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  • 4:38 AM

    Rossiniana Suite

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Church Windows

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    21:00
  • 4:31 AM

    Vocalise

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Encores 2

    Emma Johnson, clarinet

    6:02
  • 4:07 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Samuel Barber

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    23:00
  • 4:01 AM

    Sunday Rag

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Ragtime & Blue

    Sarah Nicolls, piano

    4:50
  • 3:45 AM

    Suite for Strings

    Joan Trimble

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    13:22
  • 3:18 AM

    Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished"

    Franz Schubert

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    25:50
  • 3:15 AM

    Songs of the Auvergne: The Shepherdess in the Field (La pastoura als camps)

    Joseph Canteloube

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Eivind Aadland, conductor

    Tine Thing Helseth, trumpet

    2:39
  • 3:06 AM

    Waltz No. 3

    Frederic Chopin

    Therese Motard, cello

    Louise-Andree Baril, piano

    6:20
  • 3:01 AM

    The Mermaid Suite: Dance of 24 Mermaids

    Wu Zuqiang/Du Mingxin

    China National Symphony Orchestra

    Zuohuang Chen, conductor

    4:43
  • 2:49 AM

    Moravian Dances

    Leos Janacek

    Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antoni Wit, conductor

    8:56
  • 2:17 AM

    Clarinet Quintet

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart & Brahms

    Pacifica String Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    30:51
  • 2:12 AM

    Modern Love Waltz

    Philip Glass

    Jenny Lin, piano

    3:27
  • 2:06 AM

    Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes

    Florence Price

    Catalyst Quartet

    4:45
  • 2:01 AM

    Tango No. 2

    Astor Piazzolla

    Archipelago of Light

    Tali Morgulis, piano

    4:43
  • 1:44 AM

    Tannhauser: Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Tannhauser, Parsifal, Tristan Und Isolde

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    14:17
  • 1:23 AM

    Otello: Ballet Music

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Ballet Music

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    19:31
  • 1:11 AM

    Four Seasons: Summer

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi, Piazzolla: The Four Seasons

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Eduardo Marturet, conductor

    Lara St. John, violin

    9:48
  • 1:06 AM

    Humoresque No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Stephen Hough, piano

    3:06
  • 1:01 AM

    Novelette (Interlude in Olden Style)

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: String Quartets Vol. 4

    Utrecht String Quartet

    4:45
  • 12:52 AM

    Grand Canyon Suite: Sunset

    Ferde Grofe

    Grofe: Grand Canyon / Gershwin: Porgy & Bess

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    5:53
  • 12:12 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    39:41
  • 12:06 AM

    Adam Zero: Love Dance

    Arthur Bliss

    Bliss: A Colour Symphony; Adam Zero

    English Northern Philharmonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    3:18
  • 12:01 AM

    Trio Sonata

    Giuseppe Tartini

    La Magnifica Comunita

    Enrico Casazza, violin

    Isabella Longa, violin

    Marcello Scandelli, cello

    Giorgio Cerasoli, harpsichord

    4:34
  • 11:50 PM

    Jubilee Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:41
  • 11:43 PM

    Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria (Cantilena)

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Romances for Saxophone

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Branford Marsalis, saxophone

    5:34
  • 11:24 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Works For Orchestra

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    18:42
  • 11:19 PM

    Ave Maris Stella

    Edvard Grieg

    A Mother's Love: Music for Mary

    The Sixteen

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    3:11
  • 11:06 PM

    Norwegian Rhapsody No. 1

    Johan Halvorsen

    Halvorsen, J.: Norwegian Rhapsodies Nos. 1 and 2 / Svendsen, J.: Norwegian Rhapsodies Nos. 1-4

    Trondheim Symphony Orchestra

    Ole Kristian Ruud, conductor

    12:41
  • 11:01 PM

    Scherzo No. 1

    Clara Schumann

    Jozef de Beenhouwer, piano

    4:38
  • 10:49 PM

    Serenade: 4th movement

    Ethel Smyth

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Odaline de la Martinez, conductor

    9:04
  • 10:38 PM

    Orpheus in the Underworld: Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    9:36
  • 10:31 PM

    L'Amazone: caprice-mazurka

    Charles Lucien Lambert

    Gary Hammond, piano

    6:09
  • 10:14 PM

    Three Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Nash Ensemble

    15:30
  • 10:06 PM

    Aida: Triumphal March

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Grand Opera for Orchestra: Verdi Without Words

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    7:27
  • 10:01 PM

    Paul's Steeple and Stingo

    John Playford

    Apollo's Banquet

    4:42
  • 9:51 PM

    Symphony No. 29: 4th movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphony in D; Haffner Serenade; Symphony No. 29

    Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    6:23
  • 9:47 PM

    Ballade No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Handel Variations

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    3:38
  • 9:23 PM

    Carnival of the Animals

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf

    Academy of London

    Richard Stamp, conductor

    22:13
  • 9:21 PM

    Mysterious Barricades

    Francois Couperin

    Couperin: Tic Toc Choc

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    1:39
  • 9:13 PM

    Three Celebrations: At the Bay

    Jenny McLeod

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Uwe Grodd, conductor

    6:26
  • 9:06 PM

    Fidelio Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Triple Concerto

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    6:57
  • 9:03 PM

    The Seasons: November (Troika)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings; The Seasons

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    2:37
  • 8:46 PM

    Sonata for Flute and Orchestra

    Francis Poulenc

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Steuart Bedford, conductor

    Jennifer Stinton, flute

    12:03
  • 8:27 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: 5 Piano Concertos

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Ramin Bahrami, piano

    17:25
  • 8:20 PM

    3 Dances

    William Byrd

    Gypsy's Round

    Buffalo Guitar Quartet

    5:17
  • 8:16 PM

    From Foreign Lands: Poland

    Moritz Moszkowski

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    2:47
  • 8:06 PM

    Prince Igor: Overture

    Alexander Borodin

    Russian Overtures

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    10:11
  • 8:01 PM

    Battle Suite

    Samuel Scheidt

    American Brass Quintet

    4:49
  • 5:50 PM

    Sonatina No. 1 "From an Invalid's Workshop": 2nd movement

    Richard Strauss

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    8:53
  • 5:16 PM

    Symphony No. 4

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    31:56
  • 5:12 PM

    Pansy Blossom Waltz

    Justin Holland

    Justin Holland Recording Project

    Keith Calmes, guitar

    1:40
  • 5:06 PM

    Symphony: Scherzo

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky: Symphony In E Flat, Firebird Suite

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    5:38
  • 5:01 PM

    O clap your hands together

    Orlando Gibbons

    Faire is the Heaven

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    4:38
  • 4:52 PM

    Urban Dance No. 1

    Richard Danielpour

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Zdenek Macal, conductor

    6:23
  • 4:19 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 22

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 22 And 24

    National Arts Centre Orchestra

    Hannu Lintu, conductor

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    32:21
  • 4:15 PM

    Lilies of the Valley

    Anton Arensky

    Sasha Boldachev, harp

    2:38
  • 4:07 PM

    Viennese Ladies Landler

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: 12 German Dances, Concert Piece, Rondo

    Ensemble Wien

    7:01
  • 4:01 PM

    Winter Serenade (Serenade d'Hiver)

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Asbury Brass Quintet with Adolph Herseth, soloist

    Asbury Brass Quintet

    4:33
  • 3:53 PM

    Three Dances: Dance No. 1

    Herbert Howells

    Howells: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Lydia Mordkovitch, violin

    5:28
  • 3:22 PM

    Symphony No. 104 "London"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    29:43
  • 3:17 PM

    Einar Steen-Nokleberg, piano

    2:27
  • 3:06 PM

    El Salon Mexico

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man and Other Favorites

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    10:22
  • 3:01 PM

    Scherzo-Tarantelle

    Henryk Wieniawski

    Introducing Shannon Lee, violin

    Shannon Lee, violin

    4:39
  • 2:41 PM

    A Song of Agincourt

    Charles Stanford

    Ulster Orchestra

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    15:39
  • 2:38 PM

    Agincourt Song

    Traditional, arr. Elgar Howarth

    Fanfare

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    2:00
  • 2:34 PM

    Song without Words

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Song

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    4:16
  • 2:26 PM

    Rondo

    Camillo Sivori

    Chamber music in Genoa after Nicolò Paganini

    Quartetto Ascanio

    6:43
  • 2:11 PM

    Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

    Richard Strauss

    New Year's Eve Concert 1992

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    14:24
  • 2:03 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 4

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    Marion Verbruggen, recorder

    6:56
  • 1:58 PM

    Martha: M'appari tutt'amor

    Friedrich von Flotow

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    Luciano Pavarotti, tenor

    3:26
  • 1:49 PM

    La Cenerentola (Cinderella): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Complete Overtures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    7:44
  • 1:39 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms

    Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Amsterdam

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    7:55
  • 1:34 PM

    Black Orpheus: Manha de Carnaval; Samba de Orfeu

    Luiz Bonfa

    Luiz Bonfa, guitar

    4:00
  • 1:31 PM

    Batucada

    Isaias Savio

    Milos: Pasion

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    2:59
  • 1:21 PM

    Variations on "I Got Rhythm"

    George Gershwin

    George Gershwin: Complete Music For Piano And Orchestra

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Justin Brown, conductor

    Anne-Marie McDermott, piano

    8:40
  • 1:17 PM

    Sevillanas

    Traditional

    LAGQ Latin

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:07
  • 1:09 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    4:40
  • 1:04 PM

    Molly on the Shore

    Percy Grainger

    Pops Britannia

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:23
  • 12:47 PM

    Water Music Suite No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Water Music

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    10:20
  • 12:44 PM

    March

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Sound Off!

    United States Marine Band

    Col. John Bourgeois, conductor

    2:02
  • 12:33 PM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Violin Concertos; Tsintsadze: Miniatures

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Lisa Batiashvili, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    10:01
  • 12:28 PM

    Little Concert Suite: A Love Sonnet

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    3:58
  • 12:19 PM

    Harvest Dances (Ernte Tanze) Waltz

    Johann StraussJr.

    J. Strauss, Jr. Edition: Vol. 14

    Czech State Symphony Orchestra, Kosice

    Alfred Walter, conductor

    7:12
  • 12:15 PM

    Banjo and Fiddle

    William Kroll

    Classic Kennedy

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Nigel Kennedy, violin

    3:04
  • 12:11 PM

    Prelude and Fugue No. 11

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Dmitri Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87

    Keith Jarrett, piano

    3:20
  • 12:04 PM

    Symphony No. 85 "The Queen": 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 85 & 86

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    5:26
  • 11:49 AM

    Soirees Musicales

    Benjamin Britten

    Rossini, Respighi: La Boutique Fantasque

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    9:35
  • 11:33 AM

    Masques and Bergamasques

    Gabriel Faure

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    13:42
  • 11:27 AM

    Rustic Triptych: Dance at Dusk

    Charlotte Sohy

    Charlotte Sohy: Compositrice de la Belle Epoque

    Mathilde Calderini, flute

    5:01
  • 11:20 AM

    Waltzes and Landler

    Franz Schubert

    Bonbons aus Wien

    Boskovsky Ensemble

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    6:04
  • 11:15 AM

    O Mistress Mine

    Thomas Morley

    Corona Guitar Quartet

    Corona Guitar Quartet

    3:44
  • 11:08 AM

    Sinfonia for Strings

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Scarlatti, Vivaldi, Avison: Salve Regina, Stabat Mater

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    6:07
  • 11:04 AM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1: Balletto

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances, Etc

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    2:57
  • 10:47 AM

    Symphony: Finale

    Cesar Franck

    Franck, Bizet: Overtures

    Paris Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    11:28
  • 10:36 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

    Helmuth Rilling, conductor

    Isabelle Faust, violin

    9:20
  • 10:24 AM

    Quartet No. 1

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Six Wind Quartets

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    11:03
  • 10:20 AM

    The Dambusters March

    Eric Coates

    The Music of Eric Coates

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    3:48
  • 10:11 AM

    Symphony No. 5

    William Boyce

    Boyce: 8 Symphonies

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    7:57
  • 10:06 AM

    Ballet Scenes: Mazurka

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: From the Middle Ages; Scenes de Ballet

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    3:56
  • 10:01 AM

    Views of the Sea: 1st movement

    Eduard Toldra

    Casals, Toldra, Montsalvatge

    Andorra National Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Claret, conductor

    4:39
  • 9:40 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Franz Liszt

    Great Pianists of the 20th Century: Martha Argerich I

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Martha Argerich, piano

    17:36
  • 9:25 AM

    Symphony breve

    Louis Theodore Gouvy

    Gouvy: Symphony 4; Fantasie symphonique

    German Radio Philharmonic

    Jacques Mercier, conductor

    14:00
  • 9:18 AM

    Sonata No. 4

    Giovanni Fontana

    Les Barocudas

    5:30
  • 9:06 AM

    From Italy (Aus Italien): In Rome's Ruins

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Don Juan; Aus Italien

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    11:01
  • 9:01 AM

    The Mission: Gabriel's Oboe

    Ennio Morricone

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    4:51
  • 8:29 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    29:08
  • 8:25 AM

    Cave of the Winds

    Nathaniel Dett

    My Cup Runneth Over: The Complete Piano Works of R. Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    2:58
  • 8:06 AM

    The Cunning Little Vixen: Suite

    Leos Janacek

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    17:40
  • 8:01 AM

    Flute Sonata: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brasil Guitar Duo

    Marina Piccinini, flute

    4:40
  • 7:41 AM

    Simple Symphony

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten: Lachrymae

    Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

    Iona Brown, conductor

    17:36
  • 7:33 AM

    The Adventures of Robin Hood: Love Theme

    Erich Korngold

    East of England Orchestra

    Malcolm Nabarro, conductor

    7:14
  • 7:15 AM

    Suite for String Orchestra

    Susan Spain-Dunk

    British Music for Strings, Vol. 3

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Douglas Bostock, conductor

    15:37
  • 7:06 AM

    Alleluia and Fugue for Strings

    Alan Hovhaness

    Hovhaness: Celestial Gate

    I Fiamminghi

    Rudolf Werthen, conductor

    8:39
  • 7:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 10

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: The Complete Music for Piano

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    4:43
  • 6:36 AM

    Symphony No. 66

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Philharmonia Hungarica

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    22:00
  • 6:32 AM

    The Nymph

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Vocalise: Russian Romances

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    3:31
  • 6:06 AM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 4

    Louis Spohr

    Krommer, Spohr: Clarinet Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Kenneth Sillito, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    24:10
  • 6:01 AM

    Seringapatam

    Bruce Paine

    Waitemata Reverie: Music by Bruce Paine

    Gunter Herbig, guitar

    4:34
  • 5:39 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Night in the Tropics"

    Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    Utah Symphony Orchestra

    Maurice Abravanel, conductor

    18:57
  • 5:33 AM

    Years of Pilgrimage: Sonetto 47 del Petraca

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt

    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    6:03
  • 5:06 AM

    Horn Concerto

    Reinhold Gliere

    Russian Horn Concertos

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Werner Andreas Albert, conductor

    Marie Luise Neunecker, horn

    24:35
  • 5:01 AM

    Lyric Waltz

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Spring Song, The Bard, etc.

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:49