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  • 4:45 AM

    Adagio with Variations

    Ottorino Respighi

    Adagio

    Paris Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    12:48
  • 4:20 AM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 4

    Louis Spohr

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Kenneth Sillito, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    24:10
  • 4:06 AM

    Petite Suite

    Claude Debussy

    Rhapsodie

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    12:57
  • 4:01 AM

    Morceaux de Fantaisie: Elegie

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Yuja Wang, piano

    4:44
  • 3:51 AM

    Prelude and Quadruple Fugue

    Alan Hovhaness

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    7:28
  • 3:17 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Antonin Dvorak

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Pamela Frank, violin

    31:50
  • 3:15 AM

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    1:30
  • 3:06 AM

    Two Ballades

    Fazil Say

    Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra

    Scott Yoo, conductor

    Fazil Say, piano

    7:24
  • 3:01 AM

    The Woods so Wild

    William Byrd

    Ayreheart

    4:32
  • 2:47 AM

    Magnolia Suite: Part 1

    Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    10:44
  • 2:35 AM

    Concerto for Oboe and Bassoon

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Seattle Baroque

    Ingrid Matthews, conductor

    Michael McCraw, bassoon

    Washington McClain, oboe

    10:10
  • 2:16 AM

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    17:22
  • 2:07 AM

    Othello Suite: Children's Intermezzo

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Fawzi Haimor, conductor

    3:52
  • 2:01 AM

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Avlana Eisenberg, conductor

    Zina Schiff, violin

    4:39
  • 1:53 AM

    Waltz No. 1 "Grand Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Stephen Kovacevich, piano

    5:05
  • 1:24 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    Sarah Chang, violin

    27:40
  • 1:18 AM

    Guildhall Strings

    Robert Salter, conductor

    4:21
  • 1:06 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    11:05
  • 1:01 AM

    A Gaelic Blessing: Meditation

    John Rutter

    Blessing

    Sinfonia Cymru

    John Rutter, conductor

    Catrin Finch, harp

    4:43
  • 12:52 AM

    Sense and Sensibility: Suite

    Patrick Doyle

    Sense And Sensibility Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Ensemble

    Robert Ziegler, conductor

    6:40
  • 12:24 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    26:55
  • 12:14 AM

    Fantasy for Clarinet and String Quartet

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Meyerbeer, Romberg, Mendelssohn, Weber: Klarinettenquintette

    Consortium Classicum

    Dieter Klocker, clarinet

    8:37
  • 12:10 AM

    Las Abejas (The Bees)

    Agustin Barrios

    John Williams, guitar

    2:17
  • 12:07 AM

    Piece in the Form of a Habanera

    Maurice Ravel

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    Daria Hovora, piano

    3:28
  • 12:01 AM

    The Prince and the Pauper

    Erich Korngold

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    4:48
  • 11:51 PM

    Masquerade Suite: Waltz and Mazurka

    Aram Khachaturian

    Khachaturian: Gayaneh, Spartacus, Masquerade

    Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra

    Aleksander Lazarev, conductor

    7:00
  • 11:46 PM

    Capriccio No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Paul Lewis, piano

    3:27
  • 11:28 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sonnerie

    Monica Huggett, conductor

    17:32
  • 11:11 PM

    Tannhauser: Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Overtures and Preludes

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    15:30
  • 11:06 PM

    The Planets: Mercury

    Gustav Holst

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Walter Susskind, conductor

    4:05
  • 11:01 PM

    Divertissement: 2nd movement

    Emile Bernard

    Sylvan Winds

    4:40
  • 10:48 PM

    El Salon Mexico

    Aaron Copland

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    10:45
  • 10:29 PM

    Henry V Suite

    William Walton

    Walton: Belshazzar's Feast/ Henry V Suite

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    16:46
  • 10:23 PM

    The Gadfly: Romance

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    The Sound of the Academy

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    6:22
  • 10:16 PM

    Rolling River (Sketches on Shenandoah)

    Peter Boyer

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Boyer, conductor

    5:10
  • 10:06 PM

    Corsair: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Overtures: Beatrice e Benedict, Le corsaire

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yuri Temirkanov, conductor

    8:57
  • 10:01 PM

    Trio Sonata

    Giuseppe Tartini

    La Magnifica Comunita

    Enrico Casazza, violin

    Isabella Longa, violin

    Marcello Scandelli, cello

    Giorgio Cerasoli, harpsichord

    4:34
  • 9:54 PM

    The Birds of Aristophanes: Bridal March of the Birds

    Hubert Parry

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:44
  • 9:48 PM

    Retire, my soul

    William Byrd

    William Byrd: The Golden Renaissance

    Stile Antico

    4:23
  • 9:24 PM

    Piano Sonata for Four Hands

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Sonatas for Piano Duet, K 381 & 521; Sonata for 2 Pianos, K 448; Andante and Variations, K 501

    Martha Argerich, piano

    22:44
  • 9:21 PM

    Gymnopedie No. 1

    Erik Satie

    Adagio - A Consideration Of A Serious Matter

    Ensemble Caprice

    Matthias Maute, conductor

    2:52
  • 9:10 PM

    Iberia: Holy Festival in Seville

    Isaac Albeniz

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    8:50
  • 9:06 PM

    El Amor Brujo: Ritual Fire Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:33
  • 9:03 PM

    Canzon No. 12

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Wallace Collection

    2:30
  • 8:48 PM

    String Quartet No. 7 "Razumovsky No. 1": 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven Around the World

    Ebene Quartet

    10:39
  • 8:35 PM

    Tales from the Vienna Woods

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss: Gala II

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    11:05
  • 8:24 PM

    Four Seasons: Spring

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi and Piazzolla

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Nikki Chooi, violin

    10:14
  • 8:11 PM

    From Italy (Aus Italien): In Rome's Ruins

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Don Juan; Aus Italien

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    11:01
  • 8:06 PM

    Etude No. 11: for arpeggios

    Claude Debussy

    Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano

    4:39
  • 8:01 PM

    Carnival-Waltz

    Florent Schmitt

    French Ballet Music of the 1920s

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    4:48
  • 7:41 PM

    Music for the Royal Fireworks

    George Frideric Handel

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:08
  • 5:47 PM

    Quartet No. 1

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    11:02
  • 5:16 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 5 "Turkish"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Hilary Hahn: Mozart 5, Vieuxtemps 4

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    29:01
  • 5:08 PM

    Jubilate

    Alec Roth

    Canticles

    Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral

    Andrew Carwood, conductor

    5:55
  • 5:06 PM

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    2:09
  • 5:01 PM

    Superman: March

    John Williams

    Berlin Philharmonic

    John Williams, conductor

    4:51
  • 4:54 PM

    Joyous March

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Tortelier's French Bonbons

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    3:38
  • 4:28 PM

    Oboe Concerto

    Richard Strauss

    Mito Chamber Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    Fumiaki Miyamoto, oboe

    25:33
  • 4:23 PM

    Anna Shelest, piano

    2:46
  • 4:06 PM

    String Quartet No. 30 "The Joke"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Emerson String Quartet

    16:16
  • 4:01 PM

    King Carotte Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    4:44
  • 3:51 PM

    Grand Canyon Suite: On the Trail

    Ferde Grofe

    The Only American Album You'll Ever Need!

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Ilkka Talvi, violin

    7:22
  • 3:30 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Helen Huang

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Helen Huang, piano

    19:26
  • 3:12 PM

    Wind Octet

    Franz Krommer

    Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble

    16:00
  • 3:06 PM

    Colas Breugnon Overture

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Russian Overtures

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    5:30
  • 3:01 PM

    Waltz-Impromptu

    Franz Liszt

    Alexis Weissenberg, piano

    4:35
  • 2:54 PM

    Allerseelen (All Soul's Day)

    Richard Strauss

    Barbara Bonney, soprano

    Geoffrey Parsons, piano

    3:00
  • 2:50 PM

    Symphony No. 26

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 26, 27, 28, 30 & 32

    London Mozart Players

    Jane Glover, conductor

    8:33
  • 2:31 PM

    Concerto for Two Flutes, Violin and Cello

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    The Colourful Telemann

    Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra

    Barthold Kuijken, conductor

    Barthold Kuijken, flute

    22:02
  • 2:08 PM

    Carnival of the Animals

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    22:03
  • 2:03 PM

    Humoresque No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Isaac Stern: My First 79 Years

    Columbia Symphony Orchestra

    Isaac Stern, violin

    3:47
  • 1:41 PM

    Estrellita (My little star)

    Manuel Ponce

    Voice Of The Violin

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    3:13
  • 1:32 PM

    Carmen Suite No. 2

    Georges Bizet

    Grieg: Carmen - Peer Gynt

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    8:34
  • 1:27 PM

    Valse tendre (Tender Waltz)

    Cecile Chaminade

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    3:47
  • 1:21 PM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Adagio

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenade in B flat Major "Gran Partita"

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    5:28
  • 1:16 PM

    Requiem: Lacrimosa

    Wolfgang Mozart

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Andreas Delfs, conductor

    Saint Olaf Choir

    3:00
  • 1:06 PM

    In the Steppes of Central Asia

    Alexander Borodin

    Ports of Call

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    6:09
  • 1:04 PM

    Stuttgart Brass Quartet

    1:53
  • 12:49 PM

    Variations on "I Got Rhythm"

    George Gershwin

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    William Tritt, piano

    9:04
  • 12:44 PM

    Cabo de Gata

    Michael Thomas

    Brodsky Unlimited

    Brodsky Quartet

    4:03
  • 12:43 PM

    Sylvia: Pizzicati

    Leo Delibes

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    2:00
  • 12:30 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven 3/Strauss

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    11:42
  • 12:19 PM

    Poet and Peasant Overture

    Franz von Suppe

    Overtures by Suppe and Auber

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    9:23
  • 12:15 PM

    Minuet No. 3

    Giacomo Puccini

    Orchestra of the Auvergne

    Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    3:11
  • 12:10 PM

    The Gumsuckers March

    Percy Grainger

    Michigan State University Band

    Keith Brion, conductor

    3:46
  • 12:04 PM

    Impromptu No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    Michael McHale, piano

    4:49
  • 11:52 AM

    Spitfire Prelude and Fugue

    William Walton

    Walton: Rosand

    Florida Philharmonic Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    6:58
  • 11:45 AM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin: Forlane

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Sheherazade; Le Tombeau De Couperin/Debussy: Ballades de Villon

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    5:51
  • 11:40 AM

    Pulchra es

    Jaakko Mantyjarvi

    Mantyjarvi: Choral Music

    Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    2:55
  • 11:33 AM

    Novelette "In Spanish Style"

    Alexander Glazunov

    Saint Petersburg String Quartet

    6:41
  • 11:20 AM

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Maxine Eilander, harp

    11:52
  • 11:15 AM

    Dreams of Love No. 3 (Liebestraum)

    Franz Liszt

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    4:05
  • 11:07 AM

    Magic Flute: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Everybody's Mozart

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    7:02
  • 11:04 AM

    La Peri (The Fairy): Fanfare

    Paul Dukas

    Dukas: Symphonie en Ut, La Peri, L'Apprenti Sorcier

    French National Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    2:13
  • 10:51 AM

    Tancredi: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Favorite Overtures

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Schippers, conductor

    7:22
  • 10:32 AM

    Variations on a Theme by Haydn "St. Antoni Chorale"

    Johannes Brahms

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    18:19
  • 10:25 AM

    Manuel Barrueco, guitar

    5:30
  • 10:14 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 9 (after Corelli)

    Francesco Geminiani

    Geminiani: Concerti Grossi (After Corelli, Op. 5)

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    10:25
  • 10:06 AM

    Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    6:51
  • 10:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 4: 1st movement

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Arabella String Quartet

    4:46
  • 9:43 AM

    The Good-humored Ladies

    Vincenzo Tommasini

    Concert Arts Orchestra

    Robert Irving, conductor

    14:56
  • 9:31 AM

    Suite of Three Pieces

    Benjamin Godard

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Steuart Bedford, conductor

    William Bennett, flute

    10:56
  • 9:22 AM

    Waltz-Scherzo

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto

    Russian National Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    7:44
  • 9:06 AM

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    Leonard Hokanson, piano

    14:40
  • 9:01 AM

    Old and Lost Rivers

    Tobias Picker

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:34
  • 8:37 AM

    Rossiniana Suite

    Ottorino Respighi

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    20:59
  • 8:20 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Sonates pour violon et clavecin, vol. 1

    James Ehnes, violin

    16:38
  • 8:07 AM

    Symphony

    Claude Debussy

    Bach: Organ Music (Complete), Vol. 7

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    11:10
  • 8:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 40

    Louis Durey

    Richard Saxel, piano

    5:29
  • 7:31 AM

    Metamorphosen

    Richard Strauss

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    27:31
  • 7:20 AM

    Gli Incogniti

    Amandine Beyer, conductor

    10:29
  • 7:01 AM

    Concertino for Horn

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Barry Tuckwell, horn

    16:49
  • 6:35 AM

    Czech Suite

    Antonin Dvorak

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    23:00
  • 6:23 AM

    Suite magica

    Maximo Diego Pujol

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    11:54
  • 6:02 AM

    Domus

    Richard Hosford, clarinet

    19:34
  • 5:43 AM

    Printemps (Spring)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Works for Orchestra, Vol. II

    Radio Luxembourg Orchestra

    Louis de Froment, conductor

    15:17
  • 5:40 AM

    To a Wild Rose

    Edward MacDowell

    Manhattan Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Auldon Clark, conductor

    2:42
  • 5:24 AM

    Lyric Quartet

    William Grant Still

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    13:43
  • 5:01 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 2

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Concert Recording

    Yulianna Avdeeva, piano

    22:24