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  • 4:42 AM

    French Suite No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Andras Schiff, piano

    16:15
  • 4:21 AM

    An American in Paris

    George Gershwin

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Louis Langree, conductor

    20:30
  • 4:06 AM

    Concert Fantasy on Mozart's Magic Flute

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Navarra Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Martinez Izquierdo, conductor

    Tianwa Yang, violin

    12:57
  • 4:01 AM

    From Andersen's Fairy-Tales: Barcarolle and Arabesque

    Bohuslav Martinu

    Martinu: Piano Music, Vol. 7

    Giorgio Koukl, piano

    4:38
  • 3:45 AM

    Bavarian Dances

    Edward Elgar

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    12:47
  • 3:17 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Eugenia Zukerman, flute

    26:25
  • 3:12 AM

    Four Popular Catalan Songs

    Miguel Llobet

    David Russell, guitar

    4:59
  • 3:06 AM

    Song without Words

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    4:12
  • 3:01 AM

    English Idyll No. 2

    George Butterworth

    Halle Orchestra

    Mark Elder, conductor

    4:36
  • 12:53 AM

    Oriental Dance

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    Stephen Hough, piano

    4:53
  • 12:18 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Scottish"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    34:10
  • 12:08 AM

    A Lovely Rose

    Fu Renchang

    Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Fu Renchang, conductor

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    7:03
  • 12:06 AM

    Country Gardens

    Percy Grainger

    Martin Jones, piano

    2:05
  • 12:01 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1: Gavotte

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Suites Nos. 1 And 2

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    4:40
  • 11:51 PM

    Concerto for Two Trumpets

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi

    The King's Violins

    Mathieu Lussier, conductor

    Benjamin Raymond, trumpet

    6:30
  • 11:48 PM

    Chanson bretonne (Breton song)

    Cecile Chaminade

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    2:08
  • 11:25 PM

    Symphony No. 93

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    22:11
  • 11:10 PM

    Chimney of King Rene

    Darius Milhaud

    Berlin Philharmonic Winds

    12:54
  • 11:06 PM

    Carmen: Seguedilla and Dragoons

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Carmen Suite, L'arlesienne Suites Etc.

    Orchestra of the Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    3:41
  • 11:01 PM

    Three Improvisations

    Francis Poulenc

    Poulenc: Piano Music

    Pascal Roge, piano

    4:42
  • 10:50 PM

    African Suite: Joyful Day

    Fela Sowande

    Black Composers Series 1974-1978

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    7:38
  • 10:30 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 30

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Awadagin Pratt: Beethoven Piano Sonatas

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    18:37
  • 10:24 PM

    Saul and David: Prelude to Act II

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Clarinet Concerto, Flute Concerto

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    5:03
  • 10:11 PM

    Sinfonia No. 6

    Gaspard Fritz

    Fritz: 5 Sinfonias

    La Stagione Frankfurt

    Michael Schneider, conductor

    11:28
  • 10:06 PM

    Saturday Night at the Firehouse

    Henry Cowell

    Bernstein: Candide Overture, Barber: Adagio for Strings, Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man

    Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

    Lukas Foss, conductor

    5:05
  • 10:01 PM

    Bella Bocca Polka

    Emil Waldteufel

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:46
  • 9:52 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: Rondo

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Clarinet Concertos

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Jean-Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    Martin Frost, clarinet

    6:01
  • 9:49 PM

    The King of Denmark's Galliard

    John Dowland

    Viva Italia

    Queen's Chamber Band

    1:44
  • 9:28 PM

    London Mozart Players

    Jane Glover, conductor

    20:15
  • 9:26 PM

    Concert Study No. 2

    York Bowen

    Nicolas Namoradze, piano

    1:35
  • 9:13 PM

    The Song of Hiawatha: Overture

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    11:22
  • 9:06 PM

    Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    6:00
  • 9:03 PM

    Serenata alla spagnuola (Spanish Serenade)

    Alexander Borodin

    Violoncello Espanol

    I Musici Montreal

    Yuli Turovsky, conductor

    Yuli Turovsky, cello

    2:29
  • 8:50 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No 2 / Muti, Philadelphia Orchestra

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    8:59
  • 8:34 PM

    Concerto for Trumpet and Two Oboes

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Telemann: Trumpet Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet

    13:46
  • 8:25 PM

    Vocalise

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

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

    Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yuri Temirkanov, conductor

    8:52
  • 8:13 PM

    Memories of the Straw Brook Waltz

    Joseph Lanner

    Joseph Lanner: Dance Music from Old Vienna

    Vienna String Ensemble

    9:36
  • 8:06 PM

    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
  • 8:01 PM

    Piano Sonata: Menuet

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    CPE Bach

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    4:38
  • 5:49 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 5

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    8:43
  • 5:25 PM

    Pines of Rome

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    22:39
  • 5:14 PM

    Fritiof Suite: Fritiof's sea journey

    Elfrida Andree

    Stockholm Symphony Orchestra

    Gustaf Sjokvist, conductor

    9:33
  • 5:06 PM

    Il barbiere di Siviglia (Barber of Seville): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jaime Laredo, conductor

    7:16
  • 5:01 PM

    Artists' Quadrille (Kunstler-Quadrille)

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:46
  • 4:49 PM

    School for Scandal Overture

    Samuel Barber

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:56
  • 4:20 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn, Bruch: Concerto & Romance

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Janine Jansen, violin

    26:54
  • 4:16 PM

    Mazurka No. 23

    Frederic Chopin

    Murray Perahia, piano

    2:19
  • 4:06 PM

    Fantasy on Mozart's "La ci darem la mano"

    Franz Danzi

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Jorg Faerber, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    10:11
  • 4:01 PM

    String Quartet No. 11 "Serioso": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra

    Christian Kluxen, conductor

    Henning Kraggerud, violin

    4:45
  • 3:54 PM

    Aladdin Suite: March and Dance

    Carl Nielsen

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    6:21
  • 3:24 PM

    Dance Suite after Couperin

    Richard Strauss

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Rudolf Kempe, conductor

    28:39
  • 3:19 PM

    Libertango

    Astor Piazzolla

    Quartet San Francisco

    2:31
  • 3:06 PM

    In Italy Overture

    Karl Goldmark

    Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andras Korodi, conductor

    12:39
  • 3:01 PM

    Nonetto: 4th movement

    Bohuslav Martinu

    Martinu: Chamber Music

    Lahti Chamber Ensemble

    4:48
  • 2:49 PM

    Symphony No. 4: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    8:10
  • 2:39 PM

    Roman Carnival Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Overtures, Queen Mab Scherzo

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Munch, conductor

    8:04
  • 2:34 PM

    The Valkyrie: Ride of the Valkyries

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Overtures And Orchestral Music

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    4:43
  • 2:31 PM

    Fanfare on "Ode to Joy"

    Michael Halstenson

    Lake Wobegon Brass Band

    3:00
  • 2:09 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    20:35
  • 2:05 PM

    Three Dance Sketches: Tango

    Richard Bissill

    Dance Sketches

    Chicago Harp Quartet

    3:30
  • 2:01 PM

    Caprice viennois (Viennese Caprice)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    Robert McDuffie, violin

    3:59
  • 1:50 PM

    Holy Spirit Mass: Peace

    Kim Andre Arnesen

    Trondheim Vocal Ensemble

    Sofi Jeannin, conductor

    4:00
  • 1:40 PM

    Symphony No. 10 "In Autumn": 4th movement

    Joachim Raff

    Raff: Symphonies Nos. 3 And 10

    Slovak State Phiharmonic, Kosice

    Urs Schneider, conductor

    7:33
  • 1:32 PM

    Brook Green Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: Works for Chamber Orchestra

    New Zealand Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor

    7:07
  • 1:26 PM

    Wer hat dies Liedel erdacht?; Lob des hohen Verstandes

    Gustav Mahler

    Cumberland Quintet

    4:00
  • 1:19 PM

    A Little Night Music: Night Waltz

    Stephen Sondheim

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    6:23
  • 1:17 PM

    Liebeslieder Walzer: Wenn so lind dein Auge mir

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Choral Works

    Monteverdi Choir

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    1:14
  • 1:09 PM

    Hamlet: Ballet Music: Valse-Mazurka

    Ambroise Thomas

    Thomas: Hamlet

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    3:46
  • 1:04 PM

    The Entertainer

    Scott Joplin

    Scott Joplin: The Red Back Book

    New England Conservatory Ragtime Ensemble

    4:16
  • 12:57 PM

    Holy Spirit Mass: Hosanna

    Kim Andre Arnesen

    Trondheim Vocal Ensemble

    sofi Jeannin, conductor

    2:00
  • 12:51 PM

    Serenade No. 3: 3rd movement; 4th movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenades KV185, KV204

    Orchestra of the Auvergne

    Leopold Hager, conductor

    Jean-Jacques Kantorow, violin

    6:10
  • 12:46 PM

    The Deer Hunter: Cavatina

    Stanley Myers

    Romance de Amor

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    3:30
  • 12:36 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 3: Rondo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Complete Piano Concertos

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Andrew Constantine, conductor

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    9:03
  • 12:32 PM

    The Three-Cornered Hat: Neighbor's Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Manuel de Falla's Spain

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    3:32
  • 12:21 PM

    As You Like It: Suite

    Roger Quilter

    Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    9:16
  • 12:16 PM

    Canzon No. 8

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Royal Academy of Music Brass

    4:21
  • 12:09 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Joseph White

    Encore Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hege, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    5:00
  • 12:04 PM

    Karelia Suite: Alla Marcia

    Jean Sibelius

    Scandinavian Rhapsody, A Selection of Orchestral Favourites

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:35
  • 11:57 AM

    Holy Spirit Mass: Blessed

    Kim Andre Arnesen

    Trondheim Vocal Ensemble

    sofi Jeannin, conductor

    1:22
  • 11:48 AM

    Prague Waltzes

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends, Prague Waltzes

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    7:35
  • 11:40 AM

    Andante for Clarinet and Orchestra

    Alice Mary Smith

    Smith, A.M.: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    Angela Malsbury, clarinet

    7:05
  • 11:31 AM

    Symphony No. 98: Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: The London Symphonies, Vol. I

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    8:04
  • 11:27 AM

    Rhein Legendchen

    Gustav Mahler

    Cumberland Quintet

    3:00
  • 11:18 AM

    Four South African Folktunes

    Traditional

    South African Music

    National Symphony Orchestra of the S.A.B.C.

    Peter Marchbank, conductor

    7:43
  • 11:16 AM

    Musical Moment No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    1:48
  • 11:10 AM

    Concerto No. 4

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Albinoni: 12 Concerti a cinque, Op.5

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    5:00
  • 11:04 AM

    Peer Gynt: Arabian Dance

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 And 2

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    4:54
  • 10:50 AM

    La Belle Helene (Beautiful Helene): Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    Lille National Orchestra

    Darrell Ang, conductor

    8:29
  • 10:39 AM

    Waltz Fantasy

    Mikhail Glinka

    Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra

    Loris Tjeknavorian, conductor

    9:20
  • 10:28 AM

    Four Seasons: Spring

    Antonio Vivaldi

    The Four Seasons

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Enrico Onofri, violin

    10:20
  • 10:25 AM

    Mexican Landscape

    Aaron Copland

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:05
  • 10:14 AM

    Norwegian Rhapsody No. 2

    Johan Svendsen

    Trondheim Symphony Orchestra

    Ole Kristian Ruud, conductor

    9:36
  • 10:06 AM

    Eugene Onegin: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    6:41
  • 10:01 AM

    Terpsichore: Chaconne

    George Frideric Handel

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    4:42
  • 9:41 AM

    Concertino for Oboe and Strings

    Brenno Blauth

    Camerata Bariloche

    Andres Spiller, oboe

    17:11
  • 9:23 AM

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    15:58
  • 9:18 AM

    Xinjiang Dance

    Zhihong Guo

    Yit Kin Seow, piano

    3:51
  • 9:06 AM

    Capriccio: String Sextet

    Richard Strauss

    German Opera Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    10:58
  • 9:01 AM

    Ladies in Lavender

    Nigel Hess

    Claire Jones: Royal Harp Strings

    London Mozart Players

    Stuart Morley, conductor

    Claire Jones, harp

    4:42
  • 8:46 AM

    Serenade and Allegro giocoso

    Felix Mendelssohn

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    12:35
  • 8:38 AM

    Stephen Marchionda, guitar

    7:34
  • 8:21 AM

    Ennanga for String Quartet, Harp, and Piano

    William Grant Still

    Videmus

    15:28
  • 8:06 AM

    Plow That Broke the Plains Suite

    Virgil Thomson

    Symphony of the Air

    Leopold Stokowski, conductor

    13:58
  • 8:01 AM

    Trumpet Concerto: 2nd movement

    Franz Richter

    Trumpet Concertos

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Elgar Howarth, conductor

    Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet

    4:52
  • 7:27 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Florence Price

    Florence Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    31:05
  • 7:20 AM

    Colonial Song

    Percy Grainger

    Lincolnshire Posy

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    6:11
  • 7:06 AM

    Serenade No. 6 "Serenata Notturna"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenades K 203 & 239

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    12:41
  • 7:01 AM

    Etude No. 11: for arpeggios

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images, Etudes

    Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano

    4:40
  • 6:50 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 16

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic Dances

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    8:04
  • 6:20 AM

    North Country Sketches

    Frederick Delius

    Delius: A Walk in a Paradise Garden

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    30:11
  • 6:06 AM

    String Symphony No. 4

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Complete String Symphonies

    Gli Incogniti

    Amandine Beyer, conductor

    11:26
  • 6:01 AM

    Pan's Flute: Pan and the Nymphs

    Jules Mouquet

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Philippe Auguin, conductor

    Manuela Wiesler, flute

    4:51
  • 5:55 AM

    Cello Suite No. 3: Gigue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Six Evolutions

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    2:57
  • 5:01 AM

    The Prince and the Pauper

    Erich Korngold

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    4:48