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  • 5:35 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    23:30
  • 5:11 AM

    Aranjuez Concerto

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Spanish Radio and TV Orchestra

    Pedro Amaral, conductor

    Xianji Liu, guitar

    22:46
  • 5:06 AM

    Valse de la Reine (The Queen's Waltz)

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Musica Camerata Montreal

    3:39
  • 5:01 AM

    All the Things You Are

    Jerome Kern

    Leon Fleisher, piano

    4:49
  • 4:48 AM

    Hymn to a Blue Hour

    John Mackey

    Asphalt Cocktail: The Music of John Mackey

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    10:38
  • 4:21 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Erich Korngold

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Kirill Karabits, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    25:33
  • 4:15 AM

    Raymonda: Grand Adagio

    Alexander Glazunov

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    5:14
  • 4:12 AM

    Children's Album: Idylle

    Cecile Chaminade

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    1:24
  • 4:06 AM

    Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

    Florence Price

    Apollo Chamber Players

    4:56
  • 4:01 AM

    Variations on a Theme by Rossini

    Frederic Chopin

    Maxence Larrieu, flute

    Susanna Mildonian, harp

    4:47
  • 3:53 AM

    Suite for Strings

    Arnold Schoenberg

    Schoenberg in Hollywood

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    5:40
  • 3:16 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Sergei Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2; Gabriela Montero: Ex Patria, 3 Improvisations

    YOA Orchestra of the Americas

    Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor

    Gabriela Montero, piano

    34:45
  • 3:06 AM

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    8:08
  • 3:01 AM

    Ave Maria

    Tomas Luis de Victoria

    The Best of The Tallis Scholars

    Tallis Scholars

    Peter Philips, conductor

    4:43
  • 2:44 AM

    Rounds for String Orchestra

    David Diamond

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    13:51
  • 2:24 AM

    Lieutenant Kije Suite

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    19:20
  • 2:14 AM

    String Quartet No. 12 "Quartettsatz"

    Franz Schubert

    Takacs Quartet

    9:02
  • 2:06 AM

    Air for Flute

    Alec Wilder

    Manhattan Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Auldon Clark, conductor

    Eugenia Zukerman, flute

    5:59
  • 2:01 AM

    Gavotte No. 2

    David Popper

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    Stephen Hough, piano

    4:40
  • 1:53 AM

    Symphony No. 1: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    5:46
  • 1:31 AM

    The Firebird (L'oiseau de feu) Ballet

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky: Firebird, Nightingale, Rite of Spring

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    20:41
  • 1:21 AM

    Giselle: Pas des vendanges

    Adolphe Adam

    Adam: Giselle

    Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    8:41
  • 1:13 AM

    Fantasy Pieces: Humoreske

    Robert Schumann

    Robert Schumann: Complete Piano Trios, Quartet & Quintet

    Trio Wanderer

    6:34
  • 1:06 AM

    Espana

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Escales: French Orchestral Works

    Sinfonia of London

    John Wilson, conductor

    6:02
  • 1:01 AM

    Album Leaf

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Music of the Gilded Age

    Sylvan Winds

    Boris Baev, oboe

    4:38
  • 12:49 AM

    Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss, Liszt, Korngold, Busoni, Schreker

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Kazuki Yamada, conductor

    9:40
  • 12:47 AM

    Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss, Liszt, Korngold, Busoni, Schreker

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Kazuki Yamada, conductor

    9:40
  • 12:33 AM

    Italian Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Harp Consort

    Andrew Lawrence-King, conductor

    13:12
  • 12:26 AM

    Praeludium and Allegro

    Fritz Kreisler

    Encore!

    Midori, violin

    5:52
  • 12:09 AM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Bassoon Concertos

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Janne Nisonen, conductor

    Jaakko Luoma, bassoon

    16:43
  • 12:06 AM

    Etude No. 4

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin Etudes

    Jan Lisiecki, piano

    2:11
  • 11:59 PM

    Petite Suite: Finale

    Alexander Borodin

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    6:11
  • 11:48 PM

    Cello Sonata No. 2: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven Cello Sonatas

    Alisa Weilerstein, cello

    9:02
  • 11:30 PM

    Swan Lake: Dance of the Swans

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    Joseph Silverstein, violin

    Jules Eskin, cello

    Bernard Zighera, harp

    Armando Ghitalla, trumpet

    17:34
  • 11:27 PM

    Cave of the Winds

    Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    2:57
  • 11:21 PM

    Bagatelles: Poco Allegro

    Antonin Dvorak

    National Chamber Players

    Lowell Graham, conductor

    4:44
  • 11:16 PM

    Time For Three

    Jake Shimabukuro, ukulele

    Mathias Kunzli, percussion

    3:59
  • 11:00 PM

    Tragic Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor

    15:29
  • 10:50 PM

    African Suite: Joyful Day

    Fela Sowande

    National Arts Centre Orchestra

    Mario Bernardi, conductor

    7:49
  • 10:32 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Johann Hummel

    Haydn, Hummel, Etc.: Trumpet Concertos

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    17:36
  • 10:27 PM

    Beatitudes

    Bernice Johnson Reagon

    Selections 1976-1988

    Sweet Honey in the Rock

    3:38
  • 10:21 PM

    Three Botticelli Pictures: Birth of Venus

    Ottorino Respighi

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    4:42
  • 10:11 PM

    Old Hungarian Dances

    Ferenc Farkas

    Frosunda Wind Quintet

    9:35
  • 10:07 PM

    Song without Words No. 43

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Andreas Ottensamer, clarinet

    Yuja Wang, piano

    2:46
  • 10:02 PM

    Hungarian March

    Hector Berlioz

    Heavy Classix

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    4:52
  • 9:47 PM

    Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1

    Georges Enescu

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    12:17
  • 9:40 PM

    Ballade "About Olden Times"

    Anatol Liadov

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    5:52
  • 9:34 PM

    La Misterieuse

    Francois Couperin

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    4:52
  • 9:10 PM

    Symphony No. 94 "Surprise"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    London Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Warren-Green, conductor

    22:59
  • 9:00 PM

    Waltz Fantasy

    Mikhail Glinka

    Glinka: Capriccio Brillante / Overture in D Major / Souvenir D'Une Nuit D'Ete A Madrid

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vassily Sinaisky, conductor

    8:23
  • 6:41 PM

    Concert Piece for Piano and Orchestra

    Carl Maria von Weber

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    17:19
  • 6:28 PM

    Folk Songs for Orchestra

    George Walker

    Cleveland Chamber Symphony

    Edwin London, conductor

    11:35
  • 6:22 PM

    Fantasie No. 2

    Florence Price

    Randall Goosby, violin

    Zhu Wang, piano

    5:25
  • 6:06 PM

    Cockaigne Overture (In London Town)

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Symphonies 1 & 2

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    14:12
  • 6:01 PM

    Lute Sonata: 1st movement

    Bernhard Joachim Hagen

    John Schneiderman, lute

    Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin

    William Skeen, cello

    4:39
  • 5:48 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphonie 2, Academic Festival Overture

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    10:05
  • 5:17 PM

    Serenade for Strings

    Antonin Dvorak

    Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra

    Scott Yoo, conductor

    29:10
  • 5:15 PM

    Transcendental Etude No. 1 "Prelude"

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: 12 Etudes d'Execution Transcendante

    Alice Sara Ott, piano

    :51
  • 5:06 PM

    Fra Diavolo: Overture

    Daniel Auber

    Great Comedy Overtures

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    8:10
  • 5:01 PM

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    4:42
  • 4:46 PM

    Gayane Ballet Suite

    Aram Khachaturian

    Royal Scottish Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    12:20
  • 4:38 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 17 "The Tempest": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Stephen Kovacevich, piano

    6:27
  • 4:19 PM

    The Birds

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Trittico Botticelliano, Gli Uccelli, Antiche Danze

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    18:12
  • 4:09 PM

    Zigeunerweisen (Gypsy Airs)

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Castile & Leon Orchestra

    Alejandro Posada, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    8:15
  • 4:06 PM

    Ojos Brujos (Magic Eyes)

    Leo Brouwer

    Marco Tamayo, guitar

    2:38
  • 4:01 PM

    Sonata No. 1

    Heinrich Biber

    Parley of Instruments

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    4:37
  • 3:53 PM

    Beautiful Mazurka

    Emil Waldteufel

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:04
  • 3:46 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    11:22
  • 3:43 PM

    Song: It was in the early spring

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Vocalise: Russian Romances

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    2:21
  • 3:28 PM

    Four Characteristic Waltzes

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    13:42
  • 3:19 PM

    Global Warming

    Michael Abels

    Songs for Our Times

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    8:31
  • 2:58 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Murray Perahia, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    18:52
  • 2:44 PM

    Snow Maiden Suite

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    12:28
  • 2:41 PM

    Heidenroslein (Wild Rose)

    Franz Schubert

    An Die Musik - Favorite Schubert Songs

    Bryn Terfel, baritone

    1:49
  • 2:39 PM

    Die Forelle (The Trout)

    Franz Schubert

    An Die Musik - Favorite Schubert Songs

    Bryn Terfel, baritone

    2:01
  • 2:29 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Marieke Blankestijn, violin

    William Conway, cello

    Douglas Boyd, oboe

    Matthew Wilkie, bassoon

    9:05
  • 2:21 PM

    Three Carpathian Dances

    Mykola Kolessa

    Natalya Pasichnyk, piano

    5:53
  • 2:17 PM

    Valdres-March

    Johannes Hanssen

    Norwegian Classical Favourites

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    3:43
  • 2:08 PM

    L'inganno felice (The Happy Deception): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    5:55
  • 2:04 PM

    Children's Corner: Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum

    Claude Debussy

    Desirae Brown, piano

    Deondra Brown, piano

    2:25
  • 1:53 PM

    Forgotten Melodies: Festive Dance

    Nikolai Medtner

    Sonatas by Medtner, Rachmaninov, Scriabin

    Kenny Broberg, piano

    4:48
  • 1:49 PM

    Mysterious Barricades

    Francois Couperin

    Air on a G String

    David Russell, guitar

    3:06
  • 1:31 PM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin

    Maurice Ravel

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    15:48
  • 1:23 PM

    Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna

    Franz von Suppe

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    7:32
  • 1:16 PM

    Beautiful Mazurka

    Emil Waldteufel

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:04
  • 1:07 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart, Strauss: Horn Concertos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Radovan Vlatkovic, horn

    8:36
  • 1:04 PM

    Musical Moment No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    Daniel Barenboim, piano

    1:57
  • 12:49 PM

    Symphony No. 19

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    10:38
  • 12:32 PM

    Lady Radnor's Suite

    Hubert Parry

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    15:27
  • 12:19 PM

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Maxine Eilander, harp

    11:52
  • 12:16 PM

    Nais: Rigaudons

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    2:17
  • 12:10 PM

    Philharmonix

    4:23
  • 12:04 PM

    Cantata No. 208: Sheep May Safely Graze

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Stokowski Transcriptions

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    5:01
  • 11:53 AM

    Concerto for Two Oboes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    Rachel Chaplin, oboe

    Mark Baigent, oboe

    6:30
  • 11:37 AM

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Symphonic Dances/Sigurd Jorsalfar/Peer Gynt

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    14:25
  • 11:33 AM

    Legend No. 9

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends

    Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    2:42
  • 11:16 AM

    American Series

    Hector Ayala

    Sonidos Latinos

    David Russell, guitar

    15:44
  • 11:06 AM

    Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

    Aram Khachaturian

    Barber: Adagio, Sibelius: Valse Triste

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    9:49
  • 11:01 AM

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:41
  • 10:50 AM

    Spiegel im Spiegel (Mirror in the Mirror)

    Arvo Part

    Arvo Part: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    8:23
  • 10:30 AM

    Variations on a Theme by Haydn "St. Antoni Chorale"

    Johannes Brahms

    Johannes Brahms: Serenade No. 1; Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn

    Residentie Orchestra of the Hague

    Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor

    17:55
  • 10:09 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 11

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    The King's Violins

    Bernard Labadie, conductor

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    19:52
  • 10:06 AM

    La Boheme: Musetta's Waltz ("Quando m'en vo")

    Giacomo Puccini

    The Romantic Harp

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    2:08
  • 10:01 AM

    Notre Dame: Intermezzo

    Franz Schmidt

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    4:40
  • 9:32 AM

    London Mozart Players

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    26:14
  • 9:17 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 10

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Concerti Grossi Op 6, 9-12

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    14:30
  • 9:05 AM

    Fantasy on Mozart's "La ci darem la mano"

    Franz Danzi

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Jorg Faerber, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    10:11
  • 9:01 AM

    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Whistle While You Work

    Frank Churchill

    Lang Lang: The Disney Book

    Lang Lang, piano

    3:32
  • 8:38 AM

    Guitar Concerto No. 1

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    Villa-Lobos, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Rodrigo: Guitar Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    19:54
  • 8:18 AM

    Celtic Symphony

    Granville Bantock

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    19:55
  • 8:01 AM

    Lyric Quartet

    William Grant Still

    Catalyst Quartet

    15:14
  • 7:39 AM

    November Woods

    Arnold Bax

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    18:33
  • 7:20 AM

    Eine kleine Nachtmusik

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik, etc.

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    18:36
  • 7:01 AM

    Concert Piece for Four Horns

    Robert Schumann

    Martin Owen plays Strauss, Schumann, and Weber

    BBC Philharmonic

    John Wilson, conductor

    Martin Owen, horn

    17:23
  • 6:24 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Amy Beach

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Rebecca Miller, conductor

    Danny Driver, piano

    34:45
  • 6:19 AM

    Scherzo

    (Marie) Clemence de Grandval

    GRANDVAL: Oboe Works

    Budapest Strings

    Lajos Lencses, oboe

    4:17
  • 6:01 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 2, 3, 5, 6

    Amsterdam Guitar Trio

    15:54