liszt

    Andre Watts plays Liszt, Album 1

    Andre Watts, piano

    3:29
  • 3:01 AM

    Sarabande with variations

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Susato, Moritz von Hessen, Bach, Franke, Sammartini, Mendelssohn, Ewald

    Ludwig Guttler Brass Ensemble

    Ludwig Guttler, conductor

    4:35
  • 2:45 AM

    String Quartet No. 1 "Calvary"

    Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    Coleridge-Tayler Perkinson - A Celebration

    New Black Music Repertory Ensemble Quartet

    17:01
  • 2:42 AM

    String Quartet No. 1 "Calvary"

    Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    Coleridge-Tayler Perkinson - A Celebration

    New Black Music Repertory Ensemble Quartet

    17:01
  • 2:17 AM

    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Complete Piano Concertos

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    23:34
  • 2:13 AM

    Gagliarda and Corrente

    Johannes Kapsberger

    Alla Luce: Music of Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger

    Chatham Baroque

    2:38
  • 2:07 AM

    Jurassic Park: Theme

    John Williams

    Berlin Philharmonic

    John Williams, conductor

    5:35
  • 2:01 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Maria Bergmann, piano

    4:37
  • 1:52 AM

    Song for Orchestra

    Ruth Gipps

    Gipps: Symphonies Nos 2 and 4, etc.

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    5:57
  • 1:27 AM

    Quartet for Flute, Viola, Guitar and Cello

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Trout Quintet, Guitar Quartets

    Wolfgang Schulz, flute

    25:12
  • 1:17 AM

    Der Rosenkavalier: Waltz Sequence No. 2

    Richard Strauss

    Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavelier; Die Frau ohne Schatten; Burleske

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    8:44
  • 1:06 AM

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    8:32
  • 1:01 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Romanza

    Ernst von Dohnanyi

    English Sinfonia

    John Farrer, conductor

    4:37
  • 12:55 AM

    Cave of the Winds

    Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    2:57
  • 12:45 AM

    Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Symphonies 3 'Scottish' & 4 'Italian', etc.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    10:07
  • 12:27 AM

    Music for the Royal Fireworks

    George Frideric Handel

    Cleveland Symphonic Winds

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    15:57
  • 12:19 AM

    Solace (A Mexican Serenade)

    Scott Joplin

    Scott Joplin on Guitar

    Giovanni De Chiaro, guitar

    6:47
  • 12:13 AM

    Gallop of a Thousand Horses

    Kayhan Kalhor

    Silk Road Journeys: Beyond the Horizon

    Silk Road Ensemble

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    5:06
  • 12:06 AM

    War Horse: Dartmoor, 1912

    John Williams

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Williams, conductor

    6:30
  • 12:01 AM

    Christian Lindberg, trombone

    Roland Pontinen, piano

    4:30
  • 11:46 PM

    The Oak

    Florence Price

    The Oak - Mississippi River Suite - Symphony No. 3

    Women's Philharmonic

    Apo Hsu, conductor

    12:36
  • 11:30 PM

    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Suite

    John Williams

    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    14:49
  • 11:19 PM

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Paul Dukas

    The Sorceror's Apprentice; Ben Kingsley: Peter and the Wolf & Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    10:19
  • 11:12 PM

    Iberia: Triana

    Isaac Albeniz

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    5:04
  • 11:06 PM

    The Barber of Seville: Sinfonia

    Giovanni Paisiello

    Paisiello: Il Barbiere Di Siviglia / Carella, Siragusa, Etc

    Trieste Teatro Verdi Orchestra

    Giuliano Carella, conductor

    4:56
  • 11:01 PM

    La verita in cimento (The Truth Contested): Sinfonia

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    4:38
  • 10:48 PM

    Overture to a Kitchen Comedy

    A.J. Potter

    A.J. Potter: Orchestral Music

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Robert Houlihan, conductor

    9:31
  • 10:33 PM

    Jane Eyre

    John Williams

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    13:26
  • 10:20 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    12:30
  • 10:06 PM

    Semiramide: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    12:23
  • 10:03 PM

    Three Romances: No. 1

    Clara Schumann

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:46
  • 9:50 PM

    Ballade No. 3

    Frederic Chopin

    Seong-Jin Cho, piano

    7:48
  • 9:44 PM

    Far and Away: Suite

    John Williams

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    5:36
  • 9:14 PM

    Flute and Harp Concerto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Great Works for Harp

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Ernst Marzendorfer, conductor

    Karlheinz Zoeller, flute

    28:39
  • 9:10 PM

    Lenox Avenue: The Blues

    William Grant Still

    Jeni Slotchiver, piano

    2:33
  • 9:06 PM

    Promenade (Walking the Dog)

    George Gershwin

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    John Fullam, clarinet

    3:29
  • 9:01 PM

    Hungarian March

    Hector Berlioz

    Marriner conducts Debussy, Ravel, Dukas & Saint-Saens

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:45
  • 6:50 PM

    Prelude, Fugue and Riffs

    Leonard Bernstein

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    Peter Schmidl, clarinet

    8:14
  • 6:47 PM

    Iconoclasm/for Lenny

    Michael Abels

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:27
  • 6:17 PM

    Ballet Scenes

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: From the Middle Ages; Scenes de Ballet

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    28:15
  • 6:06 PM

    The Cowboys: Overture

    John Williams

    By Request: The Best of John Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    8:55
  • 6:01 PM

    Concerto for Viola and Orchestra: Finale

    Carl Stamitz

    Cologne Chamber Orchestra

    Helmut Muller-Bruhl, conductor

    Wolfram Christ, viola

    4:34
  • 5:44 PM

    Concerto for String Orchestra

    Grazyna Bacewicz

    Bacewicz: Sinfonie Nr. 3/Konzert fur Streicher

    Cracow Philharmonic Orchestra

    Roland Bader, conductor

    15:10
  • 5:20 PM

    Symphony No. 81

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    22:40
  • 5:17 PM

    E.T.: Over the Moon

    John Williams

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    2:12
  • 5:06 PM

    Chicago

    Edmond Dede

    DEDE: Mon pauvre coeur / Francoise et Tirtillard / Mefisto masque

    Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Rosenberg, conductor

    8:36
  • 5:01 PM

    Suspicion: Prelude

    Franz Waxman

    A History Of Hitchcock: Dial M For Murder

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    4:40
  • 4:47 PM

    Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: End Credits

    John Williams

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    10:47
  • 4:21 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Complete Piano Concertos

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    25:55
  • 4:16 PM

    Misa Criolla: Sanctus

    Ariel Ramirez

    Palau de la Musica Vocal Quartet

    Daniel Hope, violin

    Ruben Dubrovsky, charango

    Sebastian Sciaraffia, guitar

    Michael Metzler, percussion

    2:16
  • 4:06 PM

    Suite of Creole Dances

    Alberto Ginastera

    Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra

    Gisele Ben-Dor, conductor

    9:12
  • 4:01 PM

    Four Contredances

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Dances and Minuets

    Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

    Hans Graf, conductor

    4:35
  • 3:56 PM

    Contemplation (Wie Melodien zieht es mir)

    Johannes Brahms

    Blue Hour

    Andreas Ottensamer, clarinet

    2:09
  • 3:14 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Jean Sibelius

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, Sibelius: Symphony No. 2

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    41:30
  • 3:04 PM

    Two Elegiac Melodies

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg; Nielsen; Sibelius; Wiren

    Guildhall Strings

    8:01
  • 3:00 PM

    Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder; Preludes And Overtures

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Franz Welser-Most, conductor

    3:20
  • 2:56 PM

    Cello Concerto: 4th mvt

    John Williams

    Recording Arts Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    :00
  • 2:51 PM

    Schindler's List: Theme

    John Williams

    Beautiful Hollywood

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    Alexander Kerr, violin

    4:39
  • 2:47 PM

    Born on the Fourth of July: Main Theme

    John Williams

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    5:00
  • 2:36 PM

    North by Northwest: Conversation Piece

    Bernard Herrmann

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    5:00
  • 2:34 PM

    Pulcinella Suite: Gavotte

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky: Pulcinella & Danses Concertantes

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    4:05
  • 2:23 PM

    Dances in the Canebrakes

    Florence Price

    Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    9:29
  • 2:16 PM

    Ludus pro Patria: Night and Love

    Augusta Holmes

    Holmes: Orchestral Works

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic

    Patrick Davin, conductor

    5:39
  • 2:07 PM

    Polonaise No. 1

    Henryk Wieniawski

    Paganini, Sarasate, Kreisler, Wieniawski

    Maxim Vengerov, violin

    5:17
  • 2:04 PM

    Lieutenant Kije: Troika

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky; Lieutenant Kije; Scythian Suite

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    2:44
  • 1:52 PM

    Star Wars: Main Theme

    John Williams

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Williams, conductor

    6:20
  • 1:47 PM

    La Boheme: Si, mi chiamano Mimi

    Giacomo Puccini

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    :00
  • 1:40 PM

    Danse (Tarantelle styrienne)

    Claude Debussy

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    5:25
  • 1:37 PM

    Jurassic Park: Main Theme

    John Williams

    Vienna Horns

    3:33
  • 1:29 PM

    Horn Trio: Finale

    Johannes Brahms

    Function.Lust

    Frank Almond, violin

    6:18
  • 1:18 PM

    Student Concerto

    Friedrich Seitz

    Concertos from My Childhood

    Juilliard Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    9:23
  • 1:15 PM

    Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott (A Mighty Fortress is Our God)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    2:20
  • 1:09 PM

    The School for Fathers: Intermezzo

    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

    Revelations

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    3:34
  • 1:04 PM

    Olympic Fanfare

    John Williams

    By Request: The Best of John Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:23
  • 12:53 PM

    An English Suite: Air and Frolic

    Hubert Parry

    Finzi; Parry; Bridge

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    5:56
  • 12:49 PM

    An English Suite: Prelude

    Hubert Parry

    Finzi; Parry; Bridge

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    3:55
  • 12:44 PM

    Die Zwillingsbruder: Overture

    Franz Schubert

    Prague Sinfonia

    Christian Benda, conductor

    3:54
  • 12:35 PM

    Concerto No. 9

    Pietro Locatelli

    Locatelli: Introduttioni Teatralli and Concerti, Op. 4

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, conductor

    7:45
  • 12:30 PM

    Rodeo: Hoe-Down

    Aaron Copland

    The Essence of America: Aaron Copland

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    3:24
  • 12:23 PM

    Symphony No. 5: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    6:06
  • 12:16 PM

    Sonata No. 4

    Johann Rosenmuller

    King's Noyse

    David Douglass, conductor

    5:56
  • 12:09 PM

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Eivind Aadland, conductor

    Baiba Skride, violin

    5:43
  • 12:04 PM

    Lincoln: The American Process

    John Williams

    Lincoln Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:57
  • 11:51 AM

    Concerto for Two Trumpets

    Antonio Vivaldi

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Mark Bennett, trumpet

    Michael Harrison, trumpet

    7:20
  • 11:49 AM

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    1:22
  • 11:29 AM

    The Golden Cockerel: Suite

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    19:08
  • 11:21 AM

    Brooklyn Rider

    7:14
  • 11:17 AM

    Cancion de Cuna (Afro-Cuban Lullaby)

    Leo Brouwer

    Pan American Journeys

    Modern Mandolin Quartet

    3:55
  • 11:13 AM

    Swedish Polka

    Hugo Alfven

    European Light Music Classics

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    2:25
  • 11:06 AM

    Wedding Day at Troldhaugen

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Lyric Pieces

    Stephen Hough, piano

    5:55
  • 11:01 AM

    French Suite No. 6: Allemande; Courante

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Short Stories - Music For Harp Duo By Carlos Salzedo

    Salzedo Harp Duo

    4:37
  • 10:55 AM

    Abu Hassan: Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Overtures

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    3:33
  • 10:40 AM

    Fantastic Dances

    Joaquin Turina

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    14:37
  • 10:31 AM

    Trio No. 2 "London"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Laurel Zucker, flute

    Renee Siebert, flute

    Samuel Magill, cello

    6:54
  • 10:18 AM

    London Fields

    Phyllis Tate

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    12:53
  • 10:06 AM

    Suite Rococo

    Andre Gretry

    I Fiamminghi

    France Springuel, cello

    9:50
  • 10:01 AM

    Les Huguenots: Gypsy Dance

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Meyerbeer: Ballet Music From The Operas / Nesterowicz

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    4:40
  • 9:56 AM

    Valley of the Bones

    Margaret Bonds

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:30
  • 9:26 AM

    Apollon Musagete

    Igor Stravinsky

    Igor Stravinsky: Orchestral Works

    Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    29:14
  • 9:13 AM

    Rossiniana

    Ernesto Cavallini

    Rossini y Espana

    Joan Enric-Lluna, clarinet

    11:26
  • 9:06 AM

    Demetrio e Polibio: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    6:30
  • 9:01 AM

    Chaconne

    John Blow

    Chaconne

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    4:33
  • 8:24 AM

    String Quintet No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: String Quintets K515/K516

    Takacs Quartet

    Gyorgy Pauk, violin

    34:14
  • 8:17 AM

    Les Larmes de Jacqueline

    Jacques Offenbach

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, conductor

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    7:07
  • 8:06 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 5

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Stephen Preston, flute

    8:58
  • 8:01 AM

    Barcarolle No. 3

    Ned Rorem

    Ruskin Cooper, piano

    4:32
  • 7:42 AM

    Clarinet Quartet

    Franz Hoffmeister

    Hoffmeister: Clarinet Quartets

    Vlach Quartet Prague

    Dieter Klocker, clarinet

    16:28
  • 7:41 AM

    My Scarf is Yellow

    Hale Smith

    William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    :47
  • 7:06 AM

    String Sextet

    Antonin Dvorak

    Tchaikovsky, Dvorak: String Sextets

    Sarah Chang, violin

    33:02
  • 7:01 AM

    Prelude No. 1

    Ketil Bjornstad

    Ketil Bjornstad, piano

    4:37
  • 6:43 AM

    Afro-Cuban Concerto

    Valerie Coleman

    Imani Winds: The Classical Underground

    Imani Winds

    15:32
  • 6:32 AM

    The Dream of Gunnar

    Carl Nielsen

    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor

    10:09
  • 6:06 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Robert Volkmann

    North West German Philharmonic

    Werner Andreas Albert, conductor

    24:24
  • 6:01 AM

    Trio Sonata

    Giuseppe Tartini

    La Magnifica Comunita

    Enrico Casazza, violin

    Isabella Longa, violin

    Marcello Scandelli, cello

    Giorgio Cerasoli, harpsichord

    4:34