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  • 4:31 AM

    String Quartet No. 3

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn Op. 44 Nos. 1, 2

    Cecilia String Quartet

    27:33
  • 4:24 AM

    Intermezzo No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms Inspired

    Orli Shaham, piano

    5:48
  • 4:06 AM

    Suite in the Ancient Style

    Vincent d'Indy

    Vincent D'Indy

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    16:19
  • 4:01 AM

    Triquilandia/Seguidilla

    Emilio Pujol

    David Russell, guitar

    4:42
  • 3:47 AM

    A Spring Garland

    Armstrong Gibbs

    Armstrong Gibbs: Dale and Fell

    Guildhall Strings

    Robert Salter, conductor

    11:14
  • 3:26 AM

    Holberg Suite

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg, Nielsen: Music for String Orchestra

    Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

    Iona Brown, conductor

    19:22
  • 3:17 AM

    Amarillis

    Heloise Gaillard, oboe

    8:18
  • 3:15 AM

    Impressions: The Brook

    Ulvi Cemal Erkin

    Beyza Yazgan, piano

    :37
  • 3:06 AM

    Nocturnes: Nuages (Clouds)

    Claude Debussy

    Paris Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    8:31
  • 3:01 AM

    Evening Mood

    Josef Suk

    Josef Suk, violin

    Josef Hala, piano

    4:53
  • 2:53 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 1 "La Tempesta di Mare" ("Storm at Sea")

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Rebel

    Jorg-Michael Schwarz, conductor

    Matthias Maute, recorder

    5:42
  • 2:21 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann/Strauss

    German Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    30:28
  • 2:17 AM

    The Deserted Garden

    Florence Price

    Laura Metcalf, cello

    Rupert Boyd, guitar

    2:15
  • 2:06 AM

    Preludio Sinfonico

    Giacomo Puccini

    Puccini: Messa di Gloria

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    10:05
  • 2:01 AM

    String Quartet "For Art": 4th movement

    Eduard Toldra

    Casals, Toldra, Montsalvatge

    Andorra National Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Claret, conductor

    4:42
  • 1:48 AM

    Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    German Overtures

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    10:13
  • 1:14 AM

    Symphony No. 38 "Prague"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    32:14
  • 1:11 AM

    My bonny lass she smileth

    Thomas Morley

    Canadian Brass

    1:27
  • 1:06 AM

    Bohemian Forest: In the spinning-room

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: From The Bohemian Forest; Dumky

    Artur Pizarro, piano

    4:21
  • 1:01 AM

    French Suite No. 6: Allemande; Courante

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Short Stories - Music For Harp Duo By Carlos Salzedo

    Salzedo Harp Duo

    4:37
  • 12:48 AM

    Little Serenade

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Orebro Chamber Orchestra

    Goran Nilson, conductor

    10:29
  • 12:23 AM

    Swan Lake: excerpts

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    22:58
  • 12:19 AM

    Straw Hat Dance

    Du Mingxin

    Lang Lang, piano

    1:59
  • 12:06 AM

    Flute Concerto

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Telemann alla Polacca

    Rebel

    Jorg-Michael Schwarz, conductor

    Matthias Maute, flute

    12:45
  • 12:01 AM

    The Jester at the Wedding: Caprice

    Eric Coates

    Eric Coates: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Wilson, conductor

    4:41
  • 11:49 PM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven And Britten Concertos

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    Janine Jansen, violin

    9:26
  • 11:31 PM

    Dances of Galanta

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    16:32
  • 11:26 PM

    Nicolette and Rondelay

    Maurice Ravel

    Robert Shaw Festival Singers

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    4:12
  • 11:12 PM

    Romeo and Juliet: Act II Selections

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet, Op. 64

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    12:04
  • 11:06 PM

    Bartered Bride: Dance of the Comedians

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: The Bartered Bride & From My Life

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    5:40
  • 11:01 PM

    Sonatina No. 2 "Happy Workshop": 2nd movement

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Music for Wind Ensemble

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    4:32
  • 10:50 PM

    Samson and Delilah: Bacchanale

    Camille Saint-Saens

    French Opera Highlights

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    7:32
  • 10:35 PM

    "Twinkle, Twinkle" Variations (Ah, vous dirais-je, Maman)

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Andras Schiff Plays Mozart

    Andras Schiff, piano

    13:59
  • 10:28 PM

    Torch Dance

    Moritz Moszkowski

    From Foreign Lands

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    6:15
  • 10:10 PM

    Concerto for 2 Orchestras No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, Concerti a due cori

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    16:01
  • 10:06 PM

    Procession of the Sardar

    Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov

    Classic Marches

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:07
  • 10:01 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Alla marcia

    Dag Wiren

    Scandinavian String Music

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Richard Studt, conductor

    4:48
  • 9:50 PM

    Jazz Suite No. 1

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Jazz Music

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    8:04
  • 9:48 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Three Ivans

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    1:16
  • 9:30 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Hilary Hahn: Bach Violin Concertos

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Kahane, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    16:34
  • 9:27 PM

    Wand of Youth: The Little Bells

    Edward Elgar

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    2:36
  • 9:16 PM

    Soirees Musicales

    Benjamin Britten

    Rossini, Respighi: La Boutique Fantasque

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    9:35
  • 9:06 PM

    Egmont Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No 3

    Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    9:04
  • 9:03 PM

    Rustle of Spring

    Christian Sinding

    Jerome Lowenthal, piano

    2:38
  • 8:47 PM

    Norwegian Dances Nos. 2-4

    Edvard Grieg

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    11:40
  • 8:19 PM

    Symphony No. 76

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Hanover Band

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    26:10
  • 8:06 PM

    Carmen Fantasy

    Franz Waxman

    Humoresque

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    11:03
  • 8:01 PM

    Waltz-Impromptu

    Franz Liszt

    Les Bis de Alexis Weissenberg

    Alexis Weissenberg, piano

    4:35
  • 5:44 PM

    Swan Lake: excerpts

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    22:58
  • 5:42 PM

    Straw Hat Dance

    Du Mingxin

    Lang Lang, piano

    1:59
  • 5:41 PM

    Flute Concerto

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Telemann alla Polacca

    Rebel

    Jorg-Michael Schwarz, conductor

    Matthias Maute, flute

    12:45
  • 5:40 PM

    Piano Trio No. 4 "Gassenhauer"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beaux Arts Trio

    17:47
  • 5:36 PM

    The Jester at the Wedding: Caprice

    Eric Coates

    Eric Coates: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Wilson, conductor

    4:41
  • 5:36 PM

    The Jester at the Wedding: Caprice

    Eric Coates

    Eric Coates: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Wilson, conductor

    4:41
  • 5:15 PM

    Czech Suite

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 "New World"; Czech Suite

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    23:07
  • 5:10 PM

    Staccato Movement

    John Thomas

    Lipman Harp Duo

    Sayo Lipman, harp

    2:51
  • 5:06 PM

    King Arthur: Overture and Air

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell: Ayres for the Theatre

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    4:16
  • 5:01 PM

    Contredanse and Tarantelle

    Frederic Chopin

    Malcom Frager plays Chopin

    Malcolm Frager, piano

    4:35
  • 4:50 PM

    Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

    Alexander Borodin

    Dies Irae: The Essential Choral Collection

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:33
  • 4:19 PM

    Symphony

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet, Prokofiev, Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 1

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    28:55
  • 4:13 PM

    Madrigal

    Philippe Gaubert

    Paris: La Belle Epoque

    Robert Langevin, flute

    4:14
  • 4:06 PM

    Wand of Youth: Overture, Serenade, and Sun Dance

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: The Wand of Youth (Suites No. 1 & 2)

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    6:42
  • 4:01 PM

    Symphonic Suite for Strings: Prelude

    Marion Bauer

    Ambache Chamber Orchestra and Ensemble

    4:38
  • 3:52 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Johann Fasch

    Budapest Strings

    Reinhold Friedrich, trumpet

    Lajos Lencses, oboe

    Laszlo Parkanyi, oboe

    Aladar Tuske, bassoon

    6:31
  • 3:35 PM

    Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    15:28
  • 3:18 PM

    Sonata No. 6

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Minna Pensola, violin

    Antti Tikkanen, violin

    Tuomas Lehto, cello

    Niek de Groot, double bass

    15:36
  • 3:09 PM

    Zampa Overture

    Ferdinand Herold

    Tortelier's French Bonbons

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    8:04
  • 3:06 PM

    Click-Clack (Klipp-klapp) Galop

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    2:04
  • 3:01 PM

    Robin Hood Suite: March of the Bowmen

    Frederic Curzon

    European Light Music Classics

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    4:45
  • 2:49 PM

    Grand Canyon Suite: On the Trail

    Ferde Grofe

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    7:58
  • 2:28 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    WA Mozart: The Violin Concertos

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    20:06
  • 2:14 PM

    Andean Folk Dances

    Celso Garrido-Lecca

    Garrido-Lecca: Peruvian Suite; Symphonic Tableaux; Andean Folk Dances; Laudes II

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    12:59
  • 2:05 PM

    Toccata

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Toccatas

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    7:21
  • 1:59 PM

    The Skaters Waltz

    Emil Waldteufel

    Favorite Holiday Classics

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    4:47
  • 1:54 PM

    Farewell to Stromness

    Peter Maxwell Davies

    Message of the Sea: Celtic Music for Guitar

    David Russell, guitar

    3:37
  • 1:51 PM

    Morning Has Broken

    Traditional

    American Boychoir

    3:00
  • 1:47 PM

    Morning Has Broken

    Traditional Gaelic

    Blanc

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    3:26
  • 1:39 PM

    Crown Imperial

    William Walton

    Walton: Belshazzar's Feast/ Henry V Suite

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    6:50
  • 1:30 PM

    Concerto No. 9

    Pietro Locatelli

    Locatelli: Introduttioni Teatralli and Concerti, Op. 4

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, conductor

    7:45
  • 1:24 PM

    Il barbiere di Siviglia (Barber of Seville): Largo al factotum

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: The Barber of Seville

    London Symphony Orchestra

    James Levine, conductor

    Sherrill Milnes, baritone

    4:33
  • 1:18 PM

    Piano Sonata: Scherzo

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Piano Sonatas D958 and D 959

    Inon Barnatan, piano

    4:54
  • 1:09 PM

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

    Richard Wagner

    Reiner Conducts Wagner

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    6:18
  • 1:04 PM

    Trumpet Voluntary

    John Stanley

    Wynton Marsalis: In Gabriel's Garden

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    3:34
  • 12:56 PM

    October Sky: Selections

    Mark Isham

    Studio Orchestra

    2:30
  • 12:51 PM

    Joanne Polk, piano

    5:07
  • 12:44 PM

    String Quartet No. 3: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Dover Quartet

    6:16
  • 12:34 PM

    Symphony No. 104 "London": 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

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

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    8:01
  • 12:22 PM

    Piano Trio No. 1: 3rd mvt

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Claremont Trio

    5:33
  • 12:17 PM

    PIano Concerto No. 17: 1st mvt

    Wolfgang Mozart

    Santa Fe Pro Musica Orchestra

    Thomas O'Connor, conductor

    Conrad Tao, piano

    11:00
  • 12:08 PM

    Suite of Scottish Dances

    William Alwyn

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    7:17
  • 12:04 PM

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    3:16
  • 11:47 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 9 (after Corelli)

    Francesco Geminiani

    Geminiani: 12 Concerti Grossi

    I Musici

    11:22
  • 11:44 AM

    Gabriela Montero, piano

    1:33
  • 11:34 AM

    Sigurd Jorsalfar: Homage March

    Edvard Grieg

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    8:45
  • 11:29 AM

    String Quartet No. 5: 2nd movement

    Alexander Glazunov

    Saint Petersburg String Quartet

    4:18
  • 11:19 AM

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    8:55
  • 11:16 AM

    Gavotte

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Kodaly: String Quartets No. 1 and 2; Gavotte

    Kontra Quartet

    2:32
  • 11:07 AM

    Appalachian Spring: Variations on a Shaker Melody

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Appalachian Spring, Rodeo, Billy The Kid, Fanfare For The Common Man

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    6:47
  • 11:04 AM

    Morris Dance Tunes: Laudnum Bunches

    Gustav Holst

    New Zealand Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor

    2:46
  • 10:46 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1: Finale

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Piano Concertos

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Andris Nelsons, conductor

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    12:04
  • 10:37 AM

    German Dance Suite

    Johann Pezel

    Canadian Brass

    7:29
  • 10:26 AM

    Gloriana: Courtly Dances

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten 'The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra'

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    10:00
  • 10:23 AM

    Zapateado

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Romance de Amor

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    2:49
  • 10:11 AM

    Concerto for Two Cellos

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi & Friends - La Folia (Madness & Other Concertos) / Sorrell, Apollo's Fire

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    Rene Schiffer, cello

    10:36
  • 10:06 AM

    Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune (Moonlight)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 1

    Martin Jones, piano

    4:25
  • 10:01 AM

    Staatskapelle Weimar

    Peter Gulke, conductor

    4:38
  • 9:39 AM

    Lachian Dances

    Leos Janacek

    Janacek: Lachian Dances / Taras Bulba / Sinfonietta

    Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ondrej Lenard, conductor

    19:27
  • 9:25 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Giuseppe Sammartini

    Albinoni, Cimarosa, Marcello, Sammartini, Lotti: Oboe Concertos

    I Musici

    Heinz Holliger, oboe

    11:58
  • 9:17 AM

    Arabesque

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Piano Works Vol. 1

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    6:26
  • 9:06 AM

    Othello Suite

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha OVerture / Petite Suite

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    10:35
  • 9:01 AM

    Saving Private Ryan: Hymn to the Fallen

    John Williams

    Voces8

    4:39
  • 8:42 AM

    The Lark Ascending

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

    Volodymyr Sirenko, conductor

    Solomiya Ivakhiv, violin

    16:34
  • 8:37 AM

    The Rowallen Lute Book (2)

    Anonymous

    The Scottish Lute

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    4:13
  • 8:11 AM

    Serenade No. 12

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Greatest Hits

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    24:19
  • 8:06 AM

    The Green Bough

    Joan Trimble

    Bruce Posner, piano

    Donald Garvelmann, piano

    4:28
  • 8:01 AM

    Trumpet Sinfonia "Il Barcheggio"

    Alessandro Stradella

    Italian Trumpet Concertos

    New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig

    Max Pommer, conductor

    Ludwig Guttler, trumpet

    4:45
  • 7:24 AM

    Cello Sonata

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    33:58
  • 7:20 AM

    Symphony X: Requiem for a Hero

    Don Gillis

    Sinfonia Varsovia

    Ian Hobson, conductor

    3:39
  • 7:06 AM

    blue cathedral

    Jennifer Higdon

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    12:19
  • 7:01 AM

    Duo Similia

    4:38
  • 6:30 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Randall Thompson

    American Masters: Harris, Thompson, Diamond

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    27:45
  • 6:20 AM

    String Quartet No. 4

    Maddalena Laura Sirmen

    Sirmen: The 6 String Quartets / Allegri String Quartet

    Allegri String Quartet

    9:44
  • 6:06 AM

    Ma vlast (My Country): From Bohemia's Woods and Fields

    Bedrich Smetana

    Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

    Zdenek Macal, conductor

    12:13
  • 6:01 AM

    Keltic Lament

    John Foulds

    Foulds: Dynamic Triptych, Music-Pictures Iii

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    4:31
  • 5:27 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Niels Gade

    Gade: Symphonies No 1 & 8 / Järvi, Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    31:41
  • 5:20 AM

    Duo for Flute and Piano: Flowing

    Aaron Copland

    american flute music

    Jeffrey Khaner, flute

    5:42
  • 5:06 AM

    Trio Sonata No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Palladian Ensemble

    12:33
  • 5:01 AM

    Dance of the Flowers

    Amy Beach

    The Solo Piano Music of Amy Beach, Vol. 1

    Joanne Polk, piano

    4:42