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  • 4:47 AM

    Symphony

    Claude Debussy

    Bach: Organ Music (Complete), Vol. 7

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    11:10
  • 4:24 AM

    Septet

    Franz Berwald

    Beethoven & Berwald: Septets

    Wigmore Soloists

    21:38
  • 4:06 AM

    Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    Benjamin Britten

    Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    17:06
  • 4:01 AM

    Julia Florida

    Agustin Barrios

    From The Jungles Of Paraguay: John Williams Plays Barrios

    John Williams, guitar

    4:30
  • 3:52 AM

    Serenade

    William Grant Still

    Still: Summerland - Violin Suite - Pastorela - American Suite

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Avlana Eisenberg, conductor

    5:58
  • 3:30 AM

    La Boutique fantasque (Fantastic Toy Shop)

    Ottorino Respighi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    20:30
  • 3:24 AM

    Mazurka No. 13

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: The Mazurkas

    Mirian Conti, piano

    4:33
  • 3:06 AM

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 2

    Edvard Grieg

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    17:03
  • 3:01 AM

    Sine Nomine

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Composer's Collection: Vaughan Williams

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    4:43
  • 2:52 AM

    Novelettes

    Francis Poulenc

    Eric Parkin, piano

    6:07
  • 2:13 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms, Clara Schumann

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    37:52
  • 2:06 AM

    Norwegian Rhapsody: 2nd movement

    Edouard Lalo

    French National Radio and Television Orchestra

    Jean Martinon, conductor

    4:53
  • 2:01 AM

    Wind Quintet: 2nd movement

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Wind Chamber Music

    Bergen Wind Quintet

    4:45
  • 1:55 AM

    One World: Ad Pacem (Towards Peace)

    Karl Jenkins

    Jenkins: One World

    World Orchestra for Peace

    Karl Jenkins, conductor

    Alexander Duggan, percussion

    3:01
  • 1:45 AM

    Alborada del Gracioso (Morning Song of the Jester)

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: L'enfant Et Les Sortileges; Sheherazade

    Saito Kinen Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    8:00
  • 1:41 AM

    Memories of the Alhambra

    Francisco Tarrega

    Romance de Amor

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    3:52
  • 1:01 AM

    Symphonic Suite for Strings: Prelude

    Marion Bauer

    Marion Bauer: American Youth Concerto

    Ambache Chamber Orchestra and Ensemble

    4:39
  • 12:45 AM

    St. Paul's Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Orchestral Favourites Vol I

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    12:33
  • 12:19 AM

    Quintet for Piano and Winds

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concerto KV 453, Piano Quintet KV 452

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    24:41
  • 12:13 AM

    Short Ride in a Fast Machine

    John Adams

    San Francisco Symphony

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    4:16
  • 12:06 AM

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    Andre Previn, piano

    6:29
  • 12:01 AM

    Norse Legend

    Frank Bridge

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:47
  • 11:51 PM

    Bride of Frankenstein

    Franz Waxman

    Sunset Boulevard: The Classic Film Scores Of Franz Waxman

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    7:22
  • 11:35 PM

    The Accursed Huntsman

    Cesar Franck

    Franck: Symphony; Symphonic Variations etc.

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    15:21
  • 11:23 PM

    Symphonie Fantastique: Dream of a Witches' Sabbath

    Hector Berlioz

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    10:03
  • 11:16 PM

    Symphonie Fantastique: March to the Scaffold

    Hector Berlioz

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    7:08
  • 11:10 PM

    Enchantment: Song of the Shrine

    Nathaniel Dett

    My Cup Runneth Over: The Complete Piano Works of R. Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    4:27
  • 11:07 PM

    Magic Flute: Der Holle Rache (Queen of the Night Aria)

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Heroines

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    Louis Langree, conductor

    Natalie Dessay, soprano

    2:55
  • 11:01 PM

    Star Wars: The Phantom Menace: Duel of the Fates

    John Williams

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:14
  • 10:54 PM

    Graceful Ghost Rag

    William Bolcom

    Paul Jacobs plays Blues, Ballads & Rags

    Paul Jacobs, piano

    4:03
  • 10:40 PM

    Violin Sonata "The Devil's Trill"

    Giuseppe Tartini

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    12:11
  • 10:31 PM

    Der Freischutz (The Free Shooter): Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    DER FREISCHUTZ

    Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Marek Janowski, conductor

    8:49
  • 10:15 PM

    The Magic Opal Suite

    Isaac Albeniz

    The Great Necks

    15:04
  • 10:12 PM

    Magic Hour

    Kenji Bunch

    Ahn Trio: Lullaby For My Favorite Insomniac

    Ahn Trio

    2:26
  • 10:07 PM

    The Valkyrie: Magic Fire Music

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner Without Words

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    4:45
  • 10:01 PM

    Magic Forest Dances: Finale

    Stefania de Kenessey

    William Meredith, oboe

    Stefania de Kenessey, piano

    4:20
  • 9:44 PM

    The Noonday Witch

    Antonin Dvorak

    Danse Macabre

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    14:48
  • 9:41 PM

    Song: Hexenlied (Witch's Song)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Gil Shaham, violin

    Jonathan Feldman, piano

    2:16
  • 9:32 PM

    The Haunted Ballroom

    Geoffrey Toye

    British Light Music: Miniatures

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    7:01
  • 9:14 PM

    Faust Ballet Music

    Charles Gounod

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:20
  • 9:06 PM

    Symphonic Sketches: Hobgoblin

    George Chadwick

    Chadwick: Symphony No. 2; Symphonic Sketches

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:11
  • 9:01 PM

    Signs: Hand of Fate

    James Newton Howard

    Night After Night: Music from the Movies of M. Night Shyamalan

    Studio Orchestra

    Gavin Greenaway, conductor

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    4:49
  • 8:52 PM

    Concerto for Two Oboes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerti Virtuosi

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    6:04
  • 8:20 PM

    Symphony No. 1

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 1, 4, and 6

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    30:42
  • 8:11 PM

    Cinema Paradiso

    Ennio Morricone

    Always And Forever - Movies' Greatest Love Songs

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    7:46
  • 8:06 PM

    March of the Trolls

    Edvard Grieg

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yondani Butt, conductor

    3:53
  • 8:01 PM

    Irish Tune from County Derry

    Percy Grainger

    Lincolnshire Posy

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    4:47
  • 7:49 PM

    Moravian Dances

    Leos Janacek

    Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antoni Wit, conductor

    8:56
  • 7:27 PM

    Concertante for Flute and Clarinet

    Franz Danzi

    Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra

    Allen Tinkham, conductor

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    Demarre McGill, flute

    20:39
  • 7:12 PM

    Four Characteristic Waltzes

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha OVerture / Petite Suite

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    13:42
  • 7:06 PM

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    5:08
  • 7:01 PM

    String Quartet: 3rd movement

    Johan Svendsen

    Oslo String Quartet

    4:41
  • 6:46 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 4th movement

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 6

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Thomas Sondergard, conductor

    12:05
  • 6:19 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor

    Han-Na Chang, cello

    25:08
  • 6:15 PM

    The Garden of Eden: Old Adam

    William Bolcom

    Logan Skelton, piano

    2:33
  • 6:06 PM

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    8:29
  • 6:01 PM

    Nocturne No. 4

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Nocturnes

    Ivan Moravec, piano

    4:30
  • 5:52 PM

    Serenade No. 2: Rondo

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    5:58
  • 5:17 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: The Piano Concertos and Paganini Rhapsody

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    Yuja Wang, piano

    33:03
  • 5:12 PM

    Our Town: Grover's Corners

    Aaron Copland

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

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Aaron Copland, conductor

    3:11
  • 5:06 PM

    Columbia (Caprice Americain)

    Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    Philip Martin, piano

    5:51
  • 5:01 PM

    Andromaque: Prelude to Act IV

    Camille Saint-Saens

    SAINT-SAËNS, C.: Ascanio: Ballet / Overtures to Stage Works (Malmö Symphony, Märkl)

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    4:52
  • 4:53 PM

    Jurassic Park: Theme

    John Williams

    Berlin Philharmonic

    John Williams, conductor

    5:35
  • 4:48 PM

    The Color Purple: Theme

    Quincy Jones

    Varese Sarabande Symphony Orchestra

    David Newman, conductor

    Belinda Broughton, violin

    4:46
  • 4:39 PM

    The Piano: Big My Secret

    Michael Nyman

    Cinematic Piano

    Michael Chertock, piano

    3:01
  • 4:35 PM

    You've Got Mail: Empty Store

    George Fenton

    Varese Sarabande - A 25th Anniversary Celebration

    Studio Orchestra

    2:51
  • 4:28 PM

    Little Women: Dr. March's Daughters

    Alexandre Desplat

    Studio Orchestra

    Alexandre Desplat, conductor

    4:47
  • 4:20 PM

    Amarcord

    Nino Rota

    The Symphonic Fellini/Rota

    Czech Symphony Orchestra

    Derek Wadsworth, conductor

    5:11
  • 4:12 PM

    8 1/2: Walking the Gangplank

    Nino Rota

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    5:31
  • 4:06 PM

    Orchestra Rehearsal

    Nino Rota

    The Symphonic Fellini/Rota

    Czech Symphony Orchestra

    Derek Wadsworth, conductor

    4:05
  • 4:00 PM

    1941: March

    John Williams

    By Request: The Best of John Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:26
  • 3:57 PM

    Psycho: Prelude

    Bernard Herrmann

    Chiller

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    1:33
  • 3:54 PM

    Family Plot: Finale

    John Williams

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    3:53
  • 3:42 PM

    Spellbound Concerto

    Miklos Rozsa

    Earl Wild Goes to the Movies

    London Promenade Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    Earl Wild, piano

    8:04
  • 3:33 PM

    Rebecca: Suite

    Franz Waxman

    Sunset Boulevard: The Classic Film Scores Of Franz Waxman

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    7:47
  • 3:20 PM

    The Quiet Man: Suite

    Victor Young

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    9:29
  • 3:12 PM

    Stagecoach: Narrative for Orchestra

    Richard Hageman

    True Grit: Music from the Classic Films of John Wayne

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    6:38
  • 3:06 PM

    The Informer: Suite

    Max Steiner

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    4:35
  • 3:01 PM

    Suspicion: Prelude

    Franz Waxman

    A History Of Hitchcock: Dial M For Murder

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    4:40
  • 2:35 PM

    Serenade for Winds

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenades

    Vienna Philharmonic Winds

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    22:54
  • 2:30 PM

    Forest of the Amazon: Sentimental Melody

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Amazonia

    Philharmonia Zurich

    Simone Menezes, conductor

    Camila Provenzale, soprano

    3:25
  • 2:13 PM

    Les Preludes

    Franz Liszt

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    15:00
  • 2:06 PM

    Fantasy Pieces: Humoreske

    Robert Schumann

    Robert Schumann: Complete Piano Trios, Quartet & Quintet

    Trio Wanderer

    6:34
  • 1:43 PM

    Guitar Concerto

    Ferdinando Carulli

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    15:28
  • 1:22 PM

    Symphony No. 35 "Haffner"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    19:27
  • 1:09 PM

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:31
  • 1:06 PM

    Mysterious Barricades

    Francois Couperin

    Labyrinth

    Khatia Buniatishvili, piano

    2:22
  • 1:01 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Richard Hol

    Hol: Symphonies

    Residentie Orchestra The Hague

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    4:42
  • 12:41 PM

    The Cunning Little Vixen: Suite

    Leos Janacek

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    17:40
  • 12:22 PM

    Swan Lake: Dance of the Swans

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tschaikowsky: Der Schwanensee

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    Joseph Silverstein, violin

    17:34
  • 12:06 PM

    Quartet No. 3

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    13:37
  • 12:01 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
  • 11:53 AM

    Saturday Night at the Firehouse

    Henry Cowell

    Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

    Lukas Foss, conductor

    5:05
  • 11:48 AM

    Prelude No. 2

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    A Rachmaninov Collection

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    3:49
  • 11:33 AM

    Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

    Richard Strauss

    R Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    14:19
  • 11:17 AM

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    14:16
  • 11:06 AM

    Prince Igor: Overture

    Alexander Borodin

    Russian Overtures

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    10:11
  • 11:01 AM

    Waltz No. 5 "Grande Valse"

    Frederic Chopin

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    4:33
  • 10:48 AM

    Irish Suite for Strings

    Arthur Duff

    Silver Apples of the Moon

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    10:06
  • 10:26 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 17

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Aldo Ciccolini, piano

    20:38
  • 10:19 AM

    Serenade No. 2

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Works for Violin and Orchestra

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Pekka Kuusisto, conductor

    Pekka Kuusisto, violin

    6:05
  • 10:07 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Alessandro Marcello

    Albinoni, Cimarosa, Marcello, Sammartini, Lotti: Oboe Concertos

    I Musici

    Heinz Holliger, oboe

    11:35
  • 10:01 AM

    Irish Roots Medley

    Traditional

    Modern Mandolin Quartet

    4:42
  • 9:45 AM

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    12:38
  • 9:30 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 11

    Giovanni Punto

    Telemann: Horn Concerto, Etc.

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Barry Tuckwell, horn

    14:21
  • 9:20 AM

    Euryanthe Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    German Overtures

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    8:31
  • 9:06 AM

    Indian Queen: selections

    Henry Purcell

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    12:40
  • 9:01 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Entry of the Fairies

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    4:49
  • 8:35 AM

    Symphony No. 61

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    22:51
  • 8:20 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Max Bruch

    Bruch: Orchestral Works

    Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra

    George Hanson, conductor

    15:03
  • 8:06 AM

    Oboe Concerto No. 2

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Baroque Oboe Concertos

    Guildhall Strings

    Malcolm Messiter, oboe

    12:25
  • 8:01 AM

    Dance of the Shepherd Girl

    Hugo Alfven

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra: Portrait

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    4:15
  • 7:28 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2 "La Campanella"

    Niccolo Paganini

    Paganini: Violin Concertos

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    Ilya Grubert, violin

    30:20
  • 7:23 AM

    Village Scenes: Pastorale

    Emile Sauret

    Michi Wiancko, violin

    Dina Vainshtein, piano

    4:20
  • 7:01 AM

    Harp Concerto

    Francois Boieldieu

    Harp Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Marisa Robles, harp

    20:15
  • 6:43 AM

    English Suite No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

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

    Anne-Marie McDermott, piano

    15:05
  • 6:22 AM

    November Woods

    Arnold Bax

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    20:27
  • 6:01 AM

    Oboe Concerto No. 4

    Ludwig Lebrun

    Radio Chamber Orchestra

    Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor

    Bart Schneemann, oboe

    18:57
  • 5:23 AM

    Symphonic Dances

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    35:33
  • 5:17 AM

    Homage to Paradise Valley: Roho, Pumzika Kwa Amani (Spirits, Rest Peacefully)

    Jeff Scott

    Akropolis Reed Quintet

    4:45
  • 5:01 AM

    Divertimento No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Divertimenti KN 113, 137 & 251

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    14:42