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  • 5:33 AM

    Arpeggione Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Arpeggione

    Anne Gastinel, cello

    25:18
  • 5:27 AM

    A Cotswold Hill Tune

    Charles Wilfrid Orr

    Green And Pleasant Land

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    5:00
  • 5:06 AM

    Wind Quintet

    Franz Danzi

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    19:34
  • 5:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 2

    Stephan Elmas

    Elmas: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 1

    Mikael Ayrapetyan, piano

    4:40
  • 4:42 AM

    Karelia Suite

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Tone Poems & Incidental Music

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    15:42
  • 4:16 AM

    Nocturnes

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Nocturnes; Le Martyre de Saint Sebastien

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    24:29
  • 4:10 AM

    The Maiden's Wish

    Frederic Chopin

    Luiza Borac, piano

    4:16
  • 4:06 AM

    Spanish Dance No. 5 "Andaluza"

    Enrique Granados

    Boston Cello Quartet

    3:58
  • 4:01 AM

    Four Waltzes

    Johannes Brahms

    Canadian Brass

    4:52
  • 3:40 AM

    Siegfried Idyll

    Richard Wagner

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    18:01
  • 3:22 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Julia Fischer, violin

    16:19
  • 3:16 AM

    Raymonda: Grand Adagio

    Alexander Glazunov

    Russian Adagios

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    5:14
  • 3:13 AM

    Violets

    Julio Sagreras

    Tanguero: Music from South America

    Christoph Denoth, guitar

    2:09
  • 3:06 AM

    Pavane for a Dead Princess (Pavane pour une infante defunte)

    Maurice Ravel

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    6:06
  • 3:01 AM

    Oboe Quintet: Canzonetta

    Theodore Dubois

    Trio Hochelaga

    Jean-Luc Plourde, viola

    Philippe Magnan, oboe

    4:40
  • 2:52 AM

    Dream Children

    Edward Elgar

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

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    6:22
  • 2:12 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    Lang Lang, piano

    38:22
  • 2:06 AM

    Three Fanfares from the Court of Louis XIV

    Jean-Baptiste Lully

    New York Chamber Musicians

    Ilonna Pederson, conductor

    2:20
  • 2:01 AM

    Summer Evening: Waltz

    Oscar Merikanto

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:35
  • 1:52 AM

    Rondo a Capriccio (Rage Over a Lost Penny)

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Rudolf Buchbinder, piano

    5:57
  • 1:24 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn, Bruch: Concerto & Romance

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Janine Jansen, violin

    26:54
  • 1:18 AM

    Homestead Dances: Farmhands' Dance

    Don Ray

    Home For The Harvest

    Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra

    Derek Gleeson, conductor

    5:05
  • 1:06 AM

    The Wasps: Overture

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Sound of Everest

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    10:33
  • 1:01 AM

    The Birds of Aristophanes: Bridal March of the Birds

    Hubert Parry

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:44
  • 12:52 AM

    The Day is Done

    Stephen Paulus

    Beyond All Mortal Dreams

    Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    5:15
  • 12:45 AM

    Minuet Antique

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Works For Solo Piano

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    6:22
  • 12:38 AM

    Andante for Flute and Orchestra

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Flute Concertos, etc.

    Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra

    Juha Kangas, conductor

    Sharon Bezaly, flute

    6:29
  • 12:14 AM

    Lachian Dances

    Leos Janacek

    Janacek: Lachian Dances, Idylle

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    James Conlon, conductor

    22:39
  • 12:12 AM

    Prelude for Lute

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Eduardo Eguez, lute

    1:28
  • 12:06 AM

    Peace

    Jessie Montgomery

    Here With You

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    4:39
  • 12:01 AM

    They Can't Take That Away from Me

    George Gershwin

    Classical Gershwin

    Katie Mahan, piano

    4:37
  • 11:50 PM

    Samson and Delilah: Bacchanale

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    7:30
  • 11:31 PM

    Swan Lake: Dance of the Swans

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tschaikowsky: Der Schwanensee

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    Joseph Silverstein, violin

    17:34
  • 11:22 PM

    J.S. Dances

    Donald Grantham

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    Anastasia Markina, piano

    8:07
  • 11:09 PM

    A Children's Overture

    Roger Quilter

    Light Music Society Orchestra

    Vivian Dunn, conductor

    11:15
  • 11:06 PM

    Peer Gynt: Anitra's Dance

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2, etc.

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    3:23
  • 11:01 PM

    Il delirio amoroso: Introduction

    George Frideric Handel

    Cantata "Il delirio amoroso"

    Le Concert d'Astree

    Emmanuelle Haim, conductor

    4:50
  • 10:54 PM

    Midnight Polka

    Emil Waldteufel

    Gulbenkian Orchestra

    Michel Swierczewski, conductor

    4:06
  • 10:50 PM

    Afton Water

    Traditional

    The Lark in the Clear Air

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    3:30
  • 10:32 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances, La Boutique Fantasque

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    16:38
  • 10:27 PM

    Roma Suite: Lament and Tambourine

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    4:06
  • 10:08 PM

    Guitar Quintet No. 6

    Luigi Boccherini

    Tokyo String Quartet

    Kazuhito Yamashita, guitar

    16:59
  • 10:06 PM

    Waltz No. 6 "Minute"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Chopin Collection: The Waltzes

    Artur Rubinstein, piano

    1:52
  • 10:03 PM

    Un Ballo in Maschera (A Masked Ball): Act II Prelude

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    2:39
  • 9:48 PM

    South American Suite

    Brian Packham

    Highlands

    Camerata Bariloche

    Chris Norman, flute

    10:10
  • 9:30 PM

    Faust Ballet Music

    Charles Gounod

    Gounod: Faust

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    16:23
  • 9:25 PM

    Lise de la Salle, piano

    3:52
  • 9:18 PM

    Sword Dance

    Frederic Lamond

    Lamond: Symphony; Scottish Highlands Overture

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    6:09
  • 9:06 PM

    Symphony No. 15

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 15, 24, 28, 29

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    11:13
  • 9:01 PM

    Piano Sonata: Scherzo

    Franz Schubert

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    4:45
  • 6:49 PM

    Old Hungarian Dances

    Ferenc Farkas

    Favourite Music for Wind Quintet

    Frosunda Wind Quintet

    9:35
  • 6:23 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American"

    William Grant Still

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    24:08
  • 6:20 PM

    Brazilian Dance

    Camargo Guarnieri

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    2:12
  • 6:06 PM

    Coincident Dances

    Jessie Montgomery

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    11:42
  • 6:01 PM

    Choro de Saudade

    Agustin Barrios

    Aire Latino: Latin American Music for Guitar

    David Russell, guitar

    4:50
  • 5:46 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "Great": 4th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    11:54
  • 5:20 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 12

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos No.11 KV413 / No.12 KV414

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    24:59
  • 5:15 PM

    The Swan-Queen

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    From Russia with Harp

    Sasha Boldachev, harp

    3:55
  • 5:06 PM

    Il viaggio a Reims (The Journey to Rheims): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    7:22
  • 5:01 PM

    The Wedding Waltz

    Heikki Aaltoila

    Scandinavian Rhapsody, A Selection of Orchestral Favourites

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:38
  • 4:50 PM

    Novelette "In Eastern Style"

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Five Novelettes; String Quartet No. 5

    Saint Petersburg String Quartet

    8:06
  • 4:26 PM

    Pines of Rome

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi's Rome

    Oregon Symphony

    James DePreist, conductor

    22:45
  • 4:21 PM

    Jenny Lin, piano

    3:09
  • 4:06 PM

    English Pastoral Impressions

    Ernest Farrar

    Farrar: Orchestral Works

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Alasdair Mitchell, conductor

    14:13
  • 4:01 PM

    Pastoral Suite: Villagers' Dance

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    French National Orchestra

    Armin Jordan, conductor

    4:50
  • 3:44 PM

    Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

    Richard Strauss

    R Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    14:19
  • 3:39 PM

    El pelele (The Straw Mannequin)

    Enrique Granados

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    4:28
  • 3:28 PM

    Czech Suite: Finale

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 5 Czech Suite

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    5:26
  • 3:06 PM

    Symphony No. 95

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    20:24
  • 3:01 PM

    Trio Sonata No. 5: 3rd movement (Fugue)

    William Boyce

    Boyce: Trio Sonatas

    Parley of Instruments

    Peter Holman, conductor

    2:44
  • 2:59 PM

    Cello Suite No. 1: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Essential Yo-Yo Ma

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    2:17
  • 2:57 PM

    Goldberg Variations: Selections

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Beatrice Rana, piano

    2:00
  • 2:46 PM

    L'Etoile du Nord: Dance Suite

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    9:06
  • 2:40 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Scottish": 2nd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: The Symphonies

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    4:13
  • 2:35 PM

    The Ruins of Athens: Turkish March

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Rachmaninoff Performs Chopin, Tchaikovsky, and others

    Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano

    3:05
  • 2:23 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Romantic": Finale

    Howard Hanson

    Howard Hanson Symphonies 1, 2; Elegy in Memory of Serge Koussevitky

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    7:06
  • 2:18 PM

    Liebesfreud (Love's Joy)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Salut d'Amour

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    3:30
  • 2:07 PM

    Eugene Onegin: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yuri Temirkanov, conductor

    8:00
  • 2:04 PM

    El Colibri (The Hummingbird)

    Julio Sagreras

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    1:16
  • 1:55 PM

    Canzon No. 10

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Music of Gabrieli

    Empire Brass

    4:16
  • 1:50 PM

    Little Concert Suite: Nanette's Caprice

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Anthony Parnther, conductor

    3:43
  • 1:40 PM

    Symphony No. 29: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart; Zuckerman

    National Arts Centre Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    8:18
  • 1:35 PM

    Dance of the Shepherd Girl

    Hugo Alfven

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra: Portrait

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    4:15
  • 1:22 PM

    Beatrice and Benedict: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    7:51
  • 1:16 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 1: 3rd movement

    Gabriel Faure

    The Faure Album

    Gil Shaham, violin

    3:55
  • 1:09 PM

    Teseo Overture

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Overtures

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    5:20
  • 1:04 PM

    Handel in the Strand

    Percy Grainger

    The Grainger Edition, Vol.5 - Works for Chorus and Orchestra 2

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:13
  • 12:53 PM

    Symphony No. 4: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    6:05
  • 12:49 PM

    Promenade (Walking the Dog)

    George Gershwin

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    3:01
  • 12:41 PM

    Demetrio e Polibio: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    6:30
  • 12:34 PM

    String Quartet No. 63 "Sunrise": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 76, Nos. 4 & 6

    Orlando Quartet

    5:04
  • 12:30 PM

    Morning Song

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Music for Strings

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    2:52
  • 12:20 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 3 "Il gardellino" ("The Goldfinch")

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Flute Concertos

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    9:11
  • 12:15 PM

    Winter Bonfire: Waltz

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Winter Bonfire

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    3:26
  • 12:08 PM

    Arabesque

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Davidsblundertanze, Symphonische Etuden

    Andras Schiff, piano

    5:52
  • 12:04 PM

    The Knights

    3:12
  • 11:51 AM

    The Planets: Jupiter

    Gustav Holst

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    7:49
  • 11:36 AM

    Twelve German Dances

    Franz Schubert

    Ensemble Wien

    12:40
  • 11:27 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    9:05
  • 11:22 AM

    Delta Kappa Epsilon March

    Alfred Pease

    Christopher Mallett, guitar

    3:48
  • 11:12 AM

    Seven Irish Tunes: Suite for Small Orchestra

    William Alwyn

    Alwyn: Concerti Grossi Nos. 2 and 3

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    8:48
  • 11:06 AM

    Intermezzo No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    5:40
  • 11:01 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Alla marcia

    Dag Wiren

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Richard Studt, conductor

    4:48
  • 10:54 AM

    Suite of Dances

    Florence Price

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    John Jeter, conductor

    3:52
  • 10:36 AM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Johann Stamitz

    Potsdam Chamber Academy

    Andreas Ottensamer, clarinet

    16:41
  • 10:18 AM

    Suite for Strings

    Arthur Foote

    American Stringbook

    do.gma chamber orchestra

    Mikhail Gurewitsch, conductor

    16:11
  • 10:06 AM

    Toccata

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Toccatas

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    10:53
  • 10:01 AM

    Contemplation

    Henriette Renie

    Naoko Yoshino, harp

    4:33
  • 9:26 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Niccolo Paganini

    Paganini: Concerto No. 1 in D

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    Sarah Chang, violin

    32:39
  • 9:18 AM

    Six Ricercars on a Theme of F.C. da Milano

    Dusan Bogdanovic

    New Renaissance

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    6:59
  • 9:06 AM

    Orchestra-Symphony No. 3

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    English Concert

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    10:15
  • 9:01 AM

    Forgotten Fairy Tales: Selections

    Edward MacDowell

    James Barbagallo, piano

    4:51
  • 8:37 AM

    Moses: Ballet Music

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    21:16
  • 8:30 AM

    Andante and Rondo Capriccioso

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Lydia Artymiw plays Mendelssohn

    Lydia Artymiw, piano

    6:20
  • 8:16 AM

    Serenade No. 6 "Serenata Notturna"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusic; Serenade No. 6

    Serenata of London

    12:56
  • 8:06 AM

    Alleluia

    Eric Whitacre

    Water Night

    Eric Whitacre Singers

    Eric Whitacre, conductor

    9:07
  • 8:01 AM

    Gavotte No. 2

    David Popper

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    Stephen Hough, piano

    4:40
  • 7:33 AM

    Clarinet Quintet

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Hagen Quartet

    Eduard Brunner, clarinet

    25:02
  • 7:29 AM

    Sally in Our Alley

    Frank Bridge

    Finzi; Parry; Bridge

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    3:42
  • 7:06 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "The Camp Meeting"

    Charles Ives

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    21:16
  • 7:01 AM

    Prelude on an Old Folk Tune

    Amy Beach

    Joanne Polk, piano

    4:36
  • 6:29 AM

    Petite Suite

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Three Symphonies, Petite Suite, Polovetsian Dances

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    29:08
  • 6:25 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 14

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic dances, Opp. 46 & 72

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vaclav Neumann, conductor

    3:52
  • 6:06 AM

    Cello Sonata No. 4

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Hope Amid Tears

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    16:43
  • 6:01 AM

    Pansies Polka Mazurka

    Josef Strauss

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    4:36