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  • 5:30 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Romantic"

    Howard Hanson

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    27:54
  • 5:18 AM

    Magnolia Suite: Part 1

    Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    10:44
  • 5:06 AM

    Violin Concerto in the Style of Vivaldi

    Fritz Kreisler

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Gil Shaham, violin

    11:13
  • 5:01 AM

    Irmelin Prelude

    Frederick Delius

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:46
  • 4:38 AM

    Sextet for Winds

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Music for Winds

    David Shifrin, clarinet

    20:11
  • 4:20 AM

    Don Juan

    Richard Strauss

    Bravura: Respighi, Strauss

    Oregon Symphony

    James DePreist, conductor

    16:42
  • 4:13 AM

    Ann Hobson Pilot, harp

    Lucia Lin, violin

    5:27
  • 4:06 AM

    Andante and Rondo Capriccioso

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos 1 & 2

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    5:56
  • 4:01 AM

    Amazing Grace

    Traditional

    HIGDON, J.: Early Chamber Works - Sky Quartet / Amazing Grace / Viola Sonata

    Serafin String Quartet

    4:35
  • 3:45 AM

    Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    New Queen's Hall Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    13:14
  • 3:14 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Antonin Dvorak

    Grieg, Dvorak, Tchaikovsky

    Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra

    Scott Yoo, conductor

    29:04
  • 3:08 AM

    Consolation No. 3

    Franz Liszt

    Serenade

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Measham, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    4:15
  • 3:06 AM

    Slumber Song

    Roger Quilter

    Lullaby

    Julian Lloyd Webber, cello

    1:41
  • 3:01 AM

    State Choir Latvija

    Maris Sirmais, conductor

    4:46
  • 2:49 AM

    Barcarolle

    Frederic Chopin

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    8:42
  • 2:31 AM

    Suite Andaluza

    Celedonio Romero

    Angel Romero, guitar

    16:20
  • 2:10 AM

    Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    19:13
  • 2:06 AM

    Te Deum: Prelude

    Marc-Antoine Charpentier

    Wynton Marsalis: In Gabriel's Garden

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    1:44
  • 2:01 AM

    Sabrina: Theme

    John Williams

    Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles

    John Williams, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    4:52
  • 1:47 AM

    Symphony: Finale

    Cesar Franck

    Metropolitan Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    11:21
  • 1:21 AM

    La Mer (The Sea)

    Claude Debussy

    Long Beach Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    25:00
  • 1:16 AM

    Auf dem Wasser zu singen (To be Sung on the Water)

    Franz Schubert

    Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1

    Daniil Trifonov, piano

    4:06
  • 1:06 AM

    Serenade No. 7 "Haffner": Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Karl Bohm, conductor

    8:04
  • 1:01 AM

    9:15 Revue: Get Happy

    Harold Arlen

    Get Happy

    Jenny Lin, piano

    4:51
  • 12:52 AM

    Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique Op. 14 / Tristia

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    6:01
  • 12:46 AM

    Overture di Ballo

    Arthur Sullivan

    Sullivan: Cello Concerto, Irish Symphony

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    11:39
  • 12:40 AM

    Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique Op. 14 / Tristia

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    6:01
  • 12:24 AM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    14:43
  • 12:13 AM

    Scheherazade: The Young Prince and the Young Princess

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Mad About Love

    Orchestre de la Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    9:42
  • 12:00 AM

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    12:16
  • 11:50 PM

    Raymond Overture

    Ambroise Thomas

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:07
  • 11:28 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American"

    William Grant Still

    African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. 1

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    21:09
  • 11:21 PM

    String Quartet No. 12 "American": 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Schubert & Dvorak Quartets

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Rosekrans, conductor

    5:48
  • 11:13 PM

    Three Roses

    Florence Price

    Lara Downes, piano

    7:02
  • 11:07 PM

    'Tis the Last Rose of Summer

    Traditional

    Justin Holland: Guitar Works & Arrangements

    Christopher Mallett, guitar

    4:55
  • 10:59 PM

    Jota de Pamplona

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Sarasate: Violin and Orchestra Music, Vol. 4

    Navarra Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Martinez Izquierdo, conductor

    Tianwa Yang, violin

    6:43
  • 10:52 PM

    A Welcome March

    Charles Stanford

    Stanford | A Song of Agincourt & other works

    Ulster Orchestra

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    5:15
  • 10:45 PM

    Sursum Corda

    Edward Elgar

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    George Hurst, conductor

    7:06
  • 10:31 PM

    "Twinkle, Twinkle" Variations (Ah, vous dirai-je, maman)

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Complete Mozart Edition, Vol. 18: Piano Variations, Rondos Etc.

    Ingrid Haebler, piano

    13:10
  • 10:25 PM

    Swing Low, Sweet Chariot!

    William Dawson

    The Spirituals of William Dawson

    St. Olaf Choir

    Anton Armstrong, conductor

    3:43
  • 10:11 PM

    Suite for Strings

    Joan Trimble

    Silver Apples of the Moon

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    13:23
  • 10:07 PM

    Serenade

    Roman Hoffstetter

    Ultimate Classics

    Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

    Karl Munchinger, conductor

    3:57
  • 10:02 PM

    Algerian Suite: French Military March

    Camille Saint-Saens

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Yondani Butt, conductor

    4:30
  • 9:41 PM

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

    Johannes Brahms

    Johannes Brahms: Serenade No. 1; Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn

    Residentie Orchestra of the Hague

    Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor

    17:55
  • 9:29 PM

    Harp Concerto

    George Frideric Handel

    Harp Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Marisa Robles, harp

    10:57
  • 9:16 PM

    Second Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Snake Fence Country

    Edmonton Wind Ensemble

    Harry Pinchin, conductor

    11:57
  • 9:04 PM

    Overture to Shakespeare's "As You Like It"

    John Knowles Paine

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:23
  • 9:00 PM

    See-Saw Waltz

    Justin Holland

    Justin Holland Recording Project

    Mark Delpriora, guitar

    3:19
  • 6:46 PM

    Serenade No. 1: Allegro molto

    Johannes Brahms

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    12:46
  • 6:27 PM

    Rhapsody in Blue

    George Gershwin

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    16:51
  • 6:24 PM

    Lenox Avenue: The Blues

    William Grant Still

    Jeni Slotchiver, piano

    2:33
  • 6:15 PM

    Symphony No. 8

    Georg Anton Benda

    Benda: Sinfonias Nos. 7-12

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    7:24
  • 6:06 PM

    Ruy Blas Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Winterthur Music Collegium

    Douglas Boyd, conductor

    8:07
  • 6:01 PM

    The Running Set

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Elgar and Vaughan Williams

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    George Hurst, conductor

    4:43
  • 5:51 PM

    Fall River Legend: Church Social and Cotillion

    Morton Gould

    Thomspson: Symphony No. 1; Gould: Fall River Suite

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Sedares, conductor

    7:04
  • 5:19 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 3

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    Andrew Wan, violin

    30:25
  • 5:12 PM

    Sonata No. 19

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Royal Academy of Music Brass

    5:28
  • 5:06 PM

    Rondo a Capriccio (Rage Over a Lost Penny)

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Bach-Busoni: Chaconne; Schumann: Kreislerianna

    Evgeny Kissin, piano

    5:30
  • 5:01 PM

    Scherzo

    Arthur Foote

    Voyage

    Arcata String Quartet

    Don Bailey, flute

    4:50
  • 4:49 PM

    Carmen Suite No. 1

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: L'Arlesienne, Suites Nos. 1 & 2, Carmen Suite

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    9:00
  • 4:25 PM

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    22:41
  • 4:21 PM

    Etude-Tableau No. 2

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Piano Sonata No. 2 Études-Tableaux Op. 33

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    2:09
  • 4:06 PM

    Five Bagatelles

    Gerald Finzi

    FINZI: Clarinet Concerto / Five Bagatelles / Three Soliloquies / Romance

    Northern Sinfonia

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    Robert Plane, clarinet

    14:32
  • 4:01 PM

    The Shining Shore

    Traditional

    Gloryland

    Anonymous 4

    4:42
  • 3:48 PM

    Symphony No. 4: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 4

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    10:08
  • 3:41 PM

    Karelia Suite

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Tone Poems & Incidental Music

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    15:42
  • 3:24 PM

    The Lark Ascending

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Iona Brown, violin

    16:06
  • 3:13 PM

    Orpheus in the Underworld: Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    9:36
  • 3:02 PM

    Symphony No. 11

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 8, 9, 44, 47, 45, & 11

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    9:30
  • 2:52 PM

    Concert Waltz No. 1

    Alexander Glazunov

    The Moscow Sessions

    Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lawrence Leighton Smith, conductor

    8:31
  • 2:47 PM

    Gymnopedie No. 1

    Erik Satie

    Reveries

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    3:38
  • 2:44 PM

    Company: Barcelona

    Stephen Sondheim

    Symphonic Sondheim

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Don Sebesky, conductor

    4:00
  • 2:31 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, Carnival Overture

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    11:07
  • 2:26 PM

    Bordel 1900

    Astor Piazzolla

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    Christian Rivet, guitar

    3:54
  • 2:18 PM

    Petite Suite: Finale

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Requiem, Polovtsian Dances

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    6:11
  • 2:09 PM

    Souvenir of Puerto Rico

    Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    Alan Feinberg, piano

    6:01
  • 2:04 PM

    Candide: Overture

    Leonard Bernstein

    Copland: Appalachian Spring; Barber: Adagio

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    4:18
  • 1:50 PM

    Rosen aus dem Suden (Roses from the South) Waltz

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss: Gala V

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    8:03
  • 1:40 PM

    Overture to a Comedy

    Henry Gardiner

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    8:26
  • 1:33 PM

    Minuet Antique

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Works For Solo Piano

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    6:22
  • 1:24 PM

    Symphony No. 8: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    7:38
  • 1:16 PM

    String Quintet No. 1: 4th movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Octet; Quintet No. 1

    Hausmusik

    6:24
  • 1:10 PM

    Goldberg Variations: selections

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Catalyst Quartet

    5:08
  • 1:04 PM

    Ruslan and Ludmila: Overture

    Mikhail Glinka

    Russian Overtures

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    4:39
  • 12:58 PM

    Here, There and Everywhere

    John Lennon/Paul McCartney

    Blackbird: The Beatles Album

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    2:48
  • 12:49 PM

    Dance of the Hours

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Dances from the Opera

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    8:48
  • 12:44 PM

    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    3:51
  • 12:30 PM

    Suite for Strings

    John Rutter

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Rutter, conductor

    12:23
  • 12:19 PM

    Four Seasons: Spring

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi, Piazzolla: The Four Seasons

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Eduardo Marturet, conductor

    Lara St. John, violin

    9:43
  • 12:14 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Entry of the Fairies

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:28
  • 12:09 PM

    Xavier de Maistre, harp

    Lucero Tena, castanets

    3:05
  • 12:04 PM

    Gayane: Lullaby

    Aram Khachaturian

    Khachaturian: Piano Concerto, etc.

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:37
  • 11:47 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff/Tchaikovsky

    Russian Federal Orchestra

    Vakhtang Jordania, conductor

    11:24
  • 11:31 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Barry Tuckwell, conductor

    Barry Tuckwell, horn

    14:00
  • 11:22 AM

    Norwegian Rhapsody No. 2

    Johan Svendsen

    South Jutland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    8:45
  • 11:11 AM

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    9:21
  • 11:06 AM

    Berceuse (Lullaby)

    Frederic Chopin

    Melody's Mostly Musical Day

    Jenny Lin, piano

    4:09
  • 11:01 AM

    Romance

    Johann Peter Salomon

    Journey to Mozart

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, violin

    4:40
  • 10:43 AM

    Symphonie Fantastique: Reveries

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    15:43
  • 10:28 AM

    Octet: 4th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Isabelle Faust, violin

    Anne-Katharina Schreiber, violin

    James Boyd, viola

    Kristin von der Goltz, cello

    James Munro, bass

    Lorenzo Coppola, clarinet

    12:05
  • 10:24 AM

    Ojos Brujos (Magic Eyes)

    Leo Brouwer

    Marco Tamayo, guitar

    2:38
  • 10:06 AM

    Double Keyboard Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Hamburg Philharmonic

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    Christoph Eschenbach, piano

    Justus Frantz, piano

    17:48
  • 10:01 AM

    Sarabande

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Ludovico Einaudi: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:42
  • 9:47 AM

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Paul Dukas

    Mephisto and Co.

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    11:19
  • 9:14 AM

    Symphony No. 31 "Hornsignal"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    32:01
  • 9:01 AM

    Scheherazade: The Tale of the Kalendar Prince

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade / Tale of Tsar Saltan Suite

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Maria Larionoff, violin

    11:29
  • 8:23 AM

    Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spake Zarathustra)

    Richard Strauss

    Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    34:57
  • 8:18 AM

    Romantic Waltz

    Cecile Chaminade

    Piano Music by Cecile Chaminade

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    4:12
  • 8:06 AM

    Gran Capriccio

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Ponchielli: Concertos

    Mecklenburg Staatskapelle Schwerin

    Matthias Foremny, conductor

    Simone Sommerhalder, oboe

    11:21
  • 8:01 AM

    Cantigas de Santiago: Non e gran cousa se sabe

    Stephen Goss

    David Russell, guitar

    3:59
  • 7:38 AM

    Symphony on a Hymn Tune

    Virgil Thomson

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    20:21
  • 7:32 AM

    Fresh from West Chester (Some Jazzings): Let's Sit It Out; I'd Rather Watch

    Samuel Barber

    Ruth Slenczynska, piano

    4:58
  • 7:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 1 "Accordion"

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: String Quartets and Sextet

    Ying String Quartet

    29:18
  • 6:31 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Carl Maria von Weber

    C. Schumann: Concerto, Op. 7; Weber: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2

    Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra

    Dennis Burkh, conductor

    Elizabeth Rich, piano

    27:31
  • 6:21 AM

    Spem in Alium (Hope in all things)

    Thomas Tallis

    Thomas Tallis: Spem In Alium

    Tallis Scholars

    Peter Philips, conductor

    9:41
  • 6:01 AM

    Three Symphonic Dances

    Cyril Scott

    SCOTT, C.: Violin Concerto / Festival Overture / Aubade / 3 Symphonic Dances

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    17:52