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  • 4:29 AM

    South Bohemian Suite

    Vitezslav Novak

    Novak: Orchestral Works 1

    Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marek Stilec, conductor

    29:21
  • 4:12 AM

    Concerto da Camera

    Howard Hanson

    Ying String Quartet

    Adam Neiman, piano

    15:16
  • 4:06 AM

    Jewels of the Madonna: Intermezzo

    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

    Reveries

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    5:11
  • 4:01 AM

    The Seal Lullaby

    Eric Whitacre

    Voces8

    Christopher Glynn, piano

    4:33
  • 3:38 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Alexander Glazunov

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Kirill Karabits, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    20:01
  • 3:20 AM

    An Exaltation of Larks

    Jennifer Higdon

    Lark Quartet

    16:05
  • 3:16 AM

    The Two Larks

    Theodor Leschetizky

    If I Were a Bird

    Michael Lewin, piano

    3:43
  • 3:06 AM

    Two Nocturnal Impressions

    Manuel Ponce

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    8:35
  • 3:01 AM

    L'incoronazione di Poppea: Pur ti miro

    Claudio Monteverdi

    Axiom Quartet

    4:35
  • 2:42 AM

    Knoxville: Summer of 1915

    Samuel Barber

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Thomas Schippers, conductor

    Leontyne Price, soprano

    16:19
  • 2:40 AM

    To A White Rose

    Florence Price

    Lara Downes, piano

    1:53
  • 2:19 AM

    Sinfonietta No. 2 "Generations"

    Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    19:29
  • 2:15 AM

    Prelude

    Julia Perry

    Kaleidoscope: Music by African-American Women

    Helen Walker-Hill, piano

    2:02
  • 2:06 AM

    Elite Syncopations

    Scott Joplin

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    Andre Previn, piano

    3:09
  • 2:01 AM

    Peace

    Jessie Montgomery

    Here With You

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    4:39
  • 1:50 AM

    Symphony No. 8 "Sounds of Spring": 2nd movement

    Joachim Raff

    Raff: Sinfonie Nr. 8

    Basel Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Gyorgy Lehel, conductor

    8:30
  • 1:27 AM

    String Quartet No. 2

    Robert Schumann

    Brahms, Schumann: String Quartets

    Melos Quartet

    21:56
  • 1:19 AM

    Poem for 2084

    Edie Hill

    The Crossing

    Donald Nally, conductor

    5:34
  • 1:06 AM

    Time Past, Time Future

    Alvin Singleton

    Stillpoint

    A Far Cry Orchestra

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    12:29
  • 1:01 AM

    Pecheurs de Nuit

    Cecile Chaminade

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    4:33
  • 12:29 AM

    Violin Sonata

    Richard Strauss

    Love Music

    Svetlin Roussev, violin

    28:29
  • 12:19 AM

    Blades of Grass

    Romeo Cascarino

    To the Point

    Orchestra 2001

    James Freeman, conductor

    Dorothy Freeman, English horn

    8:41
  • 12:13 AM

    I Have a Secret

    Manos Hadjidakis

    Paper Moon: Songs by Manos Hadjidakis

    Elena Papandreou, guitar

    3:49
  • 12:05 AM

    The Secret Marriage: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Cimarosa: Overtures, Vol. 6

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice

    Patrick Gallois, conductor

    7:26
  • 12:00 AM

    Wallom Green/Curtain Tune

    John Playford/Henry Purcell

    Barokksolistene

    Bjarte Eike, violin

    4:40
  • 11:50 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Introduction and March

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    7:54
  • 11:49 PM

    Overture for a Masque

    E.J. Moeran

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    9:22
  • 11:21 PM

    Quintet for Piano and Winds

    Andre Caplet

    Belle Epoque: French Music for Winds

    Orsino Ensemble

    Pavel Kolesnikov, piano

    27:32
  • 11:12 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Introduction and March

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    7:54
  • 11:08 PM

    Three Hungarian Studies: Intermezzo

    Agathe Grondahl

    Sara Aimee Smiseth, piano

    2:41
  • 11:03 PM

    Afro-Cuban Concerto: Afro

    Valerie Coleman

    Imani Winds: The Classical Underground

    Imani Winds

    4:18
  • 10:48 PM

    Symphony: Finale

    Cesar Franck

    Paris Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    11:28
  • 10:25 PM

    West Side Story: Symphonic Dances

    Leonard Bernstein

    Florida Philharmonic Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    22:37
  • 10:14 PM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Johann Fasch

    Concerti Virtuosi

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Dominic Teresi, bassoon

    9:15
  • 10:07 PM

    Bachianas Brasileiras No. 1: Prelude

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic

    5:55
  • 10:01 PM

    Creatures of Prometheus: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Overtures; Piano Concerto No. 5

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Walter Weller, conductor

    5:13
  • 9:54 PM

    Concertino Pastorale: Finale

    John Ireland

    Ireland: A Downland Suite Etc.

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:26
  • 9:40 PM

    Divertimento No. 9

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Wind Divertimenti

    Amadeus Winds

    13:16
  • 9:34 PM

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    5:24
  • 9:22 PM

    Symphony: 4th movement

    Alice Mary Smith

    London Mozart Players

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    10:03
  • 9:08 PM

    Sonata Mexicana

    Manuel Ponce

    Guitar Recital: Perera, Cecilio - PONCE, M.M. / BROUWER, L. / OLIVA, J.C. / SOJO, V.E.

    Cecilio Perera, guitar

    12:58
  • 9:05 PM

    Children's Corner: Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum

    Claude Debussy

    Seong-Jin Cho, piano

    2:21
  • 9:02 PM

    Wedding on the Eiffel Tower: Waltz of the Telegrams

    Germaine Tailleferre

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    2:32
  • 8:49 PM

    Sigurd Jorsalfar: Homage March

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Symphonic Dances/Sigurd Jorsalfar/Peer Gynt

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    9:09
  • 8:45 PM

    Capriccio No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Richard Goode, piano

    3:25
  • 8:30 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Lorraine Hunt Lieberson

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Margaret Batjer, conductor

    Margaret Batjer, violin

    14:16
  • 8:12 PM

    Suite in the Ancient Style

    Vincent d'Indy

    Vincent D'Indy

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    16:19
  • 8:00 PM

    Gran Capriccio

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Mecklenburg Staatskapelle Schwerin

    Matthias Foremny, conductor

    Simone Sommerhalder, oboe

    11:20
  • 5:47 PM

    El Salon Mexico

    Aaron Copland

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    10:45
  • 5:26 PM

    Pastoral Suite

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Dukas: La Peri; L'Apprenti sorcier/Chabrier: Suite pastorale; Espana

    Ulster Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    19:26
  • 5:21 PM

    Cantata No. 208: Sheep May Safely Graze

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Greatest Classical Show On Earth

    Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

    Karl Munchinger, conductor

    4:28
  • 5:15 PM

    Iberia: Triana

    Isaac Albeniz

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    5:04
  • 5:06 PM

    La Cenerentola (Cinderella): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures (Complete), Vol. 3

    Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    8:04
  • 5:01 PM

    Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria (Cantilena)

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Kenneth Sillito, conductor

    Alexandre Lagoya, guitar

    4:39
  • 4:46 PM

    Aida: Triumphal March

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi: Choruses

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    11:49
  • 4:38 PM

    Gabriele Leite, guitar

    7:41
  • 4:23 PM

    Concerto for Two Violins

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Daniel Hope, violin

    Marieke Blankestijn, violin

    Kristian Bezuidenhout, harpsichord and organ

    13:38
  • 4:19 PM

    2 Impromptus

    Alexander Scriabin

    Horizons

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    2:30
  • 4:06 PM

    Agincourt Overture

    Walter Leigh

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    12:28
  • 4:01 PM

    Scherzo No. 2

    Clara Schumann

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    4:47
  • 3:46 PM

    Rose Without a Thorn Suite

    Henry VIII

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    12:24
  • 3:23 PM

    Symphony No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: The Complete Symphonies

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    22:18
  • 3:17 PM

    Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    4:02
  • 3:07 PM

    Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Impressions Of The Sea

    Long Beach Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    9:19
  • 3:01 PM

    Symphony No. 5: Scherzo

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Symphony No. 5 The Seasons

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:47
  • 2:51 PM

    Danzon Cubano

    Aaron Copland

    Tangazo

    New World Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    7:00
  • 2:50 PM

    J.S. Dances

    Donald Grantham

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    Anastasia Markina, piano

    8:07
  • 2:40 PM

    Capriccio: String Sextet

    Richard Strauss

    Schoenberg; Strauss

    Concertante

    10:12
  • 2:17 PM

    Piano Concerto

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Jeux de Miroirs

    Paris Orchestra

    Josep Pons, conductor

    Javier Perianes, piano

    22:14
  • 2:08 PM

    J.S. Dances

    Donald Grantham

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    Anastasia Markina, piano

    8:07
  • 2:01 PM

    Afro-Cuban Concerto: Vocalise

    Valerie Coleman

    Imani Winds: The Classical Underground

    Imani Winds

    5:24
  • 1:58 PM

    Downton Abbey: Main Theme

    John Lunn

    Silence on Joue, Take 2

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    5:03
  • 1:57 PM

    The PIano: The Heart Asks Pleasure First

    Michael Nyman

    Munich Philharmonic Orchestra

    Michael Nyman, p

    :00
  • 1:49 PM

    Don Giovanni: Madamina, il catalogo e questo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Bryn Terfel: Tutto Mozart

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Bryn Terfel, baritone

    5:44
  • 1:45 PM

    Banjo and Fiddle

    William Kroll

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Nigel Kennedy, violin

    3:03
  • 1:31 PM

    Italian Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Lise de la Salle, piano

    12:03
  • 1:23 PM

    Symphony No. 104 "London": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 22, 104, Piano Concerto in D

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    6:44
  • 1:09 PM

    Mysterious Barricades

    Francois Couperin

    The Blue Album

    Pablo Sainz-Villegas, guitar

    3:44
  • 1:04 PM

    Manon Lescaut: Prelude to Act 2

    Giacomo Puccini

    Milan Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    4:27
  • 12:48 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    10:36
  • 12:35 PM

    Invitation to the Dance

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Ballet Gala - Invitation to the Dance

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    10:56
  • 12:30 PM

    Polonaise

    Anatol Liadov

    Liadov: The Enchanted Lake, and other orchestral works.

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    4:19
  • 12:20 PM

    Concerto for Three Violins

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Bach, Bologne, Previn, Vivaldi, Williams

    Mutter's Virtuosi

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    8:33
  • 12:15 PM

    Estampes: Jardins sous la pluie (Gardens in the Rain)

    Claude Debussy

    Stephen Hough, piano

    3:30
  • 12:09 PM

    Ave Maria

    Franz Schubert

    The Ultimate Classical Christmas

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    4:39
  • 12:04 PM

    Sonata for Two Violins: Gigue

    Johann Goldberg

    Johann Gottlieb Goldberg: Beyond the Variations

    Rebel

    Jorg-Michael Schwarz, conductor

    Jorg-Michael Schwarz, violin

    4:19
  • 11:51 AM

    Spring Song

    Jean Sibelius

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:45
  • 11:42 AM

    Bourree Fantasque

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Chabrier: Espana

    French National Orchestra

    Armin Jordan, conductor

    7:02
  • 11:34 AM

    A Fugal Concerto

    Gustav Holst

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Kathryn Greenbank, oboe

    Julia Bogorad-Kogan, flute

    7:22
  • 11:20 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 9

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    12:59
  • 11:16 AM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1: Menuet

    Georges Bizet

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    3:17
  • 11:10 AM

    Nursery Suite: Awake

    Edward Elgar

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    4:25
  • 11:04 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Air on the G String

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Daniel Hope: Air

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe Soloists

    Daniel Hope, violin

    5:01
  • 10:45 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Horn Concertos

    Israel Sinfonietta

    Uri Mayer, conductor

    David Jolley, horn

    12:54
  • 10:34 AM

    Capriol Suite

    Peter Warlock

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    10:02
  • 10:30 AM

    Fugue "Little"

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    For Thy Pleasure

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:34
  • 10:18 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 1: 1st movement

    Victor Herbert

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Mark Kosower, cello

    11:12
  • 10:06 AM

    Academic Festival Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphonie 2, Academic Festival Overture

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    10:21
  • 10:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 67: 2nd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: String Quartets Opp. 77 &103

    Takacs Quartet

    4:52
  • 9:43 AM

    Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Symphony No. 2 in B minor, etc.

    Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor

    15:07
  • 9:22 AM

    Wind Quintet

    Franz Danzi

    Danzi & Lachner: Wind Quintets

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    19:34
  • 9:17 AM

    Danza Brasilera

    Jorge Morel

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    3:10
  • 9:06 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Niccolo Paganini

    Paganini, Spohr: Violin Concertos

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    10:26
  • 9:01 AM

    Anagnoson & Kinton, duo pianos

    4:47
  • 8:36 AM

    String Quartet

    Giuseppe Verdi

    String Quartets by Opera Composers

    Leipzig String Quartet

    22:10
  • 8:25 AM

    Symphony No. 5: Adagietto

    Gustav Mahler

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    10:48
  • 8:05 AM

    Double Keyboard Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Art of Bach

    Anderson & Roe Piano Duo

    17:58
  • 8:01 AM

    Iphegenia: Iphegenia and Achilles

    Michael Torke

    Camerata NY

    Richard Owen, conductor

    3:28
  • 7:25 AM

    Symphony No. 5

    Jean Sibelius

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    33:38
  • 7:12 AM

    Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Richard Studt, conductor

    12:18
  • 7:01 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 2 "La notte" ("The Night")

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: 6 Concerti for Flauto traverso

    Tokyo Bach-Mozart Ensemble

    Masahiro Arita, baroque flute

    9:00
  • 6:41 AM

    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
  • 6:16 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Robert Volkmann

    North West German Philharmonic

    Werner Andreas Albert, conductor

    24:24
  • 6:01 AM

    Divertimento for Winds

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenade K388; Divertimenti

    London Wind Soloists

    Jack Brymer, conductor

    12:44
  • 5:41 AM

    Three Symphonic Dances

    Cyril Scott

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    17:52
  • 5:26 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Enigma Variations, In the South, Serenade for Strings

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor

    14:09
  • 5:11 AM

    Ma vlast (My Country): Tabor

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: Ma Vlast

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    13:40
  • 5:02 AM

    A Drama in the Air

    Britta Bystrom

    Concert Recording

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Tabita Berglund, conductor

    8:27