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  • 5:34 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Max Bruch

    Bruch: Scottish Fantasy and Violin Concerto No. 2

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    23:38
  • 5:27 AM

    Minuet Antique

    Maurice Ravel

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    6:21
  • 5:06 AM

    Impressions: Suite for Chamber Orchestra

    Clarice Assad

    Together

    New Century Chamber Orchestra

    19:52
  • 5:01 AM

    Octet: 3rd movement

    Jean Francaix

    Gaudier Ensemble

    4:49
  • 4:50 AM

    Suite for Strings: Finale

    Ethel Smyth

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Douglas Bostock, conductor

    8:19
  • 4:24 AM

    Ascanio: Act III Ballet music

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    24:18
  • 4:17 AM

    L'Isle joyeuse (Joyous Isle)

    Claude Debussy

    Singing on the Water

    Carol Rosenberger, piano

    6:04
  • 4:12 AM

    Pinocchio: When You Wish Upon a Star

    Leigh Harline

    Serenade: The Love Album

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    3:14
  • 4:06 AM

    Starry Night

    Alan Hovhaness

    Hovhaness Treasures

    Scott Goff, flute

    5:50
  • 4:01 AM

    Eva Waltz

    Johann StraussJr.

    J. Strauss, Jr. Edition: Vol. 45

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alfred Walter, conductor

    4:50
  • 3:58 AM

    Bagatelle No. 5

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Paul Lewis, piano

    3:11
  • 3:54 AM

    Suite of Dances

    Florence Price

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    John Jeter, conductor

    3:52
  • 1:45 AM

    The Chairman Dances

    John Adams

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    12:39
  • 1:21 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 2

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Transfigured Night

    Trondheim Soloists

    Alisa Weilerstein, cello

    22:44
  • 1:09 AM

    Serenade No. 1: Allegro molto

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    9:43
  • 1:06 AM

    Hands Across the Sea

    John Philip Sousa

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    2:46
  • 1:01 AM

    Edgar: Act I Prelude

    Giacomo Puccini

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor

    4:37
  • 12:55 AM

    Night

    Florence Price

    Sweet Dreams: Lullabies and Night Songs

    Caitlin Lynch, soprano

    1:58
  • 12:31 AM

    The Fairy's Kiss: Divertimento

    Igor Stravinsky

    London Sinfonietta

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    23:38
  • 12:07 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Max Bruch

    New Symphony Orchestra of London

    Malcolm Sargent, conductor

    Jascha Heifetz, violin

    21:59
  • 11:56 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Six Brandenburg Concertos

    Dunedin Consort

    John Butt, conductor

    10:54
  • 11:47 PM

    Miserere

    Gregorio Allegri

    Lux

    Voces8

    7:03
  • 11:39 PM

    US Air Force Band

    6:07
  • 11:36 PM

    light everlasting

    Carlos Simon

    Carlos Simon, piano

    3:00
  • 11:06 PM

    Pictures at an Exhibition

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Mussorgsky, Stokowski: Pictures at an Exhibition

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Oliver Knussen, conductor

    28:02
  • 11:02 PM

    Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

    Handel

    Kevin Bowyer, organ

    3:42
  • 10:32 PM

    Symphony No. 104 "London"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    La Petite Bande

    Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor

    27:33
  • 10:26 PM

    Once Upon a Time in America

    Ennio Morricone

    Cinema Paradiso: The Classic Film Music Of Ennio Morricone

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    4:39
  • 10:20 PM

    Casanova

    Nino Rota

    The Symphonic Fellini/Rota

    Czech Symphony Orchestra

    Derek Wadsworth, conductor

    3:27
  • 10:10 PM

    The Skaters Waltz

    Emil Waldteufel

    The Four Seasons: A Musical Calendar Of Favorite Classics

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:44
  • 10:04 PM

    Fanfare for the Common Man

    Aaron Copland

    American Anthem

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    3:31
  • 9:57 PM

    Minuet

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: String Quintets

    Europa Galante

    3:40
  • 9:53 PM

    While My Guitar Gently Weeps

    George Harrison

    Blackbird: The Beatles Album

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    3:32
  • 9:42 PM

    Toccata and Fugue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Works for Organ and Harpsichord

    Ton Koopman, organ

    7:58
  • 9:37 PM

    Myfanwy

    Joseph Parry

    Song

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    3:41
  • 9:27 PM

    Four Seasons: Winter

    Antonio Vivaldi

    The Four Seasons

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Enrico Onofri, violin

    8:50
  • 9:18 PM

    Canon

    Johann Pachelbel

    Pachelbel: Canon / Albinoni: Adagio / Bach / Molter / Bonporti

    Paillard Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Francois Paillard, conductor

    6:17
  • 9:00 PM

    First Flights Suite

    Roger Cichy

    Music To Fly By

    United States Air Force Band

    Dennis M. Layendecker, conductor

    14:48
  • 6:42 PM

    The Ball of Beatrice d'Este

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Musique Francaise: La Marseillaise, Etc.

    Paris Orchestra

    Jean-Pierre Jacquillat, conductor

    16:01
  • 6:17 PM

    Symphony No. 91

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    23:00
  • 6:10 PM

    Low Mist (Variation 2)

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Ludovico Einaudi, piano

    Redi Hasa, cello

    Federico Mecozzi, violin and viola

    5:40
  • 6:06 PM

    Beyond Rivers of Vision: Hiddekel: Third from Life

    James Lee III

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    3:47
  • 6:01 PM

    Serenade No. 7 "Haffner": 7th movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Capella Savaria

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    Zsolt Kallo, violin

    4:52
  • 5:40 PM

    Duet-Concertino

    Richard Strauss

    New Stockholm Chamber Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Paul Meyer, clarinet

    Knut Sonstevold, bassoon

    17:56
  • 5:17 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Felix Mendelssohn

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    21:02
  • 5:11 PM

    String Quartet No. 4: 1st movement

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Arabella String Quartet

    4:46
  • 5:06 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 4

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: 21 Hungarian Dances

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    4:11
  • 5:01 PM

    Baile de las mascaras

    Francesco Corradini

    El Maestro Farinelli

    Concerto Koln

    Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor

    4:54
  • 4:43 PM

    Bull on the Roof (Le boeuf sur le toit)

    Darius Milhaud

    French Showpieces

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    James Ehnes, violin

    15:15
  • 4:29 PM

    Snow Maiden Suite

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Orchestral Suites

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    12:28
  • 4:25 PM

    Autumn Crocus

    Billy Mayerl

    Bats In The Belfry: Billy Mayerl Vol. 2

    Eric Parkin, piano

    2:33
  • 4:14 PM

    Symphony No. 7

    William Boyce

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    9:23
  • 4:06 PM

    The Planets: Jupiter

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    7:56
  • 4:01 PM

    Scherzo No. 2

    Clara Schumann

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    4:47
  • 3:26 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Ignaz Moscheles

    Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 29

    Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    Howard Shelley, piano

    29:34
  • 3:23 PM

    Nais: Rigaudons

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    2:17
  • 3:18 PM

    Concert Suite No. 6: La Poule (The Hen)

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    4:31
  • 3:14 PM

    Scandalize My Name

    Spirituals in Concert

    Kathleen Battle, soprano

    Jessye Norman, soprano

    3:33
  • 2:59 PM

    Prince Igor: Overture

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Three Symphonies, Petite Suite, Polovetsian Dances

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    10:09
  • 2:51 PM

    A Little Night Music: Night Waltz

    Stephen Sondheim

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    6:23
  • 2:45 PM

    A Little Night Music: Send in the Clowns

    Stephen Sondheim

    Arve Tellefesen, violin

    4:00
  • 2:40 PM

    Madama Butterfly: Un bel di

    Giacomo Puccini

    Renata Scotto, soprano

    4:44
  • 2:34 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American": Animato

    William Grant Still

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Kellen Gray, conductor

    3:13
  • 2:30 PM

    Banjo and Fiddle

    William Kroll

    Classic Kennedy

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Nigel Kennedy, violin

    3:04
  • 2:24 PM

    Andante festivo

    Jean Sibelius

    Live in Concert

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    Damon Gupton, conductor

    4:35
  • 2:18 PM

    An American Mosaic: Doctors and Interns

    Richard Danielpour

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    4:54
  • 2:08 PM

    Four Mazurkas

    Frederic Chopin

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

    Ian Hobson, piano

    6:45
  • 2:04 PM

    Carmina Burana: O Fortuna

    Carl Orff

    Orff: Carmina Burana

    German Opera Orchestra

    Eugen Jochum, conductor

    5:10
  • 1:48 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Introduction and March

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    7:53
  • 1:46 PM

    The Empire Strikes Back: Yoda's Theme

    John Williams

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:33
  • 1:44 PM

    Staccato Movement

    John Thomas

    Lipman Harp Duo

    Sayo Lipman, harp

    2:51
  • 1:34 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 5 "Turkish": 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    WA Mozart: The Violin Concertos

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    8:45
  • 1:29 PM

    Fantasy Pieces: Humoresque

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Catalyst Quartet

    3:17
  • 1:17 PM

    English Folk Song Suite

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Stars & Stripes

    Cleveland Symphonic Winds

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    10:42
  • 1:14 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 3: Allegro assai

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Sonatas and Partitas - Complete

    Paul Galbraith, guitar

    2:28
  • 1:06 PM

    The Valkyrie: Ride of the Valkyries

    Richard Wagner

    Karajan Spectacular

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    6:16
  • 1:04 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frederick Handel

    2:00
  • 12:47 PM

    Four Seasons: Spring

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Sarah Chang: Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Sarah Chang, violin

    10:39
  • 12:44 PM

    The Dansyrie: Basse Danse

    Tielman Susato

    Millar Brass Ensemble

    2:30
  • 12:36 PM

    Scottish March (Marche ecossaise)

    Claude Debussy

    National Opera of Paris Orchestra

    Manuel Rosenthal, conductor

    6:33
  • 12:30 PM

    Funeral March of a Marionette

    Charles Gounod

    European Light Music Classics

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    4:20
  • 12:22 PM

    Fidelio Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Overtures

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    6:12
  • 12:16 PM

    Jeux d'eau (Fountains)

    Maurice Ravel

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    5:11
  • 12:10 PM

    Quintet: Awashoha

    James Lee III

    Pacifica Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    4:39
  • 12:10 PM

    Fidelio Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Overtures

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    6:12
  • 12:04 PM

    Namouna: Cigarette Waltz

    Edouard Lalo

    French National Orchestra

    Jean Martinon, conductor

    5:23
  • 11:45 AM

    Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsummer Vigil"

    Hugo Alfven

    Alfven: Swedish Rhapsodies 1-3, etc.

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    13:36
  • 11:37 AM

    La Stravaganza: Violin Concerto No. 9

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Arte Dei Suonatori Baroque Orchestra

    Rachel Podger, violin

    6:57
  • 11:26 AM

    Invitation to the Dance

    Carl Maria von Weber

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    10:01
  • 11:22 AM

    Hary Janos Suite: Entrance of the Emperor and His Court

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Kodaly: Hary Janos

    Hungarian State Opera Orchestra

    Janos Ferencsik, conductor

    3:05
  • 11:12 AM

    Symphony

    Leopold Mozart

    Leopold Mozart: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    9:30
  • 11:06 AM

    Impromptu No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    Michael McHale, piano

    4:49
  • 11:01 AM

    Festival Coronation March for Alexander III

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Pops on the March

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:39
  • 10:40 AM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: "Carmen" Suite, "L'Arlesienne" Suite/Offenbach: Barcarolle, "Orpheus in the Underworld" Overture

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    18:33
  • 10:28 AM

    I Palpiti

    Niccolo Paganini

    Mister Paganini

    Paris Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    Laurent Korcia, violin

    9:49
  • 10:23 AM

    The Muppet Movie: Rainbow Connection

    Paul Williams/Kenneth Ascher

    Lang Lang, piano

    4:10
  • 10:06 AM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Janne Nisonen, conductor

    Jaakko Luoma, bassoon

    15:53
  • 10:01 AM

    Matinees Musicales: Nocturne

    Benjamin Britten

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    4:32
  • 9:38 AM

    Wand of Youth Suite No. 1

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: The Wand of Youth (Suites No. 1 & 2)

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    20:41
  • 9:32 AM

    La Mezangere

    Francois Couperin

    Couperin: Keyboard Music Vol. 3

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    4:31
  • 9:06 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Robert Schumann

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    24:47
  • 9:01 AM

    Eduardo Mata University Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Rivero Weber, conductor

    4:46
  • 8:45 AM

    String Symphony No. 6

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Amadeus Ensemble

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    13:30
  • 8:38 AM

    Eternity and A Day: Suite

    Eleni Karaindrou

    Eternity And A Day

    La Camerata Athens

    Loukas Karytinos, conductor

    6:02
  • 8:19 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Jan Dussek

    Ulster Orchestra

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    Howard Shelley, piano

    18:04
  • 8:06 AM

    Romance

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Violin Concerto

    New York Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Midori, violin

    11:54
  • 8:01 AM

    The Seasons: January (At the Fireside)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Freddy Kempf, piano

    4:40
  • 7:33 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Adalbert Gyrowetz

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    25:37
  • 7:28 AM

    From Blackbird Hills

    Amy Beach

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:48
  • 7:06 AM

    Idillio-Concertino

    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

    Wolf-Ferrari, Strauss, Vaughan Williams, Barber

    Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Spieth, conductor

    Humbert Lucarelli, oboe

    20:14
  • 7:01 AM

    Serenade for Guitar and Strings

    Malcolm Arnold

    English Guitar Concertos

    Northern Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Craig Ogden, guitar

    4:31
  • 6:37 AM

    Octet for Winds

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Music for Winds

    Stephen Taylor, oboe

    21:22
  • 6:17 AM

    The Wise Virgins Ballet Suite

    William Walton

    Walton: The Quest; The Wise Virgins

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    19:41
  • 6:06 AM

    Six Studies in English Folk Song

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Doris Lederer, viola

    Jude Mollenhauer, harp

    8:34
  • 6:01 AM

    Doors of Thy Mercy

    Alexander Kastalsky

    Kastalsky: Vechnaya Pamiat Geroyam

    Clarion Choir

    Steven Fox, conductor

    4:41