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  • 5:26 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Niccolo Paganini

    Paganini: Concerto No. 1 in D

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    Sarah Chang, violin

    32:39
  • 5:21 AM

    O Traum der Jugend

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Liana Serbescu, piano

    3:52
  • 5:06 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Classical"

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Bizet, Prokofiev, Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 1

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    13:32
  • 5:01 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Romanza

    Ernst von Dohnanyi

    Dohnanyi: Violin Concerto No. 2

    English Sinfonia

    John Farrer, conductor

    4:37
  • 4:51 AM

    Lohengrin: Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral

    Richard Wagner

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    Mary Preston, organ

    7:48
  • 4:15 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    33:54
  • 4:10 AM

    Prelude to a Song

    John Williams

    John Williams, guitar

    3:20
  • 4:06 AM

    Xerxes: Largo

    George Frideric Handel

    Albinoni: Adagio; Pachelbel: Canon; Etc

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    3:01
  • 4:01 AM

    Waltz No. 9 "L'adieu"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    4:42
  • 3:33 AM

    Death and Transfiguration

    Richard Strauss

    New York Philharmonic

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    24:43
  • 3:17 AM

    Concerto for Two Violins

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Hilary Hahn: Bach Violin Concertos

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Kahane, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    14:14
  • 3:14 AM

    Album Leaf

    Agathe Grondahl

    Hiroko Ishimoto, piano

    2:18
  • 3:06 AM

    L'Isle joyeuse (Joyous Isle)

    Claude Debussy

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    6:54
  • 3:01 AM

    From Olden Times: Intrada

    Johan Halvorsen

    Halvorsen: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

    Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:46
  • 2:47 AM

    Norwegian Dances Nos. 2-4

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg, Svendsen: Orchestral Works

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    11:40
  • 2:13 AM

    Clarinet Quintet

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Hagen Quartet

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    32:15
  • 2:06 AM

    Giselle: selections

    Adolphe Adam

    Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    4:25
  • 2:01 AM

    Sonata pian e forte

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    National Brass Ensemble

    4:44
  • 1:43 AM

    Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye): Suite

    Maurice Ravel

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    15:41
  • 1:24 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Franz Liszt

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    Yundi Li, piano

    17:48
  • 1:19 AM

    Ojos Brujos (Magic Eyes)

    Leo Brouwer

    Guitar Music from Cuba

    Marco Tamayo, guitar

    2:39
  • 1:06 AM

    Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn Overtures

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Claus Peter Flor, conductor

    12:09
  • 1:01 AM

    O clap your hands together

    Orlando Gibbons

    Faire is the Heaven

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    4:38
  • 12:27 AM

    Hodie: A Christmas Cantata (excerpts)

    Ralph Vaughan-Williams

    London Symphony Orchestra/Chorus

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    13:00
  • 12:25 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 4

    Anton Rubinstein

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Marc-Andre Hamelin

    31:23
  • 12:15 AM

    Symphony No. 19

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    10:38
  • 11:39 PM

    Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments

    Igor Stravinsky

    Great Pianists of the 20th Century: Stephen Kovacevich II

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    Stephen Kovacevich, piano

    19:54
  • 11:27 PM

    Symphony No. 3 (finale)

    Howard Hanson

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    11:00
  • 11:03 PM

    Eine kleine Nachtmusik

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphony No. 40

    Hanover Band

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    21:45
  • 10:24 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Concertos / Fischer, Goode, Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    Richard Goode, piano

    36:57
  • 10:19 PM

    What a Wonderful World

    George Weiss/Bob Thiele

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    3:10
  • 10:10 PM

    Pieces froides (Cold Pieces)

    Erik Satie

    Erik Satie: Hidden Corners (Recoins)

    Eve Egoyan, piano

    7:46
  • 10:04 PM

    Still, Still, Still

    Traditional German

    Christmas Echoes, Volume 1

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    3:15
  • 9:57 PM

    Short Ride in a Fast Machine

    John Adams

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    4:24
  • 9:48 PM

    Highland Cathedral

    Michael Korb/Uli Roewer

    Musica Variata

    Musica Variata

    7:49
  • 9:40 PM

    Thais: Meditation

    Jules Massenet

    Paris: La Belle Epoque

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    5:48
  • 9:35 PM

    Deborah: Polka

    Josef Foerster

    Small Czech Musical Gems

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Vaclav Smetacek, conductor

    3:07
  • 9:30 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2: Farandole

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Carmen Suite, L'arlesienne Suites Etc.

    Orchestra of the Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    3:21
  • 9:23 PM

    Turquoise-Chartreuse

    Stanley Woolner

    blue horizon

    Ivan Konev, piano

    4:28
  • 9:13 PM

    The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad

    Bernard Herrmann

    Bernard Herrmann: Great Film Music

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bernard Herrmann, conductor

    8:24
  • 9:11 PM

    Swan Lake: Dance of the Little Swans

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    1:32
  • 9:00 PM

    "Twinkle, Twinkle" Variations (Ah, vous dirais-je, Maman)

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Great Mozart Piano Workds

    John Novacek, piano

    8:04
  • 6:47 PM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Maurice Ravel

    Jupiter String Quartet

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    Alexa Still, flute

    Richard Hawkins, clarinet

    11:25
  • 6:17 PM

    Ballet Scenes

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: From the Middle Ages; Scenes de Ballet

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    28:15
  • 6:10 PM

    Songs of the Auvergne: Bailero

    Joseph Canteloube

    Dawn Upshaw sings Canteloube

    Lyon Opera Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    Dawn Upshaw, soprano

    5:37
  • 6:06 PM

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    4:03
  • 6:01 PM

    The Wedding Waltz

    Heikki Aaltoila

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:37
  • 5:44 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1

    Ottorino Respighi

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    14:23
  • 5:18 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn & Boccherini: Cello Concertos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    Jacqueline Du Pre, cello

    25:56
  • 5:10 PM

    Pavan and Galliard No. 6

    William Byrd

    Glenn Gould, piano

    5:17
  • 5:06 PM

    Molly on the Shore

    Percy Grainger

    Percy Grainger: Symphonic Band Music

    Michigan State University Band

    Keith Brion, conductor

    4:01
  • 5:01 PM

    The Floating One Polka Mazurka

    Josef Strauss

    Josef Strauss: Edition, Vol. 16

    Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Arthur Kulling, conductor

    4:37
  • 4:41 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain"

    Alan Hovhaness

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    16:43
  • 4:19 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos 1 & 2

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    20:48
  • 4:10 PM

    String Quartet No. 1

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Saint-Georges: 6 Concertante Quartets

    Arabella String Quartet

    7:15
  • 4:06 PM

    Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle

    Jacques Offenbach

    Opera Without Words

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    3:34
  • 4:01 PM

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    4:42
  • 3:52 PM

    Czardashian Rhapsody

    Traditional

    Lara St. John, violin

    Matt Herskowitz, piano

    6:02
  • 3:21 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    Murray Perahia: 25th Anniversary Edition

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    29:19
  • 3:03 PM

    Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    4:12
  • 2:57 PM

    Harp Concerto: Joy Ride

    Jennifer Higdon

    American Rapture

    Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

    Ward Stare, conductor

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    4:25
  • 2:53 PM

    Romeo and Juliet: Morning Dance

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet - Suites 1 - 3 (complete)

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    2:23
  • 2:51 PM

    Carmina Burana: In trutina

    Carl Orff

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    June Anderson, soprano

    2:00
  • 2:42 PM

    Song of Jean Racine (Cantique de Jean Racine)

    Gabriel Faure

    City of London Sinfonia

    John Rutter, conductor

    John Scott, organ

    6:45
  • 2:35 PM

    Lisa Friend, flute

    Craig Ogden, guitar

    7:01
  • 2:30 PM

    Valse fantastique

    Raoul Koczalski

    300

    Ingolf Wunder, piano

    3:04
  • 2:24 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Andris Nelsons, conductor

    5:48
  • 2:16 PM

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    6:29
  • 2:10 PM

    Nais: Rigaudons

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    2:17
  • 2:10 PM

    A Song of the Weather

    Flanders & Swann

    At the Drop of a Hat

    Michael Flanders, vocal

    Donald Swann, piano

    2:00
  • 2:04 PM

    Dance of the Shepherd Girl

    Hugo Alfven

    Christian Lindberg, trombone

    Roland Pontinen, piano

    3:44
  • 1:50 PM

    Spitfire Prelude and Fugue

    William Walton

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:35
  • 1:47 PM

    March

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Sound Off!

    United States Marine Band

    Col. John Bourgeois, conductor

    2:02
  • 1:36 PM

    Carmen Suite No. 1

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Carmen, L'Arlesienne, etc.

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    9:34
  • 1:30 PM

    Octet: 3rd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    5:06
  • 1:26 PM

    Septet: 5th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Sextet and Septet

    Consortium Classicum

    3:18
  • 1:21 PM

    Septet: 5th movement

    Conradin Kreutzer

    Kreutzer, Berwald: Septette

    Berlin Octet

    4:03
  • 1:16 PM

    Procession of the Sardar

    Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov

    Classic Marches

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:07
  • 1:07 PM

    Toccata

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Toccatas

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    7:21
  • 1:04 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frederick Handel

    Dunedin Consort

    2:30
  • 12:52 PM

    Donna Diana Overture

    Emil von Reznicek

    William Tell and Other Favorite Overtures

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:01
  • 12:45 PM

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    Samuel Sanders, piano

    5:49
  • 12:37 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Favourite Serenades for Orchestra

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    7:30
  • 12:32 PM

    Variations on a Theme by Mozart

    Mikhail Glinka

    Sonatas for Flute and Harp

    Susann McDonald, harp

    4:12
  • 12:22 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart, Strauss: Horn Concertos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Radovan Vlatkovic, horn

    8:36
  • 12:17 PM

    Faeroe Island Dance and Country Gardens

    Percy Grainger

    Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra

    Clark Rundell/Timothy Reynish, conductor

    4:26
  • 12:10 PM

    Guitar Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Guitar Concertos

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Kazuhito Yamashita, guitar

    5:23
  • 12:04 PM

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits

    Christoph Gluck

    Flute Masterpieces

    New York Philomusica

    Paige Brook, conductor

    Paige Brook, flute

    5:29
  • 11:48 AM

    First Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: Hammersmith, Moorside Suite, Suites 1 And 2 / Dunn

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Howard Dunn, conductor

    10:43
  • 11:34 AM

    Scherzo Capriccioso

    Antonin Dvorak

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    11:59
  • 11:27 AM

    Abdelazar: Incidental Music

    Henry Purcell

    A Baroque Feast

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    7:02
  • 11:22 AM

    Chinese Tambourin

    Fritz Kreisler

    Shanghai Symphony Orchestra

    Long Yu, conductor

    Maxim Vengerov, violin

    3:43
  • 11:11 AM

    Vienna 3/4 Time - Waltz Cycle

    Johann Wagenaar

    Wagenaar: Saul En David, Amphitrion, Etc / Riccardo Chailly

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    9:37
  • 11:06 AM

    The Harmonious Blacksmith

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Keyboard Suites 2

    Philip Edward Fisher, piano

    4:43
  • 11:01 AM

    Carnival-Waltz

    Florent Schmitt

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    4:48
  • 10:41 AM

    Three Symphonic Dances

    Cyril Scott

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    17:52
  • 10:29 AM

    Preludio Sinfonico

    Giacomo Puccini

    Puccini: Messa di Gloria

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    10:05
  • 10:24 AM

    Mary Poppins: Feed the Birds

    Richard Sherman/Robert Sherman

    Lang Lang, piano

    4:21
  • 10:06 AM

    Horn Concerto

    Franz Pokorny

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    15:59
  • 10:01 AM

    English Suite: Prelude and Round Dance

    John Duarte

    Guitar Recital: Olsen, Stein-Erik - DYENS, R. / BARRIOS MANGORE, A. / SAINZ DE LA MAZA, E. / PIAZZOLLA, A. / RUIZ-PIPO, A. / KOSHKIN, N. / DUARTE, J.

    Stein-Erik Olsen, guitar

    4:46
  • 9:26 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    John Field

    Field: Piano Concertos No. 2 & No. 3

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    John O'Conor, piano

    32:04
  • 9:19 AM

    Suite in Old Style: 1st movement

    Dobrinka Tabakova

    Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra

    Maxim Rysanov, conductor

    Maxim Rysanov, viola

    Vaiva Eidukaityte-Storastiene, harpsichord

    6:01
  • 9:06 AM

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    11:47
  • 9:01 AM

    Il finto Stanislao: Overture

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Philharmonic of La Scala

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    4:43
  • 8:45 AM

    Bagatelles

    Antonin Dvorak

    Neapolitan Cafe

    Quartetto Gelato

    12:54
  • 8:29 AM

    The Ball of Beatrice d'Este

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Musique Francaise: La Marseillaise, Etc.

    Paris Orchestra

    Jean-Pierre Jacquillat, conductor

    16:01
  • 8:16 AM

    Variations on a Swedish Air

    Bernhard Crusell

    Weber Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 73 and works by Crusell, Tartini and Debussy

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    Emma Johnson, clarinet

    11:15
  • 8:06 AM

    Spem in Alium (Hope in all things)

    Thomas Tallis

    Tallis: Sacred Choral Works

    The Sixteen

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    9:22
  • 8:01 AM

    The Arts and the Hours

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Debussy | Rameau | Vikingur Olafsson

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    4:45
  • 7:30 AM

    Symphony No. 5 "Reformation"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    28:08
  • 7:17 AM

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

    Richard Strauss

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    12:00
  • 7:06 AM

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    Janine Jansen, violin

    9:38
  • 7:01 AM

    Contemplation

    Henriette Renie

    The Healing Harp

    Naoko Yoshino, harp

    4:33
  • 6:46 AM

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    12:25
  • 6:23 AM

    Hours of the Day

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra: Portrait

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    22:37
  • 6:06 AM

    Concerto for Two Flutes, Violins, Bassoons, and Strings

    Johann Heinichen

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    14:52
  • 6:01 AM

    The Beatitudes

    Vladimir Martynov

    Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra

    Jonathan Stockhammer, conductor

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    4:43
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