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  • 5:47 AM

    Theme and Variations "Geistervariationen" (Ghost Variations)

    Robert Schumann

    Andras Schiff, piano

    10:48
  • 5:28 AM

    Four Paths of Light

    Pat Metheny

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    19:13
  • 5:11 AM

    Over Light Earth

    Daniel Bjarnason

    Bjarnason: From Earth to Ether

    Aarhus Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Bjarnason, conductor

    15:12
  • 5:06 AM

    Hear us in Heaven

    Anna Thorvaldsdottir

    Meditatio

    Schola Cantorum Reykjavik

    Hordur Askelsson, conductor

    4:18
  • 5:01 AM

    The Beatitudes

    Vladimir Martynov

    Mari

    Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra

    Jonathan Stockhammer, conductor

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    4:44
  • 4:54 AM

    Memory of Summer

    Carlos Simon

    Together

    Carlos Simon, piano

    3:56
  • 4:15 AM

    String Quartet No. 14

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Late Quartets

    Calidore String Quartet

    37:27
  • 4:06 AM

    Sursum Corda

    Edward Elgar

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    George Hurst, conductor

    7:06
  • 4:01 AM

    Prelude

    Gerald Finzi

    Music for Brass Septet, Vol. 6

    Septura

    4:38
  • 3:48 AM

    Piano Suite No. 2 "Times of Solitude"

    John Wineglass

    Duo Dolce

    10:45
  • 3:30 AM

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    16:09
  • 3:13 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    15:01
  • 3:06 AM

    Pavane for a Dead Princess (Pavane pour une infante defunte)

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    6:20
  • 3:01 AM

    Intermezzo for String Trio

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Dohnanyi, Kodaly, Martinu: String Trios

    Domus

    4:42
  • 2:48 AM

    Akhnaten: Hymn to the Sun

    Philip Glass

    The King's Violins

    Jonathan Cohen, conductor

    Anthony Roth Costanzo, countertenor

    9:55
  • 2:19 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 5 "Egyptian"

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Complete Piano Concertos

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    26:59
  • 2:08 AM

    The Dream of Cleopatra

    Mel Bonis

    Aux etoiles: French Symphonic Poems

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, conductor

    9:01
  • 2:06 AM

    L'Egyptienne

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Debussy | Rameau | Vikingur Olafsson

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    2:12
  • 2:01 AM

    Egyptian March

    Johann StraussJr.

    J Strauss: An der Schonen Blauen Donau and others

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    4:45
  • 1:40 AM

    The Prophet: Ballet of the Skaters

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    18:28
  • 1:34 AM

    Bailarin

    Tania Leon

    New Music with Guitar, Vol. 7: Family Album

    David Starobin, guitar

    4:00
  • 1:18 AM

    Afro-Cuban Concerto

    Valerie Coleman

    Imani Winds: The Classical Underground

    Imani Winds

    15:32
  • 1:10 AM

    Rondo alla Mambo

    Joshua Davis/Yuniet Lombida Prieto

    Mozart y Mambo

    Havana Lyceum Orchestra

    Jose Antonio Mendez Padron, conductor

    Sarah Willis, horn

    6:01
  • 1:06 AM

    Turkish Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Sonatas KV 331 & 457

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    3:40
  • 1:01 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Alla marcia

    Dag Wiren

    Nordic Light

    Strings of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Magnus Ericsson, conductor

    4:45
  • 12:53 AM

    Billy the Kid: Conclusion

    Aaron Copland

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    5:30
  • 12:53 AM

    Billy the Kid: Conclusion

    Aaron Copland

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    5:30
  • 12:44 AM

    Symphony No. 3: 4th movement

    Florence Price

    Florence Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    5:04
  • 12:34 AM

    Divided

    Jessie Montgomery

    Songs for Our Times

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    Thomas Mesa, cello

    9:56
  • 12:26 AM

    Intermezzo No. 4

    Johannes Brahms

    Orli Shaham, piano

    2:55
  • 12:21 AM

    Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder; Preludes And Overtures

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Franz Welser-Most, conductor

    3:20
  • 12:11 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 11: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Piano Sonatas, Vol. III

    Andras Schiff, piano

    6:29
  • 12:08 AM

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Stankovsky, conductor

    2:11
  • 12:01 AM

    Promenade (Walking the Dog)

    George Gershwin

    Jenny Lin, piano

    3:03
  • 11:55 PM

    Carmen: Habanera

    Georges Bizet

    Opera Without Words

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    4:22
  • 11:42 PM

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    8:08
  • 11:32 PM

    Waltz No. 2 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Valse Brillante

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    4:56
  • 11:19 PM

    La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Favorite Overtures

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Schippers, conductor

    11:14
  • 11:08 PM

    Folk Suite No. 2

    William Grant Still

    Sierra Winds

    7:10
  • 11:00 PM

    Fancy Free Ballet: Danzon

    Leonard Bernstein

    Leonard Bernstein: Marin Alsop The Complete Naxos Recordings

    Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    3:04
  • 10:52 PM

    Espana

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Ports of Call

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    6:31
  • 10:44 PM

    Aleko: Women's Dance

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    4:36
  • 10:40 PM

    Children's Corner: Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum

    Claude Debussy

    Steven Osborne, piano

    2:19
  • 10:23 PM

    Concerto for Oboe and Violin

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: Violin Concertos

    Janine Jansen and Friends

    Janine Jansen, violin

    13:31
  • 10:18 PM

    Pilgrims' Hymn

    Stephen Paulus

    Bernstein and Britten

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    3:19
  • 10:12 PM

    Sweet and Low-Down

    George Gershwin

    Lark Quartet

    2:05
  • 10:10 PM

    Te Deum: Prelude

    Marc-Antoine Charpentier

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    1:36
  • 10:02 PM

    The Magic Pot: Cossack Dance

    Ottorino Respighi

    Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Adriano, conductor

    2:41
  • 9:54 PM

    Das Rheingold: Entry of the Gods into Valhalla

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Orchestral Works

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Klaus Tennstedt, conductor

    4:46
  • 9:40 PM

    Irish Suite for Strings

    Arthur Duff

    Silver Apples of the Moon

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    10:06
  • 9:38 PM

    The Nightingale

    Miguel Llobet

    Julian Bream: La Guitarra Romantica

    Julian Bream, guitar

    1:03
  • 9:29 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Entry of the Fairies

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    4:49
  • 9:22 PM

    Greensleeves

    John Johnson

    Journey To The New World

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    5:09
  • 9:08 PM

    Havanaise

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Paganini, Saint-Saens, Waxman: Works for Violin and Orchestra

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Maxim Vengerov, violin

    9:31
  • 9:00 PM

    Humoresque No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Stephen Hough, piano

    3:06
  • 6:46 PM

    Mephisto Waltz No. 1 "Dance in the Village Inn"

    Franz Liszt

    Mephisto and Co.

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    11:58
  • 6:40 PM

    Star Trek: Main Theme

    Jerry Goldsmith

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:06
  • 6:33 PM

    Waltz No. 1 "Grand Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Lang Lang, piano

    5:47
  • 6:27 PM

    English Dances: Grazioso

    Malcolm Arnold

    Arnold: Dances

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    2:31
  • 6:20 PM

    Toccata and Fugue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Nemanja Radulovic: Bach

    Les Trilles du Diable

    Nemanja Radulovic, violin

    6:57
  • 6:09 PM

    Danse (Tarantelle styrienne)

    Claude Debussy

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Alberto Zedda, conductor

    5:29
  • 6:01 PM

    Legend No. 5

    Antonin Dvorak

    Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    4:28
  • 5:54 PM

    Trumpet Concerto: 2nd movement

    Franz Richter

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Elgar Howarth, conductor

    Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet

    4:52
  • 5:40 PM

    Danzon No. 2

    Arturo Marquez

    Gustavo Dudamel: Discoveries

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    9:47
  • 5:29 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 7: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Violin Sonatas

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    5:28
  • 5:20 PM

    Symphony No. 40: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart 250 - A Celebration

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    8:13
  • 5:12 PM

    Cinema Paradiso: Love Theme

    Ennio Morricone

    Morricone 60

    Czech National Symphony Orchestra

    Ennio Morricone, conductor

    3:30
  • 5:09 PM

    Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex: Elizabeth's Theme

    Erich Korngold

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    1:51
  • 5:02 PM

    Shepherd's Hey

    Percy Grainger

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    2:02
  • 4:53 PM

    Concerto Symphonique No. 4: Scherzo

    Henry Litolff

    Rachmaninoff, Dohnanyi, Litolff

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Mario Bernardi, conductor

    Arthur Ozolins, piano

    7:27
  • 4:47 PM

    Mark Clinton, piano

    Nicole Narboni, piano

    2:33
  • 4:42 PM

    Mlada: Procession of the Nobles

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Orchestral Spectaculars

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:30
  • 4:34 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1: Carillon

    Georges Bizet

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

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    4:03
  • 4:29 PM

    Lullaby

    Janusz Bielecki

    Modern Lullabies

    Agata Kielar-Dlugosz, flute

    3:34
  • 4:18 PM

    Raymonda: Entr'acte

    Alexander Glazunov

    Russian Adagios

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    6:01
  • 4:15 PM

    A Jazz Trifle

    Zenobia Powell Perry

    Zenobia Powell Perry: Piano Works

    LaDoris Hazzard Cordell, piano

    2:11
  • 4:00 PM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Higdon, Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    10:31
  • 3:51 PM

    Piano Concerto: 3rd movement

    George Gershwin

    The Gershwin Moment

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    David Robertson, conductor

    Kirill Gerstein, piano

    7:09
  • 3:43 PM

    Estancia: Malambo

    Alberto Ginastera

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    3:23
  • 3:41 PM

    Danza Paraguaya No. 1

    Agustin Barrios

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    1:54
  • 3:35 PM

    Cape Breton Concerto: Finale

    Brian Packham

    Camerata Bariloche

    Chris Norman, flute

    4:21
  • 3:18 PM

    Scherzo fantastique

    Igor Stravinsky

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    12:59
  • 3:00 PM

    Palladio: 1st movement

    Karl Jenkins

    Diamond Music

    London Philharmonic Strings

    3:46
  • 2:48 PM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Scandinavian Rhapsody, A Selection of Orchestral Favourites

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    9:17
  • 2:37 PM

    Light Cavalry Overture

    Franz von Suppe

    Overtures by Suppe and Auber

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    6:22
  • 2:29 PM

    Cantabile

    Niccolo Paganini

    Encore!

    Midori, violin

    4:02
  • 2:20 PM

    Easter Cantata: My Spirit be Joyful

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    A Bach Festival

    Empire Brass

    Douglas Major, organ

    5:24
  • 2:12 PM

    Soirees Musicales: Polonaise

    Clara Schumann

    Angela Tirino, piano

    4:04
  • 2:04 PM

    Hungarian March

    Hector Berlioz

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    4:00
  • 1:47 PM

    From Italy (Aus Italien): Life in Naples

    Richard Strauss

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    8:32
  • 1:40 PM

    Funiculi Funicula

    Luigi Denza

    Bologna Theater Orchestra

    Anton Guadagno, conductor

    Luciano Pavarotti, tenor

    2:41
  • 1:29 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Scottish": 4th movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: 'Scottish' and 'Italian' Symphonies

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jaime Laredo, conductor

    9:19
  • 1:20 PM

    Spanish Dance No. 8 "Asturiana"

    Enrique Granados

    Granados: Twelve Spanish Dances

    Razumovsky Sinfonia

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    Norbert Kraft, guitar

    4:07
  • 1:14 PM

    Le Roi malgre lui (The King in Spite of Himself): Danse slave

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Chabrier: Espana

    French National Orchestra

    Armin Jordan, conductor

    5:03
  • 1:07 PM

    Transcendental Etude No. 5 "Feux follets"

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: 12 Etudes d'Execution Transcendante

    Alice Sara Ott, piano

    3:51
  • 1:04 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:56
  • 12:49 PM

    Divertimento

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Complete Mozart Edition, Vol. 45: Rarieties and Surprises

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    9:06
  • 12:36 PM

    Norwegian Dances Nos. 2-4

    Edvard Grieg

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    11:40
  • 12:30 PM

    Double Quartet No. 1: Scherzo

    Louis Spohr

    Spohr: The Four Double Quartets

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble

    4:26
  • 12:16 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 9

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Awadagin Pratt: Beethoven Piano Sonatas

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    13:00
  • 12:09 PM

    Serenade: 4th movement

    Arthur Bird

    Bird Songs

    North Texas Chamber Players

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    5:25
  • 12:04 PM

    Simple Gifts

    Aaron Copland

    Greatest Hits: The Ballet, Vol I

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Aaron Copland, conductor

    3:16
  • 11:48 AM

    Gloriana: Courtly Dances

    Benjamin Britten

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    9:59
  • 11:30 AM

    Dolly Suite

    Gabriel Faure

    The French Connection

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:18
  • 11:27 AM

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    2:28
  • 11:17 AM

    Halcyon Days

    Eric Coates

    Coates: The Three Elizabeths Suite

    East of England Orchestra

    Malcolm Nabarro, conductor

    8:02
  • 11:07 AM

    Guitar Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Sharon Isbin box set

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    10:15
  • 11:01 AM

    Village Dance

    Claude Champagne

    Dancing For 100 Years

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    4:48
  • 10:44 AM

    Lady Radnor's Suite

    Hubert Parry

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    14:37
  • 10:30 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos - Harpsichord and Violin Concertos

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    11:52
  • 10:21 AM

    Siegfried: Forest Murmurs

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Orchestral Music from The Ring

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    7:40
  • 10:06 AM

    Keyboard Suite No. 11

    George Frideric Handel

    Andrei Gavrilov, piano

    13:51
  • 10:01 AM

    Irmelin Prelude

    Frederick Delius

    Delius

    Symphony Nova Scotia

    Georg Tintner, conductor

    4:47
  • 9:24 AM

    Symphony No. 5

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Andris Nelsons, conductor

    34:38
  • 9:19 AM

    Etude No. 11 "Winter Wind"

    Frederic Chopin

    Yuanfan Yang, piano

    3:46
  • 9:01 AM

    Suite for Strings

    Arthur Foote

    American Stringbook

    do.gma chamber orchestra

    Mikhail Gurewitsch, conductor

    16:11
  • 8:39 AM

    La Peri (The Fairy)

    Paul Dukas

    New York Philharmonic

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    19:10
  • 8:21 AM

    Divertimento No. 7

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Divertimenti KV 205 & 237

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    17:51
  • 8:05 AM

    Panamanian Dances

    William Grant Still

    Berlin Symphony Orchestra

    Isaiah Jackson, conductor

    14:00
  • 8:01 AM

    3 Hungarian Folksongs from the Czik District

    Bela Bartok

    From Afar

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    3:21
  • 7:36 AM

    Concerto for violin and string orchestra

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Basel Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    22:34
  • 7:28 AM

    A Lovely Rose

    Fu Renchang

    Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Fu Renchang, conductor

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    7:03
  • 7:01 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4 "Mozartiana"

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    25:01
  • 6:38 AM

    Harp Quintet

    Jean Cras

    Isabelle Moretti, harp

    Michel Moragues, flute

    Thierry Brodard, violin

    Dominique Lobet, viola

    Jean-Philippe Martignoni, cello

    20:47
  • 6:20 AM

    French Suite No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The French Suites

    Murray Perahia, piano

    16:52
  • 6:01 AM

    Les Preludes

    Franz Liszt

    Encore!

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    16:41