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  • 4:54 AM

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:48
  • 4:39 AM

    Proverb

    Steve Reich

    Reich: Proverb

    Theater of Voices

    Paul Hillier, conductor

    14:04
  • 4:31 AM

    Requiem for Discourse

    Gordon Kennedy

    Habemus Quartet

    5:46
  • 4:23 AM

    memory pieces: beach

    David Lang

    Danny Holt, piano

    8:31
  • 4:07 AM

    The City of Tomorrow

    15:16
  • 4:01 AM

    Caitlin Sullivan, cello

    4:37
  • 3:49 AM

    Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan: Epilogue/End Credits

    James Horner

    Star Tracks II

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    8:48
  • 3:36 AM

    Six Bagatelles: No. 6

    Gyorgy Ligeti

    Ligeti: Chamber Music

    London Winds

    1:24
  • 3:23 AM

    New Music Detroit

    12:58
  • 3:09 AM

    Romanian Concerto

    Gyorgy Ligeti

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Jonathan Nott, conductor

    12:08
  • 3:06 AM

    Reggel (Morning)

    Gyorgy Ligeti

    Ligeti: A Cappella Choral Works

    London Voices

    Terry Edwards, conductor

    1:17
  • 3:01 AM

    This Land Sings: Marfa Lights

    Michael Daugherty

    Dogs of Desire

    David Alan Miller, conductor

    Eric Berlin, flugelhorn

    4:51
  • 2:53 AM

    Manuel Barrueco, guitar

    5:30
  • 2:22 AM

    Sinfonia Concertante

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, etc.

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Hans Vonk, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    29:18
  • 2:17 AM

    Diferencias sobra La Dama le demand

    Antonio de Cabezon

    Entremeneo Del Siglo Del Oro

    Hesperion XX

    3:20
  • 2:06 AM

    The Magic Harp Overture (Rosamunde)

    Franz Schubert

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    10:11
  • 2:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 9

    Frederic Chopin

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    4:51
  • 1:51 AM

    Sarabanda and Toccata

    Nino Rota

    L'arpa notturna

    Elisabeth Plank, harp

    7:20
  • 1:29 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Complete Concertos

    Russian National Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    20:17
  • 1:09 AM

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    18:36
  • 1:06 AM

    Little Organ Book: In dir ist Freude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sara Davis Buechner, piano

    2:07
  • 1:01 AM

    Octet: 3rd movement

    Jean Francaix

    Gaudier Ensemble

    4:49
  • 11:28 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 24

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart

    The King's Violins

    Jonathan Cohen, conductor

    Charles Richard-Hamelin, piano

    30:32
  • 11:22 PM

    Danse (Tarantelle styrienne)

    Claude Debussy

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    5:38
  • 11:13 PM

    Impressions of the Puna

    Alberto Ginastera

    Music for a Sunday Morning

    Shanghai Quartet

    Eugenia Zukerman, flute

    6:53
  • 11:08 PM

    Fantasia on Rossini's Canzonette: La Serenata

    Giovanni Bottesini

    Camerata RCO

    Rick Stotijn, double bass

    Olivier Thiery, double bass

    3:43
  • 11:01 PM

    The Ballerina in Love: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Cimarosa: Overtures, Vol. 5

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice

    Patrick Gallois, conductor

    6:37
  • 10:52 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Alla marcia

    Dag Wiren

    Grieg, Sibelius, Nielsen, Wiren

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    5:15
  • 10:49 PM

    Fantastic Dances: Lyrical Dance

    Loris Tjeknavorian

    East Of Melancholy

    Tara Kamangar, piano

    2:27
  • 10:33 PM

    Ports of Call (Escales)

    Jacques Ibert

    French National Radio and Television Orchestra

    Jean Martinon, conductor

    15:25
  • 10:19 PM

    Agincourt Overture

    Walter Leigh

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    12:28
  • 10:11 PM

    Air for Chalumeau "La Tortora"

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Martin Frost - Vivaldi

    Concerto Koln

    Martin Frost, clarinet

    7:16
  • 10:06 PM

    Concert Duo: Finale

    Edgar Meyer

    Tessa Lark, violin

    Edgar Meyer, double bass

    4:18
  • 9:50 PM

    Symphony No. 4: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 4, Serenade for Strings

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    8:56
  • 9:48 PM

    French Suite No. 2: Courante

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Murray Perahia, piano

    1:43
  • 9:37 PM

    Dances in the Canebrakes

    Florence Price

    Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    9:29
  • 9:29 PM

    Symphony No. 6: 3rd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphony No. 5; Symphony No. 6; Overture in C Major

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:21
  • 9:12 PM

    Suite for String Orchestra

    Susan Spain-Dunk

    British Music for Strings, Vol. 3

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Douglas Bostock, conductor

    15:37
  • 9:06 PM

    Dirait-on (So They Say)

    Morten Lauridsen

    Morten Lauridsen: Mid-Winter Songs

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    5:01
  • 9:02 PM

    Liebesfreud (Love's Joy)

    Fritz Kreisler

    James Ehnes, violin

    Eduard Laurel, piano

    3:10
  • 8:54 PM

    Canzon Duodecimi Toni

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Music of Gabrieli

    Empire Brass

    3:37
  • 8:39 PM

    Bravura Variations on a Theme by Rossini

    Cipriani Potter

    Cipriani Potter: Piano Concertos; Rossini Variations

    Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    Howard Shelley, piano

    14:58
  • 8:31 PM

    Carnival of Venice Fantaisie

    Traditional

    Justin Holland: Guitar Works & Arrangements

    Christopher Mallett, guitar

    6:38
  • 8:09 PM

    String Quartet No. 23

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Emerson String Quartet

    20:26
  • 8:00 PM

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits

    Christoph Gluck

    Pachelbel Canon and Other Favorites

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    7:53
  • 5:50 PM

    Ballade No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    8:21
  • 5:32 PM

    Noble and Sentimental Waltzes

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Ballet And Dance Music

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    16:37
  • 5:20 PM

    English Dances: Second Set

    Malcolm Arnold

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    9:31
  • 5:06 PM

    Divertimento No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Complete Mozart Divertimentos

    New York Philomusica

    Robert Johnson, conductor

    13:43
  • 5:01 PM

    Matinees Musicales: Nocturne

    Benjamin Britten

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    4:32
  • 4:51 PM

    Concerto for Two Oboes

    Tomaso Albinoni

    London Virtuosi

    John Georgiadis, conductor

    Anthony Camden, oboe

    Alison Alty, oboe

    6:53
  • 4:25 PM

    Cello Concerto

    Robert Schumann

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    24:47
  • 4:18 PM

    Roses of Picardy

    Haydn Wood

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    5:53
  • 4:13 PM

    Joanna Goldstein, piano

    2:23
  • 4:06 PM

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

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    7:17
  • 4:00 PM

    Terpsichore: Chaconne

    George Frideric Handel

    The Power Of Love: Arias From Handel Operas

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    4:43
  • 3:47 PM

    Snowflake Ballet

    Jacques Offenbach

    Gulbenkian Orchestra

    Michel Swierczewski, conductor

    11:09
  • 3:23 PM

    Symphony No. 94 "Surprise"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    London Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Warren-Green, conductor

    22:59
  • 3:14 PM

    Straussiana

    Erich Korngold

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Kazuki Yamada, conductor

    7:14
  • 3:06 PM

    Sonata for Trumpet and Strings

    Henry Purcell

    Baroque Trumpet Music

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    John Wallace, trumpet

    6:43
  • 3:01 PM

    The Girl from Corsica

    Trevor Duncan

    British Light Music Classics - 3

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    4:39
  • 2:35 PM

    Symphony in G

    Leopold Mozart

    Toronto Chamber Orchestra

    Kevin Mallon, conductor

    24:00
  • 2:18 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    15:50
  • 2:14 PM

    Le Corsaire: Pas de trois des odalisques

    Adolphe Adam

    Le Corsaire - A Ballet in Three Acts

    Evergreen Symphony Orchestra

    Kevin Galie, conductor

    3:01
  • 2:01 PM

    Dance of the Hours

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Dream Melodies

    Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andras Korodi, conductor

    9:34
  • 1:49 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Johann Fasch

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    6:10
  • 1:41 PM

    Introduction and Fandango

    Luigi Boccherini

    L.A. Guitar Quartet

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    5:58
  • 1:34 PM

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Bela Bartok

    Dorati Conducts Kodaly and Bartok

    Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    6:03
  • 1:30 PM

    Humoresque

    Laura Netzel

    Breaking Waves: Music by Swedish Women Composers

    Paula Gudmundson, flute

    2:28
  • 1:21 PM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    Great Comedy Overtures

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    8:19
  • 1:16 PM

    Spring Breeze

    Yu-Xian Deng

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    3:55
  • 1:07 PM

    Symphony No. 7 "Pastoral": Scherzo

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Symphonies 4 And 7

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:10
  • 1:04 PM

    Prayer for Peace

    David Cherwien

    I Sing of Thy Mercies

    National Lutheran Choir

    David Cherwien, conductor

    2:52
  • 12:56 PM

    The Man I Love

    George Gershwin

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    3:12
  • 12:48 PM

    Strike Up the Band: Overture

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin: Overtures

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    7:08
  • 12:40 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Six Brandenburg Concertos

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    5:59
  • 12:33 PM

    Piano Concerto: 3rd movement

    Leroy Anderson

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    6:00
  • 12:30 PM

    The Syncopated Clock

    Leroy Anderson

    Leroy Anderson Favorites

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    2:26
  • 12:25 PM

    The Tick-Tock Clock

    Richard Strauss

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    3:54
  • 12:20 PM

    Le Soka/Cheese in the Wine

    Tessa Lark

    Tessa Lark, violin

    3:25
  • 12:09 PM

    Impromptu No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Artur Rubinstein, piano

    4:15
  • 12:04 PM

    Serenade: Finale

    William Alwyn

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    4:28
  • 11:52 AM

    Symphony No. 3: 4th movement

    Florence Price

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    John Jeter, conductor

    5:05
  • 11:46 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    William Boyce

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    5:21
  • 11:36 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Overture, Scherzo and Finale, Op. 52

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    8:28
  • 11:33 AM

    Country Gardens

    Percy Grainger

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Kenneth Montgomery, conductor

    2:22
  • 11:21 AM

    Water Music Suite No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Water Music

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    10:23
  • 11:16 AM

    Song without Words

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Marcy Rosen, cello

    Lydia Artymiw, piano

    4:41
  • 11:08 AM

    Symphony No. 1: 1st movement

    Charles Gounod

    Bizet: L'Arlesienne; Gounod: Symphonies

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    6:20
  • 11:04 AM

    Minuet No. 2

    Giacomo Puccini

    Orchestra of the Auvergne

    Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    3:15
  • 10:50 AM

    From Olden Times: Gigue

    Johan Halvorsen

    Halvorsen: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

    Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:16
  • 10:40 AM

    Symphony No. 38 "Prague": Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    W.A. Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 38 & 39

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    8:14
  • 10:36 AM

    Suite of Common Branles

    Pierre Phalese

    Renaissance Winds

    Ensemble Doulce Memoire

    3:59
  • 10:29 AM

    Thais: Meditation

    Jules Massenet

    Classic Kennedy

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Nigel Kennedy, violin

    6:36
  • 10:20 AM

    Serenade No. 2: 1st movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    7:43
  • 10:11 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 5

    Antonio Vivaldi

    I Musici

    Aurele Nicolet, flute

    7:55
  • 10:06 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Karajan Forever: The Greatest Classical Hits

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert van Karajan, conductor

    4:09
  • 10:01 AM

    Rondo Amoroso

    Harald Saeverud

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Per Dreier, conductor

    4:35
  • 9:39 AM

    Serenade No. 1

    Robert Fuchs

    Fuchs: Serenades Nos. 1 and 2

    Cologne Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Ludwig, conductor

    19:39
  • 9:28 AM

    Serenade for Winds

    Richard Strauss

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

    Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paavo Berglund, conductor

    9:16
  • 9:23 AM

    Tropico

    Manuel Ponce

    Caribbean Souvenirs

    William Kanengiser, guitar

    3:03
  • 9:06 AM

    Variations on "La ci darem la mano"

    Frederic Chopin

    Bruce Liu, piano

    16:25
  • 9:01 AM

    Loch Lomond

    Traditional

    Chanticleer

    4:39
  • 8:41 AM

    The Cunning Little Vixen: Suite

    Leos Janacek

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    17:40
  • 8:35 AM

    Sarabande

    Claude Debussy

    RAVEL, M.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    5:09
  • 8:17 AM

    Concerto for Three Violins

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Concertos for One, Two and Three Violins

    Portland Baroque Orchestra

    Monica Huggett, conductor

    Monica Huggett, violin

    16:51
  • 8:07 AM

    E.T.: Adventures on Earth

    John Williams

    The Spielberg/Williams Collaboration

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    9:49
  • 8:01 AM

    The Seawall Song

    Tamezo Narita

    Paillard Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Francois Paillard, conductor

    4:33
  • 7:37 AM

    Rossiniana Suite

    Ottorino Respighi

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    20:59
  • 7:26 AM

    Summer Music

    Samuel Barber

    Bergen Wind Quintet

    11:26
  • 7:12 AM

    Violin Concerto "Per la Solennita di San Lorenzo"

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Stabat Mater

    Concerto Italiano

    Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor

    11:50
  • 7:06 AM

    Improvisation No. 1

    Gabriela Montero

    Gabriela Montero, piano

    5:19
  • 7:01 AM

    John Williams, guitar

    Timothy Kain, guitar

    4:41
  • 6:46 AM

    Ma vlast (My Country): From Bohemia's Woods and Fields

    Bedrich Smetana

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    12:30
  • 6:16 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    29:08
  • 6:06 AM

    Whimsical Symphony (Grillensymphonie)

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    8:32
  • 6:01 AM

    Nocturne

    Auguste Franchomme

    The Franchomme Project

    Louise Dubin, cello

    4:32
  • 5:21 AM

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    37:36
  • 5:07 AM

    Violin Sonata

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Sonatas K. 301, 304, 376, 526

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    12:39
  • 5:01 AM

    Two Elegiac Melodies: Last Spring (Varen)

    Edvard Grieg

    Edvard Grieg: Works For String Orchestra

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:42