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  • 5:13 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Jean Sibelius

    Bruckner, Sibelius, Nielsen

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    44:25
  • 5:06 AM

    Alsacian Scenes: Under the Lindens

    Jules Massenet

    Rhapsodie

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    5:28
  • 5:01 AM

    Three Chinese Folk Songs

    Zhou Long

    The Flowing Stream

    Shanghai Quartet

    4:44
  • 4:40 AM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 2

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances, Etc

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    18:51
  • 4:26 AM

    Der Rosenkavalier: Waltz Sequence No. 1

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss, Liszt, Korngold, Busoni, Schreker

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Kazuki Yamada, conductor

    12:04
  • 4:21 AM

    Etude No. 21

    Louise Farrenc

    Joanne Polk, piano

    4:12
  • 4:06 AM

    Overture on a Spanish March Theme

    Mily Balakirev

    USSR Symphony Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    13:20
  • 4:01 AM

    Church Sonata No. 6

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    German Bach Soloists

    Helmut Winschermann, conductor

    4:40
  • 3:46 AM

    The Song of Hiawatha: Overture

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    11:22
  • 3:24 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Franz Liszt

    MacDowell: Piano Concerto No.2/Liszt: Piano Concertos No.1 & No.2

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Andre Watts, piano

    20:44
  • 3:16 AM

    Ducal Suite: Heaven

    Duke Ellington

    Clarinet Quintets for Our Time

    Dover Quartet

    David Shifrin, clarinet

    6:27
  • 3:06 AM

    From Blackbird Hills

    Amy Beach

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:48
  • 3:01 AM

    Montgomery Variations: Prayer Meeting

    Margaret Bonds

    African American Voices II

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Kellen Grey, conductor

    4:42
  • 2:50 AM

    Whimsical Symphony (Grillensymphonie)

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Suites and Concertos by Telemann

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    8:32
  • 2:16 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Robert Schumann

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    31:47
  • 2:12 AM

    Gary Steigerwalt, piano

    2:22
  • 2:06 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Air on the G String

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ombra Mai Fu; Pachelbel: Canon

    I Solisti Italiani

    5:44
  • 2:01 AM

    Landler

    Anton Wunderer

    Horn Quartets

    Detmold Horn Quartet

    4:45
  • 1:42 AM

    Bull on the Roof (Le boeuf sur le toit)

    Darius Milhaud

    Ulster Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    16:15
  • 1:36 AM

    Three French Chansons

    Scott Tennant

    New Renaissance

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:33
  • 1:16 AM

    An American in Paris

    George Gershwin

    Music of the Americas

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Andres Orozco-Estrada, conductor

    19:51
  • 1:09 AM

    Two Greek Dances

    Nikos Skalkottas

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Nikos Christodoulou, conductor

    4:55
  • 1:06 AM

    Musette en rondeau

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    3:13
  • 1:01 AM

    Octet: 3rd movement

    Jean Francaix

    Francaix: Divertissement

    Gaudier Ensemble

    4:49
  • 12:51 AM

    Swan Lake: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Pas de Deux - Tchaikovsky: Famous Waltzes

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    7:17
  • 12:33 AM

    Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Don Juan, Tod und Verklarung

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Tadaaki Otaka, conductor

    15:47
  • 12:29 AM

    The Maiden's Wish

    Frederic Chopin

    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    3:34
  • 12:15 AM

    Panamanian Dances

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    12:35
  • 12:06 AM

    La Cenerentola (Cinderella): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    8:09
  • 12:01 AM

    Songs of Farewell: There is an old belief

    Hubert Parry

    Music for Brass Septet, Vol. 6

    Septura

    4:41
  • 11:50 PM

    Rondo for Cello

    Antonin Dvorak

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Antonio Pappano, conductor

    Han-Na Chang, cello

    8:45
  • 11:25 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    22:36
  • 11:17 PM

    Don Quixote: Grand Pas de Deux

    Leon Minkus

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    8:07
  • 11:12 PM

    The Jungle Book: The Bare Necessities

    Terry Gilkyson

    Lang Lang: The Disney Book

    Lang Lang, piano

    2:40
  • 11:06 PM

    Jurassic Park: Theme

    John Williams

    Berlin Philharmonic

    John Williams, conductor

    5:35
  • 11:01 PM

    Edgar: Act I Prelude

    Giacomo Puccini

    Puccini

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor

    4:37
  • 10:52 PM

    Zadok the Priest

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Coronation Anthems

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Philip Ledger, conductor

    6:09
  • 10:48 PM

    Molly on the Shore

    Percy Grainger

    American Virtuosa - Tribute to Maud Powell

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    3:15
  • 10:39 PM

    Symphony No. 39: Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    7:56
  • 10:23 PM

    Les Preludes

    Franz Liszt

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    15:00
  • 10:09 PM

    Twelve German Dances

    Franz Schubert

    Ensemble Wien

    12:40
  • 10:06 PM

    Song without Words No. 30 "Spring Song"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    The Four Seasons: A Musical Calendar Of Favorite Classics

    Daniel Barenboim, piano

    2:03
  • 10:03 PM

    Serenade No. 1: Scherzo

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Serenades

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    2:37
  • 9:45 PM

    Four Characteristic Waltzes

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha OVerture / Petite Suite

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    13:42
  • 9:33 PM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Maurice Ravel

    Debussy, Faure, Ravel

    Miami String Quartet

    Markus Klinko, harp

    10:24
  • 9:28 PM

    Legend No. 1

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends, Symphony No. 8

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    3:23
  • 9:12 PM

    Fantastic Scherzo

    Josef Suk

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    14:50
  • 9:06 PM

    Nocturne No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: The Nocturnes

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    5:32
  • 9:01 PM

    Characteristic Suite: Scherzo

    Henry Schoenefeld

    American Romantics

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    4:51
  • 8:44 PM

    Provence Suite

    Darius Milhaud

    Milhaud: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2, Suite Provencale

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    14:09
  • 6:52 PM

    Aladdin Suite: March and Dance

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Symphony No. 2

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    6:22
  • 6:45 PM

    Homestead Dances: Quilters' Dance

    Don Ray

    Home For The Harvest

    Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra

    Derek Gleeson, conductor

    7:58
  • 6:26 PM

    Variations on a Rococo Theme

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Music for Cello and Orchestra

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    Raphael Wallfisch, cello

    18:17
  • 6:18 PM

    Fantasy-Impromptu

    Frederic Chopin

    My Gift To You

    Antonin Kubalek, piano

    5:19
  • 6:06 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Giuseppe Tartini

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jahja Ling, conductor

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    11:18
  • 6:00 PM

    String Quartet: 3rd movement

    Johan Svendsen

    Oslo String Quartet

    4:41
  • 5:48 PM

    On the Town: Three Dance Episodes

    Leonard Bernstein

    Bernstein conducts Bernstein

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    10:16
  • 5:21 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Flute Concertos

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Susan Palma, flute

    24:55
  • 5:15 PM

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    3:50
  • 5:06 PM

    Sicilian Vespers: Four Seasons: Autumn

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    9:10
  • 5:01 PM

    English Suite: Prelude and Round Dance

    John Duarte

    Guitar Recital: Olsen, Stein-Erik - DYENS, R. / BARRIOS MANGORE, A. / SAINZ DE LA MAZA, E. / PIAZZOLLA, A. / RUIZ-PIPO, A. / KOSHKIN, N. / DUARTE, J.

    Stein-Erik Olsen, guitar

    4:46
  • 4:45 PM

    The Mission: Suite

    Ennio Morricone

    Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture: The Mission

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Ennio Morricone, conductor

    13:41
  • 4:21 PM

    Piano Concerto

    Clara Schumann

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Holly Mathieson, conductor

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    21:10
  • 4:12 PM

    Egmont Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Overtures

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    7:55
  • 4:06 PM

    Six Pieces: Slava

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Septura

    5:39
  • 4:01 PM

    Summer Evening: Waltz

    Oscar Merikanto

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:35
  • 3:57 PM

    Cinema Paradiso: Main Theme

    Ennio Morricone

    Dreams

    Richard Stolzman, clarinet

    3:00
  • 3:53 PM

    Danse (Tarantelle styrienne)

    Claude Debussy

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    5:25
  • 3:45 PM

    Rhapsody

    Ruth Gipps

    Dedication - The Clarinet Chamber Music of Ruth Gipps

    Tippett Quartet

    Peter Cigleris, clarinet

    11:04
  • 3:31 PM

    Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsummer Vigil"

    Hugo Alfven

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    12:55
  • 3:23 PM

    Violin Sonata in A, K. 526: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Mozart

    Alexi Kenney, violin

    Renana Gutman, piano

    6:33
  • 3:16 PM

    Mazurka in c, Op. 56 No. 3

    Frederic Chopin

    Avery Gagliano, piano

    6:11
  • 2:59 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    15:22
  • 2:48 PM

    Suite for Strings: 1st movement

    Ethel Smyth

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Douglas Bostock, conductor

    8:58
  • 2:43 PM

    Air "Dublinesque"

    Billy Joel

    Fantasies & Delusions

    Richard Joo, piano

    3:46
  • 2:32 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Scottish": 4th movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: The Symphonies

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    9:57
  • 2:23 PM

    Orb and Sceptre

    William Walton

    Rule Brittania: Last Night of the Proms

    English Northern Philharmonia

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    7:07
  • 2:17 PM

    Bibo No Aozora (Beauty of a Blue Sky)

    Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Blanc

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:42
  • 2:08 PM

    Douglas Riva, piano

    4:30
  • 2:04 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    3:12
  • 1:49 PM

    String Quartet No. 12 "American": 1st movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: String Quartets Opp. 96 & 105

    Chilingirian Quartet

    9:19
  • 1:41 PM

    Eugene Onegin: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yuri Temirkanov, conductor

    8:00
  • 1:32 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Barry Tuckwell, conductor

    Barry Tuckwell, horn

    8:25
  • 1:24 PM

    Concert Etude No. 4

    Agathe Grondahl

    Sara Aimee Smiseth, piano

    6:34
  • 1:15 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Titan": 2nd movement

    Gustav Mahler

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    7:36
  • 1:10 PM

    March of the Trolls

    Edvard Grieg

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yondani Butt, conductor

    3:53
  • 1:04 PM

    Concertino Pastorale: Finale

    John Ireland

    Ireland: A Downland Suite Etc.

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:26
  • 12:47 PM

    A Spring Garland

    Armstrong Gibbs

    Guildhall Strings

    Robert Salter, conductor

    11:13
  • 12:41 PM

    Danse (Tarantelle styrienne)

    Claude Debussy

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    5:25
  • 12:33 PM

    Guitar Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    Niccolo Paganini, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    London Mozart Players

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Nicola Hall, guitar

    6:13
  • 12:25 PM

    Concerto for Two Flutes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: 6 Double Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    William Bennett, flute

    6:42
  • 12:17 PM

    Overture "In the Italian Style"

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphony No. 5; Symphony No. 6; Overture in C Major

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:33
  • 12:09 PM

    Wand of Youth: Overture, Serenade, and Sun Dance

    Edward Elgar

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    6:42
  • 12:04 PM

    Serenade

    Roman Hoffstetter

    From Mozart to Ravel

    Blair String Quartet

    3:49
  • 11:49 AM

    As You Like It: Suite

    Roger Quilter

    Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    9:16
  • 11:31 AM

    Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    Benjamin Britten

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    16:30
  • 11:22 AM

    Oboe Sonata

    George Frideric Handel

    G. F. Handel: Recorder & Oboe Sonatas

    Amarillis

    Heloise Gaillard, oboe

    8:07
  • 11:13 AM

    Gaelic Symphony: 2nd movement

    Amy Beach

    Beach: Gaelic Symphony, Piano Concerto

    Nashville Symphony Orchestra

    Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor

    7:26
  • 11:06 AM

    Three Preludes

    George Gershwin

    Gil Shaham, violin

    Andre Previn, piano

    6:13
  • 11:01 AM

    The Tempest: Banquet Dance

    Arthur Sullivan

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:39
  • 10:40 AM

    Dolly Suite

    Gabriel Faure

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    17:56
  • 10:23 AM

    String Quartet No. 5

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Quartetto Italiano

    15:32
  • 10:11 AM

    Hungarian Pastoral Fantasy

    Franz Doppler

    Tokyo Concert Orchestra

    Shigenobu Yamaoka, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    10:10
  • 10:06 AM

    Spring Waltz

    Agustin Barrios

    David Russell, guitar

    4:31
  • 10:01 AM

    Il finto Stanislao: Overture

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Philharmonic of La Scala

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    4:43
  • 9:47 AM

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    11:31
  • 9:32 AM

    Waltzes for Piano Four-Hands

    Julius Rontgen

    Double Trouble

    Bengt Forsberg, piano

    14:39
  • 9:20 AM

    The Cider House Rules: Suite

    Rachel Portman

    The Cider House Rules: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture

    Studio Orchestra

    David Snell, conductor

    11:05
  • 9:02 AM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2, Bassoon Concerto

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    Karen Geoghegan, bassoon

    17:09
  • 8:25 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    33:52
  • 8:20 AM

    Etude No. 11 "Winter Wind"

    Frederic Chopin

    Yuanfan Yang, piano

    3:46
  • 8:01 AM

    Hamlet: Ballet Music

    Ambroise Thomas

    Thomas: Hamlet

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    17:16
  • 7:40 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 4

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, violin

    18:29
  • 7:13 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4 "Mozartiana"

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    25:53
  • 7:02 AM

    Irish Suite for Strings

    Arthur Duff

    Silver Apples of the Moon

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    10:06
  • 6:44 AM

    Concerto on Themes by Donizetti

    Antonio Pasculli

    Berlin Symphony Orchestra

    Claus Peter Flor, conductor

    Burkhard Glaetzner, oboe

    14:08
  • 6:41 AM

    Music for a Puppet Court: Puzzle II

    Oliver Knussen

    Knussen Conducts Knussen

    London Sinfonietta

    Oliver Knussen, conductor

    2:39
  • 6:37 AM

    Mexican Landscape

    Aaron Copland

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:05
  • 6:01 AM

    Piano Quartet

    Max Reger

    Concert Recording

    Faure Piano Quartet

    34:24