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  • 4:41 AM

    Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    Benjamin Britten

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    17:01
  • 4:19 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 5

    Henri Vieuxtemps

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    Isabelle van Keulen, violin

    21:21
  • 4:06 AM

    Variations on a Swedish Air

    Bernhard Crusell

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    Emma Johnson, clarinet

    11:15
  • 4:01 AM

    Transcendental Etude No. 10 "Allegro agitato molto"

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: 12 Etudes d'Execution Transcendante

    Alice Sara Ott, piano

    4:26
  • 3:47 AM

    Symphonie Fantastique: Reveries

    Hector Berlioz

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    11:26
  • 3:21 AM

    String Quartet No. 4

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Cecilia String Quartet

    24:37
  • 3:14 AM

    Intermezzo No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Paul Lewis, piano

    5:24
  • 3:10 AM

    Las Abejas (The Bees)

    Agustin Barrios

    Intimate Barrios

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    2:23
  • 3:06 AM

    Pelleas and Melisande: Sicilienne

    Gabriel Faure

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    3:59
  • 3:01 AM

    Symphony No. 1: 2nd movement

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Symphonies 1

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Marc Soustrot, conductor

    4:42
  • 2:47 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "In the Spring": 4th movement

    John Knowles Paine

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    11:09
  • 2:17 AM

    Cello Sonata

    Dora Pejacevic

    Concert Recording

    Laura van der Heijden, cello

    28:10
  • 2:11 AM

    The Mermaid Suite: Dance of Waterweeds

    Wu Zuqiang/Du Mingxin

    Concert Suites

    China National Symphony Orchestra

    Zuohuang Chen, conductor

    3:24
  • 2:06 AM

    Cantata No. 208: Sheep May Safely Graze

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Motherland

    Khatia Buniatishvili, piano

    4:47
  • 2:01 AM

    State Choir Latvija

    Maris Sirmais, conductor

    4:46
  • 1:50 AM

    Variations on "The Last Rose of Summer"

    Friedrich Kuhlau

    Serenade

    Abbie de Quant, flute

    7:43
  • 11:54 PM

    Grand Canyon Suite: Sunset

    Ferde Grofe

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:43
  • 11:46 PM

    Clarinet Concertino

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Jean-Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    Martin Frost, clarinet

    9:10
  • 11:30 PM

    Rapsodie espagnole

    Maurice Ravel

    Rhapsodie

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    14:44
  • 11:19 PM

    Sinfonia for 3 Trumpets No. 1

    Johann Christian Hertel

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Wolfgang Bauer, conductor

    Wolfgang Bauer, trumpet

    9:52
  • 11:13 PM

    Praeludium and Allegro

    Fritz Kreisler

    The Perlman Sound

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    5:19
  • 11:02 PM

    Toccata and Fugue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    10:07
  • 10:36 PM

    Symphony No. 85 "The Queen"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    23:34
  • 10:27 PM

    The Royal Children: Overture

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Humperdinck: Fairy-Tale Music

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    7:49
  • 10:15 PM

    Concerto No. 2

    Lorenzo Zavateri

    Zavateri: Concerti Da Chiesa E Da Camera

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

    Gottfried von der Goltz, conductor

    11:10
  • 10:10 PM

    The Adventures of Robin Hood: Robin Hood and His Merry Men

    Erich Korngold

    The Hollywood Sound

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:27
  • 10:01 PM

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    7:31
  • 9:49 PM

    Capriol Suite

    Peter Warlock

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    9:56
  • 9:46 PM

    The British Grenadiers

    Traditional

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    1:47
  • 9:27 PM

    Carmen Suite

    Georges Bizet

    Orchestre de la Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    19:50
  • 9:21 PM

    Les Troyens (The Trojans): Trojan March

    Hector Berlioz

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    4:31
  • 9:13 PM

    Variations on a Theme by Handel

    Mauro Giuliani

    Paganini, Scarlatti, Villa-Lobos, Giulani, Williams

    John Williams, guitar

    6:40
  • 9:06 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Classical": 3rd-4th movements

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Symphonies Nos, 1 & 5

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    5:32
  • 9:03 PM

    Blue Piece

    Libby Larsen

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:43
  • 8:39 PM

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    20:10
  • 8:31 PM

    Um Dia Bom (A Good Day): Plim (Feather)

    Osvaldo Golijov

    Brooklyn Rider

    6:47
  • 8:07 PM

    Symphony No. 18

    Julius Rontgen

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    David Porcelijn, conductor

    23:00
  • 8:00 PM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Adagio

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sabine Meyer: Clarinet Connection

    Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble

    5:24
  • 5:44 PM

    Masques and Bergamasques

    Gabriel Faure

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    14:22
  • 5:14 PM

    Flute and Harp Concerto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Lisa Beznosiuk, flute

    Frances Kelly, harp

    28:50
  • 5:11 PM

    Three Negro Spirituals: Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit

    Florence Price

    Deborah Moriarty and Zhihua Tang, piano

    1:29
  • 5:06 PM

    Snow Maiden: Dance of the Tumblers

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The Sound of the Academy

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:43
  • 5:01 PM

    Silverado: Overture

    Bruce Broughton

    The Quest

    UNLV Wind Orchestra

    Thomas Leslie, conductor

    4:33
  • 4:51 PM

    Concerto for Two Trumpets

    Antonio Vivaldi

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Mark Bennett, trumpet

    Michael Harrison, trumpet

    7:20
  • 4:19 PM

    Piano Concerto

    Edvard Grieg

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Alice Sara Ott, piano

    30:13
  • 4:15 PM

    Brazilian Dance

    Camargo Guarnieri

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    2:12
  • 4:06 PM

    La Belle Helene (Beautiful Helene): Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    Lille National Orchestra

    Darrell Ang, conductor

    8:29
  • 4:01 PM

    Polonaise No. 1

    Henryk Wieniawski

    Danses

    Laurent Korcia, violin

    4:49
  • 3:51 PM

    Symphonic Scherzo

    Arnold Bax

    Bax: Spring Fire

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    7:26
  • 3:14 PM

    Symphony No. 8

    Antonin Dvorak

    Antonín Dvorák: Symphonies Nos. 7 – 9

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    35:37
  • 3:09 PM

    Salterello

    Orazio Vecchi

    Canzonetta

    King's Noyse

    2:35
  • 3:06 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    2:46
  • 3:01 PM

    Symphony: Finale

    Juan Arriaga

    Algarve Orchestra

    Alvaro Cassuto, conductor

    4:37
  • 2:50 PM

    Jazz Suite No. 1

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    8:11
  • 2:42 PM

    Dances of Galanta

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Bartok: Concerto for 2 Pianos, Percussion and Orchestra

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    16:00
  • 2:05 PM

    Eine kleine Nachtmusik

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Bobby McFerrin, conductor

    17:27
  • 2:00 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    4:01
  • 1:49 PM

    Scheherazade

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade; Debussy: La Mer

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    44:22
  • 1:39 PM

    Beatrice and Benedict: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    8:10
  • 1:31 PM

    Three Short Pieces

    Jacques Ibert

    Ibert, J.: 3 Pieces Breves / Reicha, A.: Wind Quintet in E-Flat Major / Arnold, M.: 3 Shanties / Klughardt, A.F.M.: Wind Quintet

    Bergen Wind Quintet

    6:48
  • 1:24 PM

    Toward a New Life

    Josef Suk

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    5:53
  • 1:20 PM

    Blue Piece

    Libby Larsen

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:43
  • 1:09 PM

    Sinfonia for Four Trumpets

    Giuseppe Torelli

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    7:41
  • 1:04 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Gavottes

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Orchestral Suites

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    3:28
  • 12:48 PM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

    Franz Liszt

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    10:03
  • 12:42 PM

    Empire Brass

    5:16
  • 12:39 PM

    Finlandia Hymn

    Traditional

    I Lift My Lamp: Illuminations from Immigrant America

    Jacqueline Schwab, piano

    3:00
  • 12:30 PM

    Karelia Suite: Alla Marcia

    Jean Sibelius

    Finlandia 3 - Finnish Music

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    4:28
  • 12:19 PM

    Luisa Miller: Highlights

    Giuseppe Verdi

    I Solisti Italiani

    10:20
  • 12:15 PM

    Organ Concerto No. 5: Presto

    George Frideric Handel

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Richard Egarr, conductor

    Richard Egarr, organ

    2:02
  • 12:11 PM

    Liebesfreud (Love's Joy)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Bravura

    Cho-Liang Lin, violin

    3:22
  • 12:04 PM

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    5:21
  • 11:50 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 11

    Arcangelo Corelli

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Janos Rolla, conductor

    8:26
  • 11:32 AM

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

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    16:42
  • 11:25 AM

    Rusalka: Song to the Moon

    Antonin Dvorak

    The Knights

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    5:23
  • 11:19 AM

    Andersen: Entr'acte

    Oskar Nedbal

    Dvorak Chamber Orchestra

    Miroslav Homolka, conductor

    5:28
  • 11:14 AM

    La Vida Breve: Spanish Dance No. 1

    Manuel de Falla

    Serenata Espanola

    Xavier de Maistre, harp

    3:54
  • 11:07 AM

    Concerto for Strings

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Venice Baroque Orchestra

    Andrea Marcon, conductor

    5:44
  • 11:07 AM

    Rustle of Spring

    Christian Sinding

    Jerome Lowenthal, piano

    2:38
  • 11:04 AM

    Sonata in Bb, K. 544

    Domenico Scarlatti

    Daria van den Bercken, piano

    2:30
  • 10:50 AM

    L'amant anonyme: Overture-Symphony

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Le Mozart Noir

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    7:42
  • 10:30 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 2

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Horn Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Britten: Serenade Op. 31

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Ingo Metzmacher, conductor

    Marie Luise Neunecker, horn

    18:52
  • 10:22 AM

    Four Dances

    Thomas Morley

    Dances From Renaissance To Nutcracker

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    7:18
  • 10:11 AM

    String Quartet No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Hagen Quartet

    9:28
  • 10:06 AM

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    4:30
  • 10:01 AM

    Czech Suite: Sousedska

    Antonin Dvorak

    Padua Chamber Orchestra

    David Golub, conductor

    4:35
  • 9:52 AM

    Bourree Fantasque

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Chabrier: Orchestral Works

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:43
  • 9:38 AM

    Flute and Oboe Concerto

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Janos Rolla, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    Pierre Pierlot, oboe

    12:31
  • 9:17 AM

    Piano Sonata

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Liana Serbescu, piano

    18:24
  • 9:06 AM

    Six Italian Dance Tunes

    Peter Warlock

    London Festival Orchestra

    Ross Pople, conductor

    10:39
  • 9:01 AM

    Four Pieces: Dudelsack and Waltz

    Alfred Uhl

    Into The Blue

    Cumberland Quintet

    4:43
  • 8:43 AM

    The Good-humored Ladies

    Vincenzo Tommasini

    Concert Arts Orchestra

    Robert Irving, conductor

    14:56
  • 8:39 AM

    Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano

    3:47
  • 8:26 AM

    The Geniuses, or Love's Characters Ballet: Suite

    Mademoiselle Duval

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    11:42
  • 8:06 AM

    An English Suite

    Hubert Parry

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    19:06
  • 8:01 AM

    Two Bagatelles

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Bagatelles

    John O'Conor, piano

    4:33
  • 7:23 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Robert Schumann

    SCHUMANN: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 4

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    35:16
  • 7:18 AM

    Tropical Sonatina: Song of the Dawn

    Jose Lezcano

    Laura Gilbert, flute

    Antigoni Goni, guitar

    3:49
  • 7:06 AM

    Four Scottish Dances

    Malcolm Arnold

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    10:51
  • 7:01 AM

    Leaving Capri

    Tonu Korvits

    Tonu Korvits: Hymns to the Nordic Lights

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Risto Joost, conductor

    4:35
  • 6:38 AM

    La Boutique fantasque (Fantastic Toy Shop)

    Ottorino Respighi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    20:30
  • 6:20 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Amanda Rontgen-Maier

    Amanda Meyer: Volume 1

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Andreas Stoehr, conductor

    Gregory Maytan, violin

    17:14
  • 6:06 AM

    Divertimento No. 14

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Amadeus Winds

    12:05
  • 6:01 AM

    Irmelin Prelude

    Frederick Delius

    Delius

    Symphony Nova Scotia

    Georg Tintner, conductor

    4:47
  • 5:32 AM

    Symphonic Poem No. 12 "Die Ideale"

    Franz Liszt

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    25:54
  • 5:29 AM

    Seven Folk Dances: Shushiki of Vagharshapat

    Gomidas Vartabed

    Komitas: Piano and Chamber Music

    Mikael Ayrapetyan, piano

    3:31
  • 5:06 AM

    Harp Concerto

    Francois Boieldieu

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    Catherine Michel, harp

    20:29
  • 5:01 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1: Gavotte

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    4:40