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  • 5:19 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    39:45
  • 5:13 AM

    Romance

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge Etc.

    Simon Blendis, violin

    5:02
  • 5:06 AM

    Khovanshchina: Prelude (Dawn over the River Moscow)

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Russian Overtures

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    5:25
  • 5:01 AM

    Flute Sonata No. 3

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Aurele Nicolet, flute

    Bruno Canino, piano

    4:50
  • 4:40 AM

    Symphony No. 31 "Paris"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    London Mozart Players

    Jane Glover, conductor

    18:25
  • 4:16 AM

    Serenade for Winds

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenades

    Vienna Philharmonic Winds

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    22:54
  • 4:06 AM

    Airs ecossais (Scottish Airs)

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Platt, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    7:30
  • 4:01 AM

    Gold Dust Waltz

    Erik Satie

    Satie: Piano Music, Vol. 1

    Noriko Ogawa, piano

    4:40
  • 3:48 AM

    String Quartet No. 6

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Saint-Georges: 6 Concertante Quartets

    Arabella String Quartet

    9:52
  • 3:25 AM

    Aranjuez Concerto

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    22:21
  • 3:21 AM

    Nils-Erik Sparf, violin/viola

    Peter Jablonski, piano

    3:03
  • 3:16 AM

    Jazz Suite No. 2: Dance No. 1

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Ballet Suites Nos. 1 & 3, Jazz Suites Nos. 1 & 2

    Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Dmitri Kitayenko, conductor

    3:00
  • 3:06 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    9:29
  • 3:01 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1: Gavotte

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    4:40
  • 2:51 AM

    Three Preludes

    George Gershwin

    Septura

    7:03
  • 2:24 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    25:15
  • 2:12 AM

    Four Seasons: Summer

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi - The Four Seasons

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    Christina Day Martinson, violin

    10:47
  • 2:06 AM

    Lux Aeterna

    Edward Elgar

    Choir of New College, Oxford

    Edward Higginbottom, conductor

    3:47
  • 2:01 AM

    Manon Lescaut: Prelude to Act 2

    Giacomo Puccini

    Milan Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    4:27
  • 1:48 AM

    Serenade No. 7 "Haffner": 8th movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Capella Savaria

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    Zsolt Kallo, violin

    10:31
  • 1:20 AM

    String Quartet No. 12 "American"

    Antonin Dvorak

    Smetana: Dvorak Quartets

    Endellion String Quartet

    26:10
  • 1:13 AM

    3 Dances from Terpsichore

    Michael Praetorius

    Dale Kavanagh, guitar

    5:49
  • 1:06 AM

    Variations on Arne's "Rule Britannia"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    John Ogdon, piano

    5:59
  • 1:01 AM

    Madrigal-Pavana

    Francisco Braga

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Neil Thomson, conductor

    4:34
  • 12:50 AM

    Images for Orchestra: Rondes de printemps (Spring Rounds)

    Claude Debussy

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    8:05
  • 12:37 AM

    The Butterfly's Ball

    Frederic Cowen

    Slovak State Phiharmonic, Kosice

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    11:48
  • 12:22 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Margaret Batjer, conductor

    Margaret Batjer, violin

    David Shostac, flute

    Brook Ellen Schoenwald, flute

    14:19
  • 12:18 AM

    Three Little Pigs: Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf

    Frank Churchill/Ann Ronell

    Lang Lang: The Disney Book

    Lang Lang, piano

    2:03
  • 12:06 AM

    Fair Melusina Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Die erste Walpurgisnacht, Infalice, Trompeten-Ouverture

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    11:28
  • 12:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 2: Scherzo

    Alexander Borodin

    Cleveland Quartet

    4:46
  • 11:50 PM

    Symphony No. 5

    William Boyce

    Boyce: 8 Symphonies

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    7:57
  • 11:31 PM

    Norwegian Dances

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Norwegian Dances

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    17:36
  • 11:29 PM

    Suite magica: Waltz

    Maximo Diego Pujol

    Together

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    2:03
  • 11:11 PM

    Dances of Galanta

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    16:32
  • 11:06 PM

    March and Gigue

    Henry Purcell

    Ceremonial Music for Trumpet & Symphonic Organ

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    3:41
  • 11:01 PM

    The Girl from Corsica

    Trevor Duncan

    British Light Music Classics - 3

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    4:39
  • 10:49 PM

    Variations on "I Got Rhythm"

    George Gershwin

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Orion Weiss, piano

    8:43
  • 10:45 PM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman: Villano and Ricercar

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    3:30
  • 10:25 PM

    Petite Symphony

    Charles Gounod

    Romantic Wind

    Norwegian Winds

    Gerard Oskamp, conductor

    18:24
  • 10:21 PM

    The Gadfly: Romance

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: The Film Album

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Alexander Kerr, violin

    3:50
  • 10:09 PM

    String Symphony No. 5

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Gli Incogniti

    Amandine Beyer, conductor

    9:52
  • 10:06 PM

    Etude No. 1 "Aeolian Harp"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: The Four Scherzi and Other Works

    Ivan Moravec, piano

    2:43
  • 10:03 PM

    The Seasons: November (Troika)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings; The Seasons

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    2:37
  • 9:47 PM

    English Folk Song Suite

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Stars & Stripes

    Cleveland Symphonic Winds

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    10:42
  • 9:29 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1

    Georges Bizet

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    17:01
  • 9:25 PM

    Cave of the Winds

    Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    2:57
  • 9:13 PM

    Flute Quartet No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Flute Quartets

    Emerson String Quartet

    Carol Wincenc, flute

    11:12
  • 9:06 PM

    Tancredi: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    5:54
  • 9:01 PM

    Zefiro torna

    Claudio Monteverdi

    c. 1300-c. 2000

    Jeremy Denk, piano

    4:36
  • 6:50 PM

    Huapango

    Jose Moncayo

    Caramelos Latinos

    Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra

    Maximiano Valdez, conductor

    7:54
  • 6:17 PM

    Symphony No. 6

    Franz Schubert

    Franz Schubert: Symphonien Nos. 5 & 6

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    31:46
  • 6:12 PM

    Chopi (Danza Paraguaya)

    Pablo Escobar

    Batucada: South American Guitar Music

    Graham Anthony Devine, guitar

    3:20
  • 6:06 PM

    Les Troyens (The Trojans): Trojan March

    Hector Berlioz

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    5:21
  • 6:01 PM

    Overture No. 2: Gavotte

    Francesco Veracini

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    4:40
  • 5:42 PM

    The Incredible Flutist: Suite

    Walter Piston

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    16:21
  • 5:18 PM

    Symphony No. 85 "The Queen"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    22:00
  • 5:16 PM

    Il est bel et bon

    Pierre Passereau

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    1:03
  • 5:06 PM

    Rondo for Cello

    Antonin Dvorak

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Antonio Pappano, conductor

    Han-Na Chang, cello

    8:45
  • 5:01 PM

    Flute Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johan Agrell

    Concerto Copenhagen

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    Maria Bania, flute

    4:38
  • 4:53 PM

    Dreams of Love No. 3 (Liebestraum)

    Franz Liszt

    Virtuose Harfenmusik

    Jutta Zoff, harp

    5:14
  • 4:27 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 10

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Concertos for 2 and 3 Pianos

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos

    25:06
  • 4:20 PM

    Caprice-Chaconne

    Francesco Corbetta

    Alfabeto

    Ensemble Kapsberger

    Rolf Lislevand, conductor

    4:48
  • 4:06 PM

    Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsummer Vigil"

    Hugo Alfven

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    12:55
  • 4:01 PM

    Symphony No. 2: Scherzo

    Alexander Borodin

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    4:51
  • 3:56 PM

    Waltz No. 11

    Frederic Chopin

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    2:22
  • 3:44 PM

    Tanzwalzer

    Ferruccio Busoni

    Strauss, Liszt, Korngold, Busoni, Schreker

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Kazuki Yamada, conductor

    11:56
  • 3:19 PM

    Symphony No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rene Leibowitz, conductor

    23:40
  • 3:05 PM

    Piano Trio No. 2

    Joaquin Turina

    Trio Solisti: Cafe Music

    Trio Solisti

    12:17
  • 3:00 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Entry of the Fairies

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    4:25
  • 2:57 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2: Badinerie

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Rolf Smedvig: Virtuoso

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jahja Ling, conductor

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    1:31
  • 2:49 PM

    Concerto for Two Horns

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for Two Horns

    Saxony Virtuosi

    Ludwig Guttler, conductor

    7:17
  • 2:37 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 From the New World

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    11:01
  • 2:30 PM

    Rhapsody No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Handel Variations

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    6:18
  • 2:22 PM

    Paulus (St. Paul): Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Edward Gardner, conductor

    6:29
  • 2:18 PM

    The Road Home

    Stephen Paulus

    Concert Recording

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    3:41
  • 2:09 PM

    Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria (Cantilena)

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Trio Concertante

    5:35
  • 2:05 PM

    Snow Maiden: Dance of the Tumblers

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Orchestral Suites

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    3:37
  • 1:50 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Robert Schumann Symphonies 1-4

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    8:24
  • 1:46 PM

    Sonata No. 26

    Niccolo Paganini

    Dale Kavanagh, guitar

    2:40
  • 1:35 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1: Rondo

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin, Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    Yundi Li, piano

    9:40
  • 1:30 PM

    Chinese Tambourin

    Fritz Kreisler

    Shanghai Symphony Orchestra

    Long Yu, conductor

    Maxim Vengerov, violin

    3:43
  • 1:23 PM

    Concerto No. 3

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    6:42
  • 1:16 PM

    Too Hot Toccata

    Aaron Jay Kernis

    Grant Park Orchestra

    Carlos Kalmar, conductor

    5:54
  • 1:09 PM

    Symphony No. 3: 4th movement

    Florence Price

    Florence Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    5:04
  • 1:05 PM

    The Prince of Denmark's March

    Jeremiah Clarke

    Trumpet Voluntary - Music for Organ & Brass

    Michael Laird Brass Ensemble

    Peter Hurford, organ

    3:01
  • 12:51 PM

    Symphonic Dance No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    7:16
  • 12:44 PM

    Serenade for Winds: 4th movement

    Emil Hartmann

    Consortium Classicum

    5:45
  • 12:33 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Reconstructed Violin Concerti

    Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

    Helmuth Rilling, conductor

    Isabelle Faust, violin

    9:20
  • 12:27 PM

    Ballet Scenes: Polonaise

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: From the Middle Ages; Scenes de Ballet

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:10
  • 12:21 PM

    The Wedding at Dovre

    Johan Svendsen

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    5:33
  • 12:17 PM

    Ragtime Dance

    Scott Joplin

    Joshua Rifkin, piano

    3:13
  • 12:10 PM

    Serenade No. 2: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    5:25
  • 12:05 PM

    Joyous March

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Yael Weiss, piano

    4:16
  • 11:48 AM

    Mephisto Waltz No. 1 "Dance in the Village Inn"

    Franz Liszt

    Mephisto Magic

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    10:37
  • 11:35 AM

    Symphony No. 36 "Linz": Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Symphonies 35 Haffner, 26 Linz, and 32

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    11:15
  • 11:26 AM

    Six Studies in English Folk Song

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Doris Lederer, viola

    Jude Mollenhauer, harp

    8:34
  • 11:22 AM

    The Queen of Spades: They met on an unhappy day

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    3:26
  • 11:11 AM

    Flute Concerto

    Giuseppe Tartini

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    9:37
  • 11:06 AM

    Auf Flugeln des Gesanges (On wings of song)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    My Gift To You

    Antonin Kubalek, piano

    4:04
  • 11:01 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Jubilee March

    Erkki Melartin

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:32
  • 10:42 AM

    The Ball of Beatrice d'Este

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Harmonie Ensemble

    Steven Richman, conductor

    16:56
  • 10:23 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 4

    Chevalier de Meude-Monpas

    Encore Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hege, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    16:59
  • 10:18 AM

    John Williams, guitar

    2:36
  • 10:06 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 4

    George Frideric Handel

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    11:33
  • 10:01 AM

    Angela's Ashes: Angela's Prayer

    John Williams

    Angela's Ashes (Music From The Motion Picture)

    Studio Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:47
  • 9:28 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 4

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Andras Schiff, piano

    30:39
  • 9:17 AM

    Irish Suite for Strings

    Arthur Duff

    Silver Apples of the Moon

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    10:06
  • 9:06 AM

    Concert Waltz No. 2

    Alexander Glazunov

    Russian State Symphony Orchestra

    Valery Polyansky, conductor

    9:23
  • 9:01 AM

    Flute Concerto: 3rd movement

    Wilhelm Friedemann Bach

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    Verena Fischer, flute

    4:47
  • 8:39 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain"

    Alan Hovhaness

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    19:05
  • 8:24 AM

    The Fairy Queen: Suite

    Henry Purcell

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    14:06
  • 8:11 AM

    The Red Pony Suite

    Aaron Copland

    Suite from "The Tender Land" / 3 Latin-American Sketches / Suite from "The Red Pony"

    Phoenix Symphony

    James Sedares, conductor

    11:24
  • 8:06 AM

    Tango No. 2

    Astor Piazzolla

    Tali Morgulis, piano

    4:45
  • 8:01 AM

    Sine Nomine

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Composer's Collection: Vaughan Williams

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    4:43
  • 7:33 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Max Bruch

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Mario Bernardi, conductor

    James Ehnes, violin

    25:05
  • 7:32 AM

    Kwela No. 1

    Isak Roux

    William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    :45
  • 7:06 AM

    Serenade No. 11

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Wind Serenades K. 375 & K. 388

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    24:00
  • 7:01 AM

    Impromptu No. 3

    Gabriel Faure

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    4:31
  • 6:40 AM

    Duet-Concertino

    Richard Strauss

    New Stockholm Chamber Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Paul Meyer, clarinet

    Knut Sonstevold, bassoon

    17:56
  • 6:19 AM

    La Boutique fantasque (Fantastic Toy Shop)

    Ottorino Respighi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    20:30
  • 6:06 AM

    Sonatine

    Maurice Ravel

    Rachmaninoff, Ravel

    Lise de la Salle, piano

    10:58
  • 6:01 AM

    Three Etudes

    Fernando Sor

    Sor: 24 Progressive Etudes; 6 Little Pieces

    Norbert Kraft, guitar

    4:42