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  • 5:40 AM

    Arnaud Sussmann, violin

    Erin Keefe, violin

    Paul Neubauer, viola

    18:11
  • 5:19 AM

    Serenade for Winds

    Emil Hartmann

    Romantic Wind Serenades

    Consortium Classicum

    19:39
  • 5:07 AM

    Jeromita Linares

    Carlos Guastavino

    Camerata Bariloche

    Pablo Cohen, guitar

    11:43
  • 5:01 AM

    Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom: The Lord's Prayer (Otche nash)

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    Stephen Cleobury, conductor

    4:38
  • 4:48 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 7

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    10:36
  • 4:24 AM

    Clarinet Sonata No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    Gloria Chien, piano

    22:19
  • 4:14 AM

    Seven Irish Tunes: Suite for Small Orchestra

    William Alwyn

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    8:48
  • 4:06 AM

    Wand of Youth: Overture, Serenade, and Sun Dance

    Edward Elgar

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    6:42
  • 4:01 AM

    Summer Evening

    John Ireland

    Eric Parkin, piano

    4:46
  • 3:51 AM

    Rosamunde: Entr'acte No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    Masterpieces in Miniature

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    6:51
  • 3:22 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn, Bruch: Violin Concertos

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    Midori, violin

    27:51
  • 3:12 AM

    Spring Song

    Jean Sibelius

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:20
  • 3:06 AM

    Canon and Gigue

    Johann Pachelbel

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    5:09
  • 3:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 15

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin opp. 55-58

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    4:35
  • 2:51 AM

    Glass Houses: No. 2

    Ann Southam

    Taktus

    6:51
  • 2:16 AM

    Swan Lake: Highlights

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    33:28
  • 2:09 AM

    Andantino

    Florent Schmitt

    French Music for Clarinet and Piano

    Gervase de Peyer, clarinet

    3:18
  • 2:06 AM

    Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo

    Pietro Mascagni

    The #1 Opera Album

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gianandrea Gavazzeni, conductor

    3:10
  • 2:01 AM

    Scherzo-Tarantelle

    Henryk Wieniawski

    Introducing Shannon Lee, violin

    Shannon Lee, violin

    4:39
  • 1:47 AM

    From Italy (Aus Italien): In Rome's Ruins

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Don Juan; Aus Italien

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    11:01
  • 1:17 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Piano Concerto, Fantasiestucke

    Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana

    Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky, conductor

    Martha Argerich, piano

    28:44
  • 1:13 AM

    Three Shanties: 1st movement

    Malcolm Arnold

    Ibert, J.: 3 Pieces Breves / Reicha, A.: Wind Quintet in E-Flat Major / Arnold, M.: 3 Shanties / Klughardt, A.F.M.: Wind Quintet

    Bergen Wind Quintet

    2:12
  • 1:06 AM

    Roses of Picardy

    Haydn Wood

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    5:53
  • 1:01 AM

    L'Orfeo Baroque Orchestra

    Michi Gaigg, conductor

    4:39
  • 12:52 AM

    Spanish Dance No. 9 "Zambra"

    Enrique Granados

    Granados: Twelve Spanish Dances

    Razumovsky Sinfonia

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    Norbert Kraft, guitar

    6:02
  • 12:52 AM

    Espana Waltz

    Emil Waldteufel

    Gulbenkian Orchestra

    Michel Swierczewski, conductor

    6:35
  • 12:45 AM

    Espana Waltz

    Emil Waldteufel

    Gulbenkian Orchestra

    Michel Swierczewski, conductor

    6:35
  • 12:42 AM

    That Tired Rag

    Charlotte Blake

    Virginia Eskin, piano

    2:05
  • 12:18 AM

    American Suite

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 in E minor; American Suite

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    22:32
  • 12:08 AM

    String Quartet No. 6

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Arabella String Quartet

    9:52
  • 12:01 AM

    Eugene Onegin: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Staatskapelle Dresden - Hans Vonk

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Hans Vonk, conductor

    6:36
  • 11:54 PM

    Fields of Flowers

    William Bolcom

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    5:45
  • 11:42 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "In the Spring": 4th movement

    John Knowles Paine

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    11:09
  • 11:28 PM

    Petite Suite

    Claude Debussy

    Bach: Organ Music (Complete), Vol. 7

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    12:58
  • 11:14 PM

    Old Wine in New Bottles

    Gordon Jacob

    The Chamber Winds

    Chamber Winds

    11:51
  • 11:10 PM

    Heartstrings

    Chris Marshall

    Claire Jones: Royal Harp Strings

    London Mozart Players

    Stuart Morley, conductor

    Claire Jones, harp

    4:01
  • 11:01 PM

    Beatrice and Benedict: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Overtures: Beatrice e Benedict, Le corsaire

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yuri Temirkanov, conductor

    8:06
  • 10:55 PM

    Overjoyed

    Stevie Wonder

    Calefax Reed Ensemble

    4:04
  • 10:52 PM

    Go Down, Moses

    Traditional

    Marian Anderson, contralto

    2:51
  • 10:32 PM

    Holberg Suite

    Edvard Grieg

    Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

    Iona Brown, conductor

    19:21
  • 10:27 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 3: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    4:28
  • 10:15 PM

    Concerto for Trombone

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    All the Lonely People

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    Christian Lindberg, trombone

    10:04
  • 10:08 PM

    Donna Diana Overture

    Emil von Reznicek

    William Tell and Other Favorite Overtures

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:01
  • 10:02 PM

    Consolation No. 3

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: My Piano Hero

    Lang Lang, piano

    4:18
  • 9:39 PM

    In The South Overture (Alassio)

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Symphonies 1 & 2

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    20:02
  • 9:17 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Franz Liszt

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    20:57
  • 9:05 PM

    L'Estro Armonico: Concerto No. 8 for Two Violins

    Antonio Vivaldi

    A Baroque Feast

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Jeanne Lamon, violin

    9:35
  • 9:00 PM

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    "Pops in Love"

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:40
  • 6:44 PM

    Rondo for Violin and Strings

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert; Zuckerman

    National Arts Centre Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    14:10
  • 6:21 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 8 "Pathetique"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    21:51
  • 6:16 PM

    Waltz: If She Asks (Si Ela Perguntar)

    Dilermando Reis

    Christoph Denoth, guitar

    2:49
  • 6:06 PM

    Dances in the Canebrakes

    Florence Price

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    9:29
  • 6:01 PM

    Blacksmith's Tune

    Bengt Hallberg

    Brass Festival

    Scandinavian Brass Ensemble

    Jorma Panula, conductor

    4:46
  • 5:41 PM

    Carmen Suite No. 2

    Georges Bizet

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:39
  • 5:15 PM

    Cello Concerto

    Robert Schumann

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    24:47
  • 5:12 PM

    From Tale to Tale: Dance of the Brigands

    Oskar Nedbal

    Nedbal: From Tale To Tale

    Dvorak Chamber Orchestra

    Miroslav Homolka, conductor

    1:06
  • 5:06 PM

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

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Piano Music

    Stephen Hough, piano

    4:56
  • 5:01 PM

    Suite: Festival

    Marcel Tournier

    Mirage Quintet

    4:46
  • 4:47 PM

    A Children's Overture

    Roger Quilter

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    10:50
  • 4:24 PM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Fantasía para un gentilhombre & Concierto de Aranjuez

    Spanish Radio and TV Orchestra

    Pedro Amaral, conductor

    Xianji Liu, guitar

    21:39
  • 4:16 PM

    Carnival Waltz

    Cecile Chaminade

    Bengt Forsberg, piano

    Peter Jablonski, piano

    6:06
  • 4:06 PM

    Carnival Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphonies No 7, 8 & 9, etc.

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor

    9:31
  • 4:01 PM

    Piano Sonata: Scherzo

    Franz Schubert

    A Character of Quiet

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    4:45
  • 3:52 PM

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    3:25
  • 3:48 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Slavyanskaya": Finale

    Alexander Glazunov

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    9:45
  • 3:35 PM

    Ramuntcho Suite No. 2

    Gabriel Pierne

    Piano Concerto in C Minor

    Philharmonie de Lorraine

    Jacques Houtmann, conductor

    15:35
  • 3:19 PM

    African Suite

    Fela Sowande

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    14:44
  • 3:06 PM

    Sierra Winds

    (Selected members), conductor

    11:13
  • 3:03 PM

    Seven Popular Spanish Songs: Jota

    Manuel de Falla

    Duo Intermezzo

    2:49
  • 2:45 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Keyboard Concerti Vol. 2

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    16:25
  • 2:36 PM

    Die Meistersinger: Wach auf!

    Richard Wagner

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Silvio Varviso, conductor

    Leipzig Radio Chorus

    4:00
  • 2:30 PM

    Suffolk Suite: Suffolk Morris

    Doreen Carwithen

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    3:19
  • 2:22 PM

    Demetrio e Polibio: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    6:30
  • 2:17 PM

    Etude No. 3 "Tristesse"

    Frederic Chopin

    50 Best Relaxing Piano

    Nikolai Lugansky, piano

    4:10
  • 2:08 PM

    Symphony No. 5: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    6:06
  • 2:04 PM

    The Ruins of Athens: Turkish March

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Rachmaninoff Performs Chopin, Tchaikovsky, and others

    Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano

    3:05
  • 1:49 PM

    Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 'Scottish'

    Hanover Band

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    8:57
  • 1:46 PM

    Skye Boat Song

    Traditional

    The Fairie Round

    Shelley Phillips, english horn

    Barry Phillips, cello

    3:00
  • 1:33 PM

    Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter": Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies No. 40 & 41

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    10:58
  • 1:23 PM

    Fantasy for Clarinet and String Quartet

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Consortium Classicum

    Dieter Klocker, clarinet

    8:38
  • 1:17 PM

    Perpetuum mobile

    Simon Jeffes

    "Still Life" At The Penguin Cafe

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    4:29
  • 1:08 PM

    La Stravaganza: Violin Concerto No. 9

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Monica Huggett, violin

    7:33
  • 1:04 PM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin: Rigaudon

    Maurice Ravel

    Paris Orchestra

    Josep Pons, conductor

    3:15
  • 12:46 PM

    Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsummer Vigil"

    Hugo Alfven

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    12:55
  • 12:42 PM

    Canson per sonar septimi

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Canadian Brass

    2:42
  • 12:32 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphonies 1 & 2

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    8:20
  • 12:23 PM

    Serenade No. 3: 3rd movement

    Robert Fuchs

    Cologne Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Ludwig, conductor

    7:34
  • 12:15 PM

    My Life is Love and Laughter Waltz

    Josef Strauss

    1995 New Year's Concert

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    7:39
  • 12:10 PM

    Guitar Quintet No. 4 "Fandango": Fandango

    Luigi Boccherini

    Baroque

    Arcangelo

    Jonathan Cohen, conductor

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    3:49
  • 12:04 PM

    Rodeo: Saturday Night Waltz

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Appalachian Spring, Rodeo, Billy The Kid, Fanfare For The Common Man

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    4:08
  • 11:44 AM

    Ma vlast (My Country): Vysehrad

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: Ma Vlast

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    14:41
  • 11:28 AM

    Oboe d'Amore Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Heinz Holliger, oboe d'amore

    14:22
  • 11:22 AM

    Serenade No. 1

    Jean Sibelius

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Pekka Kuusisto, conductor

    Pekka Kuusisto, violin

    5:13
  • 11:12 AM

    Sonatina No. 1 "From an Invalid's Workshop": 2nd movement

    Richard Strauss

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    8:53
  • 11:06 AM

    Waltz No. 2 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin

    Mikhail Pletnev, piano

    5:00
  • 11:01 AM

    Algarve Orchestra

    Alvaro Cassuto, conductor

    4:36
  • 10:41 AM

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 2

    Edvard Grieg

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    17:03
  • 10:26 AM

    Serenade No. 6 "Serenata Notturna"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Divertimento KV334; Serenata Notturna

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    13:53
  • 10:21 AM

    The Man I Love

    George Gershwin

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    3:12
  • 10:06 AM

    Don Juan and Faust: Six airs de ballet

    Moritz Moszkowski

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    14:02
  • 10:01 AM

    English Suite: Prelude and Round Dance

    John Duarte

    Wild Mountain Thyme: Celtic Music for Guitar

    Scott Tennant, guitar

    4:31
  • 9:25 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No 1; Erno Dohnanyi Variations On A Nursery Song

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    Andras Schiff, piano

    33:28
  • 9:15 AM

    A Night Piece

    Arthur Foote

    Carol Wincenc, flute

    Kevin Lawrence, violin

    Carolyn Stuart, violin

    Sheila Brown, viola

    Brooks Whitehouse, cello

    8:42
  • 9:01 AM

    Celtic Concerto

    Catrin Finch

    Sinfonia Cymru

    John Rutter, conductor

    Catrin Finch, harp

    12:40
  • 8:40 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin

    Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

    Bramwell Tovey, conductor

    18:08
  • 8:20 AM

    Lachian Dances

    Leos Janacek

    Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ondrej Lenard, conductor

    19:26
  • 8:08 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Edward Elgar

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    10:20
  • 8:01 AM

    Romance of the Prairie Lilies

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    6:33
  • 7:36 AM

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    22:09
  • 7:32 AM

    La captive

    Amy Beach

    Elena Urioste, violin

    Tom Poster, piano

    3:27
  • 7:01 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Romantic"

    Howard Hanson

    RCA Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    28:47
  • 6:39 AM

    Suite on Russian Themes

    Max Bruch

    Bruch: Swedish and Russian Dances

    Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Werner Andreas Albert, conductor

    19:12
  • 6:22 AM

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    16:24
  • 6:01 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Felix Mendelssohn

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Helen Huang, piano

    19:25