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  • 4:39 AM

    Otello: Ballet Music

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    19:30
  • 4:18 AM

    Three Botticelli Pictures

    Ottorino Respighi

    Long Beach Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    19:04
  • 4:06 AM

    Sierra Winds

    (Selected members), conductor

    11:13
  • 4:01 AM

    English Suite: Prelude and Round Dance

    John Duarte

    Stein-Erik Olsen, guitar

    4:46
  • 3:48 AM

    Souvenir of a Beloved Place: Meditation

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Lyricism

    Catherine Manoukian, violin

    10:19
  • 3:14 AM

    Piano Concerto

    George Gershwin

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Justin Brown, conductor

    Anne-Marie McDermott, piano

    32:25
  • 3:09 AM

    Canon

    Alexander Scriabin

    Donald Fraser: Songs for Strings

    English Symphony Orchetra

    Donald Fraser, conductor

    2:54
  • 3:06 AM

    Canzon per sonare No. 1 "La Spiritata"

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Royal Academy of Music Brass

    2:46
  • 3:01 AM

    Dreams of Love No. 3 (Liebestraum)

    Franz Liszt

    Yundi Li, piano

    4:31
  • 2:48 AM

    Havanaise

    Camille Saint-Saens

    María Dueñas - Beethoven and Beyond

    Vienna Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    Maria Duenas, violin

    10:21
  • 2:24 AM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 1

    Bernhard Crusell

    Crusell: Clarinet Concertos

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Alan Francis, conductor

    Thea King, clarinet

    22:39
  • 2:17 AM

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

    Maurice Ravel

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    6:44
  • 2:11 AM

    L'elisir d'amore: Una furtiva lagrima

    Gaetano Donizetti

    Italian Opera Arias

    Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Marcello Viotti, conductor

    Rolando Villazon, tenor

    4:27
  • 2:06 AM

    Spanish Dance No. 5 "Andaluza"

    Enrique Granados

    Granados: Spanish Dances

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    3:47
  • 2:01 AM

    Angela's Ashes: Angela's Prayer

    John Williams

    Angela's Ashes (Music From The Motion Picture)

    Studio Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:47
  • 1:50 AM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    100 Best Classics

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Berglund, conductor

    8:00
  • 1:18 AM

    Symphony No. 5

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    30:31
  • 1:06 AM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concertos For Guitar And Strings

    I Musici

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    8:23
  • 1:01 AM

    The English Patient: Convento di Sant'Anna

    Gabriel Yared

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    4:41
  • 12:48 AM

    A Shropshire Lad

    George Butterworth

    Butterworth Parry Bridge

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    10:18
  • 12:15 AM

    Sinfonia Concertante

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante K 364, Concertone K 190

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    Vladimir Spivakov, violin

    31:49
  • 12:10 AM

    The Lark

    Clement Janequin

    Renaissance Winds

    Ensemble Doulce Memoire

    2:18
  • 12:06 AM

    A Reverie

    Alfred Hill

    Alfred Hill: Symphonies Nos. 5 and 10

    Queensland Symphony Orchestra

    Wilfred Lehmann, conductor

    3:33
  • 12:01 AM

    I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Capulets and Montagues): Sinfonia

    Vincenzo Bellini

    Orchestra of St. Cecilia

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    4:40
  • 11:49 PM

    Schwanda the Bagpiper: Polka and Fugue

    Jaromir Weinberger

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    8:26
  • 11:36 PM

    Seattle Baroque Orchestra

    Stephen Stubbs, conductor

    Maxine Eilander, harp

    12:00
  • 11:32 PM

    Estampes: Jardins sous la pluie (Gardens in the Rain)

    Claude Debussy

    Stephen Hough, piano

    3:30
  • 11:12 PM

    The Birds

    Ottorino Respighi

    Classical Zoo

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Louis Lane, conductor

    18:24
  • 11:06 PM

    Suite for Flute and Oboe

    Ulysses Kay

    New York Flute Club

    Members of...

    5:25
  • 11:01 PM

    Minuet No. 1

    Giacomo Puccini

    Orchestra of the Auvergne

    Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    4:38
  • 10:42 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 10

    Francois Devienne

    Devienne: 14 Concertos pour flute

    Munich Chamber Orchestra

    Hans Stadlmair, conductor

    Andras Adorjan, flute

    16:20
  • 10:30 PM

    Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto; Saint-Saens: Havanaise

    New York Chamber Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    10:40
  • 10:22 PM

    Nabucco: Overture

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    7:15
  • 10:10 PM

    English Suite

    Paul Lewis

    Northern Sinfonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    10:04
  • 10:06 PM

    Mock Morris

    Percy Grainger

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Kenneth Montgomery, conductor

    3:29
  • 10:01 PM

    Choro de Saudade

    Agustin Barrios

    David Russell, guitar

    4:49
  • 9:54 PM

    The Royal Palaces Suite: The Ballroom in Buckingham Palace

    Arthur Bliss

    Bliss: Film Music

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    4:00
  • 9:49 PM

    Lakme: Flower Duet

    Leo Delibes

    The Opera Album

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    Natalie Dessay, soprano

    4:49
  • 9:30 PM

    Scenes from Childhood

    Robert Schumann

    For Children

    Helen Huang, piano

    17:35
  • 9:24 PM

    Flute Concerto: Rondo

    Johann Vanhal

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Bruno Meier, flute

    4:28
  • 9:13 PM

    String Symphony No. 5

    Felix Mendelssohn

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    10:35
  • 9:06 PM

    Festival March

    Antonin Dvorak

    Rochester Philharmonic

    David Zinman, conductor

    5:39
  • 9:03 PM

    Alessio Bax, piano

    2:37
  • 8:47 PM

    A Spring Garland

    Armstrong Gibbs

    Guildhall Strings

    Robert Salter, conductor

    11:13
  • 8:26 PM

    An American in Paris

    George Gershwin

    Music of the Americas

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Andres Orozco-Estrada, conductor

    19:51
  • 8:18 PM

    French Suite No. 4: Gavotte; Air; Menuet; Gigue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: The French Suites

    Peter Hill, piano

    6:42
  • 8:12 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2 "Characteristic": Dance

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Suites Nos. 1 And 2

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    4:16
  • 8:06 PM

    Ave Maria

    Franz Schubert

    Grieg: Lyric Pieces

    Maxim Vengerov, violin

    5:51
  • 8:01 PM

    Suite Piedra libre: La Mancha

    Denis Plante

    Pentaedre

    4:51
  • 7:48 PM

    Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Day Concert 1991

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    10:38
  • 5:52 PM

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    6:29
  • 5:28 PM

    Aranjuez Concerto

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Miguel Gomez Martinez, conductor

    Eduardo Fernandez, guitar

    22:17
  • 5:25 PM

    Evening Prelude (Preludio en la noche)

    Ernesto Lecuona

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    2:32
  • 5:17 PM

    Petite Suite: Finale

    Alexander Borodin

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    6:11
  • 5:06 PM

    Concerto for Violin and Oboe

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concerti per Mandolini

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    10:16
  • 5:01 PM

    Dance of the Flowers

    Amy Beach

    Joanne Polk, piano

    4:41
  • 4:45 PM

    Leonore Overture No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    13:09
  • 4:21 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra

    Dennis Burkh, conductor

    Elizabeth Rich, piano

    22:31
  • 4:14 PM

    Lipman Harp Duo

    Sayo Lipman, harp

    6:45
  • 4:06 PM

    Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1

    Edward Elgar

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yehudi Menuhin, conductor

    5:51
  • 4:01 PM

    Youthful Suite: English Waltz

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger: "Dished Up for Piano" Volume One

    Martin Jones, piano

    4:46
  • 3:49 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    9:05
  • 3:26 PM

    Symphonic Variations

    Antonin Dvorak

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    21:25
  • 3:21 PM

    La Cinquantiane (The Golden Wedding)

    Gabriel Marie

    Children's Cello

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    3:32
  • 3:06 PM

    Plow That Broke the Plains Suite

    Virgil Thomson

    Symphony of the Air

    Leopold Stokowski, conductor

    13:58
  • 3:01 PM

    They Can't Take That Away from Me

    George Gershwin

    Katie Mahan, piano

    4:37
  • 2:44 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Generations

    Berlin Baroque Soloists

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe d'amore

    13:55
  • 2:38 PM

    Der Rosenkavalier: Suite

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Don Juan; Death and Transfiguration; Dance of the Seven Veils; Rosenkavelier Suite

    New York Philharmonic

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    19:49
  • 2:32 PM

    Six Variations on La Folia

    Mauro Giuliani

    The Essential Giuliani, Vol. 1

    Richard Savino, guitar

    5:06
  • 2:26 PM

    Berceuse (Lullaby)

    Frederic Chopin

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    4:50
  • 2:05 PM

    Petite Symphony

    Charles Gounod

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    20:00
  • 2:00 PM

    Carmen: Entrance of the Toreadors

    Georges Bizet

    Dies Irae: The Essential Choral Collection

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    3:52
  • 1:55 PM

    English Dances: First Set

    Malcolm Arnold

    Arnold for Band

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    9:30
  • 1:53 PM

    The Fog is Lifting

    Carl Nielsen

    James Galway Plays Nielsen

    James Galway, flute

    2:06
  • 1:49 PM

    Preludes, Book 2: Brouillards (Mists)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Preludes

    Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano

    2:28
  • 1:37 PM

    Four Seasons: Winter

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Trondheim Soloists

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    10:10
  • 1:32 PM

    Othello Suite: Children's Intermezzo

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Fawzi Haimor, conductor

    3:52
  • 1:23 PM

    Athalia: Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Edward Gardner, conductor

    8:00
  • 1:19 PM

    Six Etudes for Piano Left Hand Alone: No. 4 "Bourree"

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Piers Lane, piano

    3:40
  • 1:08 PM

    An Italian Straw Hat: Opening - Horse Duet

    Michael Torke

    National Ballet of Canada Orchestra

    Ormsby Wilkins, conductor

    6:34
  • 1:04 PM

    Green Garters

    John Johnson

    Baltimore Consort

    2:40
  • 12:46 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique": 3rd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    9:52
  • 12:42 PM

    Harvest Dance Suite

    Ilmari Hannikainen

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    14:34
  • 12:36 PM

    Cinema Paradiso: Love Theme

    Ennio Morricone

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Nikoloz Rachveli, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    Maximilian Hornung, cello

    4:20
  • 12:33 PM

    Gymnopedie No. 1

    Erik Satie

    Emotions

    Paris Chamber Orchestra

    Adrien Perruchon, conductor

    Gautier Capucon, cello

    2:51
  • 12:32 PM

    Minuet on the Name of Haydn

    Maurice Ravel

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    1:46
  • 12:25 PM

    Concerto No. 9

    Lorenzo Zavateri

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

    Gottfried von der Goltz, conductor

    5:20
  • 12:22 PM

    Scherzo-Valse

    Cecile Chaminade

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    2:49
  • 12:17 PM

    Schwanengesang, Book 1: Standchen (Serenade)

    Franz Schubert

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    James MacMillan, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    4:08
  • 12:08 PM

    The Royal Children: Overture

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Humperdinck: Fairy-Tale Music

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    7:49
  • 12:04 PM

    Ballet de Cour: Rigaudon

    Gabriel Pierne

    Prisms

    Chamber Music Palm Beach

    2:47
  • 11:46 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 22: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos Vol 1

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Christian Zacharias, conductor

    Christian Zacharias, piano

    13:15
  • 11:37 AM

    Mignon: Overture

    Ambroise Thomas

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    8:06
  • 11:30 AM

    Sonata No. 12

    Henry Purcell

    Pavlo Beznosiuk, violin

    Rachel Podger, violin

    Christophe Coin, cello

    Christopher Hogwood, organ

    5:17
  • 11:20 AM

    In Ireland Fantasy

    Hamilton Harty

    Harty: John Field; Water Music Suites

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    9:13
  • 11:15 AM

    Joyous March

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Yael Weiss, piano

    4:16
  • 11:15 AM

    Miniatures for Small Orchestra

    Roque Cordero

    African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. II

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    11:43
  • 11:08 AM

    Concerto for Strings

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Venice Baroque Orchestra

    Andrea Marcon, conductor

    6:00
  • 11:04 AM

    Preludes, Book 1: La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair)

    Claude Debussy

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    James Galway, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    Marisa Robles, harp

    2:23
  • 10:44 AM

    String Quartet No. 8

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Quartetto Italiano

    14:43
  • 10:32 AM

    Little Serenade

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Lars-Erik Larsson: Music for String Orchestra

    Orebro Chamber Orchestra

    Goran Nilson, conductor

    10:29
  • 10:28 AM

    Berceuse (Lullaby)

    Lucien Durosoir

    Violin Lullabies / Rachel Barton Pine

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    2:53
  • 10:15 AM

    Variations

    Mauro Giuliani

    Raphaella Smits, guitar

    11:33
  • 10:06 AM

    A Fugal Concerto

    Gustav Holst

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Duke Dobing, flute

    Christopher Hooker, oboe

    8:25
  • 10:01 AM

    Garden of Roses (Il giardino di rose): Sinfonia

    Alessandro Scarlatti

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    4:42
  • 9:38 AM

    Sleeping Beauty Ballet Suite

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    19:56
  • 9:19 AM

    Songs of the Roses

    Morten Lauridsen

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    17:12
  • 9:14 AM

    Beautiful, Wonderful Eyes

    Charlie Chaplin

    Chaplin's Smile: Song Arrangements for Violin and Piano

    Philippe Quint, violin

    3:34
  • 9:06 AM

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits

    Christoph Gluck

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Barthold Kuijken, flute

    7:35
  • 9:01 AM

    Sospiri (Sighs)

    Edward Elgar

    THE BRITISH PROJECT

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, conductor

    4:48
  • 8:22 AM

    Appalachian Spring

    Aaron Copland

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    36:30
  • 8:18 AM

    Getting Hitched

    The OK Factor

    The OK Factor

    3:28
  • 8:01 AM

    Dumbarton Oaks Concerto

    Igor Stravinsky

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    14:50
  • 7:45 AM

    The Day Dawn

    Sally Beamish

    Sally Beamish: The Imagined Sound of Sun on Stone

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Ola Rudner, conductor

    13:19
  • 7:41 AM

    Crystal Sky

    Ola Gjeilo

    Ola Gjeilo: Night

    Ola Gjeilo, piano

    3:42
  • 7:33 AM

    Intermezzo: Dreaming by the Fireside

    Richard Strauss

    Richard Strauss: Tone Poems

    Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marc Albrecht, conductor

    7:21
  • 7:01 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker; Serenade for Strings

    Philharmonia Hungarica

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    29:57
  • 6:33 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    25:21
  • 6:27 AM

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Douglas Bostock, conductor

    5:44
  • 6:01 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Carl Maria von Weber

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    23:35
  • 5:54 AM

    city beautiful: prairie

    Shawn E. Okpebholo

    Lincoln Trio

    4:46
  • 5:39 AM

    Umbrian Scene

    Ulysses Kay

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Arthur Fagen, conductor

    13:33
  • 5:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 13

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: G Major Op. 106 & F Major Op. 96 "American"

    Pavel Haas Quartet

    36:39