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  • 4:38 AM

    London Mozart Players

    Jane Glover, conductor

    20:15
  • 4:27 AM

    Paganini Variations

    Eugene Ysaye

    Capriccio Quartet

    10:08
  • 4:06 AM

    Concerto Caboclo

    Paulo Bellinati

    Delaware Symphony Orchestra

    David Amado, conductor

    19:13
  • 4:01 AM

    Sonata pian e forte

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    National Brass Ensemble

    4:44
  • 3:51 AM

    Cinema Paradiso

    Ennio Morricone

    Always And Forever - Movies' Greatest Love Songs

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    7:46
  • 3:24 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Richard Strauss

    Mito Chamber Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    Fumiaki Miyamoto, oboe

    25:33
  • 3:18 AM

    A New Theory of Eclipse

    Laura Cannell

    Laura Cannell, fiddle

    4:07
  • 3:06 AM

    Symphony No. 5: Adagietto

    Gustav Mahler

    Gustavo Dudamel: Discoveries

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    10:50
  • 3:01 AM

    Two Pastorales

    Lou Harrison

    Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    4:36
  • 2:50 AM

    Ballade No. 4

    Johannes Brahms

    Awadagin Pratt: A Long Way from Normal

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    7:32
  • 2:30 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Sunday Symphony"

    William Grant Still

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    17:48
  • 2:26 AM

    Prelude

    Julia Perry

    Kaleidoscope: Music by African-American Women

    Helen Walker-Hill, piano

    2:02
  • 2:06 AM

    African Suite

    Fela Sowande

    Black Composers Series 1974-1978

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    14:44
  • 2:01 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Florence Price

    Florence Price Violin Concertos

    Janacek Philharmonic

    Ryan Cockerham, conductor

    Er-Gene Kahng, violin

    4:33
  • 1:53 AM

    Rodeo: Saturday Night Waltz

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Billy The Kid; Rodeo Etc.

    Colorado Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    5:15
  • 1:29 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    22:17
  • 1:11 AM

    The Ball of Beatrice d'Este

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Musique Francaise: La Marseillaise, Etc.

    Paris Orchestra

    Jean-Pierre Jacquillat, conductor

    16:01
  • 1:06 AM

    Memories of the Alhambra

    Francisco Tarrega

    Guitar Favourites

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    4:36
  • 1:01 AM

    Flute Quartet No. 1: 2nd movement

    Francois-Joseph Gossec

    Milliere String Trio

    Patrice Bocquillon, flute

    4:42
  • 12:50 AM

    Homestead Dances: Quilters' Dance

    Don Ray

    Home For The Harvest

    Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra

    Derek Gleeson, conductor

    7:58
  • 12:18 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Jean Sibelius

    Mendelssohn, Sibelius: Violin Concertos

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    Sarah Chang, violin

    31:14
  • 12:13 AM

    Amelia Goes to the Ball: Overture

    Gian Carlo Menotti

    New York Philharmonic

    Thomas Schippers, conductor

    4:14
  • 12:09 AM

    Take Me Out to the Ballgame

    Norworth/Tizler

    Four of a Kind 2: Take Me Out to the Ball Game

    Joseph Alessi, trombone

    2:12
  • 12:06 AM

    Boogie Woogie Etude

    Morton Gould

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    2:13
  • 12:01 AM

    Merry Mount: Maypole Dances

    Howard Hanson

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    4:42
  • 11:46 PM

    In Spring Overture

    Karl Goldmark

    Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andras Korodi, conductor

    10:31
  • 11:30 PM

    Rondo for Violin and Strings

    Franz Schubert

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    14:40
  • 11:11 PM

    Three Botticelli Pictures

    Ottorino Respighi

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    18:18
  • 11:05 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Maria Bergmann, piano

    4:37
  • 10:59 PM

    Danse Macabre

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Carnival Fantasy

    Salut Salon

    4:40
  • 10:53 PM

    Air and Simple Gifts

    John Williams

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Gabriela Montero, piano

    4:30
  • 10:31 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Franz Liszt

    Schoenberg, Liszt: Piano Concertos

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    20:34
  • 10:22 PM

    Grand Canyon Suite: On the Trail

    Ferde Grofe

    Grofe: Grand Canyon / Gershwin: Porgy & Bess

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    8:02
  • 10:14 PM

    String Quartet: 2nd movement

    Florence Price

    Catalyst Quartet

    6:30
  • 10:09 PM

    Canzonetta

    Gabriel Pierne

    Belle Epoque

    Lille National Orchestra

    Alexandre Bloch, conductor

    Annelien Van Wauwe, clarinet

    3:38
  • 9:59 PM

    Wiener Blut (Vienna Blood)

    Johann StraussJr.

    International Salute

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    8:52
  • 9:51 PM

    Symphony No. 3: 4th movement

    Max Bruch

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    5:56
  • 9:43 PM

    Motet: Furchte dich nicht, ich bin bei dir (Do Not Be Afraid)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Pygmalion

    Raphael Pichon, conductor

    7:29
  • 9:19 PM

    American Suite

    Antonin Dvorak

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

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    22:32
  • 9:14 PM

    Prelude No. 2

    George Gershwin

    Helen Chang Haertzen, violin

    Denis Evstuhin, piano

    3:40
  • 9:07 PM

    The Little Square Suite

    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

    Wolf-Ferrari: Orchestral Works

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

    5:57
  • 9:03 PM

    Abduction from the Seraglio: Welche Wonne, welche Lust

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Complete Mozart Edition, Vol. 45: Rarieties and Surprises

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    2:38
  • 9:01 PM

    Moravian Dances: Threes

    Leos Janacek

    Janacek: Taras Bulba, Lachian Dances / Wit, Warsaw

    Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antoni Wit, conductor

    1:24
  • 8:44 PM

    O'Carolan Suite in Baroque Style

    Thomas C. Kelly

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    13:55
  • 8:25 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Johann Hummel

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jahja Ling, conductor

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    17:47
  • 8:22 PM

    Song without Words No. 22

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Murray Perahia, piano

    2:21
  • 8:16 PM

    Danse Lente

    Joseph Jongen

    Medieval Dances for Flute and Harp

    Laurel Zucker, flute

    4:16
  • 8:05 PM

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Paul Dukas

    French National Orchestra

    Georges Pretre, conductor

    10:24
  • 8:00 PM

    The Deer Hunter: Cavatina

    Stanley Myers

    Romance de Amor

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    3:30
  • 5:47 PM

    The Butterfly's Ball

    Frederic Cowen

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    11:49
  • 5:18 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 5 "Egyptian"

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Complete Piano Concertos

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    26:59
  • 5:14 PM

    Suite: Gaio

    Randall Thompson

    Kelly Peterson Peral, oboe

    Michael Forte, clarinet

    Elizabeth Derderian-Wood, viola

    2:02
  • 5:06 PM

    L'amant anonyme: Overture-Symphony

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Le Mozart Noir

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    7:42
  • 5:01 PM

    Festival Coronation March for Alexander III

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:39
  • 4:41 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Elias String Quartet

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    17:23
  • 4:26 PM

    Lady Radnor's Suite

    Hubert Parry

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    13:15
  • 4:13 PM

    Der fliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman): Overture

    Richard Wagner

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Otto Klemperer, conductor

    10:44
  • 4:06 PM

    Traditional Hornpipe Suite

    Adrian Cruft

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    7:08
  • 4:01 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: 2nd movement

    Edward MacDowell

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Walter Hendl, conductor

    Van Cliburn, piano

    4:45
  • 3:51 PM

    Rondo for Violin and Orchestra

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 4

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Cho-Liang Lin, violin

    7:02
  • 3:13 PM

    Symphony No. 8

    Antonin Dvorak

    Antonín Dvorák: Symphonies Nos. 7 – 9

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    35:37
  • 3:09 PM

    The Lark

    Clement Janequin

    Renaissance Winds

    Ensemble Doulce Memoire

    2:18
  • 3:06 PM

    Le Gaillard-Boiteux (The fellow who limped)

    Francois Couperin

    Couperin: Keyboard Music

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    3:06
  • 3:01 PM

    O sole mio

    Eduardo Di Capua

    European Folkscapes

    Apollo Chamber Players

    4:35
  • 2:50 PM

    Thais: Meditation

    Jules Massenet

    New York Chamber Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    7:26
  • 2:18 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish"

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: The Symphonies

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    31:13
  • 2:11 PM

    Three Pieces for Piano

    Amy Beach

    The Solo Piano Music of Amy Beach, Vol. 1

    Joanne Polk, piano

    5:27
  • 2:00 PM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Orchestral Favorites - Hungarian Fantasy

    Szeged Symphony Orchestra

    Tamas Pal, conductor

    10:42
  • 1:53 PM

    Symphony No. 3: 4th movement

    Florence Price

    Florence Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    5:04
  • 1:48 PM

    Nursery Suite: Awake

    Edward Elgar

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    4:25
  • 1:36 PM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Violin Concerto

    Lucerne Festival Strings

    Daniel Dodds, conductor

    Midori, violin

    9:46
  • 1:30 PM

    Ballet Scenes: Polonaise

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: From the Middle Ages; Scenes de Ballet

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:10
  • 1:22 PM

    Glass Houses: No. 15

    Ann Southam

    Mirrored Glass

    Taktus

    7:30
  • 1:17 PM

    Trumpet Voluntary

    John Stanley

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    3:34
  • 1:07 PM

    Serenade No. 2: Rondo

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    5:58
  • 1:04 PM

    Shepherd's Hey

    Percy Grainger

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    2:02
  • 12:53 PM

    Festive Overture

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Gustavo Dudamel: Discoveries

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    5:55
  • 12:48 PM

    Sweet and Low-Down

    George Gershwin

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    3:31
  • 12:35 PM

    Symphony No. 36 "Linz": Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Symphonies 35 Haffner, 26 Linz, and 32

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    11:15
  • 12:28 PM

    Souvenir of Puerto Rico

    Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    Alan Feinberg, piano

    6:01
  • 12:24 PM

    Semyon Kotko: Overture

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Russian Overtures

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    3:35
  • 12:18 PM

    Two Poetic Waltzes

    Enrique Granados

    40 Degrees North

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    4:40
  • 12:10 PM

    Florida Suite: By the River

    Frederick Delius

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    6:49
  • 12:05 PM

    The Prophet: Coronation March

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Leonard Bernstein: The Encore Collection Vol. 1

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    3:38
  • 11:55 AM

    Tale of Tsar Saltan Suite: March

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    4:43
  • 11:45 AM

    Three Pieces

    Arthur Foote

    Fenwick Smith, flute

    Randall Hodgkinson, piano

    8:35
  • 11:39 AM

    Dance of the Orange Blossoms

    Eric Coates

    Eric Coates: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Wilson, conductor

    4:19
  • 11:29 AM

    Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Paganini: Concerto No. 1 in D

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    Sarah Chang, violin

    9:15
  • 11:22 AM

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits

    Christoph Gluck

    Il Furibondo

    Margret Koll, harp

    5:46
  • 11:17 AM

    Hallelujah

    Leonard Cohen

    Canadiana

    Canadian Brass

    3:35
  • 11:09 AM

    Bourree Fantasque

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Chabrier: Orchestral Works

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:43
  • 11:05 AM

    Music for the Royal Fireworks: La Rejouissance

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Music For The Royal Fireworks; Water Music

    Capella Istropolitana

    Bohdan Warchal, conductor

    3:30
  • 10:46 AM

    Symphony No. 31 "Hornsignal": 4th movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Symphonies 31"Hornsignal" & 45 "Farewell"

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    11:47
  • 10:35 AM

    Norwegian Rhapsody No. 1

    Johan Svendsen

    Halvorsen, J.: Norwegian Rhapsodies Nos. 1 and 2 / Svendsen, J.: Norwegian Rhapsodies Nos. 1-4

    Trondheim Symphony Orchestra

    Ole Kristian Ruud, conductor

    10:19
  • 10:23 AM

    Petite Suite

    Claude Debussy

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    11:22
  • 10:19 AM

    Apollo Chamber Players

    2:44
  • 10:09 AM

    The Battle of Legnano: Overture

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    9:08
  • 10:06 AM

    Wiegenlied (Lullaby)

    Johannes Brahms

    Violin Lullabies / Rachel Barton Pine

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    2:21
  • 10:01 AM

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

    Joachim Raff

    Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic

    Urs Schneider, conductor

    4:46
  • 9:40 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 6

    Saverio Mercadante

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    18:42
  • 9:23 AM

    Fantastic Scherzo

    Josef Suk

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    14:50
  • 9:13 AM

    Septet: 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Leonidas Kavakos, violin

    Wen Xiao Zheng, viola

    Eric Terwillger, horn

    Hanno Simons, cello

    Christopher Corbett, clarinet

    Marco Postinghel, bassoon

    8:58
  • 9:06 AM

    Nunc dimittis

    Arvo Part

    Winter

    Voces8

    5:41
  • 9:01 AM

    Total Tango

    David Matthews

    Orchestra Nova

    George Vass, conductor

    4:40
  • 8:43 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 7

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    14:55
  • 8:37 AM

    Fantasia fugata

    Amy Beach

    Joanne Polk, piano

    5:55
  • 8:31 AM

    Prelude No. 1

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Guitar Favourites

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    4:46
  • 8:06 AM

    Suite for 13 Wind Instruments

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Music for Wind Ensemble

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    23:44
  • 8:01 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 2: 1st movement

    William Alwyn

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    4:36
  • 7:36 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 2

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    Mstislav Rostropovich, cello

    23:00
  • 7:21 AM

    Concert Rondo "Krakowiak"

    Frederic Chopin

    North German Radio Elbphilharmonie Orchestra

    Krzysztof Urbanski, conductor

    Jan Lisiecki, piano

    13:44
  • 7:06 AM

    The Fairy Queen: Suite

    Henry Purcell

    A Baroque Celebration

    New York Chamber Musicians

    Ilonna Pederson, conductor

    13:31
  • 7:01 AM

    In the Blue Mountains: I Trollhallen

    Agathe Grondahl

    Sara Aimee Smiseth, piano

    4:41
  • 6:39 AM

    Lieutenant Kije Suite

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    19:20
  • 6:34 AM

    The Flowers of Edinburgh

    James Oswald

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    3:26
  • 6:06 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Niels Gade

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    26:50
  • 6:01 AM

    Glowing Red Morningstar Lilies

    Traditional Chinese

    Chinese Dreams

    Lydia Maria Bader, piano

    4:38
  • 5:51 AM

    Fanfare, Hymn and Finale

    Peter Boyer

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Boyer, conductor

    7:44
  • 5:36 AM

    String Quartet No. 11

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Hagen Quartet

    14:03
  • 5:30 AM

    Three Character Studies: Nocturne for Left Hand Alone (for Sophia)

    Fred Hersch

    Nightscapes

    Magdalena Hoffmann, harp

    5:05
  • 5:06 AM

    Cello Concerto 'Highlands'

    Andrea Tarrodi

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    David Niemann, conductor

    Jakob Koranyi, cello

    22:39
  • 5:01 AM

    The Desert of Roses: 3rd movement

    Robert Moran

    Robert Moran: Desert of Roses/Open Veins, etc.

    Piano Circus Band

    Craig Smith, conductor

    4:35