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  • 5:12 AM

    Scheherazade

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    45:59
  • 5:06 AM

    Variations on La Folia

    Mauro Giuliani

    Dale Kavanagh, guitar

    4:15
  • 5:01 AM

    Mosaics: Scenes from Summer

    Aminollah Hossein

    East Of Melancholy

    Tara Kamangar, piano

    4:40
  • 4:50 AM

    Rondo for Cello and Orchestra

    Charles Stanford

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    Gemma Rosefield, cello

    8:25
  • 4:21 AM

    Symphony No. 92 "Oxford"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Capella Istropolitana

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    27:25
  • 4:15 AM

    Improvisation No. 3

    Gabriela Montero

    Gabriela Montero, piano

    3:42
  • 4:06 AM

    Serenade No. 2: 1st movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    8:38
  • 4:01 AM

    A John Field Suite: Polka

    Hamilton Harty

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    4:51
  • 3:53 AM

    Standchen (Serenade)

    Franz Schubert

    Luiza Borac, piano

    5:38
  • 3:27 AM

    Clarinet Quintet

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Beethoven: Center of Gravity, 4

    Miro Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    24:11
  • 3:16 AM

    Renaissance Scottish Dances

    Peter Maxwell Davies

    Peter Maxwell Davies

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Peter Maxwell Davies, conductor

    9:19
  • 3:06 AM

    Toccata and Fugue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Fantastic Stokowski

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    9:07
  • 3:01 AM

    Detmold Horn Quartet

    4:45
  • 2:49 AM

    Guitar Sonatina

    Manuel Ponce

    De Falla, Ponce, Rodrigo

    Manuel Barrueco, guitar

    9:00
  • 2:27 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Franz Liszt

    Schoenberg, Liszt: Piano Concertos

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    20:34
  • 2:13 AM

    Old Wine in New Bottles

    Gordon Jacob

    The Chamber Winds

    Chamber Winds

    11:51
  • 2:06 AM

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    7:00
  • 2:01 AM

    Tarantella

    Cecile Chaminade

    Chaminade: Piano Music 2

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    4:35
  • 1:46 AM

    Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Richard Studt, conductor

    12:18
  • 1:16 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Robert Schumann

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    28:23
  • 1:11 AM

    Horseplay: Lively

    Errollyn Wallen

    Wallen: The Girl in My Alphabet

    Continuum Ensemble

    Philip Headlam, conductor

    3:01
  • 1:06 AM

    Short Ride in a Fast Machine

    John Adams

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    4:24
  • 1:01 AM

    Sonata Concertante: Rondo

    Louis Spohr

    Spohr: Works for Harp and Flute

    Marielle Nordmann, harp

    4:49
  • 12:20 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Concerto No. 1 in C, Moonlight Sonata

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Erich Leinsdorf, conductor

    Artur Rubinstein, piano

    37:30
  • 12:05 AM

    String Quartet Op 20 No. 6

    Haydn

    Hagen Quartet

    14:10
  • 11:50 PM

    Blanik (from My Country)

    Bedrich Smetana

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    13:05
  • 11:41 PM

    Songs of the Auvergne: Bailero

    Joseph Canteloube

    Renee Fleming: The Beautiful Voice

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Renee Fleming, soprano

    7:01
  • 11:25 PM

    Sinfonia

    Marianne Martines

    Baroque Treasures

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    14:55
  • 11:16 PM

    Piece Peace

    Bill Evans

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    7:36
  • 11:02 PM

    Violin Concerto (first movement)

    Aram Kachaturian

    French National Radio and TV Orchestra

    Jean Martinon, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    13:25
  • 10:44 PM

    Andante and Hungarian Rondo

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Klaus Thunemann, bassoon

    9:44
  • 10:39 PM

    Farewell to Ireland/Highlander's Farewell

    Traditional

    Sugarloaf Mountain: An Appalachian Gathering

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    Susanna Perry Gilmore, fiddle

    3:43
  • 10:33 PM

    Veni creator spiritus

    Hildegard von Bingen

    Hildegard Von Bingen: Origin Of Fire

    Anonymous 4

    4:24
  • 10:19 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "Choral": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 "Choral"

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    11:41
  • 10:12 PM

    Prelude No. 5

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    My Gift To You

    Antonin Kubalek, piano

    4:21
  • 10:05 PM

    Cringlemire Garden

    Ruth Gipps

    British Music for Strings, Vol. 3

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Douglas Bostock, conductor

    6:19
  • 9:58 PM

    Wild Swans: Eliza's Aria

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Nicola Sweeney, violin

    Sarah Nicolls, piano

    3:20
  • 9:44 PM

    Spiegel im Spiegel (Mirror in the Mirror)

    Arvo Part

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    Akira Eguchi, piano

    7:14
  • 9:35 PM

    Frostiana: Choose Something Like a Star

    Randall Thompson

    Choose Something Like a Star

    Mormon Tabernacle Choir

    Craig Jessop, conductor

    6:23
  • 9:31 PM

    The Syncopated Clock

    Leroy Anderson

    Leroy Anderson Favorites

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    2:26
  • 9:14 PM

    Fantastic Scherzo

    Josef Suk

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    13:45
  • 9:12 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2: Badinerie

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suites

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Richard Egarr, conductor

    1:41
  • 9:05 PM

    Rainy Afternoon

    Stanley Woolner

    Ivan Konev, piano

    6:49
  • 9:00 PM

    Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman No. 1

    Joan Tower

    Colorado Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    2:33
  • 6:43 PM

    Russian Easter Festival Overture

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade, Russian Easter Overture

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    15:15
  • 6:18 PM

    Sinfonietta

    Leos Janacek

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    23:13
  • 6:13 PM

    Ca'azapa (Popular Paraguayan Song)

    Agustin Barrios

    Intimate Barrios

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    4:36
  • 6:06 PM

    French Suite No. 4: Allemande; Courante

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Peter Hill, piano

    5:12
  • 6:01 PM

    Petite Symphony: Finale

    Charles Gounod

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    4:47
  • 5:50 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Introduction and March

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    8:33
  • 5:14 PM

    Triple Concerto

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Triple Concerto, Piano Concerto No. 3

    German Symphony Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    Mari Kodama, piano

    34:25
  • 5:09 PM

    Canzon Septimi Toni No. 2

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Royal Academy of Music Brass

    3:09
  • 5:06 PM

    Entrance of the Little Fauns

    Gabriel Pierne

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    2:10
  • 5:01 PM

    The Shining Shore

    Traditional

    Anonymous 4

    4:42
  • 4:55 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 13

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: The Slavonic Dances

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos

    3:18
  • 4:21 PM

    Pictures at an Exhibition

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    32:03
  • 4:17 PM

    The Rising of the Sun

    John Thomas

    Lipman Harp Duo

    Sebastien Lipman, harp

    2:31
  • 4:06 PM

    Flute Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    Katy Bircher, flute

    10:31
  • 4:01 PM

    Youthful Suite: English Waltz

    Percy Grainger

    Martin Jones, piano

    4:45
  • 3:52 PM

    Partita No. 4: Allemande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Dances

    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    4:44
  • 2:58 PM

    Spanish Dance No. 5 "Andaluza"

    Enrique Granados

    Boston Cello Quartet

    3:58
  • 2:42 PM

    Carmen Fantasy

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Leila Josefowicz, violin

    13:53
  • 2:39 PM

    The Typewriter

    Leroy Anderson

    Leroy Anderson Favorites

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    1:51
  • 2:36 PM

    The Good-humored Ladies: 4th movement

    Vincenzo Tommasini

    Concert Arts Orchestra

    Robert Irving, conductor

    2:39
  • 2:32 PM

    Nais: Rigaudons

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    2:17
  • 2:21 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 4 & 5

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    Yevgeny Sudbin, piano

    37:26
  • 2:17 PM

    Vespers: Praise the Name of the Lord

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    3:22
  • 2:10 PM

    The Ball of Beatrice d'Este: Lesquercade

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Salute to France: Harmonie Ensemble plays Hohn, Milhaud, Ibert & Poulenc

    Harmonie Ensemble

    Steven Richman, conductor

    3:19
  • 2:04 PM

    Ruslan and Ludmila: Overture

    Mikhail Glinka

    Tchaikovsky, Smetana, Glinka, Moussorgsky

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    4:52
  • 1:53 PM

    Sylvia: Procession of Bacchus

    Leo Delibes

    Delibes: Coppelia / Gounod: Faust

    Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra

    Janos Sandor, conductor

    5:58
  • 1:46 PM

    Sonata for Trumpet and Strings

    Henry Purcell

    Baroque Trumpet Music

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    John Wallace, trumpet

    6:43
  • 1:40 PM

    Sunburst

    Andrew York

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    4:17
  • 1:31 PM

    The Royal Children: Overture

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Humperdinck: Fairy-Tale Music

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    7:49
  • 1:28 PM

    Song without Words No. 31

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Murray Perahia, piano

    2:00
  • 1:20 PM

    Orb and Sceptre

    William Walton

    Rule Brittania: Last Night of the Proms

    English Northern Philharmonia

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    7:07
  • 1:17 PM

    Shepherd's Hey

    Percy Grainger

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    1:59
  • 1:07 PM

    Symphony: Finale

    Georges Bizet

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

    French National Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    8:56
  • 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
  • 12:56 PM

    Symphony No. 88: Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 92 & 88

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    3:26
  • 12:48 PM

    Piano Trio No. 1: 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    The Sunday Sessions: Full Measure

    Ahn Trio

    6:58
  • 12:39 PM

    Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna

    Franz von Suppe

    Overtures by Suppe and Auber

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    7:29
  • 12:30 PM

    Concerto for Three Oboes

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Telemann: Triple Concertos

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    8:55
  • 12:21 PM

    Sicilian Vespers: Four Seasons: Winter

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi: Ballet Music

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    6:44
  • 12:16 PM

    Bagatelles: Poco Allegro

    Antonin Dvorak

    Quartetto Gelato

    4:36
  • 12:16 PM

    Calling All Workers

    Eric Coates

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Reginald Kilbey, conductor

    3:06
  • 12:09 PM

    Two Mazurkas

    Frederic Chopin

    Concert Recording

    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    5:29
  • 12:04 PM

    Cinema Paradiso: Love Theme

    Ennio Morricone

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Nikoloz Rachveli, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    Maximilian Hornung, cello

    4:20
  • 11:52 AM

    Symphony No. 1: Finale

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2

    Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Gunter Wand, conductor

    6:17
  • 11:39 AM

    Air Varie No. 1

    Giulio Regondi

    David Starobin, guitar

    11:04
  • 11:28 AM

    Consecration of the House: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 'Erioca'

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    10:05
  • 11:24 AM

    Chinese Tambourin

    Fritz Kreisler

    Shanghai Symphony Orchestra

    Long Yu, conductor

    Maxim Vengerov, violin

    3:43
  • 11:13 AM

    Norwegian Rhapsody No. 3

    Johan Svendsen

    Svendsen: Norwegian Rhapsodies

    South Jutland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    9:47
  • 11:06 AM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Adagio

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Marlboro Wind Ensemble

    6:35
  • 11:01 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Four Temperaments": 2nd movement

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    4:42
  • 10:39 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain"

    Alan Hovhaness

    Hovhaness: Mysterious Mountains

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    19:28
  • 10:26 AM

    Oboe Concerto No. 2

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Pachelbel: Canon

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    David Reichenberg, oboe

    11:29
  • 10:20 AM

    Mary Poppins: Feed the Birds

    Richard Sherman/Robert Sherman

    Lang Lang, piano

    4:21
  • 10:06 AM

    Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsummer Vigil"

    Hugo Alfven

    Ports of Call

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    12:56
  • 10:01 AM

    Valse Triste

    Jean Sibelius

    Wagner: Siegfried-Idyll/Sibelius: Valse Triste/etc.

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    4:37
  • 9:23 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    John Field

    Northern Sinfonia

    David Haslam, conductor

    Benjamin Frith, piano

    34:51
  • 9:19 AM

    Plymouth Adventure: The Mayflower

    Miklos Rozsa

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:56
  • 9:06 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Giuseppe Tartini

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jahja Ling, conductor

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    11:18
  • 9:01 AM

    China Gates

    John Adams

    Nicolas Hodges, piano

    4:31
  • 8:41 AM

    Guitar Quintet No. 4 "Fandango"

    Luigi Boccherini

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    17:05
  • 8:35 AM

    Carnival Waltz

    Cecile Chaminade

    Chaminade: Melodies

    Bengt Forsberg, piano

    6:06
  • 8:15 AM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 2

    Ottorino Respighi

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:47
  • 8:06 AM

    Heroes Symphony: Sons of the Silent Age

    Philip Glass

    Philip Glass | American Composers Orchestra

    American Composers Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    8:20
  • 8:01 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Maria Bergmann, piano

    4:37
  • 7:35 AM

    Concerto Serenade

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Concertos and Orchestral Works

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    Nancy Allen, harp

    22:57
  • 7:31 AM

    Achat Sha'alti

    Paul Schoenfield

    Alexa Still, flute

    Stephen Gosling, piano

    3:33
  • 7:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 22 "Prussian"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Emerson String Quartet

    23:14
  • 7:01 AM

    From Olden Times: Gigue

    Johan Halvorsen

    Halvorsen: Suite ancienne, Mascarade Suite

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Ari Rasilainen, conductor

    4:35
  • 6:40 AM

    Guitar Concerto

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    New York Philharmonic

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    18:29
  • 6:26 AM

    Henry V Suite

    William Walton

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Carl Davis, conductor

    13:20
  • 6:07 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 8

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Midori Live At Carnegie Hall

    Midori, violin

    18:11
  • 6:01 AM

    Invitation to the Polka

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Slovak State Phiharmonic, Kosice

    Alfred Walter, conductor

    4:50