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  • 4:45 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Havana Lyceum Orchestra

    Jose Antonio Mendez Padron, conductor

    Sarah Willis, horn

    13:28
  • 4:26 AM

    String Quartet

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Nash Ensemble

    18:48
  • 4:06 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Franz Liszt

    Dresden Philharmonic

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    Nelson Freire, piano

    17:35
  • 4:01 AM

    Nocturne

    Auguste Franchomme

    The Franchomme Project

    Louise Dubin, cello

    4:32
  • 3:51 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Rose adagio

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    6:57
  • 3:50 AM

    Dedication (Widmung)

    Ferruccio Busoni

    Bach-Busoni: Goldberg Variations

    Sara Davis Buechner, piano

    :56
  • 3:12 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    BRAHMS: Symphony No. 3 / Haydn Variations

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    36:30
  • 3:06 AM

    Ave Verum Corpus

    Karl Jenkins

    Mormon Tabernacle Choir

    Mack Wilberg, conductor

    Bryn Terfel, baritone

    Tamara Mumford, mezzo-soprano

    3:44
  • 3:01 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Andante

    Max Bruch

    Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra

    George Hanson, conductor

    4:34
  • 2:43 AM

    Octet No. 4 (Notturno)

    Luigi Boccherini

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    15:12
  • 2:20 AM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Fantasía para un gentilhombre & Concierto de Aranjuez

    Spanish Radio and TV Orchestra

    Pedro Amaral, conductor

    Xianji Liu, guitar

    21:39
  • 2:06 AM

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

    Richard Strauss

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    12:00
  • 2:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 11

    Gabriel Faure

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    4:33
  • 1:55 AM

    Dances in the Canebrakes: Silk Hat and Walking Cane

    Florence Price

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    3:14
  • 1:46 AM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Ports of Call

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    7:48
  • 1:07 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Mark Simpson

    Concert Recording

    WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    37:28
  • 1:01 AM

    Pavan-Capriccio

    Isaac Albeniz

    Duo Van Dua

    4:36
  • 12:50 AM

    Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

    Aram Khachaturian

    Khachaturian: Spartacus Suites

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:50
  • 12:15 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff, Paganini Rhapsody, Piano Concerto No. 2

    Mahler Chamber Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Yuja Wang, piano

    33:08
  • 12:11 AM

    The Feast at Solhaug: Wedding March

    Pall Isolfsson

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    1:32
  • 12:06 AM

    Sonata in the Old Spanish Style: Dance with Variations

    Gaspar Cassado

    Viviane Spanoghe, cello

    Andre de Groote, piano

    4:54
  • 12:01 AM

    Siciliano

    Harry Dexter

    RTE Concert Orchestra, Dublin

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    4:47
  • 11:54 PM

    Suite of Three Pieces: Waltz

    Benjamin Godard

    David Shostac, flute

    Antoinette Perry, piano

    4:12
  • 11:15 PM

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    37:36
  • 11:09 PM

    The Road Home

    Stephen Paulus

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    3:55
  • 11:07 PM

    Othello Suite: Military March

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha OVerture / Petite Suite

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    1:57
  • 11:01 PM

    Flute Concerto: 1st movement

    Jacques Ibert

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Susan Milan, flute

    4:38
  • 10:40 PM

    A Downland Suite

    John Ireland

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    18:20
  • 10:17 PM

    West Side Story: Symphonic Dances

    Leonard Bernstein

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    20:58
  • 10:12 PM

    Etude de concert

    Gabriel Pierne

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    3:30
  • 10:07 PM

    D'un matin de printemps (Of a Spring Morning)

    Lili Boulanger

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    4:57
  • 10:01 PM

    Court Sonata No. 4

    Heinrich Biber

    Purcell Quartet

    Michael Laird, trumpet

    Mark Bennett, trumpet

    4:44
  • 9:42 PM

    The Ball of Beatrice d'Este

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Paris Orchestra

    Jean-Pierre Jacquillat, conductor

    16:01
  • 9:28 PM

    Picciola serenata

    Antonio Salieri

    Mozart � Salieri

    Armonia Ensemble

    13:05
  • 9:18 PM

    Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Works for Orchestra, Vol. I

    Radio Luxembourg Orchestra

    Louis de Froment, conductor

    9:28
  • 9:07 PM

    Dance of the Hours

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Wagner: Siegfried Idyll, Boccherini, Dvorak, Faure, Grieg, Nicolai, Ponchielli, Suppe, Tchaikovsky

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    9:12
  • 9:01 PM

    Tarantella

    Cecile Chaminade

    Chaminade: Piano Music 2

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    4:35
  • 8:41 PM

    Suite Lyrique

    John Rutter

    Blessing

    Sinfonia Cymru

    John Rutter, conductor

    Catrin Finch, harp

    17:22
  • 8:22 PM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Carl Maria von Weber

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    Karen Geoghegan, bassoon

    17:08
  • 8:18 PM

    2 Impromptus

    Alexander Scriabin

    Horizons

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    2:30
  • 8:07 PM

    William Tell: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures Vol 2 / Benda, Prague Sinfonia

    Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    11:32
  • 8:01 PM

    German Dances

    William Brade

    Brass Ensemble

    Ludwig Guttler, trumpet

    4:50
  • 7:39 PM

    Choral Fantasy

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    19:01
  • 7:29 PM

    Three Pieces for Strings

    Thomas C. Kelly

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    8:39
  • 7:15 PM

    Oboe d'Amore Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Amsterdam Sinfonietta

    Jaap ter Linden, conductor

    Pauline Oostenrijk, oboe d'amore

    13:14
  • 7:06 PM

    Hansel and Gretel: Overture

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    7:29
  • 7:00 PM

    Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes

    Florence Price

    Catalyst Quartet

    4:45
  • 6:52 PM

    Norwegian Dance No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Norwegian Dances

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    6:15
  • 6:27 PM

    Cello Sonata No. 2

    Felix Mendelssohn

    David Finckel, cello

    Wu Han, piano

    24:30
  • 6:10 PM

    Symphonic Poem No. 6 "Mazeppa"

    Franz Liszt

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    15:14
  • 6:06 PM

    The Prince of Denmark's March

    Jeremiah Clarke

    Canadian Brass

    2:25
  • 6:01 PM

    Album Leaf

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Music of the Gilded Age

    Sylvan Winds

    Boris Baev, oboe

    4:38
  • 5:52 PM

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:42
  • 5:12 PM

    Symphony No. 7

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    38:00
  • 5:09 PM

    Wand of Youth: Overture

    Edward Elgar

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    1:28
  • 5:06 PM

    Waltz No. 6 "Minute"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Chopin Album

    Lang Lang, piano

    2:10
  • 5:01 PM

    Flute Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johan Agrell

    Concerto Copenhagen

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    Maria Bania, flute

    4:38
  • 4:49 PM

    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: Suite

    Franz Waxman

    Hollywood Nightmares

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    10:12
  • 4:41 PM

    On Golden Pond: Main Theme

    Dave Grusin

    The Nature of America: A Musical Impression

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    William Tritt, piano

    3:59
  • 4:36 PM

    The Milagro Beanfield War: Theme

    Dave Grusin

    Varese Sarabande - A 25th Anniversary Celebration

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Scott, conductor

    4:00
  • 4:33 PM

    The Goonies: Fratelli Chase

    Dave Grusin

    Varese Sarabande Symphony Orchestra

    David Newman, conductor

    3:05
  • 4:26 PM

    Citizen Kane: Prelude and Finale

    Bernard Herrmann

    Europe Goes To Hollywood

    Royal Philharmonic Pops

    John Scott, conductor

    5:12
  • 4:20 PM

    Apollo 13: Main Title

    James Horner

    Studio Orchestra

    James Horner, conductor

    2:33
  • 4:14 PM

    Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest: selections

    Hans Zimmer

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:29
  • 4:12 PM

    Chocolat: Party Preparations

    Rachel Portman

    Studio Orchestra

    1:29
  • 4:07 PM

    Emma: The Wedding/End Titles

    Rachel Portman

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Alwyn, conductor

    4:17
  • 4:01 PM

    The Cider House Rules: End Credits

    Rachel Portman

    Studio Orchestra

    David Snell, conductor

    4:35
  • 3:55 PM

    Wuthering Heights: Cathy's Theme

    Alfred Newman

    Cinema Serenade 2: The Golden Age

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    3:41
  • 3:52 PM

    The Great Dictator: Napoli March

    Charlie Chaplin

    Charlie! Music From The Classic Films Of Charles Chaplin

    Munich Symphony Orchestra

    Francis Shaw, conductor

    2:39
  • 3:45 PM

    Suspicion: Prelude

    Franz Waxman

    A History Of Hitchcock: Dial M For Murder

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    4:40
  • 3:39 PM

    To Catch a Thief: Suite

    Lyn Murray

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    5:51
  • 3:32 PM

    JFK: Theme

    John Williams

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    5:07
  • 3:26 PM

    Grumpier Old Men: End Credits

    Alan Silvestri

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:47
  • 3:22 PM

    The Odd Couple: Theme

    Neal Hefti

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    3:11
  • 3:19 PM

    How to Train Your Dragon: Test Drive

    John Powell

    Midnight Sessions at the Royal Albert Hall

    Anna Lapwood, organ

    2:16
  • 3:15 PM

    How to Train Your Dragon: This is Berk

    John Powell

    Studio Orchestra

    Gavin Greenaway, conductor

    4:12
  • 3:11 PM

    A Night to Remember: Main Title

    William Alwyn

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    2:34
  • 3:07 PM

    Is Paris Burning?

    Maurice Jarre

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Maurice Jarre, conductor

    3:27
  • 3:01 PM

    Silverado: Themes

    Bruce Broughton

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:12
  • 2:42 PM

    The Incredible Flutist: Suite

    Walter Piston

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    16:21
  • 2:34 PM

    I'm Troubled in Mind

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Ennanga

    Ashley Jackson, harp

    5:42
  • 2:14 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Morning"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    18:07
  • 2:06 PM

    Aida: Triumphal March

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    7:22
  • 1:38 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    20:09
  • 1:26 PM

    Carmen Fantasy

    Franz Waxman

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    10:59
  • 1:20 PM

    La Vida Breve: Spanish Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Opera Breve

    Philippe Quint, violin

    3:36
  • 1:06 PM

    Quintettino "La musica notturna di Madrid"

    Luigi Boccherini

    Luigi Boccherini

    Quinteto Boccherini

    13:10
  • 1:01 PM

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alfred Walter, conductor

    4:49
  • 12:45 PM

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    13:30
  • 12:25 PM

    Fantasie for Piano Four-Hands

    Franz Schubert

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    Ricardo Castro, piano

    18:39
  • 12:06 PM

    Cockaigne Overture (In London Town)

    Edward Elgar

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Owain Arwel Hughes, conductor

    16:33
  • 12:01 PM

    Overture No. 2 "La Calamita de Cuori"

    Johann Christian Bach

    JC Bach: Sinfonias

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    4:40
  • 11:45 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 18

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Orli Shaham, piano

    13:30
  • 11:29 AM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Trittico Botticelliano, Gli Uccelli, Antiche Danze

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    14:53
  • 11:20 AM

    Demetrio e Polibio: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    6:30
  • 11:06 AM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Christopher Parkening, guitar

    13:09
  • 11:01 AM

    London Festival Orchestra

    Josef Sakonov, violin

    4:35
  • 10:43 AM

    Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

    Richard Strauss

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    15:47
  • 10:13 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    27:45
  • 10:09 AM

    Fragments from Hans Andersen: The snowdrop, or summer-geck

    York Bowen

    Nicolas Namoradze, piano

    2:42
  • 10:06 AM

    The Earl of Essex Galiard

    John Dowland

    Queen's Chamber Band

    2:12
  • 10:01 AM

    New Zealand Suite: Milford Sound

    Ron Goodwin

    GOODWIN: Drake 400 Suite / New Zealand Suite

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Ron Goodwin, conductor

    4:50
  • 9:50 AM

    Schwanda the Bagpiper: Polka and Fugue

    Jaromir Weinberger

    Orchestral Spectaculars

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    8:27
  • 9:26 AM

    Hours of the Day

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    22:36
  • 9:20 AM

    Memories of the Alhambra

    Francisco Tarrega

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    4:08
  • 9:06 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 27

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    13:10
  • 9:01 AM

    Petite Suite: Caprice

    Joseph Lauber

    Rachel Talitman, harp

    Marcos Fregnani-Martins, flute

    4:52
  • 8:46 AM

    Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsummer Vigil"

    Hugo Alfven

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    12:55
  • 8:40 AM

    Basque Caprice

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Leonidas Kavakos, violin

    Enrico Pace, piano

    5:20
  • 8:23 AM

    Symphony

    Carl Stamitz

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    14:51
  • 8:06 AM

    Bagatelles

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Quartets Opp. 96 & 105

    Takacs Quartet

    16:21
  • 8:01 AM

    Aria

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Transcendental Bach

    Thomas Labe, piano

    4:41
  • 7:25 AM

    Petrushka

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stavinsky: The Firebird, Petrushka, Fireworks

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    33:27
  • 7:18 AM

    A Morning in the Woods

    Leo Ornstein

    Janice Weber, piano

    6:16
  • 7:06 AM

    Fantasy on Mozart's "La ci darem la mano"

    Franz Danzi

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Jorg Faerber, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    10:11
  • 7:01 AM

    Der Erlkonig (The Elf King)

    Franz Schubert

    Valerie Tryon, piano

    4:36
  • 6:44 AM

    A Moorside Suite

    Gustav Holst

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    14:00
  • 6:29 AM

    Les Barbares: Prologue

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    14:24
  • 6:06 AM

    Octet for Winds

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Music for Winds

    Stephen Taylor, oboe

    21:22
  • 6:01 AM

    Pastoral Suite: Villagers' Dance

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:43
  • 5:28 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms Violin and Viola Sonatas

    Shlomo Mintz, violin

    30:42
  • 5:21 AM

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    5:40
  • 5:06 AM

    Parsifal: Prelude to Act I

    Richard Wagner

    Klemperer Conducts Wagner: Album II

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Otto Klemperer, conductor

    13:06
  • 5:01 AM

    Images oubliees (Forgotten Images): Souvenir du Louvre

    Claude Debussy

    Zoltan Kocsis, piano

    4:52