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  • 4:47 AM

    Scheherazade: The Tale of the Kalendar Prince

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade / Tale of Tsar Saltan Suite

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Maria Larionoff, violin

    11:29
  • 4:21 AM

    Ascanio: Act III Ballet music

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    24:18
  • 4:06 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Johann Hasse

    Bella Napoli: Oboe Concertos

    Ensemble Berlin

    Christoph Hartmann, oboe

    13:50
  • 4:01 AM

    Red Dragonfly

    Kosaku Yamada

    Salut d'Amour

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    4:47
  • 3:55 AM

    Pastorale

    Amy Beach

    Ambache Chamber Ensemble

    3:34
  • 3:23 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Robert Schumann

    Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    31:21
  • 3:11 AM

    Irish Suite for Strings

    Arthur Duff

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    10:05
  • 3:07 AM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1: Adagietto

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Carmen Suite, L'arlesienne Suites Etc.

    Orchestra of the Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    3:26
  • 3:01 AM

    Dance of the Graceful Girl

    Alberto Ginastera

    John Novacek, piano

    4:53
  • 2:51 AM

    Canzon

    Max Bruch

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Ofra Harnoy, cello

    8:04
  • 2:30 AM

    Three Botticelli Pictures

    Ottorino Respighi

    Long Beach Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    19:04
  • 2:13 AM

    Suite for String Orchestra

    Susan Spain-Dunk

    British Music for Strings, Vol. 3

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Douglas Bostock, conductor

    15:37
  • 2:06 AM

    Intermezzo No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    5:33
  • 2:01 AM

    Pygmalion: Overture

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Les Arts Florissants

    William Christie, conductor

    4:47
  • 1:48 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Edward Elgar

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    10:20
  • 1:17 AM

    Sinfonia Concertante

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, etc.

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Hans Vonk, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    29:18
  • 1:11 AM

    Panis Angelicus

    Cesar Franck

    Cello Adagios

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    Julian Lloyd Webber, cello

    4:17
  • 1:06 AM

    Allegretto

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Fantasie-Sonate D 894, etc.

    Michel Dalberto, piano

    4:26
  • 1:01 AM

    Symphony No. 8 "Evening": 4th movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    4:50
  • 12:52 AM

    Symphony: 4th movement

    Frederic Lamond

    Lamond: Symphony; Scottish Highlands Overture

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    7:14
  • 12:17 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    Andre Watts, piano

    33:35
  • 12:10 AM

    Guitar Sonata No. 5: Menuetto

    Wenzel Matiegka

    W.T. Matiegka: Six Sonatas, Op. 31

    David Starobin, guitar

    3:58
  • 12:06 AM

    Funeral March of a Marionette

    Charles Gounod

    Chiller

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:36
  • 12:01 AM

    Wind Quintet: 2nd movement

    Carl Nielsen

    Bergen Wind Quintet

    4:43
  • 11:51 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Jean Sibelius

    West German Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Sondergard, conductor

    Vilde Frang, violin

    7:17
  • 11:33 PM

    Suite in the Ancient Style

    Vincent d'Indy

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    16:18
  • 11:29 PM

    La Gondoliera

    Laura Netzel

    Breaking Waves: Music by Swedish Women Composers

    Paula Gudmundson, flute

    3:39
  • 11:17 PM

    Concerto for Two Mandolins

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    10:04
  • 11:13 PM

    Dixit Dominus

    Marianne Martines

    Salzburg Hofmusik

    Wolfgang Brunner, conductor

    4:12
  • 11:00 PM

    Quintettino "La musica notturna di Madrid"

    Luigi Boccherini

    United Strings of Europe

    Julian Azkoul, conductor

    11:03
  • 10:45 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 4th movement

    Hubert Parry

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    11:20
  • 10:42 PM

    Shepherd's Hey

    Percy Grainger

    Bilder Duo

    2:23
  • 10:30 PM

    Rapsodia santiaguena

    Manuel Gomez Carrillo

    Fiesta Criolla: Latin-American Orchestral Works

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    Gabriel Castagna, conductor

    11:48
  • 10:25 PM

    Sonatina: Scherzo

    Antonin Dvorak

    Roots

    Randall Goosby, violin

    3:01
  • 10:11 PM

    Symphony

    Vaclav Pichl

    Pichl: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    13:41
  • 10:00 PM

    Prince Igor: Overture

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Three Symphonies, Petite Suite, Polovetsian Dances

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    10:09
  • 9:52 PM

    Rondo Brillante

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Sonatas

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    6:17
  • 9:33 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2

    Georges Bizet

    Rossini: La Boutique Fantasque

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    17:26
  • 9:28 PM

    Lux Aurumque

    Eric Whitacre

    Lux Aurumque

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    3:37
  • 9:13 PM

    Divertimento No. 13

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Divertimenti

    Berlin Philharmonic Winds

    14:50
  • 9:08 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2 "Characteristic": Dance

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Suites Nos. 1 And 2

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    4:16
  • 9:03 PM

    Nagoya Marimbas

    Steve Reich

    Third Coast Percussion

    4:47
  • 8:51 PM

    Piano Concerto: 3rd movement

    Doreen Carwithen

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Howard Shelley, piano

    8:21
  • 8:31 PM

    Oboe d'Amore Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig

    Max Pommer, conductor

    Burkhard Glaetzner, oboe d'amore

    18:37
  • 8:25 PM

    Spring in Buenos Aires (Primavera Portena)

    Astor Piazzolla

    Philip Hansen, cello

    Mika Sunago, piano

    Erin Furbee, violin

    4:49
  • 8:09 PM

    Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

    Richard Strauss

    Richard Strauss: Don Juan; Burlesque; Serenade; Till Eulenspiegel

    Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paavo Berglund, conductor

    15:03
  • 8:01 PM

    Our Town: Grover's Corners

    Aaron Copland

    London Sinfonietta

    Elgar Howarth, conductor

    2:55
  • 5:48 PM

    Gloriana: Courtly Dances

    Benjamin Britten

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    10:18
  • 5:15 PM

    Clarinet Quintet

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart & Brahms

    Pacifica String Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    30:51
  • 5:11 PM

    Highland Memories: Harvest Dance

    Hamish MacCunn

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    John Wilson, conductor

    3:08
  • 5:06 PM

    "Still Life" at the Penguin Cafe: Prelude and Yodel

    Simon Jeffes

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    3:59
  • 5:01 PM

    Cello Suite No. 6: Gavotte

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Suites For Solo Cello

    Pierre Fournier, cello

    4:37
  • 4:55 PM

    Rustic Dance

    Jose Carlos Campos

    Inca Trail Connections

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    3:16
  • 4:20 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 4

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Complete Piano Concertos

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Andrew Constantine, conductor

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    32:49
  • 4:17 PM

    Dedicatoria

    Enrique Granados

    Dreams of a World

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    1:35
  • 4:06 PM

    Concerto for Two Violins and Two Cellos

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Il Giardino Armonico

    10:25
  • 4:01 PM

    Symphony No. 2: Scherzo

    Charles Gounod

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:44
  • 3:51 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    7:43
  • 3:20 PM

    Symphony No. 103 "Drum Roll"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Seven London Symphonies

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    29:09
  • 3:14 PM

    Laudibus in sanctis (In sacred praises)

    William Byrd

    The Sixteen

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    5:11
  • 3:10 PM

    Small River Flowing

    Traditional Chinese

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    2:31
  • 3:06 PM

    Tarantella

    Frederic Chopin

    Artur Rubinstein, piano

    3:14
  • 3:01 PM

    The Feast at Solhaug: Overture

    Pall Isolfsson

    Icelandic Works for the Stage

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    4:36
  • 2:52 PM

    Karelia Suite: Alla Marcia

    Jean Sibelius

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Pietari Inkinen, conductor

    4:49
  • 2:34 PM

    Concerto for Two Flutes

    Domenico Cimarosa

    London Mozart Players

    James Galway, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    Jeanne Galway, flute

    17:59
  • 2:15 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suites for a Young Prince

    Sonnerie

    Monica Huggett, conductor

    17:19
  • 2:10 PM

    La Boheme: O soave fanciulla

    Giacomo Puccini

    Love Duets

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Patrick Summers, conductor

    Ailyn Perez, soprano

    4:08
  • 2:04 PM

    Ruslan and Ludmila: Overture

    Mikhail Glinka

    Tchaikovsky: Marche Slav; Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Overture

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    5:19
  • 2:00 PM

    Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Daniel Lozakovich, violin

    Stanislav Soloviev, piano

    3:41
  • 1:56 PM

    Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

    Gordon Lightfoot

    There Lies the Home

    Cantus

    3:00
  • 1:52 PM

    Company: Barcelona

    Stephen Sondheim, arr. Don Sebesky

    Symphonic Sondheim

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Don Sebesky, conductor

    4:00
  • 1:49 PM

    Gymnopedie No. 1

    Erik Satie

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    3:21
  • 1:40 PM

    Concerto No. 11

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Albinoni: 12 Concerti a cinque, Op.5

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    7:36
  • 1:33 PM

    Homestead Dances: Farmhands' Dance

    Don Ray

    Home For The Harvest

    Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra

    Derek Gleeson, conductor

    5:05
  • 1:28 PM

    Jig and Pop

    Tessa Lark

    Tessa Lark, violin

    4:26
  • 1:18 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 2nd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphony No. 2, etc.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    8:47
  • 1:16 PM

    Flight of the Bumblebee

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rhythm Song

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    Evelyn Glennie, percussion

    1:21
  • 1:08 PM

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Eivind Aadland, conductor

    Baiba Skride, violin

    5:39
  • 1:04 PM

    Wand of Youth: Sun Dance

    Edward Elgar

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    2:48
  • 12:50 PM

    Symphony: Finale

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Symphony in C; Carmen - Suites Nos 1 & 2; Jeux d'enfants - Suite; Overture: Patrie

    French National Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    8:56
  • 12:47 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 5

    Johannes Brahms

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    2:06
  • 12:39 PM

    Concerto for Two Trumpets

    Antonio Vivaldi

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Simon Preston, conductor

    Wolfgang Laubin, trumpet

    Hannes Laubin, trumpet

    7:27
  • 12:35 PM

    An die Musik

    Franz Schubert

    Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano

    Gerald Moore, piano

    2:30
  • 12:29 PM

    String Quartet No. 12 "American": 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Quartet No. 14, No. 12 American

    Cleveland Quartet

    5:05
  • 12:20 PM

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

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    7:47
  • 12:15 PM

    Sonata No. 25

    Niccolo Paganini

    Dale Kavanagh, guitar

    4:26
  • 12:09 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 3: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Violin Sonatas

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    4:21
  • 12:04 PM

    Algerian Suite: French Military March

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Swiss Italian Orchestra

    Francis Travis, conductor

    4:13
  • 11:56 AM

    Legend No. 1

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends

    Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    3:37
  • 11:50 AM

    Three Pieces for Oboe and Strings: Minuet

    Gustav Holst

    English Music for Oboe and String Quartet

    English String Quartet

    Sarah Francis, oboe

    5:13
  • 11:44 AM

    Holberg Suite: Rigaudon

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Symphonic Dances, From Holberg's Time, Old Norwegian Melody

    Oslo Symphony Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    3:55
  • 11:41 AM

    Holberg Suite: Gavotte

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Symphonic Dances, From Holberg's Time, Old Norwegian Melody

    Oslo Symphony Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    3:12
  • 11:38 AM

    Holberg Suite: Prelude

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Symphonic Dances, From Holberg's Time, Old Norwegian Melody

    Oslo Symphony Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    2:44
  • 11:31 AM

    String Quartet No. 6: 1st movement

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Arabella String Quartet

    6:47
  • 11:26 AM

    Pastorale

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky, Bach, Stokowski

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    3:10
  • 11:18 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: Concertos for Violin

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    Monica Huggett, violin

    7:42
  • 11:09 AM

    Symphony No. 102: 4th movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    London Classical Players

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    4:31
  • 11:04 AM

    The Entertainer

    Scott Joplin

    Piano Rags By Scott Joplin

    Joshua Rifkin, piano

    5:02
  • 10:51 AM

    American Eagle Waltz

    Jacques Offenbach

    Offenbach Music from the Operettas

    Gulbenkian Orchestra

    Michel Swierczewski, conductor

    Nelson Rocha, trumpet

    6:54
  • 10:40 AM

    Norwegian Festival Overture

    Johan Halvorsen

    Bergen Symphony Orchestra

    Karsten Andersen, conductor

    9:16
  • 10:28 AM

    Guitar Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    I Musici

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    12:00
  • 10:22 AM

    Six Irish Fantasies: Jig

    Charles Stanford

    Lucy Gould, violin

    Benjamin Frith, piano

    5:33
  • 10:12 AM

    Spring Song

    Jean Sibelius

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:20
  • 10:06 AM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Adagio

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Soulful Serenade

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    5:28
  • 10:01 AM

    Morning on the Water

    Jacques Ibert

    La Harpe Consolatrice

    Kyunghee Kim-Sutre, harp

    4:34
  • 9:37 AM

    The Tender Land Suite

    Aaron Copland

    Phoenix Symphony

    James Sedares, conductor

    21:21
  • 9:26 AM

    Warsaw Concerto

    Richard Addinsell

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Moshe Atzmon, conductor

    Cristina Ortiz, piano

    8:59
  • 9:14 AM

    Symphony No. 5: Adagietto

    Gustav Mahler

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    10:48
  • 9:06 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 3

    Johann Quantz

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Barry Tuckwell, horn

    7:10
  • 9:01 AM

    Song without Words No. 7

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Tzimon Barto: Popular Encores

    Tzimon Barto, piano

    4:44
  • 8:43 AM

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Marc Destrube, conductor

    15:21
  • 8:34 AM

    Serenade for Winds

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: An Alpine Symphony, Serenade

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    8:49
  • 8:21 AM

    Overture to Shakespeare's "As You Like It"

    John Knowles Paine

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:23
  • 8:06 AM

    Marchenerzahlungen (Fairy Tales)

    Robert Schumann

    Rivka Golani, viola

    Bernadene Blaha, piano

    Joaquin Valdepenas, clarinet

    14:59
  • 8:01 AM

    Notre Dame: Intermezzo

    Franz Schmidt

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    4:43
  • 7:12 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique"

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    45:56
  • 7:06 AM

    Waltz No. 3

    Agustin Barrios

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    4:31
  • 7:01 AM

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

    Vincenzo Bellini

    Orchestra of St. Cecilia

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    4:40
  • 6:44 AM

    Divertimento No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Divertimenti KN 113, 137 & 251

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    14:42
  • 6:23 AM

    La Peri (The Fairy)

    Paul Dukas

    Music of Paul Dukas

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    19:46
  • 6:06 AM

    French Suite No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    15:30
  • 6:01 AM

    Bassoon Concerto: Adagio

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Hummel, Weber: Bassoon Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Klaus Thunemann, bassoon

    4:34
  • 5:35 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Max Bruch

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    23:37
  • 5:30 AM

    Nocturne No. 3

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: The Complete Music for Piano

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    3:52
  • 5:06 AM

    Pulcinella Suite

    Igor Stravinsky

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    22:30
  • 5:01 AM

    Birds of Spring (Pajaros de primavera)

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Angel Romero, guitar

    4:44