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  • 4:54 AM

    Ambre

    Nils Frahm

    The Glass Effect: The Music of Philip Glass

    Lavinia Meijer, harp

    3:53
  • 4:31 AM

    Idillio-Concertino

    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

    WOLF-FERRARI, E.: Wind Concertinos

    Rome Symphony Orchestra

    Francesco La Vecchia, conductor

    Andrew Tenaglia, oboe

    23:11
  • 4:06 AM

    Cello Sonata

    Rebecca Clarke

    Rebecca Clarke: Epilogue; Amy Beach: Sonata, Opus 40

    Pamela Frame, cello

    23:02
  • 4:01 AM

    Minuet No. 1

    Giacomo Puccini

    Orchestra of the Auvergne

    Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    4:38
  • 3:45 AM

    Poema Autunnale (Autumn Poem)

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Concerto Gregoriano, Poema Autunnale

    Singapore Symphony Orchestra

    Choo Hoey, conductor

    Takako Nishizaki, violin

    13:32
  • 3:27 AM

    A Prole do Bebe No. 1 (The Baby's Family)

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Anna-Stella Schic, piano

    16:11
  • 3:19 AM

    Dominus Vobiscum

    Sydney Guillaume

    This Is Why We Sing

    The Summer Singers

    Russell Adrian, conductor

    Taylor Quinn, baritone

    7:18
  • 3:06 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Alessandro Marcello

    A Baroque Feast

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    John Abberger, oboe

    11:10
  • 3:01 AM

    Romantic Waltz

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy's Harp

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    4:34
  • 2:54 AM

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    Harry Baker, piano

    4:03
  • 2:44 AM

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    Martin Jones, piano

    9:45
  • 2:21 AM

    Symphonic Suite

    Leevi Madetoja

    Music by Leevi Madetoja & Tauno Pylkkanen

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    21:37
  • 2:18 AM

    Tender Thought

    Ulysses Kay

    Kete: Piano Music of the African Diaspora

    William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    1:08
  • 2:06 AM

    Orchestra-Symphony No. 4

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    CPE Bach: 4 Symphonies

    English Concert

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    11:34
  • 2:01 AM

    Four Sketches: Legend

    Eugene Goossens

    Goossens: Chamber Works

    London Chamber Music Group

    Susan Milan, flute

    4:48
  • 1:53 AM

    falling still

    Emily Doolittle

    English String Orchestra

    Kenneth Woods, conductor

    Harriet Mackenzie, violin

    4:52
  • 1:18 AM

    String Quartet No. 18

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Quartetto Italiano

    33:50
  • 1:14 AM

    Romance without Words

    Mel Bonis

    Memoires d'une femme

    Myriam Barbaux-Cohen, piano

    3:10
  • 1:06 AM

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    Damon Gupton, conductor

    6:34
  • 1:01 AM

    Dance

    Vinzens Stelzmueller

    Vienne 1850: Danses

    Ensemble Bella Musica Vienna

    4:48
  • 12:29 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Ignaz Moscheles

    Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 29

    Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    Howard Shelley, piano

    29:34
  • 12:21 AM

    Periodical Overture

    Niccolo Jommelli

    El Maestro Farinelli

    Concerto Koln

    Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor

    5:45
  • 12:16 AM

    Escualo (Shark)

    Astor Piazzolla

    Salut Salon

    3:14
  • 12:06 AM

    The Oceanides

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Finlandia, En Saga, The Swan of Tuonela, The Oceanides, Valse Triste, King Christian II Suite

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Thomas Sondergard, conductor

    9:48
  • 12:01 AM

    Hassan: Intermezzo and Serenade

    Frederick Delius

    Delius Miniatures

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:37
  • 11:47 PM

    Four Seasons: Autumn

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Nigel Kennedy, conductor

    Nigel Kennedy, violin

    11:18
  • 11:39 PM

    Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Viennese Violin

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    Robert McDuffie, violin

    3:36
  • 11:35 PM

    Serenade for Strings: 1st movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenades

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    4:20
  • 11:28 PM

    Rondeau

    Jean-Joseph Mouret

    Wynton Marsalis: In Gabriel's Garden

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    2:02
  • 11:19 PM

    Images for Orchestra: Rondes de printemps (Spring Rounds)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Works for Orchestra, Vol. I

    Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg

    Louis de Froment, conductor

    7:51
  • 11:10 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    4:42
  • 11:00 PM

    Greensleeves to a Ground

    Anonymous

    Daniel Hope: Air

    Daniel Hope, violin

    4:41
  • 10:56 PM

    Radetzky March

    Johann StraussSr.

    Kaleidoscope

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    2:57
  • 10:39 PM

    Symphony No. 3: 3rd movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    RACHMANINOV, S.: Symphony No. 3 / Symphonic Dances

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    12:29
  • 10:34 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1: Carillon

    Georges Bizet

    Leonard Bernstein: The Encore Collection Vol. 1

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    4:27
  • 10:28 PM

    Mysterious Barricades

    Francois Couperin

    The Little Tin Box

    Melody Brown, piano

    2:17
  • 10:13 PM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky/Wieniawsky: Violin Concertos

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    9:48
  • 10:10 PM

    Etude No. 10

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    2:04
  • 10:01 PM

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Twentieth Century Classics

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:43
  • 9:57 PM

    Peer Gynt: In The Hall Of The Mountain King

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 And 2

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    2:08
  • 9:49 PM

    The Harmonious Blacksmith

    George Frideric Handel

    Sotto Voce: Consequences

    Sotto Voce Quartet

    4:22
  • 9:37 PM

    Variations on a Swedish Air

    Bernhard Crusell

    Nordic Concertos

    Ostgota Symphonic Wind Ensemble

    Arie van Beek, conductor

    Martin Frost, clarinet

    11:11
  • 9:27 PM

    Three Poetic Waltzes

    Enrique Granados

    40 Degrees North

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    4:30
  • 9:20 PM

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    6:07
  • 9:09 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 5 "Spring": 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano and Violin Sonatas, Vol.2

    Isaac Stern, violin

    6:38
  • 9:03 PM

    Fanfare for the Common Man

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Appalachian Spring/Rodeo/Fanfare

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Louis Lane, conductor

    3:16
  • 8:55 PM

    Horn Concerto: Scherzo

    Ruth Gipps

    British Horn Concertos

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor

    David Pyatt, horn

    4:26
  • 8:47 PM

    Ave Maria

    Franz Schubert

    Sacred Songs

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andreas Delfs, conductor

    Renee Fleming, soprano

    4:18
  • 8:40 PM

    Etude No. 3 "Un Sospiro" (A Sigh)

    Franz Liszt

    Caprice: French Music For Harp

    Susann McDonald, harp

    5:34
  • 8:28 PM

    L'Isle joyeuse (Joyous Isle)

    Claude Debussy

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    6:54
  • 8:17 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: 4th movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Quintets by Mozart and Weber

    Mendelssohn String Quartet

    Charles Neidich, bassett horn

    9:13
  • 8:10 PM

    Miniature Viennese March

    Fritz Kreisler

    Joshua Bell, violin

    Paul Coker, piano

    3:11
  • 8:00 PM

    Eugene Onegin: Polonaise

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Excerpts from Nutcracker, Swan Lake

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    4:46
  • 5:51 PM

    The Empire Strikes Back: Imperial March

    John Williams

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:02
  • 5:46 PM

    Perpetual Motion

    Niccolo Paganini

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Donald Hunsberger, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, cornet

    4:33
  • 5:39 PM

    Violin Partita No. 3: Gavotte

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Nemanja Radulovic, violin

    2:57
  • 5:32 PM

    Magnolia Suite: The Place Where the Rainbow Ends

    Nathaniel Dett

    Lara Downes, piano

    6:04
  • 5:28 PM

    Carmina Burana: O Fortuna

    Carl Orff

    Orff: Carmina Burana

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    2:24
  • 5:13 PM

    Symphony No. 2: Finale

    Joachim Nikolas Eggert

    Eggert: Symphonies Nos. 2 And 4

    Gavle Symphony Orchestra

    Gerard Korsten, conductor

    8:57
  • 5:01 PM

    Invitation to the Dance

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Concert A La Carte

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    7:42
  • 4:58 PM

    Prelude No. 1

    George Gershwin

    Septura

    1:35
  • 4:43 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "In the Spring": 4th movement

    John Knowles Paine

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    11:09
  • 4:31 PM

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    4:57
  • 4:28 PM

    Songs My Mother Taught Me

    Antonin Dvorak

    Julian Lloyd Webber, cello

    John Lenehan, piano

    2:37
  • 4:15 PM

    Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter": Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    English Baroque Soloists

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    8:36
  • 4:01 PM

    Serenade No. 1: Allegro molto

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    9:43
  • 3:57 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 10

    Johannes Brahms

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    1:48
  • 3:48 PM

    Polonaise No. 3 "Military"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Chopin Collection: 7 Polonaises

    Artur Rubinstein, piano

    4:11
  • 3:42 PM

    Trumpet Symphony

    Giuseppe Torelli

    Wynton Marsalis: In Gabriel's Garden

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    4:59
  • 3:28 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: The Symphonies

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    8:11
  • 3:15 PM

    Pavane

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Orchestral Works

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    6:27
  • 3:12 PM

    Swan Lake: Neapolitan Dance

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky | Sleeping Beauty & Swan Lake

    Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra

    Aleksander Lazarev, conductor

    2:03
  • 2:59 PM

    Hary Janos Suite: Intermezzo and Entrance

    Zoltan Kodaly

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, conductor

    8:08
  • 2:45 PM

    McKonkey's Ferry Concert Overture

    George Antheil

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine

    Theodore Kuchar, conductor

    9:13
  • 2:41 PM

    Gymnopedie No. 1

    Erik Satie

    Cinematic Piano

    Michael Chertock, piano

    3:02
  • 2:26 PM

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:31
  • 2:02 PM

    Ruslan and Ludmila: Overture

    Mikhail Glinka

    The Moscow Sessions

    Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lawrence Leighton Smith, conductor

    5:03
  • 1:55 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

    5:28
  • 1:45 PM

    Scherzo

    Alfredo Catalani

    Catalani: Ero e Leandro / Contemplazione / Il Mattino

    Rome Symphony Orchestra

    Francesco La Vecchia, conductor

    5:24
  • 1:39 PM

    The Ball of Beatrice d'Este: Courante and Final Salute

    Reynaldo Hahn

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

    Harmonie Ensemble

    Steven Richman, conductor

    4:56
  • 1:31 PM

    Re-Invention No. 1

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Elle

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:24
  • 1:26 PM

    Symphony No. 73 "La Chasse" (The Hunt): 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies No 53, 73, 79

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    3:15
  • 1:18 PM

    Waltz No. 5 "Grande Valse"

    Frederic Chopin

    Stephen Kovacevich, piano

    3:49
  • 1:12 PM

    Pleasant memories

    Paul Miersch

    American Romantics

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    2:05
  • 1:04 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach, Vasks: Distant Light - Violin Concertos

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Renaud Capucon, conductor

    Renaud Capucon, violin

    3:36
  • 12:53 PM

    Maple Leaf Rag

    Scott Joplin

    Calico Winds

    1:53
  • 12:39 PM

    The Seasons: Autumn

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Symphony No. 5 The Seasons

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    11:46
  • 12:33 PM

    Contrafacta Hungarica: Saltarello

    Ferenc Farkas

    Montreal Winds

    Jacques Lacombe, conductor

    1:02
  • 12:29 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    3:19
  • 12:19 PM

    Thais: Meditation

    Jules Massenet

    Escales: French Orchestral Works

    Sinfonia of London

    John Wilson, conductor

    5:34
  • 12:10 PM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    Overtures

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    7:39
  • 12:06 PM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    Overtures

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    7:39
  • 12:04 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel Bars: Popular Works of George Frideric Handel

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:53
  • 11:56 AM

    The British Grenadiers

    Traditional, arr. Leslie Pearson

    Greensleeves

    Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:00
  • 11:42 AM

    English Folk Song Suite

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Bells for Stokowski

    University of Texas Wind Ensemble

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    11:31
  • 11:35 AM

    Rhapsody

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: 7 Fantasies, Op. 116, 4 Piano Pieces, Op. 119, Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 2

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    5:16
  • 11:28 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Pas de quatre

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    5:49
  • 11:19 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2: 1st Movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The 5 Violin Concertos, Etc

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    8:04
  • 11:15 AM

    Wand of Youth: Sun Dance

    Edward Elgar

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    2:41
  • 11:08 AM

    La Cambiale di Matrimonio (The Marriage Contract): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    5:25
  • 11:04 AM

    Xerxes: Largo

    George Frideric Handel

    Ombra Mai Fu; Pachelbel: Canon

    I Solisti Italiani

    3:32
  • 10:36 AM

    Concert Piece (Konzertstuck)

    Ferdinand Hiller

    Radio Luxembourg Orchestra

    Pierre Cao, conductor

    Jerome Rose, piano

    20:39
  • 10:26 AM

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Antonio Pappano, conductor

    Han-Na Chang, cello

    8:11
  • 10:22 AM

    Dance Suite after Couperin: Entrance

    Richard Strauss

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Rudolf Kempe, conductor

    3:31
  • 10:19 AM

    Hofbrauhaus Polka

    Traditional German

    European Folkscapes

    Apollo Chamber Players

    2:21
  • 10:14 AM

    Little Concert Suite: Nanette's Caprice

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    3:49
  • 10:06 AM

    Oboe Concertino

    Gaetano Donizetti

    Oboe Italiano

    Stuttgart Arcata Chamber Orchestra

    Patrick Strub, conductor

    Lajos Lencses, oboe

    7:17
  • 10:01 AM

    Overture "Water Music": Menuet; Gigue; Canarie

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Telemann: Water Music; Three Concertos

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    4:34
  • 9:52 AM

    Jeux d'eau (Fountains)

    Maurice Ravel

    Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano

    6:03
  • 9:37 AM

    Fantasia on Russian Themes

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    TANEYEV, S.I.: Suite de Concert / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, N.A.: Fantasia on 2 Russian Themes (A.K. Gregory, Kiev Virtuosi Symphony, D. Yablonsky)

    Kiev Virtuosi Symphony Orchestra

    Dimitri Yablonsky, conductor

    Annelle Gregory, violin

    15:17
  • 9:25 AM

    Nancy Ruffer, flute

    John Anderson, oboe

    Helen Crayford, piano

    10:03
  • 9:20 AM

    The Passionate Pilgrim

    Frederic Hand

    Across Time

    Frederic Hand, guitar

    2:45
  • 9:06 AM

    Violin Sonata

    Claude Debussy

    Janine Jansen, violin

    Itamar Golan, piano

    13:47
  • 9:01 AM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Minuet II

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Serenade No. 10 for Winds "Gran Partita"

    London Symphony Orchestra Wind Ensemble

    4:33
  • 8:31 AM

    Piano Quintet

    Amy Beach

    Beach, Elgar: Piano Quintets

    Takacs Quartet

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    27:44
  • 8:26 AM

    Elegy for Horn and Harp

    Henri Chaussier

    Soren Hermansson, horn

    Erica Goodman, harp

    3:05
  • 8:06 AM

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    Celia Nicklin, oboe

    18:53
  • 8:01 AM

    Ian Jones, piano

    4:41
  • 7:39 AM

    Flute Concerto

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    CPE Bach: Flute Concertos

    CBC Vancouver Orchestra

    Mario Bernardi, conductor

    Robert Aitken, flute

    19:15
  • 7:22 AM

    Symphony No. 4: 1st movement

    Florence Price

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    15:09
  • 7:12 AM

    Six Fancies

    Cecil Burleigh

    Zina Schiff, violin

    Mary Barranger, piano

    10:00
  • 7:06 AM

    A Dream; A Fancy

    John Dowland

    Nocturnal

    Jakob Lindberg, lute

    5:22
  • 7:01 AM

    Orphee Suite: Orphee and the Princess

    Philip Glass

    The Orpheus Suite for Piano

    Paul Barnes, piano

    4:36
  • 6:53 AM

    My Mind is Still

    Nainita Desai

    Voces8

    Thomas Gould, violin

    Leif Kaner-Lidstrom, piano

    Elsa Bradley, vibraphone

    5:34
  • 6:44 AM

    Pieces froides (Cold Pieces)

    Erik Satie

    Erik Satie: Hidden Corners (Recoins)

    Eve Egoyan, piano

    7:46
  • 6:06 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Bela Bartok

    1930s Violin Concertos, Vol. 2

    Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Stephane Deneve, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    36:32
  • 6:01 AM

    Two Pastorales

    Lou Harrison

    Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    4:36
  • 5:47 AM

    Fantasia after J.S. Bach

    Ferruccio Busoni

    Bach-Busoni: Goldberg Variations

    Sara Davis Buechner, piano

    11:39
  • 5:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 14 "Death and the Maiden"

    Franz Schubert

    Mito Chamber Orchestra

    38:50
  • 5:01 AM

    Guitar Concerto: Largo

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Parkening plays Vivaldi, Warlock & Praetorius

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Christopher Parkening, guitar

    4:30