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  • 4:40 AM

    The Wise Virgins Ballet Suite

    William Walton

    English Northern Philharmonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    18:07
  • 4:25 AM

    Miserere

    Gregorio Allegri

    Agnus Dei: Music Of Inner Harmony

    Choir of New College, Oxford

    Edward Higginbottom, conductor

    14:51
  • 4:07 AM

    Dolly Suite

    Gabriel Faure

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    16:39
  • 4:01 AM

    Reverie

    Claude Debussy

    Reverie

    Kassia Ensemble

    Mary Elizabeth Bowden, trumpet

    4:38
  • 3:48 AM

    Symphony No. 9: Scherzo

    Anton Bruckner

    Bruckner: Symphony No. 9

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    10:09
  • 3:24 AM

    Concerto for violin and string orchestra

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Basel Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    22:34
  • 3:19 AM

    The Cowherd's Flute

    He Luting

    Lang Lang: Dragon Songs

    Lang Lang, piano

    2:41
  • 3:06 AM

    Symphony

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: Complete Symphonies Vol. 5

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    12:59
  • 3:01 AM

    Characteristic Suite: Scherzo

    Henry Schoenefeld

    American Romantics

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    4:51
  • 2:53 AM

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    Futaba Inoue, piano

    5:17
  • 2:25 AM

    String Quartet No. 12 "American"

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: The String Quartets

    Prague Quartet

    26:36
  • 2:21 AM

    Wonderful Town: The Story of My Life

    Leonard Bernstein

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:32
  • 2:06 AM

    Petite Suite Gauloise

    Louis Theodore Gouvy

    United States Air Force Band

    Lowell Graham, conductor

    13:43
  • 2:01 AM

    Pygmalion: Overture

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Les Arts Florissants

    William Christie, conductor

    4:47
  • 1:45 AM

    Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1

    Georges Enescu

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    13:09
  • 1:17 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 21 "Waldstein"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    BEETHOVEN: PIANO SONATAS OPP 2/1, 14/2, 53 & 54

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    26:18
  • 1:11 AM

    Cavatina: Scherzino and Danza Pomposa

    Alexandre Tansman

    The Artistry of Christopher Parkening

    Christopher Parkening, guitar

    5:08
  • 1:06 AM

    Love Is Here to Stay

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin Fantasy

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    3:45
  • 1:01 AM

    Symphony: 4th movement

    Johan Zander

    Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    4:44
  • 12:47 AM

    Capriccio: String Sextet

    Richard Strauss

    German Opera Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    10:58
  • 12:17 AM

    Serenade No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    29:24
  • 12:12 AM

    Waltz

    Francis Poulenc

    Melancolie

    Miki Aoki, piano

    1:58
  • 12:06 AM

    Norwegian Dance No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:01
  • 12:01 AM

    Blacksmith's Tune

    Bengt Hallberg

    Scandinavian Brass Ensemble

    Jorma Panula, conductor

    4:46
  • 11:48 PM

    Carnival Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Violin Concerto

    New York Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    9:48
  • 11:40 PM

    Four Spanish Pieces: Scherzo Andaluz

    Tomas Breton

    LOM Piano Trio

    6:37
  • 11:30 PM

    Suite for Strings: Finale

    Ethel Smyth

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Douglas Bostock, conductor

    8:19
  • 11:23 PM

    Novelletta

    Giuseppe Martucci

    Martucci: Symphony No. 1; Novelletta; Notturno; Tarantella

    Philharmonia

    Francesco d'Avalos, conductor

    6:08
  • 11:00 PM

    Symphony No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies, Vol. 1

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Edward Gardner, conductor

    22:11
  • 10:47 PM

    El Salon Mexico

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man and Other Favorites

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    10:22
  • 10:41 PM

    Csardas

    Vittorio Monti

    Play

    Edgar Moreau, cello

    4:49
  • 10:22 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Fazil Say, piano

    18:11
  • 10:15 PM

    Raymonda: Grand Adagio

    Alexander Glazunov

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    5:14
  • 10:04 PM

    Symphony: 4th movement

    Alice Mary Smith

    London Mozart Players

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    10:03
  • 9:59 PM

    Procession of the Sardar

    Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov

    Classic Marches

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:07
  • 9:34 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "Choral": 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven Symphonies

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    23:49
  • 9:18 PM

    Quartet No. 1

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    11:02
  • 9:18 PM

    Le Bananier (The Banana Tree)

    Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    Paul Bisaccia, piano

    2:47
  • 9:06 PM

    Four Seasons: Summer

    Antonio Vivaldi

    English Chamber Orchestra

    David Lockington, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    10:05
  • 9:02 PM

    Ten Pieces: Gavotte

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Music For Brass Septet 3

    Septura

    2:45
  • 8:40 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 2

    Ottorino Respighi

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:47
  • 8:35 PM

    Scherzo No. 2

    Clara Schumann

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    4:47
  • 8:11 PM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 1

    Bernhard Crusell

    Crusell: Clarinet Concertos

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Alan Francis, conductor

    Thea King, clarinet

    22:39
  • 8:04 PM

    American Beauty Rag

    Joseph Lamb

    Richard Dowling, piano

    4:12
  • 8:00 PM

    Humoresque No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Encore

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    3:49
  • 5:39 PM

    Siegfried Idyll

    Richard Wagner

    German Opera Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    19:14
  • 5:17 PM

    Concertante for Flute and Clarinet

    Franz Danzi

    Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra

    Allen Tinkham, conductor

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    Demarre McGill, flute

    20:39
  • 5:13 PM

    Ave Maria

    Charles Gounod

    Dream Season: The Christmas Harp

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    2:52
  • 5:06 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Giuseppe Torelli

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    5:45
  • 5:01 PM

    La Vida Breve: Spanish Dance No. 2

    Manuel de Falla

    Connecting Cultures

    Deborah Moriarty and Zhihua Tang, piano

    4:44
  • 4:45 PM

    Four Characteristic Waltzes

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    13:42
  • 4:18 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart, Haydn: Violin Concertos

    CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra

    Hartmut Haenchen, conductor

    Baiba Skride, violin

    24:59
  • 4:11 PM

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Kenneth Alwyn, conductor

    Roderick Elms, organ/piano

    4:56
  • 4:06 PM

    A Moorside Suite: March

    Gustav Holst

    English String Miniatures, Vol. 6

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    4:20
  • 4:01 PM

    Suite for Strings: Prelude

    Joan Trimble

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    4:46
  • 3:53 PM

    Peer Gynt: Arabian Dance

    Edvard Grieg

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    4:51
  • 3:16 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 4

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano

    35:27
  • 3:09 PM

    String Quartet: Finale

    Florence Price

    Catalyst Quartet

    5:42
  • 3:06 PM

    Partita No. 5: Preambulum

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    2:26
  • 3:01 PM

    The Prophet: Ballet of the Skaters: Galop

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    4:55
  • 2:39 PM

    Variations on a Rococo Theme

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Ofra Harnoy, cello

    18:35
  • 2:20 PM

    Symphony "Diana"

    Vaclav Pichl

    Pichl: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    17:01
  • 2:05 PM

    Provence Suite

    Darius Milhaud

    Milhaud: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2, Suite Provencale

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    14:09
  • 1:59 PM

    Il Signor Bruschino: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    4:46
  • 1:49 PM

    La Procession del Rocio

    Joaquin Turina

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    8:19
  • 1:38 PM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

    Franz Liszt

    International Salute

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    9:43
  • 1:31 PM

    Staatskapelle Weimar

    Peter Gulke, conductor

    6:01
  • 1:26 PM

    Waltz No. 8

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    3:33
  • 1:21 PM

    Canzon No. 7

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Empire Brass & Friends

    3:55
  • 1:17 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    3:13
  • 1:08 PM

    Octet: 3rd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert Octet

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    5:06
  • 1:04 PM

    Radetzky March

    Johann Strauss, Sr.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    3:41
  • 12:52 PM

    Les Troyens (The Trojans): Trojan March

    Hector Berlioz

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    5:21
  • 12:45 PM

    Handel and Haydn Society Chorus

    Grant Llewellyn, conductor

    6:17
  • 12:36 PM

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    6:41
  • 12:29 PM

    Symphony "The Cotswolds": 4th movement

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: Symphony, "The Cotswolds" / Walt Whitman, Overture / Indra / Japanese Suite / A Winter Idyll

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    5:56
  • 12:25 PM

    Andante festivo

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Pelleas et Melisande, Valse Triste, Rakastava

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    3:32
  • 12:15 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 19: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Mitsuko Uchida, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    8:02
  • 12:08 PM

    Nameday (Namensfeier) Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    6:33
  • 12:03 PM

    Shimmeree

    Peter Togni

    CBC Vancouver Orchestra

    Arthur Polson, conductor

    3:00
  • 11:50 AM

    Symphony No. 4: Andantino

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky Symphonies

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    9:39
  • 11:48 AM

    Swan Lake: Dance of the Little Swans

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Earl Wild, piano

    1:26
  • 11:37 AM

    Concert Suite No. 4

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Rameau: Six Concerts en sextuor

    Les Talens Lyriques

    Christophe Rousset, conductor

    9:10
  • 11:32 AM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman: Villano and Ricercar

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    3:30
  • 11:28 AM

    Memories of a Child's Sunday: Bells

    Roy Harris

    Albany Symphony Orchestra

    David Alan Miller, conductor

    3:19
  • 11:20 AM

    Scherzando No. 5

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn Ensemble Berlin

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    7:08
  • 11:16 AM

    March of the Trolls

    Edvard Grieg

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

    tenThing

    3:35
  • 11:08 AM

    Introduction No. 5

    Pietro Locatelli

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, conductor

    6:34
  • 11:04 AM

    Hungarian Dance No. 8

    Johannes Brahms

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    Andras Keller, violin

    Kalman Balogh, cimbalom

    3:04
  • 10:49 AM

    Symphony: Finale

    Georges Bizet

    Ravel: Ma Mere L'Oye; Debussy: Fantaisie; Bizet: Symphony in C

    Prague Philharmonia

    Emmanuel Villaume, conductor

    8:52
  • 10:40 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Tomaso Albinoni

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Simon Preston, conductor

    Hannes Laubin, trumpet

    7:24
  • 10:26 AM

    String Symphony No. 6

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Amadeus Ensemble

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    13:30
  • 10:22 AM

    Narciso Yepes, guitar

    3:18
  • 10:12 AM

    As You Like It: Suite

    Roger Quilter

    Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    9:16
  • 10:06 AM

    Impromptu No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    Marie-Pierre Langlamet, harp

    5:10
  • 10:01 AM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Johan Svendsen

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    4:45
  • 9:52 AM

    Concert Paraphrase of Verdi's "Rigoletto"

    Franz Liszt

    Yundi Li, piano

    6:23
  • 9:29 AM

    Octet for Winds

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Music for Winds

    Stephen Taylor, oboe

    21:22
  • 9:09 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 2

    I Musici Montreal

    Maxim Shostakovich, conductor

    Dmitri Shostakovich, piano

    18:12
  • 9:06 AM

    Songs My Mother Taught Me

    Antonin Dvorak

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Eivind Aadland, conductor

    Tine Thing Helseth, trumpet

    2:24
  • 9:01 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Pastoral": Finale

    Francois-Joseph Gossec

    Le Mozart Noir

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    4:38
  • 8:53 AM

    Seasonal Breezes: Summer Breeeze

    Rick Sowash

    Sylvan Trio

    5:06
  • 8:28 AM

    Ascanio: Act III Ballet music

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    24:18
  • 8:09 AM

    Guitar Quintet No. 5

    Luigi Boccherini

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    17:50
  • 8:06 AM

    Intermezzo No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Lullabies For Mila

    Alessio Bax, piano

    2:13
  • 8:01 AM

    Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom: The Lord's Prayer (Otche nash)

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    Stephen Cleobury, conductor

    4:38
  • 7:37 AM

    Moses: Ballet Music

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    21:16
  • 7:22 AM

    Lincolnshire Posy

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger/Persichetti/Khachaturian etc - Various works

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    14:24
  • 7:06 AM

    Symphony No. 27

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 26, 27, 28, 30 & 32

    London Mozart Players

    Jane Glover, conductor

    14:06
  • 7:01 AM

    Le roi s'amuse (The King Has Fun): Pavane and Scene du bouquet

    Leo Delibes

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:40
  • 6:34 AM

    Clarinet Quintet

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Beethoven: Center of Gravity, 4

    Miro Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    24:11
  • 6:28 AM

    Musical Moment No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    Paul Lewis, piano

    5:29
  • 6:06 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    20:09
  • 6:01 AM

    Symphony No. 1: Menuetto

    Louise Farrenc

    European Soloists, Luxembourg

    Christoph Konig, conductor

    4:32
  • 5:32 AM

    Piano Trio No. 2

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Piano Trios Op. 80 & 110

    Fontenay Trio

    26:12
  • 5:24 AM

    Prelude and Quadruple Fugue

    Alan Hovhaness

    Hovhaness: Celestial Gate

    I Fiamminghi

    Rudolf Werthen, conductor

    7:42
  • 5:06 AM

    Pelleas and Melisande Suite

    Gabriel Faure

    Schoenberg, Sibelius, Faure: Pelleas et Melisande

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    15:45
  • 5:01 AM

    Letter a l'Immortelle Bien-Aimee

    Corentin Apparailly

    Julien Martineau, mandolin

    Vanessa Benelli Mosell, piano

    4:43