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  • 4:34 AM

    Ascanio: Act III Ballet music

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    24:18
  • 4:19 AM

    Harp Sonata

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Virtuoso Harp

    Marion Hoffman, harp

    12:54
  • 4:06 AM

    Ma vlast (My Country): Vltava (The Moldau)

    Bedrich Smetana

    Ports of Call

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    12:37
  • 4:01 AM

    Cello Suite No. 5: Gavottes

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Christopher Parkening, guitar

    4:46
  • 3:48 AM

    I Palpiti

    Niccolo Paganini

    Mister Paganini

    Paris Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    Laurent Korcia, violin

    9:49
  • 3:45 AM

    A Prole Do Bebe (The Baby's Family of Dolls): O Polichinelo (Clown)

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    1:32
  • 3:18 AM

    Flute and Harp Concerto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Flute Concertos

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Susan Palma, flute

    26:30
  • 3:06 AM

    E.T.: Adventures on Earth

    John Williams

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Williams, conductor

    10:02
  • 3:01 AM

    Les Brises d'Orient: Souvenir d'Occident

    Felicien David

    Daniel Blumenthal, piano

    4:35
  • 2:51 AM

    Florida Suite: By the River

    Frederick Delius

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    6:49
  • 2:11 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Vladimir Jurowski, conductor

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    38:18
  • 2:06 AM

    Waltz No. 1

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak

    Cecilia String Quartet

    3:34
  • 2:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 9

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: The Nocturnes

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    4:52
  • 1:48 AM

    Capriol Suite

    Peter Warlock

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alan Barlow, conductor

    10:53
  • 1:38 AM

    Carnival of Venice

    Jean-Baptiste Arban

    Paris National Guard Orchestra

    Claude Pichaureau, conductor

    Maurice Andre, trumpet

    8:00
  • 1:30 AM

    Jeux d'eau (Fountains)

    Maurice Ravel

    Heidi Lowy, piano

    6:01
  • 1:06 AM

    Les Elemens: Suite

    Jean-Fery Rebel

    Concert Recording

    L'Orfeo Baroque Orchestra

    Michi Gaigg, conductor

    23:19
  • 1:01 AM

    D'un matin de printemps (Of a Spring Morning)

    Lili Boulanger

    Sarah Frisof, flute

    Daniel Pesca, piano

    4:42
  • 12:46 AM

    Mephisto Waltz No. 1 "Dance in the Village Inn"

    Franz Liszt

    Mephisto and Co.

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    11:58
  • 12:12 AM

    Double Concerto

    Johannes Brahms

    Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto; Brahms: Double Concerto

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    32:01
  • 12:09 AM

    Prelude No. 4

    Maria Szymanowska

    Anna Ciborowska, piano

    1:47
  • 12:06 AM

    Hary Janos Suite: Musical Clock

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Hary Janos Suite; Dances Of Galanta; Peacock Variations

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    2:06
  • 12:01 AM

    Caprice-Chaconne

    Francesco Corbetta

    Alfabeto

    Ensemble Kapsberger

    Rolf Lislevand, conductor

    4:48
  • 11:51 PM

    Solemn March for Shakespeare Celebration

    Bedrich Smetana

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vaclav Neumann, conductor

    6:58
  • 11:17 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream Suite

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    32:29
  • 11:11 PM

    Abdelazar: Suite

    Henry Purcell

    One Charming Night

    Oslo Circles

    5:03
  • 11:07 PM

    Shakespeare in Love: Main Title

    Stephen Warbeck

    Mega Movies

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:24
  • 11:03 PM

    Othello Suite: Dance

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha OVerture / Petite Suite

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    2:16
  • 11:01 PM

    Othello Suite: Military March

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Fawzi Haimor, conductor

    2:07
  • 10:56 PM

    Hamlet: Ballet Music: Strette finale

    Ambroise Thomas

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    2:10
  • 10:52 PM

    Hamlet: Ballet Music: Valse-Mazurka

    Ambroise Thomas

    Thomas: Hamlet

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    3:46
  • 10:32 PM

    Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    19:13
  • 10:20 PM

    The Winter's Tale

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Lars-Erik Larsson: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    10:10
  • 10:07 PM

    Much Ado About Nothing Suite

    Erich Korngold

    Barber, Korngold: Violin Concertos Etc.

    Gil Shaham, violin

    12:59
  • 10:01 PM

    Julius Caesar: Caesar's Procession

    Miklos Rozsa

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rainer Padberg, conductor

    4:34
  • 9:42 PM

    Henry V Suite

    William Walton

    Walton: Belshazzar's Feast/ Henry V Suite

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    16:46
  • 9:36 PM

    Theater Set: Overture

    Ulysses Kay

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    4:29
  • 9:32 PM

    Rigoletto: La donna e mobile

    Giuseppe Verdi

    The #1 Opera Album

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    Luciano Pavarotti, tenor

    2:20
  • 9:22 PM

    Rigoletto Fantasy

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    Juliette Hurel, flute

    10:05
  • 9:16 PM

    La Gioconda: Cielo e mar!

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Rolando Villazon: Cielo E Mar

    Giuseppe Verdi Orchestra of Milan

    Daniele Callegari, conductor

    Rolando Villazon, tenor

    5:10
  • 9:07 PM

    Beatrice and Benedict: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Overtures

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    8:03
  • 9:01 PM

    Le roi s'amuse (The King Has Fun): Pavane and Scene du bouquet

    Leo Delibes

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:40
  • 8:47 PM

    Pastoral Suite

    Gunnar De Frumerie

    Stockholm Chamber Ensemble

    Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor

    Gunilla von Bahr, flute

    11:28
  • 8:24 PM

    Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished"

    Franz Schubert

    The Classical Band

    Bruno Weil, conductor

    20:53
  • 8:09 PM

    Tannhauser: Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Overtures And Orchestral Music

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    13:45
  • 8:06 PM

    Canarios

    Gaspar Sanz

    Rolf Lislevand, guitar

    2:02
  • 8:01 PM

    Etiolles (Valse)

    Mel Bonis

    Memoires d'une femme

    Myriam Barbaux-Cohen, piano

    4:38
  • 7:46 PM

    Suite Francaise

    Francis Poulenc

    Paris Orchestra

    Georges Pretre, conductor

    12:22
  • 7:23 PM

    Symphony No. 96 "Miracle"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    22:00
  • 7:15 PM

    I Was Glad

    Hubert Parry

    Voices of Ascension

    Dennis Keene, conductor

    Mark Kruczek, organ

    6:52
  • 7:06 PM

    L'Estro Armonico: Concerto No. 5 for Two Violins

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Catherine Mackintosh, violin

    Elizabeth Wilcock, violin

    7:13
  • 7:01 PM

    Madame Bovary: Waltz

    Miklos Rozsa

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Alwyn, conductor

    4:44
  • 6:46 PM

    Miniatures

    William Grant Still

    Vintage America

    Calico Winds

    12:22
  • 6:36 PM

    Basket of Flowers

    Theresa Carreno

    Clara Rodriguez Plays the Music of Teresa Carreno

    Clara Rodriguez, piano

    7:57
  • 6:15 PM

    London Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Warren-Green, conductor

    19:50
  • 6:06 PM

    Jubilee Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:41
  • 6:01 PM

    Artists' Quadrille (Kunstler-Quadrille)

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:46
  • 5:51 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 3

    Johann Quantz

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Barry Tuckwell, horn

    7:10
  • 5:16 PM

    Symphonie Espagnole

    Edouard Lalo

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    Chee-Yun, violin

    33:23
  • 5:11 PM

    Music Box

    Isaias Savio

    Batucada: South American Guitar Music

    Graham Anthony Devine, guitar

    2:20
  • 5:06 PM

    Prelude No. 15 "Raindrop"

    Frederic Chopin

    A Remniscence

    Vladimir Horowitz, piano

    5:12
  • 5:01 PM

    Liza/Promenade

    George Gershwin

    Tashi

    4:45
  • 4:55 PM

    The Great Escape

    Elmer Bernstein

    Elmer Bernstein By Elmer Bernstein

    Royal Philharmonic Pops

    Elmer Bernstein, conductor

    2:16
  • 4:50 PM

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    3:17
  • 4:47 PM

    Anastasia

    Alfred Newman

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    2:47
  • 4:41 PM

    Camelot: Finale Ultimo

    Frederick Loewe

    Studio Orchestra

    Alfred Newman, conductor

    2:41
  • 4:39 PM

    Camelot: I Wonder What the King is Doing Tonight?

    Frederick Loewe

    Camelot Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    Alfred Newman, conductor

    Richard Harris, vocals

    2:08
  • 4:36 PM

    Camelot: Prelude and Overture

    Frederick Loewe

    Studio Orchestra

    Alfred Newman, conductor

    3:10
  • 4:32 PM

    Mutiny on the Bounty: Main Title

    Bronislaw Kaper

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    2:18
  • 4:14 PM

    Ben Hur: Suite

    Miklos Rozsa

    The Epic Film Music of Miklos Rozsa

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Alwyn, conductor

    10:17
  • 4:07 PM

    The Ten Commandments: Prelude

    Elmer Bernstein

    Hollywood's Greatest Hits Volume II

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:55
  • 4:01 PM

    Midway: March

    John Williams

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:12
  • 3:44 PM

    A Christmas Carol: Suite

    Richard Addinsell

    It's A Wonderful Life, Miracle On 34th St. & A Christmas Carol

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Newman, conductor

    14:07
  • 3:44 PM

    My Fair Lady: Get Me to the Church on Time

    Frederick Loewe

    Motion Picture Classics, Volume 2

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    2:28
  • 3:40 PM

    Mary Poppins: Overture

    Richard Sherman/Robert Sherman

    Studio Orchestra

    Irwin Kostal, conductor

    2:58
  • 3:34 PM

    Grumpier Old Men: End Credits

    Alan Silvestri

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:47
  • 3:30 PM

    The Odd Couple: Theme

    Neal Hefti

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    3:11
  • 3:25 PM

    Charade: Charade

    Henry Mancini

    Royal Philharmonic Pops

    Henry Mancini, conductor

    Henry Mancini, piano

    3:30
  • 3:17 PM

    The Sound of Music: Do-Re-Mi

    Richard Rodgers

    Studio Orchestra

    Julie Andrews, vocals

    5:35
  • 3:01 PM

    Victor/Victoria: End Credits

    Henry Mancini

    Studio Orchestra

    4:53
  • 2:38 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Franz Liszt

    Schoenberg, Liszt: Piano Concertos

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    20:34
  • 2:32 PM

    Over the Rainbow

    Harold Arlen

    And So Flows the River

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    3:48
  • 2:29 PM

    The Water is Wide/Shenandoah

    Traditional

    And So Flows the River

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    3:01
  • 2:20 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Giuseppe Torelli

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jahja Ling, conductor

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    6:30
  • 2:06 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Classical"

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Bizet, Prokofiev, Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 1

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    13:32
  • 1:45 PM

    Divertimento No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    12:55
  • 1:31 PM

    Scherzo Capriccioso

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 8, Scherzo Capriccioso

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    12:36
  • 1:22 PM

    Danzon Cubano

    Aaron Copland

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    6:47
  • 1:06 PM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Johann Stamitz

    Johann & Carl Stamitz: Clarinet Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    15:40
  • 1:01 PM

    Seville

    Isaac Albeniz

    40 Degrees North

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    4:35
  • 12:39 PM

    Miss Sally's Party

    William Grant Still

    Witness, Vol. 2: The Music of William Grant Still

    Plymouth Music Series Orchestra

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    19:05
  • 12:13 PM

    Horn Concerto

    Reinhold Gliere

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Werner Andreas Albert, conductor

    Marie Luise Neunecker, horn

    24:34
  • 12:06 PM

    Intermezzo No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms Inspired

    Orli Shaham, piano

    4:58
  • 12:01 PM

    Fantasia Suite No. 5

    John Jenkins

    Locke Consort

    4:34
  • 11:48 AM

    On the Town: Three Dance Episodes

    Leonard Bernstein

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    10:38
  • 11:45 AM

    Etude No. 9 "Butterfly"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes Op. 10 & Op. 25 op. posth.

    Boris Berezovsky, piano

    :58
  • 11:28 AM

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    17:20
  • 11:19 AM

    Perpetual Motion Pieces

    Francis Poulenc

    Lisa Friend, flute

    Craig Ogden, guitar

    6:41
  • 11:06 AM

    Semiramide: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jaime Laredo, conductor

    12:21
  • 11:01 AM

    Suite for Strings: Prelude

    Joan Trimble

    Silver Apples of the Moon

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    4:47
  • 10:46 AM

    Snow Maiden Suite

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Great Orchestral Works

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    Roberta Alexander, soprano

    12:18
  • 10:25 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 8

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas

    Fazil Say, piano

    18:57
  • 10:23 AM

    Il est bel et bon

    Pierre Passereau

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    1:03
  • 10:06 AM

    Concerto for Three Violins

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

    Petra Mullejans, violin

    Gottfried von der Goltz, violin

    Anne Katharina Schreiber, violin

    15:57
  • 10:01 AM

    Festival Scherzo for Piano and Strings

    Madeleine Dring

    Guildhall Strings

    Robert Salter, conductor

    Martin Roscoe, piano

    4:32
  • 9:43 AM

    Symphony No. 41

    Michael Haydn

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    15:22
  • 9:35 AM

    Pavane for a Dead Princess (Pavane pour une infante defunte)

    Maurice Ravel

    Humbert Lucarelli, oboe

    Susan Jolles, harp

    Frank Morelli, bassoon

    6:02
  • 9:18 AM

    Little Suite

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Symphony No. 1

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    15:22
  • 9:06 AM

    String Symphony No. 4

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Complete String Symphonies

    Gli Incogniti

    Amandine Beyer, conductor

    11:26
  • 9:01 AM

    Mazurka No. 36

    Frederic Chopin

    Late Piano Music of Frederic Chopin

    Aleck Karis, piano

    4:46
  • 8:41 AM

    The North Star

    Aaron Copland

    Eos Orchestra

    Jonathan Sheffer, conductor

    17:21
  • 8:26 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
  • 8:06 AM

    Irish Rhapsody No. 4

    Charles Stanford

    Stanford: Symphony No. 5

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    18:27
  • 8:01 AM

    Cancao sertaneja (Song of the Farmlands)

    Camargo Guarnieri

    Brazilian Music for Viola and Piano

    Barbara Westphal, viola

    3:45
  • 7:27 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Jean Sibelius

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    30:52
  • 7:21 AM

    Cantata No. 208: Sheep May Safely Graze

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Susan Chan, piano

    4:41
  • 7:01 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 6

    Saverio Mercadante

    Mercadante: Flute Concertos

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    19:25
  • 6:47 AM

    Symphonic Dances: 1st movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Gateways

    Shanghai Symphony Orchestra

    Long Yu, conductor

    11:32
  • 6:20 AM

    Symphony No. 5 "Reformation"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn

    La Chambre Philharmonique

    Emmanuel Krivine, conductor

    26:11
  • 6:01 AM

    Fantasie for Piano Four-Hands

    Franz Schubert

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    Zhu Xiao-Mei, piano

    16:50
  • 5:24 AM

    The Bourgeois Gentleman Suite

    Richard Strauss

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    34:20
  • 5:18 AM

    Summer in Buenos Aires (Verano Porteno)

    Astor Piazzolla

    Alexander-Sergei Ramirez, guitar

    5:12
  • 5:01 AM

    Suite in the Old Style

    Alfred Schnittke

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    15:26