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  • 4:45 AM

    Concerto for Oboe and Violin

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Kahane, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    Allan Vogel, oboe

    13:06
  • 4:19 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Viktor Ullmann

    Ullmann, V.: Symphony No. 2 / 6 Lieder, Op. 17 / Concerto for Orchestra / Don Quixote Tanzt Fandango

    Gurzenich Orchestra

    James Conlon, conductor

    24:08
  • 4:06 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Edward Elgar

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    12:32
  • 4:01 AM

    Birds of Spring (Pajaros de primavera)

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Angel Romero, guitar

    4:44
  • 3:48 AM

    Quartet No. 6

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Six Wind Quartets

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    10:49
  • 3:44 AM

    Bridal Lullaby

    Percy Grainger

    Michael Chertock, piano

    2:24
  • 3:18 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    Mari Fujiwara, cello

    24:56
  • 3:06 AM

    Preludio Sinfonico

    Giacomo Puccini

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    10:05
  • 3:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 2

    Mikalojus Ciurlionis

    Ciurlionis: On the Harp Strings

    Joana Daunyte, harp

    4:42
  • 2:51 AM

    Six English Tunes

    Peter Warlock

    Warlock: Capriol Suite; The Curlew; Six English Tunes; Serenade; Six Italian Dance Tunes; Ross Pople/London Festival Orchestra

    London Festival Orchestra

    Ross Pople, conductor

    7:11
  • 2:29 AM

    Scenes from Childhood

    Robert Schumann

    Lise de la Salle, piano

    20:13
  • 2:06 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Carlos Kleiber, conductor

    21:18
  • 2:01 AM

    Two Preludes

    Frederic Chopin

    Rafal Blechacz, piano

    4:39
  • 1:54 AM

    Un dia de Noviembre (A Day in November)

    Leo Brouwer

    Possession

    Lily Afshar, guitar

    4:19
  • 1:41 AM

    Mephisto Waltz No. 1

    Franz Liszt

    Strauss, Liszt, Korngold, Busoni, Schreker

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Kazuki Yamada, conductor

    11:22
  • 1:06 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Jean Sibelius

    Concert Recording

    Julia Fischer, violin

    32:58
  • 1:01 AM

    Partita No. 4: Allemande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Dances

    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    4:44
  • 12:46 AM

    From Tale to Tale: The Months

    Oskar Nedbal

    Dvorak Chamber Orchestra

    Miroslav Homolka, conductor

    11:49
  • 12:22 AM

    Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    22:08
  • 12:18 AM

    Latin American Dances: Dusk in Guadalajara

    Jose Elizondo

    Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vit Micka, conductor

    2:16
  • 12:06 AM

    Flute Quartet No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    11:58
  • 12:01 AM

    In the Blue Mountains: I Trollhallen

    Agathe Grondahl

    Sara Aimee Smiseth, piano

    4:41
  • 11:54 PM

    Three Spirituals: We Shall Overcome

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

    Ambrosia Quartet

    4:06
  • 11:46 PM

    Variations on America

    Charles Ives

    Schuman: Vatiations on America, New England Triptich, Symphony for Strings

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    7:02
  • 11:37 PM

    Pest Waltzes

    Joseph Lanner

    The Waltz - Ecstasy and Mysticism

    Concerto Koln

    7:38
  • 11:35 PM

    Bells of Paris

    Louis Couperin

    La Harpe Royale: Musical Portraits, Dances and Laments from the Court of Louis XIV

    Andrew Lawrence-King, harp

    1:58
  • 11:18 PM

    Piano Sonata "Electoral"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 11

    Emil Gilels, piano

    15:15
  • 11:06 PM

    Votes (Wahlstimmen) Waltz

    Johann StraussJr.

    J. Strauss, Jr. Edition: Vol. 15

    Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Johannes Wildner, conductor

    11:24
  • 11:01 PM

    Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing

    James W. Johnson/J. Rosamond Johnson

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    4:47
  • 10:50 PM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto, Karelia Suite, Finlandia

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    8:15
  • 10:41 PM

    The Union (Concert Paraphrase on National Airs)

    Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    Robert DeGaetano, piano

    7:53
  • 10:36 PM

    New York Waltzes

    Lou Harrison

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:15
  • 10:32 PM

    Americans We

    Henry Fillmore

    March Time by Frederick Fennell

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    2:50
  • 10:18 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": Largo

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, Carnival Overture

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    13:20
  • 10:14 PM

    Etude No. 12 "Revolutionary"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: 12 Etudes, Op. 10; Rondos Opp. 1, 5, 16, 73

    Frederic Chiu, piano

    3:03
  • 10:06 PM

    Aida: Triumphal March

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Great Opera Choruses

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    6:58
  • 10:01 PM

    Lincoln: With Malice Toward None

    John Williams

    John Williams at the Movies

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    4:12
  • 9:52 PM

    America Will Be!

    Joel Thompson

    America Will Be

    Tonality

    Alexander Lloyd Blake, conductor

    6:16
  • 9:37 PM

    Concert Rondo "Krakowiak"

    Frederic Chopin

    North German Radio Elbphilharmonie Orchestra

    Krzysztof Urbanski, conductor

    Jan Lisiecki, piano

    13:44
  • 9:22 PM

    Umoja: Anthem of Unity

    Valerie Coleman

    New York Youth Symphony

    Michael Repper, conductor

    13:25
  • 9:16 PM

    London Suite: Knightsbridge March

    Eric Coates

    Eric Coates: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Wilson, conductor

    4:16
  • 9:10 PM

    Toward a New Life

    Josef Suk

    Suk: Praga, Dramatic Overture

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Petr Altrichter, conductor

    5:55
  • 9:06 PM

    Fanfare for the Common Man

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: The Music Of America 

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:03
  • 9:01 PM

    Air and Simple Gifts

    John Williams

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Gabriela Montero, piano

    4:30
  • 8:53 PM

    Olympiad: Sinfonia

    Giovanni Pergolesi

    Italian Overtures

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    5:45
  • 8:19 PM

    Piano Concerto

    George Gershwin

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Peter Oundjian, conductor

    Xiayin Wang, piano

    31:45
  • 8:12 PM

    Habanera

    Moritz Moszkowski

    From Foreign Lands

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    4:59
  • 8:06 PM

    Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune (Moonlight)

    Claude Debussy

    The Healing Harp

    Naoko Yoshino, harp

    5:40
  • 8:01 PM

    The Jester at the Wedding: Caprice

    Eric Coates

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Wilson, conductor

    4:41
  • 7:52 PM

    Horn Trio: Finale

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms, Koechlin, Banks: Horn Trios

    Barry Tuckwell, horn

    6:13
  • 7:19 PM

    Double Concerto

    Johannes Brahms

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    31:58
  • 7:13 PM

    Guitare

    Cecile Chaminade

    Chaminade: Piano Works

    Eric Parkin, piano

    3:31
  • 7:06 PM

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    6:53
  • 7:01 PM

    Basse Danse

    Thoinot Arbeau

    Broadside Band

    4:33
  • 6:48 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble

    10:39
  • 6:27 PM

    Lieutenant Kije Suite

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    19:20
  • 6:21 PM

    Variations on a Theme of Corelli

    Fritz Kreisler

    James Ehnes, violin

    Eduard Laurel, piano

    3:29
  • 6:06 PM

    Ma vlast (My Country): Vysehrad

    Bedrich Smetana

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    14:41
  • 6:01 PM

    Ludwig's Nightmare

    Sebastian Gurtler

    The Vienna Berlin Music Club Vol. 3

    Philharmonix

    4:52
  • 5:47 PM

    Children's Games (Jeux d'enfants)

    Georges Bizet

    Orchestre de la Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    11:21
  • 5:17 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Andrew Constantine, conductor

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    27:56
  • 5:07 PM

    Fanfare, Hymn and Finale

    Peter Boyer

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Boyer, conductor

    7:44
  • 5:06 PM

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    1:04
  • 5:01 PM

    The Mermaid Suite: Dance of 24 Mermaids

    Wu Zuqiang/Du Mingxin

    China National Symphony Orchestra

    Zuohuang Chen, conductor

    4:43
  • 4:56 PM

    A Passage to India: Adela's Theme

    Maurice Jarre

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    2:24
  • 4:54 PM

    The Bridge on the River Kwai: Finale

    Malcolm Arnold

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    3:05
  • 4:49 PM

    Hobson's Choice: Overture and Shoe Ballet

    Malcolm Arnold

    Arnold: Film Music

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    3:43
  • 4:36 PM

    Fahrenheit 451

    Bernard Herrmann

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bernard Herrmann, conductor

    10:44
  • 4:33 PM

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Dialogue

    John Williams

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:27
  • 4:29 PM

    Day for Night: Chorale

    Georges Delerue

    London Sinfonietta

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    2:14
  • 4:23 PM

    Philadelphia Story: Suite

    Franz Waxman

    Sunset Boulevard: The Classic Film Scores Of Franz Waxman

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    3:37
  • 4:18 PM

    My Fair Lady: Main Title

    Frederick Loewe

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    3:55
  • 4:08 PM

    It's A Wonderful Life: Suite

    Dimitri Tiomkin

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Newman, conductor

    7:55
  • 4:01 PM

    Lawrence of Arabia: Overture

    Maurice Jarre

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Tony Bremner, conductor

    4:25
  • 3:45 PM

    Citizen Kane: selections

    Bernard Herrmann

    Citizen Kane: The Classic Film Scores Of Bernard Herrmann

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano

    13:40
  • 3:44 PM

    The Age of Innocence

    Elmer Bernstein

    Cinema Serenade

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    4:10
  • 3:34 PM

    Taxi Driver: A Night Piece for Orchestra

    Bernard Herrmann

    Torn Curtain: The Classic Film Music Of Bernard Herrmann

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    8:02
  • 3:29 PM

    Big: Opening

    Howard Shore

    20th Century Fox: 75 Years of Great Film Music

    Studio Orchestra

    2:52
  • 3:25 PM

    A League of Their Own: The Final Game

    Hans Zimmer

    Play Ball!

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    2:46
  • 3:19 PM

    Hatari!: Baby Elephant Walk

    Henry Mancini

    Mancini Pops Orchestra

    Henry Mancini, conductor

    2:45
  • 3:16 PM

    Hatari!: Main Theme

    Henry Mancini

    Mancini Pops Orchestra

    Henry Mancini, conductor

    2:57
  • 3:07 PM

    The Big Sleep: Suite

    Max Steiner

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    7:11
  • 3:01 PM

    Hugo: The Message

    Howard Shore

    Hugo Original Score

    Studio Orchestra

    Howard Shore, conductor

    4:35
  • 2:45 PM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 9

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos. 1-6

    Vienna State Opera Orchestra

    Anatole Fistoulari, conductor

    13:33
  • 2:35 PM

    The Sixth Sense: Suite

    James Newton Howard

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

    Studio Orchestra

    Gavin Greenaway, conductor

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    8:36
  • 2:22 PM

    Recorder Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Sonnerie

    Monica Huggett, conductor

    Pamela Thorby, recorder

    10:19
  • 2:06 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    15:11
  • 1:45 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Leopold Mozart

    Virtuoso Trumpet: Bach, Mozart, Telemann

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jahja Ling, conductor

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    12:58
  • 1:25 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2

    Georges Bizet

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    18:32
  • 1:19 PM

    Panis Angelicus

    Cesar Franck

    Stockholm Chamber Orchestra

    Eric Ericson, conductor

    Barbara Hendricks, soprano

    4:20
  • 1:06 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 3 & 6

    Handel and Haydn Society

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    11:46
  • 1:01 PM

    Piano Concerto: 2nd movement

    Luise Adolpha Le Beau

    Emilie Mayer - Symphony No. 5

    Berlin Chamber Symphony Ensemble

    Jurgen Bruns, conductor

    Katia Tchemberdji, piano

    4:41
  • 12:51 PM

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits

    Christoph Gluck

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Barthold Kuijken, flute

    7:35
  • 12:11 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Organ"

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Barber, Poulenc, Saint Saens

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    Olivier Latry, organ

    37:48
  • 12:06 PM

    Banjo and Fiddle

    William Kroll

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    Sandra Rivers, piano

    3:10
  • 12:01 PM

    Flowers from Froso: Entry to the Summer Meadow

    Wilhelm Peterson-Berger

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    4:43
  • 11:45 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 9

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Awadagin Pratt: Beethoven Piano Sonatas

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    13:00
  • 11:28 AM

    Capriccio Italien

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 3, Capriccio Italien

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    16:27
  • 11:13 AM

    Concerto Grosso

    Giovanni Sammartini

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    Adrian Chandler, violin

    Cecili Bernardini, violin

    Gail Hennessy, oboe

    Mark Radcliffe, oboe

    13:06
  • 11:06 AM

    3 Dances from Terpsichore

    Michael Praetorius

    Dale Kavanagh, guitar

    5:49
  • 11:01 AM

    The Arts and the Hours

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Debussy | Rameau | Vikingur Olafsson

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    4:45
  • 10:48 AM

    Morning Papers Waltz

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    10:17
  • 10:24 AM

    Symphonic Variations

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, Symphonic Variations

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    22:30
  • 10:20 AM

    Xiayin Wang, piano

    1:43
  • 10:07 AM

    Symphony Concertante

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    Yury Revich, violin

    Libor Jezek, violin

    Pavla Honsova, viola

    13:35
  • 10:01 AM

    Les Huguenots: Gypsy Dance

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Meyerbeer: Ballet Music From The Operas / Nesterowicz

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    4:40
  • 9:49 AM

    Clarinet Concertino

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Jean-Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    Martin Frost, clarinet

    9:10
  • 9:32 AM

    String Quartet No. 1 "La Chasse"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Hagen Quartet

    14:57
  • 9:18 AM

    Andean Folk Dances

    Celso Garrido-Lecca

    Garrido-Lecca: Peruvian Suite; Symphonic Tableaux; Andean Folk Dances; Laudes II

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    12:59
  • 9:06 AM

    Concerto for Four Keyboards

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Hamburg Philharmonic

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    Christoph Eschenbach, piano

    Justus Frantz, piano

    Gerhard Oppitz, piano

    Helmut Schmidt, piano

    11:18
  • 9:01 AM

    The Queen's Delight; Half hanniken

    Anonymous

    The Queen's Delight

    King's Noyse

    4:35
  • 8:44 AM

    Rapsodie espagnole

    Maurice Ravel

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    14:43
  • 8:40 AM

    Seven Popular Spanish Songs: Nana (Lullaby)

    Manuel de Falla

    Asturiana

    Kim Kashkashian, viola

    2:36
  • 8:17 AM

    Moses: Ballet Music

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    21:16
  • 8:01 AM

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    15:52
  • 7:23 AM

    Divertimento after Couperin

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Divertimento After Couperin

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    35:10
  • 7:18 AM

    Nocturne No. 2

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: The Complete Music for Piano

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    5:13
  • 7:01 AM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Edward Elgar

    Vaughan Williams; Elgar

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    14:20
  • 6:44 AM

    Don Juan and Faust: Six airs de ballet

    Moritz Moszkowski

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    14:02
  • 6:17 AM

    Tristan and Isolde: Love Scene and Transfiguration

    Richard Wagner

    Songs of the Earth

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    27:09
  • 6:01 AM

    String Symphony No. 6

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn String Symphonies

    Amadeus Ensemble

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    13:30
  • 5:28 AM

    Symphony No. 7

    Niels Gade

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    30:37
  • 5:23 AM

    Flow my teares

    John Dowland

    Ellen Hargis, soprano

    Paul O'Dette, lute

    4:16
  • 5:01 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music, etc.

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Oundjian, conductor

    Sarah Jeffrey, oboe

    19:57