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  • 4:28 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2 "La Campanella"

    Niccolo Paganini

    London Mozart Players

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Nicola Hall, guitar

    30:00
  • 4:18 AM

    Assemble

    Emily Cooley

    8-Track

    Ashley Bathgate, cello

    9:55
  • 4:06 AM

    Scheherazade: The Young Prince and the Young Princess

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    CBS Masterworks Dinner Classics: Dinner for Two

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    10:05
  • 4:01 AM

    Lyric Quartet: The Quiet One

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    4:35
  • 3:56 AM

    Song without Words No. 25 "May Breezes"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    John O'Conor, piano

    2:29
  • 3:45 AM

    The Light Is the Same

    Reena Esmail

    Bruits

    Imani Winds

    8:50
  • 3:16 AM

    Symphony No. 4 "From Mission San Juan"

    Kevin Puts

    Puts: Symphony No. 4

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    28:24
  • 3:09 AM

    Silver Rain

    Angelica Olstad

    Angelica Olstad, piano

    5:02
  • 3:06 AM

    Gymnopedie No. 3

    Erik Satie

    Reveries

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    3:01
  • 3:01 AM

    Torre Bermeja (Vermillion Tower)

    Isaac Albeniz

    Serenata Espanola

    Xavier de Maistre, harp

    4:51
  • 2:56 AM

    Nocturne No. 21

    Frederic Chopin

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    2:46
  • 2:31 AM

    Swan Lake: excerpts

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Ballet, Op. 71 (Excerpts), etc.

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    22:59
  • 2:17 AM

    Adam Eccleston, flute

    Monica Ohuchi, piano

    12:19
  • 2:06 AM

    Preludio Sinfonico

    Giacomo Puccini

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    10:05
  • 2:01 AM

    Lux Aeterna

    Ivo Antognini

    Mid-Winter Songs/Un Soir De Neige

    Phoenix Chamber Choir

    4:41
  • 1:43 AM

    Symphony Concertante

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    Yury Revich, violin

    Libor Jezek, violin

    14:51
  • 1:23 AM

    The Birds

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Les Pins De Rome, Les Fontaines De Rome, Les Oiseaux

    San Francisco Symphony

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    18:40
  • 1:20 AM

    Music for Ravens

    Anna Meredith

    Ligeti Quartet

    2:27
  • 1:12 AM

    Exaltation of Larks

    Norman Dello Joio

    Atlantic Sinfonietta

    Edvard Tchivzhel, conductor

    7:44
  • 1:06 AM

    Arabesque No. 1

    Claude Debussy

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    4:13
  • 1:01 AM

    From Meadow to Mayfair Suite: Evening in Town

    Eric Coates

    Boult conducts Coates

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    4:39
  • 12:52 AM

    Spring in Buenos Aires (Primavera Portena)

    Astor Piazzolla

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Tessa Lark, violin

    5:57
  • 12:14 AM

    Symphony No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    36:21
  • 12:09 AM

    Lotus Eaters

    Andrew York

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:26
  • 12:06 AM

    The Flight of the Bumblebee/Green Hornet

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov/Billy May

    Carnival Fantasy

    Salut Salon

    2:11
  • 12:01 AM

    Billy the Kid: Prairie Night

    Aaron Copland

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    4:43
  • 11:52 PM

    Cringlemire Garden

    Ruth Gipps

    British Music for Strings, Vol. 3

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Douglas Bostock, conductor

    6:19
  • 11:45 PM

    Petite Suite Gauloise

    Louis Theodore Gouvy

    United States Air Force Band

    Lowell Graham, conductor

    13:43
  • 11:27 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Concertos

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    24:30
  • 11:18 PM

    Take Me To The Water

    Traditional

    Ashley Jackson

    Known MPLS

    Courtland Pickens, conductor

    Ashley Jackson, harp

    7:00
  • 11:10 PM

    Three Roses

    Florence Price

    Lara Downes, piano

    7:02
  • 11:00 PM

    Oboe Concerto

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Scottish Ensemble

    Jonathan Morton, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    9:42
  • 10:30 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Romantic"

    Howard Hanson

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    28:18
  • 10:22 PM

    Home

    Kevin Puts

    House of Belonging

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    6:36
  • 10:06 PM

    Capriccio Espagnol

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Bergen Symphony Orchestra

    Dmitri Kitayenko, conductor

    16:18
  • 9:34 PM

    Symphony No. 33

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 31, 33 & 34

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    23:25
  • 9:27 PM

    The Unanswered Question

    Charles Ives

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    5:25
  • 9:23 PM

    The Typewriter

    Leroy Anderson

    ANDERSON, L.: Orchestral Music, Vol. 3 - Sleigh Ride / The Typewriter / Plink, Plank, Plunk! / The Syncopated Clock

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Alasdair Malloy, typewriter

    1:38
  • 9:17 PM

    Tahiti Trot (Tea for Two)

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    3:31
  • 9:12 PM

    Corpus Christi Carol

    Trond Kverno

    December Stillness

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    4:18
  • 9:04 PM

    La grotta di Trofonio: Overture

    Antonio Salieri

    Armonia Ensemble

    5:13
  • 8:48 PM

    Leonore Overture No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    13:42
  • 8:41 PM

    Prelude No. 3

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Julian Bream, guitar

    5:29
  • 8:33 PM

    Il barbiere di Siviglia (Barber of Seville): Largo al factotum

    Gioacchino Rossini

    The #1 Opera Album

    Bologna Theater Orchestra

    Giuseppe Patane, conductor

    Leo Nucci, baritone

    5:01
  • 8:28 PM

    Slava

    Leonard Bernstein

    Leonard Bernstein: Marin Alsop The Complete Naxos Recordings

    Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    4:10
  • 8:17 PM

    Symphony No. 8: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 8

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    7:16
  • 8:00 PM

    Symphony No. 20

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 3, 11, 18, 19 & 20

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    14:20
  • 5:41 PM

    Minuets and Trios

    Franz Schubert

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    17:32
  • 5:17 PM

    Symphony No. 25

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 25 & 29, Clarinet Concertos

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    22:13
  • 5:13 PM

    Ballet de Cour: The King's Minuet

    Gabriel Pierne

    Chamber Music Palm Beach

    3:17
  • 5:06 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 4

    Johannes Brahms

    Moskowski

    Esther Budiardjo, piano

    5:13
  • 5:01 PM

    Eduardo Mata University Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Rivero Weber, conductor

    4:46
  • 4:49 PM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Potsdam Chamber Academy

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    Shalev Ad-El, harpsichord

    9:34
  • 4:23 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Robert Volkmann

    North West German Philharmonic

    Werner Andreas Albert, conductor

    24:24
  • 4:20 PM

    Grant Johannesen, piano

    1:26
  • 4:06 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Leopold Mozart

    Virtuoso Trumpet: Bach, Mozart, Telemann

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jahja Ling, conductor

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    12:58
  • 4:00 PM

    Symphonic Dance No. 1

    Cyril Scott

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    4:40
  • 3:51 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Introduction and March

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    7:53
  • 3:33 PM

    Variations on "La ci darem la mano"

    Frederic Chopin

    Bruce Liu, piano

    16:25
  • 3:17 PM

    Three Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Early Chamber Music

    Nash Ensemble

    15:31
  • 3:13 PM

    Dedicatoria

    Enrique Granados

    Dreams of a World

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    1:35
  • 3:06 PM

    Minuet Antique

    Maurice Ravel

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    6:14
  • 3:01 PM

    Iberia: El Puerto

    Isaac Albeniz

    Imogen Cooper, piano

    4:52
  • 2:55 PM

    Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Orchestral Favorites

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    2:55
  • 2:54 PM

    Die Schweigsame Frau: Wie schon ist doch die Musik

    Richard Strauss

    Evening Star

    German Opera Orchestra Berlin

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    Thomas Quasthoff, baritone

    4:00
  • 2:36 PM

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 2

    Edvard Grieg

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    17:03
  • 2:33 PM

    Peer Gynt: In The Hall Of The Mountain King

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2, etc.

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    2:41
  • 2:19 PM

    Sonata for Flute and Harp

    Nino Rota

    Medieval Dances for Flute and Harp

    Laurel Zucker, flute

    13:17
  • 2:03 PM

    Prelude and Fugue "St Anne"

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    14:44
  • 2:00 PM

    Banjo and Fiddle

    William Kroll

    Classic Kennedy

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Nigel Kennedy, violin

    3:04
  • 1:53 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2: Menuet

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: "Carmen" Suite, "L'Arlesienne" Suite/Offenbach: Barcarolle, "Orpheus in the Underworld" Overture

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    4:00
  • 1:36 PM

    A River Runs Throught It: A Summer of Lumber and Fishing

    Mark Isham

    A River Runs Throught It: Original Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    Ken Kugler, conductor

    2:00
  • 1:33 PM

    Wiegenlied (Lullaby)

    Johannes Brahms

    Bryn Terfel Sings Favorites

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    Bryn Terfel, baritone

    1:59
  • 1:30 PM

    Shepherd's Hey

    Percy Grainger

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    2:02
  • 1:20 PM

    The Skaters Waltz

    Emil Waldteufel

    The Four Seasons: A Musical Calendar Of Favorite Classics

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:44
  • 1:18 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 4th movement

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 9

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    8:57
  • 1:15 PM

    Die Meistersinger: Prelude to Act I

    Richard Wagner

    Bavarian State Opera

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    12:30
  • 1:09 PM

    The Angels Changed My Name

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Ennanga

    Ashley Jackson, harp

    4:50
  • 1:04 PM

    Joyous March

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    4:00
  • 12:48 PM

    The Wasps: Overture

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    10:28
  • 12:37 PM

    Symphony No. 103 "Drum Roll"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Symphonien Nr 100 'Militar' & Nr 103 'Paukenwirbel' (Mackerras, Orch. of St. Luke's)

    Orchestra of St Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    28:48
  • 12:31 PM

    Introduction No. 4

    Pietro Locatelli

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, conductor

    4:14
  • 12:20 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1: Rondo

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Piano Concertos

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    10:10
  • 12:14 PM

    La clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus): Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:30
  • 12:07 PM

    Octet: 3rd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Gaudier Ensemble

    6:15
  • 12:04 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frederick Handel

    Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    2:00
  • 11:48 AM

    Academic Festival Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony 1, Academic Festival Overture

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    11:04
  • 11:48 AM

    Xavier de Maistre, harp

    Lucero Tena, castanets

    3:05
  • 11:32 AM

    Symphony No. 4 "Italian": 1st movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    10:15
  • 11:24 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Johann Fasch

    Paillard Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Francois Paillard, conductor

    Maurice Andre, trumpet

    7:12
  • 11:16 AM

    Fleeting Pleasure

    Joseph Lanner

    Vienna String Ensemble

    7:13
  • 11:07 AM

    Concerto Antico: Alborada

    Richard Harvey

    Harvey, Gray: Guitar Concertos

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    John Williams, guitar

    6:52
  • 11:04 AM

    Salut d'amour (Love's Greeting)

    Edward Elgar

    Catherine Manoukian, violin

    Satoshi Sando, piano

    3:02
  • 10:50 AM

    Zampa Overture

    Ferdinand Herold

    Great Comedy Overtures

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    8:23
  • 10:38 AM

    Gloriana: Courtly Dances

    Benjamin Britten

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    9:59
  • 10:24 AM

    Panamanian Dances

    William Grant Still

    Berlin Symphony Orchestra

    Isaiah Jackson, conductor

    14:00
  • 10:16 AM

    Variations on Lift Every Voice and Sing

    Lettie B. Alston

    Lara Downes, piano

    6:10
  • 10:06 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 3 "Il gardellino" ("The Goldfinch")

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Flute Concertos

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    9:11
  • 10:01 AM

    Humoresque No. 3

    Jean Sibelius

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Pekka Kuusisto, conductor

    Pekka Kuusisto, violin

    4:32
  • 9:52 AM

    Legend No. 4

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends

    Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    6:17
  • 9:39 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Winter Dreams": 1st movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Complete Symphonies

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    11:49
  • 9:20 AM

    Papillons (Butterflies)

    Robert Schumann

    The Poet Speaks: Schumann Piano Music

    Jeanne Golan, piano

    16:53
  • 9:06 AM

    Concerto Grosso

    Giovanni Sammartini

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    Adrian Chandler, violin

    Cecili Bernardini, violin

    Gail Hennessy, oboe

    Mark Radcliffe, oboe

    13:06
  • 9:01 AM

    Two Preludes

    Frederic Chopin

    Rafal Blechacz, piano

    4:39
  • 8:37 AM

    Moses: Ballet Music

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    21:16
  • 8:19 AM

    A Downland Suite

    John Ireland

    Ireland: Music for String Orchestra

    Orchestra of the Swan

    David Curtis, conductor

    17:11
  • 8:06 AM

    String Symphony No. 4

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Complete String Symphonies

    Gli Incogniti

    Amandine Beyer, conductor

    11:26
  • 8:01 AM

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    Gloria Chien, piano

    4:39
  • 7:47 AM

    Two Nordic Melodies

    Edvard Grieg

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    11:07
  • 7:42 AM

    Sure on this Shining Night

    Morten Lauridsen

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    Fabio Bidini, piano

    4:51
  • 7:28 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Philharmonia Hungarica

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    12:39
  • 7:06 AM

    Suite for Strings

    Frank Bridge

    Bridge, Bantock & Butterworth

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    20:51
  • 7:01 AM

    Pastoral

    David Guion

    Eugene Rowley, piano

    4:36
  • 6:35 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Carl Maria von Weber

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    23:35
  • 6:23 AM

    Iris: Part 5

    James Horner

    Iris: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    James Horner, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    10:55
  • 6:06 AM

    Oboe d'Amore Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    John Abberger, oboe d'amore

    15:11
  • 6:01 AM

    Contemplation

    Henriette Renie

    Naoko Yoshino, harp

    4:33
  • 5:43 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Complete Piano Concertos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    Daniel Barenboim, piano

    15:10
  • 5:30 AM

    Calico Winds

    12:22
  • 5:06 AM

    Aranjuez Concerto

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    22:21
  • 5:01 AM

    L'incoronazione di Poppea: Pur ti miro

    Claudio Monteverdi

    Axiom Quartet

    4:35