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  • 5:27 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto; Saint-Saens: Havanaise

    New York Chamber Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    31:10
  • 5:23 AM

    By the Still Waters

    Amy Beach

    Summertime

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    3:04
  • 5:06 AM

    Henry V Suite

    William Walton

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    15:48
  • 5:01 AM

    Torre Bermeja (Vermillion Tower)

    Isaac Albeniz

    Albeniz: Serenata

    Stephen Marchionda, guitar

    4:41
  • 4:50 AM

    Giselle: Pas des vendanges

    Adolphe Adam

    Adam: Giselle

    Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    8:41
  • 4:18 AM

    Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished"

    Franz Schubert

    Franz Schubert: Symphonies 1-8

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    29:55
  • 4:10 AM

    Concertino for Flute and Piano

    Alphonse Duvernoy

    Flute Music by French Composers

    Laurel Zucker, flute

    5:49
  • 4:06 AM

    Othello Suite: Children's Intermezzo

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Fawzi Haimor, conductor

    3:51
  • 4:01 AM

    Nocturne-Quadrille

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alfred Walter, conductor

    4:42
  • 3:53 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Air on the G String

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Simply Baroque

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    5:00
  • 3:21 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Edvard Grieg

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Alice Sara Ott, piano

    30:13
  • 3:16 AM

    A Reverie

    Alfred Hill

    Alfred Hill: Symphonies Nos. 5 and 10

    Queensland Symphony Orchestra

    Wilfred Lehmann, conductor

    3:33
  • 3:06 AM

    Spring (Vesna)

    Alexander Glazunov

    Kalinnikov: Symphony No. 1 etc.

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    9:19
  • 3:01 AM

    Nocturne

    Alan Hovhaness

    Harp Spectacular

    Susann McDonald, harp

    4:39
  • 2:51 AM

    Prelude Pastoral

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    6:37
  • 2:12 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms, Clara Schumann

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    37:52
  • 2:06 AM

    Prelude and Fugue No. 5

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Dmitri Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87

    Keith Jarrett, piano

    4:04
  • 2:01 AM

    Super flumina Babylonis (By the Waters of Babylon)

    Philippe de Monte

    ORA

    Suzi Digby, conductor

    4:41
  • 1:42 AM

    The Ball of Beatrice d'Este

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Musique Francaise: La Marseillaise, Etc.

    Paris Orchestra

    Jean-Pierre Jacquillat, conductor

    16:01
  • 1:11 AM

    Symphony No. 101 "The Clock"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    29:45
  • 1:06 AM

    Johnson's March

    Francis Johnson

    Symphony Orchestra of America

    Matthew H. Phillips, conductor

    3:13
  • 1:01 AM

    Oriental Dance

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    Stephen Hough, piano

    4:53
  • 12:52 AM

    Romance

    Amy Beach

    Tasmin Little, violin

    John Lenehan, piano

    6:14
  • 12:50 AM

    A Quiet Moment

    Jennifer Higdon

    Celebrating the American Spirit

    Essential Voices USA

    Judith Clurman, conductor

    2:08
  • 12:26 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Ned Rorem

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    22:06
  • 12:20 AM

    Hymn for String Orchestra

    Henry Cowell

    City of London Sinfonia

    David Amos, conductor

    Karen Elaine, viola

    5:05
  • 12:06 AM

    Suite No. 1: Fuga con Pajarillo

    Aldemaro Romero

    Fiesta

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    7:08
  • 11:27 PM

    Symphony No. 8

    Antonin Dvorak

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    35:36
  • 11:11 PM

    Katherine on my Chest/with you at your Grave

    Stanley Woolner

    Katherine on my Chest/with you at your Grave

    Ivan Konev, piano

    13:16
  • 11:06 PM

    Le Roi d'Ys: Puisqu'on ne peut flechir...Vainement, ma bien aimee

    Edouard Lalo

    French Arias

    Royal Opera, Covent Garden

    Bertrand de Billy, conductor

    Roberto Alagna, tenor

    3:36
  • 10:26 PM

    Symphony No. 4 "Deliciae Basiliensis": 3rd movement

    Arthur Honegger

    Honegger: Symphonies 2 & 4

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    8:02
  • 10:20 PM

    We Gather Together

    Traditional

    Harvest Home

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    3:33
  • 10:08 PM

    Nun danket alle Gott

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Great Organ Works

    Virgil Fox, organ

    3:42
  • 9:57 PM

    Invitation to the Dance

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    8:49
  • 9:52 PM

    Musical Moment No. 4

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Etudes-tableaux, op. 39; Moments musicaux, op. 16

    Boris Giltburg, piano

    3:09
  • 9:34 PM

    The Musketeers

    Oscar Navarro

    One for All

    Barcelona Clarinet Players

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    16:20
  • 9:26 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Waltz

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenades

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    6:40
  • 9:11 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart & Brahms

    Pacifica String Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    6:42
  • 9:00 PM

    Four Seasons: Winter

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Janine Jansen, violin

    7:50
  • 6:47 PM

    Carmen Fantasy

    Franz Waxman

    Humoresque

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    11:03
  • 6:19 PM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sabine Meyer: Clarinet Connection

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Hans Vonk, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    26:42
  • 6:12 PM

    String Quartet No. 1 "From the Salvation Army": 2nd movement

    Charles Ives

    Emerson String Quartet

    5:32
  • 6:06 PM

    Capriccio

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: French Overture, Italian Concerto, Duets

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    5:09
  • 6:01 PM

    Three Etudes

    Fernando Sor

    Sor: 24 Progressive Etudes; 6 Little Pieces

    Norbert Kraft, guitar

    4:42
  • 5:42 PM

    Suite in the Ancient Style

    Vincent d'Indy

    Vincent D'Indy

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    16:19
  • 5:23 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Johann Hummel

    Trumpet Concertos

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    Bibi Black, trumpet

    17:39
  • 5:19 PM

    Tango Brasileiro

    Alexandre Levy

    Brasileiro - Villa-Lobos & Friends / Nelson Freire

    Nelson Freire, piano

    2:02
  • 5:06 PM

    Ricciardo e Zoraide: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Complete Overtures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    12:26
  • 5:01 PM

    Divertissement: 2nd movement

    Emile Bernard

    Divertissement!

    C/O Chamber Orchestra

    4:45
  • 4:50 PM

    Zigeunerweisen (Gypsy Airs)

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Castile & Leon Orchestra

    Alejandro Posada, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    8:15
  • 4:28 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos 1 & 2

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    20:48
  • 4:16 PM

    Swiss Italian Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    10:44
  • 4:12 PM

    Concert Etude No. 3: Toccatina/Allegro

    Nikolai Kapustin

    Kapustin: Piano Music

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    2:06
  • 4:06 PM

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Bela Bartok

    Bartok: Romanian Folk-Dances, Kodaly: Galanta Dances, Marosszek Dances

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    6:07
  • 4:01 PM

    Suite for Strings: Prelude

    Joan Trimble

    Silver Apples of the Moon

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    4:47
  • 3:56 PM

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    2:27
  • 3:42 PM

    Excelsior! Symphonic Overture

    Wilhelm Stenhammar

    Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    14:19
  • 3:32 PM

    Souvenirs: Three Dances

    Samuel Barber

    Aspects of America

    Oregon Symphony

    Carlos Kalmar, conductor

    9:03
  • 3:13 PM

    Overture-Suite: Les Nations

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    18:00
  • 3:01 PM

    "Twinkle, Twinkle" Variations (Ah, vous dirai-je, maman)

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Book

    Lang Lang, piano

    10:13
  • 2:50 PM

    Poet and Peasant Overture

    Franz von Suppe

    Overtures by Suppe and Auber

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    9:23
  • 2:45 PM

    Fantasy Pieces: Humoresque

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Uncovered Vol. 1

    Catalyst Quartet

    3:17
  • 2:40 PM

    Nordic Folk Dances: Scherzo

    Emil Hartmann

    Hartmann: Nordic Folk Dances; Hakon Jarl; A Carnival Feast

    Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bo Holten, conductor

    4:28
  • 2:35 PM

    O Come, O Come Emmanuel

    Traditional

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    David Willcocks, conductor

    3:30
  • 2:31 PM

    Chanticleer

    Dawn Upshaw, soprano

    4:35
  • 2:21 PM

    Concerto for Four Recorders

    Johann Heinichen

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    7:59
  • 2:18 PM

    Pirates of Penzance: I am the very model of a modern Major-General

    W. S. Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan

    Gilbert and Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance

    Welsh National Opera Chorus and Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Richard Suart, baritone

    2:52
  • 2:08 PM

    Symphony Concertante: Rondeau

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    Yury Revich, violin

    Libor Jezek, violin

    5:58
  • 2:05 PM

    Umoja (Unity)

    Valerie Coleman

    Imani Winds

    Imani Winds

    2:49
  • 1:53 PM

    Concerto No. 1

    Lorenzo Zavateri

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

    Gottfried von der Goltz, conductor

    4:18
  • 1:51 PM

    Almande

    John Dowland

    Lute Works, Vol. 1

    Paul O'Dette, lute

    1:11
  • 1:40 PM

    Trumpet Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Die erste Walpurgisnacht, Infalice, Trompeten-Ouverture

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    9:05
  • 1:33 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1: Finale

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saƫns: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 - Africa - Wedding Cake - Allegro appassionato

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Jean-Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    Alexandre Kantorow, piano

    6:45
  • 1:27 PM

    Evening Song

    Traditional

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Nikoloz Rachveli, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    4:27
  • 1:22 PM

    Maskarade: Overture

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Symphony No. 3, Clarinet Concerto

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    4:34
  • 1:14 PM

    An English Suite: Air and Frolic

    Hubert Parry

    Elgar: Seranade, etc./Parry: An English Suite, etc.

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    5:55
  • 1:07 PM

    Empire Brass

    Michael Murray, organ

    5:48
  • 1:05 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:56
  • 12:52 PM

    Bourree Fantasque

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    French National Orchestra

    Armin Jordan, conductor

    7:02
  • 12:48 PM

    Cosi fan tutte: Soave sia il vento

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Clarinotts

    Wiener Virtuosen

    2:49
  • 12:37 PM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven And Britten Concertos

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    Janine Jansen, violin

    9:26
  • 12:32 PM

    Sevillanas

    Traditional

    LAGQ Latin

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:07
  • 12:22 PM

    Oboe Concerto No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Heinz Holliger, oboe

    10:05
  • 12:17 PM

    Divertimento after Couperin: VIII

    Richard Strauss

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    3:15
  • 12:09 PM

    Toute vie

    Lou Koster

    Koster: Orchestral Music

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    6:05
  • 12:05 PM

    Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    4:02
  • 11:49 AM

    L'assedio di Corinto (Siege of Corinth): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    9:10
  • 11:38 AM

    Zigeunerliebe (Gypsy Love)

    Franz Lehar

    Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    8:36
  • 11:27 AM

    Four Seasons: Summer

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Iona Brown, violin

    10:33
  • 11:23 AM

    Spoon River

    Percy Grainger

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    4:09
  • 11:11 AM

    Norwegian Rhapsody No. 1

    Johan Svendsen

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

    Trondheim Symphony Orchestra

    Ole Kristian Ruud, conductor

    10:19
  • 11:06 AM

    Karelia Suite: Alla Marcia

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphony No. 1, 'Karelia' Suite

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    4:53
  • 11:01 AM

    Erwin and Elmire: Entre acte

    Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel

    Masters of the Goethe Era

    Staatskapelle Weimar

    Peter Gulke, conductor

    4:38
  • 10:52 AM

    Rhapsody No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Handel Variations

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    6:18
  • 10:36 AM

    Charterhouse Suite

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Williams: Lark Ascending

    Israel Chamber Orchestra

    Dalia Atlas, conductor

    13:32
  • 10:19 AM

    Suite for Strings

    Arthur Foote

    do.gma chamber orchestra

    Mikhail Gurewitsch, conductor

    16:27
  • 10:06 AM

    Flute Sonata

    Francis Poulenc

    Paige Brook, flute

    Robert Levin, piano

    11:58
  • 10:01 AM

    Choro de Saudade

    Agustin Barrios

    Aire Latino: Latin American Music for Guitar

    David Russell, guitar

    4:50
  • 9:33 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Erich Korngold

    The Silver Violin

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Kirill Karabits, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    25:34
  • 9:22 AM

    Mathis der Maler (Mathis the Painter): Angel's Concert

    Paul Hindemith

    Hindemith: Mathis der Maler, Symphonic Metamorphosis

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    9:35
  • 9:06 AM

    Symphonie Fantastique: Reveries

    Hector Berlioz

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    14:43
  • 9:01 AM

    They Can't Take That Away from Me

    George Gershwin

    Classical Gershwin

    Katie Mahan, piano

    4:37
  • 8:44 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    14:28
  • 8:37 AM

    Prelude Baroque

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Piano Works, Vol. 5

    Stefan Irmer, piano

    6:22
  • 8:17 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 8

    George Frideric Handel

    Concentus Musicus Vienna

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    17:37
  • 8:06 AM

    Gotterdammerung: Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey

    Richard Wagner

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:57
  • 8:01 AM

    Ludwig's Nightmare

    Sebastian Gurtler

    The Vienna Berlin Music Club Vol. 3

    Philharmonix

    4:52
  • 7:38 AM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 1

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Janiczek, conductor

    Maximiliano Martin, clarinet

    20:20
  • 7:26 AM

    CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra

    Hartmut Haenchen, conductor

    10:42
  • 7:06 AM

    Souvenir of a Beloved Place

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Complete Works for Violin and Orchestra

    Odense Symphony Orchestra

    Alexander Vedernikov, conductor

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    18:51
  • 7:01 AM

    Romantic Waltz

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy's Harp

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    4:34
  • 6:38 AM

    Variations for Piano and Orchestra

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi Discoveries

    Milan Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    20:17
  • 6:24 AM

    Ballet Suite No. 1

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Ballet Suites Nos. 1 & 3, Jazz Suites Nos. 1 & 2

    Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Dmitri Kitayenko, conductor

    13:45
  • 6:06 AM

    Horn Concerto

    Franz Pokorny

    Horn Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    16:00
  • 6:01 AM

    Consolation

    Cecile Chaminade

    Chaminade: Piano Music 2

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    4:51