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  • 5:28 AM

    Scottish Fantasy

    Max Bruch

    Jean Sibelius: Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 47, Max Bruch: Scottish Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 46

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Midori, violin

    30:30
  • 5:13 AM

    Sonata for Flute and Harp

    Nino Rota

    Medieval Dances for Flute and Harp

    Laurel Zucker, flute

    13:17
  • 5:06 AM

    The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Mari Kodama, piano

    Momo Kodama, piano

    6:01
  • 5:01 AM

    Clarinet Quintet: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Pacifica String Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    4:32
  • 4:57 AM

    Flight of the Bumblebee

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Trumpet Works

    Sergei Nakariakov, trumpet

    1:02
  • 4:47 AM

    Musical Moment No. 6

    Franz Schubert

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    10:29
  • 4:42 AM

    Go Tell It on the Mountain

    Spiritual

    Imani Winds

    3:01
  • 4:19 AM

    Serenade for Winds

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenades

    Vienna Philharmonic Winds

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    22:54
  • 4:06 AM

    String Symphony No. 4

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Gli Incogniti

    Amandine Beyer, conductor

    11:25
  • 4:01 AM

    Symphony No. 2: Scherzo

    Charles Gounod

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:44
  • 3:38 AM

    Images for Orchestra: Iberia

    Claude Debussy

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    20:39
  • 3:13 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Samuel Barber

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    23:10
  • 3:06 AM

    I Wonder as I Wander; Coventry Carol; O Come, O Come Emmanuel

    Christmas Music

    Neil Hogan, guitar

    4:55
  • 3:01 AM

    Waltz No. 3

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Opp. 33-36, 38

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    4:37
  • 2:50 AM

    Huapango

    Jose Moncayo

    Caramelos Latinos

    Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra

    Maximiano Valdez, conductor

    7:54
  • 2:40 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Havana Lyceum Orchestra

    Jose Antonio Mendez Padron, conductor

    Sarah Willis, horn

    8:43
  • 2:34 AM

    Three Carols for Harp

    Christmas Music

    Emily Mitchell, harp

    3:51
  • 2:06 AM

    Sinfonietta

    Francis Poulenc

    Concert Recording

    Swiss Italian Orchestra

    Fabien Gabel, conductor

    27:45
  • 2:01 AM

    Spring

    Edvard Grieg

    Nordic Spring

    Christian Bergqvist, violin

    4:49
  • 1:53 AM

    Christmas Medley

    Richard Hayman

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    5:08
  • 1:14 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Andrew Constantine, conductor

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    37:28
  • 1:08 AM

    The Ash Grove

    Traditional Welsh

    Salzedo Harp Duo

    3:36
  • 1:06 AM

    Prairie Miniature

    Arthur Farwell

    Calico Winds

    1:54
  • 1:01 AM

    English Suite No. 3: Gavottes

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ivo Pogorelich, piano

    4:30
  • 12:50 AM

    Men of Goodwill Variations on A Christmas Carol

    Benjamin Britten

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:30
  • 12:41 AM

    Symphonic Sketches: Noel

    George Chadwick

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Hidetaro Suzuki, violin

    7:53
  • 12:13 AM

    String Quartet No. 2

    Alexander Borodin

    Bartok, Borodin, Smetana: String Quartets

    Takacs Quartet

    26:07
  • 12:10 AM

    Battle Galliard

    Samuel Scheidt

    Canadian Brass Takes Flight

    Canadian Brass

    1:36
  • 12:06 AM

    Symphony on a Hymn Tune: 3rd movement

    Virgil Thomson

    Hanson Conducts McPhee Sessions Thomson

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    3:03
  • 12:01 AM

    Chaconne

    Jean-Baptiste Lully

    Chaconne

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    4:21
  • 11:36 PM

    Aranjuez Concerto

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    22:21
  • 11:13 PM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 2

    Carl Maria von Weber

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    Janet Hilton, clarinet

    21:56
  • 11:06 PM

    Symphonic Metamorphosis: March

    Paul Hindemith

    Hindemith: Mathis Der Maler Etc.

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    4:24
  • 11:01 PM

    Procession of the Sardar

    Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov

    Empire Brass

    4:37
  • 10:51 PM

    The Merchant of Venice: Suite Anglaise No. 2

    Henri Rabaud

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    7:11
  • 10:48 PM

    Trumpet Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johann Hummel

    Classic Trumpet Concerti

    New York Chamber Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Gerard Schwarz, trumpet

    3:33
  • 10:25 PM

    The Tender Land Suite

    Aaron Copland

    Phoenix Symphony

    James Sedares, conductor

    21:21
  • 10:18 PM

    The Year: December

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Liana Serbescu, piano

    4:52
  • 10:07 PM

    A Children's Overture

    Roger Quilter

    Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    11:08
  • 10:01 PM

    Serenade: Finale

    William Alwyn

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    4:28
  • 9:35 PM

    Gaite Parisienne: Selections

    Jacques Offenbach

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    23:11
  • 9:17 PM

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 2

    Edvard Grieg

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    17:03
  • 9:11 PM

    Carol of the Bells

    Mikola Leontovich

    This Christmas with Imani Winds

    Imani Winds

    3:42
  • 9:06 PM

    Mlada: Procession of the Nobles

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Pops a la Russe

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:25
  • 9:01 PM

    Four Etudes

    Fernando Sor

    Norbert Kraft, guitar

    4:36
  • 8:36 PM

    Cello Concerto

    Robert Schumann

    Ying String Quartet

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    22:12
  • 8:34 PM

    Prelude No. 10

    Frederic Chopin

    The Complete Chopin Preludes

    Yundi Li, piano

    :24
  • 8:19 PM

    Karelia Suite

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Tone Poems & Incidental Music

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    15:42
  • 8:13 PM

    Christmas Tree Suite: Adeste fideles

    Franz Liszt

    Evening Bells

    Roland Pontinen, piano

    3:26
  • 8:06 PM

    Iberia: Lavapies

    Isaac Albeniz

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    6:43
  • 8:01 PM

    Pygmalion: Overture

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Les Arts Florissants

    William Christie, conductor

    4:47
  • 7:50 PM

    A Fugal Concerto

    Gustav Holst

    Tippett, Holst, Corelli, Bach

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Kathryn Greenbank, oboe

    7:23
  • 7:24 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4 "Mozartiana"

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    25:01
  • 7:17 PM

    Frosty the Snowman (in the style of Mozart)

    Nelson/Rollins

    Hampton String Quartet

    5:15
  • 7:06 PM

    Benvenuto Cellini: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    San Diego Symphony Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    10:38
  • 7:00 PM

    Irish Roots Medley

    Traditional

    Modern Mandolin Quartet

    4:42
  • 6:40 PM

    Suite in Old Style

    Dobrinka Tabakova

    Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra

    Maxim Rysanov, conductor

    Maxim Rysanov, viola

    Vaiva Eidukaityte-Storastiene, harpsichord

    18:35
  • 6:16 PM

    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: The Piano Concertos and Paganini Rhapsody

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    Yuja Wang, piano

    23:40
  • 6:10 PM

    Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

    Hugh Martin/Ralph Blane

    Christmas Time Is Here

    Canadian Brass

    3:18
  • 6:06 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 13

    Antonin Dvorak

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    2:42
  • 6:01 PM

    The Brooklyn Dodge

    William Bolcom

    William Bolcom: The Complete Rags

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    4:48
  • 5:53 PM

    How the West Was Won

    Alfred Newman

    Round-Up

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    7:21
  • 5:47 PM

    How to Marry a Millionaire: Street Scene

    Alfred Newman

    Hollywood Soundstage

    Sinfonia of London

    John Wilson, conductor

    5:59
  • 5:46 PM

    20th Century Fox Fanfare

    Alfred Newman

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    :24
  • 5:41 PM

    A Bug's Life: The Time of Your Life

    Randy Newman

    Mega Movies

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:07
  • 5:37 PM

    Meet Joe Black: Walkaway

    Thomas Newman

    Meet Joe Black: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    Thomas Newman, conductor

    1:52
  • 5:35 PM

    Ice Age: Opening Travel Music

    David Newman

    Varese Sarabande - A 25th Anniversary Celebration

    Studio Orchestra

    1:18
  • 5:31 PM

    Chinatown: Love Theme from Chinatown (End Title)

    Jerry Goldsmith

    Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra

    Jerry Goldsmith, conductor

    2:03
  • 5:27 PM

    The Boy Who Could Fly: End Title

    Bruce Broughton

    Fantastic Journey

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    2:51
  • 5:22 PM

    The Scent of a Woman: Main Title

    Randy and Thomas Newman

    The Scent of a Woman Original Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    Thomas Newman, conductor

    2:57
  • 5:12 PM

    Spellbound Concerto

    Miklos Rozsa

    Earl Wild Goes to the Movies

    London Promenade Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    Earl Wild, piano

    8:04
  • 5:07 PM

    Eye of the Needle: Finale and Epilogue

    Miklos Rozsa

    Varese Sarabande - A 25th Anniversary Celebration

    Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra

    Miklos Rozsa, conductor

    3:20
  • 5:01 PM

    Silverado: Overture

    Bruce Broughton

    The Quest

    UNLV Wind Orchestra

    Thomas Leslie, conductor

    4:33
  • 4:53 PM

    X-Men: The Last Stand: End Credits

    John Powell

    Superheroes!

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    John Morris Russell, conductor

    4:59
  • 4:53 PM

    How to Train Your Dragon: Test Drive

    John Powell

    Midnight Sessions at the Royal Albert Hall

    Anna Lapwood, organ

    2:16
  • 4:49 PM

    Shrek: Transformation/The End

    Harry Gregson-Williams/John Powell

    Varese Sarabande - A 25th Anniversary Celebration

    Studio Orchestra

    3:26
  • 4:36 PM

    The Lion King: King of Pride Rock

    Hans Zimmer

    The Lion King: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    Nick Glennie-Smith, conductor

    5:59
  • 4:30 PM

    Driving Miss Daisy: End Titles

    Hans Zimmer

    Varese Sarabande - A 25th Anniversary Celebration

    Studio Orchestra

    4:52
  • 4:22 PM

    Twin Peaks: Laura Palmer's Theme

    Angelo Badalamenti

    Maximus: The Greatest Movie Soundtracks

    Radom Chamber Orchestra

    David Runtz, conductor

    Maksym Rzeminski, piano

    3:55
  • 4:19 PM

    Blue Velvet: Mysteries of Love

    Angelo Badalamenti

    Varese Sarabande - A 25th Anniversary Celebration

    Studio Orchestra

    2:12
  • 4:15 PM

    Mary Poppins Returns: Overture

    Marc Shaiman

    Mary Poppins Returns Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    Gavin Greenaway, conductor

    2:29
  • 4:11 PM

    City Slickers: Main Title

    Mark Shaiman

    Varese Sarabande - A 25th Anniversary Celebration

    Studio Orchestra

    2:42
  • 4:07 PM

    To Kill a Mockingbird: Main Title

    Elmer Bernstein

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:01
  • 4:01 PM

    A View to a Kill: Suite

    John Barry

    1985 At The Movies

    Varese Sarabande Symphony Orchestra

    David Newman, conductor

    Sara Andon, flute

    4:45
  • 3:35 PM

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    22:53
  • 3:32 PM

    The Red Shawl

    Gomidas Vartabed

    Sybarite5: Collective Wisdom

    Sybarite5

    2:29
  • 3:29 PM

    Oh Nazan

    Gomidas Vartabed

    Sybarite5: Collective Wisdom

    Sybarite5

    2:17
  • 3:17 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Telemann: Trumpet Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet

    10:13
  • 3:06 PM

    Prince Igor: Overture

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Three Symphonies, Petite Suite, Polovetsian Dances

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    10:09
  • 2:43 PM

    Fantasia Mexicana

    Antonio Gomezanda

    Antonio Gomezanda: Orchestral Works

    Berlin Symphony Orchestra

    Jorge Velazco, conductor

    Alan Marks, piano

    14:47
  • 2:24 PM

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    17:35
  • 2:18 PM

    Sir Roger de Coverley (A Christmas Dance)

    Frank Bridge

    New Zealand Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor

    4:22
  • 2:07 PM

    Divertimento

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Ensemble Wien-Berlin

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    10:58
  • 2:01 PM

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    4:35
  • 1:53 PM

    Messiah: O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Messiah

    Dunedin Consort and Players

    John Butt, conductor

    Annie Gill, contralto

    5:11
  • 1:14 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    37:17
  • 1:06 PM

    Vladimir Horowitz, piano

    6:21
  • 1:01 PM

    Humoresque No. 3

    Jean Sibelius

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Pekka Kuusisto, conductor

    Pekka Kuusisto, violin

    4:32
  • 12:46 PM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Potsdam Chamber Academy

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    Shalev Ad-El, harpsichord

    12:34
  • 12:40 PM

    Christmas Medley

    Various

    Joy to the World

    Empire Brass & Friends

    4:19
  • 12:31 PM

    A Winter Idyll

    Gustav Holst

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    8:59
  • 12:17 PM

    Consecration of the House: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Otto Klemperer, conductor

    12:12
  • 12:06 PM

    Kreisleriana No. 2

    Robert Schumann

    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    9:56
  • 12:01 PM

    Billy the Kid: Prairie Night

    Aaron Copland

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    4:43
  • 11:39 AM

    Carmen Suite No. 1

    Georges Bizet

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    19:08
  • 11:19 AM

    String Quartet No. 64

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 76 No. 5 in D major, etc.

    Cleveland Quartet

    19:08
  • 11:14 AM

    Angels We Have Heard on High

    Traditional French

    Christmas Harp Music

    Ayako Shinozaki, harp

    3:14
  • 11:06 AM

    The Gadfly: Romance

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Film Music of Dmitri Shostakovich, Vol. 2

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vassily Sinaisky, conductor

    6:33
  • 11:01 AM

    Consolation

    Cecile Chaminade

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    4:51
  • 10:48 AM

    Symphony No. 6: 4th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Franz Schubert: Symphonien Nos. 5 & 6

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    10:10
  • 10:29 AM

    Symphony No. 21

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies in A major

    Schlierbach Chamber Orchestra

    Thomas Fey, conductor

    17:49
  • 10:23 AM

    3 German Carols

    Traditional

    Christmas Gift

    Solid Brass

    4:37
  • 10:07 AM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Johann Stamitz

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    15:39
  • 10:01 AM

    The Floating One Polka Mazurka

    Josef Strauss

    Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Arthur Kulling, conductor

    4:37
  • 9:40 AM

    The Birds

    Ottorino Respighi

    Classical Zoo

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Louis Lane, conductor

    18:24
  • 9:26 AM

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    13:25
  • 9:20 AM

    Coventry Carol; Good King Wenceslas

    Traditional

    Canadian Brass

    4:36
  • 9:02 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Franz Liszt

    Chopin, Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    Yundi Li, piano

    17:48
  • 8:28 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Johan Svendsen

    Svendsen: The Two Symphonies, etc.

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    30:11
  • 8:25 AM

    I Saw a Maiden

    Traditional

    In dulci jubilo: Choral Music for Advent and Christmas

    Harmonia Sacra

    Peter Leech, conductor

    3:16
  • 8:02 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 5

    Henri Vieuxtemps

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    Isabelle van Keulen, violin

    21:21
  • 7:31 AM

    Symphony No. 48 "Maria Theresia"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    27:15
  • 7:27 AM

    O Christmas Tree

    Traditional

    Christmas With The Pops: Traditional Christmas Favorites

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:16
  • 7:01 AM

    Clarinet Quintet

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Beethoven: Center of Gravity, 4

    Miro Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    24:11
  • 6:19 AM

    Symphony No. 7

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No 7, Leonore Overture No 3

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    39:12
  • 6:12 AM

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Harold Darke

    Studio Orchestra

    4:55
  • 6:02 AM

    Quiet City

    Aaron Copland

    University of Kansas Wind Ensemble

    Paul Popiel, conductor

    Margaret Marco, English horn

    Steve Leisring, trumpet

    10:10