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  • 4:29 AM

    Concierto Espagnol

    Joan Manen

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Darrell Ang, conductor

    Tianwa Yang, violin

    29:50
  • 4:16 AM

    Chloe Dufossez, flute

    Eloi Huscenot, English horn

    Leonard Becker, guitar

    11:40
  • 4:06 AM

    Suite for Strings: Finale

    Ethel Smyth

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Douglas Bostock, conductor

    8:19
  • 4:01 AM

    Peer Gynt: Solveig's Song

    Edvard Grieg

    Alice Sara Ott, piano

    4:35
  • 3:43 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Max Bruch

    Bruch: Orchestral Works

    Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra

    George Hanson, conductor

    15:03
  • 3:17 AM

    Arpeggione Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    24:30
  • 3:11 AM

    Adagetto

    Giacomo Puccini

    Puccini Discoveries

    Milan Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    4:17
  • 3:07 AM

    Dances in the Canebrakes: Tropical Noon

    Florence Price

    William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    3:59
  • 3:01 AM

    Total Tango

    David Matthews

    Orchestra Nova

    George Vass, conductor

    4:40
  • 2:52 AM

    Sea Sketches: Calm Sea in Summer

    Grace Williams

    Sea Sketches

    Manitoba Chamber Orchestra

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    6:06
  • 2:20 AM

    Serenade No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Serenades No 1 & 2

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    31:06
  • 2:13 AM

    Polka V.R.

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Horowitz plays Rachmaninoff

    Vladimir Horowitz, piano

    4:20
  • 2:06 AM

    Troubled Water

    Margaret Bonds

    Ashley Jackson

    Ashley Jackson, harp

    6:36
  • 2:01 AM

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    4:50
  • 1:52 AM

    The Little Square Suite

    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

    Wolf-Ferrari: Orchestral Works

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

    5:57
  • 1:15 AM

    Symphony No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Antonín Dvorák: Symphonies Nos. 7 – 9

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    36:22
  • 1:11 AM

    Estudio brillante

    Francisco Tarrega

    Eduardo Fernandez, guitar

    1:45
  • 1:06 AM

    Waldesrauschen (Forest Murmurs)

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt Piano Music, 20

    William Wolfram, piano

    4:24
  • 1:01 AM

    Siciliano

    Harry Dexter

    RTE Concert Orchestra, Dublin

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    4:47
  • 12:43 AM

    African Suite

    Fela Sowande

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    14:44
  • 12:21 AM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 1

    Carl Maria von Weber

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    Janet Hilton, clarinet

    20:34
  • 12:17 AM

    Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo

    Pietro Mascagni

    Karajan Forever: The Greatest Classical Hits

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    3:29
  • 12:13 AM

    Capriccio No. 7

    Johannes Brahms

    Paul Lewis, piano

    2:28
  • 12:06 AM

    The Planets: Mars

    Gustav Holst

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    6:26
  • 12:01 AM

    Gavotte No. 2

    David Popper

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    Stephen Hough, piano

    4:40
  • 11:49 PM

    Concert Waltz No. 2

    Alexander Glazunov

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    9:23
  • 11:48 PM

    Concert Waltz No. 2

    Alexander Glazunov

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    9:23
  • 11:29 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 5

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Orli Shaham, piano

    18:37
  • 11:21 PM

    Creatures of Prometheus Ballet Music

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    6:23
  • 11:13 PM

    Suite of Scottish Dances

    William Alwyn

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    7:51
  • 11:09 PM

    What a Wonderful World

    George Weiss/Bob Thiele

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    3:10
  • 10:59 PM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture

    Otto Nicolai

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

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:40
  • 10:46 PM

    Aida: Triumphal March

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    11:48
  • 10:39 PM

    Fantasia

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 11

    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano

    5:55
  • 10:26 PM

    Pastoral Suite

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor

    12:16
  • 10:12 PM

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    12:25
  • 10:06 PM

    Star Wars: Main Theme

    John Williams

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    5:41
  • 10:00 PM

    Concerto for Strings

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    5:38
  • 9:54 PM

    Polka Italienne

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Lise de la Salle, piano

    4:14
  • 9:50 PM

    O sole mio

    Eduardo Di Capua

    The Greatest Classical Show On Earth

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Giancarlo Chiaramello, conductor

    Luciano Pavarotti, tenor

    3:21
  • 9:35 PM

    Prelude and Fugue "St Anne"

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    20th Century Bach / Seiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    14:44
  • 9:17 PM

    The Ball of Beatrice d'Este

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Musique Francaise: La Marseillaise, Etc.

    Paris Orchestra

    Jean-Pierre Jacquillat, conductor

    16:01
  • 9:09 PM

    Guitar Quintet No. 4 "Fandango": Fandango

    Luigi Boccherini

    Souvenirs of Spain and Italy

    Pacifica Quartet

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    6:59
  • 9:06 PM

    Umoja (Unity)

    Valerie Coleman

    Imani Winds

    Imani Winds

    2:49
  • 9:02 PM

    Ezekiel Saw de Wheel

    William Dawson

    The Spirituals of William Dawson

    St. Olaf Choir

    Anton Armstrong, conductor

    2:54
  • 8:42 PM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Nino Rota

    Rota: Concertos

    Virtuosi Italiani

    Marzio Conti, conductor

    Paolo Carlini, bassoon

    17:03
  • 8:34 PM

    Yao Dance

    Liu Tieshan

    Chinasong | Shanghai Quartet

    Shanghai Quartet

    6:33
  • 8:10 PM

    Swan Lake: excerpts

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    22:58
  • 8:00 PM

    Barcarolle

    Frederic Chopin

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    8:42
  • 5:53 PM

    Symphonic Etude

    Cecile Chaminade

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    5:25
  • 5:14 PM

    Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies No 29, 33, 35, 38, And 41

    Orchestra Mozart

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    36:56
  • 5:11 PM

    Branles

    Pierre Phalese

    Renaissance Winds

    Ensemble Doulce Memoire

    1:16
  • 5:06 PM

    Goldberg Variations: Aria

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:39
  • 5:01 PM

    Entry March of the Boyars

    Johan Halvorsen

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    4:27
  • 4:50 PM

    Four Scottish Dances

    Malcolm Arnold

    Arnold: Dances

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    8:20
  • 4:25 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 23 "Appassionata"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas

    Yundi Li, piano

    23:04
  • 4:18 PM

    Three Dances: Dance No. 1

    Herbert Howells

    Howells: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Lydia Mordkovitch, violin

    5:28
  • 4:06 PM

    Hungarian Pastoral Fantasy

    Franz Doppler

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Steuart Bedford, conductor

    William Bennett, flute

    11:21
  • 4:01 PM

    Marizapalos

    Santiago de Murcia

    Music of the Golden Age

    Negin Habibi, guitar

    4:51
  • 3:49 PM

    The Merry Widow: Overture

    Franz Lehar

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Mikhail Jurowski, conductor

    9:33
  • 3:32 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Richard Strauss

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Ingo Metzmacher, conductor

    Marie Luise Neunecker, horn

    15:35
  • 3:24 PM

    String Quartet: Romance

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Felix & Fanny

    Ebene Quartet

    6:41
  • 3:10 PM

    Ein Tanzspiel

    Franz Schreker

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Kazuki Yamada, conductor

    12:29
  • 3:06 PM

    Snow Maiden: Dance of the Tumblers

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Suites

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    3:37
  • 3:01 PM

    Festival Coronation March for Alexander III

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Pops on the March

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:39
  • 2:49 PM

    Cantata No. 169: Sinfonia

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Sinfonia

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    Stefano Demicheli, organ

    8:50
  • 2:48 PM

    Cantata No. 169: Sinfonia

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Sinfonia

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    Stefano Demicheli, organ

    8:50
  • 2:39 PM

    Three Spirituals

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Virginia Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    8:08
  • 2:33 PM

    Valse-Caprice

    Cecile Chaminade

    Hiroko Ishimoto, piano

    5:11
  • 2:10 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Transfigured Night

    Trondheim Soloists

    Alisa Weilerstein, cello

    21:29
  • 2:06 PM

    Thais: Meditation

    Jules Massenet

    Nocturne

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Measham, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    4:07
  • 1:59 PM

    Tannhauser: Bacchanale

    Richard Wagner

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    5:04
  • 1:50 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 4th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies 5 & 8

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    7:38
  • 1:42 PM

    String Quartet No. 3: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Early String Quartets

    Cypress String Quartet

    6:45
  • 1:29 PM

    Norwegian Dances Nos. 2-4

    Edvard Grieg

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    11:40
  • 1:25 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos

    3:16
  • 1:16 PM

    Negro Folk Symphony: O, Le' Me Shine, Shine Like A Morning Star!

    William Dawson

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:22
  • 1:09 PM

    Chinese Tambourin

    Fritz Kreisler

    Shanghai Symphony Orchestra

    Long Yu, conductor

    Maxim Vengerov, violin

    3:43
  • 1:04 PM

    Cosi fan tutte: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    4:14
  • 12:50 PM

    Rodeo: Buckaroo Holiday

    Aaron Copland

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Aaron Copland, conductor

    7:44
  • 12:41 PM

    In the Steppes of Central Asia

    Alexander Borodin

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:21
  • 12:32 PM

    Symphony No. 5

    William Boyce

    Boyce: Symphonies, Op. 2

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    7:32
  • 12:21 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1: Rondo

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Piano Concertos

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    10:10
  • 12:21 PM

    In the Steppes of Central Asia

    Alexander Borodin

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:21
  • 12:17 PM

    Seven Popular Spanish Songs: Jota

    Manuel de Falla

    Augustin Hadelich, violin

    Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar

    3:03
  • 12:10 PM

    The Spanish Lady: Suite

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Music for Strings

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    5:50
  • 12:04 PM

    Eugene Onegin: Polonaise

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphonies 1-4

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    4:53
  • 11:55 AM

    Hungarian Dances Nos. 1-3

    Johannes Brahms

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    Andras Keller, violin

    Kalman Balogh, cimbalom

    9:03
  • 11:43 AM

    Euryanthe Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Romantic Overtures

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Eliahu Inbal, conductor

    8:52
  • 11:33 AM

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:59
  • 11:26 AM

    Symphony No. 97: Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 94, 95 and 97

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    5:23
  • 11:22 AM

    Five Little Duets for Flute and Harp

    Jean Francaix

    Images for Flute and Harp

    Laurel Zucker, flute

    8:55
  • 11:22 AM

    Euryanthe Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Romantic Overtures

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Eliahu Inbal, conductor

    8:52
  • 11:15 AM

    Festival March

    Antonin Dvorak

    Rochester Philharmonic

    David Zinman, conductor

    5:39
  • 11:11 AM

    Young Soldier's Joy

    Qi-Ming Lu

    Shanghai Quartet

    2:54
  • 11:04 AM

    Colonial Song

    Percy Grainger

    Lincolnshire Posy

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    6:11
  • 10:48 AM

    Mazurka-Oberek

    Alexander Glazunov

    A La Carte

    Abbey Road Ensemble

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    10:10
  • 10:29 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Patrick Gallois, flute

    17:55
  • 10:24 AM

    William Tell: Pas de Soldats (Soldiers' Dance)

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    4:31
  • 10:12 AM

    Concerto No. 12

    Pietro Locatelli

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, conductor

    10:31
  • 10:06 AM

    Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner for Brass

    Canadian Brass

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    5:02
  • 10:01 AM

    12 German Dances for Orchestra: Nos. 5-7

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:42
  • 9:39 AM

    An English Suite

    Hubert Parry

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    19:06
  • 9:20 AM

    Double Keyboard Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Anderson & Roe Piano Duo

    17:57
  • 9:16 AM

    Prelude

    Manuel Ponce

    Caribbean Souvenirs

    William Kanengiser, guitar

    2:26
  • 9:06 AM

    Sonatina No. 1 "From an Invalid's Workshop": 2nd movement

    Richard Strauss

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    8:53
  • 9:01 AM

    Intermezzo No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: 7 Fantasies, Op. 116, 4 Piano Pieces, Op. 119, Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 2

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    4:46
  • 8:42 AM

    The Incredible Flutist: Suite

    Walter Piston

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    16:21
  • 8:36 AM

    Estela "Rag Latino"

    William Bolcom

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    5:10
  • 8:23 AM

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    11:10
  • 8:01 AM

    Flute Concerto

    Franz Benda

    Benda, Quantz, Rampal

    Orchestra Ensemble of Paris

    Jean Pierre Wallez, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    21:39
  • 7:20 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 3 in G; Cappriccio italien; Marche slave; Gopak from 'Mazeppa'

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    38:33
  • 7:16 AM

    Berceuse (Lullaby)

    Amy Beach

    Elena Urioste, violin

    Tom Poster, piano

    3:01
  • 7:01 AM

    Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    New Queen's Hall Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    13:14
  • 6:41 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain"

    Alan Hovhaness

    Hovhaness: Mysterious Mountain; And God Created Great Whales

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    17:00
  • 6:24 AM

    English Suite No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Glenn Gould Edition: Bach - English Suites (6), Nos. 1-6 (BWV 806-811)

    Glenn Gould, piano

    16:39
  • 6:01 AM

    Harp Quintet

    Jean Cras

    Ligeti, Villa-Lobos, Barber

    Isabelle Moretti, harp

    20:48
  • 5:36 AM

    Symphony

    Ignaz Pleyel

    Pleyel: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    22:39
  • 5:14 AM

    The Dawn's Early Light

    Kile Smith

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    Douglas Harvey, cello

    21:03
  • 5:01 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Alessandro Marcello

    A Baroque Feast

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    John Abberger, oboe

    11:10