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  • 4:40 AM

    Variations on a Rococo Theme

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Ofra Harnoy, cello

    18:35
  • 4:22 AM

    Suite Andaluza

    Celedonio Romero

    Angel Romero, guitar

    16:20
  • 4:06 AM

    Prelude and Fugue "St Anne"

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    20th Century Bach / Seiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    14:44
  • 4:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 10

    Frederic Chopin

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    4:41
  • 3:42 AM

    Wind Octet

    Franz Krommer

    Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble

    16:00
  • 3:20 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Complete Concertos

    Russian National Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    20:17
  • 3:13 AM

    Ballade No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Works for Solo Piano, Vol. 2

    Barry Douglas, piano

    6:54
  • 3:06 AM

    Rodeo: Saturday Night Waltz

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Billy The Kid; Rodeo Etc.

    Colorado Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    5:15
  • 3:01 AM

    Say Thou Dost Love Me

    Steven Stucky

    New York Virtuoso Singers

    Harold Rosenbaum, conductor

    4:53
  • 2:52 AM

    Scaramouche: Modere

    Darius Milhaud

    Creation

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Branford Marsalis, saxophone

    5:31
  • 2:23 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Andrew Constantine, conductor

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    27:56
  • 2:17 AM

    Aquarela do Brasil

    Ary Barroso

    Saudade

    Plinio Fernandes, guitar

    3:44
  • 2:06 AM

    Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria (Cantilena)

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    Plinio Fernandes, guitar

    5:18
  • 2:01 AM

    Enchantment: Song of the Shrine

    Nathaniel Dett

    My Cup Runneth Over: The Complete Piano Works of R. Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    4:27
  • 1:36 AM

    Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished"

    Franz Schubert

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    21:50
  • 1:16 AM

    Images for Orchestra: Iberia

    Claude Debussy

    Iberia: Music of Rimsky-Korsakov, Debussy, Turina

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    19:16
  • 1:13 AM

    Espana: Tango

    Isaac Albeniz

    Encores

    Daniel Barenboim, piano

    2:08
  • 1:06 AM

    Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III

    Richard Wagner

    Canadian Brass

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    5:01
  • 1:01 AM

    Superman: March

    John Williams

    Berlin Philharmonic

    John Williams, conductor

    4:51
  • 12:49 AM

    As You Like It: Suite

    Roger Quilter

    Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    9:16
  • 12:21 AM

    Flute and Harp Concerto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Susan Palma, flute

    Nancy Allen, harp

    26:34
  • 12:17 AM

    Philippe Quint, violin

    Marta Aznavoorian, piano

    3:26
  • 12:11 AM

    Flowers from Froso: Congratulations

    Wilhelm Peterson-Berger

    Swedish Orchestral Favourites

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    3:34
  • 12:06 AM

    The Gardenia

    William Bolcom

    William Bolcom: The Complete Rags

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    5:04
  • 12:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 2: Scherzo

    Alexander Borodin

    Emerson String Quartet

    4:39
  • 11:54 PM

    Rondo alla Rumba

    Edgar Olivero

    Mozart y Mambo La Bella Cubana

    Sarahbanda

    Sarah Willis, horn

    4:26
  • 11:52 PM

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Bela Bartok

    Dorati Conducts Kodaly and Bartok

    Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    6:03
  • 11:38 PM

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Marc Destrube, conductor

    16:26
  • 11:28 PM

    String Quartet No. 1

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Black Composers Series 1974-1978

    Juilliard String Quartet

    9:27
  • 11:12 PM

    The Lark Ascending

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Poeme

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    14:15
  • 11:07 PM

    Nocturne

    Cecile Chaminade

    Apres un reve

    Emmanuel Despax, piano

    4:24
  • 11:01 PM

    Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune (Moonlight)

    Claude Debussy

    Romantic Favorites

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    5:01
  • 10:52 PM

    Symphony No. 8: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

    7:12
  • 10:33 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2

    Georges Bizet

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    18:15
  • 10:30 PM

    Dance of the Gnomes

    Franz Liszt

    William Wolfram, piano

    3:12
  • 10:19 PM

    Sky: 1st movement

    Michael Torke

    Albany Symphony Orchestra

    David Alan Miller, conductor

    Tessa Lark, violin

    9:43
  • 10:11 PM

    An 18th Century Scherzo

    Haydn Wood

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    6:36
  • 9:59 PM

    Humoresque No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Concert A La Carte

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    3:02
  • 9:50 PM

    My Life is Love and Laughter Waltz

    Josef Strauss

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    7:38
  • 9:33 PM

    Flute and Oboe Concerto

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Janos Rolla, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    Pierre Pierlot, oboe

    15:10
  • 9:27 PM

    Waltz No. 2 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Opp. 33-36, 38

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    4:57
  • 9:12 PM

    Panamanian Dances

    William Grant Still

    Berlin Symphony Orchestra

    Isaiah Jackson, conductor

    14:00
  • 9:08 PM

    Trumpet Tune

    Henry Purcell

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    Michael Murray, organ

    2:47
  • 8:36 PM

    Symphony No. 4 "Italian"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    28:58
  • 8:27 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 11: Rondeau

    Anne-Louise Brillon de Jouy

    Nicolas Horvath, piano

    7:34
  • 8:12 PM

    String Quartet No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Hagen Quartet

    13:08
  • 8:04 PM

    Alice Kogan Weinreb, flute

    Nicholas Stovall, oboe

    Paul Cigan, clarinet

    Truman Harris, bassoon

    Laurel Bennert Ohlson, horn

    7:49
  • 8:00 PM

    Our Town: Grover's Corners

    Aaron Copland

    Essential Aaron Copland: 12 Greatest Hits

    London Sinfonietta

    Elgar Howarth, conductor

    2:56
  • 5:41 PM

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 2

    Edvard Grieg

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    17:03
  • 5:15 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Erich Korngold

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Kirill Karabits, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    25:33
  • 5:10 PM

    The Gospel Train

    Spiritual

    The Aeolians

    The Aeolians

    Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor

    1:41
  • 5:06 PM

    "Still Life" at the Penguin Cafe: Prelude and Yodel

    Simon Jeffes

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    3:59
  • 5:01 PM

    Dance of the Flowers

    Amy Beach

    The Solo Piano Music of Amy Beach, Vol. 1

    Joanne Polk, piano

    4:42
  • 4:48 PM

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Paul Dukas

    The Sorceror's Apprentice; Ben Kingsley: Peter and the Wolf & Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    10:19
  • 4:24 PM

    Clarinet Sonata No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    Gloria Chien, piano

    22:19
  • 4:17 PM

    Suite on Galician Songs: Homesickness

    Enrique Granados

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Pablo Gonzalez, conductor

    5:05
  • 4:06 PM

    English Folk Song Suite

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Stars & Stripes

    Cleveland Symphonic Winds

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    10:42
  • 4:00 PM

    The Wedding Waltz

    Heikki Aaltoila

    Scandinavian Rhapsody, A Selection of Orchestral Favourites

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:38
  • 3:50 PM

    Savannah River Holiday

    Ron Nelson

    American Visions

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    8:41
  • 3:25 PM

    Aranjuez Concerto

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Miguel Gomez Martinez, conductor

    Eduardo Fernandez, guitar

    22:17
  • 3:13 PM

    Quartettino

    Rezso Kokai

    Walter Boeykens Ensemble

    10:15
  • 3:00 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Johan Svendsen

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    4:45
  • 2:51 PM

    Edmonton Symphony Orchestra

    Uri Mayer, conductor

    7:31
  • 2:50 PM

    Sinfonia for 3 Trumpets No. 3

    Johann Christian Hertel

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Wolfgang Bauer, conductor

    Wolfgang Bauer, trumpet

    7:23
  • 2:42 PM

    Edmonton Symphony Orchestra

    Uri Mayer, conductor

    7:31
  • 2:37 PM

    Lyric Quartet: The Jovial One

    William Grant Still

    Uncovered, Volume 3

    Catalyst Quartet

    3:17
  • 2:18 PM

    The Birds

    Ottorino Respighi

    Classical Zoo

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Louis Lane, conductor

    18:24
  • 2:04 PM

    Wurttemberg Sonata No. 3

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Keith Jarrett: CPE Bach

    Keith Jarrett, piano

    13:04
  • 2:00 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 5

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic Dances

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    3:15
  • 2:00 PM

    Kunstler-Leben Walzer (Artist's Life)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss Waltzes

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    6:47
  • 1:51 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "The Camp Meeting": Children's Day

    Charles Ives

    Ives: Symphony No. 4; The Unanswered Question

    Seattle Symphony

    Ludovic Morlot, conductor

    6:47
  • 1:46 PM

    Dancing for Love, Dancing for the Gods: Fast

    Bruce Broughton

    Dance Sketches

    Chicago Harp Quartet

    4:00
  • 1:37 PM

    Horn Trio: Scherzo

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms, Koechlin, Banks: Horn Trios

    Barry Tuckwell, horn

    7:25
  • 1:25 PM

    Bartered Bride: Dances

    Bedrich Smetana

    The Moldau

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    10:44
  • 1:21 PM

    The Fairy Queen: Dance for the Fairies

    Henry Purcell

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    3:40
  • 1:18 PM

    If Ye Love Me

    Thomas Tallis

    Thomas Tallis: The Complete English Anthems

    Tallis Scholars

    Peter Philips, conductor

    2:01
  • 1:10 PM

    Flight

    Rachel Portman

    Elle

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:27
  • 1:05 PM

    Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter": 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 28, 33, 35, 39, 40, 41, Eine kleine Nachtmusik

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    4:35
  • 12:55 PM

    Transcendental Etude No. 5 "Feux follets"

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: 12 Etudes d'Execution Transcendante

    Alice Sara Ott, piano

    3:51
  • 12:47 PM

    Sinfonietta: last movement

    E.J. Moeran

    Moeran; Finzi

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    6:04
  • 12:41 PM

    String Quartet: 3rd movement

    Florence Price

    UNCOVERED Vol. 2

    Catalyst Quartet

    4:26
  • 12:35 PM

    Symphony: 1st movement

    Johann Vanhal

    Vanhal: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    4:56
  • 12:21 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    13:47
  • 12:16 PM

    Concerto Grosso: March

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    3:30
  • 12:12 PM

    Mazurka No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Scherzos and Mazurkas

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    2:28
  • 12:05 PM

    Waltzes and Landler

    Franz Schubert

    Bonbons aus Wien

    Boskovsky Ensemble

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    6:04
  • 11:52 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Italian Concertos

    Scottish Ensemble

    Jonathan Morton, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    7:17
  • 11:44 AM

    Six English Tunes

    Peter Warlock

    Warlock: Capriol Suite; The Curlew; Six English Tunes; Serenade; Six Italian Dance Tunes; Ross Pople/London Festival Orchestra

    London Festival Orchestra

    Ross Pople, conductor

    7:11
  • 11:34 AM

    Symphony No. 98: Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: The London Symphonies, Vol. I

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    8:04
  • 11:20 AM

    Suite for Strings

    John Rutter

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Rutter, conductor

    12:23
  • 11:16 AM

    Canon

    Johann Pachelbel

    Into the Light

    The Sixteen

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    Kaori Muraji, guitar

    3:38
  • 11:09 AM

    Danse (Tarantelle styrienne)

    Claude Debussy

    Prokofiev, Debussy, Milhaud

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Alberto Zedda, conductor

    5:27
  • 11:05 AM

    Budapest Strings

    Lajos Lencses, oboe

    3:11
  • 10:50 AM

    Schwanda the Bagpiper: Polka and Fugue

    Jaromir Weinberger

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    8:26
  • 10:31 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 17

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Andreas Haefliger, piano

    17:19
  • 10:23 AM

    Cinema Paradiso

    Ennio Morricone

    Always And Forever - Movies' Greatest Love Songs

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    7:46
  • 10:12 AM

    Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

    Aram Khachaturian

    Essential Ballet

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Aram Khachaturian, conductor

    9:09
  • 10:06 AM

    Serenade

    Roman Hoffstetter

    Promenade Concert

    I Solisti Italiani

    5:29
  • 10:01 AM

    The Mermaid Suite: Dance of 24 Mermaids

    Wu Zuqiang/Du Mingxin

    China National Symphony Orchestra

    Zuohuang Chen, conductor

    4:43
  • 9:43 AM

    Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

    Richard Strauss

    Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    15:47
  • 9:22 AM

    Flute and Oboe Concerto

    Antonio Salieri

    Salieri, Cimarosa, Stamitz: Double Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Kenneth Sillito, conductor

    Aurele Nicolet, flute

    19:00
  • 9:17 AM

    Los Caujaritos

    Ignacio "Indio" Figueredo

    El Diablo Suelto

    John Williams, guitar

    2:35
  • 9:06 AM

    The Walk to the Paradise Garden

    Frederick Delius

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    10:39
  • 9:01 AM

    Waltz No. 4

    Cecile Chaminade

    Chaminade: Piano Music 3

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    4:47
  • 8:29 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    Jean Sibelius

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    29:00
  • 8:25 AM

    Aurora

    Ola Gjeilo

    Ola Gjeilo: Night

    Ola Gjeilo, piano

    4:05
  • 8:10 AM

    Cello Sonata

    Luigi Boccherini

    Anner Bylsma, cello

    Hopkinson Smith, guitar

    Wieland Kuijken, cello

    12:52
  • 8:06 AM

    Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro

    Giacomo Puccini

    Claire Jones: Royal Harp Strings

    London Mozart Players

    Stuart Morley, conductor

    Claire Jones, harp

    3:33
  • 8:01 AM

    Etude No. 11: for arpeggios

    Claude Debussy

    Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano

    4:39
  • 7:35 AM

    Symphony "The Cotswolds"

    Gustav Holst

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    23:07
  • 7:28 AM

    Cinema Nostalgia

    Joe Hisaishi

    Studio Orchestra

    Joe Hisaishi, piano

    6:08
  • 7:06 AM

    Flute Quintet No. 3

    Friedrich Kuhlau

    Juilliard String Quartet

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    20:46
  • 7:01 AM

    The Prophet: Ballet of the Skaters: Galop

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    4:55
  • 6:44 AM

    African Suite

    Fela Sowande

    Black Composers Series 1974-1978

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    14:44
  • 6:30 AM

    Piano Sonata

    John Field

    Field: Four Piano Sonatas

    Miceal O'Rourke, piano

    12:55
  • 6:06 AM

    Nursery Suite

    Edward Elgar

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    22:00
  • 6:01 AM

    Symphonie Concertante: Adagio

    Louis Spohr

    Vienna Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    Maria Duenas, violin

    Volker Kempf, harp

    4:44
  • 5:47 AM

    Symphonic Dances: 1st movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Shanghai Symphony Orchestra

    Long Yu, conductor

    11:31
  • 5:43 AM

    As She Sleeps

    Michael Byron

    Byron: Awakening at the Inn of the Birds

    Sarah Cahill, piano

    3:17
  • 5:07 AM

    Symphony No. 8

    Antonin Dvorak

    Concert Recording

    Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Petr Popelka, conductor

    34:53
  • 5:01 AM

    Partita No. 4: Allemande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Dances

    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    4:44