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  • 4:44 AM

    Guitar Sonata No. 1

    Celil Refik Kaya

    Bokyung Byun, guitar

    14:07
  • 4:24 AM

    Variations on a Rococo Theme

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Russian Federal Orchestra

    Vakhtang Jordania, conductor

    Dong-oo Lee, cello

    19:18
  • 4:07 AM

    In the Tatra Mountains

    Vitezslav Novak

    Novak, V.: In the Tatra Mountains; Lady Godiva; Eternal Longing

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    16:21
  • 4:01 AM

    Pecheurs de Nuit

    Cecile Chaminade

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    4:33
  • 3:53 AM

    Ludus pro Patria: Night and Love

    Augusta Holmes

    Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers

    National Orchestra of Metz Grand Est

    David Reiland, conductor

    5:41
  • 3:15 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    36:38
  • 3:07 AM

    Rondo a Capriccio (Rage Over a Lost Penny)

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Alice Sara Ott: Beethoven Piano Sonatas

    Alice Sara Ott, piano

    6:20
  • 3:01 AM

    Dowland in Armenia

    Loris Chobanian

    William Kanengiser, guitar

    4:50
  • 2:41 AM

    Concertino for Oboe and Strings

    Brenno Blauth

    Camerata Bariloche

    Andres Spiller, oboe

    17:11
  • 2:20 AM

    Symphony No. 35 "Haffner"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies 34, 35, 39

    London Mozart Players

    Jane Glover, conductor

    20:07
  • 2:07 AM

    Sentimental Story

    Charlotte Sohy

    National Orchestra of Avignon-Provence

    Debora Waldman, conductor

    11:24
  • 2:01 AM

    Prelude No. 25

    Frederic Chopin

    Yundi Li, piano

    4:31
  • 1:51 AM

    A Fugal Concerto

    Gustav Holst

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Kathryn Greenbank, oboe

    Julia Bogorad-Kogan, flute

    7:22
  • 1:35 AM

    Les Preludes

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Symphonic Poems

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    15:00
  • 1:32 AM

    2 Pieces for piano 6 hands: Valse

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    Alexander Melnikov, piano

    Aleksandar Madzar, piano

    1:17
  • 1:07 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 1

    Bohuslav Martinu

    Concert Recording

    Antwerp Symphony Orchestra

    Elim Chan, conductor

    Sol Gabetta, cello

    24:47
  • 1:01 AM

    Etude No. 8

    Giulio Regondi

    Music to My Ears: A Collection of Music for Children of All Ages

    David Starobin, guitar

    4:49
  • 12:47 AM

    A Children's Overture

    Roger Quilter

    Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    11:08
  • 11:34 PM

    Arpeggione Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    24:30
  • 11:26 PM

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Bela Bartok

    Bartok: Romanian Folk-Dances, Kodaly: Galanta Dances, Marosszek Dances

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    6:07
  • 11:13 PM

    Carmen Fantasy

    Franz Waxman

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    10:59
  • 11:06 PM

    Ruler of the Spirits: Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Overtures; Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:20
  • 11:01 PM

    Lost in the Stars

    Kurt Weill

    Exiles' Cafe

    Lara Downes, piano

    4:25
  • 10:53 PM

    Suite for Strings

    Arnold Schoenberg

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    5:40
  • 10:47 PM

    From Jewish Life: Prayer

    Ernest Bloch

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    Lily Maisky, piano

    4:41
  • 10:41 PM

    From Andersen's Fairy-Tales: Barcarolle and Arabesque

    Bohuslav Martinu

    Martinu: Piano Music, Vol. 7

    Giorgio Koukl, piano

    4:38
  • 10:15 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Erich Korngold

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Kirill Karabits, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    25:33
  • 10:09 PM

    Scherzo a la Russe

    Igor Stravinsky

    A. Skrjabin Symphony No. 3

    Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Gielen, conductor

    4:01
  • 10:06 PM

    God Bless America

    Irving Berlin

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    2:02
  • 10:01 PM

    El Cid: Love Theme

    Miklos Rozsa

    Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alexander Shelley, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    4:21
  • 9:47 PM

    Scaramouche

    Darius Milhaud

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Branford Marsalis, saxophone

    11:20
  • 9:40 PM

    Schwanengesang, Book 1: Standchen (Serenade)

    Franz Schubert

    The Magic of Horowitz

    Vladimir Horowitz, piano

    5:42
  • 9:14 PM

    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Daniil Trifonov, piano

    24:49
  • 9:06 PM

    Spring in Buenos Aires (Primavera Portena)

    Astor Piazzolla

    Nashville Symphony Orchestra

    Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor

    Tianwa Yang, violin

    6:04
  • 9:01 PM

    Symphonic Metamorphosis: March

    Paul Hindemith

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    4:24
  • 8:43 PM

    Concerto for Two Violins

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Two x Four

    Curtis 20/21 Ensemble

    Vinay Parameswaran, conductor

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    15:08
  • 8:17 PM

    La Mer (The Sea)

    Claude Debussy

    Impressions Of The Sea

    Long Beach Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    25:02
  • 8:13 PM

    La Lisonjera (The Flatterer)

    Cecile Chaminade

    Eric Parkin, piano

    2:14
  • 8:06 PM

    The Kiss Overture

    Bedrich Smetana

    Little Pearls of Czech Classics

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vaclav Neumann, conductor

    6:03
  • 8:01 PM

    Prelude

    Gerald Finzi

    Music for Brass Septet, Vol. 6

    Septura

    4:38
  • 7:40 PM

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    18:07
  • 7:15 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Max Bruch

    Bruch: Scottish Fantasy and Violin Concerto No. 2

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    23:38
  • 7:11 PM

    Seven Landscapes: Sunny Glade

    Jan Freidlin

    Music for Ukraine

    Alexey Botvinov, piano

    2:05
  • 7:06 PM

    Candide: Overture

    Leonard Bernstein

    Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    4:19
  • 7:01 PM

    Troubled Water

    Margaret Bonds

    William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    4:51
  • 6:41 PM

    An American in Paris

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin: Rhapsody in Bluem An American in Paris

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    17:18
  • 6:16 PM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 2

    Carl Maria von Weber

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    Janet Hilton, clarinet

    21:56
  • 6:12 PM

    To A Red Rose

    Florence Price

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:28
  • 6:06 PM

    Eugene Onegin: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky Waltzes

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Sergiu Comissiona, conductor

    6:40
  • 6:01 PM

    Impromptu No. 3

    Frederic Chopin

    Artur Rubinstein, piano

    4:50
  • 5:48 PM

    Capriol Suite

    Peter Warlock

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    10:02
  • 5:19 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 7

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    Lambert Orkis, piano

    26:44
  • 5:12 PM

    Elizabethan Dance Suite

    Anthony Holborne

    Royal Brass: Music from the Renaissance & Baroque

    Empire Brass

    6:03
  • 5:06 PM

    Wedding Day at Troldhaugen

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Lyric Pieces

    Balasz Szokolay, piano

    5:34
  • 5:01 PM

    String Quintet No. 1: Finale

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: String Quintets, Vol. VI

    La Magnifica Comunita

    4:46
  • 4:55 PM

    The Shining: Opening

    Wendy Carlos

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:02
  • 4:51 PM

    Sleepy Hollow: End Theme

    Danny Elfman

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:47
  • 4:45 PM

    Dracula: Night Journeys

    John Williams

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    5:38
  • 4:38 PM

    The Mummy: The Sand Volcano

    Jerry Goldsmith

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:07
  • 4:27 PM

    Frankenstein Unbound: Main Titles/The Death of Elizabeth

    Carl Davis

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Nic Raine, conductor

    9:44
  • 4:20 PM

    Young Frankenstein: A Transylvanian Lullaby

    John Morris

    A History Of Horror: From Nosferatu To The Sixth Sense

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Nic Raine, conductor

    4:07
  • 4:11 PM

    Bride of Frankenstein

    Franz Waxman

    Sunset Boulevard: The Classic Film Scores Of Franz Waxman

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    7:22
  • 4:06 PM

    Poltergeist: Main Theme

    Jerry Goldsmith

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Nic Raine, conductor

    4:20
  • 4:01 PM

    Psycho: Prelude and The City

    Bernard Herrmann

    In Session: A Film Music Celebration

    Royal Scottish Orchestra

    Joel McNeely, conductor

    4:09
  • 3:50 PM

    The Nightmare Before Christmas: Suite

    Danny Elfman

    Studio Orchestra

    9:01
  • 3:49 PM

    Beetlejuice: Main Titles

    Danny Elfman

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    2:05
  • 3:44 PM

    Haunted Mansion: The Ghost Realm

    Kris Bowers

    Haunted Mansion (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

    Studio Orchestra

    3:22
  • 3:40 PM

    Ghostbusters

    Elmer Bernstein

    Royal Philharmonic Pops

    Elmer Bernstein, conductor

    2:47
  • 3:36 PM

    Unchained Melody

    Alex North

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    3:27
  • 3:24 PM

    Hamlet: The Ghost

    Patrick Doyle

    Hamlet Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    9:56
  • 3:19 PM

    Hamlet: The Ghost

    William Walton

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:15
  • 3:12 PM

    The Ghost and Mrs. Muir: Main Title and Finale

    Bernard Herrmann

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    5:01
  • 3:07 PM

    The Sixth Sense: Ghost in the House

    James Newton Howard

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

    Studio Orchestra

    Gavin Greenaway, conductor

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    3:52
  • 3:01 PM

    Corpse Bride: Into the Forest

    Danny Elfman

    Studio Orchestra

    Nick Ingman, conductor

    4:35
  • 2:40 PM

    Three Botticelli Pictures

    Ottorino Respighi

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    18:18
  • 2:27 PM

    Castillo Interior

    Peteris Vasks

    Stillpoint

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    11:40
  • 2:09 PM

    Suite in the Old Style

    Alfred Schnittke

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    15:26
  • 2:06 PM

    Louise Pellerin, oboe

    Dom Andre Laberge, organ

    2:34
  • 1:48 PM

    Concerto for Two Violins

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concertos For Two Violins

    Venice Baroque Orchestra

    Andrea Marcon, conductor

    Viktoria Mullova, violin

    10:23
  • 1:28 PM

    Faust Ballet Music

    Charles Gounod

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:20
  • 1:14 PM

    Quintettino "La musica notturna di Madrid"

    Luigi Boccherini

    Quinteto Boccherini

    13:10
  • 1:06 PM

    O Magnum Mysterium (O Great Mystery)

    Morten Lauridsen

    Lauridsen: O Magnum Mysterium

    Chamber Choir of Europe

    Nicol Matt, conductor

    6:52
  • 1:01 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: 2nd movement

    Edward MacDowell

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Walter Hendl, conductor

    Van Cliburn, piano

    4:45
  • 12:49 PM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphony No. 3, etc.

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    8:57
  • 12:13 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphony No. 2, etc.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    34:47
  • 12:06 PM

    Rhapsody

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Piano Pieces Opp. 116-119

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    5:02
  • 12:01 PM

    Julian Bream, guitar

    John Williams, guitar

    4:42
  • 11:47 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 37

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    11:27
  • 11:45 AM

    Contrafacta Hungarica: Saltarello

    Ferenc Farkas

    Montreal Winds

    Jacques Lacombe, conductor

    1:02
  • 11:33 AM

    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
  • 11:19 AM

    Ma vlast (My Country): From Bohemia's Woods and Fields

    Bedrich Smetana

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    12:30
  • 11:07 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    L'Art de Maurice Andre

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Maurice Andre, trumpet

    12:11
  • 11:01 AM

    Prelude on an Old Folk Tune

    Amy Beach

    Joanne Polk, piano

    4:36
  • 10:46 AM

    Norwegian Dances Nos. 2-4

    Edvard Grieg

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    11:40
  • 10:24 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    21:05
  • 10:15 AM

    Humoresque-Bagatelles

    Carl Nielsen

    Per Flemstrom, flute

    Mats Bergstrom, guitar

    6:52
  • 10:06 AM

    La Belle Helene (Beautiful Helene): Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    8:40
  • 10:01 AM

    Two German Dances

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Piano Music for Four Hands, Vol IV

    Yaara Tal, piano

    4:39
  • 9:41 AM

    Simple Symphony

    Benjamin Britten

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    17:43
  • 9:29 AM

    Scintillation

    Carlos Salzedo

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    9:44
  • 9:20 AM

    Serenade No. 2: 1st movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    7:43
  • 9:06 AM

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    13:03
  • 9:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 4: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Dover Quartet

    4:39
  • 8:58 AM

    Prelude No. 10

    Frederic Chopin

    The Complete Chopin Preludes

    Yundi Li, piano

    :24
  • 8:49 AM

    Heroes Symphony: Sons of the Silent Age

    Philip Glass

    American Composers Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    8:20
  • 8:33 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain"

    Alan Hovhaness

    Into the Light: Symphonic Expressions of the Spirit

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    16:04
  • 8:12 AM

    Cello Suite No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Cello Suites 1-6

    Peter Bruns, cello

    19:46
  • 8:01 AM

    Quiet City

    Aaron Copland

    University of Kansas Wind Ensemble

    Paul Popiel, conductor

    Margaret Marco, English horn

    Steve Leisring, trumpet

    10:10
  • 7:32 AM

    Symphony No. 39

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Symphonies 38 & 39

    Sinfonia Varsovia

    Yehudi Menuhin, conductor

    25:54
  • 7:27 AM

    She's Like the Swallow

    Traditional English

    Mark Small, guitar

    Robert Torres, guitar

    Nancy Hair, cello

    Kathy Halvorson, oboe

    4:21
  • 7:01 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Robert Schumann

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    24:47
  • 6:43 AM

    Flute and Oboe Concerto

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Janos Rolla, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    Pierre Pierlot, oboe

    15:10
  • 6:19 AM

    Symphony No. 9: Adagio

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler: Symphony No. 9

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    23:22
  • 6:01 AM

    Concerto for 2 Orchestras No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, Concerti a due cori

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    16:01
  • 5:19 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 3 in G; Cappriccio italien; Marche slave; Gopak from 'Mazeppa'

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    38:33
  • 5:15 AM

    Dorothea von Albrecht, cello

    Martin Munch, piano

    3:27
  • 5:01 AM

    From Italy (Aus Italien): On the Beach at Sorrento

    Richard Strauss

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    12:34