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  • 4:34 AM

    Symphony of the Air

    Leopold Stokowski, conductor

    23:57
  • 4:22 AM

    The Wild Goose

    Ryan George

    American Voices

    United States Air Force Band

    Larry H. Lang, conductor

    11:27
  • 4:06 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Janine Jansen, violin

    Jan Jansen, harpsichord

    14:28
  • 4:01 AM

    In the Mists: No. 1

    Leos Janacek

    Water

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    4:35
  • 3:44 AM

    Tarn Hows: A Cumbrian Rhapsody

    Maurice Johnstone

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    13:56
  • 3:30 AM

    St. Paul's Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Orchestral Favourites Vol I

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    12:33
  • 3:21 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 6

    Antonio Vivaldi

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Lisa Beznosiuk, flute

    8:08
  • 3:16 AM

    See-Saw Waltz

    Justin Holland

    Justin Holland Recording Project

    Mark Delpriora, guitar

    3:19
  • 3:06 AM

    Melancholy Serenade

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Russian National Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    9:29
  • 3:01 AM

    On Distant Waves (Sur les flots lointains)

    Charles Koechlin

    Koechlin: Le boisson ardent; Sur les flots lointains

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:46
  • 2:51 AM

    Reflection of the Moon in the Er-Quan Spring

    Yan-Jun Hua

    Chinese National Symphony Orchestra

    China National Symphony Orchestra

    Zuohuang Chen, conductor

    8:34
  • 2:31 AM

    String Quartet

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Nash Ensemble

    18:48
  • 2:01 AM

    A Lady in Her Tower

    Gabriel Faure

    French Reflections

    Sivan Magen, harp

    4:38
  • 1:45 AM

    Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Overtures

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    13:02
  • 1:18 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 2

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Eurasian Soloists Chamber Orchestra

    Sherniyaz Mussakhan, conductor

    Christoph Croise, cello

    24:52
  • 1:15 AM

    Ten Sketches: Village Dance

    John Knowles Paine

    Piano Music of John Knowles Paine

    Christopher Atzinger, piano

    1:34
  • 1:06 AM

    Blades of Grass

    Romeo Cascarino

    To the Point

    Orchestra 2001

    James Freeman, conductor

    Dorothy Freeman, English horn

    8:41
  • 1:01 AM

    Spanish Serenade

    Xaver Scharwenka

    Stephen Hough, piano

    4:32
  • 12:51 AM

    Symphony No. 12

    William Herschel

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    11:14
  • 12:48 AM

    Symphony No. 12

    William Herschel

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    11:14
  • 12:37 AM

    An Outdoor Overture

    Aaron Copland

    Portraits of Freedom: Copland, Harris

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    9:15
  • 12:20 AM

    Fantastic Dances

    Joaquin Turina

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    14:37
  • 12:18 AM

    American Series: Peruvian Waltz

    Hector Ayala

    David Russell, guitar

    1:20
  • 12:06 AM

    Sinfonia No. 1

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    CPE Bach: Six Symphonies for Strings

    CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra

    Hartmut Haenchen, conductor

    11:41
  • 12:01 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Florence Price

    Florence Price Violin Concertos

    Janacek Philharmonic

    Ryan Cockerham, conductor

    Er-Gene Kahng, violin

    4:33
  • 11:42 PM

    Scenes from Childhood

    Robert Schumann

    Mozart, Chopin, Schumann

    Mieczyslaw Horszowski, piano

    16:17
  • 11:30 PM

    The Happy Forest

    Arnold Bax

    Bax: 4 Tone Poems

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    10:15
  • 11:21 PM

    Symphony No. 33: Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Orchestra Mozart

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    7:56
  • 11:19 PM

    Intermezzo No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Murray Perahia, piano

    1:41
  • 11:06 PM

    Bass Tuba Concerto

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Singapore Symphony Orchestra

    Anne Manson, conductor

    Oystein Baadsvik, tuba

    11:51
  • 11:01 PM

    Symphony No. 5 "The Carnival": 1st movement

    Alfred Hill

    Queensland Symphony Orchestra

    Wilfred Lehmann, conductor

    4:34
  • 10:43 PM

    Excelsior! Symphonic Overture

    Wilhelm Stenhammar

    Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    14:19
  • 10:35 PM

    Violin and Oboe Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    Adrian Chandler, violin

    Gail Hennessy, oboe

    7:37
  • 10:18 PM

    Tannhauser: Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra: Wagner

    Philharmonia Zurich

    Fabio Luisi, conductor

    15:37
  • 10:11 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 8 "Pathetique": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Essential Beethoven

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    5:06
  • 10:09 PM

    Be Nort Da Dykes O'voe/Deltingside

    Traditional Shetland

    Nordic Fiddlers Bloc

    1:51
  • 10:06 PM

    The Maiden's Wish

    Frederic Chopin

    Mariam Batsashvili, piano

    3:00
  • 10:01 PM

    Symphony No. 38 "Echo": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    4:48
  • 9:45 PM

    Snow Maiden Suite

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    Roberta Alexander, soprano

    12:17
  • 9:23 PM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Potsdam Chamber Academy

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    Shalev Ad-El, harpsichord

    20:25
  • 9:18 PM

    The Ball of Beatrice d'Este: Lesquercade

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Salute to France: Harmonie Ensemble plays Hohn, Milhaud, Ibert & Poulenc

    Harmonie Ensemble

    Steven Richman, conductor

    3:19
  • 9:15 PM

    Six Israeli Melodies: Wanderer's Song

    Joachim Stutschewsky

    Children's Cello

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    2:38
  • 9:06 PM

    Die Fledermaus: Overture

    Johann StraussJr.

    Ultimate Overtures

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    8:59
  • 9:03 PM

    Mariana

    Carlos Guastavino

    At the Break

    Christopher O'Riley, piano

    2:42
  • 8:41 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 5

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Fazil Say, piano

    17:34
  • 8:24 PM

    The Noonday Witch

    Antonin Dvorak

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    14:48
  • 8:11 PM

    Concerto for Two Flutes and Bassoon

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    The Colourful Telemann

    Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra

    Barthold Kuijken, conductor

    Barthold Kuijken, flute

    11:29
  • 8:06 PM

    Swan Lake: Russian Dance

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    Esther Yoo, violin

    4:23
  • 8:01 PM

    Reverie

    Claude Debussy

    Serenade

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    James Galway, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    4:35
  • 5:50 PM

    Romance No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Violin Concerto, 2 Romances

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Joseph Swensen, violin

    8:23
  • 5:29 PM

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    19:17
  • 5:10 PM

    Variations for Piano and Orchestra

    Dora Bright

    Bright & Gipps: Piano Concertos

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Peebles, conductor

    Samantha Ward, piano

    16:28
  • 5:06 PM

    Passacaglia

    Silvius Weiss

    The Baroque Album

    John Williams, guitar

    4:08
  • 5:01 PM

    The Capricious One

    Edward Elgar

    Pinchas Zukerman: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon and Philips

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    4:32
  • 4:40 PM

    Siegfried Idyll

    Richard Wagner

    Brahms: Serenade No. 1; Wagner: Sigfried-Idyll

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    18:02
  • 4:20 PM

    Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Bolero, Daphnis Et Chloe Suite No. 2; Debussy: La Mer

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor

    18:08
  • 4:16 PM

    Sara Chenal, violin

    Jean-Pierre Ferey, piano

    2:21
  • 4:06 PM

    Momentum Suite

    Peter Hope

    Northern Sinfonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    10:09
  • 4:01 PM

    Coracao que sente

    Ernesto Nazareth

    Odeon: Brazilian Dances by Ernesto Nazareth

    Antoine Zemor, piano

    4:28
  • 3:58 PM

    Dowland's Galliard

    John Dowland

    Lute Music of Dowland

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    :47
  • 3:43 PM

    Comedy Overture

    Hamilton Harty

    Harty: An Irish Symphony

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    14:11
  • 3:36 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 6

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    6:30
  • 3:24 PM

    Benvenuto Cellini: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Overtures, Queen Mab Scherzo

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Munch, conductor

    10:30
  • 3:14 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 3: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Piano Concertos

    Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

    Leif Ove Andsnes, conductor

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    8:24
  • 3:08 PM

    Everlasting Longing

    Traditional Chinese

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    Yuan Sha, guzheng

    5:42
  • 3:06 PM

    Philadelphia Gray's Quickstep

    Francis Johnson

    Symphony Orchestra of America

    Matthew H. Phillips, conductor

    2:05
  • 3:01 PM

    Suite for Flute and Piano: Romance

    Charles-Marie Widor

    Paris: La Belle Epoque

    Robert Langevin, flute

    4:33
  • 2:43 PM

    Serenade to Music

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Serenade, Flos Campi, Five Mystical Songs

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Matthew Best, conductor

    Soloists

    13:31
  • 2:37 PM

    Berceuse (Lullaby)

    Frederic Chopin

    The Complete Piano Works of Chopin, Vol 5: Masterpieces & Miniatures

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    5:58
  • 2:17 PM

    London Mozart Players

    Jane Glover, conductor

    18:45
  • 2:01 PM

    Dumbarton Oaks Concerto

    Igor Stravinsky

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    14:50
  • 1:56 PM

    Peer Gynt: In The Hall Of The Mountain King

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2, etc.

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    2:41
  • 1:52 PM

    Peer Gynt: Morning Mood

    Edvard Grieg

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    4:16
  • 1:50 PM

    Scenes from Childhood: Of Foreign Lands and People

    Robert Schumann

    William Kapell, piano

    2:22
  • 1:42 PM

    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini: Variations 15-18

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    William Kapell, piano

    6:44
  • 1:37 PM

    Fanfare for the Common Man

    Aaron Copland

    Copland 100

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    3:31
  • 1:34 PM

    Miniatures: Intermezzo

    Frank Bridge

    Bridge: Piano Trio; Miniatures

    Jack Liebeck, violin

    1:43
  • 1:20 PM

    Chimney of King Rene

    Darius Milhaud

    FRENCH MUSIC FOR WIND QUINTET

    Danish National Symphony Wind Quintet

    12:50
  • 1:16 PM

    The Secret of Susanna: Overture

    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    3:06
  • 1:06 PM

    Sinfonia for Strings

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    6:10
  • 1:04 PM

    The Ruins of Athens: Turkish March

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Fielder's Greatest Hits

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    1:36
  • 12:48 PM

    Africa Fantasie

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Piano Concertos 1-5, etc.

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Jean-Philippe Collard, piano

    10:48
  • 12:41 PM

    Polonaise

    Mauro Giuliani

    David Starobin Performs Mauro Giuliani, Volume Two

    David Starobin, guitar

    4:53
  • 12:36 PM

    Il Signor Bruschino: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    4:20
  • 12:31 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
  • 12:24 PM

    Pavane for a Dead Princess (Pavane pour une infante defunte)

    Maurice Ravel

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    6:06
  • 12:15 PM

    Sonata No. 5 "In Imitation of Corelli"

    William McGibbon

    Chatham Baroque

    7:53
  • 12:09 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Bruce: Gumboots

    Carducci Quartet

    Julian Bliss, clarinet

    4:25
  • 12:04 PM

    Legend No. 1

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends

    Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    3:37
  • 11:50 AM

    Jubilee Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:41
  • 11:46 AM

    Sibylla and Agatha

    Erasmus Widmann

    The Mystic and the Muse

    Ensemble Galilei

    3:16
  • 11:31 AM

    Potpourri on Themes of Mozart

    Louis Spohr

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    13:32
  • 11:21 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 4: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Eivind Aadland, conductor

    Baiba Skride, violin

    8:57
  • 11:17 AM

    Impromptu No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Impromptu

    Shai Wosner, piano

    3:41
  • 11:10 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Bluebird pas de deux

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Stravinsky: Le Baiser de la Fee, etc.

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:30
  • 11:04 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Air on the G String

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Albinoni: Adagio; Pachelbel: Canon; Etc

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    4:41
  • 10:51 AM

    Concerto for Two Trumpets

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Christopher Warren-Green, conductor

    John Wallace, trumpet

    John Miller, trumpet

    7:29
  • 10:43 AM

    Old and Lost Rivers

    Tobias Picker

    Picker: The Encantadas, Romances and Interludes

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    6:32
  • 10:22 AM

    String Quintet

    Maria Bach

    Christine Busch, violin

    Elene Meipariani, violin

    Klaus Christa, viola

    Mathias Johansen, cello

    Conradin Brotbek, cello

    20:32
  • 10:19 AM

    Beautiful Rosemary (Schon Rosmarin)

    Fritz Kreisler

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    1:50
  • 10:11 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Carl Friedrich Abel

    Abel: Overtures & Sinfonias

    Il Fondamento

    Paul Dombrecht, conductor

    7:16
  • 10:06 AM

    Humoresque No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Virtuoso

    Leonidas Kavakos, violin

    3:59
  • 10:01 AM

    Symphony No. 13: 3rd movement

    William Herschel

    Herschel: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    4:34
  • 9:52 AM

    Brook Green Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Holst, Williams, Delius, Warlock

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    6:17
  • 9:37 AM

    Keyboard Suite No. 11

    George Frideric Handel

    Andrei Gavrilov, piano

    13:51
  • 9:26 AM

    Two Nocturnal Impressions

    Manuel Ponce

    Musica Mexicana

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    8:35
  • 9:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 28

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Daedalus Quartet

    19:39
  • 9:01 AM

    Smoky Mountains Concerto: Valley Song

    Richard Addinsell

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Kenneth Alwyn, conductor

    Philip Martin, piano

    4:39
  • 8:32 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Philip Glass

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    Robert McDuffie, violin

    26:02
  • 8:26 AM

    Nocturne No. 40

    Louis Durey

    Richard Saxel, piano

    5:29
  • 8:11 AM

    Oceanic Fantasy

    Paola Prestini

    Francesca dePasquale, violin

    13:43
  • 8:06 AM

    Kikujiro: Summer

    Joe Hisaishi

    Dream Songs

    Studio Orchestra

    Joe Hisaishi, piano

    4:04
  • 8:01 AM

    L'Arlesiana: E la solita storia (Federico's Lament)

    Francesco Cilea

    Jonas Kaufmann: Verismo Arias

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Antonio Pappano, conductor

    Jonas Kaufmann, tenor

    4:30
  • 7:29 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 5 "Turkish"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart; Zuckerman

    National Arts Centre Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    29:35
  • 7:21 AM

    The Snow Queen: Pas de Deux

    Tuomas Kantelinen

    Kantelinen: Lumikuningatar

    Finnish National Opera Orchestra

    Tuomas Kantelinen, conductor

    7:25
  • 7:06 AM

    Anido's Portrait

    Sergio Assad

    Legado

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    13:04
  • 7:01 AM

    Elegy

    Alla Pavlova

    Alla Pavlova: Symphony No. 5; Elegy

    Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra

    Vladimir Ziva, conductor

    Andrei Korobeinikov, piano

    4:36
  • 6:23 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: 3 Symphonies / Jarvi, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    34:41
  • 6:16 AM

    Goyescas: Maiden and the Nightingale

    Enrique Granados

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    6:11
  • 6:06 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 11

    Arcangelo Corelli

    I Solisti Italiani

    8:35
  • 6:01 AM

    Light of a Clear Blue Morning

    Dolly Parton

    A Company Of Voices: Conspirare In Concert

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    4:31
  • 5:28 AM

    Piano Trio No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Piano Trios

    Beaux Arts Trio

    30:35
  • 5:21 AM

    Yao Dance

    Liu Tieshan

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    6:11
  • 5:06 AM

    Aurora ficta

    Stephen Scott

    The Bowed Piano Ensemble

    13:05
  • 5:01 AM

    Stephen Hough, piano

    4:36