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  • 4:32 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Orchestral Suites

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    25:36
  • 4:26 AM

    Funeral Ikos

    John Tavener

    Crossing Over

    Skylark Vocal Ensemble

    5:52
  • 4:06 AM

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Hans-Peter Frank, conductor

    18:42
  • 4:01 AM

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    4:28
  • 3:56 AM

    Portraits in Jazz: Billie's Song

    Valerie Capers

    Gregory Walker, violin

    Helen Walker-Hill, piano

    1:25
  • 3:24 AM

    Harp Concerto

    Elias Parish-Alvars

    Harp Concertos

    Bulgarian National Radio Orchestra

    Rossen Milanov, conductor

    Elizabeth Hainen, harp

    30:44
  • 3:09 AM

    Tallis Scholars

    Peter Philips, conductor

    12:28
  • 3:06 AM

    Miserere mei, Deus

    William Byrd

    Aurora Orchestra

    Nicholas Collon, conductor

    3:23
  • 3:01 AM

    Giulio Cesare: V'adoro, pupille (I adore you, dear eyes)

    George Frideric Handel

    Aria

    Eugenia Zukerman, flute

    4:29
  • 2:51 AM

    The Gadfly: Romance

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    The Sound of the Academy

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    6:22
  • 2:25 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 23 "Appassionata"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Sonatas 8, 17, and 23

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    24:50
  • 2:16 AM

    Agnus Dei

    Samuel Barber

    Handel and Haydn Society Chorus

    Grant Llewellyn, conductor

    7:13
  • 2:06 AM

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    9:33
  • 2:01 AM

    Song without Words No. 7

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Tzimon Barto: Popular Encores

    Tzimon Barto, piano

    4:44
  • 1:53 AM

    The Planets: Mercury

    Gustav Holst

    Wind Band Music - THURSTON, R. / PUCKETT, J. / WILBY, P. / WILLIAMS, J. / EWAZEN, E. (Air Force Blue) (United States Air Force Band, L.H. Lang)

    United States Air Force Band

    Larry H. Lang, conductor

    4:37
  • 1:20 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Antonin Dvorak

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Pamela Frank, violin

    31:50
  • 1:13 AM

    German Requiem: Wie lieblich (How lovely are thy dwelling places)

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Ein Deutches Requiem

    Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    5:27
  • 1:06 AM

    Summer Night on the River

    Frederick Delius

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    6:13
  • 1:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 2

    Stephan Elmas

    Elmas: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 1

    Mikael Ayrapetyan, piano

    4:40
  • 12:50 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique": 2nd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky/Dvorak/Honeck/PSO

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    7:53
  • 12:30 AM

    Oboe d'Amore Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig

    Max Pommer, conductor

    Burkhard Glaetzner, oboe d'amore

    18:37
  • 12:23 AM

    St. Matthew Passion: Wir setzen uns mit Tranen nieder

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Essential Bach

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    6:26
  • 12:18 AM

    Daniel Hope, violin

    Jacques Ammon, piano

    4:35
  • 12:06 AM

    The Magic Harp Overture (Rosamunde)

    Franz Schubert

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    10:21
  • 12:01 AM

    Peer Gynt: Solveig's Song

    Edvard Grieg

    Alice Sara Ott, piano

    4:35
  • 11:51 PM

    The Uninhabited Island: Overture

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Opera Overtures

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    7:32
  • 11:50 PM

    Last Seven Words of Christ

    Theodore Dubois

    Exultate

    Thomas Rossin, conductor

    4:48
  • 11:13 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos 2 & 3

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    Simon Trpceski, piano

    33:36
  • 11:09 PM

    Suite for Guitar

    Ernst Krenek

    William Anderson, guitar

    3:00
  • 10:59 PM

    St. Matthew Passion: O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden (O Sacred Head Now Wounded)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Johann Sebastian Bach: Matthaus-Passion

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Peter Schreier, conductor

    2:52
  • 10:38 PM

    Symphony No. 3

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Symphonies 1 & 3, etc.

    Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor

    19:40
  • 10:34 PM

    Requiem: In Paradisum

    Gabriel Faure

    100 Best Classics

    Paris Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    3:18
  • 10:19 PM

    Russian Easter Festival Overture

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    1812 Overture

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    14:09
  • 10:00 PM

    Zog nit keynmol (Song of the Warsaw Ghetto)

    Hirsh Glick

    On My Journey: Paul Robeson's Independent Recordings

    Paul Robeson, bass-baritone

    2:05
  • 9:38 PM

    The Isle of the Dead

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    21:09
  • 9:33 PM

    Marriage of Figaro: Sull'aria

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Best Film Classics 100

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    Felicity Lott, soprano

    3:02
  • 9:27 PM

    Vexilla Regis

    Anton Bruckner

    Bruckner: Motets

    Latvian Radio Choir

    Sigvards Klava, conductor

    4:54
  • 9:23 PM

    Trumpet Tune

    David Johnson

    Organ Fireworks 1

    Christopher Herrick, organ

    2:36
  • 9:18 PM

    Star Wars: The Phantom Menace: Duel of the Fates

    John Williams

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:14
  • 9:12 PM

    All Along the Watchtower

    Bob Dylan

    Turtle Island Quartet

    4:40
  • 9:06 PM

    Promenade (Walking the Dog)

    George Gershwin

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    2:49
  • 9:02 PM

    Dies Irae from Verdi Requiem

    Giuseppi Verdi

    London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus

    Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

    2:00
  • 8:55 PM

    Rodeo: Saturday Night Waltz

    Aaron Copland

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    4:27
  • 8:48 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 53

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    14:00
  • 8:44 PM

    Turkish Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Albeniz, Piazzolla, Weill, Grieg, Mozart, Koetsier, Bizet

    tenThing

    3:22
  • 8:39 PM

    Lilacs

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Preludes and Melodies

    Alessio Bax, piano

    2:37
  • 8:29 PM

    Oboe Concerto No. 6

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Simon Wright, conductor

    John Anderson, oboe

    8:13
  • 8:17 PM

    Sunburst

    Andrew York

    Play

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    4:17
  • 8:14 PM

    Vide Cor Meum

    Patrick Cassidy

    3:53
  • 8:01 PM

    Parsifal: Good Friday Music

    Richard Wagner

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    12:39
  • 5:37 PM

    Symphonic Variations

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 3, etc.

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    21:26
  • 5:27 PM

    Adagio for Strings

    Samuel Barber

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    8:02
  • 5:22 PM

    Seven Last Words of Christ: Jesus said, I thirst

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Die Sieben Letzten Worte (oratorio version)

    Chamber Choir of Europe

    Nicol Matt, conductor

    Petra Labitzke, soprano

    4:20
  • 5:06 PM

    Ma vlast (My Country): Vysehrad

    Bedrich Smetana

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    14:42
  • 5:01 PM

    Flute Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johan Agrell

    Scheibe, Agrell, Hasse: Flute Concertos

    Concerto Copenhagen

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    Maria Bania, flute

    4:38
  • 4:50 PM

    Prelude and Fugue

    Ethel Smyth

    Liana Serbescu, piano

    8:08
  • 4:18 PM

    Symphony No. 5

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies 5 & 8

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    30:07
  • 4:10 PM

    St. Matthew Passion: Erbarme dich

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Violin And Voice

    Munich Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Liebreich, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    6:26
  • 4:06 PM

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Paul Shure, conductor

    Christopher Parkening, guitar

    3:13
  • 4:01 PM

    Symphonic Suite for Strings: Prelude

    Marion Bauer

    Ambache Chamber Orchestra and Ensemble

    4:38
  • 3:54 PM

    Toccata Marziale

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Donald Hunsberger, conductor

    4:32
  • 3:30 PM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Fantasía para un gentilhombre & Concierto de Aranjuez

    Spanish Radio and TV Orchestra

    Pedro Amaral, conductor

    Xianji Liu, guitar

    21:39
  • 3:22 PM

    Prince and the Mermaid Suite

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    7:24
  • 3:17 PM

    Amazing Grace

    Traditional

    Marcus Eley, clarinet

    3:42
  • 3:06 PM

    Concerto for Two Violins

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concertos For Two Violins

    Venice Baroque Orchestra

    Andrea Marcon, conductor

    Viktoria Mullova, violin

    10:23
  • 3:00 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Four Temperaments": 2nd movement

    Carl Nielsen

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    4:42
  • 2:42 PM

    Sleeping Beauty Ballet Suite

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Ballet Suites

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    21:34
  • 2:18 PM

    Keyboard Concerto

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Concert Recording

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Conrad Tao, conductor

    Conrad Tao, piano

    23:14
  • 2:15 PM

    Henry V Suite: Touch her soft lips and part

    William Walton

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    2:01
  • 2:11 PM

    Tosca: Vissi d'arte

    Giacomo Puccini

    100 Best Classics

    Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden

    Antonio Pappano, conductor

    Angela Gheorghiu, soprano

    3:26
  • 2:01 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 5 "Turkish": 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    WA Mozart: The Violin Concertos

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    8:45
  • 1:53 PM

    Symphony No. 104 "London": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos 101 The Clock and 104 London

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    6:34
  • 1:45 PM

    Stabat Mater: Finale

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Stabat Mater

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Schippers, conductor

    Sung-Sook Lee, soprano

    6:01
  • 1:42 PM

    Anthems for different times of the year: Good Friday

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Corydon Singers

    2:00
  • 1:32 PM

    Symphony No. 49 "La Passione"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn, Symphonies No.48 Maria Theresia - No.49 La Passione

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    23:35
  • 1:32 PM

    Symphony No. 49 "La Passione"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn, Symphonies No.48 Maria Theresia - No.49 La Passione

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    23:35
  • 1:27 PM

    The Deer Hunter: Cavatina

    Stanley Myers

    Studio Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    John Williams, guitar

    3:10
  • 1:23 PM

    O Sacred Head Surrounded

    Hans Hassler

    Lent at Ephesus

    Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles

    4:00
  • 1:17 PM

    Presto No. 2

    Miguel del Aguila

    Miguel Del Aguila: Salon Buenos Aires

    Camerata San Antonio

    4:55
  • 1:08 PM

    Serenade No. 1: Rondo

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Serenade No. 1, Variations on a Theme by Haydn

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    5:26
  • 1:04 PM

    Four Seasons: Autumn

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi's Greatest Hits

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    John Corigliano, violin

    9:26
  • 1:04 PM

    Four Seasons: Autumn

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi's Greatest Hits

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    John Corigliano, violin

    9:26
  • 12:56 PM

    Italian Concerto: Presto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Unlimited

    Lise de la Salle, piano

    3:07
  • 12:48 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Titan": 2nd movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler: Symphony No. 1

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    7:13
  • 12:43 PM

    Etude No. 3 "Tristesse"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes Opus 10, Op. 25

    Murray Perahia, piano

    3:51
  • 12:39 PM

    Crucifixus

    Antonio Lotti

    Images Of Christ

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    3:30
  • 12:31 PM

    Bartered Bride: Overture

    Bedrich Smetana

    Popular Operatic Overtures

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    6:50
  • 12:20 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    Richard Goode, piano

    37:08
  • 12:17 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    Richard Goode, piano

    37:08
  • 12:16 PM

    Serenade for Strings

    Edward Elgar

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    11:47
  • 12:16 PM

    Serenade for Strings

    Edward Elgar

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    11:47
  • 12:08 PM

    Passover Suite

    Traditional Jewish

    Rachel Van Voorhees, harp

    6:17
  • 12:04 PM

    Messiah: All we like sheep

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Messiah Highlights

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    3:26
  • 11:55 AM

    Field of Dreams: End Credits

    James Horner

    Studio Orchestra

    James Horner, conductor

    4:07
  • 11:49 AM

    Symphony No. 26 "The Lamentation": 2nd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    4:28
  • 11:46 AM

    Maria Carolina

    Antonio Lauro

    John Williams, guitar

    2:33
  • 11:38 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 8: 2nd mvt

    Wolfgang Mozart

    Sara Davis Buechner, piano

    6:33
  • 11:30 AM

    Symphony No. 12: 3rd movement

    Georg Anton Benda

    Benda: Sinfonias Nos. 7-12

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    4:29
  • 11:23 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Romantic": Andante

    Howard Hanson

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    6:36
  • 11:17 AM

    American Suite: 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 in E minor; American Suite

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    4:33
  • 11:09 AM

    Adriano in Siria: Overture

    Johann Christian Bach

    J.C. Bach: Orchestral Works

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Simon Standage, conductor

    6:50
  • 11:04 AM

    Pelleas and Melisande: Sicilienne

    Gabriel Faure

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Mathias Monius, conductor

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe

    3:48
  • 10:49 AM

    Sigurd Jorsalfar: Homage March

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Symphonic Dances/Sigurd Jorsalfar/Peer Gynt

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    9:09
  • 10:37 AM

    Symphony No. 4: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 4

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    10:08
  • 10:26 AM

    Quartet No. 6

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Six Wind Quartets

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    10:49
  • 10:21 AM

    King Arthur: Overture and Air

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell: Ayres for the Theatre

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    4:16
  • 10:11 AM

    Serenade No. 5: 2nd movement

    Robert Fuchs

    Fuchs: Piano Concerto

    Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alun Francis, conductor

    8:37
  • 10:06 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    4:45
  • 10:01 AM

    Rondo for Horn and Orchestra

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart, Strauss: Horn Concertos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Radovan Vlatkovic, horn

    4:36
  • 9:44 AM

    Lady Radnor's Suite

    Hubert Parry

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    14:37
  • 9:34 AM

    Spiegel im Spiegel (Mirror in the Mirror)

    Arvo Part

    Arvo Part: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    8:23
  • 9:25 AM

    Lamentations of Jeremiah for Good Friday: Lesson No. 2

    Orlando di Lasso (Lassus)

    La Chapelle Royale

    Philippe Herreweghe, conductor

    7:55
  • 9:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    Melos Quartet

    17:20
  • 9:01 AM

    John Williams, guitar

    Timothy Kain, guitar

    4:41
  • 8:29 AM

    Concerto for Two Pianos

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Double Piano Concertos

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Guher & Suher Pekinel, pianos

    29:28
  • 8:22 AM

    Crisantemi (Chrysanthemums)

    Giacomo Puccini

    Puccini: Chrisantemi/3 Minuetti, etc.

    Orchestra of the Auvergne

    Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    5:41
  • 8:06 AM

    Prelude and Fugue "St Anne"

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    14:44
  • 8:01 AM

    Youthful Suite: English Waltz

    Percy Grainger

    Martin Jones, piano

    4:45
  • 7:58 AM

    Prelude No. 3

    Frederic Chopin

    The Complete Chopin Preludes

    Yundi Li, piano

    :54
  • 7:46 AM

    The Cider House Rules: Suite

    Rachel Portman

    The Cider House Rules: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture

    Studio Orchestra

    David Snell, conductor

    11:05
  • 7:42 AM

    At the Bier of a Young Artist

    Carl Nielsen

    Scandinavian String Music

    Orchestra of the Mill

    Andrew Penny, conductor

    4:21
  • 7:31 AM

    Serenade for Winds

    Richard Strauss

    Fennell Conducts Mozart, Strauss, Milhaud

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    9:47
  • 7:06 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Florence Price

    Janacek Philharmonic

    Ryan Cockerham, conductor

    Er-Gene Kahng, violin

    24:05
  • 7:01 AM

    Andalucia Suite: Malaguena

    Ernesto Lecuona

    The Romantic Harp

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    4:54
  • 6:34 AM

    Symphony No. 82 "The Bear"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    24:18
  • 6:30 AM

    Ricardo Cobo, guitar

    3:20
  • 6:06 AM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 2

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    22:04
  • 6:01 AM

    Mosaics: Scenes from Summer

    Aminollah Hossein

    Tara Kamangar, piano

    4:40
  • 5:32 AM

    String Symphony No. 12

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Amadeus Ensemble

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    25:45
  • 5:25 AM

    Before the Dawn

    Howard Hanson

    Basque National Orchestra

    Robert Trevino, conductor

    6:45
  • 5:06 AM

    French Suite No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Andrei Gavrilov, piano

    17:25
  • 5:01 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 12

    Antonin Dvorak

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    4:46