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  • 5:45 AM

    Fantasia

    Einojuhani Rautavaara

    Fantasia

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Kristjan Jarvi, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    13:35
  • 5:33 AM

    Greenwich Variations

    Errollyn Wallen

    Errollyn Wallen, piano

    10:02
  • 5:06 AM

    Nonet

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor

    Chineke! Chamber Ensemble

    26:23
  • 5:01 AM

    Prelude on an Old Folk Tune

    Amy Beach

    Joanne Polk, piano

    4:36
  • 4:34 AM

    Serenade No. 12

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Wind Serenades K. 375 & K. 388

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    23:31
  • 4:20 AM

    Umbrian Scene

    Ulysses Kay

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Arthur Fagen, conductor

    13:33
  • 4:16 AM

    Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

    Spiritual

    Will Liverman, baritone

    Caen Thomason-Redus, flute

    Paul Sanchez, piano

    3:11
  • 4:06 AM

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:02
  • 4:01 AM

    Show Me

    Aoife O'Donovan

    The Brooklyn Rider Almanac

    Brooklyn Rider

    4:53
  • 3:46 AM

    Rondo Arlecchinesco

    Ferruccio Busoni

    North German Radio Symphony

    Werner Andreas Albert, conductor

    11:38
  • 3:17 AM

    Piano Trio No. 1

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn Trios op. 49 and 66

    Claremont Trio

    27:43
  • 3:06 AM

    Ouverture legere

    Lou Koster

    Koster: Orchestral Music

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    9:23
  • 3:01 AM

    Bassoon Concerto: Adagio

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2, Bassoon Concerto

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    Karen Geoghegan, bassoon

    4:45
  • 2:54 AM

    Ludwig Games

    Jonathan Dove

    Krysia Osostowicz, violin

    Daniel Tong, piano

    4:12
  • 2:21 AM

    Symphony No. 5

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven 5 And 7

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    31:12
  • 2:09 AM

    Equus

    Eric Whitacre

    Water Night

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Eric Whitacre, conductor

    8:52
  • 2:06 AM

    Carmen: Seguedilla

    Georges Bizet

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    1:45
  • 2:01 AM

    Festival Coronation March for Alexander III

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Pops on the March

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:39
  • 1:52 AM

    Rondo for Horn and Orchestra

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart y Mambo

    Havana Lyceum Orchestra

    Jose Antonio Mendez Padron, conductor

    Sarah Willis, horn

    6:26
  • 1:34 AM

    Choro for Piano and Orchestra

    Camargo Guarnieri

    Guarnieri: Chôros, Vol. 2

    Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra

    Roberto Tibirica, conductor

    Olga Kopylova, piano

    16:41
  • 1:23 AM

    Quintet em forma de Choros

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Imani Winds

    10:12
  • 1:06 AM

    Les Preludes

    Franz Liszt

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Liszt - Solti

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    15:03
  • 1:01 AM

    Joel Quarrington, double bass

    Andrew Burashko, piano

    4:36
  • 12:51 AM

    If I Were King: Overture

    Adolphe Adam

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    7:15
  • 12:36 AM

    Phaeton: Suite

    Jean-Baptiste Lully

    The Galileo Project: Music of the Spheres

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    13:00
  • 12:30 AM

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits

    Christoph Gluck

    Gluck: Orfeo Ed Euridice

    Insula Orchestra

    Laurence Equilbey, conductor

    6:11
  • 12:19 AM

    String Quartet No. 68 "Unfinished"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Takacs Quartet

    9:45
  • 12:07 AM

    In Autumn Overture

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Symphony In C Minor Etc.

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    11:25
  • 12:01 AM

    Songs of a Wayfarer: Ging heut Morgen ubers Feld (Morning Walk)

    Gustav Mahler

    "Auf Flugeln des Gesangs" Piano Music

    Claudius Tanski, piano

    4:40
  • 11:46 PM

    Overture burlesque

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Academy for Ancient Music Berlin

    Bernhard Forck, conductor

    12:49
  • 11:38 PM

    Four Dances

    Thomas Morley

    Dances From Renaissance To Nutcracker

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    7:18
  • 11:24 PM

    Serenade No. 1: Allegro molto

    Johannes Brahms

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    12:46
  • 11:17 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 5 "Spring": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Martha Argerich, piano

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    6:03
  • 11:13 PM

    Ave Maria

    Gabriel Faure

    Voices of Ascension

    2:04
  • 11:06 PM

    Cantata No. 42: Sinfonia

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Sinfonia

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    6:22
  • 11:01 PM

    Symphony "The Cotswolds": 3rd movement

    Gustav Holst

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    4:50
  • 10:51 PM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    Overtures

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    7:39
  • 10:48 PM

    La Boheme: Musetta's Waltz ("Quando m'en vo")

    Giacomo Puccini

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    2:09
  • 10:37 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 9 "Jeunehomme": 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos No. 9, K271 & 21, K467

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Mitsuko Uchida, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    10:19
  • 10:25 PM

    Sonata No. 1

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    (Selected members), conductor

    11:16
  • 10:10 PM

    In the Fen Country

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Greensleeves/Tallis Fantasia

    New Queen's Hall Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    13:55
  • 10:07 PM

    Song without Words No. 30 "Spring Song"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Yevgeny Kutik, violin

    John Novacek, piano

    2:11
  • 10:03 PM

    Cascades

    Scott Joplin

    Calico Winds

    2:49
  • 9:52 PM

    Symphony of Seasons: Autumn

    Dan Locklair

    Locklair: Symphony Of Seasons

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Kirk Trevor, conductor

    6:46
  • 9:40 PM

    Moseltraume

    Lou Koster

    Koster: Orchestral Music

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    10:42
  • 9:21 PM

    Amsterdam Sinfonietta

    Jaap ter Linden, conductor

    Pauline Oostenrijk, oboe

    17:51
  • 9:16 PM

    Opals: White Opal

    Phillip Houghton

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:04
  • 9:07 PM

    Divertimento

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Joseph Haydn: Piano Chamber Music

    Haydn Trio Eisenstadt

    9:19
  • 9:01 PM

    12 German Dances for Orchestra: Nos. 5-7

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Complete Overtures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:43
  • 6:48 PM

    Dance of the Hours

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    10:30
  • 6:40 PM

    Pest Waltzes

    Joseph Lanner

    Concerto Koln

    7:38
  • 6:23 PM

    Folk Suite

    Morton Gould

    Modern Masters I

    London Symphony Orchestra

    David Amos, conductor

    14:51
  • 6:20 PM

    Simple Gifts

    Frederic Hand

    Frederic Hand, guitar

    2:32
  • 6:16 PM

    Evening Prelude (Preludio en la noche)

    Ernesto Lecuona

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    2:32
  • 6:06 PM

    Concerto for Two Cellos

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi's Cello

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    8:56
  • 6:01 PM

    Songs of Farewell: There is an old belief

    Hubert Parry

    Music for Brass Septet, Vol. 6

    Septura

    4:41
  • 5:48 PM

    Overture to Shakespeare's "As You Like It"

    John Knowles Paine

    John Knowles Paine: Orchestral Works

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:23
  • 5:44 PM

    Autumn Dance

    Betty King

    Black Renaissance Woman

    Samantha Ege, piano

    2:12
  • 5:12 PM

    Symphony No. 3

    Max Bruch

    Bruch: The 3 Symphonies, Swedish Dances

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    31:42
  • 5:06 PM

    Semele: Where E'er You Walk

    George Frideric Handel

    The Handel Collection

    City of London Sinfonia

    John Rutter, conductor

    Nicholas Daniel, oboe

    4:04
  • 5:01 PM

    Etiolles (Valse)

    Mel Bonis

    Memoires d'une femme

    Myriam Barbaux-Cohen, piano

    4:38
  • 4:49 PM

    An Outdoor Overture

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Orchestral Works

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Louis Lane, conductor

    8:57
  • 4:47 PM

    Insect Dances: Lady Bug Waltz

    Elena Ruehr

    Arneis Quartet

    1:49
  • 4:30 PM

    The Lark Ascending

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis; Fantasia on Greensleeves; The Lark Ascending; Five Variants of "Dives and Lazarus"

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Iona Brown, violin

    16:07
  • 4:19 PM

    Dancing Fairy Tale

    Nikolai Medtner

    Geoffrey Tozer, piano

    8:24
  • 4:06 PM

    Ein Tanzspiel

    Franz Schreker

    Strauss, Liszt, Korngold, Busoni, Schreker

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Kazuki Yamada, conductor

    12:30
  • 4:01 PM

    Symphonic Dance No. 1

    Cyril Scott

    SCOTT, C.: Violin Concerto / Festival Overture / Aubade / 3 Symphonic Dances

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    4:40
  • 3:57 PM

    Tambourin

    Francois-Joseph Gossec

    Dances for Flute

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    1:22
  • 3:48 PM

    Symphony No. 16: Finale

    Friedrich Schneider

    Schneider: Symphony No. 16; Overtures

    Dessau Anhalt Philharmonic Orchestra

    Markus Frank, conductor

    8:58
  • 3:36 PM

    Viola Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Ars Antigua

    Rachel Barton Pine, viola d'amore

    10:02
  • 3:32 PM

    Fugue "Little"

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Canadian Brass

    3:16
  • 3:12 PM

    Don Juan

    Richard Strauss

    Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    18:36
  • 3:03 PM

    Arabesque

    Robert Schumann

    Undersong

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    7:32
  • 2:51 PM

    Symphony: Finale

    Erich Korngold

    Korngold: Symphony; Much Ado about Nothing Suite

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    10:32
  • 2:48 PM

    Imani Winds

    2:23
  • 2:36 PM

    Rosen aus dem Suden (Roses from the South) Waltz

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    10:33
  • 2:32 PM

    Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night)

    Traditional English

    Christmas Vespers: Music of Michael Praetorius

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    Meredith Hall, soprano

    2:38
  • 2:30 PM

    Silent Night

    Franz Gruber

    Philadelphia Brass Ensemble

    2:27
  • 2:22 PM

    Symphony No. 6: Scherzo

    Emilie Mayer

    Emilie Mayer: Music From The Shadows - Symphonies Nos. 6 & 3

    Bremerhaven Symphony Orchestra

    Marc Niemann, conductor

    7:16
  • 2:18 PM

    Billy the Kid: Celebration

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Old American Songs, Eight Poems Of Emily Dickinson Etc.

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    2:14
  • 2:08 PM

    Cringlemire Garden

    Ruth Gipps

    British Music for Strings, Vol. 3

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Douglas Bostock, conductor

    6:19
  • 2:05 PM

    Molly on the Shore

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger 'Country Gardens' and other Piano Favourites

    Martin Jones, piano

    3:02
  • 1:54 PM

    Symphony No. 97: Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    4:41
  • 1:45 PM

    Introduction and Caprice-Jota

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Navarra Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Martinez Izquierdo, conductor

    Tianwa Yang, violin

    7:08
  • 1:36 PM

    Overture "In the Italian Style"

    Franz Schubert

    Philharmonic of La Scala

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    7:59
  • 1:33 PM

    Songs of the Auvergne: Lou Coucut (The cuckoo)

    Joseph Canteloube

    Canteloube: Chants D'auvergne / Upshaw, Nagano

    Lyon National Opera Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    Dawn Upshaw, soprano

    1:46
  • 1:28 PM

    Three French Chansons

    Scott Tennant

    New Renaissance

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:33
  • 1:20 PM

    Gaelic Symphony: 2nd movement

    Amy Beach

    Nashville Symphony Orchestra

    Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor

    7:20
  • 1:17 PM

    Morning Song

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Violin Sonata, etc.

    Nigel Kennedy, violin

    2:46
  • 1:07 PM

    Preziosa: Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Overtures

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:52
  • 1:05 PM

    Te Deum: Prelude

    Marc-Antoine Charpentier

    Wynton Marsalis: In Gabriel's Garden

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    1:44
  • 12:54 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Entry of the Fairies

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:28
  • 12:46 PM

    String Quartet No. 6: 1st movement

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Saint-Georges: 6 Concertante Quartets

    Arabella String Quartet

    6:47
  • 12:38 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Flute Concertos, etc.

    Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra

    Juha Kangas, conductor

    Sharon Bezaly, flute

    6:57
  • 12:34 PM

    Mikael Ayrapetyan, piano

    3:11
  • 12:28 PM

    Embraceable You

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin Fantasy

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    4:14
  • 12:22 PM

    Sonata No. 11

    George Frideric Handel

    Bach, Handel: Trio Sonatas

    Linde Consort

    6:05
  • 12:18 PM

    Ave Maria

    Charles Gounod

    Dream Season: The Christmas Harp

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    2:52
  • 12:10 PM

    Sonata No. 4

    Giovanni Fontana

    Les Barocudas

    5:30
  • 12:04 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 2: Bergamasca

    Ottorino Respighi

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    5:10
  • 11:51 AM

    King Stephen: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    6:51
  • 11:45 AM

    Dala Suite: Rustic Dances

    Helena Munktell

    Helena Munktell: Orchestral Works

    Gavle Symphony Orchestra

    Tobias Ringborg, conductor

    5:15
  • 11:29 AM

    American Series

    Hector Ayala

    Sonidos Latinos

    David Russell, guitar

    15:44
  • 11:26 AM

    Our Town: Grover's Corners

    Aaron Copland

    London Sinfonietta

    Elgar Howarth, conductor

    2:55
  • 11:14 AM

    String Symphony No. 3

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Amadeus Ensemble

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    10:08
  • 11:06 AM

    In the Steppes of Central Asia

    Alexander Borodin

    Pops Caviar

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    7:36
  • 11:01 AM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Johan Svendsen

    Svendsen: Symphonies 1 & 2

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    4:45
  • 10:49 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Scottish Ensemble

    Jonathan Rees, conductor

    Jonathan Rees, violin

    9:40
  • 10:38 AM

    Blades of Grass

    Romeo Cascarino

    To the Point

    Orchestra 2001

    James Freeman, conductor

    Dorothy Freeman, English horn

    8:41
  • 10:18 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 7

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas

    Fazil Say, piano

    19:26
  • 10:06 AM

    The Happy Forest

    Arnold Bax

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    10:14
  • 10:01 AM

    Suite Piedra libre: La Mancha

    Denis Plante

    Pentaedre

    4:51
  • 9:49 AM

    The Air, Turning

    Edmund Finnis

    The Air, Turning

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Ilan Volkov, conductor

    8:55
  • 9:41 AM

    Flute Concertino

    Cecile Chaminade

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Susan Milan, flute

    8:03
  • 9:06 AM

    Kreisleriana

    Robert Schumann

    Jonathan Biss, piano

    33:08
  • 9:01 AM

    String Trio: Nocturne

    Henri Tomasi

    Avant l'orage: French String Trios 1926–1939

    Black Oak Ensemble

    4:46
  • 8:50 AM

    Byblos, The Old City

    Bechara El-Khoury

    Hope

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, violin

    8:21
  • 8:39 AM

    Four Haikus

    Gity Razaz

    Duo Noire

    10:43
  • 8:19 AM

    Piano Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Andras Schiff, piano

    18:10
  • 8:06 AM

    Elegy

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Puccini, Catalani, Ponchielli: for orchestra

    Philharmonic of La Scala

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    12:09
  • 8:01 AM

    Padouana and Gagliarda

    Johann Schein

    Fretwork

    Silas Wollston, organ

    4:37
  • 7:56 AM

    Songe (Dream)

    Juliette Folville

    Laetitia Grimaldi, soprano

    Ammiel Bushakevitz, piano

    2:22
  • 7:20 AM

    Symphony No. 7

    Emilie Mayer

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor

    34:40
  • 7:06 AM

    Aeolian Suite

    John Williams

    Studio Orchestra

    William Goodchild, conductor

    John Williams, guitar

    12:51
  • 7:01 AM

    In the Mists: No. 1

    Leos Janacek

    Water

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    4:35
  • 6:27 AM

    String Quintet No. 2

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    30:54
  • 6:15 AM

    Skylark Lullaby

    Jennifer Bellor

    Eastman Saxophone Project

    Chien-Kwan Lin, conductor

    10:22
  • 6:06 AM

    Lyric Fantasy

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    8:38
  • 6:01 AM

    Impressions: Calm Night

    Henriette Bosmans

    Lucia Swarts, cello

    Elena Malinova, piano

    4:31