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  • 4:30 AM

    Concerto Antico

    Richard Harvey

    Harvey, Gray: Guitar Concertos

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    John Williams, guitar

    28:41
  • 4:18 AM

    Scheherazade: The Young Prince and the Young Princess

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    CBS Masterworks Dinner Classics: Dinner for Two

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    10:05
  • 4:06 AM

    Wedding Scenes

    Bedrich Smetana

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Stankovsky, conductor

    11:00
  • 4:01 AM

    Flute Quartet No. 1: 2nd movement

    Francois-Joseph Gossec

    Milliere String Trio

    Patrice Bocquillon, flute

    4:42
  • 3:52 AM

    Novelletta

    Giuseppe Martucci

    Martucci: Symphony No. 1; Novelletta; Notturno; Tarantella

    Philharmonia

    Francesco d'Avalos, conductor

    6:08
  • 3:18 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Jean Sibelius

    Schoenberg, Sibelius: Violin Concertos

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    33:08
  • 3:15 AM

    Song: Spring

    Frederic Chopin

    Mariam Batsashvili, piano

    2:13
  • 3:06 AM

    Bachianas Brasileiras No. 1: Prelude

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Song

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    6:58
  • 3:01 AM

    Intermezzo No. 6

    Johannes Brahms

    Lullabies For Mila

    Alessio Bax, piano

    4:42
  • 2:52 AM

    String Quartet: Finale

    Florence Price

    Catalyst Quartet

    5:42
  • 2:17 AM

    Symphony No. 38 "Prague"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies No. 36 & 38

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    34:23
  • 2:13 AM

    Remembranza

    Andres Segovia

    Joao Luiz, guitar

    2:37
  • 2:06 AM

    Appalachian Spring: Variations on a Shaker Melody

    Aaron Copland

    Bernstein Favorites: The 20th Century

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    3:02
  • 2:01 AM

    Farewell to Stromness

    Peter Maxwell Davies

    Peter Maxwell Davies

    Peter Maxwell Davies, piano

    4:45
  • 1:48 AM

    Marche Slave

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture; Romeo & Juliet, Etc.

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    10:28
  • 1:22 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Cello Concerto

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    24:37
  • 1:12 AM

    The Planets: Jupiter

    Gustav Holst

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    7:49
  • 1:06 AM

    Carmen: Seguedilla and Dragoons

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Carmen Suite, L'arlesienne Suites Etc.

    Orchestra of the Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    3:41
  • 1:01 AM

    Terpsichore: Chaconne

    George Frideric Handel

    The Power Of Love: Arias From Handel Operas

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    4:43
  • 12:46 AM

    Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

    Aram Khachaturian

    Russian Adagios

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    11:53
  • 12:12 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 4

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Complete Piano Concertos

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Andrew Constantine, conductor

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    32:49
  • 12:06 AM

    The Shepherd Girl's Sunday

    Ole Bull

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:06
  • 12:01 AM

    Detmold Horn Quartet

    4:45
  • 11:50 PM

    Symphonic Sketches: Jubilee

    George Chadwick

    Chadwick

    Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    8:11
  • 11:45 PM

    The Maiden's Wish

    Frederic Chopin

    Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano

    3:28
  • 11:26 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 2

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances, Etc

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    18:51
  • 11:17 PM

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits and Air

    Christoph Gluck

    Chen Yi, violin

    Lars Hannibal, guitar

    6:31
  • 11:06 PM

    Quartet No. 6

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Six Wind Quartets

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    10:49
  • 11:01 PM

    Superman: March

    John Williams

    Berlin Philharmonic

    John Williams, conductor

    4:51
  • 10:42 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Muzio Clementi

    Clementi: Symphony No. 1, etc.

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    16:34
  • 10:23 PM

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 2

    Edvard Grieg

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    17:03
  • 10:20 PM

    Songs of the Auvergne: The Shepherdess in the Field (La pastoura als camps)

    Joseph Canteloube

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Eivind Aadland, conductor

    Tine Thing Helseth, trumpet

    2:39
  • 10:10 PM

    Concerto for Strings

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Arion

    8:26
  • 10:06 PM

    Promenade (Walking the Dog)

    George Gershwin

    William Bolcom, piano

    3:06
  • 10:01 PM

    Symphony No. 37: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    4:49
  • 9:50 PM

    Symphony No. 1: Finale

    Alexander Borodin

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Jun'ichi Hirokami, conductor

    7:54
  • 9:48 PM

    The Tempest Suite No. 2: Songs I and II

    Jean Sibelius

    Shakespeare's Tempest

    Kansas City Symphony

    Michael Stern, conductor

    1:48
  • 9:32 PM

    Concerto for Two Violins

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Kahane, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    Margaret Batjer, violin

    14:14
  • 9:26 PM

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    5:33
  • 9:08 PM

    Harp Concerto

    Jean Eichner

    Eichner: Harp Concertos

    Kurpfalz Chamber Orchestra

    Stefan Fraas, conductor

    Silke Aichhorn, harp

    15:44
  • 9:06 PM

    Waltz No. 6 "Minute"

    Frederic Chopin

    Aleck Karis, piano

    1:47
  • 9:03 PM

    Serenade No. 1: Scherzo

    Johannes Brahms

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Istvan Kertesz, conductor

    2:37
  • 8:50 PM

    English Dances: First Set

    Malcolm Arnold

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    8:41
  • 8:20 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Helen Huang

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Helen Huang, piano

    28:03
  • 8:12 PM

    Octet: 5th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Gaudier Ensemble

    6:20
  • 8:09 PM

    Las Abejas (The Bees)

    Agustin Barrios

    Play

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    2:03
  • 8:06 PM

    Song without Words No. 30 "Spring Song"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    Sergio Tiempo, piano

    2:27
  • 8:01 PM

    Overture No. 2 "La Calamita de Cuori"

    Johann Christian Bach

    JC Bach: Sinfonias

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    4:40
  • 7:45 PM

    St. Paul's Suite

    Gustav Holst

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    12:50
  • 5:50 PM

    Alborada del Gracioso (Morning Song of the Jester)

    Maurice Ravel

    Paris Orchestra

    Jean Martinon, conductor

    7:53
  • 5:27 PM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 2

    Carl Maria von Weber

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    Janet Hilton, clarinet

    21:56
  • 5:21 PM

    Romeo and Juliet: Dance of the Knights

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Essential Ballet

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    5:07
  • 5:17 PM

    Etude No. 8

    Frederic Chopin

    Boris Berezovsky, piano

    2:25
  • 5:06 PM

    Concerto for Two Violins

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concertos For Two Violins

    Venice Baroque Orchestra

    Andrea Marcon, conductor

    Viktoria Mullova, violin

    10:23
  • 5:01 PM

    Les Troyens (The Trojans): Trojan March

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Hungarian & Trojan Marches; Corsair & Roman Carnival Overtures

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    4:32
  • 4:41 PM

    Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    Benjamin Britten

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    17:01
  • 4:17 PM

    Piano Sonata for Four Hands

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Sonatas for Piano Duet, K 381 & 521; Sonata for 2 Pianos, K 448; Andante and Variations, K 501

    Martha Argerich, piano

    22:44
  • 4:11 PM

    Octet: 2nd movement

    Jean Francaix

    Gaudier Ensemble

    4:36
  • 4:06 PM

    Cancion de Cuna (Afro-Cuban Lullaby)

    Leo Brouwer

    Marco Tamayo, guitar

    4:04
  • 4:01 PM

    Partita No. 6: Courante

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Piotr Anderszewski, piano

    4:35
  • 3:53 PM

    JFK: Theme

    John Williams

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    5:07
  • 3:32 PM

    Sleeping Beauty Ballet Suite

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    19:56
  • 3:12 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 4

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, violin

    18:29
  • 3:06 PM

    Romeo and Juliet: Ballet Music: Danse Bohemienne

    Charles Gounod

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    4:37
  • 3:01 PM

    Two Sketches

    Amy Beach

    Beach: Fire-flies: The Solo Piano Music of Amy Beach Vol. 3

    Joanne Polk, piano

    4:38
  • 2:55 PM

    Venezuelan Waltz No. 3 "Natalia"

    Antonio Lauro

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    Gaudencio Thiago de Mello, percussion

    2:22
  • 2:50 PM

    Huapango

    Jose Moncayo

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    8:00
  • 2:47 PM

    Huapango

    Jose Moncayo

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    8:00
  • 2:42 PM

    Lincoln: The American Process

    John Williams

    Lincoln Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:57
  • 2:40 PM

    Lincoln: "With Malice Toward None"

    John Williams

    Lincoln Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    1:51
  • 2:16 PM

    Czech Suite

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Czech Suite; Legends

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    22:38
  • 2:07 PM

    Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna

    Franz von Suppe

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    7:32
  • 2:02 PM

    A New York Minute

    Marian Budos

    Laura Metcalf, cello

    Rupert Boyd, guitar

    4:16
  • 1:51 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Organ": 4th mvt

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Toulouse Capitole Orchestra

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    Matthias Eisenberg, organ

    9:02
  • 1:45 PM

    Dashing away with the smoothing iron

    Traditional

    The Lark in the Clear Air

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    2:22
  • 1:43 PM

    Lincolnshire Posy

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger/Persichetti/Khachaturian etc - Various works

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    14:24
  • 1:32 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Overture

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Ouvertures

    Zefiro

    Alfredo Bernardini, conductor

    9:12
  • 1:24 PM

    Images for Orchestra: Iberia: On Highways and Byways

    Claude Debussy

    Iberia: Music of Rimsky-Korsakov, Debussy, Turina

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    6:49
  • 1:17 PM

    Lucia Swarts, cello

    Elena Malinova, piano

    6:49
  • 1:11 PM

    Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:00
  • 1:04 PM

    Tara Kamangar, piano

    5:05
  • 12:51 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    5:59
  • 12:41 PM

    Scottish Fantasy: Finale

    Max Bruch

    Scottish Fantasy

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Joshua Bell, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    8:32
  • 12:39 PM

    Jesus laer du meg a bede

    Traditional

    Oslo Chamber Choir

    2:00
  • 12:29 PM

    Flute Quartet No. 3: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Flute Quartets

    Emerson String Quartet

    Carol Wincenc, flute

    8:18
  • 12:25 PM

    Seasons' Celebration: Thanksgiving Day (Point Pelee Reverie)

    Howard Cable

    Symphony Nova Scotia

    Howard Cable, conductor

    David Parker, horn

    3:00
  • 12:15 PM

    Ode for St. Cecilia's Day: Overture

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell: Hail, Bright Cecilia!

    Gabrieli Players

    Paul McCreesh, conductor

    8:39
  • 12:09 PM

    Polonaise No. 3 "Military"

    Frederic Chopin

    Artur Rubinstein, piano

    4:11
  • 12:04 PM

    String Trio: Minuet

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Complete Trios

    Grumiaux Trio

    3:59
  • 11:50 AM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphony No. 2, Finlandia

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    8:06
  • 11:38 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    10:45
  • 11:32 AM

    William Tell: Pas de six

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    4:55
  • 11:21 AM

    Lute Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    The Art of Vivaldi's Lute

    Bach Sinfonia

    Daniel Abraham, conductor

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    9:55
  • 11:16 AM

    Handel in the Strand

    Percy Grainger

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:02
  • 11:09 AM

    Theme and Variations

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Capriccio Quartet

    6:05
  • 11:04 AM

    Pelleas and Melisande: Sicilienne

    Gabriel Faure

    Romances for Saxophone

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Branford Marsalis, saxophone

    3:34
  • 10:51 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 4

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic Dances

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    7:31
  • 10:29 AM

    Symphony No. 35 "Haffner"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    19:49
  • 10:23 AM

    Solo Violin Sonata No. 5: Rustic Dance

    Eugene Ysaye

    Ysaye: Six Sonatas for Violin Solo

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    5:28
  • 10:11 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 3

    Pieter Hellendaal

    Combattimento Consort Amsterdam

    Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor

    10:34
  • 10:06 AM

    Karelia Suite: Alla Marcia

    Jean Sibelius

    Finlandia 3 - Finnish Music

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    4:28
  • 10:01 AM

    Lyrical Serenade

    Edward Elgar

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    4:41
  • 9:36 AM

    Aranjuez Concerto

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Miguel Gomez Martinez, conductor

    Eduardo Fernandez, guitar

    22:17
  • 9:25 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 40

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Gilbert Kalish, piano

    10:00
  • 9:19 AM

    Jazz Suite No. 2: Waltz No. 1

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Jazz Music

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    3:19
  • 9:06 AM

    Lara St. John, violin

    Marie-Pierre Langlamet, harp

    12:22
  • 9:01 AM

    Requiem: The Lord is My Shepherd

    John Rutter

    City of London Sinfonia

    Stephen Cleobury, conductor

    4:43
  • 8:31 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Randall Thompson

    American Masters: Harris, Thompson, Diamond

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    27:45
  • 8:14 AM

    Concerto for 2 Orchestras No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, Concerti a due cori

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    16:01
  • 8:01 AM

    Violin Concerto in the Style of Vivaldi

    Fritz Kreisler

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Gil Shaham, violin

    11:13
  • 7:42 AM

    Horn Concerto

    Leopold Mozart

    St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble

    Stewart Rose, horn

    16:33
  • 7:23 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Carl Maria von Weber

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    17:44
  • 7:06 AM

    Suite for String Orchestra

    Susan Spain-Dunk

    British Music for Strings, Vol. 3

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Douglas Bostock, conductor

    15:37
  • 7:01 AM

    My Lagan Love

    Traditional Irish

    Barry Douglas, piano

    4:17
  • 6:41 AM

    Les Preludes

    Franz Liszt

    Encore!

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    16:41
  • 6:17 AM

    Symphony No. 102

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    23:55
  • 6:01 AM

    O'Carolan Suite in Baroque Style

    Thomas C. Kelly

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    13:55
  • 5:45 AM

    The Mission: Suite

    Ennio Morricone

    Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture: The Mission

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Ennio Morricone, conductor

    13:41
  • 5:27 AM

    The Gaelic Flute

    Edward McGuire

    Highlands

    Camerata Bariloche

    Chris Norman, flute

    16:53
  • 5:01 AM

    Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra

    Claude Debussy

    DEBUSSY, C.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 7 (Markl) - Fantaisie / 2 Danses / Rhapsodies

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    24:15