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  • 4:38 AM

    Symphony No. 4 "Poem of Ecstasy"

    Alexander Scriabin

    Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Scriabin: The Poem Of Ecstasy

    Seattle Symphony

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    20:16
  • 4:20 AM

    Hallelujah Junction

    John Adams

    Nicolas Hodges, piano

    Rolf Hind, piano

    16:23
  • 4:13 AM

    O ignis spiritus (O fire of the Paraclete)

    Hildegard von Bingen

    Vox Clamantis

    Jaan-Eik Tulve, conductor

    6:19
  • 4:06 AM

    In the Well: The Rising of the Moon

    Vilem Blodek

    Small Czech Musical Gems

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Vaclav Smetacek, conductor

    6:26
  • 4:01 AM

    Epilogue

    Rebecca Clarke

    Rebecca Clarke: Epilogue; Amy Beach: Sonata, Opus 40

    Pamela Frame, cello

    4:50
  • 3:43 AM

    The River of the Seven Stars (El Rio de las Siete Estrellas)

    Evencio Castellanos

    Castellanos: Santa Cruz de Pacairigua / El rio de las siete estrellas / Avilena Suite

    Venezuela Symphony Orchestra

    Jan Wagner, conductor

    14:50
  • 3:32 AM

    The Dream of Gunnar

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Orchestral Works

    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor

    10:09
  • 3:13 AM

    Shotgun Houses

    Valerie Coleman

    Pacifica Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    17:39
  • 3:06 AM

    Etude No. 3 "Un Sospiro" (A Sigh)

    Franz Liszt

    Andre Watts, piano

    5:40
  • 3:01 AM

    Julian Bream, guitar

    John Williams, guitar

    4:42
  • 2:43 AM

    Suite in the Old Style

    Alfred Schnittke

    Modern Portaits

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    15:26
  • 2:38 AM

    Lidur

    Hildur Gudnadottir

    enargeia

    Kuss Quartet

    Emily D'Angelo, mezzo-soprano

    3:39
  • 2:33 AM

    Death on the Nile: Death on the Nile

    Patrick Doyle

    Death on the Nile Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    4:55
  • 2:11 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Oboe Concertos

    Britten Sinfonia

    Nicholas Daniel, conductor

    Nicholas Daniel, oboe

    20:22
  • 2:06 AM

    Murder on the Orient Express: Waltz

    Richard Rodney Bennett

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    3:35
  • 2:01 AM

    Violin Partita No. 2: Allemande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: The Six Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin

    James Ehnes, violin

    4:51
  • 1:33 AM

    Harp Concerto

    Alberto Ginastera

    Ginastera: One Hundred

    Oberlin Orchestra

    Raphael Jimenez, conductor

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    25:14
  • 1:17 AM

    Wind Quintet

    Pavel Haas

    Turbulent Winds: Music from Eastern Europe

    Prairie Winds

    13:35
  • 1:14 AM

    The Last of the Mohicans: Main Theme

    Trevor Jones

    Cinema's Classic Romances

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Alwyn, conductor

    3:14
  • 1:06 AM

    Silent Woods

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak In Prague: A Celebration

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    6:20
  • 1:01 AM

    Abbywood Trail

    Dale Kavanagh

    Guitar Gala Night

    Dale Kavanagh, guitar

    4:44
  • 12:54 AM

    Pensees d'automne (Autumn Thoughts)

    Mel Bonis

    Myriam Barbaux-Cohen, piano

    3:43
  • 12:28 AM

    The Red Pony Suite

    Aaron Copland

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    24:25
  • 12:18 AM

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Eric Whitacre, conductor

    9:02
  • 12:06 AM

    William Tell: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    10:57
  • 12:01 AM

    Der Erlkonig (The Elf King)

    Franz Schubert

    Valerie Tryon, piano

    4:36
  • 11:54 PM

    In the Mad Moonlight: Hey Diddle Diddle

    David Evan Thomas

    Thomas: Transformations

    Clara Osowski, mezzo-soprano

    2:56
  • 11:51 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Titan": 2nd movement

    Gustav Mahler

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    7:36
  • 11:15 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Piano Concertos

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Hannu Lintu, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    38:52
  • 11:09 PM

    "A la Francaise" from Divertissements, pour Harp

    Andre Caplet

    Laurence Cabel, harp

    4:26
  • 11:04 PM

    Knickerbocker Holiday: September Song

    Kurt Weill

    For Seasons

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, violin

    2:47
  • 10:25 PM

    Florida Suite

    Frederick Delius

    Delius: Sea Drift, Florida Suite

    Welsh National Opera Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    37:55
  • 10:20 PM

    A Little bit in Love

    Leonard Bernstein

    Leonard Bernstein's New York

    Orchestra of St Luke's

    Eric Stern, conductor

    Audra MacDonald, soprano

    2:42
  • 10:10 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Emerson String Quartet: Complete Recordings

    Emerson String Quartet

    David Shifrin, clarinet

    9:17
  • 10:02 PM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Les Preludes, Mazeppa, Hungarian Rhapsodies

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    7:53
  • 9:57 PM

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

    JS Bach

    E. Power Biggs, organ

    3:11
  • 9:47 PM

    Piano Trio "Notturno"

    Franz Schubert

    After A Dream

    Lysander Piano Trio

    9:22
  • 9:26 PM

    Symphony No. 35 "Haffner"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    19:49
  • 9:11 PM

    Clarinet Concerto: 2nd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, Kegelstatt Trio

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Martin Frost, conductor

    Martin Frost, basset clarinet

    6:39
  • 8:47 PM

    Gil Shaham, violin

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    7:01
  • 8:42 PM

    Henry V: Non nobis domine

    Patrick Doyle

    Henry V: Original Soundtrack Recording

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    4:10
  • 8:36 PM

    The Magnificent Seven

    Elmer Bernstein

    Royal Philharmonic Pops

    Elmer Bernstein, conductor

    4:59
  • 8:25 PM

    Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Five Tudor Portraits, etc.

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    10:36
  • 8:15 PM

    By the Beautiful Blue Danube (An der schonen, blauen Donau)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Ein Straussfest

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    8:27
  • 8:12 PM

    La Comparsa (Carnival Procession)

    Ernesto Lecuona

    Solatino

    Gabriela Montero, piano

    1:53
  • 8:02 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 3 (opening)

    Chopin

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    13:10
  • 8:00 PM

    Concerto for Violin and Viola

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi x2

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    Adrian Chandler, violin

    9:43
  • 5:51 PM

    If I Were King: Overture

    Adolphe Adam

    Great Comedy Overtures

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    7:15
  • 5:44 PM

    Three Mexican Folk Songs

    Manuel Ponce

    David Russell, guitar

    5:09
  • 5:14 PM

    Petite Suite

    Alexander Borodin

    Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor

    29:55
  • 5:06 PM

    Andante and Rondo Capriccioso

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    5:55
  • 5:01 PM

    Cello Suite No. 6: Gavotte

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Suites For Solo Cello

    Pierre Fournier, cello

    4:37
  • 4:47 PM

    Folk Songs for Orchestra

    George Walker

    Cleveland Chamber Symphony

    Edwin London, conductor

    11:35
  • 4:27 PM

    Symphony No. 95

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Hanover Band

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    19:02
  • 4:19 PM

    Impromptu No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert

    Marie-Pierre Langlamet, harp

    5:11
  • 4:06 PM

    Ricciardo e Zoraide: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    12:25
  • 4:01 PM

    Scherzo-Tarantelle

    Henryk Wieniawski

    Introducing Shannon Lee, violin

    Shannon Lee, violin

    4:39
  • 3:45 PM

    Concerto for Trumpet and Oboe

    Johann Hertel

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Wolfgang Bauer, conductor

    Wolfgang Bauer, trumpet

    Christian Wetzel, oboe

    13:20
  • 3:42 PM

    Lullaby for Jack

    Lalo Schifrin

    Children's World

    Mirian Conti, piano

    1:35
  • 3:20 PM

    Suite for Strings

    Frank Bridge

    Bridge, Bantock & Butterworth

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    20:51
  • 3:16 PM

    Terra!! A Nosa!!

    Manuel Quiroga

    Capricho Latino

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    2:10
  • 3:06 PM

    North German Radio Symphony

    Gunter Wand, conductor

    10:00
  • 3:01 PM

    Summer Evening: Waltz

    Oscar Merikanto

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:35
  • 2:54 PM

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers Awake)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Empire Brass

    Douglas Major, organ

    4:30
  • 2:48 PM

    Rondo Brilliant

    Felix Mendelssohn

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    10:45
  • 2:41 PM

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    12:25
  • 2:38 PM

    Odeon

    Ernesto Nazareth

    Solatino

    Gabriela Montero, piano

    2:12
  • 2:19 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concert Recording

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Egarr, conductor

    17:24
  • 2:04 PM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Edward Elgar

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Julian Lloyd Webber, conductor

    13:54
  • 2:01 PM

    Umoja (Unity)

    Valerie Coleman

    Umoja

    Imani Winds

    2:23
  • 1:56 PM

    Murder on the Orient Express: Waltz

    Richard Rodney Bennett

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    3:35
  • 1:52 PM

    Murder on the Orient Express: Poirot

    Patrick Doyle

    Murder on the Orient Express Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Dave Arch, piano

    2:40
  • 1:48 PM

    Bachianas Brasileiras No. 2: Little Train of the Caipira

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras

    Nashville Symphony Orchestra

    Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor

    4:19
  • 1:46 PM

    Flower Festival in Genzano: Pas de deux

    Eduard Helsted

    Ballet Gala: Pas De Deux

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    9:04
  • 1:44 PM

    The Merry Widow: Ballsirenen Waltz

    Franz Lehar

    Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    6:51
  • 1:39 PM

    Thurber's Dogs: Dog and Butterfly

    Peter Schickele

    Voices from the Gallery: Stephen Paulus/Thurber's Dogs: Peter Schickele

    Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra

    Timothy Russell, conductor

    2:47
  • 1:30 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    7:43
  • 1:27 PM

    Etude No. 5 "Black Keys"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin Etudes

    Jan Lisiecki, piano

    1:39
  • 1:23 PM

    String Quartet: Allegretto

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Ebene Quartet

    3:35
  • 1:17 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Concertos 1, 2, 3

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    4:31
  • 1:08 PM

    Oboe Concerto: Rondo

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Vivaldi/Marcello/Haydn/Mozart: Oboe Concertos

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Derek Wickens, oboe

    5:35
  • 1:04 PM

    Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

    George Frideric Handel

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    2:47
  • 12:54 PM

    Rustic Dance

    Jose Carlos Campos

    Inca Trail Connections

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    3:16
  • 12:51 PM

    Country Gardens

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger: Folk-Inspired Works for Piano Duet and Piano Duo

    Bilder Duo

    2:23
  • 12:42 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms, Clara Schumann

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    8:04
  • 12:39 PM

    Sentimental Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Emotions

    Paris Chamber Orchestra

    Adrien Perruchon, conductor

    Gautier Capucon, cello

    1:56
  • 12:33 PM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin: Menuet

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: L'oeuvre Pour Piano Seul

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    5:18
  • 12:24 PM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    Great Comedy Overtures

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    8:19
  • 12:18 PM

    Symphony No. 39: Menuetto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    W.A. Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 38 & 39

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    4:39
  • 12:15 PM

    Preludes, Book 1: La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair)

    Claude Debussy

    Canadian Brass

    2:15
  • 12:07 PM

    String Quartet No. 6: 1st movement

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Arabella String Quartet

    6:47
  • 12:04 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:56
  • 11:49 AM

    Variations on Mozart's "Bei Mannern"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    8:59
  • 11:38 AM

    La Circe: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Cimarosa: Overtures, 2

    Toronto Chamber Orchestra

    Kevin Mallon, conductor

    9:32
  • 11:33 AM

    Joyous March

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Chabrier: Orchestral Works

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    3:43
  • 11:28 AM

    El dia que me quieras

    Carlos Gardel

    Christoph Denoth, guitar

    3:54
  • 11:20 AM

    Kamarinskaya

    Mikhail Glinka

    Glinka: Capriccio Brillante / Overture in D Major / Souvenir D'Une Nuit D'Ete A Madrid

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vassily Sinaisky, conductor

    7:18
  • 11:15 AM

    For the Beauty of the Earth

    John Rutter

    Rutter: Gloria

    City of London Sinfonia

    John Rutter, conductor

    3:43
  • 11:09 AM

    Symphony No. 1: Scherzo

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 6

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Thomas Sondergard, conductor

    5:12
  • 11:04 AM

    Serenade

    Roman Hoffstetter

    Ultimate Classics

    Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

    Karl Munchinger, conductor

    3:57
  • 10:42 AM

    Sonata No. 6

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini String Sonatas

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    (Selected members), conductor

    16:04
  • 10:23 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

    17:54
  • 10:19 AM

    Estrellita (My little star)

    Manuel Ponce

    Shining Night

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    3:24
  • 10:10 AM

    Serenade No. 2: 1st movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    7:43
  • 10:06 AM

    Morning Song

    Edward Elgar

    Breakfast in Bed

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    3:01
  • 10:01 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Romanza

    Ernst von Dohnanyi

    Dohnanyi: Violin Concerto No. 2

    English Sinfonia

    John Farrer, conductor

    4:37
  • 9:50 AM

    Mediodia en el Llano (Noon on the Plain)

    Antonio Estevez

    Fiesta

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    7:52
  • 9:47 AM

    Matinal

    Mario Armengol

    Jardin Des Paons

    Isabelle Perrin, harp

    3:20
  • 9:22 AM

    String Quartet No. 15

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Amadeus Quartet

    23:28
  • 9:17 AM

    Plainte

    Ricardo Castro

    CONCIERTOS ROMÁNTICOS

    Jorge Federico Osorio, piano

    3:08
  • 9:06 AM

    Concerto for Violin and Organ

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Music for the Chapel of the Pieta

    La Serenissima

    10:08
  • 9:01 AM

    The Jane Pickering Lute Book

    Anonymous

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    4:36
  • 8:43 AM

    Sonata for Clarinet and Piano

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens, Poulenc, Devienne, Milhaud

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    15:19
  • 8:31 AM

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    12:06
  • 8:01 AM

    Piano Trio No. 1

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Claremont Trio

    27:43
  • 7:13 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    45:20
  • 7:06 AM

    Imaginary Numbers: Hymn of the Five Suns

    Michael Gandolfi

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    Elizabeth Koch Tiscione, oboe

    Laura Ardan, clarinet

    Andrew Brady, bassoon

    Brice Andrus, horn

    5:01
  • 7:01 AM

    The Spheres (Kyrie eleison)

    Ola Gjeilo

    Life And Breath

    Phoenix Chorale

    Charles Bruffy, conductor

    4:47
  • 6:43 AM

    En Blanc et Noir

    Claude Debussy

    Martha Argerich, piano

    Daniel Barenboim, piano

    14:53
  • 6:15 AM

    The Knights

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Michael Ward-Bergeman, hyper-accordion

    Jamey Haddad, percussion

    Cyro Baptista, percussion

    28:06
  • 6:01 AM

    Variations

    Mauro Giuliani

    Raphaella Smits, guitar

    11:33
  • 5:20 AM

    String Quartet No. 14 "Death and the Maiden"

    Franz Schubert

    Mito Chamber Orchestra

    38:50
  • 5:15 AM

    Saudade

    Chiquinha Gonzaga

    El Fin del Silencio: Latin American Women Composers

    Antonio Oyarzabal, piano

    4:02
  • 5:02 AM

    Symphony No. 1: Mountain Flowers

    Rued Langgaard

    Langgaard: Symphony No. 1; Fra Dybet

    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    11:48