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  • 4:53 AM

    Three Piano Pieces: Wiegenlied

    Zara Levina

    Maria Lettberg, piano

    5:22
  • 4:29 AM

    Pulcinella Suite

    Igor Stravinsky

    New York Philharmonic

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    23:18
  • 4:06 AM

    Humoresques

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Violin Concerto, 6 Humoresques, 2 Serenades

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    Joseph Swensen, violin

    21:07
  • 4:01 AM

    Walking (Hommage a Thoreau)

    Lars Aksel Bisgaard

    Carl Petersson, piano

    4:52
  • 3:47 AM

    Cantilena

    Susan Spain-Dunk

    Rediscovered: British Clarinet Concertos

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Ben Palmer, conductor

    Peter Cigleris, clarinet

    11:26
  • 3:36 AM

    Vicky Chow, piano

    9:34
  • 3:10 AM

    La Mer (The Sea)

    Claude Debussy

    Impressions Of The Sea

    Long Beach Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    25:02
  • 3:06 AM

    French Suite No. 4: Sarabande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Murray Perahia, piano

    2:39
  • 3:01 AM

    The Seawall Song

    Tamezo Narita

    Paillard Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Francois Paillard, conductor

    4:33
  • 2:56 AM

    Harlem Symphony: April in Harlem

    James Price Johnson

    Concordia

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    7:45
  • 2:51 AM

    The Swans

    Vaino Raitio

    Finlandia: A Festival of Finnish Music

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    7:39
  • 12:35 AM

    Gaspard de la Nuit

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Works For Solo Piano

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    23:19
  • 12:23 AM

    Academic Festival Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    The Berlin Album

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    10:04
  • 12:20 AM

    Hofbrauhaus Polka

    Traditional German

    Apollo Chamber Players

    2:21
  • 12:16 AM

    La Traviata: Libiamo, ne'lieti calici (Brindisi)

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Milan Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano

    Luciano Pavarotti, tenor

    2:52
  • 12:06 AM

    Kunstler-Leben Walzer (Artist's Life)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss: Waltzes And Overtures

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Franz Welser-Most, conductor

    9:23
  • 12:01 AM

    Dance

    Vinzens Stelzmueller

    Vienne 1850: Danses

    Ensemble Bella Musica Vienna

    4:48
  • 11:53 PM

    Symphony: Scherzo

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet, Prokofiev, Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 1

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    5:27
  • 11:41 PM

    Tales from the Vienna Woods

    Johann StraussJr.

    Ein Straussfest

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    King Keyes, zither

    11:02
  • 11:40 PM

    Robert le Diable: Ballet of the Nuns

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Meyerbeer: Ballet Music From The Operas / Nesterowicz

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    18:37
  • 11:34 PM

    Polonaise No. 3 "Military"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Complete Piano Works of Chopin, Vol 5: Polonaises & Impromptus

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    3:44
  • 11:22 PM

    Symphony No. 4

    William Boyce

    Boyce: 8 Symphonies

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    6:50
  • 11:15 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Virtuoso Trumpet: Bach, Mozart, Telemann

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jahja Ling, conductor

    5:13
  • 11:08 PM

    Rodeo: Hoe-Down

    Aaron Copland

    He Got Game - The Music Of Aaron Copland (Motion Picture Soundtrack)

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Aaron Copland, conductor

    3:29
  • 11:00 PM

    Carmen: Intermezzo

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Carmen Suite, Symphony No. 1

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    2:43
  • 10:52 PM

    Prague Waltzes

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends, Prague Waltzes

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    7:35
  • 10:40 PM

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    Alec Frank-Gemmill, horn

    7:56
  • 10:37 PM

    Polichinelle

    Fritz Kreisler

    Music of Fritz Kreisler

    James Ehnes, violin

    1:37
  • 10:21 PM

    Fair Melusina Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Seascapes

    Virginia Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:11
  • 10:19 PM

    Quintettino "La musica notturna di Madrid": Minuetto dei Ciechi

    Luigi Boccherini

    In Motion

    United Strings of Europe

    Julian Azkoul, conductor

    1:06
  • 10:13 PM

    Norwegian Dance No. 3

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Norwegian Dances

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    3:17
  • 10:01 PM

    Concerto for Two Flutes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    Shigenori Kudo, flute

    6:49
  • 9:52 PM

    Danse Macabre

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Angele Dubeau & La Pieta: Infernal Violins

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    6:55
  • 9:41 PM

    Symphony No. 7: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    7:02
  • 9:32 PM

    String Quartet No. 17 "Hunt": 4th movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: String Quartets KV 465, 458, 387

    Bartok Quartet

    4:50
  • 9:24 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Four Temperaments": 4th movement

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2, 'The Four Temperaments'

    Seattle Symphony

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    6:47
  • 9:17 PM

    Country Gardens

    Percy Grainger

    Martin Jones, piano

    2:05
  • 9:13 PM

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers Awake)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    3:48
  • 9:03 PM

    Billy the Kid: Conclusion

    Aaron Copland

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    5:30
  • 8:55 PM

    Cinderella Waltz

    Richard Rodgers

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:58
  • 8:48 PM

    Procession of the Sardar

    Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov

    Stokowski Showcase / National Philharmonic Orchestra

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leopold Stokowski, conductor

    3:32
  • 8:43 PM

    Hallelujah

    Leonard Cohen

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    Didier Osindero, violin

    Alinka Rowe, viola

    Yong Jun Lee, cello

    3:26
  • 8:30 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    8:27
  • 8:26 PM

    Etude No. 10

    Frederic Chopin

    Louis Lortie, piano

    2:05
  • 8:13 PM

    By the Beautiful Blue Danube (An der schonen, blauen Donau)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Day Concert 1991

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    9:30
  • 8:00 PM

    Bartered Bride: Dance of the Comedians

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: The Bartered Bride & From My Life

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    5:40
  • 5:51 PM

    Images for Orchestra: Iberia: On Highways and Byways

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images, Prelude, La Mer

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    7:01
  • 5:43 PM

    Symphony No. 48 "Maria Theresia": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies No 48 & 49

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    4:46
  • 5:39 PM

    Legend No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    2:54
  • 5:25 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1: Rondo

    Frederic Chopin

    Mahler Chamber Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    Daniil Trifonov, piano

    9:37
  • 5:15 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Violin Concertos; Sinfonia concertante

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    5:48
  • 5:11 PM

    Twinkle Variations

    Louise Pratt

    Silence Wakes My Song

    Julia Shaw, harp

    3:19
  • 5:01 PM

    The Music Director: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Patrick Gallois, conductor

    6:13
  • 4:56 PM

    Holberg Suite: Rigaudon

    Edvard Grieg

    Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2; Grieg: Holberg Suite

    Mito Chamber Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    4:28
  • 4:43 PM

    Toccata and Fugue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Transcriptions, 2

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    9:03
  • 4:41 PM

    Trio Sonata No. 7: 4th movement (Giga)

    William Boyce

    Boyce: Trio Sonatas

    Parley of Instruments

    Peter Holman, conductor

    2:00
  • 4:31 PM

    Voyevoda: Dance of the Hay Girls

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    5:32
  • 4:25 PM

    Concerto for Two Flutes: 3rd movement

    Anton Stamitz

    Mozart, Cimarosa, Vivaldi, Stamitz

    Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    5:18
  • 4:13 PM

    The Planets: Mars

    Gustav Holst

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Colin Davis, conductor

    7:00
  • 4:08 PM

    In the Streets of Old Batavia

    Leopold Godowsky

    Godowsky: Java Suite

    Esther Budiardjo, piano

    3:48
  • 4:01 PM

    Enigma Variations: Nimrod

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Pomp & Circumstance Marches, Enigma Variations

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    3:12
  • 3:57 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Dance

    Samuel Barber

    American Music For Strings

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    3:00
  • 3:47 PM

    Strike Up the Band: Overture

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin: An American in Paris, etc.

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    7:09
  • 3:38 PM

    Aria

    George Frideric Handel

    Royal Brass: Music from the Renaissance & Baroque

    Empire Brass

    3:54
  • 3:32 PM

    Bohemian Forest: In the spinning-room

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: From The Bohemian Forest; Dumky

    Artur Pizarro, piano

    4:21
  • 3:18 PM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Violin Concerto

    Lucerne Festival Strings

    Daniel Dodds, conductor

    Midori, violin

    9:46
  • 3:12 PM

    Pastoral Suite: Villagers' Dance

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Chabrier: Espana

    French National Orchestra

    Armin Jordan, conductor

    4:52
  • 3:01 PM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    7:38
  • 2:54 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 3rd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies, Vol. 1

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Edward Gardner, conductor

    4:42
  • 2:48 PM

    Three Shanties: 1st movement

    Malcolm Arnold

    Nash Ensemble

    2:25
  • 2:39 PM

    Zampa Overture

    Ferdinand Herold

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    7:26
  • 2:31 PM

    Serenade No. 7 "Haffner": 7th movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenades 5 & 6

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    4:28
  • 2:26 PM

    Gladiolus Rag

    Scott Joplin

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:43
  • 2:17 PM

    A Welcome March

    Charles Stanford

    Ulster Orchestra

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    5:15
  • 2:10 PM

    Saul and David: Prelude to Act II

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Clarinet Concerto, Flute Concerto

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    5:03
  • 2:02 PM

    The Red Pony Suite: Morning on the Ranch

    Aaron Copland

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:32
  • 1:54 PM

    Symphony No. 4: Scherzo

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    5:52
  • 1:46 PM

    Gil Shaham, violin

    Akira Eguchi, piano

    3:18
  • 1:42 PM

    African Suite No. 2: The Markeplace

    Soren Sieg

    Chips 'n' Chocolate / Ensemble Dreiklang Berlin

    Ensemble Dreiklang

    2:27
  • 1:35 PM

    Angry Birds Theme

    Ari Pulkkinen

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    3:10
  • 1:23 PM

    La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: 7 Overtures

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    9:29
  • 1:17 PM

    Fancy Free Ballet: Danzon

    Leonard Bernstein

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    2:49
  • 1:11 PM

    Lauda Jerusalem

    Gabriel Diaz

    Empire Brass & Friends

    2:54
  • 1:04 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2: Farandole

    Georges Bizet

    Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    3:10
  • 12:52 PM

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    5:54
  • 12:46 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4: Rejouissance

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Ouvertures

    Zefiro

    Alfredo Bernardini, conductor

    2:21
  • 12:42 PM

    Fairy Tale: Folk Dance

    Josef Suk

    Suk: Fairy Tale / Fantasy in G Minor / Fantasticke scherzo

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    3:19
  • 12:29 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 2, Tragic Overture

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    8:42
  • 12:25 PM

    Song without Words No. 25 "May Breezes"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Andras Schiff, piano

    2:24
  • 12:16 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 15

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic dances, Opp. 46 & 72

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vaclav Neumann, conductor

    3:21
  • 12:10 PM

    Symphony No. 92 "Oxford": 4th movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    5:03
  • 12:04 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:56
  • 11:51 AM

    Creatures of Prometheus Ballet Music

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    6:23
  • 11:48 AM

    Creatures of Prometheus: Pastorale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    2:47
  • 11:42 AM

    The Entertainer

    Scott Joplin

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    Andre Previn, piano

    4:05
  • 11:32 AM

    Spring Song

    Jean Sibelius

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    9:04
  • 11:22 AM

    Prince and the Mermaid Suite

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    7:24
  • 11:14 AM

    Rondo for Violin and Orchestra

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 3 & 4

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    6:10
  • 11:06 AM

    The Sorceress: Overture

    Ferdinand Ries

    Cologne Academy

    Michael Alexander Willens, conductor

    6:17
  • 11:04 AM

    Beautiful Rosemary (Schon Rosmarin)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Joshua Bell, violin

    Paul Coker, piano

    1:58
  • 10:50 AM

    Sinfonia

    Johan Roman

    Orpheus Chamber Ensemble

    8:05
  • 10:24 AM

    The Magic Pot

    Ottorino Respighi

    Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Adriano, conductor

    25:09
  • 10:20 AM

    Six Pieces: Tarantelle

    Pauline Viardot-Garcia

    Reto Kuppel, violin

    Wolfgang Manz, piano

    3:10
  • 10:10 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Three Pictures

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    8:48
  • 10:07 AM

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    2:43
  • 10:01 AM

    Paul O'Dette, guitar

    4:41
  • 9:50 AM

    Reverie and Caprice

    Hector Berlioz

    French Showpieces

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    8:30
  • 9:22 AM

    Flute Concerto

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    C.P.E. Bach Concertos

    Lyra Baroque Orchestra

    Jacques Ogg, conductor

    Wilbert Hazelzet, flute

    26:14
  • 9:17 AM

    Memory of Summer

    Carlos Simon

    Together

    Carlos Simon, piano

    3:56
  • 9:06 AM

    Late Swallows

    Frederick Delius

    New Zealand Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor

    9:43
  • 9:01 AM

    Flowers of the Forest

    Anonymous

    On the Banks of Helicon

    Baltimore Consort

    4:36
  • 8:52 AM

    O ignis spiritus (O fire of the Paraclete)

    Hildegard von Bingen

    Vox Clamantis

    Jaan-Eik Tulve, conductor

    6:19
  • 8:22 AM

    Verklarte Nacht (Transfigured Night)

    Arnold Schoenberg

    Through the Night

    United Strings of Europe

    Julian Azkoul, conductor

    29:49
  • 8:01 AM

    Three Nocturnes

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Nocturnes and Barcarolles

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    18:39
  • 7:48 AM

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Paul Dukas

    Music of Paul Dukas

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    10:56
  • 7:45 AM

    Irrlicht (Will-o'-the-Wisp)

    Christian Sinding

    Christian Sinding: Music For Piano

    Jerome Lowenthal, piano

    1:26
  • 7:33 AM

    Renascence

    Lita Grier

    Czech National Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    Mary Stolper, flute

    10:54
  • 7:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 10 "Harp"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Alexander String Quartet

    31:04
  • 6:28 AM

    The Tale of the Stone Flower

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    30:29
  • 6:22 AM

    Ludovico Einaudi, piano

    Redi Hasa, cello

    Federico Mecozzi, violin and viola

    5:27
  • 6:10 AM

    Toccata and Fugue

    Joaquin Turina

    Fantasias and Fugues: Music for Harp

    Katrina Szederkenyi, harp

    10:04
  • 6:02 AM

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    8:03
  • 5:55 AM

    Come, Sweet Death

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Song

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    3:13
  • 5:36 AM

    Ballad Without Words

    Kurt Atterberg

    Atterberg: Symphony No. 6, etc.

    Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra

    Jun'ichi Hirokami, conductor

    18:31
  • 5:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 13 "Rosamunde"

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Quartets D804 Rosamunde, D87 and Quartettsatz

    Borodin Quartet

    33:10