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  • 5:29 AM

    Symphony No. 4 "Italian"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    28:58
  • 5:20 AM

    Romance

    Gerald Finzi

    Music for Brass Septet, Vol. 6

    Septura

    7:54
  • 5:06 AM

    Cello Sonata

    Luigi Boccherini

    Anner Bylsma, cello

    Hopkinson Smith, guitar

    Wieland Kuijken, cello

    12:52
  • 5:01 AM

    Pavan-Capriccio

    Isaac Albeniz

    Duo Van Dua

    4:36
  • 4:52 AM

    Gavotte and six doubles

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Encores 2

    Emma Johnson, clarinet

    5:59
  • 4:24 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 5 "Egyptian"

    Camille Saint-Saens

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    26:51
  • 4:21 AM

    Elizabethan Masque

    Fredric Bayco

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    Ruth Scott, oboe

    2:16
  • 1:53 AM

    Madame Butterfly: Un bel di vedremo (One fine day)

    Giacomo Puccini

    Puccini Heroines

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Edward Downes, conductor

    Leontyne Price, soprano

    4:59
  • 1:17 AM

    Triple Concerto

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Triple Concerto, Piano Concerto No. 3

    German Symphony Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    Mari Kodama, piano

    34:25
  • 1:12 AM

    Fruhlingsblick

    Robert Franz

    Onyx Brass

    2:26
  • 1:06 AM

    Waltz No. 2 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    6:12
  • 1:01 AM

    Octet: 2nd movement

    Jean Francaix

    Gaudier Ensemble

    4:36
  • 12:42 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 11

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Paul Galbraith Plays Haydn

    Paul Galbraith, guitar

    16:23
  • 12:42 AM

    Sonata no. 11

    Haydn

    Paul Galbraith, guitar

    16:22
  • 12:15 AM

    Symphony no. 4

    William Grant Still

    Fort Smith Symphony Orchestra

    John Jeter, conductor

    26:22
  • 12:09 AM

    Requiem: Pie Jesu

    John Rutter

    John Rutter: Visions; Requiem

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    Alice Halstead, soprano

    3:58
  • 12:00 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 9 "Kreutzer": 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Key of A

    Lara St. John, violin

    7:48
  • 11:55 PM

    Lucille Fields, singer

    Harriet Wingreen, piano

    4:00
  • 11:28 PM

    Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 35 "Haffner", 40 & 41 "Jupiter"

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    26:32
  • 11:13 PM

    Allegro from Sonata for Viola and Piano

    Arnold Bax

    Richard Crabtree, viola

    Charles Matthews, piano

    6:05
  • 11:11 PM

    Requiem for the Living: Sanctus

    Dan Forrest

    Forrest: Requiem for the Living

    Bel Canto Company

    Welborn Young, conductor

    7:42
  • 11:00 PM

    Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    9:51
  • 10:46 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1 "Latin Concerto": I. Mambo

    Gabriela Montero

    Montero & Ravel: Piano Concertos

    Orchestra of the Americas

    Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor

    Gabriela Montero, piano

    11:40
  • 10:41 PM

    Carmen: La fleur que tu m'avais jetee (Flower Song)

    Georges Bizet

    Jonas Kaufmann: Romantic Arias

    Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marco Armiliato, conductor

    Jonas Kaufmann, tenor

    4:16
  • 10:17 PM

    Appalachian Spring

    Aaron Copland

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Louis Lane, conductor

    22:21
  • 10:09 PM

    Andante con tenerezza

    CPE Bach

    Mikahil Pletnev, piano

    6:43
  • 10:05 PM

    Wintermezzo

    Chilly Gonzales

    For Seasons

    Daniel Hope, violin

    2:57
  • 9:56 PM

    Piano Sextet: Finale

    Ludwig Thuille

    The German Connection

    Hexagon Ensemble

    6:04
  • 9:30 PM

    String Quintet No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Dover Quartet Plays Mozart

    Dover Quartet

    Michael Tree, viola

    25:19
  • 9:19 PM

    Wish You Were Here

    Nico Muhly

    Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra

    Edwin Outwater, conductor

    8:49
  • 9:14 PM

    All Seems Beautiful to Me

    Eric Whitacre

    Home

    Voces8

    4:48
  • 9:03 PM

    Arabesques

    Claude Debussy

    A Debussy Collection

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    8:00
  • 9:01 PM

    Theme from King's Row

    Erich Korngold

    National Philharmonic

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    1:43
  • 6:41 PM

    Variations on a Theme by Haydn "St. Antoni Chorale"

    Johannes Brahms

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    17:30
  • 6:19 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 1

    Camille Saint-Saens

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gilbert Varga, conductor

    Sophie Rolland, cello

    20:20
  • 6:14 PM

    Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott (A Mighty Fortress is Our God)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    4:00
  • 6:07 PM

    Be Still and Know

    Carlos Simon

    Phoebe Wu, piano

    Teagan Faran, violin

    Victor Huls, cello

    6:27
  • 6:01 PM

    Arcata String Quartet

    Don Bailey, flute

    4:49
  • 5:53 PM

    The Spanish Lady: Suite

    Edward Elgar

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    5:49
  • 5:26 PM

    Symphony No. 99

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    25:30
  • 5:21 PM

    Bicinium

    Traditional

    Ceremony and Celebration

    Dallas Symphony Brass

    Richard Giangiulio, trumpet

    2:37
  • 5:06 PM

    Rondo for Violin and Strings

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert; Zuckerman

    National Arts Centre Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    14:10
  • 5:01 PM

    Two Sketches

    Amy Beach

    Joanne Polk, piano

    4:38
  • 4:46 PM

    My Heart is Inditing

    George Frideric Handel

    The Sixteen

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    12:05
  • 4:15 PM

    Piano Concerto

    Edvard Grieg

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Alice Sara Ott, piano

    30:13
  • 4:11 PM

    Othello Suite: Military March

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    1:57
  • 4:06 PM

    Procession of the Sardar

    Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov

    Classic Marches

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:07
  • 4:01 PM

    Suite: Festival

    Marcel Tournier

    Mirage Quintet

    4:46
  • 3:53 PM

    Jurassic Park: Main Title

    John Williams

    Director's Cut

    Vienna Horns

    3:33
  • 3:46 PM

    Sunflower Polka-Mazurka (Sonnenblume)

    Johann StraussJr.

    J. Strauss, Jr. Edition: Vol. 37

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Christian Pollack, conductor

    5:43
  • 3:43 PM

    Song without Words No. 30 "Spring Song"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    Andre Previn, piano

    2:19
  • 3:09 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    33:00
  • 3:00 PM

    La Scala di Seta (Silken Ladder): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: 7 Overtures

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    5:56
  • 2:45 PM

    Concertante for Flute and Clarinet: 1st movement

    Franz Danzi

    Winged Creatures

    Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra

    Allen Tinkham, conductor

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    10:28
  • 2:37 PM

    Scherzo on Tropical Airs

    Santos Cifuentes

    Inca Trail Connections

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    6:48
  • 2:32 PM

    Valdres-March

    Johannes Hanssen

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    3:45
  • 2:30 PM

    Die Forelle (The Trout)

    Franz Schubert

    An Die Musik - Favorite Schubert Songs

    Bryn Terfel, baritone

    2:01
  • 2:24 PM

    String Quartet No. 2: 2nd movement

    Maddalena Laura Sirmen

    Erato Quartet

    5:07
  • 2:18 PM

    Symphonie fantastique: March to the Scaffold

    Hector Berlioz

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Sir Georg Solti, conductor

    5:00
  • 2:09 PM

    Yeomen of the Guard: Overture

    Arthur Sullivan

    Topsy-Turvy (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

    Studio Orchestra

    Carl Davis, conductor

    4:57
  • 2:04 PM

    Minuet

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: String Quintets Op. 11, 4-6

    Smithsonian Chamber Players

    3:57
  • 1:54 PM

    L'elisir d'amore: Una furtiva lagrima

    Gaetano Donizetti

    Voice Of The Violin

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    4:14
  • 1:45 PM

    Euryanthe Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Romantic Overtures

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Eliahu Inbal, conductor

    8:52
  • 1:39 PM

    Concerto for Strings

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concerti & Sinfonie Per Archi

    Venice Baroque Orchestra

    Andrea Marcon, conductor

    3:44
  • 1:33 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Bluebird pas de deux

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:28
  • 1:29 PM

    Lilacs

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Sudbin plays Rachmaninov

    Yevgeny Sudbin, piano

    2:27
  • 1:21 PM

    Brook Green Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: Works for Chamber Orchestra

    New Zealand Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor

    7:07
  • 1:15 PM

    English Suite: Prelude and Round Dance

    John Duarte

    Stein-Erik Olsen, guitar

    4:46
  • 1:07 PM

    Symphony No. 34: Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 31, 33 & 34

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    7:27
  • 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
  • 12:49 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 2: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Keyboard Concerti Vol. 2

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    8:01
  • 12:45 PM

    Mock Morris

    Percy Grainger

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Kenneth Montgomery, conductor

    3:29
  • 12:41 PM

    Deborah: Polka

    Josef Foerster

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Vaclav Smetacek, conductor

    3:06
  • 12:33 PM

    Serenade for Winds: 1st movement

    Emil Hartmann

    Romantic Wind Serenades

    Consortium Classicum

    7:00
  • 12:28 PM

    Miao Mountain Morning

    Chen Gang

    Shanghai Quartet

    3:52
  • 12:18 PM

    Iberia: Holy Festival in Seville

    Isaac Albeniz

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    7:53
  • 12:14 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1: Menuet

    Georges Bizet

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    3:17
  • 12:08 PM

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    4:46
  • 12:04 PM

    light everlasting

    Carlos Simon

    Carlos Simon, piano

    3:00
  • 11:48 AM

    Paganini Variations

    Eugene Ysaye

    Capriccio Quartet

    10:08
  • 11:34 AM

    Scherzo Capriccioso

    Antonin Dvorak

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Kubelik, conductor

    12:47
  • 11:27 AM

    Suite for Piano

    Ethel Smyth

    Liana Serbescu, piano

    6:16
  • 11:23 AM

    El Baile de Luis Alonso

    Geronimo Gimenez

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:22
  • 11:12 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 10

    Arcangelo Corelli

    I Solisti Italiani

    9:59
  • 11:06 AM

    Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner for Brass

    Canadian Brass

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    5:02
  • 11:01 AM

    Symphony No. 40: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    4:45
  • 10:45 AM

    Suite for Strings

    Joan Trimble

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    13:22
  • 10:32 AM

    Introduction and Variations

    Elias Parish-Alvars

    Carnaval de Venise

    Catrin Finch, harp

    11:06
  • 10:26 AM

    Violin Sonata: Scherzo

    Amy Beach

    Gabrielle Lester, violin

    Diana Ambache, piano

    4:35
  • 10:06 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: 3 Oboe Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Heinz Holliger, oboe

    19:14
  • 10:01 AM

    The Red Pony Suite: The Gift

    Aaron Copland

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:49
  • 9:26 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 4

    John Field

    New Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Janos Furst, conductor

    John O'Conor, piano

    32:00
  • 9:21 AM

    Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

    Florence Price

    Apollo Chamber Players

    4:56
  • 9:06 AM

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    12:58
  • 9:01 AM

    Estampes: Pagodas

    Claude Debussy

    Zoltan Kocsis, piano

    4:34
  • 8:50 AM

    Jazz Suite No. 1

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11, etc.

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    8:11
  • 8:42 AM

    Stephen Marchionda, guitar

    7:34
  • 8:20 AM

    Symphony No. 30

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 26, 27, 28, 30 & 32

    London Mozart Players

    Jane Glover, conductor

    20:03
  • 8:06 AM

    Suite: Paris

    Haydn Wood

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    13:34
  • 8:01 AM

    Missa "Regina Caeli": Kyrie

    Giovanni Palestrina

    Palestrina Volume 3

    The Sixteen

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    4:53
  • 7:34 AM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 2

    Louis Spohr

    Krommer, Spohr: Clarinet Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Kenneth Sillito, conductor

    Julian Bliss, clarinet

    24:14
  • 7:26 AM

    The Snow Queen: Pas de Deux

    Tuomas Kantelinen

    Finnish National Opera Orchestra

    Tuomas Kantelinen, conductor

    7:24
  • 7:06 AM

    3 Argentinian Cantilenas and Finale

    Carlos Guastavino

    Camerata Bariloche

    18:07
  • 7:01 AM

    Intermezzo No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Klavierstucke Op. 119 / Fantasien op. 116 / 3 Intermezzi Op. 117

    Stephen Kovacevich, piano

    4:47
  • 6:42 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Muzio Clementi

    Clementi, Vol. 1

    Philharmonia

    Francesco d'Avalos, conductor

    16:46
  • 6:28 AM

    Pohjola's Daughter

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Tone Poems

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    13:18
  • 6:07 AM

    Sonatina

    Antonin Dvorak

    Roots

    Randall Goosby, violin

    19:34
  • 6:01 AM

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

    Leo Delibes

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:40