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  • 5:49 AM

    Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

    Aram Khachaturian

    Russian Ballet Suites

    Russian National Orchestra

    Alexander Vedernikov, conductor

    9:12
  • 5:32 AM

    Ennanga for String Quartet, Harp, and Piano

    William Grant Still

    Videmus

    15:28
  • 5:06 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Friedrich Ernst Fesca

    F. E. Fesca: Symphonies 2 & 3

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    Frank Beermann, conductor

    24:56
  • 5:01 AM

    English Air

    Peter Lamb

    Kenneth Smith, flute

    Paul Rhodes, piano

    4:31
  • 4:36 AM

    Hours of the Day

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra: Portrait

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    22:37
  • 4:21 AM

    Snow Maiden Suite

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Orchestral Suites

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    12:28
  • 4:10 AM

    Lullaby

    George Gershwin

    New World Quartets

    Brodsky Quartet

    9:02
  • 4:06 AM

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    Michael Murray, organ

    4:03
  • 4:01 AM

    Le roi s'amuse (The King Has Fun): Pavane and Scene du bouquet

    Leo Delibes

    French Music for the Stage

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:41
  • 3:53 AM

    Etude No. 3 "Un Sospiro" (A Sigh)

    Franz Liszt

    Rediscovered - Liszt Recital

    Jorge Bolet, piano

    5:35
  • 3:23 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    Cho-Liang Lin, violin

    28:41
  • 3:10 AM

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    10:54
  • 3:06 AM

    Frog Galliard

    John Dowland

    Soundscapes

    Mississippi Guitar Quartet

    3:00
  • 3:01 AM

    Cantilene

    Louis Cahuzac

    French Portraits / Ricardo Morales, Michael Chertok

    Ricardo Morales, clarinet

    4:35
  • 2:53 AM

    Romantic Waltz

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy's Harp

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    4:34
  • 2:14 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    Lang Lang, piano

    38:22
  • 2:11 AM

    From Tale to Tale: Dance of the Brigands

    Oskar Nedbal

    Nedbal: From Tale To Tale

    Dvorak Chamber Orchestra

    Miroslav Homolka, conductor

    1:06
  • 2:06 AM

    Etude No. 21

    Louise Farrenc

    Louise Farrenc: Etudes and Variations for Solo Piano

    Joanne Polk, piano

    4:12
  • 2:01 AM

    Lux Aeterna

    Ivo Antognini

    Mid-Winter Songs/Un Soir De Neige

    Phoenix Chamber Choir

    4:41
  • 1:55 AM

    Berceuse

    John Ireland

    Orchestra of the Swan

    David Curtis, conductor

    Raphael Wallfisch, cello

    3:06
  • 1:22 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    Franz Schubert

    Franz Schubert: Symphonien Nos. 5 & 6

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    31:46
  • 1:06 AM

    Concert Piece

    Gustaf Heinze

    The Clarinet in Concert 2

    English Chamber Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    Thea King, clarinet

    13:41
  • 1:01 AM

    Suite in modo polonico: Kujawiak Mazurka and Oberek Mazurka

    Alexandre Tansman

    Tomasz Zawierucha, guitar

    4:53
  • 12:48 AM

    Kitty Hawk

    James Horner

    Collage: The Last Work

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Arnold, conductor

    10:05
  • 12:32 AM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin

    Maurice Ravel

    Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra

    Lionel Bringuier, conductor

    16:32
  • 12:27 AM

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    3:20
  • 12:13 AM

    Bavarian Dances

    Edward Elgar

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    12:47
  • 12:06 AM

    Vocalise

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Music For Brass Septet 3

    Septura

    5:59
  • 12:01 AM

    Village Dance

    Claude Champagne

    Dancing For 100 Years

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    4:48
  • 11:49 PM

    Spitfire Prelude and Fugue

    William Walton

    Walton: Battle of Britain Suite, Etc

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:35
  • 11:28 PM

    Holberg Suite

    Edvard Grieg

    Tchaikovsky & Suk:Serenades for Strings/Grieg:Holberg Suite and Two Elegiac Melodies

    Polish Radio Chamber Orchestra

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    19:24
  • 11:21 PM

    Cantabile and Presto

    Georges Enescu

    Flute Recital "Belle Epoque"

    Marina Piccinini, flute

    6:23
  • 11:12 PM

    Double Violin Concerto

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Berlin Baroque Soloists

    Rainer Kussmaul, conductor

    Rainer Kussmaul, violin

    Rudiger Liebermann, violin

    7:48
  • 11:06 PM

    Colas Breugnon Overture

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    5:30
  • 11:01 PM

    Orchestral Quartet No. 5: Rondo

    Carl Stamitz

    Carl Stamitz: Orchestral Quartets, Op. 14

    NZSO Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Armstrong, conductor

    4:40
  • 10:54 PM

    Symphonie Fantastique: March to the Scaffold

    Hector Berlioz

    Greatest Hits: Trumpet

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    4:10
  • 10:44 PM

    Piano Sonata: Finale

    Franz Schubert

    Shai Wosner, piano

    8:25
  • 10:26 PM

    Eine kleine Nachtmusik

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies

    Prague Virtuosi

    Julius Rudel, conductor

    16:44
  • 10:23 PM

    Lady Radnor's Suite: Bouree

    Hubert Parry

    Parry: Symphonic Variations

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    2:29
  • 10:19 PM

    Air a danser

    Cecile Chaminade

    Eric Parkin, piano

    2:56
  • 10:06 PM

    The Three-Cornered Hat: Suite

    Manuel de Falla

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    12:11
  • 10:03 PM

    Airs and Graces: Mill Dance

    Eric Wetherell

    British by Arrangement 2

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    2:33
  • 9:47 PM

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Paul Dukas

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    11:16
  • 9:23 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Violin and Oboe Concertos

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, violin

    22:47
  • 9:06 PM

    Four Characteristic Pieces

    William Hurlstone

    Music for Clarinet and Piano 1

    Thea King, clarinet

    14:42
  • 9:01 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Johan Svendsen

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    4:46
  • 6:47 PM

    Four Seasons: Autumn

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Amsterdam Guitar Trio

    10:49
  • 6:21 PM

    Symphony No. 4

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann (arr. Mahler): Symphonies 2 & 4

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    25:28
  • 6:14 PM

    Iberia: Triana

    Isaac Albeniz

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    5:04
  • 6:06 PM

    Light Cavalry Overture

    Franz von Suppe

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Franz Welser-Most, conductor

    6:51
  • 6:01 PM

    Pygmalion: Overture

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Rameau: Pygmalion, Nelee & Myrthis

    Les Arts Florissants

    William Christie, conductor

    4:47
  • 5:48 PM

    Invitation to the Dance

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2, Bassoon Concerto

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    10:02
  • 5:16 PM

    Clarinet Quintet

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart & Brahms

    Pacifica String Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    30:51
  • 5:12 PM

    Six Etudes for Piano Left Hand Alone: No. 2 "Alla Fuga"

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Piers Lane, piano

    2:03
  • 5:06 PM

    Thais: Meditation

    Jules Massenet

    French Cello Concertos

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Scott Yoo, conductor

    Hee-Young Lim, cello

    5:23
  • 5:01 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 2: 1st movement

    William Alwyn

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    4:36
  • 4:44 PM

    Andante and Rondo Capriccioso

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Lydia Artymiw, piano

    6:19
  • 4:22 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suites for a Young Prince

    Sonnerie

    Monica Huggett, conductor

    20:39
  • 4:10 PM

    Waltz Fantasy

    Mikhail Glinka

    Glinka: A Life for the Tsar

    Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra

    Loris Tjeknavorian, conductor

    9:21
  • 4:06 PM

    Estampes: Jardins sous la pluie (Gardens in the Rain)

    Claude Debussy

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    3:54
  • 4:01 PM

    Bees and Bumblebees

    Eugene Arcade Dede

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    4:33
  • 3:53 PM

    Hungarian Dances: Selected

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Hungarian Dances

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    Andras Keller, violin

    4:35
  • 3:52 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 7

    Johannes Brahms

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    Andras Keller, violin

    Kalman Balogh, cimbalom

    1:41
  • 3:50 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Hungarian Dances

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    Andras Keller, violin

    2:04
  • 3:36 PM

    Polonaise-Fantasie

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Barcarolle, Polonaise-Fantasie, Ballade No. 4, etc.

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    12:43
  • 3:09 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn & Boccherini: Cello Concertos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    Jacqueline Du Pre, cello

    25:56
  • 3:01 PM

    Gondoliers Overture

    Arthur Sullivan

    Gilbert & Sullivan: Overtures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    6:53
  • 2:51 PM

    Lift Every Voice and Sing

    J. Rosamond Johnson

    Spirit

    Cyrus Chestnut, paino

    7:22
  • 2:41 PM

    Divertimento after Couperin

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Divertimento After Couperin

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    35:10
  • 2:29 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 25: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos 17, K453 and 25, K503

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Mitsuko Uchida, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    9:19
  • 2:23 PM

    Bagatelles: Poco Allegro

    Antonin Dvorak

    National Chamber Players

    Lowell Graham, conductor

    4:44
  • 2:19 PM

    Folk Songs for Orchestra: My Lord, what a morning

    George Walker

    George Walker: Orchestral Works

    Cleveland Chamber Symphony

    Edwin London, conductor

    3:33
  • 2:08 PM

    Impressions from the Countryside: Village Dance

    Zdenek Fibich

    Czech National Symphony Orchestra

    Marek Stilec, conductor

    7:46
  • 2:04 PM

    Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III

    Richard Wagner

    Leonard Bernstein: The Encore Collection Vol. 3

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    2:37
  • 1:50 PM

    Concert Piece for Horn and Orchestra

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    8:34
  • 1:44 PM

    Septet: 2nd movement

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Chausson, Faure, Massenet, Ravel

    Trio a Cordes Francais

    Jean-Philippe Collard, piano

    4:09
  • 1:39 PM

    Canzon "La Lusignuola" (The Nightingale)

    Tarquinio Merula

    Folias Festivas

    Belladonna

    4:05
  • 1:33 PM

    Tara Kamangar, piano

    5:05
  • 1:20 PM

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Maxine Eilander, harp

    11:52
  • 1:17 PM

    Mazurka No. 23

    Frederic Chopin

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    2:17
  • 1:15 PM

    Mazurka No. 24

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Opp. 33-36, 38

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    1:50
  • 1:08 PM

    La Scala di Seta (Silken Ladder): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    6:01
  • 1:04 PM

    Minuet No. 3

    Giacomo Puccini

    Orchestra of the Auvergne

    Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    3:11
  • 12:50 PM

    Sigurd Jorsalfar: Homage March

    Edvard Grieg

    Sibelius: Finlandia, Valse Triste; Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfar

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    8:46
  • 12:48 PM

    Lyric Pieces: Sommerfugl (Butterfly)

    Edvard Grieg

    Stephen Hough, piano

    1:39
  • 12:40 PM

    Symphony: Scherzo

    Georges Bizet

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    6:49
  • 12:34 PM

    Serenade: 4th movement

    Arthur Bird

    North Texas Chamber Players

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    5:25
  • 12:27 PM

    Giselle: Entrance of Giselle

    Adolphe Adam

    Adam: Giselle

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Mogrelia, conductor

    5:47
  • 12:19 PM

    Six English Tunes

    Peter Warlock

    Warlock: Capriol Suite; The Curlew; Six English Tunes; Serenade; Six Italian Dance Tunes; Ross Pople/London Festival Orchestra

    London Festival Orchestra

    Ross Pople, conductor

    7:11
  • 12:15 PM

    Mock Morris

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger: Piano Music

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    3:08
  • 12:10 PM

    Schwanengesang, Book 1: Standchen (Serenade)

    Franz Schubert

    Nicola Benedetti: Mendelssohn, MacMillan, Mozart

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    James MacMillan, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    4:08
  • 12:04 PM

    The Little Match Girl: Prelude

    August Enna

    Danish National Orchestra

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    5:28
  • 11:50 AM

    Symphony No. 39: Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    W.A. Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 38 & 39

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    8:26
  • 11:42 AM

    Festive Overture

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    6:17
  • 11:26 AM

    Les Indes Galantes: Prologue

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Rameau: Les Indes Galantes Orchestral Suite from the Opera-Ballet

    Mercury Baroque

    Antoine Plante, conductor

    14:50
  • 11:22 AM

    Canzon No. 2

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Millar Brass Ensemble

    Stephen Squires, conductor

    3:25
  • 11:12 AM

    Norwegian Rhapsody No. 2

    Johan Svendsen

    Trondheim Symphony Orchestra

    Ole Kristian Ruud, conductor

    9:36
  • 11:06 AM

    Berceuse (Lullaby)

    Frederic Chopin

    The Journey

    Leon Fleisher, piano

    4:47
  • 11:01 AM

    Symphony No. 48 "Maria Theresia": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    4:35
  • 10:40 AM

    Guitar Concerto

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Rodrigo, Villa-Lobos, Ponce: Guitar Concertos

    New York Philharmonic

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    18:27
  • 10:18 AM

    Caucasian Sketches

    Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov

    Russian Sketches

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    20:15
  • 10:10 AM

    Song for Athene

    John Tavener

    Enchanted Isle

    Voces8

    6:32
  • 10:06 AM

    Cantata No. 75: Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Angelika Nebel, piano

    2:55
  • 10:01 AM

    Total Tango

    David Matthews

    Orchestra Nova

    George Vass, conductor

    4:40
  • 9:38 AM

    Suite Concertino

    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

    Concerti Italiani

    CBC Vancouver Orchestra

    Mario Bernardi, conductor

    Christopher Millard, bassoon

    20:05
  • 9:33 AM

    Trio No. 3: Minuet

    Johann Hummel

    Divertimenti of the Viennese Classical Period

    Vienna String Trio

    4:23
  • 9:19 AM

    Piano Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Andras Schiff, piano

    12:27
  • 9:06 AM

    Miniatures

    William Grant Still

    Vintage America

    Calico Winds

    12:22
  • 9:01 AM

    Sinfonia

    Antonio Leal Moreira

    Spanish and Portuguese Orchestral Music

    Algarve Orchestra

    Alvaro Cassuto, conductor

    4:36
  • 8:30 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    Jean Sibelius

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    28:11
  • 8:24 AM

    Sarabande

    Claude Debussy

    RAVEL, M.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    5:09
  • 8:06 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 5

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: 12 Concerti Grossi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    16:42
  • 8:01 AM

    Intermezzo No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: 7 Fantasies, Op. 116, 4 Piano Pieces, Op. 119, Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 2

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    4:46
  • 7:38 AM

    Souvenirs

    Samuel Barber

    Royal Scottish Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    20:41
  • 7:22 AM

    Three Spanish Pieces

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    The Ultimate Guitar Collection

    Julian Bream, guitar

    14:40
  • 7:06 AM

    Oboe Quartet

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Chamber Music for Winds and Strings

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    14:27
  • 7:01 AM

    King Carotte Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    Offenbach: Overtures & Ballets

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    4:44
  • 6:33 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Cello Concerto

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    24:37
  • 6:28 AM

    Dorchester Tropes: Moswetuset

    Daniel Lentz

    Aron Kallay, piano

    5:06
  • 6:06 AM

    Celtic Symphony

    Granville Bantock

    Bantock: Symphonies

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    19:56
  • 6:01 AM

    Concert Study

    Felix Godefroid

    Revelation

    Valerie Milot, harp

    4:46