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  • 5:13 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Jean Sibelius

    Bruckner, Sibelius, Nielsen

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    44:25
  • 5:06 AM

    Air and Rondo

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Oboe Concertos Nos. 1-3

    City of London Sinfonia

    Nicholas Ward, conductor

    Anthony Camden, oboe

    5:32
  • 5:01 AM

    A Lady in Her Tower

    Gabriel Faure

    Sivan Magen, harp

    4:38
  • 4:44 AM

    Concert Rondo "Krakowiak"

    Frederic Chopin

    Northwest Sinfonietta

    Christophe Chagnard, conductor

    Joel Fan, piano

    13:54
  • 4:35 AM

    Adagio for Strings

    Samuel Barber

    An American Salute

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    7:40
  • 4:25 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs": 2nd movement

    Henryk Gorecki

    Gorecki: Symphony No. 3

    London Sinfonietta

    David Zinman, conductor

    Dawn Upshaw, soprano

    9:26
  • 4:06 AM

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 2

    Edvard Grieg

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    17:03
  • 4:01 AM

    Symphony No. 1: 2nd movement

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Symphonies 1

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Marc Soustrot, conductor

    4:42
  • 3:44 AM

    In The Bottoms Suite

    Nathaniel Dett

    Denver Oldham, piano

    14:12
  • 3:21 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Joseph White

    Violin Concertos by Black Composers Through the Centuries: 25th Anniversary Edition

    Encore Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hege, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    21:35
  • 3:15 AM

    Nocturne No. 1

    Jon Batiste

    Jon Batiste, piano

    3:26
  • 3:06 AM

    Little Concert Suite: A Love Sonnet

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Anthony Parnther, conductor

    3:40
  • 3:01 AM

    Lyric Quartet: The Quiet One

    William Grant Still

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    4:35
  • 2:54 AM

    Les Soirees d'Auteuil: Scherzo

    Napoleon Coste

    Anabel Montesinos, guitar

    4:29
  • 2:14 AM

    Symphony No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Amsterdam

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    37:08
  • 2:09 AM

    Sitar Concerto: Raga Adana

    Ravi Shankar

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Ravi Shankar, sitar

    3:28
  • 2:06 AM

    Sailors' Quick Polka

    Josef Strauss

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    2:41
  • 2:01 AM

    Sonata pian e forte

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass

    Mark Ridenour, conductor

    4:50
  • 1:52 AM

    Concerto Symphonique No. 4: Scherzo

    Henry Litolff

    Romantic Piano Concerto Vol. 14

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Peter Donohoe, piano

    6:30
  • 1:28 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 2

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Trondheim Soloists

    Alisa Weilerstein, cello

    22:44
  • 1:21 AM

    Paroles - Suite for Clarinet and Orchestra: III. Parole du Matin a la Rose

    Dia Succari

    German Symphony Orchestra

    Manuel Nawri, conductor

    Kinan Azmeh, clarinet

    6:22
  • 1:11 AM

    Two Shandong Folk Songs

    Shi-Guang Cui

    Chinasong | Shanghai Quartet

    Shanghai Quartet

    7:13
  • 1:06 AM

    Creatures of Prometheus: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    5:02
  • 1:01 AM

    Spanish Serenade

    Joaquin Malats

    Homages: A Musical Dedication

    Christoph Denoth, guitar

    4:35
  • 12:50 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Titan": 2nd movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler: Symphony No. 1; Blumine

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    8:03
  • 12:33 AM

    Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Works

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    15:12
  • 12:26 AM

    Cinema Nostalgia

    Joe Hisaishi

    Studio Orchestra

    Joe Hisaishi, piano

    6:08
  • 12:08 AM

    Horn Concerto

    Franz Pokorny

    Horn Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    16:00
  • 12:06 AM

    Swedish Polka

    Hugo Alfven

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    2:09
  • 12:01 AM

    Partita No. 6: Courante

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Six Partitas

    Andras Schiff, piano

    4:47
  • 11:49 PM

    Soirees Musicales

    Benjamin Britten

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    9:35
  • 11:31 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 8

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sara Davis Buechner, piano

    15:59
  • 11:23 PM

    Gaelic Symphony: 2nd movement

    Amy Beach

    Beach: Gaelic Symphony, Piano Concerto

    Nashville Symphony Orchestra

    Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor

    7:26
  • 11:13 PM

    Beatrice and Benedict: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Overtures

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    8:03
  • 11:06 PM

    Perpetual Motion Pieces

    Francis Poulenc

    Lisa Friend, flute

    Craig Ogden, guitar

    6:41
  • 11:01 PM

    Tanguori

    Jeremy Cohen

    Quartet San Francisco

    4:33
  • 10:45 PM

    Celtic Concerto

    Catrin Finch

    Blessing

    Sinfonia Cymru

    John Rutter, conductor

    Catrin Finch, harp

    12:40
  • 10:41 PM

    Serenade

    Roman Hoffstetter

    Jewels of the Classics

    Philharmonia Virtuosi

    Richard Kapp, conductor

    3:39
  • 10:24 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Gli Uccelli, Trittico Botticelliano

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    14:57
  • 10:20 PM

    Romantic Pieces: Cavatina

    Antonin Dvorak

    James Ehnes, violin

    Eduard Laurel, piano

    3:00
  • 10:09 PM

    Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Don Juan; Death and Transfiguration; Dance of the Seven Veils; Rosenkavelier Suite

    New York Philharmonic

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    10:18
  • 10:06 PM

    Te Deum: Prelude

    Marc-Antoine Charpentier

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    Michael Murray, organ

    2:29
  • 10:03 PM

    The Seasons: February (Shrovetide)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings; The Seasons

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    2:36
  • 9:52 PM

    The Sorceress: Overture

    Ferdinand Ries

    Cologne Academy

    Michael Alexander Willens, conductor

    6:17
  • 9:49 PM

    Beauty and the Beast

    Alan Menken

    Lang Lang: The Disney Book

    Lang Lang, piano

    2:55
  • 9:22 PM

    Symphony No. 1

    Franz Schubert

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    24:31
  • 9:11 PM

    Chamber Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Marion Verbruggen, recorder

    Dennis Godburn, bassoon

    Peter Goodwin, oboe

    John Toll, harpsichord

    John Holloway, violin

    10:06
  • 9:06 PM

    Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle

    Jacques Offenbach

    The #1 Opera Album

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Joan Sutherland, soprano

    4:10
  • 9:01 PM

    Farewell to Stromness

    Peter Maxwell Davies

    Peter Maxwell Davies

    Peter Maxwell Davies, piano

    4:45
  • 6:43 PM

    Ma vlast (My Country): Vysehrad

    Bedrich Smetana

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    14:41
  • 6:27 PM

    Oboe d'Amore Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Heinz Holliger, oboe d'amore

    14:22
  • 6:21 PM

    Glass Houses: No. 11

    Ann Southam

    Taktus

    6:05
  • 6:16 PM

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    Samuel Sanders, piano

    3:14
  • 6:06 PM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Theme and Variations

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Gran Partita

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    9:44
  • 6:01 PM

    The Merrymakers

    Eric Coates

    Boult conducts Coates

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    4:34
  • 5:45 PM

    Plow That Broke the Plains Suite

    Virgil Thomson

    Virgil Thompson: Music for Film, "The River" & "Plow That Broke the Plains"

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    12:37
  • 5:20 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    Andre Watts, piano

    24:01
  • 5:15 PM

    Chorale Prelude No. 10: My heart is ever yearning

    Johannes Brahms

    Canadian Brass

    2:43
  • 5:06 PM

    String Symphony No. 6

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra

    Hartmut Haenchen, conductor

    8:49
  • 5:01 PM

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

    Charles Ives

    Ives, Barber: String Quartets

    Emerson String Quartet

    4:48
  • 4:42 PM

    Wand of Youth Suite No. 2

    Edward Elgar

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

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    16:27
  • 4:24 PM

    Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye): Suite

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    15:41
  • 4:17 PM

    Prelude

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    A Rachmaninov Collection

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    5:11
  • 4:06 PM

    Symphony No. 1

    Francois-Joseph Gossec

    Gossec: Symphonies, op. 4

    Neuss Chamber Ensemble

    Simon Gaudenz, conductor

    10:48
  • 4:01 PM

    Artists' Quadrille (Kunstler-Quadrille)

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:46
  • 3:56 PM

    The Fabelmans: Mitzi's Dance

    John Williams

    Studio Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    2:05
  • 3:46 PM

    Peter Schmoll Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Hanover Band

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    8:36
  • 3:25 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Seven London Symphonies

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Marieke Blankestijn, violin

    20:27
  • 3:20 PM

    Shelter Island

    Xavier Dubois Foley

    Randall Goosby, violin

    Xavier Dubois Foley, double bass

    5:11
  • 3:05 PM

    Divertissement on Russian Songs

    Henri Rabaud

    Rabaud: Marouf, Eglogue, Etc.

    Loire Valley Philharmonic

    Pierre Dervaux, conductor

    12:38
  • 3:00 PM

    Funeral March of a Marionette

    Charles Gounod

    Classic Marches

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    3:44
  • 2:52 PM

    Symphony No. 4 "Italian": Saltarello

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Philharmonic of La Scala

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    6:27
  • 2:43 PM

    The Gadfly: Romance

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    The Sound of the Academy

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    6:22
  • 2:34 PM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Violin Concerto; Sonata

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    Sarah Chang, violin

    8:46
  • 2:26 PM

    Fantasy Pieces: Minuet and Trio

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Uncovered Vol. 1

    Catalyst Quartet

    6:53
  • 2:21 PM

    Malaguena

    Isaac Albeniz

    Narciso Yepes, guitar

    3:53
  • 2:16 PM

    Memories of a Child's Sunday: Bells

    Roy Harris

    Albany Symphony Orchestra

    David Alan Miller, conductor

    3:19
  • 2:10 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1: Menuet

    Georges Bizet

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    3:17
  • 2:04 PM

    Maskarade: Overture

    Carl Nielsen

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:35
  • 1:50 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Max Bruch

    Elgar Violin Concerto

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    7:43
  • 1:42 PM

    Roses of Picardy

    Haydn Wood

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    5:53
  • 1:31 PM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

    Franz Liszt

    International Salute

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    9:43
  • 1:25 PM

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

    Giacomo Puccini

    Opera Without Words

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    4:43
  • 1:20 PM

    Bartered Bride: Polka

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: The Bartered Bride & From My Life

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    4:57
  • 1:17 PM

    Maple Leaf Rag

    Scott Joplin

    Calico Winds

    1:53
  • 1:11 PM

    French Suite No. 6: Gavotte; Polonaise; Bourree

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Peter Hill, piano

    4:24
  • 1:04 PM

    Norwegian Dance No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg, Svendsen: Orchestral Works

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    6:15
  • 12:50 PM

    Chicago

    Edmond Dede

    DEDE: Mon pauvre coeur / Francoise et Tirtillard / Mefisto masque

    Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Rosenberg, conductor

    8:36
  • 12:42 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Waltz

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenades

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    6:40
  • 12:35 PM

    Espana

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Dukas: La Peri; L'Apprenti sorcier/Chabrier: Suite pastorale; Espana

    Ulster Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    6:01
  • 12:28 PM

    Concerto for Two Trumpets

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi, Scarlatti, Torelli, Stradella

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Simon Wright, conductor

    John Wallace, trumpet

    6:12
  • 12:23 PM

    Impromptu No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Seong-Jin Cho, piano

    3:55
  • 12:16 PM

    Le Mariage aux lanternes: Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    Offenbach: Orchestral Works

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:31
  • 12:09 PM

    Abdelazar: Suite

    Henry Purcell

    One Charming Night

    Oslo Circles

    5:03
  • 12:04 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Grand Pas de Deux

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Greatest Hits: The Ballet, Vol. III

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    4:02
  • 11:48 AM

    Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter": Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 39 & 41

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Donald Runnicles, conductor

    10:41
  • 11:36 AM

    Quartettino

    Rezso Kokai

    Walter Boeykens Ensemble

    10:15
  • 11:23 AM

    In Italy Overture

    Karl Goldmark

    Goldmark: Overtures

    Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andras Korodi, conductor

    12:40
  • 11:18 AM

    Dance of the Shepherd Girl

    Hugo Alfven

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra: Portrait

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    4:15
  • 11:10 AM

    Three Short Pieces

    Jacques Ibert

    FRENCH MUSIC FOR WIND QUINTET

    Danish National Symphony Wind Quintet

    6:51
  • 11:06 AM

    Fur Elise

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    For Children

    Livia Rev, piano

    3:09
  • 11:01 AM

    Sonata No. 3

    Giovanni Fontana

    John Holloway, violin

    Lars Ulrik Mortensen, harpsichord

    4:31
  • 10:44 AM

    Spanish Dances

    Moritz Moszkowski

    From Foreign Lands

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    14:19
  • 10:26 AM

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Marc Destrube, conductor

    16:01
  • 10:17 AM

    Norma

    Justin Holland

    Justin Holland Recording Project

    Gabriele Leite, guitar

    7:42
  • 10:06 AM

    Orchestra Rehearsal

    Nino Rota

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    10:02
  • 10:01 AM

    Wedding March

    Johan Halvorsen

    Norwegian Violin Favourites

    Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    Henning Kraggerud, violin

    4:52
  • 9:39 AM

    Lachian Dances

    Leos Janacek

    Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ondrej Lenard, conductor

    19:26
  • 9:31 AM

    Four Mazurkas

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: The Complete Works, Vol. 1, 'Awakening'

    Ian Hobson, piano

    6:45
  • 9:20 AM

    Concerto for Three Trumpets

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Trumpet Concertos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Simon Preston, conductor

    Hannes Laubin, trumpet

    9:17
  • 9:06 AM

    Concert Overture No. 2

    Florence Price

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    John Jeter, conductor

    13:34
  • 9:01 AM

    I Musici Montreal

    Yuli Turovsky, conductor

    Yuli Turovsky, cello

    4:35
  • 8:46 AM

    Suite Francaise

    Francis Poulenc

    Paris Orchestra

    Georges Pretre, conductor

    12:22
  • 8:26 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Adalbert Gyrowetz

    Contemporaries Of Mozart - Gyrowetz: Symphonies / Bamert, London Mozart Players

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    20:10
  • 8:06 AM

    Suite Lyrique

    John Rutter

    Blessing

    Sinfonia Cymru

    John Rutter, conductor

    Catrin Finch, harp

    17:22
  • 8:01 AM

    They Can't Take That Away from Me

    George Gershwin

    Classical Gershwin

    Katie Mahan, piano

    4:37