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  • 4:40 AM

    The Wise Virgins Ballet Suite

    William Walton

    English Northern Philharmonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    18:07
  • 4:25 AM

    Sonata Concertata

    Niccolo Paganini

    Italian Serenade

    James Galway, flute

    13:45
  • 4:06 AM

    Dolly Suite

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Pelleas Et Melisande, Dolly Suite, Etc

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    17:56
  • 4:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 19

    Frederic Chopin

    Ivan Moravec, piano

    4:45
  • 3:45 AM

    Twelve German Dances

    Franz Schubert

    Ensemble Wien

    12:40
  • 3:10 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Florence Price

    Florence Price: Symphony No. 4; William Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    33:44
  • 3:06 AM

    Three Little Waltzes: Avowal

    Frances Marion Ralston

    Nasty Women: Piano Music in the Age of Women's Suffrage

    Joanna Goldstein, piano

    2:14
  • 3:01 AM

    French Suite No. 6: Allemande; Courante

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Salzedo Harp Duo

    4:37
  • 2:49 AM

    Violin Concerto: Andante

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    Tasmin Little, violin

    9:14
  • 2:19 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Andrew Constantine, conductor

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    27:56
  • 2:14 AM

    Ol' Man River

    Jerome Kern

    Columbia Concert Orchestra

    Emanuel Balaban, conductor

    Paul Robeson, bass-baritone

    3:10
  • 2:06 AM

    Rondeau

    Jean-Joseph Mouret

    Wynton Marsalis: In Gabriel's Garden

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    2:02
  • 2:01 AM

    Enchantment: Song of the Shrine

    Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    4:26
  • 1:43 AM

    Five Pieces for String Orchestra

    Heino Eller

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    15:15
  • 1:20 AM

    The Firebird (L'oiseau de feu) Ballet

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky: Firebird, Nightingale, Rite of Spring

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    20:41
  • 1:15 AM

    Breakfast at Tiffany's: Moon River

    Henry Mancini

    Brussels Philharmonic

    Stephane Deneve, conductor

    Renaud Capucon, violin

    3:06
  • 1:06 AM

    James Bond Medley

    John Barry

    Digital Hollywood: Memorable Film Scores

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Stanley Black, conductor

    9:07
  • 1:01 AM

    Boulder Brass

    4:38
  • 12:45 AM

    Slavonic Rhapsody No. 3

    Antonin Dvorak

    Smetana: Ma Vlast, etc.

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Paavo Berglund, conductor

    12:37
  • 12:19 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 2

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Cello Concertos

    Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Truls Mork, cello

    25:11
  • 12:13 AM

    Song for World Peace

    John Williams

    Recording Arts Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:42
  • 12:09 AM

    Shenandoah

    Traditional

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    2:52
  • 12:06 AM

    Little Organ Book: In dir ist Freude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sara Davis Buechner, piano

    2:07
  • 12:01 AM

    Tale of Tsar Saltan Suite: March

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    4:43
  • 11:56 PM

    L'Egyptienne

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    The French Album

    Jorge Federico Osorio, piano

    2:32
  • 11:50 PM

    Carmen Suite No. 2

    Georges Bizet

    Grieg: Carmen - Peer Gynt

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    8:34
  • 11:48 PM

    Carmen Suite No. 2

    Georges Bizet

    Grieg: Carmen - Peer Gynt

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    8:34
  • 11:30 PM

    Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye): Suite

    Maurice Ravel

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    16:57
  • 11:23 PM

    Symphony No. 4: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 4; Hungarian Dances

    Halle Orchestra

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

    6:12
  • 11:13 PM

    Five Pieces

    Anthony Holborne

    Empire Brass

    9:11
  • 11:01 PM

    Divertimento No. 8

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Amadeus Winds

    10:51
  • 10:42 PM

    Duet-Concertino

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Metamorphosen

    New Stockholm Chamber Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Paul Meyer, clarinet

    17:56
  • 10:35 PM

    Scottish March (Marche ecossaise)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy & Ravel: Orchestral Works

    Ulster Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    6:02
  • 10:15 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 30

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Sonatas Opus 109, 110, 111

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    18:27
  • 10:08 PM

    Raymonda: Entr'acte

    Alexander Glazunov

    Russian Adagios

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    6:01
  • 10:05 PM

    By and By Thou Wilt Return (By and By, Ho'i Mai Oe)

    Queen Liliuokalani

    Galliard String Quartet

    2:25
  • 10:02 PM

    Pastorale

    Igor Stravinsky

    ENDEAVOR

    Jeffrey Rathbun, oboe

    3:03
  • 9:51 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 4th movement

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    9:02
  • 9:46 PM

    I Will Lift Mine Eyes

    Jake Runestad

    Kantorei Denver

    Joel Rinsema, conductor

    4:31
  • 9:30 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn, Hummel, Etc.: Trumpet Concertos

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    14:38
  • 9:24 PM

    Concertino Pastorale: Finale

    John Ireland

    English Music for Strings

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    George Hurst, conductor

    3:59
  • 9:17 PM

    I Musici Montreal

    Yuli Turovsky, conductor

    David Owen Norris, piano

    6:13
  • 9:14 PM

    Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    This Love

    Claire Jones, harp

    2:27
  • 9:03 PM

    The Magic Harp Overture (Rosamunde)

    Franz Schubert

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    10:11
  • 8:48 PM

    Rienzi: Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    11:42
  • 8:27 PM

    London Mozart Players

    Jane Glover, conductor

    20:15
  • 8:19 PM

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Bela Bartok

    Debra Wendells-Cross, flute

    Robert Alemany, clarinet

    JoAnn Falletta, guitar

    6:30
  • 8:12 PM

    Dances With Wolves: Themes

    John Barry

    Hollywood's Greatest Hits Volume II

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:18
  • 8:04 PM

    Old and Lost Rivers

    Tobias Picker

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    6:32
  • 8:00 PM

    Song without Words No. 29 "Venetian Gondola Song"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Lieder Ohne Worte

    Javier Perianes, piano

    2:49
  • 5:53 PM

    Symphonic Scherzo

    Arnold Bax

    Bax: Spring Fire

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    7:26
  • 5:28 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Samuel Barber

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    23:00
  • 5:19 PM

    The Merchant of Venice: Suite Anglaise No. 2

    Henri Rabaud

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    7:11
  • 5:13 PM

    Knockout "A Rag"

    William Bolcom

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    3:54
  • 5:06 PM

    Fidelio Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Complete Overtures

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    6:29
  • 5:01 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1: Gavotte

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Suites Nos. 1 And 2

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    4:40
  • 4:39 PM

    Three Botticelli Pictures

    Ottorino Respighi

    Long Beach Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    19:04
  • 4:21 PM

    Music for the Royal Fireworks

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Fireworks, Watermusic

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:09
  • 4:12 PM

    Handelian Rhapsody

    Percy Grainger

    Piers Lane, piano

    6:17
  • 4:06 PM

    Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria (Cantilena)

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Trio Concertante

    5:35
  • 4:01 PM

    The Prince and the Pauper

    Erich Korngold

    Elizabeth & Essex: Classic Film Scores of Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    4:49
  • 3:52 PM

    Aladdin Suite: March and Dance

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Symphony No. 2

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    6:22
  • 3:28 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    Andre Watts, piano

    24:01
  • 3:12 PM

    Sonatina No. 1 "From an Invalid's Workshop": 3rd movement

    Richard Strauss

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    13:36
  • 3:06 PM

    If Music be the Food of Love

    David Dickau

    St. Olaf Choir

    Anton Armstrong, conductor

    4:22
  • 3:01 PM

    Arabesque No. 2

    Claude Debussy

    Claude Debussy Arranged for Ten-String Guitar

    Anders Miolin, guitar

    4:54
  • 2:49 PM

    Symphony No. 1: Finale

    Charles Gounod

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    8:59
  • 2:48 PM

    Fantasy on Themes from Verdi's Rigoletto

    Franz & Karl Doppler

    Wiener Virtuosen

    9:53
  • 2:37 PM

    Notre Dame: Introduction; Intermezzo

    Franz Schmidt

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Vassily Sinaisky, conductor

    9:30
  • 2:18 PM

    An American in Paris

    George Gershwin

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    17:26
  • 2:14 PM

    Daisies

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    My Life in Music

    Ruth Slenczynska, piano

    3:22
  • 2:09 PM

    Peter and the Wolf

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Children's Classics

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    Leonard Bernstein, narrator

    26:57
  • 1:58 PM

    Symphony No. 1: Finale

    Charles Gounod

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    8:59
  • 1:48 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Robert Schumann

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    9:17
  • 1:43 PM

    Romance No. 5

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Paganini-Variationen; Intermezzi op 117; Klavierstucke op. 118

    Lilya Zilberstein, piano

    3:37
  • 1:39 PM

    A Little Night Music: Send in the Clowns

    Stephen Sondheim

    Original Cast Recording

    Glynis Johns, vocal

    4:00
  • 1:35 PM

    49th Parallel: Prelude

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Lake Wobegon Brass Band

    3:00
  • 1:30 PM

    Souvenirs: Waltz

    Samuel Barber

    Royal Scottish Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    4:22
  • 1:22 PM

    Eugene Onegin: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Waltzes

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Morton Gould, conductor

    6:03
  • 1:18 PM

    Rosamunde: Ballet Music

    Franz Schubert

    Jorge Bolet: Encores

    Jorge Bolet, piano

    3:58
  • 1:10 PM

    The Age of Gold: Tahiti Trot

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    4:13
  • 1:04 PM

    Il Signor Bruschino: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    4:20
  • 12:55 PM

    Sigurd Jorsalfar: In the King's Hall

    Edvard Grieg

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    3:31
  • 12:51 PM

    French Suite No. 4: Allemande; Courante

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Peter Hill, piano

    5:12
  • 12:38 PM

    Fair Melusina Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Overtures

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    11:25
  • 12:35 PM

    Fanfare on "Ode to Joy"

    Michael Halstenson

    Lake Wobegon Brass Band

    2:30
  • 12:24 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    The Sound of Trumpets

    Y Chamber Symphony of New York

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Gerard Schwarz, trumpet

    8:11
  • 12:15 PM

    Piano Quintet "Trout": Theme and Variations

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Trout Quintet, Mozart: Piano Quartet

    Yefim Bronfman, piano

    8:02
  • 12:08 PM

    Minuet of the Will-o'-the-Wisps

    Hector Berlioz

    Opera Intermezzi and Ballet Music

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    6:05
  • 12:04 PM

    Will-o'-the-Wisps

    Alphonse Hasselmans

    Caprice: French Music For Harp

    Susann McDonald, harp

    2:16
  • 11:47 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Piano Concertos

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Hannu Lintu, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    38:52
  • 11:44 AM

    Chanson d'automne

    Stephen Reynolds

    Stephen Hough, piano

    2:00
  • 11:33 AM

    Clarinet Quintet: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart & Brahms

    Pacifica String Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    9:08
  • 11:24 AM

    The Falconer's Bride Overture

    Heinrich Marschner

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alfred Walter, conductor

    7:45
  • 11:17 AM

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:42
  • 11:08 AM

    Guitar Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Mad About Vivaldi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    7:28
  • 11:04 AM

    The Good-humored Ladies: 4th movement

    Vincenzo Tommasini

    Irving: Glazunov, Scarlatti/Tommasini, Bach/Walton

    Concert Arts Orchestra

    Robert Irving, conductor

    2:39
  • 10:51 AM

    The Skaters Waltz

    Emil Waldteufel

    Dance!: The World's Favourite Ice-Skating Music

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    7:50
  • 10:32 AM

    Simple Symphony

    Benjamin Britten

    Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

    Iona Brown, conductor

    17:35
  • 10:26 AM

    The Shining Shore

    Traditional

    Anonymous 4

    4:42
  • 10:13 AM

    Jeromita Linares

    Carlos Guastavino

    Camerata Bariloche

    Pablo Cohen, guitar

    11:43
  • 10:06 AM

    Wedding Day at Troldhaugen

    Edvard Grieg

    Ballad for Edvard Grieg

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    6:17
  • 10:01 AM

    String Quintet No. 1: Finale

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: String Quintets, Vol. VI

    La Magnifica Comunita

    4:46
  • 9:35 AM

    Gaite Parisienne: Selections

    Jacques Offenbach

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    23:11
  • 9:22 AM

    Concerto for Two Oboes

    Tomaso Albinoni

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    Gail Hennessy, oboe

    Rachel Chaplin, oboe

    11:00
  • 9:19 AM

    An English Suite: Pastoral

    Hubert Parry

    Finzi; Parry; Bridge

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    2:22
  • 9:06 AM

    English Folk Song Suite

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    University of Texas Wind Ensemble

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    11:31
  • 9:01 AM

    Church Sonata No. 17

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Complete Mozart Edition, Vol. 21: Organ Sonatas & Solos

    German Bach Soloists

    Helmut Winschermann, conductor

    Daniel Chorzempa, organ

    4:46
  • 8:39 AM

    Lachian Dances

    Leos Janacek

    Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ondrej Lenard, conductor

    19:26
  • 8:24 AM

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Samuel Friedman, conductor

    14:17
  • 8:05 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Sejong Soloists

    Gil Shaham, violin

    16:40
  • 8:01 AM

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    3:48
  • 7:26 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    32:13
  • 7:17 AM

    Concert Piece for Clarinet and Basset Horn

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Jorg Faerber, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    Wolfgang Meyer, basset horn

    8:27
  • 7:01 AM

    Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky

    Anton Arensky

    Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings, Op. 48; Elegy; Anton Arensky: Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky

    Saint Petersburg Camerata

    Saulius Sondeckis, conductor

    14:21
  • 6:41 AM

    English Suite No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: Partitas Nos. 1 & 2, English Suites Nos. 2 & 3

    Anne-Marie McDermott, piano

    16:57
  • 6:26 AM

    Symphony No. 12

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies, Vol. 4

    Danish National Chamber Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    14:17
  • 6:01 AM

    Spring Music

    Joseph Marx

    Marx: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

    Bochum Symphony Orchestra

    Steven Sloane, conductor

    23:05
  • 5:51 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Niccolo Paganini

    Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1, Tchaikovsky: Serenade Melancolique, Valse Scherzo

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Midori, violin

    7:03
  • 5:46 AM

    Berceuse (Lullaby)

    Frederic Chopin

    Melody's Mostly Musical Day

    Jenny Lin, piano

    4:09
  • 5:01 AM

    Scheherazade

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Concert Recording

    Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Gimeno, conductor

    43:06