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  • 4:51 AM

    Ave Maria

    Paul Mealor

    Paul Mealor: A Tender Light

    Tenebrae

    Nigel Short, conductor

    6:55
  • 4:10 AM

    Symphony No. 5

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5 - Finzi: Clarinet Concerto

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Michael Collins, conductor

    39:24
  • 4:06 AM

    Chanson de Nuit

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    3:36
  • 4:01 AM

    Dr. Case's Pavan

    John Dowland

    Paul O'Dette, lute

    4:52
  • 3:41 AM

    The Night Callings

    Heino Eller

    Heino Eller: Symphonic Poems

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Olari Elts, conductor

    17:36
  • 3:27 AM

    Splash of Indigo

    Marty Regan

    Apollo Chamber Players

    11:31
  • 3:17 AM

    Quiet City

    Aaron Copland

    Britten Sinfonia

    Scott Stroman, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    Nicholas Daniel, English horn

    9:50
  • 3:06 AM

    The Distant Princess

    Nikolai Tcherepnin

    The Enchanted Kingdom

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    9:09
  • 3:01 AM

    Nocturne

    Auguste Franchomme

    The Franchomme Project

    Louise Dubin, cello

    4:43
  • 2:46 AM

    Photography

    Errollyn Wallen

    Ensemble X

    Nicholas Kok, conductor

    12:42
  • 2:44 AM

    Photography

    Errollyn Wallen

    Ensemble X

    Nicholas Kok, conductor

    12:42
  • 2:14 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Four Temperaments"

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2, 'The Four Temperaments'

    Seattle Symphony

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    29:49
  • 2:06 AM

    Vocalise

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Salut d'Amour

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    6:34
  • 2:01 AM

    The Seawall Song

    Tamezo Narita

    Paillard Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Francois Paillard, conductor

    4:33
  • 1:44 AM

    Fratres (Brothers)

    Arvo Part

    MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Kristjan Jarvi, conductor

    14:23
  • 1:38 AM

    Soli Deo Gloria

    Courtney Bryan

    Duo Noire

    5:28
  • 1:22 AM

    French Suite No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The French Suites

    Murray Perahia, piano

    14:11
  • 1:15 AM

    Minuet Antique

    Maurice Ravel

    Tesla Quartet

    5:44
  • 1:06 AM

    Flute Concertino

    Cecile Chaminade

    Concert Recording

    Tatjana Ruhland, flute

    8:10
  • 1:01 AM

    She Walks in Beauty

    Toby Hession

    Voces8

    4:48
  • 12:52 AM

    Prelude Baroque

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Piano Works, Vol. 5

    Stefan Irmer, piano

    6:22
  • 12:22 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Edouard Lalo

    French Cello Concertos

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Scott Yoo, conductor

    Hee-Young Lim, cello

    28:12
  • 12:15 AM

    Bandoneon

    Paquito D'Rivera

    Crossing the Ocean

    Bridget Kibbey, harp

    5:16
  • 12:06 AM

    Carmen Suite No. 2

    Georges Bizet

    Grieg: Carmen - Peer Gynt

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    8:34
  • 12:01 AM

    Four Contredances

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Dances and Minuets

    Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

    Hans Graf, conductor

    4:35
  • 11:49 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Robert Schumann Symphonies 1-4

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    8:24
  • 11:42 PM

    Crisantemi (Chrysanthemums)

    Giacomo Puccini

    Puccini: Chrisantemi/3 Minuetti, etc.

    Orchestra of the Auvergne

    Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    5:41
  • 11:39 PM

    Christopher O'Riley, piano

    2:08
  • 11:22 PM

    The Seasons: Spring and Summer

    Alexander Glazunov

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    16:47
  • 11:12 PM

    Images for Orchestra: Rondes de printemps (Spring Rounds)

    Claude Debussy

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    8:19
  • 11:09 PM

    May Night

    Selim Palmgren

    American Virtuosa - Tribute to Maud Powell

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    2:13
  • 11:01 PM

    Two Elegiac Melodies: Last Spring (Varen)

    Edvard Grieg

    Edvard Grieg: Works For String Orchestra

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:42
  • 10:48 PM

    In Spring Overture

    Karl Goldmark

    Goldmark: Overtures

    Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andras Korodi, conductor

    10:32
  • 10:22 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 5 "Spring"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos 4 & 5

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    23:40
  • 10:16 PM

    Spring Waltz

    Agustin Barrios

    David Russell, guitar

    4:31
  • 10:06 PM

    North Country Sketches: The March of Spring

    Frederick Delius

    Delius: A Walk in a Paradise Garden

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    9:03
  • 10:01 PM

    Im Fruhling (In the Spring)

    Franz Schubert

    Ian Bostridge, tenor

    Julius Drake, piano

    4:47
  • 9:50 PM

    Sicilian Vespers: Four Seasons: Spring

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi: Ballet Music

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    8:02
  • 9:45 PM

    Lakme: Flower Duet

    Leo Delibes

    The Opera Album

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    Natalie Dessay, soprano

    4:49
  • 9:33 PM

    The Flowers

    Jean Sibelius

    Erik Tawaststjerna, piano

    10:06
  • 9:21 PM

    A Spring Garland

    Armstrong Gibbs

    Armstrong Gibbs: Dale and Fell

    Guildhall Strings

    Robert Salter, conductor

    11:14
  • 9:10 PM

    Four Seasons: Spring

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Janine Jansen, violin

    9:46
  • 9:06 PM

    Airs for the Seasons: Narcissus (Spring)

    James Oswald

    James Oswlad: Airs for the Seasons

    Rezonance Baroque Ensemble

    Joanna Marsden, flute

    2:57
  • 9:01 PM

    Springtime Suite: Noonday Song

    Eric Coates

    Coates: Springtime Suite - Four Ways Suite - Saxo-Rhapsody

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Penny, conductor

    4:43
  • 8:58 PM

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Ponet, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    3:49
  • 8:51 PM

    Wedding Cake

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Complete Piano Concertos

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    5:48
  • 8:41 PM

    Dances in the Canebrakes

    Florence Price

    Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    9:29
  • 8:35 PM

    The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Snowflakes

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    6:09
  • 8:28 PM

    The Gadfly: Romance

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    The Sound of the Academy

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    6:22
  • 4:56 PM

    The Great Escape

    Elmer Bernstein

    Royal Philharmonic Pops

    Elmer Bernstein, conductor

    2:15
  • 4:51 PM

    It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World: Main Theme

    Ernest Gold

    It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    3:17
  • 4:41 PM

    The Three Musketeers

    Michel Legrand

    Michel Legrand: Film Songs and More!

    Flemish Radio Orchestra

    Michel Legrand, conductor

    8:04
  • 4:37 PM

    New York, New York: Main Theme

    John Kander

    Aisle Seat

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:21
  • 4:31 PM

    Cabaret: Willkommen

    John Kander/Fred Ebb

    Cabaret

    Studio Orchestra

    Joel Grey, vocals

    4:27
  • 4:25 PM

    My Fair Lady: Why Can't the English

    Frederick Loewe

    Original Broadway Cast

    Franz Allers, conductor

    Rex Harrison, vocals

    2:41
  • 4:18 PM

    The Ghost and Mrs. Muir: Main Title and Finale

    Bernard Herrmann

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    5:01
  • 4:08 PM

    It's A Wonderful Life: Suite

    Dimitri Tiomkin

    It's A Wonderful Life, Miracle On 34th St. & A Christmas Carol

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Newman, conductor

    7:56
  • 4:01 PM

    The Magnificent Seven

    Elmer Bernstein

    Royal Philharmonic Pops

    Elmer Bernstein, conductor

    4:59
  • 3:50 PM

    Song of Bernadette

    Alfred Newman

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    7:56
  • 3:47 PM

    Wild is the Wind

    Dimitri Tiomkin

    Encores

    Cris de Paris Chamber Choir

    4:35
  • 3:41 PM

    Roma

    Nino Rota

    The Symphonic Fellini/Rota

    Czech Symphony Orchestra

    Derek Wadsworth, conductor

    3:51
  • 3:32 PM

    Carousel Waltz

    Richard Rodgers

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    7:49
  • 3:23 PM

    Cocoon: Theme

    James Horner

    1985 At The Movies

    Varese Sarabande Symphony Orchestra

    David Newman, conductor

    6:19
  • 3:17 PM

    The Pink Panther Theme

    Henry Mancini

    Mancini Pops Orchestra

    Henry Mancini, conductor

    2:38
  • 3:08 PM

    Spitfire Prelude and Fugue

    William Walton

    Walton: Battle of Britain Suite, Etc

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:35
  • 3:01 PM

    Madame Bovary: Waltz

    Miklos Rozsa

    The Epic Film Music of Miklos Rozsa

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Alwyn, conductor

    4:44
  • 2:43 PM

    The Comedians

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Kabalevsky, Prokofiev, Glinka, Tchaikovsky

    San Diego Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Barra, conductor

    15:29
  • 2:37 PM

    Goldberg Variations: Aria

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    4:06
  • 2:15 PM

    Guitar Concerto No. 1

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Castelnuovo Tedesco - Fernandez

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Miguel Gomez Martinez, conductor

    Eduardo Fernandez, guitar

    19:49
  • 2:09 PM

    Spring in Buenos Aires (Primavera Portena)

    Astor Piazzolla

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Eduardo Marturet, conductor

    Lara St. John, violin

    5:16
  • 1:46 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Grand Pas de Deux

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    11:48
  • 1:35 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 3 "Il gardellino" ("The Goldfinch")

    Antonio Vivaldi

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Lisa Beznosiuk, flute

    9:57
  • 1:25 PM

    Morning Song "Maytime in Sussex"

    Arnold Bax

    Bax: Symphonic Variations & Morning Song

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    Margaret Fingerhut, piano

    8:11
  • 1:06 PM

    String Quartet No. 53 "The Lark"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: "Lark," "Rider" And "La Chasse" Quartets

    Hagen Quartet

    17:56
  • 1:01 PM

    Forgotten Melodies: Festive Dance

    Nikolai Medtner

    Sonatas by Medtner, Rachmaninov, Scriabin

    Kenny Broberg, piano

    4:48
  • 12:40 PM

    The Wise Virgins Ballet Suite

    William Walton

    English Northern Philharmonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    18:07
  • 12:20 PM

    Siegfried Idyll

    Richard Wagner

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    18:01
  • 12:06 PM

    Miniatures

    William Grant Still

    Vintage America

    Calico Winds

    12:22
  • 12:01 PM

    French Suite No. 6: Allemande; Courante

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Salzedo Harp Duo

    4:37
  • 11:48 AM

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Paul Dukas

    French National Orchestra

    Georges Pretre, conductor

    10:24
  • 11:46 AM

    Children's Album: Rondeau

    Cecile Chaminade

    Chaminade: Piano Music 3

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    :49
  • 11:31 AM

    12 German Dances

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Piano Sonatas, D537 and D664, etc.

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    14:55
  • 11:15 AM

    Concerto on Themes by Donizetti

    Antonio Pasculli

    Romantic Oboe Concertos

    Berlin Symphony Orchestra

    Claus Peter Flor, conductor

    Burkhard Glaetzner, oboe

    14:09
  • 11:06 AM

    Serenade No. 2: 1st movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    7:43
  • 11:01 AM

    Torre Bermeja (Vermillion Tower)

    Isaac Albeniz

    Stephen Marchionda, guitar

    4:40
  • 10:48 AM

    Mephisto Waltz No. 1 "Dance in the Village Inn"

    Franz Liszt

    Mephisto Magic

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    10:37
  • 10:34 AM

    Pastoral Suite

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    A Swedish Pastorale

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor

    12:16
  • 10:13 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 2

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Etc

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Norbert Hauptmann, horn

    19:07
  • 10:07 AM

    Suite Burlesque

    Germaine Tailleferre

    Clinton-Narboni Piano Duo

    5:52
  • 10:01 AM

    Les Troyens (The Trojans): Trojan March

    Hector Berlioz

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    4:31
  • 9:50 AM

    Schwanda the Bagpiper: Polka and Fugue

    Jaromir Weinberger

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    8:26
  • 9:30 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    18:23
  • 9:18 AM

    String Symphony No. 4

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Amadeus Ensemble

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    9:58
  • 9:06 AM

    Eduardo Fernandez, guitar

    11:25
  • 9:01 AM

    I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Capulets and Montagues): Sinfonia

    Vincenzo Bellini

    Orchestra of St. Cecilia

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    4:40
  • 8:31 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 13

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Anne-Marie Mcdermott Performs Mozart: Piano Concertos

    Calder Quartet

    Anne-Marie McDermott, piano

    27:49
  • 8:09 AM

    Serenade No. 1

    Robert Fuchs

    Cologne Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Ludwig, conductor

    19:38
  • 8:05 AM

    Keep Your Hand on the Plow (Hold On!)

    Spiritual

    Chanticleer

    3:47
  • 8:01 AM

    The Russian Seasons: Fertilizing Song

    Leonid Desyatnikov

    The Russian Seasons

    Kremerata Baltica

    Gidon Kremer, conductor

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    3:11
  • 7:26 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Utah Symphony & Thierry Fischer

    Utah Symphony

    Thierry Fischer, conductor

    32:46
  • 7:21 AM

    Waltz No. 7

    Frederic Chopin

    Yuja Wang, piano

    3:49
  • 7:01 AM

    King Arthur Suite

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell: Ayres for the Theatre

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    18:26
  • 6:40 AM

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    18:36
  • 6:21 AM

    String Quartet

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Nash Ensemble

    18:48
  • 6:01 AM

    Hamlet: Ballet Music

    Ambroise Thomas

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    17:16
  • 5:38 AM

    Summer Night Suite

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Cinderella

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    20:15
  • 5:26 AM

    Andante e Polacca

    Carl Czerny

    Barry Tuckwell, horn

    Daniel Blumenthal, piano

    11:47
  • 5:01 AM

    Serenade for Winds

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenades

    Vienna Philharmonic Winds

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    22:54