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  • 4:55 AM

    Transmutation

    Julie Theriault

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    3:47
  • 4:24 AM

    Piano Quintet

    Joaquin Turina

    Granados, Turina: Piano Quartets

    Quiroga Quartet

    Javier Perianes, piano

    30:45
  • 4:10 AM

    Etude for "The Haunted Palace"

    Florent Schmitt

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Georges Pretre, conductor

    12:12
  • 4:06 AM

    Dracula: In the Theatre

    Philip Glass

    Kronos Quartet

    2:50
  • 4:01 AM

    Hania Rani, piano and vocals

    Dobrawa Czocher, cello

    4:36
  • 3:51 AM

    Metamorphosis II

    Philip Glass

    Home

    Elizabeth Hainen, harp

    7:32
  • 3:30 AM

    Night Ferry

    Anna Clyne

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    20:12
  • 3:24 AM

    Whosay

    yMusic

    YMUSIC

    yMusic

    4:46
  • 3:15 AM

    Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta: Adagio

    Bela Bartok

    SWR Baden-Baden and Freiburg Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Gielen, conductor

    7:43
  • 3:10 AM

    The Da Vinci Code: Chevaliers de Sangreal

    Hans Zimmer

    Midnight Sessions at the Royal Albert Hall

    Anna Lapwood, organ

    4:04
  • 3:06 AM

    The Shining: Opening

    Wendy Carlos

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:02
  • 3:01 AM

    Suite Punta del Este: Introduction

    Astor Piazzolla

    Camerata Bariloche

    4:46
  • 2:48 AM

    Kiki-Mora

    Anatol Liadov

    The Enchanted Kingdom

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    7:07
  • 2:40 AM

    The Village: Suite

    James Newton Howard

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

    Studio Orchestra

    Gavin Greenaway, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    11:36
  • 2:23 AM

    Totentanz

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Piano Concertos 1 & 2, Totentanz

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    Krystian Zimerman, piano

    15:09
  • 2:19 AM

    Carmina Burana: O Fortuna

    Carl Orff

    Orff: Carmina Burana

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Andre Previn, conductor

    2:43
  • 2:10 AM

    Toccata and Fugue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Great Organ Works

    Virgil Fox, organ

    8:44
  • 2:06 AM

    Peer Gynt: In The Hall Of The Mountain King

    Edvard Grieg

    Peer Gynt

    San Francisco Symphony

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    2:29
  • 2:01 AM

    Steven Osborne, piano

    4:48
  • 1:48 AM

    Night on Bald Mountain

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, Night on Bald Mountain

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    10:15
  • 1:41 AM

    Psycho: Suite

    Bernard Herrmann

    Torn Curtain: The Classic Film Music Of Bernard Herrmann

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    7:24
  • 1:31 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 2: Funeral March

    Frederic Chopin

    Vida breve

    Stephen Hough, piano

    7:44
  • 1:26 AM

    Romeo and Juliet: Montagues and Capulets

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Heavy Classix

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    4:49
  • 1:21 AM

    Alan Feinberg, piano

    2:35
  • 1:07 AM

    The Accursed Huntsman

    Cesar Franck

    Mephisto and Co.

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    14:25
  • 1:01 AM

    Der Erlkonig (The Elf King)

    Franz Schubert

    Valerie Tryon, piano

    4:36
  • 12:39 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain"

    Alan Hovhaness

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    19:35
  • 12:31 AM

    Poetic Tone Pictures: The Road at Night

    Antonin Dvorak

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    5:23
  • 12:18 AM

    The Fairy Queen: Suite

    Henry Purcell

    New York Chamber Musicians

    Ilonna Pederson, conductor

    13:26
  • 12:13 AM

    Little Concert Suite: Nanette's Caprice

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Anthony Parnther, conductor

    3:43
  • 12:06 AM

    The Devil's Joke

    Rudolf Friml

    Bygone Days

    Stephanie Chase, violin

    5:42
  • 12:01 AM

    Danse Macabre

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Salut Salon

    4:40
  • 11:48 PM

    Symphonie Fantastique: Dream of a Witches' Sabbath

    Hector Berlioz

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    10:03
  • 11:42 PM

    Faust Ballet Music

    Charles Gounod

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    16:22
  • 11:31 PM

    Symphonie Fantastique: Dream of a Witches' Sabbath

    Hector Berlioz

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    10:03
  • 11:28 PM

    Children's Corner: Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum

    Claude Debussy

    Seong-Jin Cho, piano

    2:21
  • 11:24 PM

    Mysterious Barricades

    Francois Couperin

    Air on a G String

    David Russell, guitar

    3:06
  • 11:00 PM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Johann Hummel

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Janne Nisonen, conductor

    Jaakko Luoma, bassoon

    22:40
  • 10:49 PM

    Marche Slave

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: 1812, Marche Slave, Etc / Järvi, Gothenburg So

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    9:36
  • 10:43 PM

    Witches of Eastwick: The Devil's Dance

    John Williams

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Williams, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    5:45
  • 10:24 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1

    Georges Bizet

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    18:09
  • 10:16 PM

    String Quartet No. 2: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Dover Quartet

    5:32
  • 10:07 PM

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    9:03
  • 10:01 PM

    Cape Fear: Suite

    Bernard Herrmann

    Torn Curtain: The Classic Film Music Of Bernard Herrmann

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    5:42
  • 9:52 PM

    Mozart-Adagio

    Arvo Part

    Arvo Part: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    6:02
  • 9:43 PM

    A Night Piece

    Arthur Foote

    Carol Wincenc, flute

    Kevin Lawrence, violin

    Carolyn Stuart, violin

    Sheila Brown, viola

    Brooks Whitehouse, cello

    8:42
  • 9:38 PM

    Aida: Celeste Aida

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Roberto Alagna, tenor

    4:22
  • 9:15 PM

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    21:25
  • 9:09 PM

    Adagio and Rondo

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Mozzafiato

    5:01
  • 9:05 PM

    The Haunting: The Carousel

    Jerry Goldsmith

    Scary Music

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:24
  • 9:02 PM

    Ruddigore: When the night wind howls (The Ghosts' High Noon)

    Arthur Sullivan

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    Bryn Terfel, baritone

    2:27
  • 8:44 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet

    14:30
  • 8:15 PM

    Serenade for Strings

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenades Op 22 & 44

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    28:08
  • 8:05 PM

    Three Pieces for Piano Four-Hands

    Amy Beach

    Aglika Genova, piano

    Liuben Dimitrov, piano

    8:01
  • 8:00 PM

    Grand Canyon Suite: Sunset

    Ferde Grofe

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:43
  • 5:37 PM

    In The South Overture (Alassio)

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Enigma Variations

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    21:18
  • 5:23 PM

    Violin Sonata "The Devil's Trill"

    Giuseppe Tartini

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    12:11
  • 5:12 PM

    Benvenuto Cellini: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Pictures at a Gallery

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:12
  • 5:06 PM

    Mephisto Masque

    Edmond Dede

    Gary Hammond, piano

    4:24
  • 5:01 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1: Gavotte

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Suites Nos. 1 And 2

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    4:40
  • 4:49 PM

    English Dances: Second Set

    Malcolm Arnold

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    9:31
  • 4:16 PM

    Symphony No. 5 "Reformation"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    31:03
  • 4:13 PM

    Prelude No. 1 "Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho"

    Wallace Cheatham

    William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    :58
  • 4:06 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 1 "La Tempesta di Mare" ("Storm at Sea")

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Stephen Preston, flute

    6:45
  • 4:01 PM

    Doctor Zhivago: Lara's Theme

    Maurice Jarre

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    4:46
  • 3:48 PM

    Land of the Mountain and the Flood

    Hamish MacCunn

    Scottish Overtures

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    9:52
  • 3:20 PM

    Piano Trio No. 5 "Ghost"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Trio Wanderer

    26:59
  • 3:14 PM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman: Canario

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Fantasía para un gentilhombre & Concierto de Aranjuez

    Spanish Radio and TV Orchestra

    Pedro Amaral, conductor

    Xianji Liu, guitar

    5:01
  • 3:10 PM

    Hungarian Folk Songs: Hey, Gorbenye

    Dana Wilson

    Formosa Quartet

    2:09
  • 3:06 PM

    Prelude No. 5

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Preludes

    Steven Osborne, piano

    3:56
  • 3:01 PM

    Flute Quintet: Finale

    Franz Schubert

    New Schubert Works for Flute and Strings

    Martinu Quartet

    Robert Stallman, flute

    4:53
  • 2:54 PM

    Funeral March of a Marionette

    Charles Gounod

    European Light Music Classics

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    4:20
  • 2:39 PM

    Sleeping Beauty Ballet Suite

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    19:56
  • 2:27 PM

    Flute Sonata

    Francis Poulenc

    Francis Poulenc: Complete Music for Winds and Piano

    Nicole Esposito, flute

    11:23
  • 2:23 PM

    Etude No. 12 "Revolutionary"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    2:48
  • 2:12 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    William Herschel

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    9:33
  • 2:05 PM

    The Planets: Uranus

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Colin Davis, conductor

    5:51
  • 2:00 PM

    Funeral March of a Marionette

    Charles Gounod

    European Light Music Classics

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    4:20
  • 1:47 PM

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Paul Dukas

    Mephisto and Co.

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    11:19
  • 1:44 PM

    Trois Chansons: Yver, vous n'estes qu'un villain

    Michel Richard Delalande

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    2:00
  • 1:30 PM

    Carmen Suite No. 1

    Georges Bizet

    Grieg: Carmen - Peer Gynt

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    11:59
  • 1:26 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American": Animato

    William Grant Still

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    3:06
  • 1:18 PM

    Night Music of the Mountain Goblin

    Heino Kaski

    Piano Phantoms

    Michael Lewin, piano

    1:32
  • 1:10 PM

    Concerto No. 1

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    4:35
  • 1:04 PM

    The Valkyrie: Ride of the Valkyries

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen (Excerpts)

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    5:25
  • 12:48 PM

    Octet: 6th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    10:31
  • 12:43 PM

    Octet: Scherzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Emerson String Quartet

    4:13
  • 12:37 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Paper Music

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Bobby McFerrin, conductor

    4:24
  • 12:33 PM

    Macbeth: Tre volte miagola (Witches Scene)

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi: Choruses

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    4:02
  • 12:21 PM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Lisa Batiashvili, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    10:01
  • 12:16 PM

    Graceful Ghost Rag

    William Bolcom

    Ruskin Cooper, piano

    4:34
  • 12:09 PM

    Trumpet Sinfonia "Il Barcheggio"

    Alessandro Stradella

    New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig

    Max Pommer, conductor

    Ludwig Guttler, trumpet

    4:45
  • 12:04 PM

    Maskarade: Overture

    Carl Nielsen

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    4:37
  • 11:49 AM

    Robert le Diable: Pas de cinq

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    9:19
  • 11:45 AM

    Fireside Tales: From a German forest

    Edward MacDowell

    Calico Winds

    2:34
  • 11:29 AM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1

    Ottorino Respighi

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    14:23
  • 11:25 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 47: 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Live at the Mariinsky

    George Li, piano

    3:03
  • 11:17 AM

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:42
  • 11:10 AM

    Linde Consort

    6:05
  • 11:04 AM

    Peer Gynt: Solveig's Song

    Edvard Grieg

    Winter Dreams

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:08
  • 10:47 AM

    Symphony: Finale

    Cesar Franck

    Schmitt Franck

    Metropolitan Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    11:21
  • 10:29 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Radovan Vlatkovic, horn

    16:39
  • 10:23 AM

    Jane Eyre: My Edward and I

    Dario Marianelli

    The Silver Violin

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Kirill Karabits, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    4:57
  • 10:15 AM

    Etude No. 3 "Un Sospiro" (A Sigh)

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Piano Sonata & 3 Concert Studies

    Louis Lortie, piano

    6:07
  • 10:06 AM

    Wiener Blut (Vienna Blood)

    Johann StraussJr.

    International Salute

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    8:52
  • 10:01 AM

    String Symphony No. 8: 3rd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn Early Symphonies 8 & 11

    Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra

    Scott Yoo, conductor

    4:51
  • 9:51 AM

    The Cathedral (La Catedral)

    Agustin Barrios

    From The Jungles Of Paraguay: John Williams Plays Barrios

    John Williams, guitar

    6:57
  • 9:30 AM

    String Quartet No. 61 "Fifths"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Kodaly Quartet

    19:35
  • 9:21 AM

    Fantasy on a Theme of Haydn

    Marcel Grandjany

    Scintillation

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    7:52
  • 9:06 AM

    Concerto for Three Keyboards

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    David Fray, conductor

    David Fray, piano

    Jacques Rouvier, piano

    Emmanuel Christien, piano

    14:04
  • 9:01 AM

    Cantata Memoria: Lament for the Valley

    Karl Jenkins

    Sinfonia Cymru

    Karl Jenkins, conductor

    Bryn Terfel, baritone

    Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano

    Joo Yeon Sir, violin

    4:36
  • 8:39 AM

    Souvenir of a Beloved Place

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Complete Works for Violin and Orchestra

    Odense Symphony Orchestra

    Alexander Vedernikov, conductor

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    18:51
  • 8:33 AM

    Poetic Tone Pictures: The Road at Night

    Antonin Dvorak

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    5:23
  • 8:17 AM

    Sonata No. 5

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Camerata Bern

    Thomas Furi, conductor

    14:24
  • 8:01 AM

    Guitar Concerto

    Ferdinando Carulli

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    15:28
  • 7:22 AM

    Symphony No. 5

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    36:38
  • 7:15 AM

    Nocturne No. 7

    Frederic Chopin

    Bruce Liu: Chopin: Highlights from the 18th International Chopin Piano Competition

    Bruce Liu, piano

    5:41
  • 7:01 AM

    Chimney of King Rene

    Darius Milhaud

    Danish National Symphony Wind Quintet

    12:42
  • 6:32 AM

    The Blue Pearl

    Erkki Melartin

    Melartin: Orchestral Works

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Hannu Lintu, conductor

    26:15
  • 6:14 AM

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Marc Destrube, conductor

    17:06
  • 6:01 AM

    Sierra Winds

    (Selected members), conductor

    11:13
  • 5:26 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 4

    John Field

    New Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Janos Furst, conductor

    John O'Conor, piano

    32:00
  • 5:20 AM

    Alfonsina y el Mar (Alfonsina and the Sea)

    Ariel Ramirez

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    5:56
  • 5:01 AM

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    Fumika Mohri, violin

    16:59