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  • 4:50 AM

    Andante Favori

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven Piano Sonatas 2

    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano

    8:11
  • 4:09 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

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

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    39:47
  • 4:06 AM

    Romance ("Lied")

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    (b)romancE

    Nicholas Canellakis, cello

    2:02
  • 4:01 AM

    Four Medieval Dances: Pavane

    Joseph Lauber

    Joseph Lauber, 1864-1952

    Rachel Talitman, harp

    4:48
  • 3:45 AM

    Piece for String Orchestra

    Billy Childs

    VocalEssence Orchestra

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    12:56
  • 3:42 AM

    Summer Interlude

    Betty King

    Samantha Ege, piano

    3:03
  • 3:16 AM

    Fantasy

    Josef Suk

    Poeme

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    24:46
  • 3:06 AM

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    7:40
  • 3:01 AM

    Waltz after Lasse in Lyby

    Traditional

    Wood Works

    Danish String Quartet

    4:37
  • 12:54 AM

    Quanta qualia

    Patrick Hawes

    Eventide

    Voces8

    Christian Forshaw, saxophone

    3:56
  • 12:17 AM

    Serenade

    Ethel Smyth

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Odaline de la Martinez, conductor

    35:16
  • 12:06 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    William Herschel

    Herschel: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    9:34
  • 12:01 AM

    In the Blue Mountains: I Trollhallen

    Agathe Grondahl

    Sara Aimee Smiseth, piano

    4:41
  • 11:44 PM

    Double Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Gli Incogniti

    Giuliano Carmignola, violin

    Amandine Beyer, violin

    14:44
  • 11:33 PM

    Symphony No. 3: 6th movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler: Symphony No. 3

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    23:47
  • 11:28 PM

    Symphony No. 3: 5th movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler: Symphony No. 3

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    Jennifer Johnston, mezzo-soprano

    4:23
  • 11:18 PM

    Symphony No. 3: 4th movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler: Symphony No. 3

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    Jennifer Johnston, mezzo-soprano

    10:18
  • 11:01 PM

    The Chairman Dances

    John Adams

    San Francisco Symphony

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    12:29
  • 10:54 PM

    The Liberty Bell

    John Philip Sousa

    America the Beautiful: A Collection of Patriotic Songs

    United States Coast Guard Band

    3:42
  • 10:39 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Alessio Bax, piano

    14:10
  • 10:28 PM

    El Manisero (The Peanut Vendor)

    Moises Simons

    Mozart y Mambo

    Havana Lyceum Orchestra

    Jose Antonio Mendez Padron, conductor

    Sarah Willis, horn

    8:33
  • 10:17 PM

    Havanaise

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy; Chausson: Poème; Saint-Saëns: Havanaise

    New York Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    9:34
  • 10:12 PM

    Cancion de Cuna (Afro-Cuban Lullaby)

    Leo Brouwer

    The Blue Album

    Pablo Sainz-Villegas, guitar

    3:25
  • 10:00 PM

    Christmas Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    10:51
  • 9:53 PM

    Summer of '42: The Summer Knows

    Michel Legrand

    Cinema

    Brussels Philharmonic

    Stephane Deneve, conductor

    Renaud Capucon, violin

    3:39
  • 9:19 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 17

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos 17 & 21

    Camerata Academica Salzburg

    Geza Anda, conductor

    Geza Anda, piano

    30:51
  • 9:11 PM

    The Longest Day: March

    Paul Anka

    True Grit: Music from the Classic Films of John Wayne

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    4:43
  • 9:06 PM

    Advance Democracy

    Benjamin Britten

    Sacred and Profane

    The Sixteen

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    3:14
  • 8:54 PM

    Der Freischutz (The Free Shooter): Nein, langer trag'...

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Jonas Kaufmann: Romantic Arias

    Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marco Armiliato, conductor

    Jonas Kaufmann, tenor

    7:00
  • 8:46 PM

    Landkjenning (Land-Sighting)

    Edvard Grieg

    GRIEG, E.: Orchestral Music, Vol. 7 - Olav Trygvason / Landkjenning / Sigurd Jorsalfar (excerpts)

    Malmo Chamber Choir

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    6:34
  • 8:24 PM

    Reflections on the Mississippi

    Michael Daugherty

    Albany Symphony Orchestra

    David Alan Miller, conductor

    Carol Jantsch, tuba

    20:45
  • 8:14 PM

    Impromptu No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    Krystian Zimerman, piano

    7:37
  • 8:08 PM

    Enigma Variations: Nimrod

    Edward Elgar

    Best Film Classics 100

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    3:55
  • 8:01 PM

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

    Johannes Brahms

    Choral Masterpieces

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    5:42
  • 5:52 PM

    Perpetual Motion Pieces

    Francis Poulenc

    Lisa Friend, flute

    Craig Ogden, guitar

    6:41
  • 5:17 PM

    Symphony No. 38 "Prague"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    32:14
  • 5:14 PM

    Round Dance (Reigen)

    David Popper

    Wendy Warner, cello

    2:36
  • 5:06 PM

    Empire Brass

    William Kuhlman, organ

    6:55
  • 5:01 PM

    Forgotten Melodies: Festive Dance

    Nikolai Medtner

    Sonatas by Medtner, Rachmaninov, Scriabin

    Kenny Broberg, piano

    4:48
  • 4:45 PM

    Ma vlast (My Country): Vltava (The Moldau)

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: Ma Vlast

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    13:05
  • 4:37 PM

    Sisyphus in the Big City

    Ricardo Herz

    Songs for Our Times

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    6:42
  • 4:16 PM

    Sextet for Winds

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Music for Winds

    David Shifrin, clarinet

    20:11
  • 4:06 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: Finale

    Frederic Chopin

    CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 2 / FIELD: Piano Concerto No. 1

    Slovak State Phiharmonic Orchestra

    Robert Stankovsky, conductor

    Idil Biret, piano

    8:26
  • 4:00 PM

    Garden of Roses (Il giardino di rose): Sinfonia

    Alessandro Scarlatti

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    4:42
  • 3:52 PM

    Horn Trio: Finale

    Johannes Brahms

    Frank Almond, violin

    William Barnewitz, horn

    William Wolfram, piano

    6:18
  • 3:44 PM

    A Toi (To You) Waltz

    Emil Waldteufel

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:59
  • 3:26 PM

    Guitar Quintet No. 6

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: The Guitar Quintets

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    17:29
  • 3:19 PM

    Fantasy on Bashkirian Themes

    Zara Levina

    Yury Revich, violin

    Maria Lettberg, piano

    5:59
  • 3:07 PM

    Invitation to the Dance

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Ballet Gala - Invitation to the Dance

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    10:56
  • 3:01 PM

    Izumi Tateno, piano

    4:42
  • 2:48 PM

    Orchestra Rehearsal

    Nino Rota

    Nino Rota: Music For Film

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    10:03
  • 2:45 PM

    Suite for Strings

    Joan Trimble

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    13:22
  • 2:38 PM

    O Magnum Mysterium (O Great Mystery)

    Morten Lauridsen

    Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna

    Los Angeles Master Chorale

    Paul Salamunovich, conductor

    5:31
  • 2:12 PM

    Oboe Concerto

    Richard Strauss

    Concert Recording

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Douglas Boyd, conductor

    Cassie Pilgrim, oboe

    25:19
  • 2:05 PM

    Cringlemire Garden

    Ruth Gipps

    British Music for Strings, Vol. 3

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Douglas Bostock, conductor

    6:19
  • 2:00 PM

    Trumpet Voluntary

    John Stanley

    London Brass

    3:35
  • 1:55 PM

    Il Postino: Main Theme

    Luis Bacalov

    Cinema Serenade

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    3:46
  • 1:49 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 2

    Antonin Dvorak

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    5:19
  • 1:41 PM

    Nameday (Namensfeier) Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski - The Minnesota Orchestra: The Vox Recordings

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

    6:49
  • 1:37 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Morning": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Early Symphonies Nos. 1-12

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    3:31
  • 1:36 PM

    Prelude No. 3

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Preludes Op 28, Piano Sonata No 2

    Seong-Jin Cho, piano

    :55
  • 1:34 PM

    Prelude No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Preludes Op 28, Piano Sonata No 2

    Seong-Jin Cho, piano

    2:11
  • 1:34 PM

    Prelude No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Preludes Op 28, Piano Sonata No 2

    Seong-Jin Cho, piano

    :35
  • 1:29 PM

    Turkish Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Complete Piano Sonatas Vol 2

    Philippe Entremont, piano

    3:36
  • 1:21 PM

    Concerto for Two Trumpets

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Maurice Andre, trumpet

    Bernard Soustrot, trumpet

    7:15
  • 1:16 PM

    Pastorale

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge Etc.

    Simon Blendis, violin

    3:26
  • 1:10 PM

    The Birds: The Hen

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances I & Iii, Etc

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    2:47
  • 1:04 PM

    Capriol Suite

    Peter Warlock

    English Music for Strings

    Guildhall Strings

    9:30
  • 12:54 PM

    Xerxes: Ombra mai fu

    George Frideric Handel

    ARC

    The King's Violins

    Jonathan Cohen, conductor

    Anthony Roth Costanzo, countertenor

    3:15
  • 12:50 PM

    Don Juan Ballet: Selections

    Christoph von Gluck

    English Baroque Soloists

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    10:00
  • 12:33 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances, Etc

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    14:53
  • 12:20 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Grand Pas de Deux

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    11:48
  • 12:16 PM

    Septet: 5th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven & Berwald: Septets

    Wigmore Soloists

    2:57
  • 12:07 PM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    Great Comedy Overtures

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    8:19
  • 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
  • 11:52 AM

    Pastoral Suite: Scherzo-valse

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Ulster Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    5:09
  • 11:48 AM

    La Source (The Spring)

    Alphonse Hasselmans

    Solo Harp: The Best of Yolanda Kondonassis

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    3:47
  • 11:30 AM

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    16:10
  • 11:23 AM

    The Little Square Suite

    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

    Wolf-Ferrari: Orchestral Works

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

    5:57
  • 11:15 AM

    3 Balletti e Correnti

    Giovanni Legrenzi

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    Adrian Chandler, violin

    7:27
  • 11:08 AM

    Seasonal Breezes: Summer Breeeze

    Rick Sowash

    Sylvan Trio

    5:06
  • 11:04 AM

    Morning Song

    Edward Elgar

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    3:21
  • 10:48 AM

    Concerto No. 10 "Pastorale"

    Lorenzo Zavateri

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

    Gottfried von der Goltz, conductor

    9:54
  • 10:30 AM

    Six Epigraphes Antiques

    Claude Debussy

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    17:47
  • 10:24 AM

    Into the Blue: Wildwood Flower

    Greg Danner

    Cumberland Quintet

    5:05
  • 10:12 AM

    Kreisleriana No. 2

    Robert Schumann

    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    9:56
  • 10:06 AM

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits

    Christoph Gluck

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, violin

    5:07
  • 10:01 AM

    Viennese Ladies Landler

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Landler

    Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano

    4:38
  • 9:44 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Antonio Lotti

    I Musici

    Heinz Holliger, oboe d'amore

    14:45
  • 9:16 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Paul Creston

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    26:00
  • 9:12 AM

    Poeme

    Aaron Copland

    (b)romancE

    Nicholas Canellakis, cello

    3:21
  • 9:06 AM

    Nocturne No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: The Nocturnes

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    4:24
  • 9:01 AM

    Suite from Esclarmonde: Hymenee

    Jules Massenet

    Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Jean, conductor

    4:34
  • 8:56 AM

    Valse lente

    Germaine Tailleferre

    Saint-Saens

    Lang Lang, piano

    2:38
  • 8:21 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Sinfonia Espansiva"

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Flute Concerto, Symphony No. 3, Pan and Syrinx

    Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Edward Gardner, conductor

    Lina Johnson, soprano

    34:54
  • 8:01 AM

    Violin Sonata

    Viktor Kosenko

    Ukranian Masters

    Solomiya Ivakhiv, violin

    17:33
  • 7:46 AM

    Summer Scenes

    Tauno Pylkkanen

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    11:55
  • 7:23 AM

    String Quartet

    Claude Debussy

    Brooklyn Rider

    23:24
  • 7:16 AM

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    Cory Smythe, piano

    5:25
  • 7:01 AM

    The Jungle Book: The Meditation of Purun Bhagat

    Charles Koechlin

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    13:46
  • 6:56 AM

    Magic Hour

    Kenji Bunch

    Ahn Trio: Lullaby For My Favorite Insomniac

    Ahn Trio

    2:26
  • 6:14 AM

    Symphony

    Paul Dukas

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    41:20
  • 6:01 AM

    Unter bluhenden Linden

    Lou Koster

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    10:53
  • 5:33 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Charles Stanford

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    Gemma Rosefield, cello

    25:30
  • 5:29 AM

    Be Thou My Vision

    Traditional

    Sea of Stars

    Lauren Scott, harp

    3:36
  • 5:01 AM

    Fantasy Pieces

    Robert Schumann

    Lara Downes, piano

    25:38