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  • 4:40 AM

    Guitar Concerto

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    New York Philharmonic

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    18:29
  • 4:22 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain"

    Alan Hovhaness

    An American Tapestry

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    16:42
  • 4:06 AM

    Rapsodie espagnole

    Maurice Ravel

    Rhapsodie

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    14:44
  • 4:01 AM

    Nocturne "Le Murmure"

    Maria Szymanowska

    Anna Ciborowska, piano

    4:36
  • 3:50 AM

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    8:08
  • 3:16 AM

    Pictures at an Exhibition

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    32:16
  • 3:12 AM

    Sunset Boulevard: Prelude

    Franz Waxman

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Joel McNeely, conductor

    3:52
  • 3:06 AM

    Minuet

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: String Quintets Op. 11, 4-6

    Smithsonian Chamber Players

    3:57
  • 3:01 AM

    Dreaming

    Amy Beach

    Donna voce

    Anna Shelest, piano

    4:43
  • 2:47 AM

    Renascence

    Lita Grier

    Czech National Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    Mary Stolper, flute

    10:54
  • 2:33 AM

    Suite for Violin and Piano

    William Grant Still

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    Matthew Hagle, piano

    12:51
  • 2:29 AM

    Da quel sembiante appresi

    Franz Schubert

    Italian Songs for Tenor and Piano

    Lawrence Brownlee, tenor

    1:31
  • 2:06 AM

    Eine kleine Nachtmusik

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Bobby McFerrin, conductor

    17:27
  • 2:01 AM

    Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes

    Florence Price

    Catalyst Quartet

    4:45
  • 1:50 AM

    J.S. Dances

    Donald Grantham

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    Anastasia Markina, piano

    8:07
  • 1:22 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    26:07
  • 1:16 AM

    Symphony No. 6: 2nd movement

    Francois-Joseph Gossec

    Gossec: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    4:46
  • 1:06 AM

    Sacred and Profane Dances

    Claude Debussy

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    Vera Badings, harp

    9:14
  • 1:01 AM

    La Bergamasca: Sonata No. 21

    Marco Uccellini

    Arcadian Academy

    4:41
  • 12:54 AM

    War Horse: Dartmoor, 1912

    John Williams

    War Horse: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:36
  • 12:15 AM

    Symphony No. 7

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    38:00
  • 12:09 AM

    Bordel 1900

    Astor Piazzolla

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    Christian Rivet, guitar

    3:54
  • 12:06 AM

    Divertissement (Diversion)

    Cecile Chaminade

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    2:17
  • 12:01 AM

    Cinderella: Adagio

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Cinderella

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    4:47
  • 11:53 PM

    Symphony No. 3: Finale

    Louise Farrenc

    European Soloists, Luxembourg

    Christoph Konig, conductor

    6:28
  • 11:42 PM

    String Quartet No. 2

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Arabella String Quartet

    10:10
  • 11:35 PM

    Concerto for Two Trumpets

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Trumpet Works

    Ensemble

    Layton James, conductor

    Gary Bordner, trumpet

    7:17
  • 11:11 PM

    Symphony No. 94 "Surprise"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Philharmonia Hungarica

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    22:29
  • 11:01 PM

    Huapango

    Jose Moncayo

    Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas

    Alondra de la Parra, conductor

    8:19
  • 10:48 PM

    Miniatures for Small Orchestra

    Roque Cordero

    African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. II

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    11:43
  • 10:28 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 1-5 - Adagio, K. 261 - Rondo, K. 269 & K. 373

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Eivind Aadland, conductor

    Baiba Skride, violin

    19:23
  • 10:22 PM

    Bella Bocca Polka

    Emil Waldteufel

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:46
  • 10:15 PM

    The Garden of Eden: The Serpent's Kiss

    William Bolcom

    American Grab Bag

    Logan Skelton, piano

    5:59
  • 10:05 PM

    Euryanthe Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Romantic Overtures

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Eliahu Inbal, conductor

    8:52
  • 10:01 PM

    Piece in the Form of a Habanera

    Maurice Ravel

    Seunghee Lee, clarinet

    Katrine Gislinge, piano

    3:06
  • 9:51 PM

    Halcyon Days

    Eric Coates

    East of England Orchestra

    Malcolm Nabarro, conductor

    8:01
  • 9:45 PM

    Spirited Light

    Jake Runestad

    The Hope of Loving: Choral Music of Jake Runestad

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    Jason Awbrey, bass

    4:54
  • 9:31 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 7

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Keyboard Concerti Vol. 1

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    13:59
  • 9:28 PM

    Nursery Suite: The Merry Doll

    Edward Elgar

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    1:36
  • 9:12 PM

    Serenade for Strings

    Hans Gal

    Symphony Nova Scotia

    Georg Tintner, conductor

    15:11
  • 9:06 PM

    In the Mountains: Sunny Day

    Josef Foerster

    Foerster: Symphony No. 5 & In den Bergen

    Osnabruck Symphony Orchestra

    Hermann Baumer, conductor

    4:29
  • 9:03 PM

    Les Tours de Passe-Passe (Sleight of Hand)

    Francois Couperin

    David Russell, guitar

    2:46
  • 8:48 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    11:22
  • 8:28 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Carmen. L'Arlesienne, etc.

    Paris Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    19:33
  • 8:25 PM

    Intermezzo No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Murray Perahia, piano

    1:41
  • 8:07 PM

    Danny Driver, piano

    15:43
  • 8:00 PM

    Summer Night on the River

    Frederick Delius

    Delius Miniatures

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    6:13
  • 5:47 PM

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

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Aus Italien, Don Juan

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    11:50
  • 5:24 PM

    The Firebird (L'oiseau de feu) Ballet

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky: Firebird, Nightingale, Rite of Spring

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    20:41
  • 5:21 PM

    Firefly

    Ola Gjeilo

    Ola Gjeilo: Night

    Ola Gjeilo, piano

    2:37
  • 5:15 PM

    Canzon No. 16

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Gabrieli, Monteverdi: Antiphonal Music

    Canadian Brass

    Kazuyoshi Akiyama, conductor

    3:55
  • 5:06 PM

    Wiener Blut (Vienna Blood)

    Johann StraussJr.

    International Salute

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    8:52
  • 5:00 PM

    String Quartet No. 1 "From the Salvation Army": 1st movement

    Charles Ives

    Ives, Barber: String Quartets

    Emerson String Quartet

    4:48
  • 4:42 PM

    Noble and Sentimental Waltzes

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Ballet And Dance Music

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    16:37
  • 4:19 PM

    Concertante for Flute and Clarinet

    Franz Danzi

    Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra

    Allen Tinkham, conductor

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    Demarre McGill, flute

    20:39
  • 4:13 PM

    Madeleine Stucki, piano

    4:19
  • 4:06 PM

    An 18th Century Scherzo

    Haydn Wood

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    6:36
  • 4:01 PM

    Concerto Grosso: 2nd movement

    Henry Cowell

    Cowell: Concerto Grosso/Hymn & Fuguing Tune No 10

    Manhattan Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Auldon Clark, conductor

    4:41
  • 3:43 PM

    Ballet Suite No. 3

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Ballet Suites; Festive Overture

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    15:48
  • 3:39 PM

    Elite Syncopations

    Scott Joplin

    Joshua Rifkin, piano

    2:56
  • 3:15 PM

    Concerto for violin and string orchestra

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Viktoria Mullova, violin

    22:16
  • 3:06 PM

    Il barbiere di Siviglia (Barber of Seville): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    7:28
  • 3:01 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 24

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Victor Sangiorgio, piano

    4:48
  • 2:47 PM

    Second Essay for Orchestra

    Samuel Barber

    New York Philharmonic

    Thomas Schippers, conductor

    12:00
  • 2:38 PM

    String Quartet: Romance

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Felix & Fanny

    Ebene Quartet

    6:41
  • 2:33 PM

    Suite No. 1

    Francois Chauvon

    Washington McClain, oboe

    Alison Melville, recorder

    Julia Wedman, violin

    Michael McCraw, bassoon

    Charlotte Nediger, harpsichord

    4:40
  • 2:14 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Franz Liszt

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    Andre Watts, piano

    18:00
  • 2:05 PM

    Six English Tunes

    Peter Warlock

    Warlock: Capriol Suite; The Curlew; Six English Tunes; Serenade; Six Italian Dance Tunes; Ross Pople/London Festival Orchestra

    London Festival Orchestra

    Ross Pople, conductor

    7:11
  • 2:02 PM

    Rondeau

    Jean-Joseph Mouret

    Wynton Marsalis: In Gabriel's Garden

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    2:02
  • 1:53 PM

    Corsair: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    8:04
  • 1:48 PM

    La Vida Breve: Spanish Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Classic Williams: Romance of the Guitar

    John Williams, guitar

    3:18
  • 1:40 PM

    Cringlemire Garden

    Ruth Gipps

    British Music for Strings, Vol. 3

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Douglas Bostock, conductor

    6:19
  • 1:36 PM

    Airs for the Seasons: Lilly (Summer)

    James Oswald

    Rezonance Baroque Ensemble

    Rezan Onen-Lapointe, violin

    2:45
  • 1:25 PM

    Concerto for Two Horns: 1st movement

    Friedrich Witt

    Herrmann Baumann

    Concerto Amsterdam

    Jaap Schroder, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    9:55
  • 1:17 PM

    Legends of the Fall: The Ludlows

    James Horner

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Arnold, conductor

    6:19
  • 1:08 PM

    March Militaire No. 1

    Franz Schubert

    The Magic of Horowitz

    Vladimir Horowitz, piano

    6:11
  • 1:04 PM

    Il Trovatore: Vedi, le fosche nottune (Anvil Chorus)

    Giuseppe Verdi

    The #1 Opera Album

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    2:45
  • 12:58 PM

    Ground after the Scotch Humour

    Nicola Matteis

    Palladian Ensemble

    4:15
  • 12:47 PM

    Scottish Fantasy

    Max Bruch

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    27:26
  • 12:42 PM

    Modern Times: Smile

    Charlie Chaplin

    Smile

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    3:17
  • 12:33 PM

    Ode for St. Cecilia's Day: Overture

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell: Hail, Bright Cecilia!

    Gabrieli Players

    Paul McCreesh, conductor

    8:39
  • 12:29 PM

    The Youth's Magic Horn (Des Knaben Wunderhorn): Lob des hohen Verstands

    Gustav Mahler

    Into The Blue

    Cumberland Quintet

    2:14
  • 12:27 PM

    The Youth's Magic Horn (Des Knaben Wunderhorn): Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht?

    Gustav Mahler

    Into The Blue

    Cumberland Quintet

    2:07
  • 12:24 PM

    The Youth's Magic Horn (Des Knaben Wunderhorn): Rheinlegendchen

    Gustav Mahler

    Into The Blue

    Cumberland Quintet

    2:58
  • 12:15 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Titan": 2nd movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler: Symphony No. 1; Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Benjamin Zander, conductor

    7:05
  • 12:10 PM

    Suite in Rococo Style: 2nd movement (Anime)

    Florent Schmitt

    French Flute Chamber Music - Pierne, Francaix, Roussel, Etc / Mirage Quintet

    Mirage Quintet

    3:47
  • 12:04 PM

    Cosi fan tutte: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Cosi fan Tutte Highlights

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    4:36
  • 11:50 AM

    Symphonic Sketches: Jubilee

    George Chadwick

    Chadwick

    Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    8:11
  • 11:38 AM

    Invitation to the Dance

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2, Bassoon Concerto

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    10:02
  • 11:31 AM

    Three Preludes

    George Gershwin

    Gil Shaham, violin

    Andre Previn, piano

    6:13
  • 11:27 AM

    Somewhere in Time: Main Theme

    John Barry

    Always And Forever - Movies' Greatest Love Songs

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    2:52
  • 11:17 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Concerti grossi

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    9:35
  • 11:14 AM

    Country Gardens

    Percy Grainger

    Martin Jones, piano

    2:05
  • 11:10 AM

    Simple Symphony: Playful Pizzicato

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten: Simple Symphony

    Northern Sinfonia

    Steuart Bedford, conductor

    2:59
  • 11:04 AM

    Jewels of the Madonna: Intermezzo

    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

    Reveries

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    5:11
  • 10:51 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 1 "La Tempesta di Mare" ("Storm at Sea")

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Tokyo Bach-Mozart Ensemble

    Masahiro Arita, baroque flute

    7:11
  • 10:32 AM

    The Birds

    Ottorino Respighi

    Classical Zoo

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Louis Lane, conductor

    18:24
  • 10:27 AM

    The Planets: Mercury

    Gustav Holst

    Holst | The Planets

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Walter Susskind, conductor

    4:07
  • 10:13 AM

    In Italy Overture

    Karl Goldmark

    Goldmark: Overtures

    Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andras Korodi, conductor

    12:40
  • 10:06 AM

    Vocalise

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Music For Brass Septet 3

    Septura

    5:59
  • 10:01 AM

    Symphony No. 38 "Echo": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    4:48
  • 9:47 AM

    Rondo Brilliant

    Felix Mendelssohn

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    10:45
  • 9:31 AM

    Prelude and Fugue "St Anne"

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    14:44
  • 9:26 AM

    The Maiden's Prayer

    Tekla Badarzewska

    Christopher Mallett, guitar

    3:31
  • 9:06 AM

    Symphony

    Michael Haydn

    Michael Hadyn: Symphonies

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Hans-Peter Frank, conductor

    19:05
  • 9:01 AM

    She Walks in Beauty

    Toby Hession

    Enchanted Isle

    Voces8

    4:49
  • 8:39 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 6

    Saverio Mercadante

    Mercadante: Flute Concertos

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    19:25
  • 8:31 AM

    Echorus

    Philip Glass

    Two x Four

    Curtis 20/21 Ensemble

    Vinay Parameswaran, conductor

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    7:07
  • 8:10 AM

    Otello: Ballet Music

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    19:30
  • 8:06 AM

    Concert Etude No. 7: Intermezzo

    Nikolai Kapustin

    Kapustin: Piano Music

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    3:18
  • 8:01 AM

    Bassoon Concerto: Adagio

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2, Bassoon Concerto

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    Karen Geoghegan, bassoon

    4:45
  • 7:23 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    Franz Schubert: Symphonies 1-8

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    35:19
  • 7:18 AM

    From the Southland Suite: A New Hiding-Place

    Harry T. Burleigh

    Rochelle Sennet, piano

    3:15
  • 7:06 AM

    El Salon Mexico

    Aaron Copland

    Colorado Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    11:21
  • 7:01 AM

    The Girl from Corsica

    Trevor Duncan

    British Light Music Classics - 3

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    4:39
  • 6:38 AM

    Holberg Suite

    Edvard Grieg

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    19:51
  • 6:24 AM

    Panamanian Dances

    William Grant Still

    Berlin Symphony Orchestra

    Isaiah Jackson, conductor

    14:00
  • 6:06 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Johann Stamitz

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet

    15:38
  • 6:01 AM

    Caprice No. 24

    Niccolo Paganini

    Virtuoso Guitar Transcriptions

    Nicola Hall, guitar

    4:46
  • 5:56 AM

    The Gadfly: Romance

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    Janine Jansen, violin

    2:33
  • 5:51 AM

    The Seasons: May (Starlight Nights)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Lydia Artymiw, piano

    4:28
  • 5:06 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Concert Recording

    Swiss National Youth Orchestra

    Marlo Venzago, conductor

    42:40
  • 5:01 AM

    Kasia Kadlubowska, percussion

    Dominik Bukowski, percussion

    4:36