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  • 4:15 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3

    Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yuri Temirkanov, conductor

    Lang Lang, piano

    43:22
  • 4:06 AM

    The Fairy Queen: Act IV Symphony

    Henry Purcell

    Sound The Trumpet: Royal Music of Purcell and Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    6:26
  • 4:01 AM

    Two Dialogues with Postscript: Wedding Waltz

    Valentin Silvestrov

    Camerata Salzburg

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    4:51
  • 3:52 AM

    Paroles - Suite for Clarinet and Orchestra: III. Parole du Matin a la Rose

    Dia Succari

    German Symphony Orchestra

    Manuel Nawri, conductor

    Kinan Azmeh, clarinet

    6:22
  • 3:31 AM

    Holberg Suite

    Edvard Grieg

    Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

    Iona Brown, conductor

    19:21
  • 3:28 AM

    Rustle of Spring

    Christian Sinding

    Jerome Lowenthal, piano

    2:38
  • 3:07 AM

    An American in Paris

    George Gershwin

    Music of the Americas

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Andres Orozco-Estrada, conductor

    19:51
  • 3:01 AM

    Sarah Nicolls, piano

    4:48
  • 2:50 AM

    Three Spirituals

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Adolphus Hailstork: An American Port Of Call

    Virginia Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    8:08
  • 2:17 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring"

    Robert Schumann

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    31:28
  • 2:11 AM

    Six Pieces: Berceuse (Lullaby)

    Pauline Viardot-Garcia

    Reto Kuppel, violin

    Wolfgang Manz, piano

    3:24
  • 2:06 AM

    Impromptu No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    Marie-Pierre Langlamet, harp

    5:10
  • 2:01 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Andante

    Max Bruch

    Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra

    George Hanson, conductor

    4:34
  • 1:55 AM

    Vocal Quartet: O Schone Nacht (O Beautiful Night)

    Johannes Brahms

    With Strings Attached

    San Francisco Choral Artists

    Magen Solomon, conductor

    2:47
  • 1:21 AM

    The Rite of Spring

    Igor Stravinsky

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    32:58
  • 1:12 AM

    Sonata for Two Trumpets

    Giuseppe Alberti

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Simon Wright, conductor

    John Wallace, trumpet

    John Miller, trumpet

    5:50
  • 1:06 AM

    Berceuse (Lullaby)

    Frederic Chopin

    Nocturne

    Artur Rubinstein, piano

    4:36
  • 1:01 AM

    Pianto dell'Amante

    Johann Kaspar Mertz

    Raphaella Smits, guitar

    4:52
  • 12:53 AM

    Habanera

    Moritz Moszkowski

    From Foreign Lands

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    4:59
  • 12:18 AM

    String Quintet "American"

    Antonin Dvorak

    Parker Quartet

    Kim Kashkashian, viola

    34:00
  • 12:15 AM

    Three Little Waltzes: Reconciliation

    Frances Marion Ralston

    Joanna Goldstein, piano

    1:35
  • 12:06 AM

    Sicilian Vespers: Four Seasons: Spring

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    7:51
  • 12:01 AM

    Piano Concerto: 2nd movement

    Luise Adolpha Le Beau

    Berlin Chamber Symphony Ensemble

    Jurgen Bruns, conductor

    Katia Tchemberdji, piano

    4:41
  • 11:48 PM

    Symphony No. 9: Scherzo

    Anton Bruckner

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

    10:14
  • 11:29 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Andre Watts, piano

    16:30
  • 11:17 PM

    In Spring Overture

    Karl Goldmark

    Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andras Korodi, conductor

    10:31
  • 11:08 PM

    Suite for Strings: Finale

    Ethel Smyth

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Douglas Bostock, conductor

    8:19
  • 11:01 PM

    Clarinet Trio: 3rd movement

    Nino Rota

    Rota: Chamber Music

    Ensemble Nino Rota

    4:41
  • 10:49 PM

    Dances in the Canebrakes

    Florence Price

    Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    9:29
  • 10:33 PM

    Lincolnshire Posy

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger/Persichetti/Khachaturian etc - Various works

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    14:24
  • 10:14 PM

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 2

    Edvard Grieg

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    17:03
  • 10:06 PM

    Hansel and Gretel: Overture

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    7:29
  • 10:01 PM

    The Girl from Corsica

    Trevor Duncan

    British Light Music Classics - 3

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    4:39
  • 9:49 PM

    North Country Sketches: The March of Spring

    Frederick Delius

    Delius: A Walk in a Paradise Garden

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    9:03
  • 9:46 PM

    Song without Words No. 25 "May Breezes"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    John O'Conor, piano

    2:29
  • 9:26 PM

    Variations on a Rococo Theme

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Ofra Harnoy, cello

    18:35
  • 9:09 PM

    Symphony No. 4

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    14:28
  • 9:06 PM

    Waltz No. 4 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    2:46
  • 9:03 PM

    Morris Dance Tunes: Laudnum Bunches

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: Works for Chamber Orchestra

    New Zealand Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor

    2:48
  • 8:45 PM

    Lady Radnor's Suite

    Hubert Parry

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    13:15
  • 8:38 PM

    Venice and Naples (Venezia e Napoli): Gondoliera

    Franz Liszt

    Jorge Bolet, piano

    5:02
  • 8:16 PM

    Carnival of the Animals

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Kids Classics: Animals

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    22:03
  • 8:11 PM

    Insect Dances: Bumblebee Boogie

    Elena Ruehr

    Arneis Quartet

    2:50
  • 8:06 PM

    Springtime Suite: Noonday Song

    Eric Coates

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Penny, conductor

    4:42
  • 8:01 PM

    Scherzo

    Alfredo Catalani

    Puccini, Catalani, Ponchielli: for orchestra

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    4:42
  • 5:50 PM

    The Planets: Jupiter

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    8:29
  • 5:25 PM

    Serenade for Winds

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenades

    Vienna Philharmonic Winds

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    22:54
  • 5:14 PM

    6 Early Netherlands Dances

    Julius Rontgen

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    David Porcelijn, conductor

    9:29
  • 5:06 PM

    Voices of Spring Waltz (Fruhlingsstimmen)

    Johann StraussJr.

    F. Schubert: Symphony No. 9

    SWR Baden-Baden and Freiburg Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Gielen, conductor

    7:15
  • 5:01 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "In the Forest": 3rd movement

    Joachim Raff

    Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic

    Urs Schneider, conductor

    4:46
  • 4:49 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 3 "Il gardellino" ("The Goldfinch")

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Musica Vitae

    Peter Csaba, conductor

    Manuela Wiesler, flute

    Ulf Soderberg, harpsichord

    9:17
  • 4:12 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Organ"

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Seattle Symphony

    Ludovic Morlot, conductor

    Joseph Adam, organ

    35:01
  • 4:06 PM

    Sonata: 3rd movement

    Maria Hester Park

    Betty Ann Miller, piano

    4:09
  • 4:01 PM

    Minuet No. 1

    Giacomo Puccini

    Puccini

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor

    4:39
  • 3:51 PM

    The American Seasons: Spring

    Mark O'Connor

    Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra

    Scott Yoo, conductor

    Mark O'Connor, violin

    7:39
  • 3:26 PM

    Aranjuez Concerto

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    New York Philharmonic

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    22:44
  • 3:21 PM

    Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout: Coquetos

    Gabriela Lena Frank

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    Damon Gupton, conductor

    3:40
  • 3:06 PM

    Provence Suite

    Darius Milhaud

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    14:09
  • 3:01 PM

    Loch Lomond

    Traditional

    Chanticleer

    4:39
  • 2:39 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 1st mvt

    Gustav Mahler

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Klaus Tennstedt, conductor

    18:00
  • 2:35 PM

    Songs of a Wayfarer: Ging heut' morgen ubers Feld

    Gustav Mahler

    Gustav Mahler, piano

    3:00
  • 2:11 PM

    Concerto for violin and string orchestra

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Basel Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    22:34
  • 2:04 PM

    Suite for Piano

    Ethel Smyth

    Smyth: Complete Piano Works

    Liana Serbescu, piano

    6:16
  • 1:57 PM

    Lyric Pieces: To Spring

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Lyric Pieces

    Stephen Hough, piano

    3:01
  • 1:47 PM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Scandinavian Rhapsody, A Selection of Orchestral Favourites

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    9:17
  • 1:41 PM

    La plus que lente (As Slowly as Possible)

    Claude Debussy

    Ink

    Merz Trio

    4:31
  • 1:30 PM

    Symphony No. 40: Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    9:01
  • 1:26 PM

    King's Noyse

    3:07
  • 1:23 PM

    Wedding Cantata: Wenn die Fruhlingslufte streichen

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Bach Album

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    John Nelson, conductor

    Kathleen Battle, soprano

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    2:30
  • 1:18 PM

    Semele: Where E'er You Walk

    George Frideric Handel

    Lynn Harrell, cello

    Bruno Canino, piano

    4:13
  • 1:11 PM

    Messiah: Pifa

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Messiah

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    3:07
  • 1:04 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Alessandro Stradella

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Simon Wright, conductor

    John Wallace, trumpet

    5:42
  • 12:52 PM

    Symphony No. 104 "London": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 22, 104, Piano Concerto in D

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    6:44
  • 12:48 PM

    Glory in the Meeting House

    Traditional

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    3:38
  • 12:36 PM

    Four Seasons: Spring

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons / Jeanne Lamon, Tafelmusik

    Tafelmusik

    Jean Lamon, violin

    9:45
  • 12:31 PM

    Sonata for Two Violins: Gigue

    Johann Goldberg

    Johann Gottlieb Goldberg: Beyond the Variations

    Rebel

    Jorg-Michael Schwarz, conductor

    Jorg-Michael Schwarz, violin

    4:19
  • 12:26 PM

    Goldberg Variations: Aria

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    4:20
  • 12:18 PM

    Siegfried: Forest Murmurs

    Richard Wagner

    New York Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    7:01
  • 12:14 PM

    Ballet de Cour: La Canarie

    Gabriel Pierne

    Prisms

    Chamber Music Palm Beach

    2:09
  • 12:08 PM

    Il Signor Bruschino: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    4:46
  • 12:04 PM

    Pandora's Music Box

    Claude LeJeune

    Alchemist

    Philip Pickett

    2:53
  • 11:48 AM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Higdon, Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    10:31
  • 11:38 AM

    Light Cavalry Overture

    Franz von Suppe

    Overtures by Suppe and Auber

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    6:22
  • 11:35 AM

    Canzon No. 12

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Canadian Brass

    Kazuyoshi Akiyama, conductor

    3:05
  • 11:31 AM

    Promenade (Walking the Dog)

    George Gershwin

    Russell: Carnival of the Animals

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    John Morris Russell, conductor

    Jonathan Gunn, clarinet

    2:49
  • 11:22 AM

    Wedding Day at Troldhaugen

    Edvard Grieg

    Ruth Slenczynska, piano

    8:20
  • 11:15 AM

    The Bourgeois Gentleman: Entrance and Dance of the Tailors

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos (Suite)

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    5:20
  • 11:10 AM

    Kyunghee Kim-Sutre, harp

    4:10
  • 11:04 AM

    Rhapsody for Oboe (The Winter's Past)

    Wayne Barlow

    Eastman Philharmonia

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    4:53
  • 10:50 AM

    Jazz Suite No. 1

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    8:11
  • 10:42 AM

    Symphony: 4th movement

    Alice Mary Smith

    London Mozart Players

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    6:19
  • 10:31 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    10:45
  • 10:27 AM

    Ballet Scenes: Mazurka

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: From the Middle Ages; Scenes de Ballet

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    3:56
  • 10:14 AM

    String Symphony No. 1

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Amadeus Ensemble

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    11:43
  • 10:06 AM

    Kunstler-Leben Walzer (Artist's Life)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss Waltzes

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    6:47
  • 10:01 AM

    The Capricious One

    Edward Elgar

    Pinchas Zukerman: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon and Philips

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    4:32
  • 9:39 AM

    Bull on the Roof (Le boeuf sur le toit)

    Darius Milhaud

    French National Orchestra

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    19:33
  • 9:26 AM

    Snowflake Ballet

    Jacques Offenbach

    Gulbenkian Orchestra

    Michel Swierczewski, conductor

    11:09
  • 9:19 AM

    Fantasiestucke

    Robert Schumann

    Yael Weiss, piano

    5:28
  • 9:06 AM

    Norwegian Rhapsody No. 2

    Johan Halvorsen

    Trondheim Symphony Orchestra

    Ole Kristian Ruud, conductor

    11:55
  • 9:01 AM

    D'un matin de printemps (Of a Spring Morning)

    Lili Boulanger

    Sarah Frisof, flute

    Daniel Pesca, piano

    4:42
  • 8:22 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    36:34
  • 8:19 AM

    Donald Manildi, piano

    1:45
  • 8:06 AM

    Variations

    Mauro Giuliani

    Raphaella Smits, guitar

    11:33
  • 8:01 AM

    All Dreams Begin With the Horizon: noble

    Christopher Theofanidis

    Christopher Atzinger, piano

    4:44
  • 7:40 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Alexander Borodin

    Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

    Bramwell Tovey, conductor

    18:08
  • 7:33 AM

    Images, Book 1: Hommage a Rameau (Homage to Rameau)

    Claude Debussy

    Stephen Hough, piano

    6:22
  • 7:15 AM

    Serenade No. 2

    Robert Fuchs

    Fuchs: Serenades Nos. 1 and 2

    Cologne Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Ludwig, conductor

    16:04
  • 7:06 AM

    Concerto for Two Violins

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Nicholas Kraemer, conductor

    Monica Huggett, violin

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, violin

    8:36
  • 7:01 AM

    Edgar: Act I Prelude

    Giacomo Puccini

    Puccini

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor

    4:37
  • 6:45 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 36

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Rudolf Buchbinder, piano

    13:00
  • 6:29 AM

    Belshazzar's Feast Suite

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Lemminkainen Suite; Spring Song; Belshazzar's Feast Suite

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    15:47
  • 6:06 AM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 1

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    21:01
  • 6:01 AM

    Etude No. 14

    Philip Glass

    Philip Glass: Piano Works

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    4:34
  • 5:38 AM

    Caucasian Sketches

    Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov

    Russian Sketches

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    20:15
  • 5:24 AM

    Quartet No. 3

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    13:37
  • 5:06 AM

    The Lark Ascending

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    15:55
  • 5:01 AM

    Unsent Love Letters

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Elena Kats-Chernin: Unsent Love Letters: Meditations on Erik Satie

    Tamara-Anna Cislowska, piano

    4:39