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  • 5:26 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Antonin Dvorak

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Pamela Frank, violin

    31:50
  • 5:21 AM

    Suite of Three Pieces: Idylle

    Benjamin Godard

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Susan Milan, flute

    4:50
  • 5:06 AM

    Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Greensleeves/Tallis Fantasia

    New Queen's Hall Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    13:14
  • 5:01 AM

    Orphee Suite: Orphee and the Princess

    Philip Glass

    The Orpheus Suite for Piano

    Paul Barnes, piano

    4:36
  • 4:47 AM

    Wedding Scenes

    Bedrich Smetana

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Stankovsky, conductor

    11:00
  • 4:15 AM

    Octet

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn & Raff: Octets

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    30:49
  • 4:09 AM

    A Single Petal of a Rose

    Duke Ellington

    Reflections on Duke

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    3:43
  • 1:49 AM

    Sicilian Vespers: Four Seasons: Autumn

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi: Ballet Music

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    8:49
  • 1:13 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Scottish"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    34:10
  • 1:09 AM

    Oskar Ekberg, piano

    2:21
  • 1:06 AM

    Carmina Burana: O Fortuna

    Carl Orff

    Classics at the Movies

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    2:39
  • 1:01 AM

    Grand Canyon Suite: Sunset

    Ferde Grofe

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:43
  • 12:50 AM

    Winter in Buenos Aires (Invierno Porteno)

    Astor Piazzolla

    Nashville Symphony Orchestra

    Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor

    Tianwa Yang, violin

    8:02
  • 12:32 AM

    Cinnamon Grove

    Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    17:30
  • 12:13 AM

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Marek Stilec, conductor

    18:00
  • 12:01 AM

    Ivan Konev, piano

    10:46
  • 11:56 PM

    Varsog (Breath of Spring)

    Henning Sommerro

    Arctic

    Arctic Philharmonic

    Christian Kluxen, conductor

    Eldbjorg Hemsing, violin

    3:41
  • 11:53 PM

    Song without Words No. 33

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Blue Hour

    Andreas Ottensamer, clarinet

    2:22
  • 11:24 PM

    Symphony No. 5

    Franz Schubert

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    28:46
  • 11:16 PM

    Impromptu No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    5:38
  • 11:10 PM

    Blue 'n Green/Seven Steps to Heaven

    Miles Davis

    The Sunday Sessions: American Air

    Turtle Island String Quartet

    5:32
  • 10:47 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 16

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Complete Mozart Edition, Vol. 17: Piano Sonatas

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    13:37
  • 10:37 PM

    Die Meistersinger von Nurmberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg): Prelude to Act I

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner Without Words

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    9:33
  • 10:30 PM

    The Lost Birds: Hope Is the Thing with Feathers

    Christopher Tin

    Voces8

    4:46
  • 10:20 PM

    The Planets: Jupiter

    Gustav Holst

    Varese: Arcana, Holst: The Planets

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    8:00
  • 10:09 PM

    12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic

    6:06
  • 9:52 PM

    Mazurka No. 13

    Chopin

    Artur Rubinstein, piano

    4:30
  • 9:46 PM

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    15:03
  • 9:42 PM

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Mark O'Connor, violin

    Edgar Meyer, double bass

    4:00
  • 9:32 PM

    Songs My Mother Taught Me

    Charles Ives

    Mary Philips, mezzo-soprano

    JJ Penna, piano

    2:41
  • 9:28 PM

    Six German Dances

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Piano Sonatas D840, D850 etc.

    Shai Wosner, piano

    5:19
  • 9:14 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies No 4 & 5

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    10:36
  • 9:05 PM

    Cello Sonata: 4th movement

    Frederic Chopin

    Alisa Weilerstein, cello

    Inon Barnatan, piano

    5:57
  • 9:01 PM

    Waggle Dance

    Swamius

    3:10
  • 6:47 PM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Maurice Ravel

    Melos Ensemble

    10:39
  • 6:15 PM

    Symphony No. 5 "Reformation"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    30:45
  • 6:10 PM

    My Lord Has Come

    Will Todd

    Lux

    Voces8

    3:33
  • 6:06 PM

    Rodeo: Hoe-Down

    Aaron Copland

    An American Salute

    Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Stephen Gunzenhauser, conductor

    3:17
  • 6:01 PM

    Shepherd's Song

    Han-Kun Sha

    Shanghai Quartet

    4:46
  • 5:44 PM

    Prelude and Fugue "St Anne"

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    14:44
  • 5:18 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Florence Price

    Janacek Philharmonic

    Ryan Cockerham, conductor

    Er-Gene Kahng, violin

    24:05
  • 5:10 PM

    Valse elegiaque

    Valborg Aulin

    Bengt Forsberg, piano

    5:30
  • 5:06 PM

    Minuet

    Luigi Boccherini

    Pure Classics

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:52
  • 5:00 PM

    King Carotte Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    Offenbach: Overtures & Ballets

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    4:44
  • 4:57 PM

    Dance Suite after Couperin: March

    Richard Strauss

    Kempe Conducts Richard Strauss - 3

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Rudolf Kempe, conductor

    1:07
  • 4:52 PM

    Festmarsch (Festive March)

    Richard Strauss

    Metamorphosen: Strauss Chamber Works

    Oculi Ensemble

    5:17
  • 4:21 PM

    Symphony No. 104 "London"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    29:43
  • 4:16 PM

    Bagatelle

    John Ireland

    Orchestra of the Swan

    David Curtis, conductor

    Raphael Wallfisch, cello

    2:35
  • 4:06 PM

    Flute Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    Katy Bircher, flute

    10:31
  • 4:01 PM

    Caprice No. 24

    Niccolo Paganini

    Nicola Hall, guitar

    4:46
  • 3:25 PM

    Symphony No. 38 "Prague"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 35 & 38

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    32:15
  • 3:21 PM

    Souvenir of Pilsen

    Bedrich Smetana

    Ivan Moravec, piano

    3:04
  • 3:06 PM

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    14:00
  • 3:01 PM

    An Irish Symphony: The Fair Day

    Hamilton Harty

    The Celtic Album

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    3:07
  • 2:57 PM

    A Foggy Day

    George Gershwin

    Los Angeles Philharmonic

    Jean-PIerre Rampal, flute

    3:00
  • 2:53 PM

    Nice Work If You Can Get It

    George Gershwin

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    3:41
  • 2:45 PM

    A Toi (To You) Waltz

    Emil Waldteufel

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:59
  • 2:37 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish": Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1-4

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    6:41
  • 2:32 PM

    Three Pieces for Piano Four-Hands: No. 3

    Amy Beach

    Aglika Genova, piano

    Liuben Dimitrov, piano

    3:47
  • 2:21 PM

    Consecration of the House: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Overtures

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    10:22
  • 2:18 PM

    Jozef de Beenhouwer, piano

    1:45
  • 2:09 PM

    The Little Square Suite

    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

    5:57
  • 2:04 PM

    Trumpet Voluntary

    John Stanley

    London Brass

    3:35
  • 1:58 PM

    Lady in the Dark: Tchaikovsky and Other Russians

    Ira Gershwin & Kurt Weill

    Danny Kaye, vocal

    :59
  • 1:49 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique": 3rd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky Symphonies

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    8:06
  • 1:45 PM

    Pelleas and Melisande: Intermezzo

    Jean Sibelius

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    2:51
  • 1:32 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn Overtures

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Claus Peter Flor, conductor

    12:30
  • 1:26 PM

    Spitfire Prelude and Fugue

    William Walton

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:35
  • 1:20 PM

    Il barbiere di Siviglia (Barber of Seville): Largo al factotum

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: The Barber of Seville

    London Symphony Orchestra

    James Levine, conductor

    Sherrill Milnes, baritone

    4:33
  • 1:15 PM

    Cantata No. 208: Sheep May Safely Graze

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Greatest Classical Show On Earth

    Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

    Karl Munchinger, conductor

    4:28
  • 1:06 PM

    Symphony No. 4: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Andris Nelsons, conductor

    6:38
  • 1:04 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:56
  • 12:53 PM

    Symphonic Metamorphosis: March

    Paul Hindemith

    Hindemith: Mathis der Maler - Symphony, etc.

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    4:54
  • 12:46 PM

    Octet: 5th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Gaudier Ensemble

    6:20
  • 12:38 PM

    Giuditta Waltz

    Franz Lehar

    Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    6:20
  • 12:31 PM

    Bartered Bride: Dance of the Comedians

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: The Bartered Bride & From My Life

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    5:39
  • 12:20 PM

    Four Seasons: Spring

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Janine Jansen, violin

    9:46
  • 12:16 PM

    Canzon Noni Toni

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Royal Academy of Music Brass

    3:37
  • 12:08 PM

    American Serenade: Dance

    Antal Dorati

    DORATI: Night Music

    Aalborg Symphony Orchestra

    Moshe Atzmon, conductor

    7:01
  • 12:04 PM

    Ave Maria

    Charles Gounod

    Dream Season: The Christmas Harp

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    2:52
  • 11:47 AM

    The Seasons: Autumn

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: The Seasons, Scenes de Ballet

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    11:45
  • 11:34 AM

    Symphony No. 1: 4th movement

    Franz Schmidt

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Vassily Sinaisky, conductor

    10:46
  • 11:25 AM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    German Overtures

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    8:39
  • 11:21 AM

    Moritzburg Serenata

    Johann Heinichen

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    2:58
  • 11:12 AM

    Sevres of Ancient France

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ballets

    Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Adriano, conductor

    8:25
  • 11:06 AM

    Spanish Dance No. 5 "Andaluza"

    Enrique Granados

    Dances for Guitar

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    4:54
  • 11:01 AM

    12 Minuets for Orchestra: Nos. 10-11

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:41
  • 10:42 AM

    Rhapsody on Ukrainian Themes

    Sergei Lyapunov

    Russian Philharmonic Orchestra

    Dmitry Yablonsky, conductor

    Shorena Tsintsabadze, piano

    16:34
  • 10:30 AM

    Trio Sonata No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Royal Brass: Music from the Renaissance & Baroque

    Empire Brass

    9:52
  • 10:26 AM

    Song without Words No. 30 "Spring Song"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    Andre Previn, piano

    2:19
  • 10:06 AM

    Bull on the Roof (Le boeuf sur le toit)

    Darius Milhaud

    French National Orchestra

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    19:33
  • 10:01 AM

    Sarabande: For Katharine in April

    Ron Nelson

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    4:53
  • 9:26 AM

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    32:36
  • 9:19 AM

    Iberia: Evocation

    Isaac Albeniz

    Imogen Cooper, piano

    6:05
  • 9:06 AM

    Pastoral Suite

    Gunnar De Frumerie

    Stockholm Chamber Ensemble

    Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor

    Gunilla von Bahr, flute

    11:28
  • 9:01 AM

    Egyptian March

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    4:44
  • 8:40 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Alexander Borodin

    Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

    Bramwell Tovey, conductor

    18:08
  • 8:24 AM

    Afro-Cuban Concerto

    Valerie Coleman

    Imani Winds: The Classical Underground

    Imani Winds

    15:32
  • 8:11 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    11:32
  • 8:06 AM

    Kikujiro: Summer

    Joe Hisaishi

    Studio Orchestra

    Joe Hisaishi, piano

    4:03
  • 8:01 AM

    Ave Maria

    Tomas Luis de Victoria

    The Best of The Tallis Scholars

    Tallis Scholars

    Peter Philips, conductor

    4:43
  • 7:38 AM

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    20:25
  • 7:28 AM

    Robert le Diable: Pas de cinq

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    9:19
  • 7:06 AM

    Concerto Ballata

    Alexander Glazunov

    Russian National Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    Wen-Sinn Yang, cello

    19:51
  • 7:01 AM

    Flute Sonata: Aria

    Otar Taktakishvili

    Marina Piccinini, flute

    Ewa Kupiec, piano

    4:39
  • 6:31 AM

    Symphony No. 48 "Maria Theresia"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    27:15
  • 6:21 AM

    Guitar Sonatina

    Manuel Ponce

    De Falla, Ponce, Rodrigo

    Manuel Barrueco, guitar

    9:00
  • 6:06 AM

    Charterhouse Suite

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Israel Chamber Orchestra

    Dalia Atlas, conductor

    13:32
  • 6:01 AM

    Sonata No. 12

    Johann Schmelzer

    English Concert

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    4:37