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  • 4:21 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3

    Saito Kinen Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    37:02
  • 4:17 AM

    Norwegian Folk Tunes and Folk Dances: Brudeslaat

    Agathe Grondahl

    Backer Grondahl: Piano Works

    Sara Aimee Smiseth, piano

    3:19
  • 4:06 AM

    Reverie (Nocturne)

    Giulio Regondi

    Giulio Regondi: A 200th Birthday Bouquet

    David Starobin, guitar

    9:34
  • 4:01 AM

    State Choir Latvija

    Maris Sirmais, conductor

    4:46
  • 3:37 AM

    Rossiniana Suite

    Ottorino Respighi

    Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra

    George Hanson, conductor

    21:49
  • 3:18 AM

    Rhapsody in Blue

    George Gershwin

    MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Kristjan Jarvi, conductor

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    17:41
  • 3:13 AM

    Water Music: Andantino

    Malcolm Arnold

    Arnold for Band

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    3:39
  • 3:06 AM

    Legend No. 6

    Antonin Dvorak

    Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    5:02
  • 3:01 AM

    L'incoronazione di Poppea: Pur ti miro

    Claudio Monteverdi

    Axiom Quartet

    4:35
  • 2:49 AM

    Concert Waltz No. 2

    Alexander Glazunov

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    9:23
  • 2:21 AM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Hans Vonk, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    26:45
  • 2:13 AM

    Symphony No. 5: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    5:54
  • 2:06 AM

    Pavane

    Gabriel Faure

    Pavane

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    6:12
  • 2:01 AM

    Edgar: Act I Prelude

    Giacomo Puccini

    Puccini

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor

    4:37
  • 1:54 AM

    Viola Sonata No. 1: Air

    Darius Milhaud

    Darius Milhaud: Viola Works

    Kenneth Martinson, viola

    4:32
  • 1:12 AM

    Symphony No. 7

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    40:10
  • 1:06 AM

    Partita No. 1: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    1:56
  • 1:01 AM

    The Mermaid Suite: Dance of 24 Mermaids

    Wu Zuqiang/Du Mingxin

    China National Symphony Orchestra

    Zuohuang Chen, conductor

    4:43
  • 12:50 AM

    Massimo Bianchi, piano

    8:53
  • 12:21 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn, Bruch: Concerto & Romance

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Janine Jansen, violin

    26:54
  • 12:13 AM

    Berenice: Overture, Minuet and Gigue

    George Frideric Handel

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    7:11
  • 12:06 AM

    Go Down, Moses

    Florence Price

    UNCOVERED Vol. 2

    Catalyst Quartet

    5:14
  • 12:01 AM

    Six Short Pieces: selections

    Henriette Renie

    La Harpe Consolatrice

    Kyunghee Kim-Sutre, harp

    4:47
  • 11:56 PM

    Il mondo della luna (Life on the Moon): Overture

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Opera Overtures

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    3:46
  • 11:50 PM

    Les Larmes de Jacqueline

    Jacques Offenbach

    French Cello Concertos

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Scott Yoo, conductor

    Hee-Young Lim, cello

    6:57
  • 11:25 PM

    Roman Festivals

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Pini di Roma; Fontane di Roma; Feste Romane

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    23:49
  • 11:17 PM

    A Toi (To You) Waltz

    Emil Waldteufel

    Music of Waldteufel

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    7:00
  • 11:01 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concertos

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jahja Ling, conductor

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    15:40
  • 10:55 PM

    Bethena

    Scott Joplin

    Thompson Plays Joplin

    Butch Thompson, piano

    4:19
  • 10:33 PM

    The Tender Land Suite

    Aaron Copland

    Phoenix Symphony

    James Sedares, conductor

    21:21
  • 10:29 PM

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    2:55
  • 10:21 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 6: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Janos Rolla, conductor

    Cyprien Katsaris, piano

    6:29
  • 10:07 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Classical"

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Bizet, Prokofiev, Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 1

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    13:32
  • 10:03 PM

    Prelude No. 5

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Great Pianists of the 20th Century: Sviatoslav Richter III

    Sviatoslav Richter, piano

    3:41
  • 9:37 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 16

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    22:18
  • 9:31 PM

    O clap your hands together

    Orlando Gibbons

    Faire is the Heaven

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    4:38
  • 9:25 PM

    Symphony No. 7 "Pastoral": Scherzo

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Symphonies 4 And 7

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:10
  • 9:19 PM

    Six Pieces: Berceuse (Lullaby)

    Pauline Viardot-Garcia

    Reto Kuppel, violin

    Wolfgang Manz, piano

    3:24
  • 9:08 PM

    Othello Suite

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha OVerture / Petite Suite

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    10:35
  • 9:03 PM

    Waltz No. 2 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin, Vol.1

    Evgeny Kissin, piano

    4:48
  • 8:37 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 88-92, etc.

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    Toru Yasunaga, violin

    21:17
  • 8:30 PM

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    5:02
  • 8:09 PM

    Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    1812 Overture

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    20:26
  • 8:05 PM

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    2:49
  • 8:01 PM

    Concerto alla rustica (Rustic Concerto)

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Strings! The Definitive Collection

    Guildhall Strings

    3:42
  • 5:52 PM

    Concerto No. 2

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    6:04
  • 5:22 PM

    Symphony No. 4 "Tragic"

    Franz Schubert

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    28:00
  • 5:14 PM

    Scherzo No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    8:10
  • 5:11 PM

    Dance Suite after Couperin: March

    Richard Strauss

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Rudolf Kempe, conductor

    1:06
  • 5:06 PM

    Rhine Nymphs: Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    4:25
  • 5:01 PM

    I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Capulets and Montagues): Sinfonia

    Vincenzo Bellini

    Orchestra of St. Cecilia

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    4:40
  • 4:47 PM

    El Camino Real

    Alfred Reed

    Senzoku Gakuen Symphonic Wind Orchestra

    Alfred Reed, conductor

    11:01
  • 4:22 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 2

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Heinrich Schiff, cello

    23:38
  • 4:16 PM

    Eugene Onegin: Lensky's Aria

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    5:31
  • 4:06 PM

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

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    8:06
  • 4:01 PM

    London Fields: St. James' Park - A Lakeside Reverie

    Phyllis Tate

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    4:52
  • 3:53 PM

    Horn Sonata: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Romantic Works for Horn

    Richard Watkins, horn

    5:28
  • 3:26 PM

    Appalachian Spring

    Aaron Copland

    Copland 100

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    25:10
  • 3:14 PM

    Gayane Ballet Suite

    Aram Khachaturian

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    9:56
  • 3:06 PM

    African Suite: Joyful Day

    Fela Sowande

    Black Composers Series 1974-1978

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    7:38
  • 3:01 PM

    Ca'azapa (Popular Paraguayan Song)

    Agustin Barrios

    Intimate Barrios

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    4:36
  • 2:49 PM

    The Wasps: Overture

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    8:41
  • 2:35 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 4

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel and Haydn Society

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    12:57
  • 2:13 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    Lang Lang, piano

    20:50
  • 2:03 PM

    The Crystal Lake

    Elinor Remick Warren

    Polish Radio and TV Orchestra

    Szymon Kawalla, conductor

    9:03
  • 1:59 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 5

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic Dances

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    3:15
  • 1:53 PM

    Three Poetic Waltzes

    Enrique Granados

    Granados: Goyescas, etc.

    Xiayin Wang, piano

    4:17
  • 1:46 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6: 3rd movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: 6 Brandenburg Concertos

    Oregon Bach Festival Chamber Orchestra

    Helmuth Rilling, conductor

    5:33
  • 1:41 PM

    Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2

    Maurice Ravel

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski - The Minnesota Orchestra: The Vox Recordings

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

    18:00
  • 1:35 PM

    Short Ride in a Fast Machine

    John Adams

    San Francisco Symphony

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    4:16
  • 1:31 PM

    Ascanio: Divertissement No. 6

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    3:23
  • 1:27 PM

    Fantasy Pieces: Humoresque

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Uncovered Vol. 1

    Catalyst Quartet

    3:17
  • 1:18 PM

    Aida: Triumphal March

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    7:38
  • 1:12 PM

    Easter Monday on the White House Lawn

    John Philip Sousa

    United States Marine Band

    2:24
  • 1:04 PM

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Bela Bartok

    Promenade Concert

    I Solisti Italiani

    6:49
  • 12:57 PM

    Peer Gynt: In The Hall Of The Mountain King

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Peer Gynt

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    2:31
  • 12:49 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Violin Concertos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    14:29
  • 12:49 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Violin Concertos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    14:29
  • 12:43 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 4th movement

    Florence Price

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    4:46
  • 12:40 PM

    Song without Words No. 25 "May Breezes"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Andras Schiff, piano

    2:24
  • 12:31 PM

    The Royal Children: Overture

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Humperdinck: Fairy-Tale Music

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    7:49
  • 12:20 PM

    Trio Sonata No. 2

    Dietrich Buxtehude

    Eroica Trio

    9:47
  • 12:14 PM

    The Harmonious Blacksmith

    George Frideric Handel

    Earl Wild - The Romantic Master

    Earl Wild, piano

    4:26
  • 12:09 PM

    Pastoral

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Lars-Erik Larsson: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    3:39
  • 12:04 PM

    Candide: Overture

    Leonard Bernstein

    Bernstein: Candide; Facsimile; Fancy Free; On the Town

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:18
  • 11:51 AM

    Giselle: Pas de deux of the young peasants

    Adolphe Adam

    Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    6:50
  • 11:49 AM

    Etude No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    Jan Lisiecki, piano

    1:30
  • 11:39 AM

    Scottish Fantasy: Finale

    Max Bruch

    Scottish Fantasy

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Joshua Bell, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    8:32
  • 11:32 AM

    Il Giustino: Sinfonia

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto Koln

    5:26
  • 11:18 AM

    Liebeslieder Walzer (Love-Song Waltzes)

    Johannes Brahms

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    12:52
  • 11:16 AM

    El Colibri (The Hummingbird)

    Julio Sagreras

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    1:16
  • 11:09 AM

    Introduction No. 1

    Pietro Locatelli

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, conductor

    5:28
  • 11:04 AM

    Impromptu No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    Michael McHale, piano

    4:49
  • 10:52 AM

    Vienna Mozart Ensemble

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    6:40
  • 10:39 AM

    Symphony No. 1: 4th movement

    Franz Schmidt

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Vassily Sinaisky, conductor

    10:46
  • 10:26 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: Violin Concertos

    Janine Jansen and Friends

    12:41
  • 10:22 AM

    Contredanse

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Works For Piano, Vol. IV

    Frederic Chiu, piano

    3:01
  • 10:11 AM

    Trumpet Concerto No. 2

    Michael Haydn

    Trumpet Concertos

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Elgar Howarth, conductor

    Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet

    10:14
  • 10:06 AM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1: Carillon

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Carmen Suite, Symphony No. 1

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    4:26
  • 10:01 AM

    Concert Suite No. 6: La Poule (The Hen)

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    4:31
  • 9:44 AM

    Symphonie Fantastique: Reveries

    Hector Berlioz

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    14:43
  • 9:29 AM

    Concerto Grosso

    Giovanni Sammartini

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    Adrian Chandler, violin

    Cecili Bernardini, violin

    Gail Hennessy, oboe

    Mark Radcliffe, oboe

    13:06
  • 9:16 AM

    Suffolk Suite

    Doreen Carwithen

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    11:34
  • 9:06 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 2 "La notte" ("The Night")

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    8:53
  • 9:01 AM

    Tarantella

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    Guitar Recital: Olsen, Stein-Erik - DYENS, R. / BARRIOS MANGORE, A. / SAINZ DE LA MAZA, E. / PIAZZOLLA, A. / RUIZ-PIPO, A. / KOSHKIN, N. / DUARTE, J.

    Stein-Erik Olsen, guitar

    4:34
  • 8:39 AM

    Lachian Dances

    Leos Janacek

    Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ondrej Lenard, conductor

    19:26
  • 8:16 AM

    String Quartet

    Giuseppe Verdi

    String Quartets by Opera Composers

    Leipzig String Quartet

    22:10
  • 8:06 AM

    8 Variations on a Theme by Count Waldstein

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Amy Hamann, piano

    Sara Hamann, piano

    8:23
  • 8:01 AM

    Nocturne-Quadrille

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alfred Walter, conductor

    4:42
  • 7:39 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Georg Matthias Monn

    Jian Wang: The Baroque Album

    Camerata Salzburg

    Jian Wang, cello

    19:08
  • 7:33 AM

    Music for the Theatre: Interlude

    Aaron Copland

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    5:24
  • 7:10 AM

    Concerto After Handel

    Arnold Schoenberg

    Schoenberg: Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra (after Handel); R. Strauss: Divertimento, Op. 86 (after Couperin)

    New York Chamber Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    21:38
  • 7:06 AM

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    3:17
  • 7:01 AM

    Pecheurs de Nuit

    Cecile Chaminade

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    4:33
  • 6:28 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Richard Strauss

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    Sarah Chang, violin

    30:45
  • 6:19 AM

    Bachianas Brasileiras No. 9

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    8:20
  • 6:06 AM

    CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra

    Hartmut Haenchen, conductor

    10:42
  • 6:01 AM

    Mazurka No. 36

    Frederic Chopin

    Late Piano Music of Frederic Chopin

    Aleck Karis, piano

    4:46
  • 5:45 AM

    Euphonium Concerto

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Mecklenburg Staatskapelle Schwerin

    Matthias Foremny, conductor

    Roland Froscher, euphonium

    13:22
  • 5:26 AM

    Elegy for Violin and Strings

    Keith Jarrett

    I Musici Montreal

    Yuli Turovsky, conductor

    Eleonora Turovsky, violin

    18:26
  • 5:06 AM

    Danish National Chamber Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    17:57
  • 5:01 AM

    From Andersen's Fairy-Tales: Barcarolle and Arabesque

    Bohuslav Martinu

    Martinu: Piano Music, Vol. 7

    Giorgio Koukl, piano

    4:38