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  • 4:38 AM

    Pulcinella Suite

    Igor Stravinsky

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    20:36
  • 4:19 AM

    Tuba Concerto

    John Williams

    Singapore Symphony Orchestra

    Anne Manson, conductor

    Oystein Baadsvik, tuba

    17:03
  • 4:06 AM

    Dioclesian Instrumental Music

    Henry Purcell

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    12:25
  • 4:01 AM

    In the Blue Mountains: I Trollhallen

    Agathe Grondahl

    Backer Grondahl: Piano Works

    Sara Aimee Smiseth, piano

    4:42
  • 3:52 AM

    Waltz-Scherzo

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto

    Russian National Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    7:44
  • 3:11 AM

    Symphony No. 7

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    38:00
  • 3:06 AM

    In the Manner of Borodin

    Maurice Ravel

    Donald Fraser: Songs for Strings

    English Symphony Orchetra

    Donald Fraser, conductor

    3:00
  • 3:01 AM

    Pastoral

    David Guion

    Eugene Rowley, piano

    4:36
  • 2:48 AM

    Paganini Variations

    Eugene Ysaye

    Capriccio Quartet

    10:08
  • 2:25 AM

    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
  • 2:21 AM

    Seven Popular Spanish Songs: Jota

    Manuel de Falla

    Asturiana

    Kim Kashkashian, viola

    2:42
  • 2:07 AM

    The Mission: Suite

    Ennio Morricone

    Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture: The Mission

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Ennio Morricone, conductor

    13:41
  • 2:01 AM

    English Idyll No. 2

    George Butterworth

    Halle Orchestra

    Mark Elder, conductor

    4:36
  • 1:41 AM

    French Suite No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Music of the Dance

    Rebecca Penneys, piano

    17:23
  • 1:20 AM

    An American in Paris

    George Gershwin

    Music of the Americas

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Andres Orozco-Estrada, conductor

    19:51
  • 1:13 AM

    Ashokan Farewell

    Jay Ungar

    Stillpoint

    Adagio Trio

    5:11
  • 1:06 AM

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    4:27
  • 1:01 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Alla marcia

    Dag Wiren

    Nordic Light

    Strings of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Magnus Ericsson, conductor

    4:45
  • 12:43 AM

    Don Juan

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35, Horn Concerto #1 in E Flat Major, Op. 11, Don Juan, Op. 20

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    15:49
  • 12:21 AM

    Harp Concerto

    Francois Boieldieu

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Marisa Robles, harp

    20:15
  • 12:14 AM

    Legends of the Fall: The Ludlows

    James Horner

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Arnold, conductor

    6:19
  • 12:06 AM

    Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart and Contemporaries

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    6:03
  • 12:01 AM

    Festival Coronation March for Alexander III

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Pops on the March

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:39
  • 11:55 PM

    Memories of the Alhambra

    Francisco Tarrega

    Romance de Amor

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    3:52
  • 11:29 PM

    Serenade for Flute, Violin and Viola

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven in New York

    Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

    23:59
  • 11:24 PM

    Waltz No. 13

    Frederic Chopin

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    3:50
  • 11:15 PM

    Fanfare, Hymn and Finale

    Peter Boyer

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Boyer, conductor

    7:44
  • 11:06 PM

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

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    7:59
  • 11:01 PM

    L'incoronazione di Poppea: Pur ti miro

    Claudio Monteverdi

    Axiom Quartet

    4:35
  • 10:43 PM

    Capriccio Espagnol

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: 3 Symphonies / Jarvi, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    15:43
  • 10:26 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Josef Myslivecek

    Dvorak Chamber Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    Shizuka Ishikawa, violin

    15:00
  • 10:23 PM

    Set Me as a Seal

    Rene Clausen

    Clausen: Choral Works

    Kansas City Chorale

    Charles Bruffy, conductor

    2:55
  • 10:09 PM

    Jeromita Linares

    Carlos Guastavino

    "Impresiones"

    Camerata Bariloche

    Pablo Cohen, guitar

    11:43
  • 10:06 PM

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    2:30
  • 10:01 PM

    Les Huguenots: Gypsy Dance

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Meyerbeer: Ballet Music From The Operas / Nesterowicz

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    4:40
  • 9:46 PM

    Suite for Strings

    John Rutter

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Rutter, conductor

    12:23
  • 9:43 PM

    Swan Lake: Dance of the Little Swans

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    1:31
  • 9:31 PM

    Keyboard Suite No. 5

    George Frideric Handel

    Lisa Smirnova, piano

    11:27
  • 9:25 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Pacifica String Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    4:32
  • 9:09 PM

    Symphony

    Carl Stamitz

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    14:51
  • 9:06 PM

    Song without Words No. 30 "Spring Song"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    Andre Previn, piano

    2:19
  • 9:03 PM

    Trumpet Tune

    Henry Purcell

    Laird Brass Ensemble

    Peter Hurford, organ

    2:36
  • 8:45 PM

    Sonatina No. 1 "From an Invalid's Workshop": 3rd movement

    Richard Strauss

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    13:36
  • 8:22 PM

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    21:25
  • 8:16 PM

    Hymnus for 12 Cellos

    Julius Klengel

    Julius Klengel: a Celebration

    Cello Classics Ensemble

    5:21
  • 8:11 PM

    Gabriele Leite, guitar

    3:05
  • 8:06 PM

    Schwanengesang, Book 1: Standchen (Serenade)

    Franz Schubert

    Night Wanderer

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    4:13
  • 8:01 PM

    Trio Sonata No. 1: Gigue

    Johann Goldberg

    London Baroque

    Ingrid Seifert, violin

    Richard Gwilt, violin

    4:37
  • 7:45 PM

    Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsummer Vigil"

    Hugo Alfven

    Alfven: Swedish Rhapsodies 1-3, etc.

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    13:36
  • 5:52 PM

    Serenade for Winds: Scherzo

    Julius Rontgen

    Viotta Ensemble

    6:40
  • 5:15 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Russian National Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    34:53
  • 5:11 PM

    Patrizio Mazzola, piano

    1:50
  • 5:06 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 3

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic Dances

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    4:56
  • 5:01 PM

    Ballo detto Pollicio/La Cattarina

    Tarquinio Merula

    Merula: Canzoni, Motetti, Sonate

    Ensemble Fitzwilliam

    4:45
  • 4:47 PM

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Paul Dukas

    Mephisto and Co.

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    11:19
  • 4:20 PM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 3

    Bernhard Crusell

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Alun Francis, conductor

    Thea King, clarinet

    25:39
  • 4:09 PM

    Munich: A Memory Waltz

    Richard Strauss

    Munich Chamber Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    8:54
  • 4:06 PM

    Dance Antique

    William Mason

    Calico Winds

    2:41
  • 4:01 PM

    Barcarolle

    Mel Bonis

    Myriam Barbaux-Cohen, piano

    4:48
  • 3:49 PM

    Norwegian Rhapsody No. 2

    Johan Svendsen

    Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    9:14
  • 3:26 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    Lang Lang, piano

    20:50
  • 3:10 PM

    The Merchant of Venice: Suite

    Arthur Sullivan

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Vivian Dunn, conductor

    14:20
  • 3:06 PM

    Serenade

    Roman Hoffstetter

    From Mozart to Ravel

    Blair String Quartet

    3:49
  • 3:01 PM

    Three Improvisations

    Francis Poulenc

    Pascal Roge, piano

    4:42
  • 2:49 PM

    Concerto for Two Cellos

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi's Cello

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    8:56
  • 2:38 PM

    Sleeping Beauty Ballet Suite

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    19:56
  • 2:11 PM

    Symphony No. 88

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    24:26
  • 2:04 PM

    Fidelio Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9, Overtures "Fidelio" and "Egmont"

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    6:21
  • 1:59 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1: Carillon

    Georges Bizet

    Orchestra of the Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    4:23
  • 1:55 PM

    A Quiet Place: Postlude

    Leonard Bernstein

    Maestro Soundtrack

    Victoria Ruggiero, piano

    2:00
  • 1:47 PM

    Nocturne in g, Op. 15 No. 3

    Frederic Chopin

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    :00
  • 1:45 PM

    Phantom of the Opera: Music of the Night

    Andrew Lloyd-Webber

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Julian Lloyd-Webber, cello

    :00
  • 1:40 PM

    America

    Paul Simon

    The Green Album

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:00
  • 1:32 PM

    3 Dances from Terpsichore

    Michael Praetorius

    Dale Kavanagh, guitar

    5:49
  • 1:16 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    14:55
  • 1:08 PM

    Guildhall Strings

    Robert Salter, conductor

    4:21
  • 1:04 PM

    Arabesque No. 2

    Claude Debussy

    Maria Graf, harp

    3:29
  • 12:50 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2: 3rd movement

    Max Bruch

    Max Bruch: Concerto No. 2; Scottish Fantasy

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Mario Bernardi, conductor

    James Ehnes, violin

    9:04
  • 12:47 PM

    Don Giovanni: Fin ch'han dal vino (Champagne Aria)

    Wolfgang Mozart

    Sam Pilafian, tuba

    1:30
  • 12:40 PM

    From Shakespeare: Viola

    Josef Foerster

    Foerster: Festive Overture - Symphony No. 1 - From Shakespeare

    Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marek Stilek, conductor

    4:55
  • 12:36 PM

    Romeo and Juliet: L'amour, l'amour! ... Ah! leve-toi, soleil!

    Charles Gounod

    The Sounds Of Remembered Dreams

    Humbert Lucarelli, oboe

    3:49
  • 12:34 PM

    Here Comes the Sun

    George Harrison

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    1:57
  • 12:21 PM

    Quartet No. 4

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Six Wind Quartets

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    11:54
  • 12:16 PM

    Promenade (Walking the Dog)

    George Gershwin

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    John Fullam, clarinet

    3:29
  • 12:07 PM

    Grand Canyon Suite: On the Trail

    Ferde Grofe

    Grofe: Grand Canyon / Gershwin: Porgy & Bess

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    8:02
  • 12:04 PM

    Rondeau

    Jean-Francois Dandrieu

    Wynton Marsalis: In Gabriel's Garden

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    1:59
  • 11:47 AM

    Concert Suite No. 3

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Rameau: Six Concerts en sextuor

    Les Talens Lyriques

    Christophe Rousset, conductor

    10:33
  • 11:30 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 25: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Piano Concertos

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Jeremy Denk, piano

    14:44
  • 11:19 AM

    String Symphony No. 4

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Academy for Ancient Music Berlin

    9:50
  • 11:16 AM

    In The Bottoms Suite: Dance

    Nathaniel Dett

    William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    2:15
  • 11:09 AM

    Downton Abbey: One Hundred Years of Downton

    John Lunn

    Downton Abbey Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Chamber Orchestra of London

    Alastair King, conductor

    5:13
  • 11:04 AM

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Sir Charles' Precious Music Box 1

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    4:33
  • 10:48 AM

    Symphony No. 1: 4th movement

    Franz Schmidt

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Vassily Sinaisky, conductor

    10:46
  • 10:29 AM

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 2

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2, etc.

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    17:03
  • 10:22 AM

    Steal Away

    Traditional

    Imani Winds: The Classical Underground

    Imani Winds

    6:29
  • 10:11 AM

    Andante and Hungarian Rondo

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Hummel, Weber: Bassoon Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Klaus Thunemann, bassoon

    9:47
  • 10:06 AM

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers Awake)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Works for Viola and Piano

    Hariolf Schlichtig, viola

    4:07
  • 10:01 AM

    The Mermaid Suite: Dance of 24 Mermaids

    Wu Zuqiang/Du Mingxin

    Concert Suites

    China National Symphony Orchestra

    Zuohuang Chen, conductor

    4:44
  • 9:43 AM

    Carmen Suite

    Georges Bizet

    French National Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    14:56
  • 9:20 AM

    String Quartet No. 3

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Amadeus Quartet

    21:32
  • 9:15 AM

    Marie Luise Neunecker, horn

    Paul Rivinius, piano

    3:37
  • 9:06 AM

    Melody

    Alexander Glazunov

    Romance: Lalo, Tchaikovsky, Casals, etc.

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Antonio Pappano, conductor

    Han-Na Chang, cello

    8:11
  • 9:01 AM

    Springtime Suite: Dance in the Twilight

    Eric Coates

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Penny, conductor

    4:50
  • 8:24 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 4

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    Krystian Zimerman, piano

    34:18
  • 8:14 AM

    Three Pieces for Strings

    Thomas C. Kelly

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    8:39
  • 8:01 AM

    From Italy (Aus Italien): On the Beach at Sorrento

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Aus Italien, Don Juan

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    11:50
  • 7:41 AM

    Grand Serenade No. 1

    Johann Hummel

    Consortium Classicum

    17:17
  • 7:34 AM

    A Dream in the Forest (Un Sueno en la Floresta)

    Agustin Barrios

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    7:02
  • 7:06 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Etienne Mehul

    Mehul: The Complete Symphonies

    Gulbenkian Orchestra

    Michel Swierczewski, conductor

    25:37
  • 7:01 AM

    Au-dela du Temps: La lumiere tournante dans le reve

    Yuko Uebayashi

    Misericordia

    Carol Wincenc, flute

    4:28
  • 6:35 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Carl Maria von Weber

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    23:35
  • 6:26 AM

    Blue Silence

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Emily Granger, harp

    8:28
  • 6:01 AM

    An English Suite

    Hubert Parry

    Elgar: Seranade, etc./Parry: An English Suite, etc.

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    22:37
  • 5:33 AM

    Concerto in Galant Style

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Concertos and Orchestral Works

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    Robert Cohen, cello

    25:46
  • 5:13 AM

    Fantasie for Piano Four-Hands

    Franz Schubert

    Four Hands

    Leon Fleisher, piano

    19:03
  • 5:01 AM

    Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Overtures | Walpurgisnacht

    Winterthur Music Collegium

    Douglas Boyd, conductor

    10:03