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  • 5:49 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 2; Overtures

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    9:34
  • 5:28 AM

    Oboe Concerto No. 1

    Ludwig Lebrun

    Radio Chamber Orchestra

    Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor

    Bart Schneemann, oboe

    19:01
  • 5:06 AM

    American Suite

    Antonin Dvorak

    Rochester Philharmonic

    David Zinman, conductor

    21:20
  • 5:01 AM

    Choro de Saudade

    Agustin Barrios

    David Russell, guitar

    4:49
  • 4:43 AM

    Prelude and Bourree

    Wilhelm Stenhammar

    Stenhammar: Serenade In F Major

    Gavle Symphony Orchestra

    Hannu Koivula, conductor

    14:46
  • 4:22 AM

    Miss Sally's Party

    William Grant Still

    Skyward My People Rose

    VocalEssence Orchestra

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    19:02
  • 4:20 AM

    Evening Party

    He Luting

    Shanghai Philharmonic

    Cao Peng, conductor

    1:47
  • 4:06 AM

    String Symphony No. 6

    Felix Mendelssohn

    London Festival Orchestra

    Ross Pople, conductor

    12:22
  • 4:01 AM

    Downton Abbey: A Royal Command

    John Lunn

    Downton Abbey Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Chamber Orchestra of London

    Alastair King, conductor

    4:50
  • 3:46 AM

    Chimney of King Rene

    Darius Milhaud

    French Wind Music

    Reykjavik Wind Quintet

    12:26
  • 3:11 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Piano Concertos

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    33:19
  • 3:06 AM

    In Moonlight

    Edward Elgar

    Vaughan Williams; Elgar

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, viola

    3:09
  • 3:01 AM

    Oriental Dance

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    Stephen Hough, piano

    4:53
  • 2:51 AM

    Straussiana

    Erich Korngold

    Strauss, Liszt, Korngold, Busoni, Schreker

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Kazuki Yamada, conductor

    7:14
  • 2:29 AM

    Guitar Quintet No. 4 "Fandango"

    Luigi Boccherini

    Tokyo String Quartet

    Kazuhito Yamashita, guitar

    20:14
  • 2:17 AM

    Benvenuto Cellini: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Pictures at a Gallery

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:12
  • 2:06 AM

    The Spark Catchers

    Hannah Kendall

    Concert Recording

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Ryan Bancroft, conductor

    10:37
  • 2:01 AM

    Bass Tuba Concerto: Romance

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Singapore Symphony Orchestra

    Anne Manson, conductor

    Oystein Baadsvik, tuba

    4:45
  • 1:51 AM

    Soir, Matin

    Mel Bonis

    Ravel, Faure, and Bonis: Trios avec piano

    Trio George Sand

    7:11
  • 1:18 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    Franz Schubert

    Franz Schubert: Symphonien Nos. 5 & 6

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    31:46
  • 1:10 AM

    Piano Concerto: Scherzo

    Amy Beach

    Nashville Symphony Orchestra

    Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor

    Alan Feinberg, piano

    5:50
  • 1:06 AM

    Serenade

    Roman Hoffstetter

    Favourite Serenades for Orchestra

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:24
  • 1:01 AM

    King Carotte Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    Offenbach: Overtures & Ballets

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    4:44
  • 12:52 AM

    Rusalka: Song to the Moon

    Antonin Dvorak

    The #1 Opera Album

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    Renee Fleming, soprano

    6:39
  • 12:47 AM

    Small River Flowing

    Traditional Chinese

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    2:31
  • 12:26 AM

    Yellow River Piano Concerto

    arr. Yin Chengzhong

    Lang Lang: Dragon Songs

    China Philharmonic Orchestra

    Long Yu, conductor

    Lang Lang, piano

    20:35
  • 12:18 AM

    Fishing by Moonlight

    Robin Milford

    Robin Milford: Fishing by Moonlight

    Guildhall Strings

    Julian Milford, piano

    6:27
  • 12:14 AM

    Silver Clouds Chasing the Moon

    Ren Guang

    Lydia Maria Bader, piano

    3:20
  • 12:07 AM

    A Moonlit Night on the Spring River

    Traditional Chinese

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    7:17
  • 12:01 AM

    The Moon

    William S Lloyd Webber

    And the Bridge is Love: English Music for Strings

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Julian Lloyd Webber, conductor

    4:26
  • 11:46 PM

    Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn Overtures

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Claus Peter Flor, conductor

    12:09
  • 11:28 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven Piano Sonatas Nos. 12, 13, 14, 15

    Gerhard Oppitz, piano

    16:26
  • 11:25 PM

    Swan Lake: Lake by Moonlight

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    2:35
  • 11:20 PM

    Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune (Moonlight)

    Claude Debussy

    Seasons...Dreams...

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    4:31
  • 11:15 PM

    White Snow in the Spring Sunlight

    Traditional Chinese

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    3:37
  • 11:12 PM

    Spring Wind

    Yu-Xian Deng

    Lang Lang: Dragon Songs

    Lang Lang, piano

    1:58
  • 11:07 PM

    Spring Festival Overture

    Huan Zhi Li

    Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kektjiang Lim, conductor

    5:02
  • 11:01 PM

    Glowing Red Morningstar Lilies

    Traditional Chinese

    Chinese Dreams

    Lydia Maria Bader, piano

    4:38
  • 10:50 PM

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Jerry Goldsmith, conductor

    8:52
  • 10:43 PM

    Toward a New Life

    Josef Suk

    Summon the Heroes

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    5:53
  • 10:32 PM

    Pictures from Bashu (Six Sichuan Folk Songs)

    Hu-Wei Huang

    Shanghai Quartet

    Eugenia Zukerman, flute

    9:32
  • 10:27 PM

    Red Dragonfly

    Kosaku Yamada

    Salut d'Amour

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    4:47
  • 10:22 PM

    Three Variations on Plum Blossom

    Traditional Chinese

    Sketches of China

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    3:49
  • 10:15 PM

    Jasmine Flower

    Traditional Chinese

    Lang Lang, piano

    6:41
  • 10:07 PM

    Celebration Overture

    Peter Boyer

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Peter Boyer, conductor

    6:34
  • 10:01 PM

    Il mondo della luna (Life on the Moon): Overture

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Il mondo della luna

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    4:16
  • 9:49 PM

    Danzon No. 2

    Arturo Marquez

    Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    9:46
  • 9:17 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 5 "Turkish"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    29:50
  • 9:14 PM

    Song without Words

    Makar Ekmalian

    Ekmalian: Piano Works

    Mikael Ayrapetyan, piano

    2:13
  • 9:07 PM

    The Kiss Overture

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: Orchestral Highlights from Operas

    Slovak State Phiharmonic, Kosice

    Robert Stankovsky, conductor

    6:22
  • 9:01 PM

    Concierto en Flamenco: Alegrias de Cadiz

    Federico Torroba

    Torroba: Guitar Concertos 1

    Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra

    Manuel Coves, conductor

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    4:43
  • 8:35 PM

    Serenade for Winds

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenades Op. 22 & 44

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    23:30
  • 8:22 PM

    Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

    Aram Khachaturian

    Russian Adagios

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    11:53
  • 8:14 PM

    Shall We Gather at the River

    Robert Lowry

    LORD, HOW COME ME HERE?: SPIRITUALS, FOLK HYMNS, AND ART SONG REIMAGINED

    Will Liverman, baritone

    6:20
  • 8:06 PM

    Introduction and Caprice-Jota

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Sarasate: Music For Violin And Orchestra 3

    Navarra Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Martinez Izquierdo, conductor

    Tianwa Yang, violin

    7:08
  • 8:01 PM

    Callirhoe: Pas des escharpes

    Cecile Chaminade

    Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers

    National Orchestra of Metz Grand Est

    David Reiland, conductor

    4:47
  • 7:45 PM

    Italian Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Amadeus Guitar Duo

    13:58
  • 3:34 PM

    Symphony No. 97

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    24:30
  • 3:30 PM

    Your Hands In Mine

    Florence Price

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:14
  • 3:15 PM

    Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Richard Studt, conductor

    12:18
  • 3:06 PM

    The Planets: Jupiter

    Gustav Holst

    Voyage

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    John Morris Russell, conductor

    7:55
  • 2:41 PM

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 2

    Edvard Grieg

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    17:03
  • 2:24 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Keyboard Concertos Nos. 3, 5, 6, 7

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Murray Perahia, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    15:34
  • 2:14 PM

    Concert Piece for Clarinet and Basset Horn

    Felix Mendelssohn

    The Clarinet in Concert

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Alun Francis, conductor

    Thea King, clarinet

    8:18
  • 2:06 PM

    Nameday (Namensfeier) Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Overtures

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    6:43
  • 2:01 PM

    Piano Trio No. 1 "Four Seasons in Belleville": Spring

    Rick Sowash

    Mirecourt Trio

    4:40
  • 1:48 PM

    Prince Igor: Overture

    Alexander Borodin

    Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

    Bramwell Tovey, conductor

    10:43
  • 1:15 PM

    Serenade No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Serenades

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    31:07
  • 1:07 PM

    String Quartet No. 6: 1st movement

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Arabella String Quartet

    6:47
  • 1:01 PM

    Images, Book 1: Reflets dans l'eau (Reflections in the Water)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images, Etudes

    Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano

    4:43
  • 12:48 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
  • 12:45 PM

    Syncopation

    Fritz Kreisler

    Ray Chen: The Golden Age

    Ray Chen, violin

    2:04
  • 12:32 PM

    Snow Maiden Suite

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    12:28
  • 12:19 PM

    Chamber Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Cologne Camerata

    Michael Schneider, recorder

    11:18
  • 12:06 PM

    Semiramide: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    12:23
  • 12:01 PM

    Symphony No. 5 "The Carnival": 1st movement

    Alfred Hill

    Alfred Hill: Symphonies Nos. 5 and 10

    Queensland Symphony Orchestra

    Wilfred Lehmann, conductor

    4:34
  • 11:39 AM

    Symphony No. 35 "Haffner"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    19:15
  • 11:19 AM

    Fantasie for Piano Four-Hands

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Resonance De L'Originaire

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    18:32
  • 11:14 AM

    Black, Brown and Beige: Come Sunday

    Duke Ellington

    Daniel Hope: America

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Ponet, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    3:45
  • 11:06 AM

    Sense and Sensibility: Suite

    Patrick Doyle

    Sense And Sensibility Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Ensemble

    Robert Ziegler, conductor

    6:40
  • 11:01 AM

    Scottish Rondo

    John Field

    Miceal O'Rourke, piano

    4:34
  • 10:44 AM

    Fantastic Scherzo

    Josef Suk

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    14:50
  • 10:29 AM

    Harp Concerto

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Organ Concertos

    Brandenburg Consort

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    Frances Kelly, harp

    13:01
  • 10:20 AM

    Scherzando No. 4

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn Ensemble Berlin

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    7:54
  • 10:06 AM

    Serenade No. 2

    Robert Volkmann

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    12:25
  • 10:01 AM

    Lux Aeterna

    Ivo Antognini

    Mid-Winter Songs/Un Soir De Neige

    Phoenix Chamber Choir

    4:41
  • 9:35 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    William Banfield

    Childs, B: The Distant Land, etc.

    Akron Symphony Orchestra

    Alan Balter, conductor

    22:51
  • 9:22 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2 "Characteristic": Dreams of a Child

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    13:09
  • 9:08 AM

    Violin Concerto "Per la Solennita di San Lorenzo"

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Stabat Mater

    Concerto Italiano

    Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor

    11:50
  • 9:01 AM

    In the Well: The Rising of the Moon

    Vilem Blodek

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Vaclav Smetacek, conductor

    6:25
  • 8:21 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The 5 Piano Concertos

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor

    Haochen Zhang, piano

    37:27
  • 8:17 AM

    Lucia di Lammermoor

    Justin Holland

    Justin Holland Recording Project

    Michael Vascones, guitar

    3:41
  • 8:01 AM

    O'Carolan Suite in Baroque Style

    Thomas C. Kelly

    Silver Apples of the Moon

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    13:55
  • 7:45 AM

    Wine, Women, and Song (Wein, Weib und Gesang)

    Johann StraussJr.

    J. Strauss: Waltz Transcriptions/Stravinsky: Chamber Music

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    13:07
  • 7:27 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Johann Hummel

    Haydn, Hummel, Etc.: Trumpet Concertos

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    17:36
  • 7:01 AM

    Symphony "The Cotswolds"

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: Orchestral Works, Vol. 4

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    23:35
  • 6:44 AM

    Prelude and Fugue "St Anne"

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    20th Century Bach / Seiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    14:44
  • 6:21 AM

    Sonata for Strings

    Carlos Gomes

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Neil Thomson, conductor

    21:55
  • 6:02 AM

    Three Botticelli Pictures

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    18:02