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  • 5:14 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3

    Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yuri Temirkanov, conductor

    Lang Lang, piano

    43:22
  • 5:09 AM

    Water Music: Andantino

    Malcolm Arnold

    Arnold for Band

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    3:39
  • 5:06 AM

    Suite No. 2: Prelude

    Leo Brouwer

    Manuel Barrueco, guitar

    2:29
  • 5:01 AM

    Unsent Love Letters

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Elena Kats-Chernin: Unsent Love Letters: Meditations on Erik Satie

    Tamara-Anna Cislowska, piano

    4:39
  • 4:39 AM

    Dance Rhapsody

    Frank Bridge

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    19:11
  • 4:34 AM

    Wintermezzo

    Chilly Gonzales

    For Seasons

    Daniel Hope, violin

    2:57
  • 4:21 AM

    Snow Maiden Suite

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    Roberta Alexander, soprano

    12:17
  • 4:06 AM

    Symphony: 1st movement

    Alice Mary Smith

    London Mozart Players

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    13:27
  • 4:01 AM

    Sure on this Shining Night

    Morten Lauridsen

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    Fabio Bidini, piano

    4:51
  • 3:53 AM

    Scaramouche: Modere

    Darius Milhaud

    Creation

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Branford Marsalis, saxophone

    5:31
  • 3:18 AM

    Symphony No. 5

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies No 4 & 5

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    32:32
  • 3:06 AM

    Little Serenade

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Lars-Erik Larsson: Music for String Orchestra

    Orebro Chamber Orchestra

    Goran Nilson, conductor

    10:29
  • 3:00 AM

    Souvenirs of the Orient: Gondolier's Song

    Emile Sauret

    Sauret: Violin and Piano Music - Scenes villageoises / Souvenir d'Orient / Souvenir de Los Angeles

    Michi Wiancko, violin

    4:45
  • 2:52 AM

    English Idyll No. 2

    George Butterworth

    Halle Orchestra

    Mark Elder, conductor

    4:36
  • 2:36 AM

    Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    THE BRITISH PROJECT

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, conductor

    15:18
  • 2:06 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 24

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concert Recording

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Rudolf Buchbinder, piano and conductor

    27:31
  • 2:01 AM

    Liza/Promenade

    George Gershwin

    Tashi

    4:45
  • 1:46 AM

    Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

    Aram Khachaturian

    Russian Adagios

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    11:53
  • 1:24 AM

    Cello Suite No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    21:00
  • 1:17 AM

    American Beauty Rag

    Joseph Lamb

    Richard Dowling, piano

    4:12
  • 1:06 AM

    Roumanian Rhapsody No. 2

    Georges Enescu

    Enescu: Rhapsodies Roumaines Poeme

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    11:06
  • 1:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 10

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: The Nocturnes

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    4:41
  • 12:47 AM

    El Salon Mexico

    Aaron Copland

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Aaron Copland, conductor

    11:27
  • 12:18 AM

    Mississippi River Suite

    Florence Price

    Women's Philharmonic

    Apo Hsu, conductor

    27:44
  • 12:11 AM

    Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria (Cantilena)

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Branford Marsalis, saxophone

    5:33
  • 12:06 AM

    Elizabeth Hainen, harp

    3:23
  • 12:01 AM

    Three Chinese Folk Songs

    Zhou Long

    Shanghai Quartet

    4:43
  • 11:53 PM

    On the Town: "Times Square: 1944"

    Leonard Bernstein

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    5:10
  • 11:41 PM

    Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra

    Kazuhiro Koizumi, conductor

    11:46
  • 11:28 PM

    Ma vlast (My Country): Vltava (The Moldau)

    Bedrich Smetana

    Dvorak: New World Symphony

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Istvan Kertesz, conductor

    11:05
  • 11:19 PM

    Norwegian Festival Overture

    Johan Halvorsen

    Bergen Symphony Orchestra

    Karsten Andersen, conductor

    9:16
  • 11:11 PM

    Cross Country Canada

    Traditional

    Seasons Celebrations

    Symphony Nova Scotia

    Howard Cable, conductor

    6:33
  • 11:07 PM

    E.T.: Bicycle Chase (Flying Theme)

    John Williams

    Aisle Seat

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:44
  • 11:01 PM

    London Suite: Knightsbridge March

    Eric Coates

    London Pride

    East of England Orchestra

    Malcolm Nabarro, conductor

    4:22
  • 10:54 PM

    Short Ride in a Fast Machine

    John Adams

    San Francisco Symphony

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    4:16
  • 10:16 PM

    Grand Canyon Suite

    Ferde Grofe

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    36:08
  • 10:13 PM

    Petite Suite: En Bateau (Boating)

    Claude Debussy

    Jean-Philippe Collard, piano

    Michel Beroff, piano

    3:16
  • 10:08 PM

    Travel Pictures: On the Road

    Vincent d'Indy

    D'Indy: Orchestral Works

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic

    Gilles Nopre, conductor

    2:53
  • 10:07 PM

    Travel Pictures: Green Lake

    Vincent d'Indy

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic

    Gilles Nopre, conductor

    1:46
  • 10:01 PM

    Now, Voyager: Suite

    Max Steiner

    Always And Forever - Movies' Greatest Love Songs

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    4:32
  • 9:45 PM

    Euphonium Concerto

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Ponchielli: Concertos

    Mecklenburg Staatskapelle Schwerin

    Matthias Foremny, conductor

    Roland Froscher, euphonium

    13:23
  • 9:24 PM

    Miss Sally's Party

    William Grant Still

    VocalEssence Orchestra

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    19:02
  • 9:20 PM

    Forgotten Waltz No. 1

    Franz Liszt

    Nelson Freire, piano

    2:38
  • 9:06 PM

    Fantasy on Mozart's Magic Flute

    Robert Fobbes

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    13:14
  • 9:01 PM

    Iberia: Triana

    Isaac Albeniz

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    4:53
  • 8:47 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Grand Pas de Deux

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    11:48
  • 8:21 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Cello Concertos, Symphony No. 13, Sinfonia concertante - BMG 88697704462

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    24:24
  • 8:06 PM

    Chimney of King Rene

    Darius Milhaud

    Printemps

    Berlin Philharmonic Winds

    12:54
  • 8:01 PM

    Scarborough Fair

    Traditional English

    Claire Jones: Royal Harp Strings

    London Mozart Players

    Stuart Morley, conductor

    Claire Jones, harp

    4:49
  • 7:51 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Titan": 2nd movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler: Symphony No. 1

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    7:27
  • 7:23 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 17 & 21

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    26:52
  • 7:18 PM

    Ten Pieces: Gavotte

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Music For Brass Septet 3

    Septura

    2:45
  • 7:06 PM

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    11:10
  • 7:01 PM

    Legend No. 6

    Antonin Dvorak

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:47
  • 6:52 PM

    The Cathedral (La Catedral)

    Agustin Barrios

    Guitar Passions

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    5:35
  • 6:38 PM

    Concerto for Oboe and Violin

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: Violin Concertos

    Janine Jansen and Friends

    Janine Jansen, violin

    13:31
  • 6:19 PM

    Variations on a Theme of Corelli

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    George Li, piano

    17:48
  • 6:06 PM

    William Tell: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    11:02
  • 6:01 PM

    String Quartet No. 11 "Serioso": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra

    Christian Kluxen, conductor

    Henning Kraggerud, violin

    4:45
  • 5:36 PM

    It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World: Main Theme

    Ernest Gold

    It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    3:17
  • 5:30 PM

    Young Frankenstein: A Transylvanian Lullaby

    John Morris

    A History Of Horror: From Nosferatu To The Sixth Sense

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Nic Raine, conductor

    4:07
  • 5:24 PM

    Bells are Ringing: The Party's Over

    Jule Styne/Betty Comden/Adolph Green

    Broadway: The Great Original Cast Recordings

    Original Broadway Cast Recording

    Judy Holliday, vocals

    2:41
  • 5:19 PM

    Grumpier Old Men: End Credits

    Alan Silvestri

    Beautiful Hollywood

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:48
  • 5:12 PM

    La Cumparsita

    Gerardo H. Matos Rodriguez

    Latigo

    Quartet San Francisco

    4:20
  • 5:07 PM

    Pinocchio: When You Wish Upon a Star

    Leigh Harline

    Serenade: The Love Album

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    3:14
  • 5:01 PM

    Star Wars: Princess Leia's Theme

    John Williams

    Berlin Philharmonic

    John Williams, conductor

    4:37
  • 4:55 PM

    Charade: Charade

    Henry Mancini

    Royal Philharmonic Pops

    Henry Mancini, conductor

    Henry Mancini, piano

    3:30
  • 4:49 PM

    Casablanca Suite

    Max Steiner

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    8:40
  • 4:41 PM

    All About Eve: Main Title

    Alfred Newman

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    1:38
  • 4:35 PM

    Ochi chernye (Dark Eyes)

    Florian Hermann

    Montreal Metropolitan Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Rolando Villazon, tenor

    Ildar Abdrazakov, bass

    3:23
  • 4:31 PM

    To Kill a Mockingbird: Main Title

    Elmer Bernstein

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:01
  • 4:21 PM

    Tribute to Fred Astaire

    Alexander Courage

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    8:29
  • 4:07 PM

    The Kid Fantasy

    Charlie Chaplin

    Chaplin's Smile: Song Arrangements for Violin and Piano

    Philippe Quint, violin

    9:52
  • 4:01 PM

    Modern Times: Smile

    Charlie Chaplin

    I Salonisti Play Music from Titanic, Casablanca, the Godfather

    I Salonisti

    4:31
  • 3:43 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Richard Strauss

    Martin Owen plays Strauss, Schumann, and Weber

    BBC Philharmonic

    John Wilson, conductor

    Martin Owen, horn

    15:26
  • 3:34 PM

    Chorinho

    Joao de Souza Lima

    Chorinho

    Georgina Rossi, viola

    7:07
  • 3:23 PM

    Fritiof Suite: Prelude

    Elfrida Andree

    Andree: Fritiof Suite - Symphony in A minor

    Stockholm Symphony Orchestra

    Gustaf Sjokvist, conductor

    9:02
  • 3:06 PM

    German Dances and Trios

    Franz Schubert

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    16:11
  • 2:48 PM

    Gloriana: Courtly Dances

    Benjamin Britten

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    10:18
  • 2:26 PM

    Serenade for Winds

    Emil Hartmann

    Romantic Wind Serenades

    Consortium Classicum

    19:39
  • 2:11 PM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Edward Elgar

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    13:11
  • 2:06 PM

    Eugene Onegin: Polonaise

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6, Etc

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    4:31
  • 2:01 PM

    Bassoon Concerto: Allegro

    Christoph Graupner

    Graupner: Instrumental and Vocal Music, Vol. 1

    L'Ensemble des Idees heureuses

    Genevieve Soly, conductor

    Mathieu Lussier, bassoon

    4:43
  • 1:55 PM

    Fancy Free Ballet: Danzon

    Leonard Bernstein

    Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    3:03
  • 1:17 PM

    Symphony No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    36:21
  • 1:06 PM

    Renaissance Scottish Dances

    Peter Maxwell Davies

    Peter Maxwell Davies

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Peter Maxwell Davies, conductor

    9:19
  • 1:01 PM

    Masques

    Claude Debussy

    Shadowlines

    Gilles Vonsattel, piano

    4:35
  • 12:47 PM

    Tales from the Vienna Woods

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    11:07
  • 12:35 PM

    Scheherazade: The Sea and Sinbad's Ship

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    10:39
  • 12:32 PM

    Mazurka No. 15

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: The Mazurkas

    Mirian Conti, piano

    2:16
  • 12:18 PM

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    13:25
  • 12:07 PM

    Overture

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Boulanger, Tailleferre, Mendelssohn, Schumann

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:31
  • 12:01 PM

    Flute Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johan Agrell

    Concerto Copenhagen

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    Maria Bania, flute

    4:38
  • 11:40 AM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: "Carmen" Suite, "L'Arlesienne" Suite/Offenbach: Barcarolle, "Orpheus in the Underworld" Overture

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    18:33
  • 11:22 AM

    Guitar Quintet No. 4 "Fandango"

    Luigi Boccherini

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    17:05
  • 11:15 AM

    Pastoral

    Arthur Bliss

    Emma Johnson, clarinet

    Malcolm Martineau, piano

    5:04
  • 11:06 AM

    Suite Mignonne

    Jean Sibelius

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:28
  • 11:01 AM

    Handel in the Strand

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger: Folk-Inspired Works for Piano Duet and Piano Duo

    Bilder Duo

    4:34
  • 10:45 AM

    Charterhouse Suite

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Israel Chamber Orchestra

    Dalia Atlas, conductor

    13:32
  • 10:25 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    Leonard Bernstein, piano

    19:13
  • 10:19 AM

    One World: Ad Pacem (Towards Peace)

    Karl Jenkins

    Jenkins: One World

    World Orchestra for Peace

    Karl Jenkins, conductor

    Alexander Duggan, percussion

    3:01
  • 10:06 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 12

    George Frideric Handel

    I Musici

    12:17
  • 10:01 AM

    I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Capulets and Montagues): Sinfonia

    Vincenzo Bellini

    Orchestra of St. Cecilia

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    4:40
  • 9:40 AM

    Robert le Diable: Ballet of the Nuns

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    18:37
  • 9:25 AM

    Petite Suite Gauloise

    Louis Theodore Gouvy

    The Chamber Winds

    United States Air Force Band

    Lowell Graham, conductor

    13:43
  • 9:05 AM

    Cassation

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Divertimento K 131, Cassation K 99

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    18:49
  • 9:02 AM

    Spring Intermezzo

    Betty King

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:03
  • 8:48 AM

    Four Scottish Dances

    Malcolm Arnold

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    10:51
  • 8:17 AM

    Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished"

    Franz Schubert

    Franz Schubert: Symphonies 1-8

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    29:55
  • 8:01 AM

    The Fairy Queen: Suite

    Henry Purcell

    Sound The Trumpet: Royal Music of Purcell and Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    14:07
  • 7:39 AM

    Holberg Suite

    Edvard Grieg

    Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

    Iona Brown, conductor

    19:21
  • 7:15 AM

    Harp Concerto

    Nino Rota

    Nino Rota

    Montreal Metropolitan Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Jennifer Swartz, harp

    24:21
  • 7:01 AM

    Andante and Hungarian Rondo

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Bassoon Concerti

    London Mozart Players

    Nicholas Cleobury, conductor

    Yoshiyuki Nakanishi, bassoon

    10:34
  • 6:34 AM

    String Quartet No. 66

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: String Quartets Opp. 77 &103

    Takacs Quartet

    24:28
  • 6:21 AM

    Waltz Suite

    Mel Bonis

    Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers

    Roberto Prosseda and Alessandra Ammara, piano four hands

    12:52
  • 6:02 AM

    Concert Piece for Four Horns

    Robert Schumann

    Martin Owen plays Strauss, Schumann, and Weber

    BBC Philharmonic

    John Wilson, conductor

    Martin Owen, horn

    17:23