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  • 5:29 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "The Midnight Hour"

    Eivind Groven

    Groven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2

    Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Szilvay, conductor

    29:24
  • 5:13 AM

    Musica Callada (Silent Music): Book 3

    Federico Mompou

    Federico Mompou: Musica Callada

    Lilit Grigoryan, piano

    13:49
  • 5:06 AM

    On the Nature of Daylight

    Max Richter

    The Blue Notebooks

    Max Richter Orchestra

    Lorenz Dangel, conductor

    6:35
  • 5:01 AM

    Jakob Lindberg, orpharion

    4:48
  • 4:47 AM

    Boston Modern Orchestra Project

    Gil Rose, conductor

    11:24
  • 4:14 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Richard Strauss

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    Sarah Chang, violin

    30:45
  • 4:06 AM

    Impromptu No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Piano Sonata D845, Wanderer Fantasy

    Paul Lewis, piano

    6:25
  • 4:01 AM

    Four Waltzes

    Johannes Brahms

    Canadian Brass

    4:52
  • 3:49 AM

    Elegy for Strings

    Judith Lang Zaimont

    ReSOUNDings

    Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra

    8:32
  • 3:20 AM

    The Golden Spinning Wheel

    Antonin Dvorak

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    28:21
  • 3:06 AM

    Lute Suite

    Jan Antonin Losy

    Jan Antonin Losy: Note d'oro

    Jakob Lindberg, lute

    12:06
  • 3:01 AM

    Hania Rani, piano and vocals

    Dobrawa Czocher, cello

    4:36
  • 2:48 AM

    Nocturnes: Sirenes

    Claude Debussy

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    10:40
  • 2:42 AM

    Sirens: Die Lorelei

    Mason Bates

    The Esoterics

    Eric Banks, conductor

    5:27
  • 2:38 AM

    Baba-Yaga

    Anatol Liadov

    Liadov: The Enchanted Lake, and other orchestral works.

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    3:18
  • 2:31 AM

    Women of Legend: Salome

    Mel Bonis

    Maria Garcia, piano

    5:14
  • 2:22 AM

    Hansel and Gretel: Hokus pokus

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Hansel and Gretel

    Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Kurt Eichhorn, conductor

    Christa Ludwig, mezzo-soprano

    8:21
  • 2:10 AM

    Symphonie Fantastique: Dream of a Witches' Sabbath

    Hector Berlioz

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    10:03
  • 2:06 AM

    Macbeth: Tre volte miagola (Witches Scene)

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi: Choruses

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    4:01
  • 2:01 AM

    The Snow Queen: Snow Waltz; Evening Song; Mirror

    Tuomas Kantelinen

    Kantelinen: Lumikuningatar

    Finnish National Opera Orchestra

    Tuomas Kantelinen, conductor

    4:46
  • 1:49 AM

    Danzon No. 2

    Arturo Marquez

    Gustavo Dudamel: Discoveries

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    9:47
  • 1:45 AM

    Caja de Musica: Tempo di Joropo

    David Bruce

    Crossing the Ocean

    Bridget Kibbey, harp

    3:29
  • 1:20 AM

    Symphony for Strings

    Grazyna Bacewicz

    Bacewicz: Music for String Orchestra

    Primuz Chamber Orchestra

    Lukasz Blaszczyk, conductor

    23:11
  • 1:13 AM

    Folk Suite No. 4

    William Grant Still

    Calico Winds

    5:28
  • 1:06 AM

    Jeux d'eau (Fountains)

    Maurice Ravel

    Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano

    6:03
  • 1:01 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1: Gavotte

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    4:40
  • 12:54 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 8 "Pathetique": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas 8, 15, 27 & 30

    Jonathan Biss, piano

    4:24
  • 12:50 AM

    Ballade No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    8:21
  • 12:31 AM

    String Quartet No. 1 "From My Life"

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana, Janacek: String Quartets

    Jerusalem Quartet

    26:15
  • 12:05 AM

    Appalachian Spring

    Aaron Copland

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    23:17
  • 11:33 PM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Concertos for Clarinet, Oboe & Bassoon

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    Karl Leister, clarinet

    30:02
  • 11:19 PM

    Ma vlast (My Country): Vltava (The Moldau)

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: Ma Vlast

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    13:05
  • 11:07 PM

    The Wasps: Overture

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    9:51
  • 11:02 PM

    Gone with the Wind: Tara Theme

    Max Steiner

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:40
  • 10:58 PM

    Requiem: Lacrimosa

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Requiem

    Les Arts Florissants

    William Christie, conductor

    3:19
  • 10:25 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 25

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos, Etc., Vol. 7

    Manchester Camerata

    Gabor Takacs-Nagy, conductor

    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano

    31:56
  • 10:04 PM

    Pirates of Penzance: Overture

    Arthur Sullivan

    Sullivan: The Yeoman Of The Guard And Other Overtures

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Faris, conductor

    7:17
  • 9:51 PM

    Duetto buffo di due gatti (Cats' Duet)

    Gioacchino Rossini

    On Wings Of Song

    Felicity Lott, soprano

    3:15
  • 9:29 PM

    Adagio for Strings

    Samuel Barber

    Winter Was Hard

    Kronos Quartet

    7:12
  • 9:23 PM

    Watching the White Wheat

    Traditional Welsh

    Bryn Terfel Sings Favorites

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    Bryn Terfel, baritone

    4:23
  • 9:18 PM

    Bailarin

    Tania Leon

    New Music with Guitar, Vol. 7: Family Album

    David Starobin, guitar

    4:00
  • 9:11 PM

    Piano Trio: Scherzo

    Louise Farrenc

    Farrenc, L.: Piano Trio, Op. 33 / Clarinet Trio, Op. 44 / Sextet, Op. 40

    Linos Ensemble

    6:10
  • 9:00 PM

    L'Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    8:16
  • 6:42 PM

    Symphony No. 22 "Philosopher"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    16:50
  • 6:21 PM

    Eternal Longing

    Vitezslav Novak

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    20:25
  • 6:15 PM

    Cwm Rhondda (Guide Us, O Thou Great Redeemer)

    John Hughes

    Bryn Terfel: We'll Keep A Welcome

    Welsh National Opera Orchestra

    Gareth Jones, conductor

    Bryn Terfel, baritone

    3:39
  • 6:06 PM

    Violin and Oboe Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    Adrian Chandler, violin

    Gail Hennessy, oboe

    7:37
  • 6:01 PM

    Duettino

    Jan Dussek

    Gretchen Van Hoesen, harp

    Heidi van Hoesen Gorton, harp

    4:42
  • 5:54 PM

    Carioca

    Ernesto Nazareth

    Solatino

    Gabriela Montero, piano

    4:09
  • 5:19 PM

    Symphony No. 5

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    34:36
  • 5:15 PM

    Land of My Fathers

    Traditional Welsh

    Bryn Terfel: We'll Keep A Welcome

    Welsh National Opera Orchestra

    Gareth Jones, conductor

    Bryn Terfel, baritone

    2:13
  • 5:06 PM

    Alborada del Gracioso (Morning Song of the Jester)

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: La tombeau de Couperin, Pavane pour une infante defunte

    Lyon Opera Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    7:57
  • 5:00 PM

    Giuliano Sommerhalder, trumpet

    Kasia Wieczorek, piano

    4:46
  • 4:45 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: 5 Piano Concertos

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Ramin Bahrami, piano

    13:06
  • 4:37 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    7:38
  • 4:32 PM

    Men of Harlech

    Traditional Welsh

    Traditionally British

    Black Dyke Mills Band

    Roy Newsome, conductor

    3:00
  • 4:21 PM

    Quartet No. 6

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Six Wind Quartets

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    10:49
  • 4:09 PM

    Children's Games (Jeux d'enfants)

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Symphony in C; Carmen - Suites Nos 1 & 2; Jeux d'enfants - Suite; Overture: Patrie

    French National Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    10:53
  • 4:06 PM

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    2:12
  • 4:01 PM

    Flute Quintet: Finale

    Franz Schubert

    Martinu Quartet

    Robert Stallman, flute

    Karel Untermuller, viola

    4:53
  • 3:49 PM

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    8:53
  • 3:49 PM

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    8:53
  • 3:29 PM

    Overture No. 2

    Francesco Veracini

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    19:23
  • 3:24 PM

    Prelude No. 4

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Alessio Bax, piano

    4:29
  • 3:14 PM

    Insight

    Dobrinka Tabakova

    Concert Recording

    Kyu-Young Kim, violin

    9:27
  • 3:01 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Winter Dreams": 1st movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Complete Symphonies

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    11:49
  • 2:52 PM

    Minuet Antique

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: The Orchestral Works

    New York Philharmonic

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    7:08
  • 2:43 PM

    String Quartet No. 1

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Arabella String Quartet

    7:15
  • 2:33 PM

    Rodeo: Buckaroo Holiday

    Aaron Copland

    Essential Aaron Copland: 12 Greatest Hits

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    8:38
  • 2:25 PM

    The Bronze Horse: Overture

    Daniel Auber

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    7:19
  • 2:20 PM

    Peace of Mind

    Hazel Scott

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:46
  • 2:17 PM

    Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman No. 1

    Joan Tower

    Colorado Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    2:33
  • 2:10 PM

    Humoresque No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Souvenirs

    Kyung Wha Chung, violin

    3:01
  • 2:04 PM

    Concerto No. 7

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Albinoni: 12 Concerti a cinque, Op.5

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    5:38
  • 1:58 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 5 "Spring": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Complete Violin Sonatas

    Augustin Dumay, violin

    1:14
  • 1:47 PM

    In Spring Overture

    Karl Goldmark

    Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andras Korodi, conductor

    10:31
  • 1:42 PM

    Military March

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    4:10
  • 1:34 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish": Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1-4

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    6:41
  • 1:31 PM

    Concertina Etude

    Giulio Regondi

    Giulio Regondi: A 200th Birthday Bouquet

    David Starobin, guitar

    2:01
  • 1:21 PM

    Flute Concerto

    Giuseppe Tartini

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    9:37
  • 1:15 PM

    Andante festivo

    Jean Sibelius

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:04
  • 1:09 PM

    Four British Folk Song Settings

    Percy Grainger

    The Grainger Edition, Vol. 17: Works for Solo Piano 2

    Penelope Thwaites, piano

    4:24
  • 1:07 PM

    Shepherd's Hey

    Percy Grainger

    Elegant Classics for Brass

    Denver Brass

    2:07
  • 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
  • 12:50 PM

    Variations on "I Got Rhythm"

    George Gershwin

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    William Tritt, piano

    9:04
  • 12:40 PM

    Images for Orchestra: Rondes de printemps (Spring Rounds)

    Claude Debussy

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    7:42
  • 12:38 PM

    Sakura, Sakura

    Traditional Japanese

    Chanticleer

    1:10
  • 12:30 PM

    Brook Green Suite

    Gustav Holst

    New Zealand Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor

    7:07
  • 12:20 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Philharmonia Hungarica

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    9:03
  • 12:16 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2: Farandole

    Georges Bizet

    Orchestra of the Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    3:20
  • 12:11 PM

    Little Waltz

    Theresa Carreno

    Clara Rodriguez Plays the Music of Teresa Carreno

    Clara Rodriguez, piano

    3:31
  • 12:04 PM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Minuet II

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenade KV 361 "Gran Partita"

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    5:09
  • 11:46 AM

    Ma vlast (My Country): From Bohemia's Woods and Fields

    Bedrich Smetana

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    12:30
  • 11:27 AM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 2

    Ottorino Respighi

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:47
  • 11:22 AM

    Cantata No. 29: Sinfonia

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    3:34
  • 11:11 AM

    South American Suite

    Brian Packham

    Highlands

    Camerata Bariloche

    Chris Norman, flute

    10:10
  • 11:06 AM

    Vocalise

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Kathleen Battle at Carnegie Hall

    Kathleen Battle, soprano

    3:57
  • 11:01 AM

    From Olden Times: Gigue

    Johan Halvorsen

    Halvorsen: Suite ancienne, Mascarade Suite

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Ari Rasilainen, conductor

    4:35
  • 10:46 AM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Vienna Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    Maria Duenas, violin

    11:50
  • 10:36 AM

    From Italy (Aus Italien): Life in Naples

    Richard Strauss

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    8:32
  • 10:21 AM

    String Quartet No. 14 "Death and the Maiden": 2nd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Jasper String Quartet

    13:21
  • 10:06 AM

    Horn Concerto

    Leopold Mozart

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    Alec Frank-Gemmill, horn

    14:28
  • 10:01 AM

    Triquilandia/Seguidilla

    Emilio Pujol

    David Russell, guitar

    4:42
  • 9:23 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Fabio Luisi, conductor

    Lise de la Salle, piano

    35:37
  • 9:14 AM

    Alice Kogan Weinreb, flute

    Nicholas Stovall, oboe

    Paul Cigan, clarinet

    Truman Harris, bassoon

    Laurel Bennert Ohlson, horn

    7:49
  • 9:01 AM

    Bavarian Dances

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance Marches

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    11:36
  • 8:36 AM

    Symphonic Variations

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, Symphonic Variations

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    22:30
  • 8:21 AM

    Flute Quartet No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Emerson String Quartet

    Carol Wincenc, flute

    14:00
  • 8:08 AM

    A Shropshire Lad

    George Butterworth

    Halle Orchestra

    Mark Elder, conductor

    11:36
  • 8:01 AM

    leaves and trees

    Rachel Portman

    Caroline Dale, cello

    Rachel Portman, piano

    5:57
  • 7:22 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Jean Sibelius

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paavo Berglund, conductor

    36:13
  • 7:13 AM

    Piano Sonata: 1st movement

    Florence Price

    Revival

    Michelle Cann, piano

    8:32
  • 7:01 AM

    Scheherazade: The Young Prince and the Young Princess

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    CBS Masterworks Dinner Classics: Dinner for Two

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    10:05
  • 6:37 AM

    Fantasie Symphonique

    Louis Theodore Gouvy

    German Radio Philharmonic

    Jacques Mercier, conductor

    21:40
  • 6:19 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Sonates pour violon et clavecin, vol. 1

    James Ehnes, violin

    16:38
  • 6:01 AM

    Guitar Concerto

    Ferdinando Carulli

    Carulli, Molino: Guitar Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    16:18