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  • 5:27 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 3

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Concertos pour Violon

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    Andrew Wan, violin

    30:26
  • 5:22 AM

    The Desert of Roses: 3rd movement

    Robert Moran

    Piano Circus Band

    Craig Smith, conductor

    4:34
  • 5:06 AM

    String Quintet No. 2 "Del Fandango"

    Luigi Boccherini

    Quinteto Boccherini

    14:46
  • 5:01 AM

    In Praise of Music: For the Saint, Cecilia

    Dominick Argento

    Casa Gudi - Frederica Von Stade Sings Dominick Argento

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    4:34
  • 4:29 AM

    Concerto for Two Pianos

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Guher & Suher Pekinel, pianos

    29:29
  • 4:12 AM

    Ocean's Kingdom: Ocean's Kingdom

    Paul McCartney

    Paul McCartney: Ocean's Kingdom

    London Classical Orchestra

    John Wilson, conductor

    13:57
  • 4:09 AM

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    2:31
  • 4:06 AM

    Waltz No. 6 "Minute"

    Frederic Chopin

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    1:51
  • 4:01 AM

    A Gaelic Blessing: Meditation

    John Rutter

    Blessing

    Sinfonia Cymru

    John Rutter, conductor

    Catrin Finch, harp

    4:43
  • 3:46 AM

    Festival of the Bayaderes

    Franz Berwald

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Ulf Bjorlin, conductor

    11:35
  • 3:12 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Antonin Dvorak

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Teddy Abrams, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    32:53
  • 3:06 AM

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    4:07
  • 3:01 AM

    Prayer of Saint Gregory

    Alan Hovhaness

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Charles Butler, trumpet

    4:50
  • 2:52 AM

    Crisantemi (Chrysanthemums)

    Giacomo Puccini

    The Emerson Encores

    Emerson String Quartet

    6:10
  • 2:41 AM

    Fantasy on Mozart's "La ci darem la mano"

    Franz Danzi

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Jorg Faerber, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    10:11
  • 2:30 AM

    Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

    Aram Khachaturian

    Russian Ballet Suites

    Russian National Orchestra

    Alexander Vedernikov, conductor

    9:12
  • 2:01 AM

    Choro de Saudade

    Agustin Barrios

    David Russell, guitar

    4:49
  • 1:50 AM

    Omphale's Spinning Wheel

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Marc Soustrot, conductor

    8:03
  • 1:16 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Lang Lang, piano

    32:54
  • 1:11 AM

    Libertango

    Astor Piazzolla

    Quartet San Francisco

    2:31
  • 1:06 AM

    Karelia Suite: Alla Marcia

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphony No. 1, Karelia Suite

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    4:30
  • 1:01 AM

    Handel in the Strand

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger: Folk-Inspired Works for Piano Duet and Piano Duo

    Bilder Duo

    4:34
  • 12:36 AM

    Symphony No. 9 "Choral": 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    Helena Juntunen, soprano

    Katarina Karneus, mezzo-soprano

    Daniel Norman, tenor

    Neal Davies, bass

    22:29
  • 12:30 AM

    Pelleas and Melisande: Sicilienne

    Gabriel Faure

    Romances for Saxophone

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Branford Marsalis, saxophone

    3:34
  • 12:15 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Wynton Marsalis - The London Concert - Haydn, Hummel, Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    14:32
  • 12:07 AM

    Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    6:29
  • 12:02 AM

    Danzas Argentinas: Danza de la moza donosa

    Alberto Ginastera

    Ginastera: One Hundred

    Orli Shaham, piano

    3:21
  • 12:01 AM

    Waltz No. 12

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert For Two / Gil Shaham, Göran Söllscher

    Gil Shaham, violin

    1:11
  • 11:50 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique": 2nd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    The Tchaikovsky Project, Volume 1

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    8:12
  • 11:43 PM

    String Quartet No. 2: Nocturne

    Alexander Borodin

    Bartok, Borodin, Smetana: String Quartets

    Takacs Quartet

    7:03
  • 11:24 PM

    Noble and Sentimental Waltzes

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Ballet And Dance Music

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    16:37
  • 11:13 PM

    Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images, Prelude, La Mer

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    10:11
  • 11:09 PM

    The Year: May

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn-Hensel: Das Jahr - 12 Charakterstücke für Klavier

    Christina Bjorkoe, piano

    2:47
  • 11:07 PM

    Song without Words No. 30 "Spring Song"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Songs without Words

    Ilse von Alpenheim, piano

    2:23
  • 11:02 PM

    The Firebird (L'oiseau de feu): Finale

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky, Petrouchka: Scherzo a la Russe, The Firebird Suite

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    2:59
  • 11:01 PM

    The Love for Three Oranges: March

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Music for a Rainy Day

    Roland Pontinen, piano

    1:37
  • 10:56 PM

    Magic Flute: Der Vogelfanger bin ich ja (The bird-catcher, that's me)

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Flute and Oboe duets from Operas

    Wolfgang Schulz, flute

    2:07
  • 10:37 PM

    Flute and Oboe Concerto

    Antonio Salieri

    Salieri, Cimarosa, Stamitz: Double Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Kenneth Sillito, conductor

    Aurele Nicolet, flute

    19:00
  • 10:18 PM

    Les Preludes

    Franz Liszt

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    16:44
  • 10:07 PM

    Academic Festival Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Four Symphonies

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    9:42
  • 10:01 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 4

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: The Slavonic Dances

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos

    4:25
  • 9:57 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Giuseppe Torelli

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    5:45
  • 9:51 PM

    Brook Green Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    6:16
  • 9:24 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Complete Piano Concertos

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    25:55
  • 9:10 PM

    12 Variations on Handel's "See, The Conquering Hero Comes" from Judas Maccabaeus

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    13:51
  • 5:55 PM

    Unchained Melody

    Alex North

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    3:27
  • 5:54 PM

    Unchained Melody

    Alex North

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    3:27
  • 5:53 PM

    Spartacus: Main Title

    Alex North

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Eric Stern, conductor

    3:24
  • 5:47 PM

    Superman: March

    John Williams

    Berlin Philharmonic

    John Williams, conductor

    4:51
  • 5:42 PM

    Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg)

    Michel Legrand

    Cinema Serenade

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    3:44
  • 5:37 PM

    Cleopatra: Main Title

    Alex North

    Studio Orchestra

    2:53
  • 5:33 PM

    An Affair to Remember

    Harry Warren

    Always And Forever - Movies' Greatest Love Songs

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    2:40
  • 5:30 PM

    Mutiny on the Bounty: Main Title

    Bronislaw Kaper

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    2:18
  • 5:25 PM

    The Big Country: Main Theme

    Jerome Moross

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Tony Bremner, conductor

    3:14
  • 5:19 PM

    Picnic: Moonglow and Main Theme

    George Duning

    Motion Picture Classics, Volume 1

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    3:23
  • 5:17 PM

    All About Eve: Main Title

    Alfred Newman

    Classic Film Scores For Bette Davis

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    1:39
  • 5:12 PM

    On the Waterfront: Love Theme

    Leonard Bernstein

    Bernstein: Reaching For The Note

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    3:23
  • 5:07 PM

    Quo Vadis: Ave Caesar March

    Miklos Rozsa

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:12
  • 5:01 PM

    Encanto: Dos Oruguitas

    Lin-Manuel Miranda

    Lang Lang, piano

    Sebastian Yatra, vocals

    4:48
  • 4:55 PM

    Hamlet: The Ghost

    William Walton

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:15
  • 4:50 PM

    Henry V Suite

    William Walton

    Orchestral Favourites Vol. 2

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    5:19
  • 4:40 PM

    Casablanca Suite

    Max Steiner

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    8:40
  • 4:23 PM

    Citizen Kane: selections

    Bernard Herrmann

    Citizen Kane: The Classic Film Scores Of Bernard Herrmann

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano

    13:40
  • 4:18 PM

    Our Town: Grover's Corners

    Aaron Copland

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Aaron Copland, conductor

    3:10
  • 4:15 PM

    Of Mice and Men: Barley Wagons

    Aaron Copland

    Essential Aaron Copland: 12 Greatest Hits

    London Sinfonietta

    Elgar Howarth, conductor

    2:14
  • 4:07 PM

    Dark Victory: Suite

    Max Steiner

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    6:24
  • 4:01 PM

    Lost Weekend: Love Theme

    Miklos Rozsa

    Cinema Serenade 2: The Golden Age

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    4:20
  • 3:44 PM

    Don Juan and Faust: Six airs de ballet

    Moritz Moszkowski

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    14:02
  • 3:36 PM

    Danza de la Mariposa

    Valerie Coleman

    Lara St. John, violin

    5:57
  • 3:24 PM

    From Italy (Aus Italien): In Rome's Ruins

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Don Juan; Aus Italien

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    11:01
  • 3:06 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3

    Ottorino Respighi

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    16:52
  • 2:54 PM

    Algerian Suite: French Military March

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Orchestra de Liege

    Paul Strauss, conductor

    4:04
  • 2:33 PM

    Piano Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Radu Lupu, piano

    19:34
  • 2:27 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Sunday Symphony": Awakening

    William Grant Still

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    3:41
  • 2:06 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    20:35
  • 2:01 PM

    Suite in modo polonico: Kujawiak Mazurka and Oberek Mazurka

    Alexandre Tansman

    Tomasz Zawierucha, guitar

    4:53
  • 1:51 PM

    Suite of Scottish Dances

    William Alwyn

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    7:17
  • 1:15 PM

    Symphony No. 5

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    34:36
  • 1:06 PM

    Broceliande Overture

    Lucien-Leon Lambert

    Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Rosenberg, conductor

    6:47
  • 1:01 PM

    Elegy

    Giovanni Bottesini

    Garden Scene

    Joel Quarrington, double bass

    4:37
  • 12:45 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Horn Concertos

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    13:24
  • 12:40 PM

    Capriccio No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Paul Lewis, piano

    3:27
  • 12:32 PM

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    7:22
  • 12:17 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 4

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel and Haydn Society

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    12:55
  • 12:06 PM

    Capriol Suite

    Peter Warlock

    Parkening Plays Vivaldi, Warlock & Praetorius

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Christopher Parkening, guitar

    10:52
  • 12:01 PM

    Orchestra of the Royal Swedish Opera

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    4:34
  • 11:50 AM

    La Procession del Rocio

    Joaquin Turina

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    8:19
  • 11:27 AM

    Triple Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Arion

    Jaap ter Linden, conductor

    Claire Guimond, flute

    Chantal Remillard, violin

    Hank Knox, harpsichord

    21:24
  • 11:23 AM

    Lullaby

    Halfdan Kjerulf

    COMPLETE WORKS FOR PIANO

    Einar Steen-Nokleberg, piano

    2:24
  • 11:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 30 "The Joke"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Spektral Quartet

    16:15
  • 11:01 AM

    Mazurka No. 36

    Frederic Chopin

    Late Piano Music of Frederic Chopin

    Aleck Karis, piano

    4:46
  • 10:44 AM

    Symphonie Fantastique: Reveries

    Hector Berlioz

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    14:43
  • 10:27 AM

    Manfred Overture

    Robert Schumann

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    14:47
  • 10:19 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
  • 10:06 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: 4 Piano Sonatas

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    12:08
  • 10:01 AM

    Butterfly's Day Out

    Mark O'Connor

    The Essential Yo-Yo Ma

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:41
  • 9:38 AM

    The Tender Land Suite

    Aaron Copland

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Aaron Copland, conductor

    20:42
  • 9:32 AM

    Nocturne

    Easley Blackwood

    Blackwood Plays Blackwood

    Easley Blackwood, piano/synthesizer

    4:28
  • 9:19 AM

    Sonata for Flute and Orchestra

    Francis Poulenc

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Steuart Bedford, conductor

    Jennifer Stinton, flute

    12:03
  • 9:06 AM

    Pastoral Suite

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    12:22
  • 9:01 AM

    Algarve Orchestra

    Alvaro Cassuto, conductor

    4:36
  • 8:36 AM

    An English Suite

    Hubert Parry

    Elgar: Seranade, etc./Parry: An English Suite, etc.

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    22:37
  • 8:28 AM

    Trio in one movement "Sonatensatz"

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: The Piano Trio

    Beaux Arts Trio

    7:41
  • 8:06 AM

    Guitar Concerto No. 1

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Miguel Gomez Martinez, conductor

    Eduardo Fernandez, guitar

    19:49
  • 8:01 AM

    Lux Aeterna

    Ivo Antognini

    Mid-Winter Songs/Un Soir De Neige

    Phoenix Chamber Choir

    4:41
  • 7:27 AM

    Symphony No. 7 "Pastoral"

    Alexander Glazunov

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    30:49
  • 7:22 AM

    L'Orfeo Baroque Orchestra

    Michi Gaigg, conductor

    4:31
  • 7:06 AM

    Fantasie for Piano and Orchestra

    Gabriel Faure

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, conductor

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    14:35
  • 7:01 AM

    Four Pieces: Dudelsack and Waltz

    Alfred Uhl

    Into The Blue

    Cumberland Quintet

    4:43
  • 6:16 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    Antonin Dvorak

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    41:53
  • 6:11 AM

    Lullaby

    Adam Wesolowski

    Modern Lullabies

    Agata Kielar-Dlugosz, flute

    3:25
  • 6:06 AM

    Sursum Corda

    Edward Elgar

    Catherine Manoukian, violin

    Satoshi Sando, piano

    4:32
  • 6:01 AM

    The Wedding Waltz

    Heikki Aaltoila

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:37