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  • 4:35 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Samuel Barber

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    23:00
  • 4:25 AM

    Abdelazar: Incidental Music

    Henry Purcell

    Canadian Brass

    8:48
  • 4:06 AM

    3 Argentinian Cantilenas and Finale

    Carlos Guastavino

    Camerata Bariloche

    18:07
  • 4:01 AM

    Forgotten Fairy Tales: Selections

    Edward MacDowell

    James Barbagallo, piano

    4:51
  • 3:52 AM

    Folk Suite No. 4

    William Grant Still

    Calico Winds

    5:28
  • 3:12 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Four Symphonies

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    39:05
  • 3:06 AM

    Valse nonchalante

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Bertrand Chamayou, piano

    3:56
  • 3:01 AM

    Mitridate, Re di Ponto: Se viver non degg'io

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Potsdam Chamber Academy

    Andreas Ottensamer, basset clarinet

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    4:32
  • 2:53 AM

    The Jitterbug Waltz

    Thomas (Fats) Waller

    Blake: Rhapsody In Ragtime, Etc; Joplin, Gershwin, Etc

    Richard Dowling, piano

    4:21
  • 2:18 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    Andre Watts, piano

    33:35
  • 2:14 AM

    Ezekiel Saw the Wheel

    Spiritual

    Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

    American Spiritual Ensemble

    Dr. Everett McCorvey, conductor

    2:31
  • 2:06 AM

    Heliotrope Bouquet

    Scott Joplin/Louis Chauvin

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:20
  • 2:01 AM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Encore Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hege, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    4:37
  • 1:43 AM

    Ballet Suite No. 3

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Ballet Suites; Festive Overture

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    15:48
  • 1:21 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    20:09
  • 1:15 AM

    Scherzo No. 2

    Clara Schumann

    Anna Shelest, piano

    3:30
  • 1:06 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Leopold Mozart

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Elgar Howarth, conductor

    Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet

    8:50
  • 1:01 AM

    Love's Labours Lost: 3 Soliloquies

    Gerald Finzi

    Northern Sinfonia

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    4:48
  • 12:41 AM

    Overture, Scherzo and Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann, R.: Overtures

    Polish National Radio Orchestra

    Johannes Wildner, conductor

    17:16
  • 12:19 AM

    Symphony No. 35 "Haffner"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies 34, 35, 39

    London Mozart Players

    Jane Glover, conductor

    20:07
  • 12:13 AM

    Clarinet Quintet: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Juilliard String Quartet

    Charles Neidich, clarinet

    5:03
  • 12:10 AM

    Sasha Boldachev, harp

    2:03
  • 12:06 AM

    Song without Words No. 1 "Sweet Remembrance"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Lieder Ohne Worte

    Javier Perianes, piano

    3:07
  • 12:01 AM

    The Jester at the Wedding: Caprice

    Eric Coates

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Wilson, conductor

    4:41
  • 11:49 PM

    School for Scandal Overture

    Samuel Barber

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    8:20
  • 11:43 PM

    Etude No. 3 "Un Sospiro" (A Sigh)

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Piano Sonata & 3 Concert Studies

    Louis Lortie, piano

    6:07
  • 11:34 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 6

    Antonio Vivaldi

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Lisa Beznosiuk, flute

    8:08
  • 11:17 PM

    Serenade for Strings

    Hans Gal

    Symphony Nova Scotia

    Georg Tintner, conductor

    15:11
  • 11:00 PM

    Guitar Concerto

    Ferdinando Carulli

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    15:28
  • 10:42 PM

    Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise

    Frederic Chopin

    Yundi Li: Chopin

    Yundi Li, piano

    14:30
  • 10:37 PM

    Horn Concerto: Scherzo

    Ruth Gipps

    British Horn Concertos

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor

    David Pyatt, horn

    4:26
  • 10:30 PM

    String Quartet No. 6: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Dover Quartet

    5:55
  • 10:13 PM

    Ramuntcho Suite No. 2

    Gabriel Pierne

    Piano Concerto in C Minor

    Philharmonie de Lorraine

    Jacques Houtmann, conductor

    15:35
  • 10:04 PM

    Sinfonia for 3 Trumpets No. 3

    Johann Christian Hertel

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Wolfgang Bauer, conductor

    Wolfgang Bauer, trumpet

    7:23
  • 9:59 PM

    Caprice viennois (Viennese Caprice)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Music of Fritz Kreisler

    James Ehnes, violin

    4:15
  • 9:53 PM

    Symphony No. 102: 4th movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    London Classical Players

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    4:31
  • 9:42 PM

    Summer

    Frank Bridge

    Bridge, Bantock & Butterworth

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    10:40
  • 9:37 PM

    Caelos ascendit hodie

    Owain Park

    Owain Park: Choral Works

    Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    3:16
  • 9:24 PM

    Sonatina No. 1 "From an Invalid's Workshop": 1st movement

    Richard Strauss

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    12:00
  • 9:17 PM

    Violin and Oboe Concerto

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Telemann: Concertos for Woodwind Instruments

    Camerata Cologne

    Mary Utiger, violin

    7:02
  • 9:05 PM

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Paul Dukas

    Danse Macabre

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    10:32
  • 9:02 PM

    Crepuscule

    Jules Massenet

    Stephen Hough's French Album

    Stephen Hough, piano

    1:53
  • 8:51 PM

    Samson and Delilah: Bacchanale

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Exotic Dances from the Opera

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    7:29
  • 8:33 PM

    Eine kleine Nachtmusik

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    16:52
  • 8:27 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Grand Pas de Deux

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    4:58
  • 8:10 PM

    In the Faery Hills

    Arnold Bax

    Bax: Tone Poems

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    15:05
  • 8:00 PM

    Variations on a Theme by Handel

    Mauro Giuliani

    Romance Guitar

    Lars Hannibal, guitar

    8:50
  • 5:51 PM

    Symphony No. 1: Finale

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Three Symphonies, Petite Suite, Polovetsian Dances

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:24
  • 5:39 PM

    Six Italian Dance Tunes

    Peter Warlock

    Warlock: Capriol Suite; The Curlew; Six English Tunes; Serenade; Six Italian Dance Tunes; Ross Pople/London Festival Orchestra

    London Festival Orchestra

    Ross Pople, conductor

    10:39
  • 5:22 PM

    Faust Ballet Music

    Charles Gounod

    Gounod: Faust

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    16:23
  • 5:18 PM

    Imani Winds

    2:23
  • 5:07 PM

    William Tell: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    11:02
  • 5:01 PM

    Contredanse and Tarantelle

    Frederic Chopin

    Malcolm Frager, piano

    4:35
  • 4:39 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 6

    Francois Devienne

    Munich Chamber Orchestra

    Hans Stadlmair, conductor

    Andras Adorjan, flute

    19:14
  • 4:20 PM

    Simple Symphony

    Benjamin Britten

    Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

    Iona Brown, conductor

    17:35
  • 4:15 PM

    Four Romantic Pieces: Romance without Words

    Charlotte Sohy

    Charlotte Sohy: Compositrice de la Belle Epoque

    Marie Vermeulin, piano

    2:43
  • 4:06 PM

    Concerto for Two Trumpets

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Michael Laird, trumpet

    Iaan Wilson, trumpet

    8:42
  • 4:01 PM

    Triquilandia/Seguidilla

    Emilio Pujol

    David Russell, guitar

    4:42
  • 3:54 PM

    The Stone Host Suite: Spanish Dance

    Myroslav Skoryk

    Odessa Philharmonic Orchestra

    Hobart Earle, conductor

    4:02
  • 3:19 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    33:54
  • 3:06 PM

    String Symphony No. 5

    Felix Mendelssohn

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    10:35
  • 3:01 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 22

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Cimarosa: Keyboard Sonatas, Vol. 2

    Victor Sangiorgio, piano

    4:48
  • 2:36 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Complete Piano Concertos

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    21:36
  • 2:27 PM

    Images for Orchestra: Iberia: On Highways and Byways

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Orchestral Works

    Paris Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    7:38
  • 2:09 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Kahane, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    16:29
  • 1:59 PM

    Dance of the Hours

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Philharmonic of La Scala

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    9:42
  • 1:51 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Richard Strauss

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Radovan Vlatkovic, horn

    5:05
  • 1:46 PM

    F-A-E Sonata: Scherzo

    Johannes Brahms

    Josefowicz, Novacek: Recital

    Leila Josefowicz, violin

    5:16
  • 1:43 PM

    Exsultate, jubilate: Alleluia

    Wolfgang Mozart

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Claus Peter Flor, conductor

    Yvonne Kenney, soprano

    2:44
  • 1:30 PM

    Symphony No. 36 "Linz": Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Symphonies 35 Haffner, 26 Linz, and 32

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    11:15
  • 1:25 PM

    Fanfare on Amazing Grace

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Virginia Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    3:26
  • 1:18 PM

    Steal Away

    William Dawson

    The Spirituals of William Dawson

    St. Olaf Choir

    Anton Armstrong, conductor

    6:35
  • 1:08 PM

    Octet: 3rd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Gaudier Ensemble

    6:15
  • 1:04 PM

    The Seasons: Summer: The Heather Bells

    James Oswald

    Alison Melville, recorder

    Mary-Katherine Finch, cello

    Kirk Elliott, harp/guitar

    Ben Grossman, percussion

    Michael Jarvis, harpsichord

    3:24
  • 12:52 PM

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    7:02
  • 12:49 PM

    Werther: Pourquoi me reveiller?

    Jules Massenet

    Voice Of The Violin

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    2:33
  • 12:38 PM

    Lohengrin: Bridal Chorus; Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral

    Richard Wagner

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Silvio Varviso, conductor

    Leipzig Radio Chorus

    10:00
  • 12:31 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Wedding March

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Andre Previn, conductor

    5:13
  • 12:23 PM

    Swan Lake: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Essential Ballet

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    6:52
  • 12:19 PM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin: Rigaudon

    Maurice Ravel

    Pavane

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    2:56
  • 12:17 PM

    Modern Passamezzo

    Diego Ortiz

    Ostinato

    Hesperion XXI

    Jordi Savall, conductor

    1:58
  • 12:07 PM

    Music for the Royal Fireworks: Overture

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Fireworks, Watermusic

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    7:48
  • 12:04 PM

    La Peri (The Fairy): Fanfare

    Paul Dukas

    New York Philharmonic

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    2:24
  • 11:51 AM

    Symphony No. 8: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    7:20
  • 11:49 AM

    Divertimento: Waltz

    Leonard Bernstein

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    1:57
  • 11:43 AM

    Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune (Moonlight)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 1

    Martin Jones, piano

    4:25
  • 11:35 AM

    African Suite: Joyful Day

    Fela Sowande

    Black Composers Series 1974-1978

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    7:38
  • 11:32 AM

    Agincourt Song

    Traditional, arr. Elgar Howarth

    Fanfare

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    2:00
  • 11:20 AM

    Gloriana: Courtly Dances

    Benjamin Britten

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    10:18
  • 11:16 AM

    The Gumsuckers March

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger Edition Vol. 4: Works for Wind Orchestra

    Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra

    Timothy Reynish, conductor

    3:46
  • 11:08 AM

    The Spanish Lady: Suite

    Edward Elgar

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    5:49
  • 11:04 AM

    Minuet

    Luigi Boccherini

    Stokowski Transcriptions

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    3:43
  • 10:48 AM

    Fantasy on Themes from Verdi's Rigoletto

    Franz & Karl Doppler

    Wiener Virtuosen

    9:53
  • 10:34 AM

    Cello Concerto: 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    12:49
  • 10:21 AM

    Symphony No. 13

    Carlos Baguer

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    12:39
  • 10:18 AM

    March

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Sound Off!

    United States Marine Band

    Col. John Bourgeois, conductor

    2:02
  • 10:14 AM

    Waltz No. 8

    Frederic Chopin

    Beethoven: Sonatas; Chopin: Waltzes, Etc

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    2:56
  • 10:06 AM

    Concerto for Two Flutes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Stephen Preston, flute

    Nicholas McGegan, flute

    7:16
  • 10:01 AM

    A Downland Suite: Minuet

    John Ireland

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Julian Lloyd Webber, conductor

    4:42
  • 9:46 AM

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    12:38
  • 9:26 AM

    Concert Piece for Four Horns

    Robert Schumann

    Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardner, conductor

    Robert Montgomery, horn

    Gavin Edwards, horn

    Susan Dent, horn

    Robert Maskell, horn

    17:42
  • 9:22 AM

    Las Abejas (The Bees)

    Agustin Barrios

    John Williams, guitar

    2:17
  • 9:06 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 13

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Sonatas "Quasi una Fantasia"

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    15:31
  • 9:01 AM

    Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom: The Lord's Prayer (Otche nash)

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    Stephen Cleobury, conductor

    4:38
  • 8:45 AM

    Introduction, Theme and Variations for Clarinet

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Neidich, clarinet

    13:04
  • 8:28 AM

    Fountains of Rome

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Fountains of Rome, Pines of Rome, Roman Festivals

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    16:56
  • 8:10 AM

    Philomena: Suite

    Alexandre Desplat

    Studio Orchestra

    Alexandre Desplat, conductor

    16:06
  • 8:06 AM

    Blues from Lenox Avenue

    William Grant Still

    Denver Oldham, piano

    3:04
  • 8:01 AM

    Silvain Overture

    Andre Gretry

    Orchestre De Bretagne

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    4:43
  • 7:24 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Zdenek Fibich

    Fibich: Symphony No. 1/Smetana: Vysehrad, Vlatava

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    33:54
  • 7:18 AM

    Christoph Denoth, guitar

    4:02
  • 7:06 AM

    Jeromita Linares

    Carlos Guastavino

    "Impresiones"

    Camerata Bariloche

    Pablo Cohen, guitar

    11:43
  • 7:01 AM

    Norse Legend

    Frank Bridge

    Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:47
  • 6:48 AM

    Allegro for Strings

    Douglas Lilburn

    Lilburn: Landfall In Unknown Seas, Diversions For String Orchestra

    New Zealand Chamber Orchestra

    10:06
  • 6:18 AM

    Symphony No. 22 "City of Light"

    Alan Hovhaness

    Seattle Symphony

    Alan Hovhaness, conductor

    29:35
  • 6:06 AM

    Sinfonia No. 3

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Complete String Symphonies

    Gli Incogniti

    Amandine Beyer, conductor

    10:00
  • 6:01 AM

    Pastoral

    David Guion

    Eugene Rowley, piano

    4:36
  • 5:49 AM

    L'Etoile du Nord: Dance Suite

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    9:06
  • 5:43 AM

    MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Kristjan Jarvi, conductor

    6:01
  • 5:35 AM

    Florida Suite: By the River

    Frederick Delius

    Delius: Sea Drift, Florida Suite

    Welsh National Opera Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    6:40
  • 5:01 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1: Gavotte

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    4:40