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  • 4:21 AM

    Concerto for Orchestra

    Bela Bartok

    Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra

    New York Philharmonic

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    37:10
  • 4:12 AM

    Nihavent Semai

    Sokratis Sinopoulos

    Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello

    Sokratis Sinopoulos, lyra

    Bijan Chemirani, zarb drum

    Keyvan Chemirani, daf drum

    7:07
  • 4:06 AM

    By the rivers of Babylon

    Cyrillus Kreek

    Cyrillus Kreek: The Suspended Harp of Babel

    Vox Clamantis

    Jaan-Eik Tulve, conductor

    5:33
  • 4:01 AM

    Beyond the Fog: Mist

    Gary Schocker

    Emily Mitchell, harp

    Gary Schocker, flute

    4:31
  • 3:46 AM

    Ocean's Kingdom: Moonrise

    Paul McCartney

    Paul McCartney: Ocean's Kingdom

    London Classical Orchestra

    John Wilson, conductor

    12:25
  • 3:40 AM

    Using the Apostate Tyrant as His Tool

    Kassia

    Kronos Quartet

    3:51
  • 3:26 AM

    Etruscan Concerto

    Peggy Glanville-Hicks

    Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    Keith Jarrett, piano

    14:02
  • 3:12 AM

    Zorahayda

    Johan Svendsen

    Svendsen: Norwegian Rhapsodies

    South Jutland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    12:13
  • 3:06 AM

    Intermezzo No. 6

    Johannes Brahms

    Paul Lewis, piano

    5:16
  • 3:01 AM

    Mysterious Ones

    Patricia van Ness

    Ensemble Pan

    4:49
  • 2:48 AM

    Sacred and Profane Dances

    Claude Debussy

    Oberlin 21

    Bridget-Michaele Reischl, conductor

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    10:20
  • 2:23 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    William Banfield

    Childs, B: The Distant Land, etc.

    Akron Symphony Orchestra

    Alan Balter, conductor

    22:51
  • 2:18 AM

    Blue Skies

    Irving Berlin

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:21
  • 2:06 AM

    Tanzwalzer

    Ferruccio Busoni

    Strauss, Liszt, Korngold, Busoni, Schreker

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Kazuki Yamada, conductor

    11:56
  • 2:01 AM

    Arcata String Quartet

    Don Bailey, flute

    4:49
  • 1:51 AM

    Folia

    Anonymous

    The Kingdoms of Castille

    El Mundo

    Richard Savino, conductor

    Richard Savino, guitar

    7:06
  • 1:42 AM

    Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

    Aram Khachaturian

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:50
  • 1:16 AM

    Roman Festivals

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Roman Trilogy

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    23:56
  • 1:06 AM

    Julius Caesar Overture

    Robert Schumann

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    8:23
  • 1:01 AM

    Gnossienne No. 7

    Erik Satie

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    4:49
  • 12:50 AM

    Lucio Silla: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Musa Italiana

    Philharmonic of La Scala

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    7:46
  • 12:38 AM

    From Italy (Aus Italien): In Rome's Ruins

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Don Juan; Aus Italien

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    11:01
  • 12:18 AM

    Spartacus

    Alex North

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Eric Stern, conductor

    19:58
  • 12:06 AM

    Roman Carnival Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Halle Orchestra

    John Barbirolli, conductor

    9:43
  • 12:01 AM

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    4:46
  • 11:56 PM

    Dreamweaver: Dreamsong

    Ola Gjeilo

    Ola Gjeilo: Dreamweaver

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rupert Gough, conductor

    Grace Davidson, soprano

    2:53
  • 11:47 PM

    Tales from the Vienna Woods

    Johann StraussJr.

    Ein Straussfest

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    King Keyes, zither

    11:02
  • 11:46 PM

    Rapsodia santiaguena

    Manuel Gomez Carrillo

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    Gabriel Castagna, conductor

    11:48
  • 11:26 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Marieke Blankestijn, violin

    William Conway, cello

    Douglas Boyd, oboe

    Matthew Wilkie, bassoon

    20:26
  • 11:21 PM

    Idyll No. 5

    Agathe Grondahl

    Sara Aimee Smiseth, piano

    3:11
  • 11:11 PM

    Autumn Roses (Herbstrosen)

    Josef Strauss

    J. Strauss Edition Vol. 13

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Michael Dittrich, conductor

    9:24
  • 11:08 PM

    Hey Diddle Diddle

    David Evan Thomas

    Clara Osowski, mezzo-soprano

    Sonja Thompson, piano

    2:56
  • 11:01 PM

    Oboe Sonata

    George Frideric Handel

    G. F. Handel: Recorder & Oboe Sonatas

    Amarillis

    Heloise Gaillard, oboe

    6:07
  • 10:54 PM

    Dixit Dominus

    Giacomo Carissimi

    Carissimi: Eight Motets

    Consortium Carissimi

    Garrick Comeaux, conductor

    5:50
  • 10:31 PM

    Fantasia for a Gentleman

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Symphony of the Air

    Enrique Jorda, conductor

    Andres Segovia, guitar

    21:35
  • 10:24 PM

    Hallelujah, Our Struggle Ends

    Traditional Norwegian

    Strid

    Oslo Chamber Choir

    Hakon Daniel Nystedt, conductor

    Helga Gunnes, soprano

    6:13
  • 10:14 PM

    (Finale) Symphony No. 2

    Sibelius

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    9:23
  • 10:09 PM

    Here, There and Everywhere

    John Lennon/Paul McCartney

    Here, There and Everywhere: Goran Sollscher Plays The Beatles

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    3:13
  • 10:07 PM

    Vi Ravviso from La Sonnambula

    Bellini

    Nicolai Ghiaurov, bass

    5:00
  • 10:07 PM

    Vi Ravviso from La Sonnambula

    5:00
  • 9:34 PM

    Viola Sonata

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Wagner's Nightmare

    Daniel Orsen, viola

    31:04
  • 9:26 PM

    When My Eyes Tired by Toil

    Traditional

    Oslo Chamber Choir

    Hakon Daniel Nystedt, conductor

    5:15
  • 9:18 PM

    The Shadows of October

    Michael Whalen

    Michael Whalen: The Shadows of October

    Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra

    Dennis Burkh, conductor

    Mitchell Estrin, clarinet

    7:42
  • 9:06 PM

    Concerto for Two Mandolins

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Avi Avital - Art of the Mandolin

    Venice Baroque Orchestra

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    11:01
  • 9:02 PM

    Pilgrims' Hymn

    Stephen Paulus

    Concert Recording

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    3:24
  • 8:57 PM

    Flight of the Bumblebee

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Concert A La Carte

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    1:30
  • 8:56 PM

    Flight of the Bumblebee

    Rimsky-Korsakov

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    1:30
  • 8:31 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Erich Korngold

    Barber, Korngold: Violin Concertos Etc.

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    25:12
  • 8:25 PM

    Sing Me to Heaven

    Daniel Gawthrop

    Alleluia: An American Hymnal

    Kansas City Chorale

    Charles Bruffy, conductor

    4:18
  • 8:18 PM

    Palladio

    Karl Jenkins

    Xibus

    Boston String Quartet

    Ensemble

    5:46
  • 8:06 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Giovanni Antonini, conductor

    10:40
  • 8:00 PM

    The Prince of Denmark's March

    Jeremiah Clarke

    Canadian Brass

    2:25
  • 5:43 PM

    Symphony "La Casa del Diavolo"

    Luigi Boccherini

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    15:31
  • 5:22 PM

    Guitar Concerto

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    New York Philharmonic

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    18:30
  • 5:14 PM

    Arabesque

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann

    Nelson Freire, piano

    6:21
  • 5:06 PM

    Der Zigeunerbaron (The Gypsy Baron): Overture

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    7:57
  • 5:01 PM

    Cello Concerto: Finale

    Nicola Porpora

    La Folia Baroque Orchestra

    Robin Peter Muller, conductor

    Jan Vogler, cello

    4:30
  • 4:45 PM

    In Italy Overture

    Karl Goldmark

    Goldmark: Overtures

    Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andras Korodi, conductor

    12:40
  • 4:22 PM

    Symphony No. 89

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Philharmonia Hungarica

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    21:40
  • 4:16 PM

    The Woods so Wild

    William Byrd

    Renaissance Favorites For Guitar

    David Russell, guitar

    4:11
  • 4:06 PM

    The Wasps: Overture

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto / The Wasps / English Folk Song Suite / The Running Set

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    9:51
  • 4:00 PM

    Clare Hammond, piano

    4:36
  • 3:47 PM

    La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Schippers, conductor

    11:13
  • 3:42 PM

    Sarahbanda

    Sarah Willis, horn

    3:05
  • 3:34 PM

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

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, Carnival Overture

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    8:03
  • 3:20 PM

    Chimney of King Rene

    Darius Milhaud

    French Wind Music

    Reykjavik Wind Quintet

    12:26
  • 3:06 PM

    12 Variations on Handel's "See, The Conquering Hero Comes" from Judas Maccabaeus

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Complete Works for Cello and Piano

    Jennifer Kloetzel, cello

    13:08
  • 3:01 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "In the Forest": 3rd movement

    Joachim Raff

    Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic

    Urs Schneider, conductor

    4:46
  • 2:55 PM

    La Fille du Regiment (The Daughter of the Regiment): Ah! mes amis...Pour mon ame

    Gaetano Donizetti

    Pavarotti's Greatest Hits

    Royal Opera Chorus

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    Luciano Pavarotti, tenor

    6:52
  • 2:51 PM

    If I Were King: Overture

    Adolphe Adam

    Great Comedy Overtures

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    7:15
  • 2:47 PM

    If I Were King: Overture

    Adolphe Adam

    Great Comedy Overtures

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    7:15
  • 2:43 PM

    King Arthur: Come if you dare

    Henry Purcell

    Sound The Trumpet: Royal Music of Purcell and Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    3:01
  • 2:02 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Concert Recording

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Biss, conductor

    Jonathan Biss, piano

    39:33
  • 1:59 PM

    Musical Moment No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    Daniel Barenboim, piano

    1:57
  • 1:42 PM

    Capriccio Espagnol

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    Eliot Chapo, violin

    15:18
  • 1:38 PM

    Etude No. 11

    Louise Farrenc

    Joanne Polk, piano

    3:15
  • 1:34 PM

    "Jig" Fugue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Composer's Collection: Gustav Holst

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    3:13
  • 1:30 PM

    Xerxes: Ombra mai fu

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Arias

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    Harry Bicket, conductor

    Ian Bostridge, tenor

    2:43
  • 1:25 PM

    Introduction No. 4

    Pietro Locatelli

    Locatelli: Introduttioni Teatralli and Concerti, Op. 4

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, conductor

    4:15
  • 1:19 PM

    Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex: Elizabeth's Theme

    Erich Korngold

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    1:51
  • 1:09 PM

    Symphony No. 5: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky Waltzes

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Sergiu Comissiona, conductor

    6:29
  • 1:05 PM

    Carnival of the Animals: The Swan

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Sir Charles' Precious Music Box 1

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    2:53
  • 12:50 PM

    Septet: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven, Strauss

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra Soloists

    10:16
  • 12:49 PM

    Carnival of the Animals: The Swan

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Sir Charles' Precious Music Box 1

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    2:53
  • 12:37 PM

    Poet and Peasant Overture

    Franz von Suppe

    William Tell and Other Favorite Overtures

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    10:18
  • 12:31 PM

    Iberia: Triana

    Isaac Albeniz

    Albeniz: Iberia, Navarra, Suite Espanola

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    5:03
  • 12:20 PM

    Variations on a Once Popular Humorous Song

    Haydn Wood

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    9:48
  • 12:14 PM

    Concerto Grosso: March

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Works

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    4:30
  • 12:10 PM

    Lotus Eaters

    Andrew York

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:26
  • 12:05 PM

    La Danza

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Pavarotti's Greatest Hits

    Bologna Theater Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    Luciano Pavarotti, tenor

    3:07
  • 11:51 AM

    Symphony No. 34: Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 31, 33 & 34

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    7:27
  • 11:47 AM

    Roma Suite: A Roma Dance

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    2:03
  • 11:37 AM

    Overture

    Josef Myslivecek

    Myslivecek: Symphonies

    Concerto Koln

    9:32
  • 11:32 AM

    Joan Baez Suite: Where have all the Flowers Gone?

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    3:00
  • 11:22 AM

    Myrtle Blossoms (Myrthenbluthen) Waltz

    Johann StraussJr.

    2018 New Year's Concerto

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    9:24
  • 11:16 AM

    Impromptu No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Four Impromptus

    Michael McHale, piano

    4:50
  • 11:08 AM

    Serenade No. 1: Rondo

    Johannes Brahms

    Residentie Orchestra of the Hague

    Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor

    6:24
  • 11:04 AM

    Trumpet Voluntary

    John Stanley

    Intrada - London Brass

    London Brass

    3:35
  • 10:49 AM

    Waltz-Scherzo

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Sydney Symphony Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    James Ehnes, violin

    8:51
  • 10:28 AM

    Symphony No. 95

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    19:48
  • 10:24 AM

    Ribers No. 8

    Traditional

    Danish String Quartet

    2:53
  • 10:10 AM

    Papillons (Butterflies)

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann

    Nelson Freire, piano

    13:00
  • 10:06 AM

    Concerto alla rustica (Rustic Concerto)

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Guildhall Strings

    3:38
  • 10:01 AM

    Bassoon Concerto: Adagio

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2, Bassoon Concerto

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    Karen Geoghegan, bassoon

    4:45
  • 9:40 AM

    Concerto for Double Bass

    Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf

    Dittersdorf: Viola and Double Bass Concertos

    Dvorak Chamber Orchestra

    Frantisek Vajnar, conductor

    Frantisek Posta, double bass

    18:28
  • 9:22 AM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3

    Ottorino Respighi

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    16:57
  • 9:18 AM

    Songs of the Seasons: Poeme d'Automne

    Margaret Bonds

    Rising

    Lawrence Brownlee, tenor

    2:09
  • 9:06 AM

    Autumn Legend

    William Alwyn

    Alwyn: Orchestral Music

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    Rachael Pankhurst, English horn

    10:50
  • 9:01 AM

    Poem

    Zdenek Fibich

    Small Czech Musical Gems

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Vaclav Smetacek, conductor

    4:48
  • 8:06 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven Complete Symphonies

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Andris Nelsons, conductor

    52:19
  • 8:01 AM

    Concert Etude "Feu follet"

    Laura Netzel

    Simon Crawford-Phillips, piano

    3:08
  • 7:54 AM

    Good Night, Day

    Johann Johannsson

    Mari

    Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra

    Jonathan Stockhammer, conductor

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    3:49
  • 7:26 AM

    Road to the Sun

    Pat Metheny

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    28:46
  • 7:04 AM

    Flute Concerto

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Clarinet and Flute Concertos

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    19:32
  • 7:01 AM

    Late Autumn: Music Box

    Takanobu Saito

    Miki Aoki, piano

    2:15
  • 6:37 AM

    Suite for Strings

    Frank Bridge

    Music of John Ireland and Frank Bridge

    English Chamber Orchestra

    David Garforth, conductor

    21:13
  • 6:09 AM

    Quintet for Oboe, Clarinet and String Trio

    Ruth Gipps

    Peter Cigleris, clarinet

    Gareth Hulse, oboe

    John Mills, violin

    Lydia Lowndes-Northcott, viola

    Bozidar Vukotic, cello

    26:27
  • 6:02 AM

    Barcarolle No. 2

    Stephan Elmas

    Mikael Ayrapetyan, piano

    7:01
  • 5:12 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    The Tchaikovsky Project

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    Kirill Gerstein, piano

    46:20
  • 5:07 AM

    Dawn

    Ola Gjeilo

    Arctic

    Arctic Philharmonic

    Christian Kluxen, conductor

    Eldbjorg Hemsing, violin

    3:14
  • 5:01 AM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Adagio

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sabine Meyer: Clarinet Connection

    Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble

    5:23