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  • 4:29 AM

    Harp Concerto

    Elias Parish-Alvars

    Romantic Harp Concertos

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, conductor

    Marielle Nordmann, harp

    29:04
  • 4:25 AM

    The Way North: Nocturne atop a Train

    Reinaldo Moya

    Matthew McCright, piano

    3:48
  • 4:21 AM

    Take the "A" Train

    Billy Strayhorn

    Harlem Quartet

    3:31
  • 4:06 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 9

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    12:59
  • 4:01 AM

    Susann McDonald, harp

    4:38
  • 3:51 AM

    L'Isle joyeuse (Joyous Isle)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Orchestral Works 5

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    6:55
  • 3:35 AM

    Wind River (I Am)

    Joseph Curiale

    The Music of Life

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Joseph Curiale, conductor

    14:56
  • 3:30 AM

    Gallop of a Thousand Horses

    Kayhan Kalhor

    Silk Road Journeys: Beyond the Horizon

    Silk Road Ensemble

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    5:06
  • 3:18 AM

    E.T.: Adventures on Earth

    John Williams

    The Spielberg/Williams Collaboration

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    9:49
  • 3:06 AM

    Sierra Winds

    (Selected members), conductor

    11:13
  • 3:01 AM

    Symphony No. 1: Menuetto

    Louise Farrenc

    Farrenc: Symphony No. 1 - Overtures - Grand Variations

    European Soloists, Luxembourg

    Christoph Konig, conductor

    4:33
  • 2:57 AM

    Ten Sketches: Welcome home

    John Knowles Paine

    Christopher Atzinger, piano

    1:51
  • 2:43 AM

    String Orchestra of Brooklyn

    Eli Spindel, conductor

    12:50
  • 2:37 AM

    Glass Houses: No. 5

    Ann Southam

    Taktus

    5:21
  • 2:24 AM

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

    Bedrich Smetana

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    12:30
  • 2:06 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jahja Ling, conductor

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    15:45
  • 2:01 AM

    Live the Questions

    Jake Runestad

    Runestad: Sing, Wearing the Sky

    Kantorei Denver

    Joel Rinsema, conductor

    4:51
  • 1:40 AM

    Don Juan

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Don Juan; Death and Transfiguration; Dance of the Seven Veils; Rosenkavelier Suite

    New York Philharmonic

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    17:57
  • 1:18 AM

    Fall River Legend

    Morton Gould

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Sedares, conductor

    20:41
  • 1:14 AM

    Etude No. 1 "La Fileuse"

    Laura Netzel

    Rarities of Piano Music at Schloss vor Husum, 2001 Festival (Live)

    Fredrik Ullen, piano

    3:01
  • 1:06 AM

    Danzon Cubano

    Aaron Copland

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    6:31
  • 1:01 AM

    Song without Words

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    Stephen Hough, piano

    4:40
  • 12:52 AM

    Petite Suite: Finale

    Alexander Borodin

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    6:11
  • 12:16 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    Andre Watts, piano

    33:35
  • 12:10 AM

    Spring Festival Overture

    Huan Zhi Li

    Jin-xuan Yan, Huan Zhi Li & Wei Qu: Orchestral Music

    Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kektjiang Lim, conductor

    5:02
  • 12:06 AM

    English Suite No. 3: Gavotte

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Inventions

    Renaud Capucon, violin

    3:19
  • 12:01 AM

    Aleko: Men's Dance

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    4:50
  • 11:29 PM

    Symphony no. 6

    Ferdinand Ries

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    31:38
  • 11:11 PM

    Victory at Sea Suite

    Richard Rodgers

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Sergiu Comissiona, conductor

    13:27
  • 11:02 PM

    Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Cantata

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Mass in C Major

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    Henriette Schellenberg, soprano

    7:41
  • 10:32 PM

    Guitar Concerto No. 3

    Mauro Giuliani

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    27:47
  • 10:22 PM

    Die Fledermaus: Overture

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss: Waltzes And Overtures

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Franz Welser-Most, conductor

    7:48
  • 10:18 PM

    Die Csardasfurstin: Heia, heia, in den Bergen

    Emmerich Kalman

    KÁLMÁN, E.: Csárdásfürstin (Die)

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    Yvonne Kenny, soprano

    3:12
  • 10:09 PM

    Carnival Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Overtures; Symphonic Poems; Symphonic Variations, etc.

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Kubelik, conductor

    8:53
  • 9:58 PM

    Fratres (Brothers)

    Arvo Part

    Released 1985-1995

    Kronos Quartet

    9:28
  • 9:35 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Franz Liszt

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Andre Watts, piano

    20:44
  • 9:29 PM

    Earth Song

    Frank Ticheli

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 9

    Vox Nova Chorale

    Vicki Peters, conductor

    3:32
  • 9:18 PM

    L'Estro Armonico: Concerto No. 8 for Two Violins

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Basel Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    Simos Papanas, violin

    9:57
  • 9:10 PM

    Journey to the Center of the Earth: selections

    Bernard Herrmann

    Bernard Herrmann: Great Film Music

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bernard Herrmann, conductor

    5:21
  • 9:04 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Air on the G String

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Encore

    The King's Violins

    Bernard Labadie, conductor

    Nicole Trotier, violin

    4:54
  • 8:56 PM

    Sound the Trumpet

    Henry Purcell

    The King's Consort

    James Bowman, countertenor

    Michael Chance, countertenor

    2:27
  • 8:47 PM

    Violin Concerto: Andante

    Samuel Barber

    Barber: Violin & Piano Concertos

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    Robert McDuffie, violin

    8:37
  • 8:38 PM

    Piano Quintet "Trout": Theme and Variations

    Franz Schubert

    Rudolf Serkin, piano

    Jaime Laredo, violin

    Philipp Naegele, viola

    Leslie Parnas, cello

    Julius Levine, double bass

    8:21
  • 8:31 PM

    The Grumpy Old Bear

    Julius Fucik

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    Alan Pendlebury, bassoon

    4:36
  • 8:24 PM

    Concerto for Two Violins: 2nd movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Violin Concertos

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    Andrew Manze, violin

    6:25
  • 8:12 PM

    Whirling Dance

    Yiu-Kwong Chung

    Chung, Yiu-Kwong: Whirling Dance / Flute Concerto / Ma, Shui-Long: Bamboo Flute Concerto

    Taipei Chinese Orchestra

    Yiu-Kwong Chung, conductor

    Sharon Bezaly, flute

    8:22
  • 8:00 PM

    Four Seasons: Spring

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons / Jeanne Lamon, Tafelmusik

    Tafelmusik

    Jean Lamon, violin

    9:45
  • 5:42 PM

    A Song of Agincourt

    Charles Stanford

    Ulster Orchestra

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    15:39
  • 5:21 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 2

    Saverio Mercadante

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Irena Grafenauer, flute

    20:13
  • 5:14 PM

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    5:02
  • 5:07 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
  • 5:01 PM

    String Symphony No. 5: 1st movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn String Symphonies

    Amadeus Ensemble

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    4:48
  • 4:52 PM

    Sword Dance

    Frederic Lamond

    Lamond: Symphony; Scottish Highlands Overture

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    6:09
  • 4:17 PM

    Symphony No. 5

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 in E flat, Op. 82; Andante festivo; Karelia-Overture Op. 10

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    33:45
  • 4:13 PM

    Rumba

    Carlos Salzedo

    Solo Harp: The Best of Yolanda Kondonassis

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    1:38
  • 4:06 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Vincenzo Bellini

    Trumpet Concertos

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jahja Ling, conductor

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    6:55
  • 4:01 PM

    Minuet No. 1

    Giacomo Puccini

    Puccini

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor

    4:39
  • 3:44 PM

    Violin Sonatina No. 1

    Franz Schubert

    Gil Shaham, violin

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    14:30
  • 3:17 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 21 "Waldstein"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

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

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    26:18
  • 3:12 PM

    Serenata for Orchestra: Con spirito

    Walter Piston

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    2:47
  • 3:06 PM

    William Tell: Pas de Soldats (Soldiers' Dance)

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    4:31
  • 3:01 PM

    Three Improvisations

    Francis Poulenc

    Pascal Roge, piano

    4:42
  • 2:49 PM

    Four Scottish Dances

    Malcolm Arnold

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    8:19
  • 2:44 PM

    New York Kammermusiker

    4:44
  • 2:40 PM

    Bridal Lullaby

    Percy Grainger

    2:00
  • 2:34 PM

    Once Upon a Time in America: Deborah's Theme

    Ennio Morricone

    Labyrinth

    Khatia Buniatishvili, piano

    5:13
  • 2:11 PM

    Czech Suite

    Antonin Dvorak

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    23:00
  • 2:02 PM

    Karelia Overture

    Jean Sibelius

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    8:09
  • 1:57 PM

    Candide Suite

    Leonard Bernstein

    Bernstein: Candide Suite, etc.

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    18:09
  • 1:53 PM

    Narnia Suite: Themes for Narnia

    Marisa Robles

    Marisa Robles Harp Ensemble

    Christopher Hyde-Smith, flute

    2:49
  • 1:48 PM

    Little Women: Main Title

    Alexandre Desplat

    Studio Orchestra

    Alexandre Desplat, conductor

    3:12
  • 1:37 PM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    Ray Chen, violin

    10:31
  • 1:33 PM

    After the Cakewalk

    Nathaniel Dett

    My Cup Runneth Over: The Complete Piano Works of R. Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    3:26
  • 1:23 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 2, Tragic Overture

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    8:42
  • 1:17 PM

    Piano Trio No. 9: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Complete Piano Trios

    Trio Wanderer

    4:43
  • 1:08 PM

    Waltz No. 1 "Grand Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    5:39
  • 1:04 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1: Bourree

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach 300

    German Brass

    3:00
  • 12:50 PM

    Moravian Dances

    Leos Janacek

    Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antoni Wit, conductor

    8:56
  • 12:49 PM

    Komm, danket dem Heiden

    Anonymous

    Moravian Music

    Boston Baroque

    1:40
  • 12:41 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 2: Allegro

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    James Ehnes, violin

    5:41
  • 12:36 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Florence Price

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    3:38
  • 12:33 PM

    Honky-Tonk

    Billy Mayerl

    Gladrags

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos

    3:00
  • 12:20 PM

    Symphony No. 36 "Linz": Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Symphonies 35 Haffner, 26 Linz, and 32

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    11:15
  • 12:14 PM

    Ruslan and Ludmila: Overture

    Mikhail Glinka

    Tchaikovsky: Marche Slav; Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Overture

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    5:19
  • 12:06 PM

    Impromptu No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Impromptus D938 etc.

    Andras Schiff, piano

    6:21
  • 12:04 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:56
  • 11:51 AM

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Isaac Stern, conductor

    Isaac Stern, violin

    7:10
  • 11:46 AM

    Symphonic Metamorphosis: March

    Paul Hindemith

    Kansas City Symphony

    Michael Stern, conductor

    4:26
  • 11:31 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    13:09
  • 11:26 AM

    Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle

    Jacques Offenbach

    The #1 Opera Album

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Joan Sutherland, soprano

    4:10
  • 11:14 AM

    Guitar Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Guitar Concertos

    Chamber Orchestra of Leos Janacek

    Kazuhito Yamashita, guitar

    10:44
  • 11:08 AM

    Symphony No. 7 "Pastoral": Scherzo

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Symphonies 4 And 7

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:10
  • 11:04 AM

    Andre Watts, piano

    2:57
  • 10:46 AM

    Scherzo Capriccioso

    Antonin Dvorak

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Kubelik, conductor

    12:47
  • 10:29 AM

    Suite in the Old Style

    Alfred Schnittke

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    15:26
  • 10:26 AM

    La Boheme: Musetta's Waltz ("Quando m'en vo")

    Giacomo Puccini

    The Romantic Harp

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    2:08
  • 10:16 AM

    Trio No. 1 "London"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Laurel Zucker, flute

    Renee Siebert, flute

    Samuel Magill, cello

    8:26
  • 10:06 AM

    Spartacus: Love Theme

    Aram Khachaturian

    Russian Nights

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    9:24
  • 10:01 AM

    The Jester at the Wedding: Caprice

    Eric Coates

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Wilson, conductor

    4:41
  • 9:44 AM

    Concert Rondo "Krakowiak"

    Frederic Chopin

    Northwest Sinfonietta

    Christophe Chagnard, conductor

    Joel Fan, piano

    13:54
  • 9:30 AM

    Concerto for Trumpet and Violin

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    Friedemann Immer, trumpet

    Reinhard Goebel, violin

    12:21
  • 9:15 AM

    Charterhouse Suite

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Williams: Lark Ascending

    Israel Chamber Orchestra

    Dalia Atlas, conductor

    13:32
  • 9:06 AM

    Overture to Gwendoline

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    8:31
  • 9:01 AM

    Four Romances

    Darius Milhaud

    Grant Johannesen, piano

    4:45
  • 8:39 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 1

    Camille Saint-Saens

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Mstislav Rostropovich, conductor

    Han-Na Chang, cello

    19:20
  • 8:34 AM

    Romance

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    3:53
  • 8:06 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Niels Gade

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    26:50
  • 8:01 AM

    Lang Lang, piano

    4:51
  • 7:45 AM

    Italian Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Harp Consort

    Andrew Lawrence-King, conductor

    13:12
  • 7:40 AM

    Romantic Waltz

    Cecile Chaminade

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    4:12
  • 7:24 AM

    Flute Concerto

    Frederick the Great

    CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra

    Hartmut Haenchen, conductor

    Manfred Friedrich, flute

    14:42
  • 7:06 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    17:25
  • 7:01 AM

    Toccata

    Girolamo Frescobaldi

    Bolder Baroque

    Boulder Brass

    4:39
  • 6:30 AM

    Concerto for a Festival

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Concierto para una Fiesta

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    28:11
  • 6:26 AM

    Chronicles

    Ola Gjeilo

    Ola Gjeilo, piano

    3:22
  • 6:06 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin

    Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

    Bramwell Tovey, conductor

    18:08
  • 6:01 AM

    Startin' Sumthin'

    Jeff Scott

    Startin' Sumthin'

    Imani Winds

    4:50
  • 5:44 AM

    Keyboard Suite No. 11

    George Frideric Handel

    Andrei Gavrilov, piano

    13:51
  • 5:23 AM

    Concerto After Handel

    Arnold Schoenberg

    New York Chamber Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    21:38
  • 5:07 AM

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    14:12
  • 5:01 AM

    Pan's Flute: Pan and the Nymphs

    Jules Mouquet

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Philippe Auguin, conductor

    Manuela Wiesler, flute

    4:51