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  • 4:44 AM

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    13:59
  • 4:17 AM

    Violin Concerto

    James Newton Howard

    Kernis, Howard, Tovey

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Cristian Macelaru, conductor

    James Ehnes, violin

    26:33
  • 4:06 AM

    Langsamer Satz (Slow Movement)

    Anton Webern

    The Mathilde album

    Arod Quartet

    9:25
  • 4:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 2

    Stephan Elmas

    Elmas: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 1

    Mikael Ayrapetyan, piano

    4:40
  • 3:54 AM

    Gymnopedie

    James Sutcliffe

    Music For Quiet Listening

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    4:11
  • 3:14 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    Emilie Mayer

    Bremerhaven Symphony Orchestra

    Marc Niemann, conductor

    38:14
  • 3:06 AM

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

    Maurice Ravel

    Imogen Cooper, piano

    6:19
  • 3:01 AM

    Hope is the thing with feathers

    Ivo Antognini

    Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    4:54
  • 2:45 AM

    Concerto for Saxophone

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Complete Concertos

    Russian National Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    Marc Chisson, saxophone

    13:10
  • 2:20 AM

    String Quartet No. 2

    Robert Schumann

    Emerson String Quartet

    23:16
  • 2:17 AM

    Picadilly

    Erik Satie

    Erik Satie: Hidden Corners (Recoins)

    Eve Egoyan, piano

    1:39
  • 2:06 AM

    Havanaise

    Camille Saint-Saens

    María Dueñas - Beethoven and Beyond

    Vienna Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    Maria Duenas, violin

    10:21
  • 2:01 AM

    Birds of Spring (Pajaros de primavera)

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Angel Romero, guitar

    4:44
  • 1:43 AM

    Impressions d'ardennes

    Joseph Jongen

    National Orchestra of Belgium

    Roman Kofman, conductor

    14:47
  • 1:39 AM

    Reflections: Reflection

    Sufjan Stevens

    Reflections

    Timo Andres, piano

    2:57
  • 1:15 AM

    The Fairy's Kiss: Divertimento

    Igor Stravinsky

    London Sinfonietta

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    23:38
  • 1:06 AM

    Partita No. 3: Burlesca; Scherzo; Gigue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Igor Levit, piano

    7:03
  • 1:01 AM

    Suite of Three Pieces: Idylle

    Benjamin Godard

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Susan Milan, flute

    4:50
  • 12:49 AM

    String Symphony No. 3

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn String Symphonies

    Amadeus Ensemble

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    10:08
  • 12:26 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Virginia Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    21:04
  • 12:19 AM

    Three Roses

    Florence Price

    Lara Downes, piano

    7:02
  • 12:10 AM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream Overture

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    West Australian Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Penny, conductor

    6:35
  • 12:06 AM

    Preludes, Book 1: La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair)

    Claude Debussy

    Brodsky Unlimited

    Brodsky Quartet

    3:00
  • 12:01 AM

    Orchestral Study No. 3

    Arthur Bliss

    English Northern Philharmonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    4:51
  • 11:57 PM

    Don Giovanni: Minuet

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mad About Mozart

    Wolfgang Schulz, flute

    1:05
  • 11:28 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 5 "Turkish"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    29:50
  • 11:21 PM

    Michael Linville, piano

    6:18
  • 11:09 PM

    Helios Overture

    Carl Nielsen

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    10:03
  • 11:00 PM

    Mikhail Pletnev, piano

    7:56
  • 10:47 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Piano Quintets In A, Op.5 & Op.81; Borodin: Quartet

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    11:42
  • 10:36 PM

    Concerto Koln

    9:31
  • 10:33 PM

    Schwanda the Bagpiper: Polka

    Jaromir Weinberger

    European Light Music Classics

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    2:04
  • 10:16 PM

    Concertino for Clarinet and Bassoon

    Franz Danzi

    New Era

    Potsdam Chamber Academy

    Andreas Ottensamer, clarinet

    15:56
  • 10:11 PM

    Por Una Cabeza/La Cumparsita

    Carlos Gardel/Gerardo H. Matos Rodriguez

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    3:47
  • 10:00 PM

    Carmen Suite No. 1

    Georges Bizet

    Karajan Conducts Orchestral Favorites II

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    9:10
  • 9:48 PM

    Oberon Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    German Overtures

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    10:09
  • 9:46 PM

    Two-Part Invention No. 13

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Inventions

    Renaud Capucon, violin

    1:10
  • 9:36 PM

    L'Etoile du Nord: Dance Suite

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    9:06
  • 9:21 PM

    Symphony No. 11

    Michael Haydn

    Michael Haydn: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    14:07
  • 9:17 PM

    Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    2:47
  • 9:05 PM

    Four Seasons: Spring

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons / Jeanne Lamon, Tafelmusik

    Tafelmusik

    Jean Lamon, violin

    9:45
  • 9:01 PM

    Intermezzo No. 6

    Johannes Brahms

    Paul Lewis, piano

    3:01
  • 8:42 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    16:12
  • 8:36 PM

    Vera Beths, violin

    Gijs Beths, violin

    Anner Bylsma, cello

    4:49
  • 8:15 PM

    Pastoral Suite

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Dukas: La Peri; L'Apprenti sorcier/Chabrier: Suite pastorale; Espana

    Ulster Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    19:26
  • 8:11 PM

    The Year: May

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn-Hensel: Das Jahr - 12 Charakterstücke für Klavier

    Christina Bjorkoe, piano

    2:47
  • 8:00 PM

    Concerto Antico: Cantilena

    Richard Harvey

    Harvey, Gray: Guitar Concertos

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    John Williams, guitar

    10:00
  • 5:53 PM

    La Dangereuse

    Ludovic Lamothe

    William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    5:03
  • 5:20 PM

    Concierto Espagnol

    Joan Manen

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Mark Kaplan, violin

    31:02
  • 5:11 PM

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    7:50
  • 5:06 PM

    Dance of the Shepherd Girl

    Hugo Alfven

    Voyage

    Arcata String Quartet

    Don Bailey, flute

    4:19
  • 5:01 PM

    Im Fruhling (In the Spring)

    Franz Schubert

    Ian Bostridge, tenor

    Julius Drake, piano

    4:47
  • 4:45 PM

    Grand Variations on a Theme by Count Gallenberg

    Louise Farrenc

    European Soloists, Luxembourg

    Christoph Konig, conductor

    Jean Muller, piano

    13:34
  • 4:27 PM

    Jewels of the Madonna Suite

    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

    16:30
  • 4:22 PM

    The Magic Opal Suite: Ballet

    Isaac Albeniz

    Impressions of Spain

    The Great Necks

    3:53
  • 4:06 PM

    Concerto for Two Violins

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Kahane, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    Margaret Batjer, violin

    14:14
  • 4:01 PM

    Symphony No. 5: Scherzo

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Symphonies 1 & 5

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:33
  • 3:44 PM

    Sun Paints Rainbows on the Vast Waves

    David Bedford

    Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra

    Clark Rundell, conductor

    13:59
  • 3:17 PM

    La Mer (The Sea)

    Claude Debussy

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor

    26:22
  • 3:11 PM

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:41
  • 3:06 PM

    Peer Gynt: Morning Mood

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Peer Gynt

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    4:19
  • 3:01 PM

    Flute Quintet

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Divertimento, K. 344

    Trio Pasquier

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    4:42
  • 2:48 PM

    Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    The Celtic Album

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    9:44
  • 2:44 PM

    La Wally: Ebben? Ne andro lontana

    Alfredo Catalani

    The #1 Opera Album

    Orchestra of the Royal Theater, Torino

    John Mauceri, conductor

    Angela Gheorghiu, soprano

    3:37
  • 2:38 PM

    Scherzo

    Alfredo Catalani

    Catalani: Ero e Leandro / Contemplazione / Il Mattino

    Rome Symphony Orchestra

    Francesco La Vecchia, conductor

    5:24
  • 2:34 PM

    Passacalle

    Andrea Falconieri

    Daniel Hope: Air

    Daniel Hope, violin

    2:58
  • 2:13 PM

    In The South Overture (Alassio)

    Edward Elgar

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    20:30
  • 2:09 PM

    La Traviata: Libiamo, ne'lieti calici (Brindisi)

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Milan Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano

    Luciano Pavarotti, tenor

    2:52
  • 2:01 PM

    Voices of Spring Waltz (Fruhlingsstimmen)

    Johann StraussJr.

    F. Schubert: Symphony No. 9

    SWR Baden-Baden and Freiburg Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Gielen, conductor

    7:15
  • 1:51 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 20

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 25

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    30:50
  • 1:44 PM

    El pelele (The Straw Mannequin)

    Enrique Granados

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    4:28
  • 1:36 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Polish": Scherzo

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 3, Capriccio Italien

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    5:52
  • 1:32 PM

    Fur Elise

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Book

    Lang Lang, piano

    3:24
  • 1:24 PM

    Concerto No. 3

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    6:42
  • 1:18 PM

    The Valkyrie: Ride of the Valkyries

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Orchestral Works

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Klaus Tennstedt, conductor

    5:08
  • 1:08 PM

    Bourree Fantasque

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    French National Orchestra

    Armin Jordan, conductor

    7:02
  • 1:04 PM

    Gayane: Dance of the Rose Maidens

    Aram Khachaturian

    Full Dimensional Sound - Sabre Dance: Ballet Suites

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    Alfred Newman, conductor

    2:13
  • 12:50 PM

    Prague Waltzes

    Antonin Dvorak

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    8:58
  • 12:46 PM

    Valsa No. 3

    Armando Neves

    David Russell, guitar

    2:34
  • 12:34 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "In the Spring": 4th movement

    John Knowles Paine

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    11:09
  • 12:29 PM

    Morning Has Broken

    Traditional Gaelic

    Blanc

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    3:26
  • 12:20 PM

    Symphony No. 101 "The Clock": 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 101 & 103

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    7:24
  • 12:15 PM

    Valse de la Reine (The Queen's Waltz)

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Musica Camerata Montreal

    3:39
  • 12:11 PM

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    2:39
  • 12:04 PM

    Piano Quintet: Scherzo

    Josef Suk

    Suk: Klavier- und Kammermusik

    Kiveli Dorken, piano

    5:47
  • 11:49 AM

    Overture "In the Italian Style"

    Franz Schubert

    Musa Italiana

    Philharmonic of La Scala

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    8:14
  • 11:46 AM

    Baltimore Consort

    2:03
  • 11:37 AM

    Concerto for Two Flutes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    Janet See, flute

    Stephen Schultz, flute

    6:48
  • 11:31 AM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Cipriani Potter

    Potter: Symphony No. 1; Introduzione e Rondo; Overture to Cymbelene

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    5:45
  • 11:26 AM

    Cherry Ripe

    Frank Bridge

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    3:14
  • 11:18 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    William Boyce

    Boyce: Symphonies, Op. 2

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    7:10
  • 11:15 AM

    Beautiful Rosemary (Schon Rosmarin)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Ray Chen: The Golden Age

    Ray Chen, violin

    2:16
  • 11:08 AM

    The Broken Engagement: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Patrick Gallois, conductor

    Barbora Tomeckova, oboe

    Jan Karas, horn

    6:12
  • 11:04 AM

    Salut d'amour (Love's Greeting)

    Edward Elgar

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    3:10
  • 10:47 AM

    Capriol Suite

    Peter Warlock

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alan Barlow, conductor

    10:53
  • 10:38 AM

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    7:37
  • 10:26 AM

    Sentimental Story

    Charlotte Sohy

    National Orchestra of Avignon-Provence

    Debora Waldman, conductor

    11:24
  • 10:23 AM

    Papillon (Butterfly)

    Gabriel Faure

    Mon Ami

    Matt Haimovitz, cello

    3:02
  • 10:14 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 3

    Johann Quantz

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Barry Tuckwell, horn

    7:10
  • 10:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 2: Nocturne

    Alexander Borodin

    Pops a la Russe

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    7:43
  • 10:01 AM

    Intermezzo for String Trio

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Domus

    4:42
  • 9:48 AM

    Sinfonia melodica for Two Oboes

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Berlin Baroque Soloists

    Rainer Kussmaul, conductor

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe

    10:08
  • 9:21 AM

    String Sextet

    Louis Spohr

    Spohr: String Sextet, etc.

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    25:49
  • 9:15 AM

    Myfanwy

    Joseph Parry

    Song

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    3:41
  • 9:06 AM

    Barcarolle

    Frederic Chopin

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    8:42
  • 9:01 AM

    Waltz after Lasse in Lyby

    Traditional

    Wood Works

    Danish String Quartet

    4:37
  • 8:21 AM

    Images for Orchestra

    Claude Debussy

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    37:12
  • 8:17 AM

    Alexandra Streliski, piano

    3:48
  • 8:12 AM

    Five Tails in Cold Blood: Bluetongue

    Richard Charlton

    Guitar Trek

    2:44
  • 8:06 AM

    Minuet of the Will-o'-the-Wisps

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: La Marseillaise, Etc

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    5:42
  • 8:01 AM

    Wind Quintet: 2nd movement

    Carl Nielsen

    Carion: Nielsen's Footsteps

    Carion Wind Quintet

    4:36
  • 7:27 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor: Violin Concerto

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    Anthony Marwood, violin

    31:48
  • 7:17 AM

    Sarah Cahill, piano

    9:00
  • 7:06 AM

    Clarinet Concertino

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Janiczek, conductor

    Maximiliano Martin, clarinet

    9:05
  • 7:01 AM

    Spring Ensemble

    Eric Dudley, conductor

    4:46
  • 6:31 AM

    String Quartet

    Maurice Ravel

    Verona Quartet

    27:33
  • 6:25 AM

    Generations: Sinfonietta No. 2: Alla sarabande

    Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    Serenely Cedille: Relaxing Rarities From Chicago's Classical Label

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    5:36
  • 6:06 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 26 "Les adieux"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Piano Sonatas, Vol. VI

    Andras Schiff, piano

    16:46
  • 6:01 AM

    Lament

    Frank Bridge

    Finzi; Parry; Bridge

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    4:41
  • 5:19 AM

    Don Quixote

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35, Horn Concerto #1 in E Flat Major, Op. 11, Don Juan, Op. 20

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    Pierre Fournier, cello

    39:09
  • 5:13 AM

    Poetic Tone Pictures: The Road at Night

    Antonin Dvorak

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    5:23
  • 5:06 AM

    Alsacian Scenes: Under the Lindens

    Jules Massenet

    Rhapsodie

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    5:28
  • 5:01 AM

    Sonata for Flute and Harp

    Gaetano Donizetti

    Marc Grauwels, flute

    Catherine Michel, harp

    4:35