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  • 4:27 AM

    Symphony No. 4 "Tragic"

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    31:07
  • 4:23 AM

    Song without Words No. 12 "Venetian Gondola Song"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Andreas Ottensamer, clarinet

    Yuja Wang, piano

    3:07
  • 4:06 AM

    A Song of Agincourt

    Charles Stanford

    Ulster Orchestra

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    15:39
  • 4:01 AM

    Fragments from Hans Andersen: A leaf from the sky

    York Bowen

    Nicolas Namoradze, piano

    4:40
  • 3:49 AM

    Swan of Tuonela

    Jean Sibelius

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Thomas Sondergard, conductor

    9:12
  • 3:16 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Florence Price

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    31:25
  • 3:11 AM

    Legends of the Fall: The Wedding

    James Horner

    London Symphony Orchestra

    James Horner, conductor

    3:03
  • 3:06 AM

    Waldesrauschen (Forest Murmurs)

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt Piano Music, 20

    William Wolfram, piano

    4:24
  • 3:01 AM

    Shenandoah

    Traditional

    Men of the Robert Shaw Chorale

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    4:38
  • 2:48 AM

    Die Meistersinger von Nurmberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg): Prelude to Act I

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner Without Words

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    9:33
  • 2:15 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 27

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Odense Symphony Orchestra

    Scott Yoo, conductor

    Vassily Primakov, piano

    32:14
  • 2:09 AM

    Ballet Scenes: Preambule

    Alexander Glazunov

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    3:21
  • 2:06 AM

    Appalachian Spring: Variations on a Shaker Melody

    Aaron Copland

    American Salute

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    3:04
  • 2:01 AM

    Dreaming

    Amy Beach

    Donna voce

    Anna Shelest, piano

    4:43
  • 1:47 AM

    Sonatina

    Federico Torroba

    Eduardo Fernandez Spanish Guitar Music

    Eduardo Fernandez, guitar

    11:25
  • 1:23 AM

    Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    22:08
  • 1:15 AM

    The Lord of the Rings: Suite

    Howard Shore

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Klauspeter Seibel, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    6:43
  • 1:06 AM

    Ruslan and Ludmila: Overture

    Mikhail Glinka

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra: Portrait

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    5:32
  • 1:01 AM

    Pygmalion: Overture

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Les Arts Florissants

    William Christie, conductor

    4:47
  • 12:48 AM

    Old Polish Suite

    Andrei Panufnik

    Polish Chamber Orchestra

    Mariusz Smolij, conductor

    10:03
  • 12:16 AM

    Scottish Fantasy

    Max Bruch

    Jean Sibelius: Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 47, Max Bruch: Scottish Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 46

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Midori, violin

    30:30
  • 12:12 AM

    Serenade for Frank Wigglesworth

    Lou Harrison

    David Tanenbaum, guitar

    1:53
  • 12:06 AM

    Variations on Arne's "Rule Britannia"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    John Ogdon, piano

    5:59
  • 12:01 AM

    Suite for Strings: Prelude

    Joan Trimble

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    4:46
  • 11:42 PM

    Cypresses (selected)

    Antonin Dvorak

    Cypress String Quartet

    16:37
  • 11:17 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Camille Saint-Saens

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Cecile Licad, piano

    22:36
  • 11:13 PM

    Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott (A Mighty Fortress is Our God)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    2:20
  • 11:08 PM

    Peace of Mind

    Hazel Scott

    Phenomenal Women

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:45
  • 11:01 PM

    Symphony: Intermezzo

    Edvard Grieg

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:32
  • 10:40 PM

    Lieutenant Kije Suite

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky; Lieutenant Kije

    Utah Symphony

    Thierry Fischer, conductor

    18:27
  • 10:21 PM

    Music for the Royal Fireworks

    George Frideric Handel

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:08
  • 10:16 PM

    The Ball of Beatrice d'Este: Courante and Final Salute

    Reynaldo Hahn

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

    Harmonie Ensemble

    Steven Richman, conductor

    4:56
  • 10:12 PM

    La Perichole: O mon cher amant, je te jure que je t'aime

    Jacques Offenbach

    Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Olivieri-Munroe, conductor

    Sol Gabetta, cello

    2:15
  • 10:06 PM

    Aida: Triumphal March

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Dies Irae: The Essential Choral Collection

    German Opera Orchestra

    Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor

    5:08
  • 10:01 PM

    Symphony "The Cotswolds": 3rd movement

    Gustav Holst

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    4:50
  • 9:53 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Richard Strauss

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    William Caballero, horn

    5:20
  • 9:50 PM

    Gabriele Leite, guitar

    3:05
  • 9:42 PM

    Piano Concerto: 3rd movement

    Dora Bright

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Peebles, conductor

    Samantha Ward, piano

    5:45
  • 9:20 PM

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    21:25
  • 9:10 PM

    Sevres of Ancient France

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ballets

    Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Adriano, conductor

    8:25
  • 9:06 PM

    Salut d'amour (Love's Greeting)

    Edward Elgar

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    Petr Limonov, piano

    3:06
  • 9:03 PM

    Serenade No. 2: Scherzo: Vivace

    Johannes Brahms

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    2:43
  • 8:51 PM

    Concerto No. 8 for Four Recorders

    Johann Heinichen

    Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble

    7:14
  • 8:30 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1

    Georges Bizet

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    19:08
  • 8:15 PM

    Harvest Dance Suite

    Ilmari Hannikainen

    The Music of Ilmari and Vaino Hannikainen

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    14:35
  • 8:10 PM

    Dances of the Dolls: Lyric Waltz

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Lisa Batiashvili: Echoes Of Time

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    3:23
  • 8:06 PM

    Fur Elise

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Fur Elise, Eroica, Variationen Op. 35

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    3:26
  • 8:01 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Alla marcia

    Dag Wiren

    Scandinavian String Music

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Richard Studt, conductor

    4:48
  • 5:42 PM

    Wand of Youth Suite No. 2

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance Marches

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    15:55
  • 5:16 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Susan Palma, flute

    24:59
  • 5:11 PM

    Daisies

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Preludes and Melodies

    Alessio Bax, piano

    2:30
  • 5:06 PM

    Colas Breugnon Overture

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, Night on Bald Mountain

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    4:48
  • 5:01 PM

    Etude No. 8

    Giulio Regondi

    David Starobin, guitar

    4:49
  • 4:49 PM

    Norwegian Rhapsody No. 2

    Johan Svendsen

    Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    9:14
  • 4:21 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn and Shostakovich: Violin Concertos

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    26:07
  • 4:16 PM

    French Suite No. 6: Gavotte; Polonaise; Bourree

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Peter Hill, piano

    4:24
  • 4:06 PM

    Corsair: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Overtures

    Brno State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Petr Vronsky, conductor

    8:42
  • 4:01 PM

    Symphony No. 5: Scherzo

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Symphony No. 5 The Seasons

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:47
  • 3:40 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 30

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    18:27
  • 3:18 PM

    Idillio-Concertino

    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

    Wolf-Ferrari, Strauss, Vaughan Williams, Barber

    Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Spieth, conductor

    Humbert Lucarelli, oboe

    20:14
  • 3:09 PM

    The Merchant of Venice: Suite Anglaise No. 2

    Henri Rabaud

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    7:11
  • 3:06 PM

    Nais: Rigaudons

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    2:17
  • 3:01 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 9

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: The Slavonic Dances

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos

    4:39
  • 2:49 PM

    Danzon No. 2

    Arturo Marquez

    Mi Alma Mexicana

    Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas

    Alondra de la Parra, conductor

    9:25
  • 2:45 PM

    The Three-Cornered Hat: The Corregidor

    Manuel de Falla

    Masterworks for the Harp

    Marisa Robles, harp

    3:00
  • 2:20 PM

    15 Original Dances

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert For Two / Gil Shaham, Göran Söllscher

    Gil Shaham, violin

    11:41
  • 2:16 PM

    L'Italiana in Algeri: Cruda sorte!

    Gioacchino Rossini

    John Nelson, conductor

    Vivica Genaux, mezzo-soprano

    4:00
  • 2:06 PM

    L'Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    7:59
  • 2:02 PM

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:53
  • 1:50 PM

    Symphony No. 29: 4th movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sinfonia Varsovia

    Emmanuel Krivine, conductor

    6:50
  • 1:38 PM

    Mephisto Waltz No. 1

    Franz Liszt

    2011 New Year's Concert

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Franz Welser-Most, conductor

    10:36
  • 1:33 PM

    Andante festivo

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Pelleas et Melisande, Valse Triste, Rakastava

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    3:32
  • 1:27 PM

    Orchestral Quartet No. 1: Poco presto

    Carl Stamitz

    Carl Stamitz: Orchestral Quartets, Op. 14

    NZSO Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Armstrong, conductor

    4:34
  • 1:21 PM

    Jeux d'eau (Fountains)

    Maurice Ravel

    Water

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    5:11
  • 1:16 PM

    Bibo No Aozora (Beauty of a Blue Sky)

    Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Blanc

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:42
  • 1:08 PM

    Algerian Suite: French Military March

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Swiss Italian Orchestra

    Francis Travis, conductor

    4:13
  • 1:04 PM

    The Good-humored Ladies: 5th movement

    Vincenzo Tommasini

    Concert Arts Orchestra

    Robert Irving, conductor

    3:19
  • 12:53 PM

    An 18th Century Scherzo

    Haydn Wood

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    6:36
  • 12:45 PM

    Monteverdiana

    Claudio Monteverdi

    For Thy Pleasure

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    7:08
  • 12:42 PM

    Orfeo: Toccata

    Claudio Monteverdi

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Christopher Warren-Green, conductor

    John Wallace, trumpet

    1:25
  • 12:31 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Reconstructed Violin Concerti

    Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

    Helmuth Rilling, conductor

    Isabelle Faust, violin

    9:20
  • 12:24 PM

    Symphony No. 5: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    5:45
  • 12:20 PM

    Polonaise No. 3 "Military"

    Frederic Chopin

    Artur Rubinstein, piano

    4:11
  • 12:15 PM

    Hamlet: Ballet Music: Valse-Mazurka

    Ambroise Thomas

    Thomas: Hamlet

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    3:46
  • 12:09 PM

    Dance Suite after Couperin: Gavotte

    Richard Strauss

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Rudolf Kempe, conductor

    4:21
  • 12:04 PM

    Joyous March

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Karajan Conducts Orchestral Favorites II

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    4:04
  • 11:44 AM

    Petite Suite

    Claude Debussy

    Bach: Organ Music (Complete), Vol. 7

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    12:58
  • 11:33 AM

    Symphony No. 7: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    9:13
  • 11:29 AM

    Banjo and Fiddle

    William Kroll

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    Sandra Rivers, piano

    3:10
  • 11:22 AM

    Silvertube Variations

    Samuel A. Livingston

    Winds of Filharmonie Brno

    Stanislav Vavrinek, conductor

    Martina Venc Matusinska, flute

    5:55
  • 11:17 AM

    Among the Poppies

    Eric Coates

    East of England Orchestra

    Malcolm Nabarro, conductor

    4:22
  • 11:09 AM

    Scottish March (Marche ecossaise)

    Claude Debussy

    French National Radio and Television Orchestra

    Jean Martinon, conductor

    6:27
  • 11:04 AM

    Marriage of Figaro: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 36 "Linzer" and 40

    Berlin Philharmonic

    4:11
  • 10:49 AM

    Variations on "I Got Rhythm"

    George Gershwin

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    9:05
  • 10:40 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Introduction and March

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    7:23
  • 10:30 AM

    Bergensiana: Rococo Variations on an old Melody from Bergen

    Johan Halvorsen

    Bergen Symphony Orchestra

    Karsten Andersen, conductor

    9:55
  • 10:26 AM

    Shall We Gather at the River

    Robert Lowry

    At the River: American Folk Songs, Spirituals, and Hymns

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    Lynette Johnson, alto

    3:39
  • 10:13 AM

    Orchestra-Symphony No. 4

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    CPE Bach: 4 Symphonies

    English Concert

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    11:34
  • 10:06 AM

    Norwegian Dance No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Norwegian Dances

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    6:15
  • 10:01 AM

    Detmold Horn Quartet

    4:45
  • 9:37 AM

    Moses: Ballet Music

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Ballet Music

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    21:16
  • 9:27 AM

    Flute Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    7:54
  • 9:21 AM

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    4:55
  • 9:06 AM

    Panamanian Dances

    William Grant Still

    Berlin Symphony Orchestra

    Isaiah Jackson, conductor

    14:00
  • 9:01 AM

    Opening

    Philip Glass

    Transient

    Kasia Kadlubowska, percussion

    4:37
  • 8:25 AM

    The Bourgeois Gentleman Suite

    Richard Strauss

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    33:00
  • 8:21 AM

    Cantabile

    Cesar Cui

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    3:31
  • 8:06 AM

    Concerto for 2 Orchestras No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, Concerti a due cori

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    13:31
  • 8:01 AM

    Pansies Polka Mazurka

    Josef Strauss

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    4:36
  • 7:37 AM

    Harlem Symphony

    James Price Johnson

    Victory Stride: The Symphonic Music of James P. Johnson

    Concordia

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    21:44
  • 7:31 AM

    American Symphony: Prayer

    Adam Schoenberg

    Kansas City Symphony

    Michael Stern, conductor

    4:58
  • 7:17 AM

    Concerto on Themes by Donizetti

    Antonio Pasculli

    Pasculli: Concerto on Themes from Donizetti's "La Favorita"

    Hansjorg Schellenberger, oboe

    12:35
  • 7:06 AM

    Brazilian Suite: Dawn at the Mountains

    Alberto Nepomuceno

    Nepomuceno: Symphony in G minor

    Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra

    Fabio Mechetti, conductor

    10:07
  • 7:01 AM

    Carol Rosenberger, piano

    4:33
  • 6:34 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Cello Concerto

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    24:37
  • 6:27 AM

    The Enchanted Lake

    Anatol Liadov

    Liadov: The Enchanted Lake, and other orchestral works.

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    5:57
  • 6:06 AM

    Symphony No. 22 "Philosopher"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    18:58
  • 6:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 9

    Frederic Chopin

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    4:51
  • 5:23 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2 "Characteristic"

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    34:47
  • 5:21 AM

    A la antigua

    Ernesto Lecuona

    Gabriela Montero, piano

    2:12
  • 5:06 AM

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    12:40
  • 5:01 AM

    Lyrical Serenade

    Edward Elgar

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    4:41