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  • 5:43 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Max Bruch

    Bruch: Orchestral Works

    Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra

    George Hanson, conductor

    15:03
  • 5:25 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 9

    Francois Devienne

    Munich Chamber Orchestra

    Hans Stadlmair, conductor

    Andras Adorjan, flute

    16:48
  • 5:06 AM

    3 Argentinian Cantilenas and Finale

    Carlos Guastavino

    Camerata Bariloche

    18:07
  • 5:01 AM

    Summer Idyls: Meadow-Rest

    Herbert Howells

    Matthew Schellhorn, piano

    4:46
  • 4:44 AM

    Lincolnshire Posy

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger/Persichetti/Khachaturian etc - Various works

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    14:24
  • 4:25 AM

    Eine kleine Nachtmusik

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    16:52
  • 4:23 AM

    Pansy Blossom Waltz

    Justin Holland

    Justin Holland Recording Project

    Keith Calmes, guitar

    1:40
  • 4:06 AM

    French Suite No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Partita No 1, Etc

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    15:25
  • 4:01 AM

    Shepherd's Song

    Han-Kun Sha

    Chinasong | Shanghai Quartet

    Shanghai Quartet

    4:47
  • 3:50 AM

    Larghetto for Horn and Orchestra

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    8:30
  • 3:18 AM

    Double Concerto

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Double Concerto, Viotti: Violin Concerto No. 22; Dvorak: Silent Woods

    German Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    Christian Tetzlaff, violin

    30:56
  • 3:11 AM

    Andante for Oboe and Strings

    Gaetano Donizetti

    Ensemble Berlin

    Christoph Hartmann, oboe

    4:23
  • 3:06 AM

    Consolation No. 3

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: My Piano Hero

    Lang Lang, piano

    4:18
  • 3:01 AM

    Ladies in Lavender

    Nigel Hess

    Claire Jones: Royal Harp Strings

    London Mozart Players

    Stuart Morley, conductor

    Claire Jones, harp

    4:42
  • 2:36 AM

    Ladies in Lavender

    Nigel Hess

    Claire Jones: Royal Harp Strings

    London Mozart Players

    Stuart Morley, conductor

    Claire Jones, harp

    4:42
  • 2:35 AM

    Symphony No. 31

    Alan Hovhaness

    Northwest Sinfonia

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    21:57
  • 2:20 AM

    Lincoln Portrait

    Aaron Copland

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Gregory Peck, narrator

    15:01
  • 2:11 AM

    i thank You God for most this amazing day

    Eric Whitacre

    Eric Whitacre Singers

    Eric Whitacre, conductor

    6:56
  • 2:06 AM

    Song without Words No. 25 "May Breezes"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Voice Of The Violin

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    2:19
  • 2:01 AM

    Sinfonia No. 3: 3rd movement

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Gli Incogniti

    Amandine Beyer, conductor

    4:51
  • 1:44 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Classical"

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev, Debussy, Milhaud

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Alberto Zedda, conductor

    14:21
  • 1:20 AM

    Pines of Rome

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi's Rome

    Oregon Symphony

    James DePreist, conductor

    22:45
  • 1:16 AM

    Tall as the Poplar Tree

    Gomidas Vartabed

    Aznavoorian Duo

    2:49
  • 1:06 AM

    Two Nocturnal Impressions

    Manuel Ponce

    Musica Mexicana

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    8:35
  • 1:01 AM

    Flute Concerto: 1st movement

    Vilem Blodek

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Uros Lajovic, conductor

    Karl Bernhard Sebon, flute

    4:39
  • 12:49 AM

    Sigurd Jorsalfar: Homage March

    Edvard Grieg

    Sibelius: Finlandia, Valse Triste; Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfar

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    8:46
  • 12:48 AM

    Sigurd Jorsalfar: Homage March

    Edvard Grieg

    Sibelius: Finlandia, Valse Triste; Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfar

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    8:46
  • 12:44 AM

    Noble Waltz No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert For Two / Gil Shaham, Göran Söllscher

    Gil Shaham, violin

    2:34
  • 12:17 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 15 "Pastoral"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Paul Lewis, piano

    26:22
  • 12:11 AM

    Scherzo for Strings

    Horatio Parker

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    5:14
  • 11:59 PM

    Tales from the Vienna Woods

    Johann StraussJr.

    New Year's Concert 2014

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    Wilfrid Scharf, zither

    11:45
  • 11:48 PM

    Symphony No. 4: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 4, Etc

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    9:44
  • 11:42 PM

    Perpetual Motion Pieces

    Francis Poulenc

    Paul Crossley, piano

    5:52
  • 11:26 PM

    The Comedians

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Kabalevsky, Prokofiev, Glinka, Tchaikovsky

    San Diego Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Barra, conductor

    15:29
  • 11:14 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
  • 11:02 PM

    A Salute to John Philip Sousa

    John Philip Sousa

    Canadian Brass

    Lukas Foss, conductor

    10:23
  • 11:00 PM

    Lincoln: "With Malice Toward None"

    John Williams

    Lincoln Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    1:51
  • 10:51 PM

    Symphony No. 3: 2nd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    8:09
  • 10:35 PM

    Symphony No. 12

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 10, "46," "42," 12 & 13

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    15:14
  • 10:32 PM

    Waltz No. 6 "Minute"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Chopin Album

    Lang Lang, piano

    2:10
  • 10:26 PM

    Beautiful Mazurka

    Emil Waldteufel

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:04
  • 10:21 PM

    Locus iste

    Paul Mealor

    Voces8

    4:12
  • 10:07 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 7

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel and Haydn Society

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    13:36
  • 10:03 PM

    Wand of Youth: The Little Bells

    Edward Elgar

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    2:36
  • 9:47 PM

    Symphonic Dances: 1st movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    11:05
  • 9:32 PM

    Symphony No. 4

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Giovanni Antonini, conductor

    13:28
  • 9:20 PM

    Snowflake Ballet

    Jacques Offenbach

    Gulbenkian Orchestra

    Michel Swierczewski, conductor

    11:09
  • 9:05 PM

    The Lark Ascending

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Janine Jansen

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    Janine Jansen, violin

    14:31
  • 9:00 PM

    Arabesque No. 1

    Claude Debussy

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    4:13
  • 6:43 PM

    Butterfly Overture

    Ge Gan-ru

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Tsung Yeh, conductor

    15:11
  • 6:38 PM

    Go, lovely Rose

    Eric Whitacre

    Voces8

    4:31
  • 6:16 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Seven London Symphonies

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Marieke Blankestijn, violin

    20:27
  • 6:09 PM

    Columbia (Caprice Americain)

    Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    Philip Martin, piano

    5:51
  • 6:06 PM

    The President's March

    Philip Phile

    Music of the Federal Era

    Federal Music Society

    1:53
  • 6:01 PM

    Suite Piedra libre: La Mancha

    Denis Plante

    Pentaedre

    4:51
  • 5:44 PM

    Plow That Broke the Plains Suite

    Virgil Thomson

    The Stokowski Collection, Vol. 3

    Symphony of the Air

    Leopold Stokowski, conductor

    13:58
  • 5:21 PM

    Aranjuez Concerto

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Miguel Gomez Martinez, conductor

    Eduardo Fernandez, guitar

    22:17
  • 5:13 PM

    Fields of Flowers

    William Bolcom

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    5:45
  • 5:06 PM

    War Horse: Dartmoor, 1912

    John Williams

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Williams, conductor

    6:30
  • 5:01 PM

    Out of the Night

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Ludovico Einaudi: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:33
  • 4:48 PM

    Fantasy on Themes from Verdi's Rigoletto

    Franz & Karl Doppler

    Wiener Virtuosen

    9:53
  • 4:21 PM

    Piano Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Piano Sonatas D. 845 & D 575

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    26:03
  • 4:13 PM

    Concerto for Two Oboes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerti Virtuosi

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    6:04
  • 4:06 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2 "Characteristic": Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Suites Nos. 1 And 2

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    6:28
  • 4:01 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Richard Hol

    Hol: Symphonies

    Residentie Orchestra The Hague

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    4:42
  • 3:55 PM

    Lauda Jerusalem

    Gabriel Diaz

    Empire Brass & Friends

    2:54
  • 3:46 PM

    Carmen Fantasy

    Franz Waxman

    Violin on Stage

    NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic

    Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor

    Bomsori Kim, violin

    10:49
  • 3:40 PM

    Symphony for Brass: 1st movement

    Jan Koetsier

    Albeniz, Piazzolla, Weill, Grieg, Mozart, Koetsier, Bizet

    tenThing

    4:57
  • 3:37 PM

    Divertissement (Diversion)

    Cecile Chaminade

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    2:17
  • 3:14 PM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 1

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Sabine Meyer: Clarinet Connection

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    21:02
  • 3:03 PM

    Academic Festival Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony no 4, Academic Festival Overture / Previn

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    10:38
  • 2:58 PM

    Geo. Washington's Birthday Party

    C.L. Barnhouse

    New Columbia Brass Band

    George Foreman, conductor

    2:54
  • 2:46 PM

    L'Amico Fritz: Suzel, buon di (Cherry Duet)

    Pietro Mascagni

    Duets and Arias

    Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden

    Richard Armstrong, conductor

    Roberto Alagna, tenor

    4:23
  • 2:32 PM

    Scherzo Capriccioso

    Antonin Dvorak

    Tchaikovsky: 1812; Dukas: Sorcerer's Apprentice; Smetana: Vltava (Die Moldau); Dvorak: Scherzo capriccioso; Mussorgsky: A Night on the Bare Mountain

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    12:40
  • 2:24 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Josef Myslivecek

    Myslivecek: Violin Concertos - 1

    Dvorak Chamber Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    Shizuka Ishikawa, violin

    6:17
  • 2:18 PM

    Symphony No. 1: Scherzo

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    4:34
  • 2:10 PM

    Colas Breugnon Overture

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Russian Overtures

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    5:30
  • 2:04 PM

    String Quartet No. 63 "Sunrise": Minuet

    Franz Joseph Haydn

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

    Orlando Quartet

    4:25
  • 1:51 PM

    Spitfire Prelude and Fugue

    William Walton

    Walton: Rosand

    Florida Philharmonic Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    6:58
  • 1:46 PM

    Lincoln: The American Process

    John Williams

    Lincoln Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:57
  • 1:44 PM

    Star Wars: Main Theme

    John Williams

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    5:45
  • 1:36 PM

    Il viaggio a Reims (The Journey to Rheims): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    7:22
  • 1:30 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 1: Rondo

    Ethel Smyth

    Smyth: Complete Piano Works

    Liana Serbescu, piano

    5:07
  • 1:22 PM

    Venice Baroque Orchestra

    Andrea Marcon, conductor

    5:58
  • 1:16 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Violin Concertos

    Lausanne Chamber Orchestra

    Renaud Capucon, violin

    5:34
  • 1:08 PM

    The Spanish Lady: Suite

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Music for Strings

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    5:50
  • 1:04 PM

    La Vida Breve: Spanish Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Virtuoso Guitar Transcriptions

    Nicola Hall, guitar

    3:41
  • 12:50 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Selections

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    9:30
  • 12:34 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "Choral": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 9

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    13:27
  • 12:30 PM

    Mock Morris

    Percy Grainger

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    3:08
  • 12:22 PM

    Concerto No. 12

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Albinoni: 12 Concerti a cinque, Op.5

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    7:15
  • 12:16 PM

    Picciola serenata: Minuetto

    Antonio Salieri

    Mozart � Salieri

    Armonia Ensemble

    4:57
  • 12:08 PM

    Song for Orchestra

    Ruth Gipps

    Gipps: Symphonies Nos 2 and 4, etc.

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    5:57
  • 12:04 PM

    Fur Elise

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Book

    Lang Lang, piano

    3:24
  • 11:47 AM

    Variations on a Swedish Air

    Bernhard Crusell

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    Emma Johnson, clarinet

    11:15
  • 11:29 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Brandenburg Concertos

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    16:31
  • 11:24 AM

    Piano Sonata: Menuetto

    Franz Schubert

    Shai Wosner, piano

    4:04
  • 11:11 AM

    Transylvanian Symphony for Strings

    Kurt Schwertsik

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    HK Gruber, conductor

    11:55
  • 11:06 AM

    Peer Gynt: Ase's Death

    Edvard Grieg

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    4:30
  • 11:01 AM

    Music for Symphony Orchestra: Andante

    Yasushi Akutagawa

    Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra

    Ryusuke Numajiri, conductor

    4:41
  • 10:48 AM

    Concerto for Mixed Instruments

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Philharmonia Virtuosi

    Richard Kapp, conductor

    10:42
  • 10:27 AM

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    18:21
  • 10:17 AM

    Kiki-Mora

    Anatol Liadov

    Liadov: The Enchanted Lake, and other orchestral works.

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    8:33
  • 10:06 AM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel, Debussy, Saint-Saens, Roussel

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    Skaila Kanga, harp

    10:31
  • 10:01 AM

    English Idyll No. 2

    George Butterworth

    Halle Orchestra

    Mark Elder, conductor

    4:36
  • 9:20 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Complete Piano Concertos

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Andrew Constantine, conductor

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    38:16
  • 9:15 AM

    "Still Life" at the Penguin Cafe: Prelude and Yodel

    Simon Jeffes

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    3:59
  • 9:01 AM

    Twelve German Dances

    Franz Schubert

    Ensemble Wien

    12:40
  • 8:44 AM

    The Merchant of Venice: Suite

    Arthur Sullivan

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Vivian Dunn, conductor

    14:20
  • 8:26 AM

    Sakuntala Overture

    Karl Goldmark

    Goldmark: Rustic Wedding Symphony

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yondani Butt, conductor

    17:51
  • 8:05 AM

    Pelleas and Melisande

    Jean Sibelius

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    18:46
  • 8:01 AM

    Here, There and Everywhere

    John Lennon/Paul McCartney

    Here, There and Everywhere: Goran Sollscher Plays The Beatles

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    3:13
  • 7:36 AM

    Nursery Suite

    Edward Elgar

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    22:00
  • 7:29 AM

    Romance

    Amy Beach

    Tasmin Little, violin

    John Lenehan, piano

    6:14
  • 7:01 AM

    Symphony No. 5 "Reformation"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn

    La Chambre Philharmonique

    Emmanuel Krivine, conductor

    26:11
  • 6:44 AM

    String Quartet No. 12

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Amadeus Quartet

    14:25
  • 6:22 AM

    Wanderer Fantasy

    Franz Schubert

    Seong-Jin Cho, piano

    21:43
  • 6:01 AM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2

    Georges Bizet

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    18:32