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  • 4:44 AM

    Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Elgar: Introduction and Allegro, etc; Vaughan Williams

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    14:10
  • 4:19 AM

    Arpeggione Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Quintet, Op. 114 "The Trout"

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    24:29
  • 4:06 AM

    Suite of Three Pieces

    Benjamin Godard

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Susan Milan, flute

    10:47
  • 4:01 AM

    The Harp and the Moon: 1st movement

    Ross Edwards

    In Transit

    Emily Granger, harp

    4:47
  • 3:47 AM

    Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes

    Grace Williams

    Grace Williams: Sea Sketches

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    10:54
  • 3:23 AM

    String Quartet No. 22 "Prussian"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Shanghai Quartet

    23:07
  • 3:13 AM

    Prague Waltzes

    Antonin Dvorak

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    8:58
  • 3:06 AM

    Images, Book 1: Reflets dans l'eau (Reflections in the Water)

    Claude Debussy

    Steven Osborne, piano

    5:12
  • 3:01 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 2: 1st movement

    William Alwyn

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    4:36
  • 2:45 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 9

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    12:59
  • 2:23 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American"

    William Grant Still

    African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. 1

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    21:09
  • 2:15 AM

    Amanda Gookin, cello

    5:18
  • 2:06 AM

    The Chrysanthemum

    Scott Joplin

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:28
  • 2:01 AM

    Perpetual Motion

    Niccolo Paganini

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Donald Hunsberger, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, cornet

    4:33
  • 1:43 AM

    Capriccio Italien

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto, Capriccio Italien, Francesca da Rimini

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    15:30
  • 1:36 AM

    Piano Sonata: 4th movement

    Clara Schumann

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    5:08
  • 1:23 AM

    Der Rosenkavalier: Waltz Sequence No. 1

    Richard Strauss

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Kazuki Yamada, conductor

    12:04
  • 1:06 AM

    Suite in the Old Style

    Alfred Schnittke

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    15:26
  • 1:01 AM

    Concertino for Horn: Polacca

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    4:47
  • 12:43 AM

    Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye): Suite

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    15:41
  • 12:18 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Max Bruch

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    23:37
  • 12:13 AM

    See-Saw Waltz

    Justin Holland

    Justin Holland Recording Project

    Mark Delpriora, guitar

    3:19
  • 12:06 AM

    Festive Overture

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Russian Overtures

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    5:37
  • 12:01 AM

    Flute Sonata: 1st movement

    Francis Poulenc

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    Eric le Sage, piano

    4:38
  • 11:36 PM

    Spirituals for Strings

    Morton Gould

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Klein, conductor

    20:32
  • 11:34 PM

    The Gift to Sing

    Damien Sneed

    Rising

    Lawrence Brownlee, tenor

    1:29
  • 11:28 PM

    Thais: Meditation

    Jules Massenet

    Orient Express

    I Salonisti

    4:54
  • 11:10 PM

    Symphony "Diana"

    Vaclav Pichl

    Pichl: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    17:01
  • 10:59 PM

    12 Variations on Mozart's "Ein Madchen oder Weibchen"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Hope Amid Tears

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    10:40
  • 10:47 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    10:09
  • 10:41 PM

    Arabesque

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Kreisleriana, Fantasie, Arabeske

    Jonathan Biss, piano

    6:03
  • 10:28 PM

    Birdflight

    Christopher Gunning

    Gunning: Violin & Cello Concertos - Birdflight

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Christopher Gunning, conductor

    12:13
  • 10:11 PM

    The Comedians

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Kabalevsky, Prokofiev, Glinka, Tchaikovsky

    San Diego Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Barra, conductor

    15:29
  • 10:03 PM

    The Fairy Queen: Overture

    Henry Purcell

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Ronald Thomas, conductor

    6:43
  • 10:00 PM

    Sevillanas

    Traditional

    LAGQ Latin

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:07
  • 9:51 PM

    String Quartet No. 3

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Arabella String Quartet

    7:26
  • 9:45 PM

    Nabucco: Va, pensiero (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves)

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    5:08
  • 9:38 PM

    Overture

    Jake Heggie

    Music for a New Century

    New Century Chamber Orchestra

    5:42
  • 9:23 PM

    Rustic Triptych

    Charlotte Sohy

    Charlotte Sohy: Compositrice de la Belle Epoque

    Mathilde Calderini, flute

    13:57
  • 9:10 PM

    Serenade No. 6 "Serenata Notturna"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Benjamin Britten, conductor

    12:38
  • 9:06 PM

    Humoresque No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Humoresque

    David Golub, piano

    3:30
  • 9:03 PM

    Minuet No. 3

    Giacomo Puccini

    R. Strauss, Verdi, Puccini: String Quartets

    Enso String Quartet

    2:41
  • 8:47 PM

    Norwegian Dances Nos. 2-4

    Edvard Grieg

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    11:40
  • 8:45 PM

    Over Laughing Waters

    Cecil Burleigh

    Zina Schiff, violin

    Mary Barranger, piano

    1:42
  • 8:34 PM

    Diversions Overture

    Jack Gallagher

    London Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:07
  • 8:28 PM

    The Muppet Movie: Rainbow Connection

    Paul Williams/Kenneth Ascher

    Lang Lang, piano

    4:10
  • 8:04 PM

    Linen and Lace

    Bill Whelan

    RTE National Symphony Orchestra

    David Brophy, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    22:50
  • 8:00 PM

    Xerxes: Largo

    George Frideric Handel

    Ombra Mai Fu; Pachelbel: Canon

    I Solisti Italiani

    3:32
  • 5:49 PM

    Grand Canyon Suite: Cloudburst

    Ferde Grofe

    Utah Symphony Orchestra

    Maurice Abravanel, conductor

    8:53
  • 5:25 PM

    American Suite

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 in E minor; American Suite

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    22:32
  • 5:17 PM

    American Eagle Waltz

    Jacques Offenbach

    Offenbach Music from the Operettas

    Gulbenkian Orchestra

    Michel Swierczewski, conductor

    Nelson Rocha, trumpet

    6:54
  • 5:10 PM

    Prelude, fugue et postlude

    Lucien-Leon Lambert

    Jia An, piano

    5:35
  • 5:06 PM

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers Awake)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    3:48
  • 5:01 PM

    Scotch Strathspey and Reel

    Percy Grainger

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    4:39
  • 4:56 PM

    The Lord Bless You and Keep You

    John Rutter

    Simple Gifts

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    Bryn Terfel, baritone

    2:43
  • 4:49 PM

    Be Thou My Vision

    David Gillingham

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    7:01
  • 4:18 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 3

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Antonio Pappano, conductor

    Maxim Vengerov, violin

    29:21
  • 4:15 PM

    Prelude No. 7

    Alexander Scriabin

    Klara Min, piano

    1:11
  • 4:06 PM

    Dances in the Canebrakes

    Florence Price

    Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    9:29
  • 4:00 PM

    Triquilandia/Seguidilla

    Emilio Pujol

    David Russell, guitar

    4:42
  • 3:49 PM

    Variations on "I Got Rhythm"

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin: Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra

    Eos Orchestra

    Jonathan Sheffer, conductor

    Michael Boriskin, piano

    8:55
  • 3:24 PM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 1

    Bernhard Crusell

    Crusell: Clarinet Concertos

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Alan Francis, conductor

    Thea King, clarinet

    22:39
  • 3:20 PM

    Let Us Break Bread Together

    Moses Hogan

    Duo Dolce

    2:49
  • 3:06 PM

    Sonatina No. 1 "From an Invalid's Workshop": 3rd movement

    Richard Strauss

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    13:36
  • 3:00 PM

    Colombian Songs: Two Words

    Felipe Tellez

    Songs of Longing

    TakeFive Ensemble

    4:47
  • 2:54 PM

    Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:33
  • 2:50 PM

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    4:00
  • 2:41 PM

    Nocturnes: Fetes (Festivals)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Orchestral Works

    Paris Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    6:56
  • 2:28 PM

    Old Wine in New Bottles

    Gordon Jacob

    The Chamber Winds

    Chamber Winds

    11:51
  • 2:18 PM

    English Dances: First Set

    Malcolm Arnold

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    8:41
  • 2:10 PM

    Abdelazar: Incidental Music

    Henry Purcell

    A Baroque Feast

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    7:02
  • 2:04 PM

    Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4

    Edward Elgar

    Sir Charles' Precious Music Box 1

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    5:14
  • 1:58 PM

    Solo Violin Sonata No. 2: Dance of the Shadows

    Eugene Ysaye

    Ysaye: Six Sonatas for Violin Solo

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    4:20
  • 1:53 PM

    The Deer Hunter: Cavatina

    Stanley Myers

    John Williams Plays The Movies

    Studio Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    John Williams, guitar

    3:11
  • 1:47 PM

    The Mission: Gabriel’s Oboe

    Ennio Morricone

    Cinema Italiano

    Mancini Pops Orchestra

    Henry Mancini, conductor

    6:11
  • 1:42 PM

    Once Upon a Time in America: Deborah's Theme

    Ennio Morricone

    Labyrinth

    Khatia Buniatishvili, piano

    5:13
  • 1:39 PM

    Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo

    Pietro Mascagni

    The #1 Opera Album

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gianandrea Gavazzeni, conductor

    3:10
  • 1:38 PM

    The Untouchables: Main Theme

    Ennio Morricone

    Cinema Italiano

    Mancini Pops Orchestra

    Henry Mancini, conductor

    2:30
  • 1:35 PM

    The Godfather Part II: Main Title/The Immigrant

    Nino Rota

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:49
  • 1:25 PM

    Sinfonia

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi Discoveries

    Milan Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    5:12
  • 1:19 PM

    Gavotte

    David Popper

    Le Grand Tango and Other Dances for Cello and Piano

    Maria Kliegel, cello

    5:12
  • 1:16 PM

    Estonian Lullaby

    Arvo Part

    Arvo Part: Adam's Lament

    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

    Tonu Kaljuste, conductor

    2:06
  • 1:09 PM

    Horn Concerto: 3rd movement

    Christoph Forster

    Before Mozart: Early Horn Concertos

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    Alec Frank-Gemmill, horn

    4:05
  • 1:04 PM

    Handel in the Strand

    Percy Grainger

    The Grainger Edition, Vol.5 - Works for Chorus and Orchestra 2

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:13
  • 12:49 PM

    Sigurd Jorsalfar: Homage March

    Edvard Grieg

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    9:08
  • 12:47 PM

    Lyric Pieces: I hjemmet (In the Home Country)

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Lyric Pieces

    Stephen Hough, piano

    1:44
  • 12:41 PM

    String Quartet No. 62 "Emperor": Minuet

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Emerson String Quartet

    4:36
  • 12:30 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 3: Rondo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Concertos / Fischer, Goode, Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    Richard Goode, piano

    9:17
  • 12:25 PM

    Suite of Dances

    Florence Price

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    John Jeter, conductor

    3:52
  • 12:22 PM

    Yemaya

    Traditional

    Ashley Jackson

    Ashley Jackson, harp

    1:19
  • 12:15 PM

    Rondo for Violin and Orchestra

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    6:23
  • 12:10 PM

    Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow)

    Fritz Kreisler

    María Dueñas - Beethoven and Beyond

    Vienna Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    Maria Duenas, violin

    3:40
  • 12:04 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: 3rd movement

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich, Shchedrin: Piano Concertos

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    5:04
  • 11:48 AM

    String Quartet No. 1

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Juilliard String Quartet

    9:26
  • 11:41 AM

    Beautiful Mazurka

    Emil Waldteufel

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:04
  • 11:34 AM

    Concerto No. 2

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    6:04
  • 11:31 AM

    Violin Sonata: Siciliano

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wings of Song

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Klauspeter Seibel, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    2:47
  • 11:27 AM

    Thurber's Dogs: Dog and Butterfly

    Peter Schickele

    Voices from the Gallery: Stephen Paulus/Thurber's Dogs: Peter Schickele

    Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra

    Timothy Russell, conductor

    2:47
  • 11:21 AM

    Kamarinskaya

    Mikhail Glinka

    Kabalevsky, Prokofiev, Glinka, Tchaikovsky

    San Diego Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Barra, conductor

    6:09
  • 11:16 AM

    Procession of the Sardar

    Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    3:44
  • 11:07 AM

    Octet: 5th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Isabelle Faust, violin

    Anne-Katharina Schreiber, violin

    James Boyd, viola

    Kristin von der Goltz, cello

    James Munro, bass

    Lorenzo Coppola, clarinet

    7:15
  • 11:04 AM

    Song without Words No. 25 "May Breezes"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    2:01
  • 10:49 AM

    Carnival Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

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

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Kubelik, conductor

    8:53
  • 10:34 AM

    Provence Suite

    Darius Milhaud

    French Favourites

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    14:12
  • 10:24 AM

    Carnival of Venice

    Francisco Tarrega

    Slava Grigoryan, guitar

    9:41
  • 10:10 AM

    Symphony No. 17

    William Herschel

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    11:49
  • 10:06 AM

    Miniature Viennese March

    Fritz Kreisler

    The Kreisler Album

    Joshua Bell, violin

    3:15
  • 10:01 AM

    London Fields: St. James' Park - A Lakeside Reverie

    Phyllis Tate

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    4:52
  • 9:47 AM

    The Leopard (Il Gattopardo): Selections

    Nino Rota

    Philharmonic of La Scala

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    11:42
  • 9:23 AM

    Symphony No. 53 "Imperial"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    21:30
  • 9:18 AM

    Lera Auerbach, piano

    3:36
  • 9:06 AM

    Concerto for Two Cellos

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    11:19
  • 9:01 AM

    Coracao que sente

    Ernesto Nazareth

    Odeon: Brazilian Dances by Ernesto Nazareth

    Antoine Zemor, piano

    4:28
  • 8:42 AM

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    16:24
  • 8:36 AM

    Louise Bessette, piano

    5:22
  • 8:24 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 4

    George Frideric Handel

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    10:40
  • 8:06 AM

    The Ball of Beatrice d'Este

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Harmonie Ensemble

    Steven Richman, conductor

    16:56
  • 8:01 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 3: Adagio

    Johannes Brahms

    Viola Bouquet

    Nobuko Imai, viola

    4:40
  • 7:31 AM

    Lux Aeterna

    Morten Lauridsen

    Sinfonia Orchestra

    Paul Salamunovich, conductor

    27:28
  • 7:18 AM

    Ballade No. 4

    Frederic Chopin

    Piotr Anderszewski, piano

    11:59
  • 7:06 AM

    Othello Suite

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha OVerture / Petite Suite

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    10:35
  • 7:01 AM

    Lullaby for Natalie

    John Corigliano

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    Akira Eguchi, piano

    4:48
  • 6:23 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    Franz Schubert

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    35:38
  • 6:18 AM

    Under the Stars

    Amy Beach

    The Solo Piano Music of Amy Beach, Vol. 2

    Joanne Polk, piano

    3:50
  • 6:06 AM

    String Symphony No. 10

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Amadeus Ensemble

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    10:15
  • 6:01 AM

    West: 1st movement

    Michael Torke

    Albany Symphony Orchestra

    David Alan Miller, conductor

    Peter Kolkay, bassoon

    4:37
  • 5:37 AM

    The Tender Land Suite

    Aaron Copland

    Phoenix Symphony

    James Sedares, conductor

    21:21
  • 5:30 AM

    Magnolia Suite: The Place Where the Rainbow Ends

    Nathaniel Dett

    Settle: Migration Music Part 3

    Lara Downes, piano

    6:05
  • 5:14 AM

    In a Summer Garden

    Frederick Delius

    Delius: Paris; In A Summer Garden; Brigg Fair Etc.

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    15:10
  • 5:06 AM

    a quarter million miles from the moon

    Deirdre McKay

    Concert Recording

    Malread Hickey, violin

    6:50
  • 5:01 AM

    Le roi s'amuse (The King Has Fun): Pavane and Scene du bouquet

    Leo Delibes

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:40