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  • 4:44 AM

    L'assedio di Corinto (Siege of Corinth): Ballet Music

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Ballet Music

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    14:13
  • 4:27 AM

    Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    THE BRITISH PROJECT

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, conductor

    15:18
  • 4:06 AM

    String Quartet

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Felix & Fanny

    Ebene Quartet

    20:21
  • 4:01 AM

    Mosaics: Scenes from Summer

    Aminollah Hossein

    East Of Melancholy

    Tara Kamangar, piano

    4:40
  • 3:49 AM

    Old Hungarian Dances

    Ferenc Farkas

    Favourite Music for Wind Quintet

    Frosunda Wind Quintet

    9:35
  • 3:16 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish"

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: The Symphonies

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    31:13
  • 3:13 AM

    Album for Children: Music Box

    Tatyana Nikolayeva

    Hiroko Ishimoto, piano

    1:17
  • 3:06 AM

    Pan's Flute: Pan and the Birds

    Jules Mouquet

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Philippe Auguin, conductor

    Manuela Wiesler, flute

    6:22
  • 3:01 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 3: Adagio

    Johannes Brahms

    Viola Bouquet

    Nobuko Imai, viola

    4:40
  • 2:37 AM

    Apocalypse

    Gian Carlo Menotti

    Menotti: Apocalypse

    Oregon Symphony

    James DePreist, conductor

    21:29
  • 2:22 AM

    Symphony

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Saint-Georges: Symphonies Concertantes, Opp. 9, 10 & Op. 11, No. 1

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    12:26
  • 2:16 AM

    Variations on L. Mason's Nearer, My God, to Thee

    Justin Holland

    Christopher Mallett, guitar

    4:05
  • 2:06 AM

    Andante festivo

    Jean Sibelius

    Live in Concert

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    Damon Gupton, conductor

    4:35
  • 2:01 AM

    Lost in the Stars

    Kurt Weill

    Lara Downes, piano

    4:25
  • 1:49 AM

    Orpheus in the Underworld: Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    9:36
  • 1:14 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Lang Lang, piano

    32:54
  • 1:10 AM

    Sweet and Low-Down

    George Gershwin

    Lark Quartet

    2:05
  • 1:06 AM

    Le Carnaval de Londres: Little March; The Tower of London; Finale

    Darius Milhaud

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    3:50
  • 1:01 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 10

    Antonin Dvorak

    Deborah Moriarty and Zhihua Tang, piano

    4:46
  • 12:52 AM

    Symphony No. 3: 4th movement

    Max Bruch

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    5:56
  • 12:20 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 3

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    Andrew Wan, violin

    30:25
  • 12:13 AM

    Rondo Brillante

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Sonatas

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    6:17
  • 12:09 AM

    Opals: White Opal

    Phillip Houghton

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:04
  • 12:06 AM

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    2:19
  • 12:01 AM

    Pygmalion: Overture

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Les Arts Florissants

    William Christie, conductor

    4:47
  • 11:52 PM

    Nocturnes: Fetes (Festivals)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Trois Nocturnes, Jeux

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    6:17
  • 11:38 PM

    On the Waterfront: Symphonic Suite

    Leonard Bernstein

    Bernstein: Chichester Psalms

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    19:20
  • 11:34 PM

    Scenes from Nigeria: Pastorale

    Samuel Akpabot

    Marcus Eley, clarinet

    Lucerne DeSa, piano

    3:31
  • 11:27 PM

    Nocturnes: Fetes (Festivals)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Trois Nocturnes, Jeux

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    6:17
  • 11:25 PM

    My bonny lass she smileth

    Thomas Morley

    Canadian Brass

    1:27
  • 11:01 PM

    Symphony No. 91

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    23:40
  • 10:50 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1-4

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    8:57
  • 10:40 PM

    Concerto Grosso

    Pietro Locatelli

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    8:32
  • 10:21 PM

    Swan Lake: Dance of the Swans

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tschaikowsky: Der Schwanensee

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    Joseph Silverstein, violin

    17:34
  • 10:09 PM

    Theme Varie

    Francis Poulenc

    Aleck Karis, piano

    11:17
  • 10:01 PM

    Fra Diavolo: Overture

    Daniel Auber

    Great Comedy Overtures

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    8:10
  • 9:56 PM

    Salon Polka

    Halfdan Kjerulf

    Einar Steen-Nokleberg, piano

    2:37
  • 9:33 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 23 "Appassionata"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas

    Yundi Li, piano

    23:04
  • 9:28 PM

    Turandot: Nessun dorma

    Giacomo Puccini

    The #1 Opera Album

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Luciano Pavarotti, tenor

    2:57
  • 9:24 PM

    Romantic Pieces: Cavatina

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends, Prague Waltzes

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    3:05
  • 9:11 PM

    Oboe Concerto

    Giuseppe Sammartini

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

    I Musici

    Heinz Holliger, oboe

    11:58
  • 9:06 PM

    Intermezzo No. 2

    Vasily Kalinnikov

    Rachmoninoff: Symphony No. 3, etc.

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:23
  • 9:03 PM

    Abduction from the Seraglio: Welche Wonne, welche Lust

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Complete Mozart Edition, Vol. 45: Rarieties and Surprises

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    2:38
  • 8:51 PM

    Epic March

    John Ireland

    Sinfonia of London

    John Wilson, conductor

    8:40
  • 8:26 PM

    Fantasy

    Josef Suk

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Michael Ludwig, violin

    23:22
  • 8:20 PM

    Fields of Flowers

    William Bolcom

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    5:45
  • 8:04 PM

    Concerto for 2 Orchestras No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Concerti a due cori

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    13:36
  • 8:00 PM

    Appalachian Spring: Variations on a Shaker Melody

    Aaron Copland

    American Salute

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    3:04
  • 5:46 PM

    Trio for Violin, Viola and Cello

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert Octet

    Chamber Players of Canada

    12:25
  • 5:16 PM

    Symphony No. 82 "The Bear"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Handel and Haydn Society

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    27:37
  • 5:13 PM

    How Fair this Spot

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    1:48
  • 5:06 PM

    Rossini on Ilkla Moor Overture

    Eric Fenby

    British Light Music Discoveries

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    6:35
  • 5:01 PM

    Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes

    Florence Price

    Catalyst Quartet

    4:45
  • 4:53 PM

    Danse (Tarantelle styrienne)

    Claude Debussy

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Alberto Zedda, conductor

    5:27
  • 4:17 PM

    Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spake Zarathustra)

    Richard Strauss

    Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    34:57
  • 4:09 PM

    Gil Shaham, violin

    Akira Eguchi, piano

    4:51
  • 4:06 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 8

    Johannes Brahms

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    2:53
  • 4:01 PM

    Prelude

    Heino Kaski

    Scandinavian Rhapsody, A Selection of Orchestral Favourites

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:41
  • 3:45 PM

    Symphony No. 3: Finale

    Aaron Copland

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    13:20
  • 3:17 PM

    String Quartet No. 12 "American"

    Antonin Dvorak

    Simon Bolivar String Quartet

    26:45
  • 3:11 PM

    Album Leaf

    Valborg Aulin

    neglected works for piano

    Bengt Forsberg, piano

    3:09
  • 3:06 PM

    Petite Suite: Caprice

    Joseph Lauber

    Joseph Lauber, 1864-1952

    Rachel Talitman, harp

    4:53
  • 3:01 PM

    Festival Coronation March for Alexander III

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:39
  • 2:51 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Romantic": Finale

    Howard Hanson

    Howard Hanson Symphonies 1, 2; Elegy in Memory of Serge Koussevitky

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    7:06
  • 2:50 PM

    Symphony No. 2, "Romantic": 2nd mvt

    Howard Hanson

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    8:00
  • 2:37 PM

    Three Romances

    Clara Schumann

    Lara Downes, piano

    12:10
  • 2:12 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, violin

    22:47
  • 2:02 PM

    Symphony: Finale

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Symphony in C; Carmen - Suites Nos 1 & 2; Jeux d'enfants - Suite; Overture: Patrie

    French National Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    8:56
  • 1:54 PM

    La Mer: Jeux des vagues

    Claude Debussy

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Raphael Fruhbeck de Burgos, conductor

    6:11
  • 1:48 PM

    High Life for Nine Instruments

    David Byrne

    David Byrne: High Life For Nine Instruments / Robert Moran: Music From The Towers Of The Moon / John Lurie: Stranger Than Paradise / Michael Torke: Chalk

    Balanescu String Quartet

    4:33
  • 1:37 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 27: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos K467 And K595

    Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    Lars Vogt, piano

    9:31
  • 1:32 PM

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

    Claude Debussy

    Stephen Hough, piano

    3:30
  • 1:24 PM

    Three Shanties

    Malcolm Arnold

    Ibert, J.: 3 Pieces Breves / Reicha, A.: Wind Quintet in E-Flat Major / Arnold, M.: 3 Shanties / Klughardt, A.F.M.: Wind Quintet

    Bergen Wind Quintet

    6:36
  • 1:19 PM

    Lute Concerto: Allegro

    Silvius Weiss

    The Galileo Project: Music of the Spheres

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Lucas Harris, lute

    4:43
  • 1:16 PM

    Witches Dance I

    Anonymous

    Folger Consort

    1:42
  • 1:08 PM

    Romeo and Juliet: Ballet Music: Danse Bohemienne

    Charles Gounod

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    4:37
  • 1:05 PM

    Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    2:30
  • 12:43 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "Great": 4th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    14:34
  • 12:40 PM

    An Elizabethan Summer

    Stephen Chatman

    This Shining Night

    Choral Arts Ensemble

    Michael Culloton, conductor

    5:32
  • 12:32 PM

    Solemn March for Shakespeare Celebration

    Bedrich Smetana

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vaclav Neumann, conductor

    6:58
  • 12:27 PM

    Serenade No. 1: Menuetto 1 and 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Residentie Orchestra of the Hague

    Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor

    3:31
  • 12:20 PM

    Fantasy-Impromptu

    Frederic Chopin

    Daniil Trifonov, piano

    5:35
  • 12:17 PM

    Porgy and Bess: Summertime

    George Gershwin

    San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    Audra McDonald, soprano

    3:00
  • 12:09 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Giuseppe Torelli

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    5:45
  • 12:04 PM

    Spanish Dance No. 5 "Andaluza"

    Enrique Granados

    Razumovsky Sinfonia

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    Norbert Kraft, guitar

    4:29
  • 11:50 AM

    La Cenerentola (Cinderella): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Favorite Overtures

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Schippers, conductor

    9:20
  • 11:41 AM

    Symphony Espanole: 5th mvt

    Eduard Lalo

    French National Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    7:22
  • 11:33 AM

    Scottish March (Marche ecossaise)

    Claude Debussy

    French National Radio and Television Orchestra

    Jean Martinon, conductor

    6:27
  • 11:28 AM

    Five Easy Pieces

    Nino Rota

    Music for My Little Friends

    James Galway, flute

    8:24
  • 11:18 AM

    Symphony

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2

    Academy for Ancient Music Berlin

    8:50
  • 11:11 AM

    Scherzo for Strings

    Horatio Parker

    American Romantics

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    5:15
  • 11:08 AM

    Xerxes: Largo

    George Frideric Handel

    Albinoni: Adagio; Pachelbel: Canon; Etc

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    3:01
  • 11:04 AM

    Our Town: Grover's Corners

    Aaron Copland

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    2:20
  • 10:48 AM

    Capriccio Brillant

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    10:37
  • 10:28 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    MOZART: Flute Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / Concerto for Flute and Harp

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Patrick Gallois, flute

    17:55
  • 10:24 AM

    American Suite: 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    3:58
  • 10:15 AM

    Abdelazar: Incidental Music

    Henry Purcell

    A Baroque Feast

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    7:02
  • 10:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 2: Nocturne

    Alexander Borodin

    From Mozart to Ravel

    Blair String Quartet

    8:35
  • 10:01 AM

    Four Preludes for Guitar

    Manuel Ponce

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 22, 24 & 45

    Victoria Drake, harp

    4:45
  • 9:46 AM

    Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsummer Vigil"

    Hugo Alfven

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    12:55
  • 9:31 AM

    Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Richard Studt, conductor

    12:18
  • 9:18 AM

    Rondo Arlecchinesco

    Ferruccio Busoni

    North German Radio Symphony

    Werner Andreas Albert, conductor

    11:38
  • 9:06 AM

    Concerto No. 7

    Pietro Locatelli

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, conductor

    11:11
  • 9:01 AM

    China Gates

    John Adams

    Nicolas Hodges, piano

    4:31
  • 8:48 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Grand Pas de Deux

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    10:12
  • 8:35 AM

    Rebel

    Jorg-Michael Schwarz, conductor

    Matthias Maute, flute

    12:45
  • 8:07 AM

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Marc Soustrot, conductor

    26:17
  • 8:01 AM

    Berceuse (Lullaby)

    Frederic Chopin

    Reverie

    Carol Rosenberger, piano

    5:02
  • 7:38 AM

    Nocturnal Dances of Don Juanquixote (Chamber Music III)

    Aulis Sallinen

    Sallinen: Violin Concerto; Don Juanquixote, etc.

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    Torleif Thedeen, cello

    20:34
  • 7:18 AM

    Guitar Concerto No. 1

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Miguel Gomez Martinez, conductor

    Eduardo Fernandez, guitar

    19:49
  • 7:01 AM

    Camerata Budapest

    Hanspeter Gmur, conductor

    14:35
  • 6:40 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Franz Liszt

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    Krystian Zimerman, piano

    18:26
  • 6:15 AM

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    Sylvia McNair, soprano

    24:14
  • 6:01 AM

    Quartet No. 2

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    11:43
  • 5:54 AM

    Dances of the Dolls: Lyric Waltz

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Lisa Batiashvili: Echoes Of Time

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    3:23
  • 5:51 AM

    Etude No. 1 "Aeolian Harp"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Chopin Recital

    Andre Watts, piano

    2:49
  • 5:01 AM

    The Bells

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Concert Recording

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus

    Andris Poga, conductor

    47:44