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  • 5:41 AM

    Tuba Concerto

    John Williams

    Singapore Symphony Orchestra

    Anne Manson, conductor

    Oystein Baadsvik, tuba

    17:03
  • 5:19 AM

    Symphony No. 35 "Haffner"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    London Mozart Players

    Jane Glover, conductor

    20:07
  • 5:06 AM

    Calico Winds

    12:22
  • 5:01 AM

    Waltz No. 3

    Agustin Barrios

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    4:31
  • 4:53 AM

    Symphonic Etude

    Cecile Chaminade

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    5:25
  • 4:29 AM

    Concerto for violin and string orchestra

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Viktoria Mullova, violin

    22:11
  • 4:16 AM

    Poseidon and Amphitrite: An Ocean Fantasy

    John Knowles Paine

    John Knowles Paine: Orchestral Works 2

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    12:09
  • 4:06 AM

    A Fugal Concerto

    Gustav Holst

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Imogen Holst, conductor

    William Bennett, flute

    Peter Graeme, oboe

    8:04
  • 4:01 AM

    Oskar Ekberg, piano

    4:39
  • 3:45 AM

    Four Characteristic Waltzes

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    13:42
  • 12:38 AM

    With the Wild Geese

    Hamilton Harty

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Proinnsias O'Duinn, conductor

    18:06
  • 12:31 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 1 "La Tempesta di Mare" ("Storm at Sea")

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: 6 Concerti, Op. 10

    New Irish Chamber Orchestra

    James Galway, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    6:43
  • 12:17 AM

    London Fields

    Phyllis Tate

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    12:53
  • 12:13 AM

    Keep Your Hand on the Plow (Hold On!)

    Spiritual

    Chanticleer

    3:47
  • 12:12 AM

    Album for the Young: The Happy Farmer

    Robert Schumann

    Alexis Weissenberg, piano

    :42
  • 11:59 PM

    Symphony No. 8

    William Boyce

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Ronald Thomas, conductor

    11:31
  • 11:51 PM

    Danse Macabre

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 etc

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Emmanuel Krivine, conductor

    7:01
  • 11:31 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 5

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Orli Shahm Mozart Sonatas Vol. 2 and 3

    Orli Shaham, piano

    18:38
  • 11:25 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Scherzo

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenades Opp. 22 & 24

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    6:23
  • 11:18 PM

    Etude No. 8

    Giulio Regondi

    Music to My Ears: A Collection of Music for Children of All Ages

    David Starobin, guitar

    4:49
  • 11:03 PM

    Symphony breve

    Louis Theodore Gouvy

    German Radio Philharmonic

    Jacques Mercier, conductor

    14:00
  • 10:59 PM

    March of the Trolls

    Edvard Grieg

    Wonderland

    Alice Sara Ott, piano

    2:55
  • 10:36 PM

    Symphony No. 100 "Military"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    22:15
  • 10:29 PM

    Let My Love Be Heard

    Jake Runestad

    The Hope of Loving: Choral Music of Jake Runestad

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    5:00
  • 10:19 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Johann Fasch

    La Stravaganza Cologne

    Veronika Skuplik, violin

    8:02
  • 10:16 PM

    Jaunting Car

    Peter Hope

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    2:47
  • 10:11 PM

    Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I

    Andras Schiff, piano

    3:51
  • 10:01 PM

    Trumpet Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Overtures

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    9:02
  • 9:48 PM

    Concert Waltz No. 1

    Alexander Glazunov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade, Arensky: Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky, Glazunov: The Seasons, Concert Waltzes

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    9:43
  • 9:32 PM

    Noble and Sentimental Waltzes

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 - Valses nobles et sentimentales / Gaspard de la nuit

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    15:21
  • 9:27 PM

    After the Cakewalk

    Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    3:26
  • 9:14 PM

    Arion

    Jean-Louis Blouin, viola

    12:13
  • 9:00 PM

    Caprice

    William Sterndale Bennett

    Romantic Piano Concerto Vol. 43

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    Howard Shelley, piano

    12:41
  • 6:39 PM

    Three Botticelli Pictures

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Pines of Rome, etc.

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    18:58
  • 6:27 PM

    Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto; Saint-Saens: Havanaise

    New York Chamber Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    10:40
  • 6:20 PM

    Grand Tarantelle

    Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    Sakiko Ohashi, piano

    Gary Hammond, piano

    6:18
  • 6:10 PM

    Novelette "In Eastern Style"

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Five Novelettes; String Quartet No. 5

    Saint Petersburg String Quartet

    8:06
  • 6:06 PM

    Trumpet Voluntary

    John Stanley

    London Brass

    3:35
  • 6:01 PM

    American Suite: 2nd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    4:38
  • 5:39 PM

    Serenade for Strings

    Ernst von Dohnanyi

    Dohnanyi: String Quartet, Serenade, and Sextet

    Nash Ensemble

    19:50
  • 5:16 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Franz Liszt

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    20:57
  • 5:11 PM

    Summer Days by the Sea: Summer Meadow

    Maj Sonstevold

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Karsten Andersen, conductor

    3:34
  • 5:06 PM

    Spirited Away: One Summer's Day

    Joe Hisaishi

    Dream Songs

    Studio Orchestra

    Joe Hisaishi, piano

    4:02
  • 5:01 PM

    Pekka Kuusisto, violin

    Ismo Eskelinen, guitar

    4:44
  • 4:53 PM

    Fantasy-Impromptu

    Frederic Chopin

    The Complete Piano Works of Chopin, Vol 5: Polonaises & Impromptus

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    5:03
  • 4:26 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Susan Palma, flute

    24:59
  • 4:15 PM

    Capriccio: String Sextet

    Richard Strauss

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    10:00
  • 4:06 PM

    La Cenerentola (Cinderella): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jaime Laredo, conductor

    7:50
  • 4:01 PM

    Artists' Quadrille (Kunstler-Quadrille)

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:46
  • 3:51 PM

    Symphonie Fantastique: March to the Scaffold

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique Op. 14 / Tristia

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    6:57
  • 3:45 PM

    Sinfonia

    Wilhelm Friedemann Bach

    Wilhelm Friedemann Bach: Das Orchesterwerk

    CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra

    Hartmut Haenchen, conductor

    13:15
  • 3:40 PM

    Memories of the Alhambra

    Francisco Tarrega

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    4:08
  • 3:18 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American"

    William Grant Still

    African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. 1

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    21:09
  • 3:10 PM

    Graceful Ghost Rag

    William Bolcom

    Haerim Elizabeth Lee, violin

    Alex Brown, piano

    6:32
  • 3:00 PM

    Epic March

    John Ireland

    Sinfonia of London

    John Wilson, conductor

    8:40
  • 2:57 PM

    Trombone Concerto: 3rd mvt

    Jan Sandstrom

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    Christian Lindberg, trombone

    2:00
  • 2:53 PM

    Es ist ein Ros entsprungen

    Jan Sandstrom

    Nordic Nativity

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    3:38
  • 2:49 PM

    The Red Pony Suite: Walk to the Bunkhouse

    Aaron Copland

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    2:47
  • 2:40 PM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Cantatas

    Finnish National Opera Orchestra

    Eri Klas, conductor

    8:23
  • 2:30 PM

    Serenade No. 2: 1st movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    8:38
  • 2:24 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 6: 3rd movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Janos Rolla, conductor

    Cyprien Katsaris, piano

    4:25
  • 2:18 PM

    Morgen! (Tomorrow!)

    Richard Strauss

    Lise Davidesen | Wagner and Strauss

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Lise Davidsen, soprano

    4:29
  • 2:08 PM

    Serenade for Winds: Scherzo

    Julius Rontgen

    Viotta Ensemble

    6:40
  • 2:04 PM

    Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

    George Frideric Handel

    Mad About Baroque

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    2:57
  • 1:50 PM

    Prague Waltzes

    Antonin Dvorak

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    8:58
  • 1:47 PM

    Noble Waltz No. 4

    Franz Schubert

    Gil Shaham, violin

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    1:21
  • 1:42 PM

    Suite for 13 Wind Instruments: Gavotte

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Sinfonia Domestica, Suite for Winds

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    4:07
  • 1:32 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 25: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Piano Concertos

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Jeremy Denk, piano

    8:28
  • 1:26 PM

    Habanera

    Moritz Moszkowski

    From Foreign Lands

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    4:59
  • 1:20 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Wedding March

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Andre Previn, conductor

    5:13
  • 1:15 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Andre Previn, conductor

    4:40
  • 1:09 PM

    King Arthur: Overture and Air

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell: Ayres for the Theatre

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    4:16
  • 1:04 PM

    Peer Gynt: Morning Mood

    Edvard Grieg

    Norwegian Classical Favourites

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    4:01
  • 12:51 PM

    Egmont Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski - The Minnesota Orchestra: The Vox Recordings

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

    8:40
  • 12:41 PM

    Premiere Rhapsodie

    Claude Debussy

    Lille National Orchestra

    Alexandre Bloch, conductor

    Annelien Van Wauwe, clarinet

    7:33
  • 12:32 PM

    String Quartet No. 63 "Sunrise": 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 76, Nos. 4 & 6

    Orlando Quartet

    8:39
  • 12:20 PM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto

    Russian National Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    10:11
  • 12:15 PM

    The Deer Hunter: Cavatina

    Stanley Myers

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    3:40
  • 12:07 PM

    Bourree Fantasque

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:43
  • 12:04 PM

    The Ruins of Athens: Turkish March

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    1:51
  • 11:30 AM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: L'Arlesienne Suites

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    17:36
  • 11:23 AM

    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
  • 11:12 AM

    Trio Sonata No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Royal Brass: Music from the Renaissance & Baroque

    Empire Brass

    9:52
  • 11:06 AM

    Dreams of Love No. 3 (Liebestraum)

    Franz Liszt

    Virtuose Harfenmusik

    Jutta Zoff, harp

    5:14
  • 11:01 AM

    Czech Suite: Sousedska

    Antonin Dvorak

    Padua Chamber Orchestra

    David Golub, conductor

    4:35
  • 10:48 AM

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

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Book

    Lang Lang, piano

    10:13
  • 10:27 AM

    Ramuntcho Suite No. 1

    Gabriel Pierne

    Piano Concerto in C Minor

    Philharmonie de Lorraine

    Jacques Houtmann, conductor

    19:43
  • 10:18 AM

    Cuban Landscape with Rain

    Leo Brouwer

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    6:59
  • 10:06 AM

    Four Seasons: Autumn

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Nigel Kennedy, conductor

    Nigel Kennedy, violin

    11:18
  • 10:01 AM

    Rondo Amoroso

    Harald Saeverud

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Per Dreier, conductor

    4:35
  • 9:42 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Muzio Clementi

    Clementi: Symphony No. 1, etc.

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    16:34
  • 9:21 AM

    Serenade for Winds

    Emil Hartmann

    Romantic Wind Serenades

    Consortium Classicum

    19:39
  • 9:08 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Giuseppe Sammartini

    I Musici

    Heinz Holliger, oboe

    11:58
  • 9:01 AM

    Wedding Cake

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Dances for Piano and Orchestra

    Northwest Sinfonietta

    Christophe Chagnard, conductor

    Joel Fan, piano

    6:18
  • 8:27 AM

    String Quartet No. 10 "Harp"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Alexander String Quartet

    31:04
  • 8:15 AM

    Norbert Kraft, guitar

    12:02
  • 8:01 AM

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    11:54
  • 7:34 AM

    Death and Transfiguration

    Richard Strauss

    New York Philharmonic

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    24:43
  • 7:16 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Trondheim Soloists

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    17:25
  • 7:01 AM

    Norwegian Rhapsody No. 1

    Johan Halvorsen

    Halvorsen, J.: Norwegian Rhapsodies Nos. 1 and 2 / Svendsen, J.: Norwegian Rhapsodies Nos. 1-4

    Trondheim Symphony Orchestra

    Ole Kristian Ruud, conductor

    12:41
  • 6:40 AM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 2

    Ottorino Respighi

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:47
  • 6:33 AM

    Glass Houses: No. 15

    Ann Southam

    Taktus

    7:29
  • 6:27 AM

    Suite No. 2 for Two Pianos "Silhouettes": La Danseuse

    Anton Arensky

    Arensky: Five Suites For Two Pianos / Genova & Dimitrov Piano Duo

    Aglika Genova, piano

    3:18
  • 6:01 AM

    Viola Concerto

    William Walton

    Concert Recording

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    Tabea Zimmermann, viola

    25:27