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  • 3:13 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms, Clara Schumann

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    37:52
  • 3:09 AM

    Clare Hammond, piano

    2:17
  • 3:06 AM

    Wood Notes: Whippoorwill's Shoes

    William Grant Still

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    2:25
  • 3:01 AM

    Sinfonietta: Arioso

    Alexander Arutiunian

    Arutiunian: Violin Concerto, etc.

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    4:27
  • 2:54 AM

    Fantastic Dance

    Enrique Soro

    Inca Trail Connections

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    4:25
  • 2:29 AM

    Serenade for Winds

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenades

    Vienna Philharmonic Winds

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    22:54
  • 2:21 AM

    The Little Trifles (selections)

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:25
  • 2:16 AM

    Looking for a Boy

    George Gershwin

    Sara Davis Buechner, piano

    2:26
  • 2:06 AM

    Concerto for Two Violins and Two Cellos

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    9:44
  • 2:01 AM

    Flute Sonata: Aria

    Otar Taktakishvili

    Marina Piccinini, flute

    Ewa Kupiec, piano

    4:39
  • 1:50 AM

    String Quartet No. 2: Nocturne

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Three Symphonies, Petite Suite, Polovetsian Dances

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:28
  • 1:29 AM

    Otello: Ballet Music

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    19:30
  • 1:12 AM

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    15:30
  • 1:06 AM

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Los Angeles Master Chorale

    Grant Gershon, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    Jaebon Hwang, organ

    3:30
  • 1:01 AM

    Il finto Stanislao: Overture

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Philharmonic of La Scala

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    4:43
  • 12:46 AM

    Romeo and Juliet

    Johan Svendsen

    South Jutland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    12:06
  • 12:19 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 5

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    25:46
  • 12:15 AM

    Serenade d'automne

    Cecile Chaminade

    Bengt Forsberg, piano

    David Huang, piano

    2:39
  • 12:06 AM

    Three Pieces

    Arthur Foote

    Huntingdon Trio

    7:47
  • 12:01 AM

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    4:33
  • 11:36 PM

    Symphony No. 93

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    22:19
  • 11:27 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Introduction and March

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    7:23
  • 11:15 PM

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:31
  • 11:10 PM

    Algerian Suite: French Military March

    Camille Saint-Saens

    French Bon Bons

    Grimethorpe Colliery Band

    Major Peter Parkes, conductor

    4:28
  • 11:00 PM

    Variations on a Theme by Handel

    Mauro Giuliani

    Romance Guitar

    Lars Hannibal, guitar

    8:50
  • 10:43 PM

    Marosszek Dances

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Philharmonia Hungarica

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    13:43
  • 10:38 PM

    Petite Suite: Caprice

    Joseph Lauber

    Rachel Talitman, harp

    Marcos Fregnani-Martins, flute

    4:52
  • 10:26 PM

    Children's Games (Jeux d'enfants)

    Georges Bizet

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

    French National Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    10:53
  • 10:09 PM

    Suite in the Old Style

    Alfred Schnittke

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    15:26
  • 10:05 PM

    Jazz Suite No. 2: March

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Dmitri Kitayenko, conductor

    3:00
  • 10:00 PM

    Rodeo: Saturday Night Waltz

    Aaron Copland

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    4:27
  • 9:46 PM

    Suite Francaise

    Francis Poulenc

    Poulenc: Orchestral Works

    Paris Orchestra

    Georges Pretre, conductor

    12:23
  • 9:42 PM

    Turandot: Nessun dorma

    Giacomo Puccini

    Carreras Domingo Pavarotti In Concert

    Orchestra of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Luciano Pavarotti, tenor

    2:59
  • 9:39 PM

    English Suite No. 2: Gigue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Renaud Capucon, violin

    Gautier Capucon, cello

    2:31
  • 9:18 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 5

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Orli Shaham, piano

    18:37
  • 9:11 PM

    Symphony No. 5: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    5:45
  • 9:05 PM

    String Trio: Rondo

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Complete Trios

    Grumiaux Trio

    5:46
  • 9:02 PM

    Christmas Cantata: Gloria in excelsis Deo

    Daniel Pinkham

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    Ronald Hasselmann, trumpet

    Merrimon Hipps, Jr., trumpet

    Ronald Ricketts, trombone

    Steven Zellmer, trombone

    John Ferguson, organ

    2:17
  • 8:40 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Johann Hummel

    Trumpet Concertos

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    Bibi Black, trumpet

    17:39
  • 8:35 PM

    China Gates

    John Adams

    Nicolas Hodges, piano

    4:31
  • 8:15 PM

    Variations on a Theme by Haydn "St. Antoni Chorale"

    Johannes Brahms

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    18:19
  • 8:06 PM

    Oboe Concerto No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Alexander's Feast, 3 Oboe Concertos, Sonata A 5

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Heinz Holliger, oboe

    8:16
  • 8:00 PM

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Classics at the Pops

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:31
  • 5:39 PM

    Images for Orchestra: Iberia

    Claude Debussy

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    19:16
  • 5:24 PM

    Flute and Oboe Concerto

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Concertos for Flute and Oboe

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Janos Rolla, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    13:05
  • 5:10 PM

    From Italy (Aus Italien): On the Beach at Sorrento

    Richard Strauss

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    12:34
  • 5:06 PM

    Mock Morris

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger Edition Vol. 5: Works for Chorus & Orchestra 2

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    3:18
  • 5:01 PM

    Merry Mount: Maypole Dances

    Howard Hanson

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    4:42
  • 4:46 PM

    Slavonic Rhapsody No. 3

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Paavo Berglund, conductor

    12:40
  • 4:21 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Max Bruch

    Mendelssohn, Bruch: Concerto & Romance

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Janine Jansen, violin

    23:28
  • 4:13 PM

    Sonorous Table Suite (Mensa sonora): Part 5

    Heinrich Biber

    Baroque Band

    Garry Clarke, conductor

    6:16
  • 4:06 PM

    Rhapsody No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Radu Lupu, piano

    5:42
  • 4:01 PM

    A Downland Suite: Minuet

    John Ireland

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Julian Lloyd Webber, conductor

    4:42
  • 3:52 PM

    Danse Macabre

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Camille Saint-Saens: Organ Symphony; Tone Poems

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    6:16
  • 3:24 PM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, basset clarinet

    26:30
  • 3:10 PM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Robert Schumann

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Antonio Pappano, conductor

    Jan Lisiecki, piano

    12:29
  • 3:06 PM

    Idomenee: Rigaudon

    Andre Campra

    Empire Brass

    Robert Woods, conductor

    Michael Murray, organ

    2:52
  • 3:01 PM

    Caprice-Chaconne

    Francesco Corbetta

    Alfabeto

    Ensemble Kapsberger

    Rolf Lislevand, conductor

    4:48
  • 2:50 PM

    Symphony No. 98: Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: The London Symphonies, Vol. I

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    8:04
  • 2:45 PM

    Scherzo-Tarantelle

    Henryk Wieniawski

    The Perlman Sound

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    4:28
  • 2:34 PM

    Miniature Suite

    Poldowski

    Sylvan Winds

    10:28
  • 2:10 PM

    Pines of Rome

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    22:39
  • 2:06 PM

    Children's Corner: Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum

    Claude Debussy

    Steven Osborne, piano

    2:19
  • 2:01 PM

    Ave Maria

    Franz Schubert

    The Ultimate Classical Christmas

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    4:39
  • 1:55 PM

    Pulcinella Suite: Gavotte

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky: Pulcinella, Dumbarton Oaks

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    4:00
  • 1:50 PM

    Evergreen

    Daniel Pinkham

    Hodie

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    Kathy Kienzle, harp

    3:40
  • 1:38 PM

    Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

    Alexander Borodin

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    11:27
  • 1:29 PM

    Prince and the Mermaid Suite

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    7:24
  • 1:21 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: Finale

    Felix Mendelssohn

    London Mozart Players

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    Howard Shelley, piano

    6:06
  • 1:18 PM

    Christmas Cantata: Gloria in excelsis Deo

    Daniel Pinkham

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    Ronald Hasselmann, trumpet

    Merrimon Hipps, Jr., trumpet

    Ronald Ricketts, trombone

    Steven Zellmer, trombone

    John Ferguson, organ

    2:17
  • 1:11 PM

    Into the Woods: Children Will Listen

    Stephen Sondheim

    Into the Woods: Movie soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    Emily

    3:00
  • 1:08 PM

    Bartered Bride: Overture

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: The Bartered Bride & From My Life

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    6:36
  • 1:04 PM

    St. Paul's Suite: Finale (The Dargason)

    Gustav Holst

    English Music for Strings

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    George Hurst, conductor

    3:29
  • 12:41 PM

    La Cenerentola (Cinderella): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    8:06
  • 12:32 PM

    Four Scottish Dances

    Malcolm Arnold

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    8:40
  • 12:20 PM

    Guitar Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Sharon Isbin Plays Baroque Favorites for Guitar

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    10:10
  • 12:16 PM

    Swedish Polka

    Hugo Alfven

    European Light Music Classics

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    2:25
  • 12:07 PM

    Orb and Sceptre

    William Walton

    Rule Brittania: Last Night of the Proms

    English Northern Philharmonia

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    7:07
  • 12:04 PM

    Lady Radnor's Suite: Prelude

    Hubert Parry

    English String Festival

    Capella Istropolitana

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    2:37
  • 11:52 AM

    Harold in Italy: Serenade

    Hector Berlioz

    Pinchas Zukerman: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon and Philips

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Dutoit, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, viola

    6:56
  • 11:45 AM

    Minuet Antique

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Works For Solo Piano

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    6:22
  • 11:29 AM

    Oboe d'Amore Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Heinz Holliger, oboe d'amore

    14:22
  • 11:20 AM

    Fleeting Pleasure

    Joseph Lanner

    Vienna String Ensemble

    7:13
  • 11:14 AM

    The Seasons: June (Barcarolle)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Seasons

    Queensland Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    Takako Nishizaki, violin

    5:13
  • 11:10 AM

    Hungarian Dance No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Hungarian Dances

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    Andras Keller, violin

    2:04
  • 11:04 AM

    Intermezzo No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    5:46
  • 10:49 AM

    English Folk Song Suite

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    9:08
  • 10:31 AM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1

    Georges Bizet

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    17:01
  • 10:26 AM

    Sing Me to Heaven

    Daniel Gawthrop

    Alleluia: An American Hymnal

    Kansas City Chorale

    Charles Bruffy, conductor

    4:18
  • 10:13 AM

    Jeromita Linares

    Carlos Guastavino

    "Impresiones"

    Camerata Bariloche

    Pablo Cohen, guitar

    11:43
  • 10:06 AM

    Impromptu No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    Encores

    Daniel Barenboim, piano

    6:06
  • 10:01 AM

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

    Vincenzo Bellini

    Orchestra of St. Cecilia

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    4:40
  • 9:49 AM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Finlandia

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    9:31
  • 9:33 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    14:28
  • 9:28 AM

    Embraceable You

    George Gershwin

    Carte Blanche

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    2:58
  • 9:06 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Edvard Grieg

    Tromso Chamber Orchestra

    Henning Kraggerud, violin

    21:15
  • 9:01 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 9

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: The Slavonic Dances

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos

    4:39
  • 8:29 AM

    Harp Concerto

    Elias Parish-Alvars

    Romantic Harp Concertos

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, conductor

    Marielle Nordmann, harp

    29:04
  • 8:22 AM

    Quartetto Ascanio

    6:42
  • 8:06 AM

    Concerto on Themes by Donizetti

    Antonio Pasculli

    Romantic Oboe Concertos

    Berlin Symphony Orchestra

    Claus Peter Flor, conductor

    Burkhard Glaetzner, oboe

    14:09
  • 8:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 10

    Frederic Chopin

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    4:41
  • 7:49 AM

    Symphony No. 23

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenade No. 4, Symphony No. 23

    Concentus Musicus Vienna

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    9:27
  • 7:33 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Max Bruch

    Bruch: Orchestral Works

    Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra

    George Hanson, conductor

    15:03
  • 7:20 AM

    Violin Sonata "The Devil's Trill"

    Giuseppe Tartini

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    12:11
  • 7:06 AM

    Chimney of King Rene

    Darius Milhaud

    Danish National Symphony Wind Quintet

    12:42
  • 7:01 AM

    Irish Roots Medley

    Traditional

    Modern Mandolin Quartet: Americana

    Modern Mandolin Quartet

    4:43
  • 6:32 AM

    Symphony No. 8

    Niels Gade

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    25:44
  • 6:29 AM

    Life of Flowers: Rose

    Dora Pejacevic

    Hiroko Ishimoto, piano

    2:25
  • 6:06 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Paul Goodwin, oboe/oboe d'amore

    21:15
  • 6:01 AM

    Madrigal-Pavana

    Francisco Braga

    Serenata: Brazilian Music for Chamber Orchestra

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Neil Thomson, conductor

    4:35
  • 5:20 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 3 in G; Cappriccio italien; Marche slave; Gopak from 'Mazeppa'

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    38:33
  • 5:16 AM

    Intermezzo No. 6

    Johannes Brahms

    Paul Lewis, piano

    3:01
  • 5:06 AM

    Suite dramatique

    Lou Koster

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    8:15
  • 5:01 AM

    Pavane and Gigue

    William Byrd

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    4:43