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  • 4:14 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Jean Sibelius

    Bruckner, Sibelius, Nielsen

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    44:25
  • 4:06 AM

    Choro de Saudade

    Agustin Barrios

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    5:25
  • 4:01 AM

    Bees and Bumblebees

    Eugene Arcade Dede

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    4:33
  • 3:41 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sonnerie

    Monica Huggett, conductor

    17:32
  • 3:15 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Robert Schumann

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    24:47
  • 3:11 AM

    Children's Corner: The Snow is Dancing

    Claude Debussy

    Stephen Hough, piano

    2:40
  • 3:06 AM

    Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo

    Pietro Mascagni

    World Encores

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    3:26
  • 3:01 AM

    The Spheres (Kyrie eleison)

    Ola Gjeilo

    Life And Breath

    Phoenix Chorale

    Charles Bruffy, conductor

    4:47
  • 2:46 AM

    Concert Overture No. 1

    Florence Price

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    John Jeter, conductor

    11:39
  • 2:20 AM

    Clarinet Quintet

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Miro Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    24:11
  • 2:14 AM

    Folk Songs for Orchestra: My Lord, what a morning

    George Walker

    George Walker: Orchestral Works

    Cleveland Chamber Symphony

    Edwin London, conductor

    3:33
  • 2:06 AM

    Umoja (Unity)

    Valerie Coleman

    Imani Winds

    Imani Winds

    2:49
  • 2:01 AM

    Spiritual Fantasy: Wade in the Water

    Frederick C. Tillis

    Castle of our Skins

    4:46
  • 1:52 AM

    Symphony No. 4: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    6:49
  • 1:14 AM

    Concerto for Piano and Violin

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Martha Argerich, piano

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    36:33
  • 1:09 AM

    Divertimento: Waltz

    Leonard Bernstein

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    1:57
  • 1:06 AM

    Wiegenlied (Lullaby)

    Johannes Brahms

    Melody's Mostly Musical Day

    Jenny Lin, piano

    2:53
  • 1:01 AM

    Sarabande: For Katharine in April

    Ron Nelson

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    4:53
  • 12:47 AM

    The Seasons: Autumn

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: The Seasons, Scenes de Ballet

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    11:45
  • 12:21 AM

    Concerto Serenade

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    Catherine Michel, harp

    23:27
  • 12:19 AM

    Children's Carnival: Pierrette's Ruse

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Tali Morgulis, piano

    1:52
  • 12:10 AM

    Music for the Royal Fireworks: Overture

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, Concerti a due cori

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    7:42
  • 12:06 AM

    Die Forelle (The Trout)

    Franz Schubert

    Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1

    Daniil Trifonov, piano

    3:07
  • 12:01 AM

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

    Charles Ives

    Ives, Barber: String Quartets

    Emerson String Quartet

    4:48
  • 11:47 PM

    Symphony: Finale

    Cesar Franck

    Metropolitan Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    11:21
  • 11:37 PM

    Music of the Spheres Waltz

    Josef Strauss

    Strauss: Gala I

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    8:27
  • 11:22 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Margaret Batjer, conductor

    Margaret Batjer, violin

    David Shostac, flute

    Brook Ellen Schoenwald, flute

    14:19
  • 11:17 PM

    Estampes: Jardins sous la pluie (Gardens in the Rain)

    Claude Debussy

    Zoltan Kocsis, piano

    3:07
  • 11:06 PM

    In Spring Overture

    Karl Goldmark

    Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andras Korodi, conductor

    10:31
  • 11:01 PM

    Contredanse and Tarantelle

    Frederic Chopin

    Malcolm Frager, piano

    4:35
  • 10:50 PM

    Symphony No. 1: Finale

    Alexander Borodin

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Jun'ichi Hirokami, conductor

    7:54
  • 10:35 PM

    "Twinkle, Twinkle" Variations (Ah, vous dirai-je, maman)

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Andras Schiff, piano

    14:04
  • 10:27 PM

    Children's March (Over the Hills and Far Away)

    Percy Grainger

    Lincolnshire Posy

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    7:03
  • 10:15 PM

    Bartered Bride: Dances

    Bedrich Smetana

    The Moldau

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    10:44
  • 10:06 PM

    Corsair: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    French Showpieces

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    8:05
  • 10:01 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Alla marcia

    Dag Wiren

    Nordic Light

    Strings of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Magnus Ericsson, conductor

    4:45
  • 9:51 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 4th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies 5 & 8

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    7:38
  • 9:46 PM

    If Music be the Food of Love

    David Dickau

    St. Olaf Choir

    Anton Armstrong, conductor

    4:22
  • 9:32 PM

    Night on Bald Mountain

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    11:44
  • 9:27 PM

    Danse Macabre

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Carnival Fantasy

    Salut Salon

    4:40
  • 9:11 PM

    L'assedio di Corinto (Siege of Corinth): Ballet Music

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Ballet Music

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    14:13
  • 9:06 PM

    Prelude

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff

    Vassily Primakov, piano

    4:28
  • 9:03 PM

    Serenade No. 2: Scherzo: Vivace

    Johannes Brahms

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    2:43
  • 8:47 PM

    Concerto for Mixed Instruments

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concerti per Mandolini

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    Ugo Orlandi, mandolin

    11:43
  • 8:31 PM

    Four Characteristic Waltzes

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    13:42
  • 8:21 PM

    6 Early Netherlands Dances

    Julius Rontgen

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    David Porcelijn, conductor

    9:29
  • 8:10 PM

    Symphony No. 7

    William Boyce

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    9:58
  • 8:06 PM

    Song without Words No. 30 "Spring Song"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Songs without Words

    Luba Edlina, piano

    2:58
  • 8:01 PM

    The Prophet: Ballet of the Skaters: Quadrilles des patineurs

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    4:45
  • 7:48 PM

    Luisa Miller: Highlights

    Giuseppe Verdi

    I Solisti Italiani

    10:20
  • 5:48 PM

    Symphonic Dances: 1st movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    11:05
  • 5:28 PM

    Miss Sally's Party

    William Grant Still

    Plymouth Music Series Orchestra

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    19:05
  • 5:22 PM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin: Menuet

    Maurice Ravel

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    5:16
  • 5:18 PM

    Fantastic Dances: Festive Dance

    Loris Tjeknavorian

    East Of Melancholy

    Tara Kamangar, piano

    2:04
  • 5:07 PM

    Snowflake Ballet

    Jacques Offenbach

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    10:23
  • 5:00 PM

    Blacksmith's Tune

    Bengt Hallberg

    Scandinavian Brass Ensemble

    Jorma Panula, conductor

    4:46
  • 4:48 PM

    El Salon Mexico

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man and Other Favorites

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    10:22
  • 4:17 PM

    Scottish Fantasy

    Max Bruch

    Bruch: Violin Concerto

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Cho-Liang Lin, violin

    29:21
  • 4:14 PM

    Musical Toys: The Drummer

    Sofia Gubaidulina

    Jenny Lin, piano

    1:23
  • 4:06 PM

    Concertino for Oboe and Orchestra

    Gaetano Donizetti

    Donizetti, Lindpaintner: Concerti for Wind

    RIAS Sinfonietta

    Jiri Starek, conductor

    Gunther Passin, oboe

    7:20
  • 4:01 PM

    Three Greek Dances

    Nikos Skalkottas

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Nikos Christodoulou, conductor

    4:50
  • 3:53 PM

    Dreams of Love No. 3 (Liebestraum)

    Franz Liszt

    Jutta Zoff, harp

    5:14
  • 3:24 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Andrew Constantine, conductor

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    27:56
  • 3:20 PM

    By the Cradle

    Moritz Moszkowski

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    2:10
  • 3:06 PM

    Overture burlesque

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Academy for Ancient Music Berlin

    Bernhard Forck, conductor

    12:49
  • 3:01 PM

    Piano Sonata: Scherzo

    Franz Schubert

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    4:45
  • 2:51 PM

    Monteverdiana

    Claudio Monteverdi

    For Thy Pleasure

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    7:08
  • 2:49 PM

    Water Music Suite No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Complete Orchestral Works

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    8:56
  • 2:43 PM

    Canzonetta

    Zara Levina

    Zara Levina: Chamber Music

    Ringela Riemke, cello

    5:00
  • 2:35 PM

    Appalachia Waltz

    Mark O'Connor

    Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra

    Scott Yoo, conductor

    6:54
  • 2:31 PM

    Valse Triste

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphony No. 3, etc.

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    4:18
  • 2:11 PM

    Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    19:13
  • 2:03 PM

    Monteverdiana

    Claudio Monteverdi

    For Thy Pleasure

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    7:08
  • 1:54 PM

    Septet: 5th movement

    Conradin Kreutzer

    Kreutzer, Bruch: Septette

    Consortium Classicum

    4:11
  • 1:51 PM

    Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh (A Letter from Camp)

    The Best of Allan Sherman

    Allan Sherman, vocal

    2:30
  • 1:47 PM

    Dance of the Hours

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Essential Ballet

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bruno Bartoletti, conductor

    7:33
  • 1:42 PM

    Cello Suite No. 6: Gavotte

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Inspired by Bach

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    3:42
  • 1:37 PM

    Fairest of the Fair

    John Philip Sousa

    Royal Artillery Band

    Keith Brion, conductor

    3:36
  • 1:32 PM

    Minnesota March

    John Philip Sousa

    Sousa's Greatest Marches

    Royal Artillery Band

    Keith Brion, conductor

    3:16
  • 1:23 PM

    Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna

    Franz von Suppe

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    7:32
  • 1:17 PM

    Symphony No. 5 "Reformation": 2nd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: The 5 Symphonies

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    5:28
  • 1:08 PM

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Bela Bartok

    Lise de la Salle, piano

    4:50
  • 1:04 PM

    Snowfall

    Claude Thornhill

    Swing, Swing, Swing

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:13
  • 12:45 PM

    Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

    Alexander Borodin

    Mussorgsky: Pictures from an Exhibition

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    13:36
  • 12:36 PM

    Flute Concertino

    Cecile Chaminade

    Great Works for Flute and Orchestra

    Residentie Orchestra of the Hague

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    Sharon Bezaly, flute

    7:09
  • 12:30 PM

    Rodeo: Saturday Night Waltz

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Billy The Kid; Rodeo Etc.

    Colorado Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    5:15
  • 12:22 PM

    Dances With Wolves: Themes

    John Barry

    Hollywood's Greatest Hits Volume II

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:18
  • 12:15 PM

    Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Munch, conductor

    6:08
  • 12:08 PM

    Spanish Dance No. 4 "Villanesca"

    Enrique Granados

    Granados: Spanish Dances

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    5:58
  • 12:04 PM

    Concerto alla rustica (Rustic Concerto)

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concerti Alla Rustica

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Simon Standage, violin

    3:44
  • 11:50 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Peter Damm, horn

    9:02
  • 11:39 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphony No 1 & 4

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    9:24
  • 11:32 AM

    String Quartet No. 6: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The String Quartets

    Emerson String Quartet

    5:51
  • 11:22 AM

    Oboe Concerto No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Guildhall Strings

    Robert Salter, conductor

    Malcolm Messiter, oboe

    9:18
  • 11:14 AM

    Romance of the Prairie Lilies

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    6:33
  • 11:07 AM

    Wedding Day at Troldhaugen

    Edvard Grieg

    Symphonic Dances, Piano Concerto, Wedding Day at Toldhaugen

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    5:51
  • 11:04 AM

    March

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Sound Off!

    United States Marine Band

    Col. John Bourgeois, conductor

    2:02
  • 10:51 AM

    Traditional Hornpipe Suite

    Adrian Cruft

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    7:08
  • 10:33 AM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1

    Georges Bizet

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    17:01
  • 10:22 AM

    The Magic Harp Overture (Rosamunde)

    Franz Schubert

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    10:11
  • 10:10 AM

    Trio Sonata No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Royal Brass: Music from the Renaissance & Baroque

    Empire Brass

    9:52
  • 10:06 AM

    Consolation No. 3

    Franz Liszt

    Mariam Batsashvili, piano

    3:33
  • 10:01 AM

    London Suite: Covent Garden

    Eric Coates

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Wilson, conductor

    4:38
  • 9:43 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    Johann Christian Bach

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Simon Standage, conductor

    15:01
  • 9:28 AM

    The Lark Ascending

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams, Delius, Walton

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    13:36
  • 9:20 AM

    Passacaglia

    George Frideric Handel

    Virtuoso Harp

    Marion Hofmann, harp

    5:43
  • 9:06 AM

    Radio Luxembourg Orchestra

    Louis de Froment, conductor

    Grant Johannesen, piano

    13:42
  • 9:01 AM

    Andromaque: Prelude to Act IV

    Camille Saint-Saens

    SAINT-SAËNS, C.: Ascanio: Ballet / Overtures to Stage Works (Malmö Symphony, Märkl)

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    4:52
  • 8:46 AM

    Oboe Concerto No. 2

    Tomaso Albinoni

    I Musici

    Heinz Holliger, oboe

    12:25
  • 8:39 AM

    Iberia: Evocation

    Isaac Albeniz

    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    5:37
  • 8:35 AM

    John Henry: Railroad Ballad

    Aaron Copland

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    3:39
  • 8:06 AM

    Mississippi River Suite

    Florence Price

    The Oak - Mississippi River Suite - Symphony No. 3

    Women's Philharmonic

    Apo Hsu, conductor

    27:44
  • 8:01 AM

    Overture No. 5: Andante

    Carl Friedrich Abel

    Il Fondamento

    Paul Dombrecht, conductor

    4:44
  • 7:20 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 3 in G; Cappriccio italien; Marche slave; Gopak from 'Mazeppa'

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    38:33
  • 7:18 AM

    Prelude No. 3

    George Gershwin

    Summertime

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    1:14
  • 7:06 AM

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    10:08
  • 7:01 AM

    Masques

    Claude Debussy

    Shadowlines

    Gilles Vonsattel, piano

    4:35
  • 6:29 AM

    Sicilian Vespers: Four Seasons Ballet

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    29:13
  • 6:19 AM

    Two Melodies

    Edvard Grieg

    Edvard Grieg: Works For String Orchestra

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    9:11
  • 6:06 AM

    Sierra Winds

    (Selected members), conductor

    11:13
  • 6:01 AM

    Consolation

    Cecile Chaminade

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    4:51
  • 5:54 AM

    Enigma Variations: Nimrod

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    3:57
  • 5:36 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 10

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    John O'Conor, piano

    16:55
  • 5:06 AM

    String Quartet

    Ottorino Respighi

    Concert Recording

    Cremona Quartet

    28:33
  • 5:01 AM

    Amores Pasados: So ell encina (Beneath the oaks)

    John Paul Jones

    John Potter, tenor

    Anna Maria Friman, voice

    Ariel Abramavich, lute

    Jacob Heringman, lute

    4:33