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  • 4:48 AM

    Miniature Suite

    Poldowski

    Sylvan Winds

    10:28
  • 4:11 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Sinfonia semplice"

    Carl Nielsen

    Carl Nielsen: The Symphonies

    Danish National Symphony Orchestra

    Fabio Luisi, conductor

    35:43
  • 4:06 AM

    Dromte mig en drom

    Traditional Danish

    Danish String Quartet

    3:45
  • 4:01 AM

    Lyrical Serenade

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Miniatures

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    4:42
  • 3:52 AM

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    6:41
  • 3:33 AM

    Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp

    Claude Debussy

    Myriad Trio

    17:08
  • 3:18 AM

    Rounds

    Jessie Montgomery

    Stillpoint

    A Far Cry Orchestra

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    14:19
  • 3:13 AM

    Peace

    Jasmine Barnes

    Rising

    Lawrence Brownlee, tenor

    3:15
  • 3:06 AM

    Romance of the Prairie Lilies

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    6:33
  • 3:01 AM

    Lute Suite No. 4: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    4:37
  • 2:45 AM

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    12:59
  • 2:29 AM

    Warmth from Other Suns

    Carlos Simon

    Ivalas Quartet

    14:31
  • 2:22 AM

    Agnus Dei

    Samuel Barber

    Accentus Chamber Choir

    Laurence Equilbey, conductor

    7:08
  • 2:07 AM

    Noble and Sentimental Waltzes

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloe; Valses Nobles et Sentimentales

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    13:40
  • 2:01 AM

    Konstanze Eickhorst, piano

    4:51
  • 1:49 AM

    Wind Quintet

    Grazyna Bacewicz

    Cracow Golden Quintet

    9:17
  • 1:14 AM

    Symphony No. 5

    Jean Sibelius

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    33:35
  • 1:06 AM

    L'Isle joyeuse (Joyous Isle)

    Claude Debussy

    A Debussy Collection

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    5:51
  • 1:01 AM

    Poem

    Zdenek Fibich

    Small Czech Musical Gems

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Vaclav Smetacek, conductor

    4:48
  • 12:49 AM

    A Winter Idyll

    Gustav Holst

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    8:59
  • 12:21 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 23

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

    Leon Fleisher, conductor

    Leon Fleisher, piano

    26:34
  • 12:18 AM

    Angelic Dance

    Stephen Hough

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    Stephen Hough, piano

    1:31
  • 12:06 AM

    Variations on a Swedish Air

    Bernhard Crusell

    Ostgota Symphonic Wind Ensemble

    Arie van Beek, conductor

    Martin Frost, clarinet

    11:11
  • 12:01 AM

    From Olden Times: Gigue

    Johan Halvorsen

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Ari Rasilainen, conductor

    4:35
  • 11:49 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique": 4th movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    9:09
  • 11:25 PM

    Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spake Zarathustra)

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Mahler: Totenfeier

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    33:12
  • 11:19 PM

    Der Erlkonig (The Elf King)

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Lieder

    Matthias Goerne, baritone

    4:06
  • 11:09 PM

    Skating

    Vince Guaraldi

    Christmas On Copper Street

    Copper Street Brass Quintet

    4:28
  • 10:30 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Niccolo Paganini

    Paganini, Spohr: Violin Concertos

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    37:37
  • 10:26 PM

    March of the Trolls

    Edvard Grieg

    Albeniz, Piazzolla, Weill, Grieg, Mozart, Koetsier, Bizet

    tenThing

    3:35
  • 10:09 PM

    The Accursed Huntsman

    Cesar Franck

    Franck: Symphony; Symphonic Variations etc.

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    15:21
  • 10:06 PM

    The Typewriter

    Leroy Anderson

    ANDERSON, L.: Orchestral Music, Vol. 3 - Sleigh Ride / The Typewriter / Plink, Plank, Plunk! / The Syncopated Clock

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Alasdair Malloy, typewriter

    1:38
  • 9:42 PM

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    22:22
  • 9:35 PM

    Seasons: Autumn

    Dominick Argento

    Seasons: Choral Works of Dominick Argento and Vincent Persichetti

    Minnesota Beethoven Festival Chorale

    Dale Warland, conductor

    4:17
  • 9:25 PM

    Bright Blue Music

    Michael Torke

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    9:05
  • 9:09 PM

    Paul Schoenfield, piano

    Young-Nam Kim, violin

    Peter Howard, cello

    14:40
  • 9:04 PM

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Mark O'Connor, violin

    Edgar Meyer, double bass

    4:00
  • 8:56 PM

    Mulan: Reflection

    Jerry Goldsmith

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Robert Ziegler, conductor

    Lang Lang, piano

    Guo Gan, erhu

    4:14
  • 8:46 PM

    Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Viennese Summerfest!

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    9:48
  • 8:41 PM

    Young Frankenstein: A Transylvanian Lullaby

    John Morris

    Devil's Dance

    Gil Shaham, violin

    3:51
  • 8:30 PM

    Water Music Suite No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Water Music

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    9:30
  • 8:19 PM

    Danse Macabre

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Fantasia

    Yuja Wang, piano

    7:45
  • 8:10 PM

    Four Seasons: Winter

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Il Cimento Dell'Armonia e Dell'Inventione

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Nicholas Kraemer, conductor

    Monica Huggett, violin

    7:55
  • 8:00 PM

    Toccata and Fugue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Works for Organ and Harpsichord

    Ton Koopman, organ

    7:58
  • 5:41 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 14

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    17:47
  • 5:20 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 2

    Richard Strauss

    Martin Owen plays Strauss, Schumann, and Weber

    BBC Philharmonic

    John Wilson, conductor

    Martin Owen, horn

    19:00
  • 5:16 PM

    Musical Jewellery Box

    Stephen Hough

    Stephen Hough, piano

    2:57
  • 5:06 PM

    Concert Waltz No. 1

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glasunow: Symphony No 2, Etc / Jarvi, Bamberg So

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:36
  • 5:01 PM

    Dance of the Orange Blossoms

    Eric Coates

    Coates: Four Centuries

    East of England Orchestra

    Malcolm Nabarro, conductor

    4:32
  • 4:53 PM

    Serenade

    Roman Hoffstetter

    Promenade Concert

    I Solisti Italiani

    5:29
  • 4:22 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring"

    Robert Schumann

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    29:23
  • 4:18 PM

    Mrs. Judge's Jig/Hornpipe

    Turlough O'Carolan/Henry Purcell

    And So Flows the River

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    2:03
  • 4:06 PM

    Symphonic Dances: 1st movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Utah Symphony Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    11:30
  • 4:01 PM

    Startin' Sumthin'

    Jeff Scott

    Startin' Sumthin'

    Imani Winds

    4:50
  • 3:43 PM

    The Merchant of Venice Overture

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO, M.: Shakespeare Overtures, Vol. 2

    West Australian Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Penny, conductor

    15:00
  • 3:41 PM

    That Certain Feeling

    George Gershwin

    Original Works and Transcriptions for Solo Piano

    Sara Davis Buechner, piano

    2:07
  • 3:20 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 2

    Ottorino Respighi

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    18:50
  • 3:11 PM

    Impressions from the Countryside: Village Dance

    Zdenek Fibich

    Czech National Symphony Orchestra

    Marek Stilec, conductor

    7:46
  • 3:06 PM

    Concerto alla rustica (Rustic Concerto)

    Antonio Vivaldi

    The Italian Job

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    4:10
  • 3:01 PM

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    4:46
  • 2:55 PM

    Euphonic Sounds

    Scott Joplin

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:16
  • 2:45 PM

    Suite for Strings

    Joan Trimble

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    13:22
  • 2:41 PM

    Wind Quintet

    Anton Reicha

    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

    14:06
  • 2:09 PM

    Serenade No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Concert Recording

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    31:09
  • 2:00 PM

    Ave Maria

    Franz Biebl

    Our Heart's Joy: A Chanticleer Christmas

    Chanticleer

    7:31
  • 1:54 PM

    Panamanian Dances: Punto

    William Grant Still

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    3:53
  • 1:51 PM

    Panamanian Dances: Cumbia y Congo

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    2:59
  • 1:49 PM

    Panamanian Dances: Mejorana y Socavon

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    2:10
  • 1:34 PM

    Hussite Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

    Zdenek Macal, conductor

    13:25
  • 1:30 PM

    Suite for Violin and String Orchestra: Tarentelle

    Laura Netzel

    Musica Vitae

    Malin Broman, conductor

    Malin Broman, violin

    2:40
  • 1:23 PM

    Theme and Variations

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Capriccios

    Capriccio Quartet

    6:06
  • 1:23 PM

    Panamanian Dances

    William Grant Still

    Berlin Symphony Orchestra

    Isaiah Jackson, conductor

    14:00
  • 1:19 PM

    Get Out: Chris and Rose (Love Theme)

    Michael Abels

    Summerland: Music for Piano and Cello by Composers of African Descent

    Duo Dolce

    2:37
  • 1:09 PM

    Concerto for Two Violas

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Georg Philipp Telemann: Viola Concertos

    Academy for Ancient Music Berlin

    Bernhard Forck, conductor

    Antoine Tamestit, viola

    5:59
  • 1:04 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 2: 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Transfigured Night

    Trondheim Soloists

    Alisa Weilerstein, cello

    4:15
  • 12:51 PM

    Rodeo: Buckaroo Holiday

    Aaron Copland

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    7:35
  • 12:46 PM

    Tessa Lark, violin

    Michael Thurber, double bass

    3:37
  • 12:43 PM

    Three Madrigals: Sigh No More

    Emma Lou Diemer

    Seasons Of Love

    Choral Arts Ensemble

    Michael Culloton, conductor

    1:21
  • 12:32 PM

    The Winter's Tale

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    A Swedish Pastorale

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor

    10:28
  • 12:18 PM

    St. Paul's Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Music Through the Night

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    12:33
  • 12:15 PM

    Flight of the Bumblebee

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Itzhak Perlman's Greatest Hits

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    1:18
  • 12:11 PM

    Peer Gynt: Anitra's Dance

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Peer Gynt

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    3:21
  • 12:04 PM

    The Days (I giorni)

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Ludovico Einaudi: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    5:44
  • 11:51 AM

    Egmont Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Overtures

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    7:37
  • 11:47 AM

    Little Concert Suite: Tarantelle Fretillante

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    2:39
  • 11:30 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Trumpet Concerto; Horn Concerto No. 1

    Cologne Chamber Orchestra

    Helmut Muller-Bruhl, conductor

    Dmitri Babanov, horn

    15:48
  • 11:15 AM

    Suite for Strings

    Joan Trimble

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    13:22
  • 11:10 AM

    Koanga: La Calinda

    Frederick Delius

    Delius Miniatures

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:06
  • 11:04 AM

    Consolation No. 3

    Franz Liszt

    Jeffrey Biegel, piano

    4:44
  • 10:43 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Hans Gal

    Symphony Nova Scotia

    Georg Tintner, conductor

    15:11
  • 10:23 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Morning"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    18:07
  • 10:21 AM

    Blue Bird: Star Dance

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Humperdinck: Fairy-Tale Music

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    2:05
  • 10:16 AM

    Here, There and Everywhere

    John Lennon/Paul McCartney

    Here, There and Everywhere: Goran Sollscher Plays The Beatles

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    3:13
  • 10:06 AM

    Four Seasons: Autumn

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi's Greatest Hits

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    John Corigliano, violin

    9:26
  • 10:01 AM

    Dreaming

    Amy Beach

    Anna Shelest, piano

    4:43
  • 9:45 AM

    Japanese Folk Song Suite No. 2

    Hajime Komatsu

    Kontras Quartet

    13:01
  • 9:18 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mito Chamber Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    Shigenori Kudo, flute

    25:07
  • 9:13 AM

    My Neighbor Totoro: My Neighbor Totoro

    Joe Hisaishi

    A Symphonic Celebration: Music from the Studio Ghibli films of Hayao Miyazaki

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Joe Hisaishi, conductor

    3:58
  • 9:06 AM

    Pavane Couleur du temps

    Frank Martin

    Debussy, Martin, Caplet, Pierne, Jongen

    Oxalys

    6:20
  • 9:01 AM

    I'll make music

    Karl Jenkins

    Karl Jenkins: Motets

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    4:33
  • 8:24 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    34:20
  • 8:18 AM

    Aria and Dance

    Arno Babajanian

    Aznavoorian Duo

    5:36
  • 8:01 AM

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Fawzi Haimor, conductor

    15:03
  • 7:53 AM

    Fado

    Eduardo Burnay

    Poetic Scenes: Works for Piano

    Vasco Dantas, piano

    4:53
  • 7:17 AM

    Mediterranean Concerto

    John McLaughlin

    John McLaughlin: The Mediterranean Concerto

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    John McLaughlin, guitar

    36:07
  • 7:01 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 2

    Germaine Tailleferre

    Franco Mezzena, violin

    Bruno Mezzena, piano

    14:08
  • 6:36 AM

    Concerto After Handel

    Arnold Schoenberg

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Jean-Louis LeRoux, conductor

    22:42
  • 6:28 AM

    Three Bach Transcriptions: Aria

    Richard Danielpour

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    6:26
  • 6:01 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Charles Gounod

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    25:33
  • 5:40 AM

    Fantasy Variations

    Ulysses Kay

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Arthur Fagen, conductor

    17:55
  • 5:15 AM

    Four Tone Poems after Arnold Bocklin

    Max Reger

    Pictures at a Gallery

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    24:58
  • 5:01 AM

    Prelude, Allegro and Pastorale

    Rebecca Clarke

    Julian Farrell, clarinet

    Michael Ponder, viola

    11:54