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  • 4:40 AM

    Guitar Concerto "Chaconne"

    Wayne Siegel

    Jakob Bangsø: Guitar Concertos

    Tallinn Chamber Orchestra

    Kaisa Roose, conductor

    Jakob Bangso, guitar

    18:29
  • 4:20 AM

    Violin Partita No. 2: Chaconne

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Partitas Nos. 2 and 3; Sonata No. 3

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    17:47
  • 4:06 AM

    Umbrian Scene

    Ulysses Kay

    Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony - U. Kay: Fantasy Variations - Umbrian Scene

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Arthur Fagen, conductor

    13:33
  • 4:01 AM

    I want to live

    David Lang

    The Crossing

    Donald Nally, conductor

    4:41
  • 3:52 AM

    Pavane Couleur du temps

    Frank Martin

    Debussy, Martin, Caplet, Pierne, Jongen

    Oxalys

    6:20
  • 3:28 AM

    Symphony No. 10: Adagio

    Gustav Mahler

    The Romantic Age

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    22:48
  • 3:22 AM

    Simple Prayer for Complex Times

    Dobrinka Tabakova

    Lara Downes, piano

    5:26
  • 3:12 AM

    Plain Song, Fantastic Dances: St. Botolph's Fantasia

    Michael Gandolfi

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    7:54
  • 3:06 AM

    Nocturne No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    5:31
  • 3:01 AM

    Poem

    Zdenek Fibich

    Small Czech Musical Gems

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Vaclav Smetacek, conductor

    4:48
  • 2:59 AM

    Carnaval

    Roberto Sierra

    Sierra: Sinfonía No. 4, Fandangos & Carnava

    Nashville Symphony Orchestra

    Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor

    20:59
  • 2:55 AM

    Prelude No. 2

    Vasyl Barvinskyi

    Consolation: Forgotten Treasures of the Ukrainian Soul

    Natalya Pasichnyk, piano

    3:22
  • 2:29 AM

    La memoria

    Roberto Sierra

    Overtures to Bach

    Matt Haimovitz, cello

    9:09
  • 12:50 AM

    Variations on a Theme of Sor

    Miguel Llobet

    Anabel Montesinos, guitar

    7:49
  • 12:18 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
  • 12:12 AM

    Soirees Musicales: Polonaise

    Clara Schumann

    Angela Tirino, piano

    4:04
  • 12:06 AM

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    5:21
  • 12:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 1: Menuetto

    Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf

    Franz Schubert Quartet

    4:47
  • 11:39 PM

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Kevin John Edusei, conductor

    19:41
  • 11:35 PM

    Prelude and Fugue "St Anne"

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Toccata and Fuge D-moll BWV 565 u.a.

    Simon Preston, organ

    14:16
  • 11:03 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1 "Latin Concerto"

    Gabriela Montero

    Orchestra of the Americas

    Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor

    Gabriela Montero, piano

    29:52
  • 10:52 PM

    Fantasy Pieces: Minuet and Trio

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Catalyst Quartet

    6:53
  • 10:47 PM

    O Sacred Head

    Johann Kellner

    Lost Music of Early America

    Boston Baroque

    5:06
  • 10:28 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: 6 Violin Sonatas

    Monica Huggett, violin

    17:13
  • 10:21 PM

    Monteverdi Choir

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    5:59
  • 10:10 PM

    Tangos

    Astor Piazzolla

    Confluence

    Ancia Saxophone Quartet

    13:00
  • 10:01 PM

    The Dance of the Goblins (La ronde des Lutins)

    Antonio Bazzini

    Stokowski Stereo Collection: Shostakovich - Symphony No. 6, Khachaturian - Symphony No. 3

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    4:38
  • 9:23 PM

    Piano Trio

    Ethel Smyth

    A Room of Her Own

    Neave Trio

    31:01
  • 9:18 PM

    Carousel: You'll Never Walk Alone

    Richard Rodgers

    English Northern Philharmonia

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    Bryn Terfel, baritone

    3:03
  • 9:04 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: The Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    12:59
  • 9:01 PM

    Carmina Burana: O Fortuna

    Carl Orff

    Summon the Heroes

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    2:34
  • 8:48 PM

    Blue Horizon

    Stanley Woolner

    blue horizon

    Ivan Konev, piano

    9:01
  • 8:40 PM

    Winter in Buenos Aires (Invierno Porteno)

    Astor Piazzolla

    Eight Seasons

    Kremerata Baltica

    Gidon Kremer, conductor

    6:40
  • 8:32 PM

    Four Seasons: Winter

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Il Cimento Dell'Armonia e Dell'Inventione

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    Fabio Biondi, violin

    7:44
  • 8:27 PM

    The Hounds of Spring

    Alfred Reed

    Senzoku Wind Orchestra

    Alfred Reed, conductor

    9:25
  • 8:15 PM

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

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Essential Beethoven

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    5:06
  • 8:05 PM

    Symphony No. 7: 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven For All: Music of Passion, Power and Beauty

    West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    8:55
  • 8:00 PM

    Music for the Royal Fireworks: La Rejouissance

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Fireworks Music, Water Music Suite

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    Elgar Howarth, conductor

    2:07
  • 5:42 PM

    String Quartet No. 1 "Calvary"

    Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    Catalyst Quartet

    16:49
  • 5:17 PM

    Gaite Parisienne: Selections

    Jacques Offenbach

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    23:11
  • 5:14 PM

    Picadilly

    Erik Satie

    Satie: The Complete Solo Piano Music

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    1:31
  • 5:06 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    The Enlightened Trumpet

    Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marios Papadopoulous, conductor

    Paul Merkelo, trumpet

    6:50
  • 5:01 PM

    The Tempest: Banquet Dance

    Arthur Sullivan

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:39
  • 4:47 PM

    The Three-Cornered Hat: Suite

    Manuel de Falla

    Spain

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    12:12
  • 4:45 PM

    Preludio, Fuga, and Vivace: Fuga

    Sergio Assad

    Bacheando

    Plinio Fernandes, guitar

    1:33
  • 4:26 PM

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 2

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2, etc.

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    17:03
  • 4:19 PM

    The Dance of the Goblins (La ronde des Lutins)

    Antonio Bazzini

    Instrument of the Devil

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    5:09
  • 4:06 PM

    Tales from the Vienna Woods

    Johann StraussJr.

    The Key to Classics: J. Strauss

    Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    12:01
  • 4:00 PM

    Paganini Etude No. 3 "La Campanella"

    Franz Liszt

    Watercolour

    Yuanfan Yang, piano

    4:46
  • 3:45 PM

    Andean Folk Dances

    Celso Garrido-Lecca

    Garrido-Lecca: Peruvian Suite; Symphonic Tableaux; Andean Folk Dances; Laudes II

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    13:00
  • 3:40 PM

    Baiao de Gude

    Paulo Bellinati

    Voyage Central Park

    Aquarelle Guitar Quartet

    Lisa Friend, flute

    4:30
  • 3:21 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: "Carmen" Suite, "L'Arlesienne" Suite/Offenbach: Barcarolle, "Orpheus in the Underworld" Overture

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    17:10
  • 3:19 PM

    Album for Children: March

    Tatyana Nikolayeva

    Pioneers: Piano Works by Female Composers

    Hiroko Ishimoto, piano

    1:01
  • 3:06 PM

    String Quartet No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Hagen Quartet

    11:55
  • 3:01 PM

    Four Waltzes

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms on Brass

    Canadian Brass

    4:53
  • 2:54 PM

    Somogy's Dream

    Sergio Assad

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg; Sergio And Odair Assad

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    3:17
  • 2:48 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Nocturne

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    6:30
  • 2:48 PM

    Chamber Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Musica Pacifica

    10:20
  • 2:15 PM

    Octet

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Octet Op. 20, Quintet Op. 87

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    31:57
  • 2:05 PM

    Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Concert Recording

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Egarr, conductor

    Cassie Pilgrim, oboe

    9:19
  • 2:01 PM

    A la Argentina

    Gabriela Montero

    Gabriela Montero, piano

    2:50
  • 1:48 PM

    Rondo for Piano and Orchestra

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Concertos Nos. 12 & 20, Rondo K 382

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    Evgeny Kissin, piano

    9:05
  • 1:44 PM

    Four Songs: What Lips My Lips Have Kissed

    Margaret Bonds

    Show Me The Way

    Will Liverman, baritone

    3:03
  • 1:35 PM

    Romeo and Juliet: Queen Mab

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Romeo and Juliet, Les Nuits d'ete

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    7:18
  • 1:31 PM

    Steuermann! (The Sailors' Chorus) from The Flying Dutchman

    Richard Strauss

    Radio Chorus of Leipzig

    Silvio Varviso, conductor

    2:35
  • 1:23 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    6:27
  • 1:17 PM

    Requiem: Pie Jesu

    Andrew Lloyd Webber

    Lloyd Webber Plays Lloyd Webber

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    Julian Lloyd Webber, cello

    5:18
  • 1:11 PM

    Jozef de Beenhouwer, piano

    2:18
  • 1:04 PM

    Festive Overture

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra: Portrait

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    6:13
  • 12:56 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 6

    Johannes Brahms

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    Andras Keller, violin

    Kalman Balogh, cimbalom

    2:51
  • 12:49 PM

    German Requiem: Wie lieblich (How lovely are thy dwelling places)

    Johannes Brahms

    This is the Day: Music on Royal Occasions

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    5:28
  • 12:44 PM

    Symphony No. 8: 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    3:51
  • 12:35 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Piano Quintets In A, Op.5 & Op.81; Borodin: Quartet

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    7:36
  • 12:30 PM

    El pelele (The Straw Mannequin)

    Enrique Granados

    Javier Perianes - Enrique Granados: Goyescas - El pelele

    Javier Perianes, piano

    4:57
  • 12:21 PM

    Serenade for Winds: 1st movement

    Emil Hartmann

    Romantic Wind Serenades

    Consortium Classicum

    7:00
  • 12:15 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Morning": 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 82

    Handel and Haydn Society

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    5:02
  • 12:07 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 4: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Violin Concertos; Sinfonia concertante

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    6:59
  • 12:04 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:56
  • 11:49 AM

    English Folk Song Suite

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    9:08
  • 11:36 AM

    Symphony No. 14

    William Herschel

    Herschel: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    11:20
  • 11:31 AM

    Aoife Ni Bhriain, violin

    4:07
  • 11:23 AM

    String Quintet No. 1: 4th movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Octet; Quintet No. 1

    Hausmusik

    6:24
  • 11:17 AM

    Oboe d'Amore Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Strauss, Bach, Marcello: Oboe Concertos

    Academy of London

    Richard Stamp, conductor

    Ray Still, oboe

    4:48
  • 11:08 AM

    Contentment

    William Bolcom

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    7:37
  • 11:04 AM

    Folk Songs for Orchestra: My Lord, what a morning

    George Walker

    Cleveland Chamber Symphony

    Edwin London, conductor

    3:33
  • 10:45 AM

    Six Variations on an Original Theme

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Cedric Tiberghien - Ludwig van Beethoven: Complete Variations for Piano, Vol. 1

    Cedric Tiberghien, piano

    13:48
  • 10:30 AM

    The Balcarres Lute Book (3)

    Anonymous

    Highland King

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    12:51
  • 10:23 AM

    Six English Tunes

    Peter Warlock

    Warlock: Capriol Suite; The Curlew; Six English Tunes; Serenade; Six Italian Dance Tunes; Ross Pople/London Festival Orchestra

    London Festival Orchestra

    Ross Pople, conductor

    7:11
  • 10:19 AM

    Scottishe Kerlou

    Calum Stewart

    Bonfrost

    Nordic Fiddlers Bloc

    3:15
  • 10:09 AM

    String Symphony No. 6

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    8:42
  • 10:07 AM

    Songs My Mother Taught Me

    Antonin Dvorak

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    Matthew Hagle, piano

    1:49
  • 10:01 AM

    Old and Lost Rivers

    Tobias Picker

    The Five Sacred Trees

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:35
  • 9:43 AM

    Suite for String Orchestra

    Susan Spain-Dunk

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Douglas Bostock, conductor

    15:37
  • 9:23 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Early Symphonies

    Concentus Musicus Vienna

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    18:27
  • 9:15 AM

    String Quartet No. 2: 2nd movement

    Florence Price

    But Not My Soul

    Ragazze Quartet

    6:36
  • 9:06 AM

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits

    Christoph Gluck

    Karl Richter Edition: Mozart/Haydn/Gluck

    Munich Bach Orchestra

    Karl Richter, conductor

    Aurele Nicolet, flute

    7:47
  • 9:01 AM

    Four Romances

    Darius Milhaud

    Grant Johannesen, piano

    4:45
  • 8:28 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish"

    Robert Schumann

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    30:36
  • 8:22 AM

    Bruce Brubaker, piano

    3:30
  • 8:01 AM

    Rossiniana Suite

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Church Windows

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    21:00
  • 7:22 AM

    Boom of the Tingling Strings

    Jon Lord

    Odense Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Mann, conductor

    Nelson Goerner, piano

    36:21
  • 7:16 AM

    Lullaby to Wake Up With

    Phil Rosheger

    David Russell, guitar

    5:10
  • 7:05 AM

    Oboe Concerto No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Complete Orchestral Works

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Heinz Holliger, oboe

    10:09
  • 7:01 AM

    Pastorale

    Albert Ketelbey

    Ketelbey: A Dream Picture

    Rosemary Tuck, piano

    2:36
  • 6:38 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Josef Myslivecek

    Haydn and Myslivecek

    Camerata Chicago

    Drostan Hall, conductor

    Wendy Warner, cello

    20:41
  • 6:33 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 12

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: The Slavonic Dances

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos

    4:18
  • 6:02 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Josef Suk

    Suk: Fairy Tale, String Serenade

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    29:39
  • 5:55 AM

    Gymnopedie No. 1

    Erik Satie

    Letter(s) to Erik Satie

    Bertrand Chamayou, piano

    2:57
  • 5:13 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Polish"

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    42:05
  • 5:01 AM

    Flute Sonata

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Three Sonatas for Flute and Harp; Partita; Suite

    Irena Grafenauer, flute

    9:58