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  • 5:41 AM

    Fantastic Dances

    Joaquin Turina

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    17:00
  • 5:18 AM

    Nights in the Gardens of Spain

    Manuel de Falla

    Nights in the Garden of Spain

    Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra

    Hans Graf, conductor

    Angela Cheng, piano

    23:17
  • 5:07 AM

    Sonata No. 4

    Isabella Leonarda

    LEONARDA, I.: 12 Sonatas, Op. 16

    Cappella Strumentale del Duomo di Novara

    9:22
  • 5:01 AM

    Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria (Cantilena)

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Essential Guitar

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Kenneth Sillito, conductor

    Alexandre Lagoya, guitar

    4:40
  • 4:38 AM

    Serenade No. 1

    Robert Fuchs

    Fuchs: Serenades Nos. 1 and 2

    Cologne Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Ludwig, conductor

    19:39
  • 4:19 AM

    Swan Lake: Dance of the Swans

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    Joseph Silverstein, violin

    Jules Eskin, cello

    Bernard Zighera, harp

    Armando Ghitalla, trumpet

    17:34
  • 4:17 AM

    Eight Piano Pieces: Moonlight through the Curtain

    Hasan Ferid Alnar

    Beyza Yazgan, piano

    1:23
  • 4:06 AM

    Spem in Alium (Hope in all things)

    Thomas Tallis

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    9:43
  • 4:01 AM

    Ballade No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms on Brass

    Canadian Brass

    4:43
  • 3:52 AM

    Cantata No. 208: Sheep May Safely Graze

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    5:42
  • 3:18 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff, Paganini Rhapsody, Piano Concerto No. 2

    Mahler Chamber Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Yuja Wang, piano

    33:08
  • 3:13 AM

    Modern Times: Smile

    Charlie Chaplin

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    Rosalie Asselin, piano

    3:26
  • 3:06 AM

    Soliloquy

    Haydn Wood

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    5:50
  • 3:01 AM

    Images oubliees (Forgotten Images): Souvenir du Louvre

    Claude Debussy

    Zoltan Kocsis, piano

    4:52
  • 12:52 AM

    Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

    Orchestra of La Francophonie

    Jean-Philippe Tremblay, conductor

    6:41
  • 12:45 AM

    String Quartet: Finale

    Florence Price

    Catalyst Quartet

    5:42
  • 12:19 AM

    Symphony No. 100 "Military"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    24:41
  • 12:12 AM

    Coracao que sente

    Ernesto Nazareth

    Odeon: Brazilian Dances by Ernesto Nazareth

    Antoine Zemor, piano

    4:28
  • 12:06 AM

    Light Cavalry Overture

    Franz von Suppe

    Overtures by Suppe and Auber

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    6:22
  • 12:01 AM

    Festival Scherzo for Piano and Strings

    Madeleine Dring

    Guildhall Strings

    Robert Salter, conductor

    Martin Roscoe, piano

    4:32
  • 11:52 PM

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    6:14
  • 11:35 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Ramin Bahrami, piano

    15:30
  • 11:28 PM

    Goin' Home

    Antonin Dvorak

    That Eternal Day

    Cantus

    5:18
  • 11:11 PM

    German Dances and Trios

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphony No. 5

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    16:12
  • 11:06 PM

    Eugene Onegin: Polonaise

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    4:29
  • 11:01 PM

    The Dance of the Goblins (La ronde des Lutins)

    Antonio Bazzini

    The Perlman Sound

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    4:37
  • 10:49 PM

    Il Convegno (The Meeting)

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    The Clarinotts

    Wiener Virtuosen

    9:48
  • 10:30 PM

    Carmen Suite No. 2

    Georges Bizet

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:39
  • 10:26 PM

    The Temple of Glory: Gigue

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    2:17
  • 10:16 PM

    Morning Star Waltz

    Justin Holland

    Justin Holland Recording Project

    Michael Vascones, guitar

    8:43
  • 10:06 PM

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    9:15
  • 10:03 PM

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    2:26
  • 9:46 PM

    St. Paul's Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Wilson: St. Kentigern Suite

    Scottish Ensemble

    Jonathan Rees, conductor

    11:56
  • 9:20 PM

    Symphony No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven 5 & 1

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    24:13
  • 9:06 PM

    Panamanian Dances

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    12:35
  • 9:01 PM

    The Grumpy Old Bear

    Julius Fucik

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    Alan Pendlebury, bassoon

    4:36
  • 6:40 PM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Ruth Gipps

    Reawakened

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    Robert Plane, clarinet

    18:41
  • 6:21 PM

    The Cunning Little Vixen: Suite

    Leos Janacek

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    17:40
  • 6:15 PM

    Estudio Sin Luz/Anecdotas 2

    Andres Segovia

    David Russell, guitar

    4:56
  • 6:06 PM

    Aida: Triumphal March

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Great Opera Choruses

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    6:58
  • 6:00 PM

    Orchestral Study No. 3

    Arthur Bliss

    English Northern Philharmonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    4:51
  • 5:45 PM

    Scherzo Capriccioso

    Antonin Dvorak

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Kubelik, conductor

    12:47
  • 5:21 PM

    Symphony "The Cotswolds"

    Gustav Holst

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    23:07
  • 5:15 PM

    Ballet de Cour: The King's Minuet

    Gabriel Pierne

    Chamber Music Palm Beach

    3:17
  • 5:06 PM

    Gold and Silver Waltz

    Franz Lehar

    Vienna Soiree

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    8:49
  • 5:01 PM

    Pygmalion: Overture

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Les Arts Florissants

    William Christie, conductor

    4:47
  • 4:55 PM

    Fancy Free Ballet: Danzon

    Leonard Bernstein

    Leonard Bernstein: Marin Alsop The Complete Naxos Recordings

    Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    3:04
  • 4:27 PM

    Arpeggione Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Franz Schubert: The Piano Trios And Arpeggione Sonata

    Sharon Robinson, cello

    26:20
  • 4:21 PM

    Raymonda: Grand Adagio

    Alexander Glazunov

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    5:14
  • 4:12 PM

    Scherzando No. 5

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn Ensemble Berlin

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    7:08
  • 4:06 PM

    La Scala di Seta (Silken Ladder): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    5:51
  • 4:01 PM

    Cello Suite No. 5: Gavottes

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Christopher Parkening, guitar

    4:46
  • 3:44 PM

    Provence Suite

    Darius Milhaud

    Milhaud: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2, Suite Provencale

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    14:09
  • 3:34 PM

    In the Steppes of Central Asia

    Alexander Borodin

    USSR Symphony Orchestra

    Yevgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    9:19
  • 3:26 PM

    Berceuse (Lullaby)

    Frederic Chopin

    The Complete Piano Works of Chopin, Vol 5: Masterpieces & Miniatures

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    5:58
  • 3:05 PM

    Symphony No. 35 "Haffner"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    London Mozart Players

    Jane Glover, conductor

    20:07
  • 3:00 PM

    Toccata

    Girolamo Frescobaldi

    Bolder Baroque

    Boulder Brass

    4:39
  • 2:52 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2 "Characteristic": Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    6:10
  • 2:43 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies No 4 & 5

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    7:35
  • 2:33 PM

    Four Seasons: Spring

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi, Piazzolla: The Four Seasons

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Eduardo Marturet, conductor

    Lara St. John, violin

    9:43
  • 2:27 PM

    Joyous March

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    4:00
  • 2:22 PM

    Le Dodo, ou L'Amour au Berceau (Bye-Bye (or Love in the Cradle))

    Francois Couperin

    Couperin: Keyboard Music Vol. 3

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    3:54
  • 2:19 PM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin: Rigaudon

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Works For Solo Piano

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    3:13
  • 2:11 PM

    Overture No. 2: Gavotte

    Francesco Veracini

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    4:40
  • 2:04 PM

    Symphony No. 4 "Italian": Saltarello

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: The Symphonies

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    5:34
  • 1:59 PM

    inconvenient wounds

    Reena Esmail

    Five Minutes for Earth

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    6:47
  • 1:52 PM

    Algerian Suite: French Military March

    Camille Saint-Saens

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Yondani Butt, conductor

    4:30
  • 1:50 PM

    Song without Words No. 34 "Spinning Song"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Piano Book

    Lang Lang, piano

    1:49
  • 1:40 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1: Rondo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Complete Concertos Vol. 1

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    Stephen Kovacevich, piano

    8:47
  • 1:32 PM

    Nocturnes: Fetes (Festivals)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: La Mer, Nocturnes, Etc

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    6:26
  • 1:28 PM

    Humoresque No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    3:02
  • 1:23 PM

    Sinfonia in Classic Mode: Minuet

    Joseph Marx

    Bochum Symphony Orchestra

    Steven Sloane, conductor

    4:41
  • 1:18 PM

    Xerxes: Ombra mai fu

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel Arias

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    Harry Bicket, conductor

    Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, mezzo-soprano

    3:07
  • 1:10 PM

    Music for the Royal Fireworks

    George Frideric Handel

    Water Music & Music for the Royal Fireworks [Orpheus Chamber Orchestra]

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    18:33
  • 1:04 PM

    Nursery Suite: Awake

    Edward Elgar

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    4:25
  • 12:48 PM

    Myrtle Blossoms (Myrthenbluthen) Waltz

    Johann StraussJr.

    2018 New Year's Concerto

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    9:24
  • 12:44 PM

    Poker Rag

    Charlotte Blake

    Music of the Gilded Age

    Sylvan Winds

    3:07
  • 12:39 PM

    The Robber's Castle: Overture

    Friedrich Kuhlau

    Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Schonwandt, conductor

    4:01
  • 12:32 PM

    3 Dances

    William Byrd

    Gypsy's Round

    Buffalo Guitar Quartet

    5:17
  • 12:20 PM

    Children's Games (Jeux d'enfants)

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Symphony in C; Carmen - Suites Nos 1 & 2; Jeux d'enfants - Suite; Overture: Patrie

    French National Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    10:53
  • 12:15 PM

    Impromptu No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    Barry Douglas, piano

    4:44
  • 12:07 PM

    Rondo for Violin and Orchestra

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Berlin Philharmonic

    David Oistrakh, conductor

    David Oistrakh, violin

    6:33
  • 12:04 PM

    Roma Suite: Waltz

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha OVerture / Petite Suite

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    2:21
  • 11:51 AM

    Danzon Cubano

    Aaron Copland

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    6:58
  • 11:38 AM

    Trumpet Concerto No. 1

    Johann Hertel

    J.C. & J.W. Hertel: Trumpet Concertos

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Wolfgang Bauer, conductor

    Wolfgang Bauer, trumpet

    12:04
  • 11:26 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Grand Pas de Deux

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    11:48
  • 11:22 AM

    Tahiti Trot (Tea for Two)

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    3:31
  • 11:10 AM

    Alessandra Ziveri, harp

    10:10
  • 11:06 AM

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    3:01
  • 11:01 AM

    Symphony No. 2: Scherzo

    Alexander Borodin

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    4:51
  • 10:39 AM

    La Peri (The Fairy)

    Paul Dukas

    Music of Paul Dukas

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    19:46
  • 10:26 AM

    Three Pieces

    Girolamo Frescobaldi

    Bruno Maderno/Luciano Berio: Now, and Then

    Swiss Italian Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    10:45
  • 10:23 AM

    Cinderella: A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes

    Jay Livingston

    Lang Lang, piano

    2:58
  • 10:06 AM

    Gareth Hulse, oboe

    Marcia Crayford, violin

    Roger Chase, viola

    Christopher van Kampen, cello

    14:50
  • 10:01 AM

    English Idyll No. 2

    George Butterworth

    Halle Orchestra

    Mark Elder, conductor

    4:36
  • 9:35 AM

    Gaite Parisienne: Selections

    Jacques Offenbach

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    23:11
  • 9:22 AM

    Sonata No. 4

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Camerata Bern

    Thomas Furi, conductor

    13:44
  • 9:11 AM

    8 Variations on a Theme by Count Waldstein

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Amy Hamann, piano

    Sara Hamann, piano

    8:23
  • 9:06 AM

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:15
  • 9:01 AM

    Tianjin Suite: The Sunlight in Mt. Panshan

    Xiaogang Ye

    Xiaogang Ye: Twilight in Tibet

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Stephan Malzew, conductor

    4:49
  • 8:36 AM

    Tianjin Suite: The Sunlight in Mt. Panshan

    Xiaogang Ye

    Xiaogang Ye: Twilight in Tibet

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Stephan Malzew, conductor

    4:49
  • 8:36 AM

    Symphony No. 61

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    22:51
  • 8:20 AM

    Five Pieces for String Orchestra

    Heino Eller

    Music from Estonia, Vol. 1

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    15:15
  • 8:06 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Giuseppe Sammartini

    Albinoni, Cimarosa, Marcello, Sammartini, Lotti: Oboe Concertos

    I Musici

    Heinz Holliger, oboe

    11:58
  • 8:01 AM

    Postludium No. 4

    Valentin Silvestrov

    Ustvolskaya, Silvestrov, Kancheli: Works for Piano and Orchestra

    Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

    Thomas Sanderling, conductor

    Elisaveta Blumina, piano

    4:33
  • 7:31 AM

    Lux Aeterna

    Morten Lauridsen

    Sinfonia Orchestra

    Paul Salamunovich, conductor

    27:28
  • 7:24 AM

    Nocturne No. 7

    Frederic Chopin

    Bruce Liu: Chopin: Highlights from the 18th International Chopin Piano Competition

    Bruce Liu, piano

    5:41
  • 7:06 AM

    Wand of Youth Suite No. 2

    Edward Elgar

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    16:27
  • 7:01 AM

    Concierto en Flamenco: Alegrias de Cadiz

    Federico Torroba

    Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra

    Manuel Coves, conductor

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    4:42
  • 6:34 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Florence Price

    Janacek Philharmonic

    Ryan Cockerham, conductor

    Er-Gene Kahng, violin

    24:05
  • 6:21 AM

    Keyboard Suite No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    Keith Jarrett, piano

    12:28
  • 6:06 AM

    String Symphony No. 5

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn String Symphonies

    Amadeus Ensemble

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    13:09
  • 6:01 AM

    Les Huguenots: Gypsy Dance

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Meyerbeer: Ballet Music From The Operas / Nesterowicz

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    4:40