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  • 5:36 AM

    Quartets: One

    Quartets: One - Four

    Warren Zielinski, violin

    22:59
  • 5:29 AM

    Litany of Divine Presence

    Nicholas Lens/Nick Cave

    L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S

    Studio Ensemble

    Clara-Lane Lens, vocals

    5:25
  • 5:26 AM

    Melody for Saxophone No. 10

    Philip Glass

    Glass: Three Pieces in the Shape of a Square

    Craig Morris, trumpet

    2:19
  • 5:06 AM

    I Fiamminghi

    Rudolf Werthen, conductor

    17:38
  • 5:01 AM

    Rosary Prayer

    Pawel Lukaszewski

    Lukaszewski: Sacred Choral Works

    State Choir Latvija

    Maris Sirmais, conductor

    4:50
  • 4:52 AM

    A Door into the Dark

    Missy Mazzoli

    Victoire

    5:24
  • 4:40 AM

    Boston Modern Orchestra Project

    Gil Rose, conductor

    11:24
  • 4:20 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Ellen Taaffe Zwilich

    Santa Rosa Symphony

    Francesco Lecce-Chong, conductor

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    18:40
  • 4:07 AM

    Secret and Glass Gardens

    Jennifer Higdon

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    9:08
  • 4:01 AM

    Siggi String Quartet

    4:37
  • 3:46 AM

    La Valse

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Ballet And Dance Music

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    12:23
  • 3:24 AM

    An American in Paris

    George Gershwin

    Music of the Americas

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Andres Orozco-Estrada, conductor

    19:51
  • 3:19 AM

    Les Chemins de l'Amour

    Francis Poulenc

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    3:05
  • 3:06 AM

    Roma Suite

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha OVerture / Petite Suite

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    12:40
  • 3:01 AM

    Rinaldo: Sibilar gli angui d'Aletto

    George Frideric Handel

    Music For Brass Septet 2

    Septura

    Matthew Gee, trombone

    4:50
  • 2:50 AM

    Schwanda the Bagpiper: Polka and Fugue

    Jaromir Weinberger

    Orchestral Spectaculars

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    8:27
  • 2:25 AM

    Concerto Serenade

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Favourite Harp Concertos

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    Catherine Michel, harp

    23:28
  • 2:20 AM

    Blue Skies

    Irving Berlin

    America Again

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:22
  • 2:13 AM

    String Quartet No. 6: 1st movement

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Saint-Georges: 6 Concertante Quartets

    Arabella String Quartet

    6:47
  • 2:06 AM

    Gymnopedie Nos. 1 and 3

    Erik Satie

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    5:52
  • 2:01 AM

    English Idyll No. 2

    George Butterworth

    Halle Orchestra

    Mark Elder, conductor

    4:36
  • 1:53 AM

    Waltz No. 2 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Waltzes

    Richard Raymond, piano

    5:19
  • 1:15 AM

    Symphony No. 8

    Antonin Dvorak

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    35:36
  • 1:12 AM

    Suite for Viol: Rigaudon

    Marin Marais

    Palladian Ensemble

    1:23
  • 1:06 AM

    Bluebeard (Barbe-Bleue): Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    Offenbach: Overtures

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    5:58
  • 1:01 AM

    From Andersen's Fairy-Tales: Barcarolle and Arabesque

    Bohuslav Martinu

    Martinu: Piano Music, Vol. 7

    Giorgio Koukl, piano

    4:38
  • 12:50 AM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    7:38
  • 12:38 AM

    Carmen Suite No. 1

    Georges Bizet

    Shchedrin: Carmen Ballet; Bizet: Carmen Suite

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    11:57
  • 12:28 AM

    Iberia: Holy Festival in Seville

    Isaac Albeniz

    The Fantastic Stokowski

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    8:50
  • 12:22 AM

    Sonata No. 32

    Niccolo Paganini

    Reverie

    Dale Kavanagh, guitar

    3:54
  • 12:06 AM

    Russian Easter Festival Overture

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade, Russian Easter Overture

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    15:15
  • 12:01 AM

    Sextet: Rondo

    Luigi Gatti

    Calamus Ensemble

    4:44
  • 11:43 PM

    Bolero

    Maurice Ravel

    Debussy: Khamma/Ravel: La Valse, etc.

    Ulster Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    14:35
  • 11:36 PM

    Poetic Tone Pictures: Serenade

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak Poetic Tone Pictures, Op. 85

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    5:17
  • 11:16 PM

    Norwegian Dances

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg, Svendsen: Orchestral Works

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    18:00
  • 11:06 PM

    String Symphony No. 5

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Complete String Symphonies

    Gli Incogniti

    Amandine Beyer, conductor

    9:53
  • 10:54 PM

    English Suite No. 2: Gigue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    3:25
  • 10:48 PM

    Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Olivieri-Munroe, conductor

    Sol Gabetta, cello

    5:36
  • 10:40 PM

    Three Shanties

    Malcolm Arnold

    Ibert, J.: 3 Pieces Breves / Reicha, A.: Wind Quintet in E-Flat Major / Arnold, M.: 3 Shanties / Klughardt, A.F.M.: Wind Quintet

    Bergen Wind Quintet

    6:36
  • 10:19 PM

    Sonata for Two Pianos

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Christina and Michelle Naughton, piano duo

    20:22
  • 10:09 PM

    Overture to Gwendoline

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    8:31
  • 10:06 PM

    Wand of Youth: The Little Bells

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: The Wand of Youth, Suites I & II; Dream Children; Nursery Suite; Starlight Express

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    2:38
  • 10:03 PM

    Trumpet Tune

    Henry Purcell

    Baroque Brass

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Fraser, conductor

    2:43
  • 9:37 PM

    Symphony on a Hymn Tune

    Virgil Thomson

    Hanson Conducts McPhee Sessions Thomson

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    20:25
  • 9:19 PM

    Faust Ballet Music

    Charles Gounod

    Gounod: Faust

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    16:23
  • 9:16 PM

    Suite for Flute and Piano: Scherzo

    Charles-Marie Widor

    Paris: La Belle Epoque

    Robert Langevin, flute

    2:49
  • 9:06 PM

    Suite: Overture

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Wallfisch Band

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, conductor

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, violin

    8:17
  • 9:01 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    William Boyce

    Menuhin Festival Orchestra

    Yehudi Menuhin, conductor

    4:39
  • 6:53 PM

    Romeo and Juliet: Dance of the Knights

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet, Op. 64

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    5:34
  • 6:31 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Franz Liszt

    MacDowell: Piano Concerto No.2/Liszt: Piano Concertos No.1 & No.2

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Andre Watts, piano

    20:44
  • 6:15 PM

    Tannhauser: Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Overtures And Orchestral Music

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    13:45
  • 6:06 PM

    Recorder Concerto

    Johann Fasch

    JF Fasch: Quartets and Concertos

    Ensemble Marsyas

    Pamela Thorby, recorder

    8:06
  • 6:00 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
  • 5:48 PM

    Consort for Ten Winds

    Robert Spittal

    Wind Music

    Atlanta Chamber Winds

    Robert J. Ambrose, conductor

    10:36
  • 5:20 PM

    Symphony No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    25:50
  • 5:13 PM

    Ballade "About Olden Times"

    Anatol Liadov

    Liadov: The Enchanted Lake, and other orchestral works.

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    5:53
  • 5:08 PM

    Nights in White Satin

    Justin Hayward

    12 Ensemble

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    Manu Delago, hang

    3:43
  • 5:06 PM

    Intermezzo No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Paul Lewis, piano

    1:45
  • 5:01 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1: Gavotte

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    4:40
  • 4:51 PM

    Nocturnes: Fetes (Festivals)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Orchestral Works

    Paris Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    6:56
  • 4:27 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Max Bruch

    Bruch: Scottish Fantasy and Violin Concerto No. 2

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    23:38
  • 4:20 PM

    Cantata No. 192: Nun danket alle Gott: Opening Chorus

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Johann Sebastian Bach: Famous Choruses

    Concentus Musicus Vienna

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    5:28
  • 4:06 PM

    Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn Overtures

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Claus Peter Flor, conductor

    12:09
  • 4:01 PM

    Concerto Grosso: 2nd movement

    Henry Cowell

    Manhattan Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Auldon Clark, conductor

    4:41
  • 3:42 PM

    Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Don Quixote; Till Euenspiegel

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    15:57
  • 3:36 PM

    Poetic Tone Pictures: Toying

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak Poetic Tone Pictures, Op. 85

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    4:20
  • 3:20 PM

    Suite for Violin and String Orchestra

    Laura Netzel

    Laura Netzel: Chamber Portrait

    Musica Vitae

    Malin Broman, conductor

    Malin Broman, violin

    15:01
  • 3:10 PM

    By the Beautiful Blue Danube (An der schonen, blauen Donau)

    Johann StraussJr.

    New Year's Concert 2012

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    9:51
  • 2:58 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 6

    George Frideric Handel

    Linde Consort

    Hans-Martin Linde, conductor

    9:00
  • 2:44 PM

    Bishop Rock

    Doreen Carwithen

    CARWITHEN: Piano Concerto / Bishop Rock / ODTAA / Suffolk Suite

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    8:16
  • 2:33 PM

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

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 8 & 9

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    9:29
  • 2:30 PM

    Ubi Caritas

    Maurice Durufle

    Praise Parisienne

    National Lutheran Choir

    David Cherwien, conductor

    2:16
  • 2:22 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 9

    Bruce Haynes

    Montreal Baroque Orchestra

    Eric Milnes, conductor

    6:29
  • 2:17 PM

    Clarinet Sonata No. 1: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    Gloria Chien, piano

    4:05
  • 2:07 PM

    Fidelio Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    6:36
  • 2:04 PM

    Hora staccato

    Grigoras Dinicu

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    2:06
  • 1:50 PM

    Trumpet Concerto No. 3

    Johann Hertel

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Wolfgang Bauer, conductor

    Wolfgang Bauer, trumpet

    9:13
  • 1:46 PM

    Spanish Serenade

    Joaquin Malats

    Xavier de Maistre, harp

    2:44
  • 1:40 PM

    Aranjuez Concerto: 3rd movement

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Fantasía para un gentilhombre

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    5:19
  • 1:31 PM

    From Shakespeare: Perdita

    Josef Foerster

    Foerster: Festive Overture - Symphony No. 1 - From Shakespeare

    Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marek Stilek, conductor

    7:14
  • 1:26 PM

    Things to Come: March

    Arthur Bliss

    Bliss: Film Music

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    3:39
  • 1:22 PM

    Poetic Tone Pictures: Spring Song

    Antonin Dvorak

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    3:29
  • 1:13 PM

    Piano Quintet No. 2: 2nd mvt

    Gabriel Faure

    Via Nova Quartet

    Jean Hubeau, piano

    4:00
  • 1:11 PM

    Etude No. 6 'pour les huit doigts'

    Claude Debussy

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    1:33
  • 1:04 PM

    Serenade

    Roman Hoffstetter

    Greatest Hits Of 1790

    Philharmonia Virtuosi

    Richard Kapp, conductor

    4:45
  • 12:52 PM

    Concerto for Two Oboes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    6:02
  • 12:46 PM

    Petite Symphony: Finale

    Charles Gounod

    Gounod, Milhaud, Debussy-Faldner

    Sinfonia Orchestra of Chicago

    Barry Faldner, conductor

    5:04
  • 12:37 PM

    Prince and the Mermaid Suite

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    7:24
  • 12:32 PM

    Re-Invention No. 1

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Elle

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:24
  • 12:20 PM

    Orchestra-Symphony No. 3

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    English Concert

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    10:15
  • 12:16 PM

    Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

    George Frideric Handel

    Mad About Baroque

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    2:57
  • 12:09 PM

    Atzimba: Intermezzo

    Ricardo Castro

    Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas

    Alondra de la Parra, conductor

    5:01
  • 12:04 PM

    Spanish Dance No. 5 "Andaluza"

    Enrique Granados

    Granados: Danzas Espanolas

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    4:20
  • 11:51 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 4

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic dances, Opp. 46 & 72

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vaclav Neumann, conductor

    6:43
  • 11:45 AM

    Concerto No. 10

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    5:38
  • 11:33 AM

    Academic Festival Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    10:20
  • 11:25 AM

    String Quartet No. 13 "Rosamunde": Andante

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: String Quartet D 87, D 703, D 804

    Hagen Quartet

    7:18
  • 11:22 AM

    The Seasons: September (The Hunt)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    2:41
  • 11:18 AM

    Farewell to Stromness

    Peter Maxwell Davies

    Message of the Sea: Celtic Music for Guitar

    David Russell, guitar

    3:37
  • 11:11 AM

    Fantasy for Flute and Piano

    Gabriel Faure

    Laurel Zucker, flute

    Richard Cionco, piano

    5:07
  • 11:06 AM

    Cantata No. 208: Sheep May Safely Graze

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Stokowski Transcriptions

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    5:01
  • 11:01 AM

    Detmold Horn Quartet

    4:45
  • 10:48 AM

    Sky: 1st movement

    Michael Torke

    Albany Symphony Orchestra

    David Alan Miller, conductor

    Tessa Lark, violin

    9:43
  • 10:36 AM

    Highland Memories

    Hamish MacCunn

    Scottish Light Music

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    John Wilson, conductor

    9:57
  • 10:23 AM

    Quartet No. 2

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Six Wind Quartets

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    11:43
  • 10:06 AM

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    16:40
  • 10:01 AM

    Ave Maria mater dei

    Robert Hunt

    Blue Heron

    Scott Metcalfe, conductor

    4:34
  • 9:41 AM

    Serenade for Strings "Nachtmusik"

    Richard Heuberger

    RIAS Sinfonietta

    Jiri Starek, conductor

    17:30
  • 9:36 AM

    The Lake in the Mountains

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Ian Brown, piano

    4:07
  • 9:35 AM

    The Lake in the Mountains

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Ian Brown, piano

    4:07
  • 9:13 AM

    Concertante for Flute and Clarinet

    Franz Danzi

    Danzi: Flute and Clarinet Concertos

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Jorg Faerber, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    20:56
  • 9:06 AM

    Scherzo on Tropical Airs

    Santos Cifuentes

    Inca Trail Connections

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    6:48
  • 9:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 19

    Frederic Chopin

    Ivan Moravec, piano

    4:45
  • 8:44 AM

    Harvest Dance Suite

    Ilmari Hannikainen

    The Music of Ilmari and Vaino Hannikainen

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    14:35
  • 8:36 AM

    Siegfried: Forest Murmurs

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Orchestral Music from The Ring

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    7:40
  • 8:19 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Viktoria Mullova, violin

    Bruno Canino, piano

    14:55
  • 8:06 AM

    Overture

    Alberic Magnard

    Magnard: Symphony No. 2 Etc.

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    12:21
  • 8:01 AM

    Kasia Kadlubowska, percussion

    Dominik Bukowski, percussion

    4:36
  • 7:30 AM

    Concerto for a Festival

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    28:10
  • 7:27 AM

    Mignon

    Robert Schumann

    Perchance To Dream: A Lullaby Album For Children And Adults

    Carol Rosenberger, piano

    3:11
  • 7:06 AM

    Duet Concertino

    Richard Strauss

    Debussy/Strauss/Francaix - Sinfonia Iuventus

    Sinfonia Iuventas

    Gabriel Chmura, conductor

    Waldemar Zarow, clarinet

    18:13
  • 7:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 23 "Prussian": 4th movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Dover Quartet Plays Mozart

    Dover Quartet

    4:52
  • 6:27 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Max Bruch

    Bruch: The 3 Symphonies, Swedish Dances

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    31:42
  • 6:22 AM

    Causerie: Vals lento

    Felipe Villanueva

    Salon Mexicano

    Jorge Federico Osorio, piano

    3:48
  • 6:06 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Johann Neruda

    Haydn, Hummel, Etc.: Trumpet Concertos

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    14:17
  • 6:01 AM

    The Jester at the Wedding: Caprice

    Eric Coates

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Wilson, conductor

    4:41