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  • 4:47 AM

    Gotterdammerung: Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey

    Richard Wagner

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:57
  • 4:28 AM

    Miss Sally's Party

    William Grant Still

    Plymouth Music Series Orchestra

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    19:05
  • 4:07 AM

    Impressions: Suite for Chamber Orchestra

    Clarice Assad

    Together

    New Century Chamber Orchestra

    19:52
  • 4:01 AM

    Barcarolle No. 8

    Gabriel Faure

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    4:30
  • 3:46 AM

    String Quartet No. 1

    Maddalena Laura Sirmen

    Lombardini Quartet

    12:38
  • 3:21 AM

    Serenade for Winds

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenades

    Vienna Philharmonic Winds

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    22:54
  • 3:17 AM

    A la Argentina

    Gabriela Montero

    Solatino

    Gabriela Montero, piano

    2:51
  • 3:06 AM

    Miniature Suite

    Vitezslava Kapralova

    University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra

    Kenneth Kiesler, conductor

    9:46
  • 3:01 AM

    Valse Triste

    Jean Sibelius

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    4:40
  • 2:51 AM

    Cinema Nostalgia

    Joe Hisaishi

    Studio Orchestra

    Joe Hisaishi, piano

    6:08
  • 2:14 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    Ray Chen, violin

    35:51
  • 2:11 AM

    Prelude No. 3

    Levko Revutsky

    Anna Shelest, piano

    :46
  • 2:06 AM

    Jewels of the Madonna: Intermezzo

    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

    Reveries

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    5:11
  • 2:01 AM

    Andromaque: Prelude to Act IV

    Camille Saint-Saens

    SAINT-SAËNS, C.: Ascanio: Ballet / Overtures to Stage Works (Malmö Symphony, Märkl)

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    4:52
  • 1:43 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Brandenburg Concertos

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    14:52
  • 1:16 AM

    Piano Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Piano Sonatas D. 845 & D 575

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    26:03
  • 1:12 AM

    Preludio No. 6

    Padre Jose Antonio de San Sebastian

    Dreams of a World

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    2:12
  • 1:06 AM

    Rondo alla polacca

    Nikolaus von Krufft

    Debut

    Ben Goldscheider, horn

    5:24
  • 1:01 AM

    Tianjin Suite: The Sunlight in Mt. Panshan

    Xiaogang Ye

    Xiaogang Ye: Twilight in Tibet

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Stephan Malzew, conductor

    4:49
  • 12:52 AM

    Pavane for a Dead Princess (Pavane pour une infante defunte)

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Das Klavierwerk

    Heidi Lowy, piano

    5:58
  • 12:26 AM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 4

    Louis Spohr

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Kenneth Sillito, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    24:10
  • 12:17 AM

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    8:08
  • 12:15 AM

    Impressions: The Brook

    Ulvi Cemal Erkin

    Beyza Yazgan, piano

    :37
  • 12:06 AM

    Roman Carnival Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    9:10
  • 12:01 AM

    Robin Hood Suite: March of the Bowmen

    Frederic Curzon

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    4:44
  • 11:54 PM

    Song without Words

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Elizabeth Dolin, cello

    Bernadene Blaha, piano

    4:48
  • 11:30 PM

    Symphony No. 96 "Miracle"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    23:58
  • 11:19 PM

    Paganini Variations

    Eugene Ysaye

    Capriccio Quartet

    10:08
  • 11:13 PM

    Waltz

    Helen Hopekirk

    Hopekirk: Piano Works

    Gary Steigerwalt, piano

    4:15
  • 11:08 PM

    Suite: Finale

    Gordon Jacob

    In This Hid Clearing...

    University of Missouri Wind Ensemble

    Thomas O'Neal, conductor

    4:00
  • 11:02 PM

    Serenade

    Roman Hoffstetter

    Promenade Concert

    I Solisti Italiani

    5:29
  • 10:46 PM

    Marosszek Dances

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Kodaly: The Peacock, Galanta Dances, Marosszek Dances

    Budapest Symphony Orchestra

    Gyorgy Lehel, conductor

    13:53
  • 10:41 PM

    Clare Hammond, piano

    4:26
  • 10:22 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sonnerie

    Monica Huggett, conductor

    17:32
  • 10:13 PM

    Octet: 5th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert Octet

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    6:29
  • 10:06 PM

    Concert Paraphrase of Verdi's "Rigoletto"

    Franz Liszt

    Yundi Li, piano

    6:23
  • 10:01 PM

    Mock Morris

    Percy Grainger

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Kenneth Montgomery, conductor

    3:29
  • 9:45 PM

    Carmen Fantasy

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Violin for Anne Rice

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Leila Josefowicz, violin

    14:00
  • 9:39 PM

    Contemplation

    Henriette Renie

    Harp Spectacular

    Susann McDonald, harp

    3:51
  • 9:17 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos 1 & 2

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    20:48
  • 9:07 PM

    The Lord is My Shepherd

    Charles Stanford

    The English Anthem, Vol. 3

    Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral

    John Scott, conductor

    8:22
  • 9:01 PM

    Il Signor Bruschino: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    4:46
  • 8:53 PM

    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
  • 8:36 PM

    Symphony No. 12

    Carlos Baguer

    Baguer: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    15:13
  • 8:11 PM

    Horn Concerto

    Reinhold Gliere

    Gliere: Bronze Horseman/Horn Concerto

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Edward Downes, conductor

    Richard Watkins, horn

    23:49
  • 8:00 PM

    Four Seasons: Spring

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Janine Jansen, violin

    9:46
  • 5:54 PM

    Raiders of the Lost Ark: Marion's Theme

    John Williams

    Berlin Philharmonic

    John Williams, conductor

    4:04
  • 5:19 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Concerto No. 1; Rachmaninoff: Concerto No. 2

    RCA Symphony Orchestra

    Kirill Kondrashin, conductor

    Van Cliburn, piano

    34:34
  • 5:12 PM

    Nonetto: 3rd movement

    Bohuslav Martinu

    Lahti Chamber Ensemble

    5:31
  • 5:06 PM

    French Suite No. 5: Allemande; Courante

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The French Suites

    Murray Perahia, piano

    4:52
  • 5:01 PM

    Procession of the Sardar

    Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov

    Empire Brass

    4:37
  • 4:48 PM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

    Franz Liszt

    Mephisto Magic

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    10:03
  • 4:15 PM

    Symphonie Espagnole

    Edouard Lalo

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    Christian Tetzlaff, violin

    32:05
  • 4:10 PM

    Jenny Lin, piano

    2:17
  • 4:06 PM

    The Dambusters March

    Eric Coates

    The Music of Eric Coates

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    3:48
  • 4:01 PM

    Piano Concerto: 2nd movement

    Luise Adolpha Le Beau

    Emilie Mayer - Symphony No. 5

    Berlin Chamber Symphony Ensemble

    Jurgen Bruns, conductor

    Katia Tchemberdji, piano

    4:41
  • 3:52 PM

    Concerto for Two Oboes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerti Virtuosi

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    6:04
  • 3:29 PM

    Images for Orchestra: Iberia

    Claude Debussy

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    22:17
  • 3:22 PM

    Wedding Cake

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 - Africa - Wedding Cake - Allegro appassionato

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Jean-Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    Alexandre Kantorow, piano

    5:57
  • 3:07 PM

    In Italy Overture

    Karl Goldmark

    Goldmark: Overtures

    Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andras Korodi, conductor

    12:40
  • 3:06 PM

    Album for the Young: The Happy Farmer

    Robert Schumann

    Alexis Weissenberg, piano

    :42
  • 3:01 PM

    Symphony: 4th movement

    Johan Zander

    Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    4:44
  • 2:52 PM

    Sword Dance

    Frederic Lamond

    Lamond: Symphony; Scottish Highlands Overture

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    6:09
  • 2:32 PM

    Variations on a Rococo Theme

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Ofra Harnoy, cello

    18:35
  • 2:15 PM

    Much Ado About Nothing Suite

    Erich Korngold

    Korngold: Symphony In F; Much Ado About Nothing

    Strausbourg Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marc Albrecht, conductor

    16:14
  • 2:05 PM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    1992 New Year's Concert

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Carlos Kleiber, conductor

    8:33
  • 2:00 PM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor: O susser Mond (Moon chorus)

    Otto Nicolai

    Otto Nicolai: The Merry Wives of Windsor

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Bernhard Klee, conductor

    4:42
  • 1:52 PM

    Three Preludes

    George Gershwin

    William Bolcom, piano

    6:15
  • 1:43 PM

    Pictures at an Exhibition

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    33:02
  • 1:43 PM

    Pictures at an Exhibition

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    33:02
  • 1:33 PM

    Grand Canyon Suite: On the Trail

    Ferde Grofe

    Great American Landscapes

    Utah Symphony Orchestra

    Maurice Abravanel, conductor

    7:45
  • 1:23 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 25: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos 17, K453 and 25, K503

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Mitsuko Uchida, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    9:19
  • 1:20 PM

    Carmina Burana

    Carl Orff

    Orff: Carmina Burana

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Sylvia McNair, soprano

    59:44
  • 1:10 PM

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    6:07
  • 1:04 PM

    Rusalka: Polonaise

    Antonin Dvorak

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    4:30
  • 12:58 PM

    Der Freischutz: Huntsmen's Chorus

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Dresden State Opera

    Carlos Kleiber, conductor

    2:00
  • 12:46 PM

    Invitation to the Dance

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Ballet Gala - Invitation to the Dance

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    10:56
  • 12:38 PM

    Scottish March (Marche ecossaise)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Orchestral Music

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    6:44
  • 12:34 PM

    Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair

    Stephen Foster

    The Complete Piano Works of Stephen Foster

    Sara Davis Buechner, piano

    3:08
  • 12:30 PM

    Little Concert Suite: A Love Sonnet

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    3:58
  • 12:21 PM

    Folk Suite No. 2

    William Grant Still

    Sierra Winds

    7:10
  • 12:16 PM

    Les Troyens (The Trojans): Trojan March

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Hungarian & Trojan Marches; Corsair & Roman Carnival Overtures

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    4:32
  • 12:07 PM

    Il barbiere di Siviglia (Barber of Seville): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    7:14
  • 12:04 PM

    Curtain Tune on a Ground

    Henry Purcell

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    2:11
  • 11:58 AM

    I Vow to Thee, My Country

    Gustav Holst

    Angel Voices

    Libera

    Robert Prizeman, conductor

    3:19
  • 11:48 AM

    The Planets: Jupiter

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Colin Davis, conductor

    8:15
  • 11:45 AM

    The Planets: Jupiter (selection)

    Gustav Holst

    Oregon Symphony String Quartet

    John Dodge, guitar

    2:00
  • 11:37 AM

    Trio Sonata

    Antonio Vivaldi

    I Musici

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    6:29
  • 11:31 AM

    String Quartet No. 2: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Dover Quartet

    5:32
  • 11:22 AM

    Minuet Antique

    Maurice Ravel

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski - The Minnesota Orchestra: The Vox Recordings

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

    7:44
  • 11:17 AM

    Country Dance

    John Ireland

    John Lenehan, piano

    3:26
  • 11:10 AM

    Voyevoda: Dance of the Hay Girls

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Queen Of Spades Suite; Voyevoda Suite / Breiner, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    5:32
  • 11:04 AM

    Goldberg Variations: Aria

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Goldberg Variations

    Beatrice Rana, piano

    5:04
  • 10:48 AM

    E.T.: Adventures on Earth

    John Williams

    The Spielberg/Williams Collaboration

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    9:49
  • 10:39 AM

    Symphony No. 38 "Prague": Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    W.A. Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 38 & 39

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    8:14
  • 10:25 AM

    Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise

    Frederic Chopin

    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    12:49
  • 10:22 AM

    Canzon No. 4

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Bavarian Brass Soloists

    Gerd Zapf, conductor

    2:34
  • 10:11 AM

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    10:00
  • 10:06 AM

    Rodeo: Saturday Night Waltz

    Aaron Copland

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    4:19
  • 10:01 AM

    Flute Concerto: 3rd movement

    Wilhelm Friedemann Bach

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    Verena Fischer, flute

    4:47
  • 9:44 AM

    Plow That Broke the Plains Suite

    Virgil Thomson

    The Stokowski Collection, Vol. 3

    Symphony of the Air

    Leopold Stokowski, conductor

    13:58
  • 9:33 AM

    Havanaise

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Paganini, Saint-Saens, Waxman: Works for Violin and Orchestra

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Maxim Vengerov, violin

    9:31
  • 9:12 AM

    Petite Symphony

    Charles Gounod

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    20:00
  • 9:06 AM

    4 Catalan Folk Songs

    Miguel Llobet

    Albeniz, Granados, Tarrega, Turina Etc.

    Eduardo Fernandez, guitar

    4:58
  • 9:01 AM

    La Boheme: Che gelida manina

    Giacomo Puccini

    Pavarotti's Greatest Hits

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    Luciano Pavarotti, tenor

    4:38
  • 8:40 AM

    Concerto for 2 Orchestras No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    18:08
  • 8:30 AM

    Tristan and Isolde: Prelude to Act I

    Richard Wagner

    The London Horn Sound

    London Horns

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    9:20
  • 8:11 AM

    Divertimento No. 7

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Divertimenti KV 205 & 237

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    17:51
  • 8:06 AM

    Four Song Transcriptions: Mendelssohn's "Reed Song"

    Robert Helps

    Naomi Niskala, piano

    4:08
  • 8:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 2: Scherzo

    Alexander Borodin

    Emerson String Quartet

    4:47
  • 7:38 AM

    La Boutique fantasque (Fantastic Toy Shop)

    Ottorino Respighi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    20:30
  • 7:18 AM

    Serenade

    Julius Rontgen

    Röntgen: Orchestral Works

    Brandenburg State Orchestra Frankfurt

    David Porcelijn, conductor

    19:24
  • 7:06 AM

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

    Franz Danzi

    Danzi: Flute and Clarinet Concertos

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Jorg Faerber, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    10:11
  • 7:01 AM

    Nocturne

    Auguste Franchomme

    The Franchomme Project

    Louise Dubin, cello

    4:32
  • 6:40 AM

    The Cunning Little Vixen: Suite

    Leos Janacek

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    17:40
  • 6:20 AM

    Sextet for Winds

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Music for Winds

    David Shifrin, clarinet

    20:11
  • 6:06 AM

    String Symphony No. 1

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn String Symphonies

    Amadeus Ensemble

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    11:43
  • 6:01 AM

    Caprice No. 24

    Niccolo Paganini

    Virtuoso Guitar Transcriptions

    Nicola Hall, guitar

    4:46
  • 5:27 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    John Field

    John Field

    New Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Janos Furst, conductor

    John O'Conor, piano

    31:20
  • 5:23 AM

    Isabelle Perrin, harp

    Baltazar Juarez, harp

    3:20
  • 5:06 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Max Bruch

    Bruch: Orchestral Works

    Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra

    George Hanson, conductor

    15:03
  • 5:01 AM

    The Beatitudes

    Vladimir Martynov

    Mari

    Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra

    Jonathan Stockhammer, conductor

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    4:44