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  • 4:32 AM

    Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished"

    Franz Schubert

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Douglas Boyd, conductor

    25:50
  • 4:13 AM

    Souvenir of a Beloved Place

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Complete Works for Violin and Orchestra

    Odense Symphony Orchestra

    Alexander Vedernikov, conductor

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    18:51
  • 4:06 AM

    Theme Varie

    Cecile Chaminade

    The Future is Female, Vol. 3 "At Play"

    Sarah Cahill, piano

    5:04
  • 4:01 AM

    Contemplation

    Henriette Renie

    The Healing Harp

    Naoko Yoshino, harp

    4:33
  • 3:47 AM

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Paul Dukas

    French National Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    11:42
  • 3:24 AM

    American Suite

    Antonin Dvorak

    Rochester Philharmonic

    David Zinman, conductor

    21:20
  • 3:16 AM

    Fantasy Pieces: Minuet and Trio

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Catalyst Quartet

    6:53
  • 3:06 AM

    Larghetto for Horn and Orchestra

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    8:30
  • 3:01 AM

    Hungarian Dance

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Alexander Sitkovetsky, violin

    Olga Sitkovetsky, piano

    4:48
  • 2:52 AM

    We Shall Overcome

    Spiritual

    The Aeolians

    The Aeolians

    Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor

    6:30
  • 2:39 AM

    Concert Overture No. 1

    Florence Price

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    John Jeter, conductor

    11:39
  • 2:18 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 30

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Awadagin Pratt: Beethoven Piano Sonatas

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    18:37
  • 2:06 AM

    Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra

    Allen Tinkham, conductor

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    Demarre McGill, flute

    6:08
  • 2:01 AM

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Avlana Eisenberg, conductor

    Zina Schiff, violin

    4:39
  • 1:48 AM

    Four Seasons: Spring

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi - The Four Seasons

    Amsterdam Guitar Trio

    9:53
  • 1:16 AM

    Serenade No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Serenades No 1 & 2

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    31:06
  • 1:10 AM

    Mazurka No. 38

    Frederic Chopin

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    3:17
  • 1:06 AM

    Prelude on Rhosymedre

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:57
  • 1:01 AM

    French Suite No. 6: Allemande; Courante

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Peter Hill, piano

    4:31
  • 12:53 AM

    Requiem: Pie Jesu

    Andrew Lloyd Webber

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    Julian Lloyd Webber, cello

    5:18
  • 12:29 AM

    Pines of Rome

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    22:39
  • 12:19 AM

    Sonata No. 9

    Alessandro Scarlatti

    Alessandro Scarlatti: Concerti da Camera

    Musica Pacifica

    9:29
  • 12:13 AM

    Two pieces from Temple Fair

    Zu-Xin Jiang

    Shanghai Quartet

    3:42
  • 12:06 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 4

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic dances, Opp. 46 & 72

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vaclav Neumann, conductor

    6:43
  • 12:01 AM

    Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria (Cantilena)

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Michala Petri, recorder

    Lars Hannibal, guitar

    4:46
  • 11:55 PM

    To a Wild Rose

    Edward MacDowell

    London Mozart Players

    Stuart Morley, conductor

    Claire Jones, harp

    3:16
  • 11:34 PM

    Symphony No. 89

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    20:57
  • 11:29 PM

    Procession of the Sardar

    Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov

    Empire Brass

    4:37
  • 11:17 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    11:29
  • 11:10 PM

    Symphonic Etude

    Cecile Chaminade

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    5:25
  • 11:02 PM

    Roman Carnival Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Overtures, Queen Mab Scherzo

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Munch, conductor

    8:04
  • 10:50 PM

    Scheherazade: The Sea and Sinbad's Ship

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Tsar Saltan Suite etc.

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    10:39
  • 10:43 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Giovanni Sgambati

    Rome Symphony Orchestra

    Francesco La Vecchia, conductor

    5:46
  • 10:34 PM

    Transcendental Etude No. 4 "Mazeppa"

    Franz Liszt

    Alice Sara Ott, piano

    7:42
  • 10:18 PM

    Popular Andean Dances

    Celso Garrido-Lecca

    Inca Trail Connections

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    12:58
  • 10:06 PM

    La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Schippers, conductor

    11:13
  • 10:00 PM

    Perpetual Motion Pieces

    Francis Poulenc

    Poulenc: Piano Music

    Pascal Roge, piano

    5:25
  • 9:47 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: 3rd movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff, Paganini Rhapsody, Piano Concerto No. 2

    Mahler Chamber Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Yuja Wang, piano

    11:27
  • 9:27 PM

    Harp Concerto

    Francois Boieldieu

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Marisa Robles, harp

    20:15
  • 9:22 PM

    Carmen: Bullfighter's Chorus

    Georges Bizet

    Opera Choruses

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    3:52
  • 9:10 PM

    Wedding Scenes

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: Short Orchestral Pieces

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Stankovsky, conductor

    10:59
  • 9:06 PM

    Seven Descriptive Pieces: Hilda's Waltz

    Florence Price

    Rochelle Sennet, piano

    2:33
  • 9:03 PM

    Un Ballo in Maschera (A Masked Ball): Act II Prelude

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    2:39
  • 8:55 PM

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    3:47
  • 8:28 PM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Hans Vonk, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    26:45
  • 8:21 PM

    Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rossen Milanov, conductor

    Yaroslav Krasnikov, violin

    6:08
  • 8:07 PM

    Swan Lake: Dance of the Swans

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Barry Griffiths, violin

    12:05
  • 8:00 PM

    Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune (Moonlight)

    Claude Debussy

    Carol Rosenberger, piano

    5:45
  • 5:46 PM

    My Heart is Inditing

    George Frideric Handel

    The Sixteen

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    12:05
  • 5:30 PM

    Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Don Juan, Tod und Verklarung

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Tadaaki Otaka, conductor

    15:47
  • 5:22 PM

    Octet: 5th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Gaudier Ensemble

    6:20
  • 5:14 PM

    Norwegian Dance No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Norwegian Dances

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    6:15
  • 5:06 PM

    Fiesta criolla

    Manuel Gomez Carrillo

    Fiesta Criolla: Latin-American Orchestral Works

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    Gabriel Castagna, conductor

    7:10
  • 5:01 PM

    Symphony No. 2: Scherzo

    Charles Gounod

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:44
  • 4:48 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Mark Bennett, trumpet

    10:54
  • 4:18 PM

    Serenade for Strings

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    29:00
  • 4:14 PM

    Piano Piece

    Elfrida Andree

    Oskar Ekberg, piano

    1:53
  • 4:06 PM

    Sicilian Vespers: Four Seasons: Spring

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi: Ballet Music

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    8:02
  • 4:01 PM

    Flowers from Froso: Entry to the Summer Meadow

    Wilhelm Peterson-Berger

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    4:43
  • 3:44 PM

    Second Rhapsody

    George Gershwin

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Justin Brown, conductor

    Anne-Marie McDermott, piano

    14:01
  • 3:19 PM

    Clarinet Quintet

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Beethoven: Center of Gravity, 4

    Miro Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    24:11
  • 3:12 PM

    Le Mariage aux lanternes: Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    Offenbach: Orchestral Works

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:31
  • 3:06 PM

    Algerian Suite: French Military March

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Fiedler's Greatest Hits

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    4:29
  • 3:01 PM

    Iberia: Triana

    Isaac Albeniz

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    4:53
  • 2:48 PM

    Love Songs for horn and orchestra

    Alec Wilder

    Miramar Sinfonietta

    William Barnewitz, horn

    10:00
  • 2:25 PM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Fantasía para un gentilhombre & Concierto de Aranjuez

    Spanish Radio and TV Orchestra

    Pedro Amaral, conductor

    Xianji Liu, guitar

    21:39
  • 2:15 PM

    Egmont Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Complete Overtures

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    8:39
  • 2:09 PM

    German Dances

    William Brade

    Brass Ensemble

    Ludwig Guttler, trumpet

    4:50
  • 2:00 PM

    Homestead Dances: Quilters' Dance

    Don Ray

    Home For The Harvest

    Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra

    Derek Gleeson, conductor

    7:58
  • 1:56 PM

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    3:20
  • 1:50 PM

    Yeomen of the Guard: Overture

    Arthur Sullivan

    Studio Orchestra

    Carl Davis, conductor

    4:57
  • 1:45 PM

    Pride and Prejudice: Main Theme

    Carl Davis

    Studio Orchestra

    Carl Davis, conductor

    3:33
  • 1:32 PM

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    3:20
  • 1:32 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 11: 1st mvt

    Wolfgang Mozart

    Walter Klien, piano

    11:00
  • 1:25 PM

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Avlana Eisenberg, conductor

    5:58
  • 1:18 PM

    Norma: Casta diva

    Vincenzo Bellini

    Aria: A Passion for Opera

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Tullio Serafin, conductor

    Maria Callas, soprano

    5:36
  • 1:09 PM

    Carmina Burana: O Fortuna

    Carl Orff

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    5:14
  • 1:04 PM

    CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra

    Hartmut Haenchen, conductor

    3:08
  • 12:58 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Ye Spotted Snakes

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Arleen Auger, soprano

    3:57
  • 12:51 PM

    Raiders of the Lost Ark March

    John Williams

    Berlin Philharmonic

    John Williams, conductor

    5:48
  • 12:45 PM

    Jeux d'eau (Fountains)

    Maurice Ravel

    Water

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    5:11
  • 12:39 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    7:38
  • 12:38 PM

    Three Spirituals

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

    Ambrosia Quartet

    10:42
  • 12:37 PM

    Raiders of the Lost Ark March

    John Williams

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    5:29
  • 12:36 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    7:38
  • 12:22 PM

    Symphony No. 98: Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 93, 96, & 98

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    8:46
  • 12:16 PM

    Giselle: selections

    Adolphe Adam

    Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    4:25
  • 12:11 PM

    Andante with Variations

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Chamber Music with Harp

    Consortium Classicum

    3:59
  • 12:04 PM

    Festive Overture

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Gustavo Dudamel: Discoveries

    Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    5:58
  • 11:51 AM

    Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna

    Franz von Suppe

    Vienna Soiree

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    8:08
  • 11:47 AM

    Canzon Primi Toni No. 1

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    National Brass Ensemble: Gabrieli

    National Brass Ensemble

    3:23
  • 11:34 AM

    The Red Pony Suite

    Aaron Copland

    Phoenix Symphony

    James Sedares, conductor

    11:25
  • 11:31 AM

    Down a Country Lane

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Complete Music for Solo Piano

    Leo Smit, piano

    2:07
  • 11:21 AM

    Overture "In the Italian Style"

    Franz Schubert

    Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    8:19
  • 11:17 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Air on the G String

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Serenade

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    3:56
  • 11:07 AM

    "Twinkle, Twinkle" Variations (Ah, vous dirais-je, Maman)

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Great Pianists of the 20th Century: Christoph Eschenbach

    Christoph Eschenbach, piano

    8:14
  • 11:04 AM

    Minuet No. 2

    Giacomo Puccini

    R. Strauss, Verdi, Puccini: String Quartets

    Enso String Quartet

    2:37
  • 10:47 AM

    Jeromita Linares

    Carlos Guastavino

    "Impresiones"

    Camerata Bariloche

    Pablo Cohen, guitar

    11:43
  • 10:31 AM

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Symphonic Dances/Sigurd Jorsalfar/Peer Gynt

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    14:25
  • 10:22 AM

    Cello Sonata No. 6

    Luigi Boccherini

    Laura Metcalf, cello

    Rupert Boyd, guitar

    7:48
  • 10:12 AM

    Field of Dreams: The Place Where Dreams Come True

    James Horner

    Studio Orchestra

    James Horner, conductor

    9:07
  • 10:06 AM

    Consolation No. 3

    Franz Liszt

    Jeffrey Biegel, piano

    4:44
  • 10:01 AM

    Ensemble Giardino di Delizie

    4:35
  • 9:43 AM

    Symphony No. 5: 3rd and 4th movements

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    14:50
  • 9:22 AM

    Sleeping Beauty Ballet Suite

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    19:56
  • 9:17 AM

    The Foggy Dew

    Traditional Irish

    Barry Douglas, piano

    3:10
  • 9:06 AM

    The Magic Harp Overture (Rosamunde)

    Franz Schubert

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    10:11
  • 9:01 AM

    Scherzo No. 1

    Clara Schumann

    Jozef de Beenhouwer, piano

    4:38
  • 8:45 AM

    Concerto for Oboe and Violin

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    L'Appassionata

    Lorenzo Gugole, conductor

    Krzysztof Kaczka, flute

    Jaroslaw Nadrzycki, violin

    13:28
  • 8:26 AM

    Robert le Diable: Ballet of the Nuns

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    18:37
  • 8:14 AM

    Scherzo No. 4

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Schzeri, Impromptus

    Yundi Li, piano

    10:33
  • 8:06 AM

    Glass Houses: No. 2

    Ann Southam

    Taktus

    6:51
  • 8:01 AM

    The Seal Lullaby

    Eric Whitacre

    Home

    Voces8

    Christopher Glynn, piano

    4:33
  • 7:36 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 3

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Violinkonzerte, Mozart: Rondo

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    Heinrich Schiff, conductor

    Christian Tetzlaff, violin

    22:50
  • 7:20 AM

    Fantastic Scherzo

    Josef Suk

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    14:50
  • 7:06 AM

    String Symphony No. 2

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn String Symphonies

    Amadeus Ensemble

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    12:08
  • 7:01 AM

    Ballade No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Handel Variations/Ballades

    Pascal Roge, piano

    4:38
  • 6:42 AM

    The Seasons: Spring and Summer

    Alexander Glazunov

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    16:47
  • 6:26 AM

    The Garden of Adonis

    Alan Hovhaness

    Music of Hovhaness

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    15:29
  • 6:06 AM

    Minuets and Trios

    Franz Schubert

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    17:32
  • 6:01 AM

    Edgar: Act I Prelude

    Giacomo Puccini

    Puccini

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor

    4:37
  • 5:49 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique": 4th movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    9:09
  • 5:38 AM

    String Quartet No. 3 "Mishima"

    Philip Glass

    Modern Mandolin Quartet

    10:54
  • 5:32 AM

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    3:46
  • 5:06 AM

    Piano Trio No. 2

    Elfrida Andree

    Concert Recording

    Trio Poseidon

    25:35
  • 5:01 AM

    Orchestra of the Royal Swedish Opera

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    4:34