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  • 4:41 AM

    Don Juan

    Richard Strauss

    Bravura: Respighi, Strauss

    Oregon Symphony

    James DePreist, conductor

    16:42
  • 4:23 AM

    Cinnamon Grove

    Nathaniel Dett

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

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    17:30
  • 4:06 AM

    Eight Russian Folk Songs

    Anatol Liadov

    Liadov: The Enchanted Lake, and other orchestral works.

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    15:32
  • 4:01 AM

    Song and Dance No. 9

    Federico Mompou

    Stephen Hough, piano

    4:33
  • 3:43 AM

    Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    15:28
  • 3:11 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 3

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    Andrew Wan, violin

    30:25
  • 3:06 AM

    Little Concert Suite: Tarantelle Fretillante

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Anthony Parnther, conductor

    2:44
  • 3:01 AM

    Oboe Quintet: Canzonetta

    Theodore Dubois

    Trio Hochelaga

    Jean-Luc Plourde, viola

    Philippe Magnan, oboe

    4:40
  • 2:51 AM

    A Lovely Rose

    Fu Renchang

    Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Fu Renchang, conductor

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    7:03
  • 2:20 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Simone Dinnerstein: Mozart in Havana

    Havana Lyceum Orchestra

    Jose Antonio Mendez Padron, conductor

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    29:23
  • 2:06 AM

    Calico Winds

    12:22
  • 2:01 AM

    I Musici Montreal

    Yuli Turovsky, conductor

    Yuli Turovsky, cello

    4:35
  • 1:54 AM

    Impromptu No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Yundi Li, piano

    4:00
  • 1:45 AM

    Alborada del Gracioso (Morning Song of the Jester)

    Maurice Ravel

    pictures at an exhibition

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    7:38
  • 1:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 13

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Leonkoro Quartet

    36:52
  • 1:01 AM

    English Air

    Peter Lamb

    Kenneth Smith, flute

    Paul Rhodes, piano

    4:31
  • 12:54 AM

    Growing Dusky Polska

    Maria Kalaniemi

    Over Land And Sea

    Minneapolis Guitar Quartet

    4:05
  • 12:24 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Florence Price

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Randall Goosby, violin

    28:58
  • 12:17 AM

    Corbeille de fleurs (Basket of Flowers)

    Theresa Carreno

    The American Virtuoso

    Alan Feinberg, piano

    5:10
  • 12:06 AM

    Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Symphonies 3 'Scottish' & 4 'Italian', etc.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    10:07
  • 12:01 AM

    Orphee Suite: Orphee and the Princess

    Philip Glass

    The Orpheus Suite for Piano

    Paul Barnes, piano

    4:36
  • 11:51 PM

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

    Percy Grainger

    Lincolnshire Posy

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    7:03
  • 11:48 PM

    Memories of a Child's Sunday: Play

    Roy Harris

    Roy Harris: Symphony No. 8, Symphony No. 9

    Albany Symphony Orchestra

    David Alan Miller, conductor

    3:09
  • 11:34 PM

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

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    For Children

    Helen Huang, piano

    12:54
  • 11:18 PM

    Back to School

    Danny Elfman

    Pee Wee's Big Adventure; Back to School

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Coleman, conductor

    12:45
  • 11:07 PM

    A Children's Overture

    Roger Quilter

    Light Music Society Orchestra

    Vivian Dunn, conductor

    11:15
  • 11:01 PM

    The Old School

    Tristan Coelho

    In Transit

    Emily Granger, harp

    4:08
  • 10:53 PM

    Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4

    Edward Elgar

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    4:59
  • 10:41 PM

    St. Paul's Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Wilson: St. Kentigern Suite

    Scottish Ensemble

    Jonathan Rees, conductor

    11:56
  • 10:34 PM

    Playground Dreams

    Ed Bland

    Judith Olson, piano

    5:22
  • 10:16 PM

    Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    16:45
  • 10:07 PM

    Tom Brown's Schooldays: Overture

    Richard Addinsell

    The Film Music of Richard Addinsell

    BBC Philharmonic

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    7:42
  • 10:01 PM

    Il Giustino: Vedro con mio diletto (I will see with delight)

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Italia

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Curnyn, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    4:20
  • 9:52 PM

    Inspiration Waltzes

    Nathaniel Dett

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

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    6:05
  • 9:28 PM

    Symphony No. 55 "The Schoolmaster"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Philharmonia Hungarica

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    22:45
  • 9:25 PM

    An American Mosaic: Teachers and Students

    Richard Danielpour

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    2:21
  • 9:22 PM

    The Children are Playing

    Carl Nielsen

    James Galway Plays Nielsen

    James Galway, flute

    2:39
  • 9:17 PM

    A Beautiful Mind: Teaching Mathematics Again

    James Horner

    A Beautiful Mind Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    James Horner, conductor

    Charlotte Church, girl soprano

    3:14
  • 9:07 PM

    Academic Festival Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Serenade No. 2; Haydn: Variationen

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    9:59
  • 9:01 PM

    Orchestral Study No. 3

    Arthur Bliss

    English Northern Philharmonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    4:51
  • 8:52 PM

    Polonaise for Violin and Strings

    Franz Schubert

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    5:55
  • 8:28 PM

    English Suite No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    22:28
  • 8:21 PM

    Estudiantina

    Emil Waldteufel

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:13
  • 8:07 PM

    Five Bagatelles

    Gerald Finzi

    FINZI: Clarinet Concerto / Five Bagatelles / Three Soliloquies / Romance

    Northern Sinfonia

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    Robert Plane, clarinet

    14:32
  • 8:01 PM

    Youthful Suite: English Waltz

    Percy Grainger

    Martin Jones, piano

    4:45
  • 7:45 PM

    The Red Pony Suite

    Aaron Copland

    Copland, Williams: Music for the Stage and Screen

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    13:13
  • 7:16 PM

    Symphony No. 4

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    29:44
  • 7:11 PM

    Snowflakes

    Selim Palmgren

    Arctic

    Arctic Philharmonic

    Christian Kluxen, conductor

    Eldbjorg Hemsing, violin

    2:53
  • 7:06 PM

    Etude No. 11 "Winter Wind"

    Frederic Chopin

    Richter: The Authorised Recordings - Chopin, Liszt

    Sviatoslav Richter, piano

    4:05
  • 7:01 PM

    Silvain Overture

    Andre Gretry

    Orchestre De Bretagne

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    4:43
  • 6:42 PM

    Karelia Suite

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Tone Poems & Incidental Music

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    15:42
  • 6:18 PM

    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
  • 6:14 PM

    Reflection Rag

    Scott Joplin

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:36
  • 6:06 PM

    Omphale's Spinning Wheel

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Sinfonia of London

    John Wilson, conductor

    7:24
  • 6:00 PM

    Enfantines: selections

    Ernest Bloch

    Margaret Fingerhut, piano

    4:46
  • 5:46 PM

    Suite in the Old Style

    Christian Sinding

    Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    Henning Kraggerud, violin

    12:47
  • 5:23 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Franz Liszt

    MacDowell: Piano Concerto No.2/Liszt: Piano Concertos No.1 & No.2

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Andre Watts, piano

    20:44
  • 5:13 PM

    School for Scandal Overture

    Samuel Barber

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    8:20
  • 5:06 PM

    Octet: 3rd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Chamber Players of Canada

    6:27
  • 5:01 PM

    Mikhail Pletnev, piano

    4:36
  • 4:40 PM

    Star Trek: Theme

    Michael Giacchino

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    John Morris Russell, conductor

    5:35
  • 4:37 PM

    Star Trek: Enterprising Young Men

    Michael Giacchino

    Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra

    Tim Simonec, conductor

    2:39
  • 4:01 PM

    Star Trek V: The Final Frontier: A Busy Man

    Jerry Goldsmith

    Fantastic Journey

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:15
  • 3:51 PM

    Star Trek V: Main Theme and March of the Klingons

    Jerry Goldsmith

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    4:09
  • 3:46 PM

    Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home: Main Title

    Leonard Rosenman

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    2:42
  • 3:27 PM

    Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan: Suite

    James Horner

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    12:01
  • 3:18 PM

    Star Trek: The Klingon Battle

    Jerry Goldsmith

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:31
  • 3:12 PM

    Star Trek: Main Theme

    Jerry Goldsmith

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Jerry Goldsmith, conductor

    4:14
  • 3:07 PM

    Star Trek: Main Theme

    Alexander Courage

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:40
  • 2:43 PM

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    15:30
  • 2:35 PM

    Nocturne No. 3

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Nocturnes and Barcarolles

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    5:44
  • 2:25 PM

    Morning Star Waltz

    Justin Holland

    Justin Holland Recording Project

    Michael Vascones, guitar

    8:43
  • 2:06 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 2

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:48
  • 1:39 PM

    Bull on the Roof (Le boeuf sur le toit)

    Darius Milhaud

    French National Orchestra

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    19:33
  • 1:23 PM

    Cockaigne Overture (In London Town)

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Symphonies 1 & 2

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    14:12
  • 1:18 PM

    Wind Quintet: 3rd movement

    August Klughardt

    Hexagon Ensemble

    3:28
  • 1:06 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Six Brandenburg Concertos

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    10:38
  • 1:01 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Four Temperaments": 2nd movement

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    4:42
  • 12:53 PM

    Hymnus for 12 Cellos

    Julius Klengel

    Julius Klengel: a Celebration

    Cello Classics Ensemble

    5:21
  • 12:13 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Organ"

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Barber, Poulenc, Saint Saens

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    Olivier Latry, organ

    37:48
  • 12:06 PM

    Symphonic Etude

    Cecile Chaminade

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    5:25
  • 12:01 PM

    Minuet No. 1

    Giacomo Puccini

    Puccini

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor

    4:39
  • 11:45 AM

    Piano Duet Sonata

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Complete Mozart Edition, Vol. 16: Music for Two Pianos, Piano Duets

    Ingrid Haebler, piano

    12:53
  • 11:41 AM

    Dance from Jalisco

    Aaron Copland

    LAGQ Latin

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:42
  • 11:29 AM

    William Tell: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures Vol 2 / Benda, Prague Sinfonia

    Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    11:32
  • 11:13 AM

    Concerto for Trumpet and Two Oboes

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Telemann: Trumpet Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet

    13:46
  • 11:06 AM

    Ballade "About Olden Times"

    Anatol Liadov

    Liadov: The Enchanted Lake, and other orchestral works.

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    5:53
  • 11:01 AM

    Scherzo

    Arthur Foote

    Voyage

    Arcata String Quartet

    Don Bailey, flute

    4:50
  • 10:45 AM

    Suite: Paris

    Haydn Wood

    British Light Music: Haydn Wood, Vol. 2

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    13:34
  • 10:22 AM

    Symphony No. 85 "The Queen"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Capella Istropolitana

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    21:05
  • 10:17 AM

    Summer Moon

    Florence Price

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:45
  • 10:06 AM

    Chamber Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Chandos Baroque Players

    10:41
  • 10:01 AM

    Waltz No. 5 "Grande Valse"

    Frederic Chopin

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    4:33
  • 9:39 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Night in the Tropics"

    Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    Utah Symphony Orchestra

    Maurice Abravanel, conductor

    18:57
  • 9:23 AM

    String Quartet No. 8

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Quartetto Italiano

    14:43
  • 9:11 AM

    Twelve German Dances

    Franz Schubert

    Andras Schiff, piano

    10:20
  • 9:06 AM

    Andante festivo

    Jean Sibelius

    Live in Concert

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    Damon Gupton, conductor

    4:35
  • 9:01 AM

    I Will Lift Mine Eyes

    Jake Runestad

    Kantorei Denver

    Joel Rinsema, conductor

    4:31
  • 8:41 AM

    Kuentz Chamber Orchestra

    Paul Kuentz, conductor

    Nicanor Zabaleta, harp

    17:25
  • 8:34 AM

    Images, Book 1: Hommage a Rameau (Homage to Rameau)

    Claude Debussy

    Steven Osborne, piano

    6:09
  • 8:22 AM

    Scheherazade: The Young Prince and the Young Princess

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade, Russian Easter Overture

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    Cecylia Arzewski, violin

    10:17
  • 8:06 AM

    Symphonie Fantastique: Reveries

    Hector Berlioz

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    15:29
  • 8:01 AM

    A Dream

    John Dowland

    John Dowland: Lute Music

    Jakob Lindberg, orpharion

    4:49
  • 7:31 AM

    Tristan and Isolde: Love Scene and Transfiguration

    Richard Wagner

    Songs of the Earth

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    27:09
  • 7:25 AM

    Duo for Flute and Piano: Flowing

    Aaron Copland

    Jeffrey Khaner, flute

    Hugh Sung, piano

    5:42
  • 7:06 AM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2, Bassoon Concerto

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    Karen Geoghegan, bassoon

    17:09
  • 7:01 AM

    Impromptu No. 3

    Gabriel Faure

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    4:31
  • 6:40 AM

    Irish Rhapsody No. 4

    Charles Stanford

    Stanford: Symphony No. 5

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    18:27
  • 6:25 AM

    String Symphony No. 6

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn String Symphonies

    Amadeus Ensemble

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    13:30
  • 6:06 AM

    Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten: Young Person's Guide, Sea Interludes, Men Of Goodwill / Marriner

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:56
  • 6:01 AM

    Choro No. 5 "Alma Brasileira"

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    The Great Necks

    4:47
  • 5:27 AM

    Piano Trio No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Complete Cycle of Trios (Vol. 2)

    Joseph Kalichstein, piano

    31:14
  • 5:18 AM

    1001 Nights Waltz

    Johann StraussJr.

    J. Strauss, Jr. Edition: Vol. 29

    Slovak State Phiharmonic, Kosice

    Alfred Walter, conductor

    8:25
  • 5:06 AM

    Hungarian Pastoral Fantasy

    Franz Doppler

    Tokyo Concert Orchestra

    Shigenobu Yamaoka, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    10:10
  • 5:01 AM

    Lang Lang, piano

    4:51