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  • 5:43 AM

    Eight Russian Folk Songs

    Anatol Liadov

    Liadov: The Enchanted Lake, and other orchestral works.

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    15:32
  • 5:25 AM

    Tristan and Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod (Love Death)

    Richard Wagner

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    16:28
  • 5:06 AM

    Dolly Suite

    Gabriel Faure

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    17:56
  • 5:01 AM

    Three Chinese Folk Songs

    Zhou Long

    Shanghai Quartet

    4:43
  • 4:47 AM

    Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

    Alexander Borodin

    1812 Overture

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    11:06
  • 4:21 AM

    Triple Concerto

    Eric Ewazen

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Jonathan Lombardo, trombone

    Timothy Smith, trombone

    Jeffrey Dee, bass trombone

    24:25
  • 4:18 AM

    Dona Nobis Pacem (Give Us Peace)

    Traditional

    Songs Of Joy And Peace

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    1:58
  • 4:14 AM

    Montgomery Variations: March

    Margaret Bonds

    African American Voices II

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Kellen Grey, conductor

    3:15
  • 4:06 AM

    Perpetual Motion Pieces

    Francis Poulenc

    Lisa Friend, flute

    Craig Ogden, guitar

    6:41
  • 4:01 AM

    Norse Legend

    Frank Bridge

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:47
  • 3:39 AM

    From the Southland

    Harry T. Burleigh

    Jeni Slotchiver, piano

    18:00
  • 3:22 AM

    Rhapsody in Blue

    George Gershwin

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Wayne Marshall, conductor

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    16:08
  • 3:15 AM

    Symphony No. 1: 4th movement

    Florence Price

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    4:46
  • 3:06 AM

    Fantasy Pieces: Humoresque

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Uncovered Vol. 1

    Catalyst Quartet

    3:17
  • 3:01 AM

    Enchantment: Song of the Shrine

    Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    4:26
  • 2:52 AM

    Five Preludes

    William Alwyn

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    5:58
  • 2:27 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 21 "Waldstein"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven by Nissman, Vol. 1

    Barbara Nissman, piano

    23:52
  • 2:20 AM

    Sleep

    Eric Whitacre

    Light & Gold

    Eric Whitacre Singers

    Eric Whitacre, conductor

    5:26
  • 2:06 AM

    Gotterdammerung: Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey

    Richard Wagner

    Reiner Conducts Wagner

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    13:15
  • 2:01 AM

    Partita No. 6: Courante

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sergey Schepkin, piano

    4:39
  • 1:50 AM

    Four Scottish Dances

    Malcolm Arnold

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    8:19
  • 1:46 AM

    Calling All Workers

    Eric Coates

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Reginald Kilbey, conductor

    3:06
  • 1:20 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor

    Han-Na Chang, cello

    25:08
  • 1:09 AM

    Peter Schmoll Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber Overtures

    Hanover Band

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    8:37
  • 1:06 AM

    Piece in the Form of a Habanera

    Maurice Ravel

    Music for Flute & Harp

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    2:52
  • 1:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 1: 3rd movement

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Danubius Quartet

    4:42
  • 12:50 AM

    The Skaters Waltz

    Emil Waldteufel

    The Four Seasons: A Musical Calendar Of Favorite Classics

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:44
  • 12:31 AM

    Concerto for 2 Orchestras No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    16:28
  • 12:25 AM

    Ensemble Clarimonia

    Charles Neidich, clarinet

    6:19
  • 12:20 AM

    Il Saltarello Romano

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Liana Serbescu, piano

    2:56
  • 12:06 AM

    Rob Roy: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    13:03
  • 12:01 AM

    Detmold Horn Quartet

    4:45
  • 11:52 PM

    Samson and Delilah: Bacchanale

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Gustavo Dudamel: Discoveries

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    6:44
  • 11:37 PM

    Symphony Concertante

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    Yury Revich, violin

    Libor Jezek, violin

    13:02
  • 11:33 PM

    Improvisation No. 3

    Gabriela Montero

    Gabriela Montero, piano

    3:42
  • 11:15 PM

    Suite for Strings

    Arthur Foote

    American Stringbook

    do.gma chamber orchestra

    Mikhail Gurewitsch, conductor

    16:11
  • 11:06 PM

    The Planets: Jupiter

    Gustav Holst

    Varese: Arcana, Holst: The Planets

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    8:00
  • 11:01 PM

    Scotch Strathspey and Reel

    Percy Grainger

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    4:39
  • 10:49 PM

    Soirees Musicales

    Benjamin Britten

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    9:35
  • 10:42 PM

    Aladdin: Dances

    Ernest Tomlinson

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    6:35
  • 10:21 PM

    Choral Fantasy

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    19:01
  • 10:19 PM

    Branles

    Pierre Phalese

    Renaissance Winds

    Ensemble Doulce Memoire

    1:16
  • 10:11 PM

    Suite Mignonne

    Jean Sibelius

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    7:02
  • 10:06 PM

    Mysterious Barricades

    Francois Couperin

    Baroque

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    3:42
  • 10:03 PM

    Serenade espagnole (Spanish Serenade)

    Cecile Chaminade

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    2:36
  • 9:52 PM

    Symphonic Dance No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:45
  • 9:45 PM

    Corbeille de fleurs (Basket of Flowers)

    Theresa Carreno

    The American Virtuoso

    Alan Feinberg, piano

    5:10
  • 9:23 PM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 1

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Sabine Meyer: Clarinet Connection

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    21:02
  • 9:11 PM

    Symphony

    Josef Myslivecek

    Myslivecek: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    10:04
  • 9:06 PM

    Impromptu No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    Michael McHale, piano

    4:49
  • 9:01 PM

    Wedding March

    Johan Halvorsen

    Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    Henning Kraggerud, violin

    4:52
  • 8:38 PM

    Spirituals for Strings

    Morton Gould

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Klein, conductor

    20:32
  • 6:51 PM

    Impressions from the Countryside: Village Dance

    Zdenek Fibich

    Czech National Symphony Orchestra

    Marek Stilec, conductor

    7:46
  • 6:30 PM

    Images for Orchestra: Iberia

    Claude Debussy

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    19:16
  • 6:23 PM

    Octet: 5th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Gaudier Ensemble

    6:20
  • 6:12 PM

    Poet and Peasant Overture

    Franz von Suppe

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    9:24
  • 6:06 PM

    Canon

    Johann Pachelbel

    A New Baroque

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    5:03
  • 6:01 PM

    Concerto Grosso: 2nd movement

    Henry Cowell

    Cowell: Concerto Grosso/Hymn & Fuguing Tune No 10

    Manhattan Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Auldon Clark, conductor

    4:41
  • 5:46 PM

    Slavonic Rhapsody No. 3

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Paavo Berglund, conductor

    12:40
  • 5:22 PM

    Symphony No. 83 "The Hen"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    22:30
  • 5:19 PM

    La Poule (The Hen)

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    2:38
  • 5:06 PM

    From Italy (Aus Italien): In the Campagna

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Aus Italien, Don Juan

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    10:28
  • 5:01 PM

    The Shining Shore

    Traditional

    Anonymous 4

    4:42
  • 4:50 PM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concerti & Other Works

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Eliot Fisk, guitar

    8:15
  • 4:15 PM

    Symphony No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    34:06
  • 4:10 PM

    The Jungle Book: The Bare Necessities

    Terry Gilkyson

    Lang Lang: The Disney Book

    Lang Lang, piano

    2:40
  • 4:06 PM

    Impressions of the Puna: Dance

    Alberto Ginastera

    Camerata Bariloche

    3:02
  • 4:01 PM

    Robin Hood Suite: March of the Bowmen

    Frederic Curzon

    East of England Orchestra

    Malcolm Nabarro, conductor

    4:41
  • 3:52 PM

    Rondo for Horn and Orchestra

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart y Mambo

    Havana Lyceum Orchestra

    Jose Antonio Mendez Padron, conductor

    Sarah Willis, horn

    6:26
  • 3:50 PM

    Wiener Blut (Vienna Blood)

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    8:01
  • 3:37 PM

    Indian Queen: selections

    Henry Purcell

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    12:40
  • 3:19 PM

    Scenes from Childhood

    Robert Schumann

    Mieczyslaw Horszowski, piano

    16:16
  • 3:03 PM

    The Tale of Honza: Dances and Adagio

    Oskar Nedbal

    Dvorak Chamber Orchestra

    Miroslav Homolka, conductor

    14:40
  • 2:59 PM

    Canarios

    Gaspar Sanz

    A Touch of Romance

    Angel Romero, guitar

    2:31
  • 2:46 PM

    The Three-Cornered Hat: Suite

    Manuel de Falla

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    12:11
  • 2:41 PM

    Four Characteristic Pieces: Romance

    Clara Schumann

    Jozef de Beenhouwer, piano

    3:03
  • 2:29 PM

    Oboe Concertino

    Gaetano Donizetti

    Stuttgart Arcata Chamber Orchestra

    Patrick Strub, conductor

    Lajos Lencses, oboe

    7:25
  • 2:19 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2 "La Campanella"

    Niccolo Paganini

    Paganini: The Violin Concertos

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Dutoit, conductor

    Salvatore Accardo, violin

    31:02
  • 2:15 PM

    Serenata for Orchestra: Con spirito

    Walter Piston

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    2:47
  • 2:09 PM

    L'Arlesienne: Minuet

    Georges Bizet

    Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano

    2:36
  • 2:04 PM

    Minuet

    Luigi Boccherini

    Jewels of the Classics

    Philharmonia Virtuosi

    Richard Kapp, conductor

    3:41
  • 1:55 PM

    Motet: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Listening to the Voices

    Choral Arts Ensemble

    Rick Kvam, conductor

    14:11
  • 1:53 PM

    A Quiet Place: Postlude

    Leonard Bernstein

    Maestro Soundtrack

    Victoria Ruggiero, piano

    2:00
  • 1:45 PM

    Aida: Triumphal March

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Leonard Bernstein: The Encore Collection Vol. 2

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    6:32
  • 1:35 PM

    String Quartet: Allegro

    Florence Price

    Catalyst Quartet

    9:23
  • 1:31 PM

    Jazz Suite No. 1

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    8:11
  • 1:24 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 4th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Franz Schubert: Symphonies 1-8

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    6:26
  • 1:16 PM

    Solemn March for Shakespeare Celebration

    Bedrich Smetana

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vaclav Neumann, conductor

    6:58
  • 1:09 PM

    Five Bagatelles

    Gerald Finzi

    Finzi: Clarinet Concerto, 5 Bagatelles

    Guildhall Strings

    Robert Salter, conductor

    Richard Stoltzman, clarinet

    15:08
  • 1:04 PM

    Maskarade: Overture

    Carl Nielsen

    Danish National Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    4:21
  • 12:46 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 8

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    11:39
  • 12:42 PM

    Lincolnshire Posy: The Lost Lady Found

    Percy Grainger

    University of Michigan Symphony Band

    Michael Haithcock, conductor

    2:38
  • 12:30 PM

    Four Seasons: Winter

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Trondheim Soloists

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    10:10
  • 12:23 PM

    Five Variations on "I am still in my spring"

    Louis Spohr

    Virtuoso Harp

    Marion Hoffman, harp

    6:36
  • 12:16 PM

    Serenade No. 2: Rondo

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    5:58
  • 12:13 PM

    Etude No. 3

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    1:53
  • 12:10 PM

    Etude No. 8

    Frederic Chopin

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    2:03
  • 12:04 PM

    Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria (Cantilena)

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Trio Concertante

    5:35
  • 11:32 AM

    Symphony No. 35 "Haffner"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    W.A. Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 23, 28, & 35 "Haffner"

    Sinfonia Varsovia

    Emmanuel Krivine, conductor

    18:01
  • 11:28 AM

    Hallelujah

    Leonard Cohen

    Canadiana

    Canadian Brass

    3:35
  • 11:09 AM

    Variations on a Theme of Franz Schubert

    Emil Reesen

    Aalborg Symphony Orchestra

    Bo Holten, conductor

    16:48
  • 11:06 AM

    Cello Suite No. 1: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    2:16
  • 11:01 AM

    Let My Love Be Heard

    Jake Runestad

    Voces8

    4:45
  • 10:38 AM

    Der Rosenkavalier: Suite

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Don Juan; Death and Transfiguration; Dance of the Seven Veils; Rosenkavelier Suite

    New York Philharmonic

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    19:49
  • 10:21 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Works

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    Maurice Bourgue, oboe

    16:34
  • 10:13 AM

    Fennimore and Gerda: Intermezzo

    Frederick Delius

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    5:51
  • 10:06 AM

    Suite Colombiana No. 2: Guabina Viajera

    Gentil Montana

    Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar

    5:55
  • 10:01 AM

    Impromptu No. 3

    Gabriel Faure

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    4:31
  • 9:42 AM

    Symphony No. 18

    Carlos Baguer

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    16:10
  • 9:22 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    Gerhard Oppitz, piano

    20:08
  • 9:14 AM

    Goyescas: Maiden and the Nightingale

    Enrique Granados

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    6:11
  • 9:01 AM

    Quiet Reflections

    Jack Gallagher

    London Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    12:01
  • 8:27 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
  • 8:22 AM

    Persian Miniatures: Solitude

    Aminollah Hossein

    Tara Kamangar, piano

    3:43
  • 8:01 AM

    With the Wild Geese

    Hamilton Harty

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    20:06
  • 7:32 AM

    Symphony No. 99

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    London Classical Players

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    26:43
  • 7:20 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Two Pictures

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    10:48
  • 7:01 AM

    Guitar Quintet No. 6

    Luigi Boccherini

    Tokyo String Quartet

    Kazuhito Yamashita, guitar

    16:59
  • 6:26 AM

    Serenade

    Wilhelm Stenhammar

    Wilhelm Stenhammar: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2; Serenade; Excelsior!

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    32:37
  • 6:14 AM

    Sonatine

    Maurice Ravel

    Rachmaninoff, Ravel

    Lise de la Salle, piano

    10:58
  • 6:09 AM

    Lullaby

    Adam Wesolowski

    Modern Lullabies

    Agata Kielar-Dlugosz, flute

    3:25
  • 6:02 AM

    Three pieces for cello and piano

    Nadia Boulanger

    Concert Recording

    Johannes Moser, cello

    6:50