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  • 4:47 AM

    As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams

    Anne Boyd

    A Bridge of Dreams

    Ars Nova Copenhagen

    Paul Hillier, conductor

    11:05
  • 4:21 AM

    Four Tone Poems after Arnold Bocklin

    Max Reger

    Pictures at a Gallery

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    24:58
  • 4:06 AM

    Suite for Strings

    Armstrong Gibbs

    Guildhall Strings

    Robert Salter, conductor

    14:02
  • 4:01 AM

    Fragments from Hans Andersen: A leaf from the sky

    York Bowen

    Nicolas Namoradze, piano

    4:40
  • 3:46 AM

    Variations Serieuses

    Felix Mendelssohn

    A Monument for Beethoven

    Yoav Levanon, piano

    12:00
  • 3:13 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    Edmund Rubbra

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    32:27
  • 3:06 AM

    Moto Perpetuo

    Behzad Ranjbaran

    Sejong Soloists

    4:32
  • 3:01 AM

    Sonata No. 8

    Dario Castello

    An Italian Sojourn

    Trio Settecento

    4:41
  • 2:49 AM

    Pampeana No. 1

    Alberto Ginastera

    Gil Shaham, violin

    Orli Shaham, piano

    9:00
  • 2:23 AM

    Symphony No. 9

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    25:21
  • 2:18 AM

    New York Waltzes

    Lou Harrison

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:15
  • 2:06 AM

    On the Town: Three Dance Episodes

    Leonard Bernstein

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    10:38
  • 2:01 AM

    Tango Song and Dance: Song

    Andre Previn

    Franck, Kurtag, Previn, Schumann

    Augustin Hadelich, violin

    4:39
  • 1:56 AM

    Petite Waltz

    Andre Caplet

    Queens Duo

    2:59
  • 1:24 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd and 4th movements

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3; Isle of the Dead

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    30:34
  • 1:19 AM

    Etude No. 1 "Aeolian Harp"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin Etudes

    Jan Lisiecki, piano

    2:25
  • 1:06 AM

    Flute and Harp Concerto: Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik, etc.

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    Joshua Smith, flute

    10:26
  • 1:01 AM

    Prelude No. 4

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Alessio Bax, piano

    4:29
  • 12:51 AM

    Images for Orchestra: Gigues

    Claude Debussy

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    7:34
  • 12:45 AM

    Jig and Pop

    Tessa Lark

    Tessa Lark, violin

    4:26
  • 12:19 AM

    Fantasie for Violin and Piano

    Franz Schubert

    Tessa Lark, violin

    Amy Yang, piano

    25:22
  • 12:06 AM

    Rienzi: Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Overtures

    Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alexander Rahbari, conductor

    11:06
  • 12:01 AM

    Guitar Sonata: 3rd movement

    Ferdinando Carulli

    Richard Savino, guitar

    4:39
  • 11:51 PM

    Prague Waltzes

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends, Prague Waltzes

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    7:35
  • 11:47 PM

    Song without Words No. 32

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    1:56
  • 11:26 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 2

    Saverio Mercadante

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Irena Grafenauer, flute

    20:13
  • 11:14 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "In the Spring": 4th movement

    John Knowles Paine

    John Knowles Paine: Orchestral Works 2

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    11:09
  • 11:06 PM

    Swan Lake: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    6:59
  • 11:01 PM

    Festival Scherzo for Piano and Strings

    Madeleine Dring

    Peacock Pie: Gibbs, Jacob, Rootham, Milford, Dring

    Guildhall Strings

    Robert Salter, conductor

    Martin Roscoe, piano

    4:32
  • 10:47 PM

    Concerto for Trombone

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Trombone Concerti

    Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra

    Chikara Imamura, conductor

    Christian Lindberg, trombone

    11:41
  • 10:36 PM

    Carmen Suite No. 1

    Georges Bizet

    Karajan Conducts Orchestral Favorites II

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    9:10
  • 10:16 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 1-5 - Adagio, K. 261 - Rondo, K. 269 & K. 373

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Eivind Aadland, conductor

    Baiba Skride, violin

    19:23
  • 10:11 PM

    Venezuelan Dance (Seis por derecho)

    Antonio Lauro

    Romance de Amor

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    3:00
  • 10:06 PM

    Peer Gynt: Arabian Dance

    Edvard Grieg

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    4:45
  • 10:01 PM

    From Olden Times: Gigue

    Johan Halvorsen

    Halvorsen: Suite ancienne, Mascarade Suite

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Ari Rasilainen, conductor

    4:35
  • 9:55 PM

    Fugue "Little"

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    3:54
  • 9:50 PM

    Ave Verum Corpus

    Karl Jenkins

    Mormon Tabernacle Choir

    Mack Wilberg, conductor

    Bryn Terfel, baritone

    Tamara Mumford, mezzo-soprano

    3:44
  • 9:31 PM

    Suite Bergamasque

    Claude Debussy

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    17:31
  • 9:27 PM

    Ascanio: Divertissement No. 6

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    3:23
  • 9:13 PM

    Trio No. 3 "London"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: London Trios and Divertimentos

    Laurel Zucker, flute

    12:00
  • 9:06 PM

    Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball

    Hector Berlioz

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    6:24
  • 9:03 PM

    Dance Antique

    William Mason

    Calico Winds

    2:41
  • 8:43 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Johann Neruda

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Halstead, conductor

    Crispian Steele-Perkins, trumpet

    15:37
  • 8:35 PM

    Three Preludes

    George Gershwin

    Summertime

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    6:26
  • 8:20 PM

    Sonata No. 4

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Sonatas For Strings

    Camerata Bern

    Thomas Furi, conductor

    13:45
  • 8:13 PM

    Aria in Classic Style

    Marcel Grandjany

    Classics for Chamber Orchestra

    Stockholm Chamber Orchestra

    Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor

    Christine Muhlbach, harp

    5:58
  • 8:06 PM

    The Gadfly: Romance

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Belgian Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    6:09
  • 8:01 PM

    Pygmalion: Overture

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Les Arts Florissants

    William Christie, conductor

    4:47
  • 5:43 PM

    Three Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Early Chamber Music

    Nash Ensemble

    15:31
  • 5:21 PM

    Piano Concerto

    Maurice Ravel

    Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra

    Lionel Bringuier, conductor

    Yuja Wang, piano

    20:33
  • 5:15 PM

    Spring Breeze

    Wei-Chieh Lin

    Formosa Quartet

    5:08
  • 5:11 PM

    Rochester Schottisch

    W.H. Rulison

    Christopher Mallett, guitar

    1:56
  • 5:06 PM

    Romeo and Juliet: Ballet Music: Danse Bohemienne

    Charles Gounod

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    4:37
  • 5:01 PM

    Merry Mount: Maypole Dances

    Howard Hanson

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    4:42
  • 4:50 PM

    Symphony No. 2: Finale

    Niels Gade

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:19
  • 4:26 PM

    Serenade for Winds

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenades

    Vienna Philharmonic Winds

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    22:54
  • 4:12 PM

    A Spring Garland

    Armstrong Gibbs

    Guildhall Strings

    Robert Salter, conductor

    11:13
  • 4:06 PM

    Piano Concerto: 3rd movement

    Franz Berwald

    BERWALD: Symphonies Nos. 3 and 4 / Piano Concerto

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    Niklas Sivelov, piano

    5:48
  • 4:01 PM

    Andante festivo

    Jean Sibelius

    Live in Concert

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    Damon Gupton, conductor

    4:35
  • 3:41 PM

    Concertino for Oboe and Strings

    Brenno Blauth

    Camerata Bariloche

    Andres Spiller, oboe

    17:11
  • 3:15 PM

    Cello Concerto

    Robert Schumann

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    24:47
  • 3:12 PM

    2 Pieces for piano 6 hands: Valse

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    Alexander Melnikov, piano

    Aleksandar Madzar, piano

    1:17
  • 3:06 PM

    Hungarian March

    Hector Berlioz

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:01
  • 3:01 PM

    The Prince and the Pauper

    Erich Korngold

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    4:48
  • 2:54 PM

    El Amor Brujo: Ritual Fire Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    The Flag Series: Spain

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor

    4:11
  • 2:44 PM

    Scaramouche

    Darius Milhaud

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos

    9:10
  • 2:23 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 8 "In the Form of a Vocal Scene"

    Louis Spohr

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    19:52
  • 2:03 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2

    Georges Bizet

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    18:15
  • 2:01 PM

    Waltz No. 4 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Opp. 33-36, 38

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    2:06
  • 1:50 PM

    La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures (Complete), Vol. 1

    Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    9:50
  • 1:46 PM

    Gretchen Van Hoesen, harp

    Heidi van Hoesen Gorton, harp

    2:42
  • 1:40 PM

    Marco Rapetti, piano

    Giampaolo Nuti, piano

    4:28
  • 1:32 PM

    Symphony No. 8: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    7:16
  • 1:27 PM

    Someone to Watch Over Me

    George Gershwin

    Philip Smith, trumpet

    Joseph Turrin, piano

    3:41
  • 1:22 PM

    American Suite: 2nd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    4:38
  • 1:18 PM

    Portraits of Langston: Harlem's Summer Night

    Valerie Coleman

    Demarre McGill, flute

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    Michael McHale, piano

    2:55
  • 1:10 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 4th movement

    Adalbert Gyrowetz

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    4:39
  • 1:05 PM

    Candide: Overture

    Leonard Bernstein

    "Somewhere" - The Leonard Bernstein Album

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    4:29
  • 12:51 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Organ": 4th movement

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    Virgil Fox, organ

    7:48
  • 12:46 PM

    Sonata

    Domenico Scarlatti

    Scarlatti: Piano Sonatas

    Yevgeny Sudbin, piano

    3:16
  • 12:44 PM

    Sonata

    Domenico Scarlatti

    Domenico Scarlatti: 18 Sonatas

    Yevgeny Sudbin, piano

    2:31
  • 12:35 PM

    Pavane

    Gabriel Faure

    Dies Irae: The Essential Choral Collection

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    6:46
  • 12:24 PM

    Symphony: Finale

    Erich Korngold

    Korngold: Symphony; Much Ado about Nothing Suite

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    10:32
  • 12:18 PM

    Vocalise

    Andre Previn

    From Ordinary Things

    Sylvia McNair, soprano

    4:32
  • 12:10 PM

    Sonata for Two Trumpets

    Giuseppe Alberti

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Simon Wright, conductor

    John Wallace, trumpet

    John Miller, trumpet

    5:50
  • 12:05 PM

    Pekka Kuusisto, violin

    Ismo Eskelinen, guitar

    4:44
  • 11:54 AM

    Raiders of the Lost Ark March

    John Williams

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    5:06
  • 11:42 AM

    Clarinet Concertino

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Kirk Trevor, conductor

    Richard Stoltzman, clarinet

    10:28
  • 11:30 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 27: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos K467 And K595

    Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    Lars Vogt, piano

    9:31
  • 11:22 AM

    Traditional Hornpipe Suite

    Adrian Cruft

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    7:08
  • 11:14 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1: Scherzo

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    6:59
  • 11:08 AM

    Concerto alla rustica (Rustic Concerto)

    Antonio Vivaldi

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    4:09
  • 11:05 AM

    Gavotte

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Kodaly: String Quartets No. 1 and 2; Gavotte

    Kontra Quartet

    2:32
  • 10:47 AM

    El Salon Mexico

    Aaron Copland

    Colorado Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    11:21
  • 10:30 AM

    Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Don Quixote; Till Euenspiegel

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    15:57
  • 10:25 AM

    Two pieces from Temple Fair

    Zu-Xin Jiang

    Shanghai Quartet

    3:42
  • 10:17 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Johann Fasch

    Fasch: Concertos and Overtures

    Budapest Strings

    Reinhold Friedrich, trumpet

    6:31
  • 10:07 AM

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:31
  • 10:01 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 22

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Cimarosa: Keyboard Sonatas, Vol. 2

    Victor Sangiorgio, piano

    4:48
  • 9:40 AM

    The Prophet: Ballet of the Skaters

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    18:28
  • 9:23 AM

    Ramuntcho Suite No. 2

    Gabriel Pierne

    Piano Concerto in C Minor

    Philharmonie de Lorraine

    Jacques Houtmann, conductor

    15:35
  • 9:18 AM

    Mi Venezuela Llora

    Gabriela Montero

    Solatino

    Gabriela Montero, piano

    2:50
  • 9:06 AM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Maurice Ravel

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    Ensemble

    11:09
  • 9:01 AM

    La Misterieuse

    Francois Couperin

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    4:52
  • 8:29 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies, Vol. 2

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Edward Gardner, conductor

    29:05
  • 8:24 AM

    Iberia: Triana

    Isaac Albeniz

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    5:04
  • 8:01 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Alexander Glazunov

    Swiss Italian Orchestra

    Alexander Vedernikov, conductor

    Chloe Hanslip, violin

    20:39
  • 7:44 AM

    Concert Rondo "Krakowiak"

    Frederic Chopin

    Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antoni Wit, conductor

    Eldar Nebolsin, piano

    14:21
  • 7:26 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 5

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: 12 Concerti Grossi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    16:42
  • 7:09 AM

    Symphony "The Hunt"

    Carl Stamitz

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    16:17
  • 7:01 AM

    Fantasie for Flute and Piano

    Philippe Gaubert

    Mathieu Dufour, flute

    Kuang-Hao Huang, piano

    7:03
  • 6:44 AM

    Concerto for Two Violins

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: Concertos for Violin

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    Monica Huggett, violin

    14:44
  • 6:22 AM

    Moses: Ballet Music

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Ballet Music

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    21:16
  • 6:01 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 31

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    18:28
  • 5:30 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Romantic"

    Howard Hanson

    RCA Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    28:47
  • 5:13 AM

    Serenade No. 2

    Robert Fuchs

    Cologne Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Ludwig, conductor

    16:03
  • 5:01 AM

    Quiet City

    Aaron Copland

    University of Kansas Wind Ensemble

    Paul Popiel, conductor

    Margaret Marco, English horn

    Steve Leisring, trumpet

    10:10