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  • 4:37 AM

    The Isle of the Dead

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances; The Isle of the Dead; The Rock

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    20:58
  • 4:06 AM

    Piano Trio No. 6

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Trios

    Trio Sora

    29:14
  • 4:01 AM

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    4:35
  • 3:46 AM

    Six Short Pieces

    Fernando Sor

    Jeffrey McFadden, guitar

    12:28
  • 3:21 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Henryk Wieniawski

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    23:49
  • 3:17 AM

    Intermezzo No. 4

    Johannes Brahms

    Orli Shaham, piano

    2:55
  • 3:06 AM

    Danzon No. 2

    Arturo Marquez

    Fiesta

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    9:46
  • 3:01 AM

    Louise Dubin, cello

    Saeunn Thorsteinsdottir, cello

    4:43
  • 2:47 AM

    Quiet City

    Aaron Copland

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Donald Hunsberger, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    Phillip Koch, English horn

    10:52
  • 2:23 AM

    Continuum Ensemble

    Philip Headlam, conductor

    21:55
  • 2:14 AM

    Solace (A Mexican Serenade)

    Scott Joplin

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    Andre Previn, piano

    7:07
  • 2:06 AM

    Maple Leaf Rag

    Scott Joplin

    Reflections: Scott Joplin Reconsidered

    The Band

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:54
  • 2:01 AM

    Quintet: Awashoha

    James Lee III

    Pacifica Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    4:39
  • 1:53 AM

    Les sirenes

    Lili Boulanger

    New London Chamber Choir

    James Wood, conductor

    5:48
  • 1:25 AM

    Piano Trio

    Maurice Ravel

    Claremont Trio

    26:13
  • 1:18 AM

    Norma: Casta diva

    Vincenzo Bellini

    Romance Of The Violin

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    4:52
  • 1:06 AM

    Bavarian Dances

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance Marches

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    11:36
  • 1:01 AM

    Lighten our Darkness

    Ben Parry

    Ben Parry: The Hours

    Choir of Royal Holloway

    Rupert Gough, conductor

    4:42
  • 12:47 AM

    Norwegian Rhapsody No. 2

    Johan Halvorsen

    Halvorsen: Norwegian Rhapsody, Norwegian Festival Overture, etc.

    Bergen Symphony Orchestra

    Karsten Andersen, conductor

    11:29
  • 12:20 AM

    String Quartet No. 4

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Cecilia String Quartet

    24:37
  • 12:15 AM

    Fantastic Dances: Dance of Elegy

    Loris Tjeknavorian

    Tara Kamangar, piano

    3:53
  • 12:06 AM

    The Bullfighter's Prayer

    Joaquin Turina

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    8:14
  • 12:01 AM

    Zorba the Greek: Finale

    Mikis Theodorakis

    World Encores

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    Lakis Karnezis, bouzouki

    4:38
  • 11:55 PM

    Venezuelan Waltz No. 3 "Natalia"

    Antonio Lauro

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    Colin David, guitar

    2:56
  • 11:23 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    John Field

    Field: Piano Concertos No. 2 & No. 3

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    John O'Conor, piano

    32:04
  • 11:14 PM

    Lucia Swarts, cello

    Elena Malinova, piano

    6:49
  • 11:06 PM

    Voyevoda: Overture/Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    6:11
  • 11:01 PM

    Nocturne No. 6

    John Field

    Svetlana Potanina, piano

    4:43
  • 10:49 PM

    Euryanthe Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    9:02
  • 10:36 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Ocean": 7th movement

    Anton Rubinstein

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Stephen Gunzenhauser, conductor

    13:24
  • 10:30 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 11: 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    The King's Violins

    Bernard Labadie, conductor

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    4:07
  • 10:16 PM

    Manfred Overture

    Robert Schumann

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    12:45
  • 10:13 PM

    Musical Toys: The Drummer

    Sofia Gubaidulina

    Jenny Lin, piano

    1:23
  • 10:06 PM

    Three Short Pieces

    Jacques Ibert

    Ibert, J.: 3 Pieces Breves / Reicha, A.: Wind Quintet in E-Flat Major / Arnold, M.: 3 Shanties / Klughardt, A.F.M.: Wind Quintet

    Bergen Wind Quintet

    6:48
  • 10:01 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 1: 1st movement

    Alexander Reinagle

    Sylvia Glickman, piano

    4:42
  • 9:53 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Giovanni Sgambati

    Rome Symphony Orchestra

    Francesco La Vecchia, conductor

    5:46
  • 9:48 PM

    March and Gigue

    Henry Purcell

    Ceremonial Music for Trumpet & Symphonic Organ

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    3:41
  • 9:32 PM

    Flute Concerto

    Romano Piacentino

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    14:34
  • 9:26 PM

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

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Mad About Piano

    Emil Gilels, piano

    5:46
  • 9:19 PM

    Summer in the High Grassland

    Zhao Jiping

    Silk Road Ensemble

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:33
  • 9:06 PM

    Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsummer Vigil"

    Hugo Alfven

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    12:55
  • 9:03 PM

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    2:30
  • 8:47 PM

    Canto di Virginia

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Milan Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Alessandro Potenza, oboe

    11:37
  • 8:23 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 1

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    Sandra Rivers, piano

    22:27
  • 8:10 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 1

    Arcangelo Corelli

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    11:06
  • 8:06 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American": Animato

    William Grant Still

    African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. 1

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    3:19
  • 8:01 PM

    Four Mendiants: Dried Figs

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Alessandro Marangoni, piano

    4:45
  • 5:49 PM

    Symphony No. 3: 3rd movement

    Marcel Tyberg

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    9:19
  • 5:22 PM

    Concerto in Galant Style

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Concertos and Orchestral Works

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    Robert Cohen, cello

    25:46
  • 5:18 PM

    Suite Transcendent: A Breath of Wind (Fuga)

    Tilman Hoppstock

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    1:16
  • 5:06 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    11:41
  • 5:00 PM

    The Capricious One

    Edward Elgar

    Albeniz, Brahms, Dvorak, Elgar, Falla, Kreisler

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    4:32
  • 4:51 PM

    Fidelio Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Overtures

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Eugen Jochum, conductor

    6:45
  • 4:18 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Jean Sibelius

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    Viktoria Mullova, violin

    32:18
  • 4:11 PM

    The Bear's Dance

    John Playford

    David Douglass, violin

    Paul O'Dette, lute

    Andrew Lawrence-King, harp

    4:25
  • 4:06 PM

    The Grumpy Old Bear

    Julius Fucik

    Revolution

    Junko Kudo, bassoon

    5:03
  • 4:00 PM

    The Floating One Polka Mazurka

    Josef Strauss

    Josef Strauss: Edition, Vol. 16

    Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Arthur Kulling, conductor

    4:37
  • 3:42 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra

    Niels Muus, conductor

    Anna Shelest, piano

    16:35
  • 3:17 PM

    Czech Suite

    Antonin Dvorak

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    22:40
  • 3:10 PM

    Essence of Ruby

    Brandee Younger

    Ennanga

    Ashley Jackson, harp

    5:35
  • 3:06 PM

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Randall Goosby, violin

    3:36
  • 3:00 PM

    Violin Sonata: 4th movement

    Johann Georg Pisendel

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, violin

    4:35
  • 2:40 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 4

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Handel and Haydn Society

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    Aisslinn Nosky, violin

    18:23
  • 2:32 PM

    Symphony No. 34

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Symphonies No. 31 and No. 34

    English Baroque Soloists

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    26:03
  • 2:27 PM

    Les enfants terribles: The Somnambulist

    Philip Glass

    Glass: Cocteau Trilogy

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos

    3:51
  • 2:24 PM

    La Sonnambula

    Justin Holland

    Justin Holland Recording Project

    Michael Vascones, guitar

    2:41
  • 2:07 PM

    Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan-Williams - Symphony No.5, Tallis Fantasia

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    15:57
  • 2:01 PM

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    4:38
  • 1:57 PM

    Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

    George Frideric Handel

    The Handel Collection

    City of London Sinfonia

    John Rutter, conductor

    3:13
  • 1:55 PM

    Classics of the Contemporary Theater: The Idiot

    National Lampoon Radio Hour

    Christopher Guest & Bill Murray

    2:00
  • 1:35 PM

    Images for Orchestra: Iberia: On Highways and Byways

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images, Etc

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    6:50
  • 1:30 PM

    Elite Syncopations

    Scott Joplin

    Scott Joplin: The Easy Winners

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    3:13
  • 1:24 PM

    Algerian Suite: French Military March

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Fiedler's Greatest Hits

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    4:29
  • 1:21 PM

    Hamlet: Ballet Music: Strette finale

    Ambroise Thomas

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    2:10
  • 1:18 PM

    The Tempest Suite No. 2: Intermezzo and Dance of the Nymphs

    Jean Sibelius

    Kansas City Symphony

    Michael Stern, conductor

    2:54
  • 1:07 PM

    Octet: 5th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Isabelle Faust, violin

    Anne-Katharina Schreiber, violin

    James Boyd, viola

    Kristin von der Goltz, cello

    James Munro, bass

    Lorenzo Coppola, clarinet

    7:15
  • 1:04 PM

    Waltz No. 6 "Minute"

    Frederic Chopin

    American Virtuosa - Tribute to Maud Powell

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    2:00
  • 12:57 PM

    Flight of the Bumblebee

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    Samuel Sanders, piano

    1:17
  • 12:48 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 4

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Handel and Haydn Society

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    Aisslinn Nosky, violin

    18:23
  • 12:39 PM

    Italian Serenade

    Hugo Wolf

    Wagner: Siegfried-Idyll/Sibelius: Valse Triste/etc.

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    7:18
  • 12:30 PM

    A Fugal Concerto

    Gustav Holst

    Tippett, Holst, Corelli, Bach

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Kathryn Greenbank, oboe

    7:23
  • 12:22 PM

    String Quartet No. 62 "Emperor": Adagio

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Emerson String Quartet

    6:37
  • 12:18 PM

    Three Latin-American Sketches: Dance from Jalisco

    Aaron Copland

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    3:25
  • 12:09 PM

    Magic Flute: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Overtures

    Norwegian National Opera Orchestra

    Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor

    6:29
  • 12:04 PM

    Humoresque No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Humoresque

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    4:19
  • 11:52 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: 6 Brandenburg Concertos

    Oregon Bach Festival Chamber Orchestra

    Helmuth Rilling, conductor

    6:04
  • 11:37 AM

    Water Music Suite No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Water Music

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    10:31
  • 11:33 AM

    Perpetual Motion (Perpetuum mobile)

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Ein Straussfest II

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:14
  • 11:21 AM

    Scheherazade: The Young Prince and the Young Princess

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    CBS Masterworks Dinner Classics: Dinner for Two

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    10:05
  • 11:17 AM

    Schwanengesang, Book 1: Standchen (Serenade)

    Franz Schubert

    Gil Shaham, violin

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    4:10
  • 11:12 AM

    The Merchant of Venice: Suite: Finale

    Arthur Sullivan

    Ruddigore

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Vivian Dunn, conductor

    3:16
  • 11:08 AM

    The Merchant of Venice: Suite: Bourree

    Arthur Sullivan

    Ruddigore

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Vivian Dunn, conductor

    3:36
  • 11:04 AM

    Fur Elise

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Music for a Rainy Day

    Roland Pontinen, piano

    3:22
  • 10:50 AM

    Symphony

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2

    Academy for Ancient Music Berlin

    8:50
  • 10:41 AM

    Death on the Pale Horse

    Ruth Gipps

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    7:57
  • 10:22 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Janos Rolla, conductor

    Dale Clevenger, horn

    17:28
  • 10:18 AM

    Sara Davis Buechner, piano

    3:11
  • 10:09 AM

    Il barbiere di Siviglia (Barber of Seville): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini & Verdi Overtures

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    7:27
  • 10:06 AM

    Etude No. 12 "Revolutionary"

    Frederic Chopin

    Encores

    Van Cliburn, piano

    2:59
  • 10:01 AM

    Violin Partita No. 2: Sarabande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    4:43
  • 9:43 AM

    Elegy for Violin and Strings

    Keith Jarrett

    Fairfield Orchestra

    Thomas Crawford, conductor

    Michelle Makarski, violin

    14:43
  • 9:28 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Giovanni Antonini, conductor

    13:28
  • 9:24 AM

    Stars

    Connor Chee

    Scenes from Dinetah

    Connor Chee, piano

    2:55
  • 9:07 AM

    Three Botticelli Pictures

    Ottorino Respighi

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    17:10
  • 9:01 AM

    Barcarolle No. 8

    Gabriel Faure

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    4:30
  • 8:39 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Karol Szymanowski

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    Baiba Skride, violin

    19:44
  • 8:32 AM

    Iberia: Evocation

    Isaac Albeniz

    Imogen Cooper, piano

    6:05
  • 8:26 AM

    La Vie en Rose

    Louis Louiguy

    Elena Urioste, violin

    Tom Poster, piano

    3:53
  • 8:01 AM

    Death and Transfiguration

    Richard Strauss

    New York Philharmonic

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    24:43
  • 7:55 AM

    Berceuse

    Theresa Carreno

    Clara Rodriguez Plays the Music of Teresa Carreno

    Clara Rodriguez, piano

    3:45
  • 7:29 AM

    Brazilian Suite

    Alberto Nepomuceno

    Nepomuceno: Symphony in G minor

    Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra

    Fabio Mechetti, conductor

    25:06
  • 7:02 AM

    Cello Sonata No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Sol Gabetta, cello

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    26:15
  • 6:19 AM

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    39:41
  • 6:11 AM

    Stephanie Chase, violin

    Virginia Eskin, piano

    6:46
  • 6:01 AM

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    8:17
  • 5:51 AM

    Three Dances: Dance No. 2

    Herbert Howells

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Lydia Mordkovitch, violin

    6:51
  • 5:38 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2 "Characteristic": Dreams of a Child

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    13:09
  • 5:32 AM

    Spirit of Trees: 5th movement

    Alan Hovhaness

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    David Leisner, guitar

    4:18
  • 5:01 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 1

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Spanish Radio & TV Orchestra

    Francois Lopez-Ferrer, conductor

    Santiago Canon-Valencia, cello

    29:51