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  • 4:43 AM

    Sonata for Clarinet and Piano

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Frederik Fors, clarinet

    Sveinung Bjelland, piano

    15:34
  • 4:11 AM

    Symphony No. 22 "City of Light"

    Alan Hovhaness

    Seattle Symphony

    Alan Hovhaness, conductor

    29:34
  • 4:06 AM

    String Poetic: Nocturne

    Jennifer Higdon

    String Poetic

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    4:46
  • 4:01 AM

    Etude No. 1

    Philip Glass

    Glass: Piano Etudes, Book 1

    Vicky Chow, piano

    4:41
  • 3:55 AM

    Modern Times: Smile

    Charlie Chaplin

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    Rosalie Asselin, piano

    3:26
  • 3:23 AM

    Clarinet Quintet

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart & Brahms

    Pacifica String Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    30:51
  • 3:17 AM

    Fisherman's Song by Moonlight

    Traditional Chinese

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    Yuan Sha, guzheng

    5:00
  • 3:06 AM

    Munich: A Memory Waltz

    Richard Strauss

    Munich Chamber Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    8:54
  • 3:01 AM

    Lullaby (Berceuse)

    Arnold Bax

    Bax: Viola and Piano Music

    Charles Matthews, piano

    4:34
  • 2:53 AM

    Windows: Joota (Barcarolle)

    Reena Esmail

    Windows

    Watson Brass Quintet

    5:24
  • 2:21 AM

    Cello Sonata

    Frederic Chopin

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    Martha Argerich, piano

    30:08
  • 2:06 AM

    Tafelmusik II: Concerto

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    13:37
  • 2:01 AM

    Le Temps des lilas (In the time of the lilacs)

    Ernest Chausson

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    Daria Hovora, piano

    4:45
  • 1:49 AM

    Schwanda the Bagpiper: Polka and Fugue

    Jaromir Weinberger

    Dvorak: New World Symphony,

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    9:18
  • 1:34 AM

    Romantic Pieces

    Antonin Dvorak

    Enescu Dvorak Schumann

    Caroline Goulding, violin

    13:13
  • 1:29 AM

    A Blown Away Leaf

    Leos Janacek

    Antonin Kubalek, piano

    3:07
  • 1:06 AM

    Sinfonietta

    Leos Janacek

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Thomas Ades, conductor

    22:51
  • 1:01 AM

    Les Brises d'Orient: Souvenir d'Occident

    Felicien David

    Daniel Blumenthal, piano

    4:35
  • 12:52 AM

    Nocturne

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Dance Like the Wind: Music of Today's Black Composers

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    Maria Jette, soprano

    6:55
  • 12:21 AM

    Concert Fantasia

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Romantic Piano Concerto Vol. 50

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    28:16
  • 12:17 AM

    Jugueteando (Playfully)

    Jorge Morel

    Sonidos Latinos

    David Russell, guitar

    2:31
  • 12:06 AM

    The Fairies: Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Tristan and Isolde, An Orchestral Passion

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    10:47
  • 12:01 AM

    Symphony: Finale

    Juan Arriaga

    Algarve Orchestra

    Alvaro Cassuto, conductor

    4:37
  • 11:45 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": Largo

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, Carnival Overture

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    13:20
  • 11:16 PM

    Serenade for Strings

    Josef Suk

    Suk Chamber Orchestra

    Joseph Suk, conductor

    26:46
  • 11:06 PM

    Exaltation of Larks

    Norman Dello Joio

    Atlantic Sinfonietta

    Edvard Tchivzhel, conductor

    7:44
  • 11:01 PM

    Guitar Concerto: Largo

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Parkening plays Vivaldi, Warlock & Praetorius

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Christopher Parkening, guitar

    4:30
  • 10:49 PM

    Symphony No. 40: Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    9:01
  • 10:40 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Leopold Mozart

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Elgar Howarth, conductor

    Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet

    8:50
  • 10:19 PM

    Variations on a Rococo Theme

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky, Miaskovsky, Shostakovich

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Maxim Shostakovich, conductor

    Julian Lloyd Webber, cello

    19:38
  • 10:12 PM

    Festive Overture

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    6:17
  • 10:06 PM

    Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder; Preludes And Overtures

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Franz Welser-Most, conductor

    3:20
  • 10:01 PM

    Consolation No. 3

    Franz Liszt

    Lang Lang, piano

    4:18
  • 9:48 PM

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    10:00
  • 9:29 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Oscar Shumsky, violin

    17:35
  • 9:22 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 5

    Johann Christian Bach

    Daniil Trifonov, piano

    6:13
  • 9:10 PM

    By the Beautiful Blue Danube (An der schonen, blauen Donau)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss: Waltzes and Polkas

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    9:40
  • 9:07 PM

    Radetzky March

    Johann Strauss, Sr.

    Vienna Volksopera Orchestra

    Franz Bauer-Theussl, conductor

    3:16
  • 9:01 PM

    Flute Concerto: 3rd movement

    Wilhelm Friedemann Bach

    Bachiana: Double Concertos

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    Verena Fischer, flute

    4:48
  • 8:48 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Two Pictures

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    10:48
  • 8:16 PM

    Scottish Fantasy

    Max Bruch

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Cho-Liang Lin, violin

    29:22
  • 8:12 PM

    Four Characteristic Waltzes: Bohemian Waltz

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    2:22
  • 8:06 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Giuseppe Torelli

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    5:45
  • 8:01 PM

    Flowers from Froso: Entry to the Summer Meadow

    Wilhelm Peterson-Berger

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    4:43
  • 7:48 PM

    Dance of the Hours

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    10:41
  • 7:21 PM

    La Mer (The Sea)

    Claude Debussy

    Long Beach Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    25:00
  • 7:15 PM

    Stephanie-Gavotte

    Alphons Czibulka

    Christopher Mallett, guitar

    4:02
  • 7:06 PM

    Whimsical Symphony (Grillensymphonie)

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    8:32
  • 7:01 PM

    Ae Fond Kiss

    Robert Burns

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Rory Macdonald, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    4:36
  • 6:48 PM

    Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Day Concert 1991

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    10:38
  • 6:29 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2

    Georges Bizet

    Rossini: La Boutique Fantasque

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    17:26
  • 6:11 PM

    Variations on "La ci darem la mano"

    Frederic Chopin

    Bruce Liu, piano

    16:25
  • 6:06 PM

    Snow Maiden: Dance of the Tumblers

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Exotic Dances from the Opera

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    3:47
  • 6:01 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Polacca

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    4:35
  • 5:47 PM

    Night on Bald Mountain

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    10:42
  • 5:24 PM

    Triple Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Arion

    Jaap ter Linden, conductor

    Claire Guimond, flute

    Chantal Remillard, violin

    Hank Knox, harpsichord

    21:24
  • 5:20 PM

    Gymnopedie No. 2

    Erik Satie

    Letter(s) to Erik Satie

    Bertrand Chamayou, piano

    2:43
  • 5:06 PM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 9

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos. 1-6

    Vienna State Opera Orchestra

    Anatole Fistoulari, conductor

    13:33
  • 5:01 PM

    Vespers: Laudate Dominum

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Danielle de Niese, soprano

    4:31
  • 4:47 PM

    The Producers: Overture

    Mel Brooks

    Oscar And Tony: Award-Winning Music From The Stage And Screen

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    4:25
  • 4:43 PM

    Hamlet: The Ghost

    William Walton

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:15
  • 4:35 PM

    A Streetcar Named Desire: Suite

    Alex North

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:04
  • 4:25 PM

    Dial M for Murder: Suite

    Dimitri Tiomkin

    Psycho: The Essential Alfred Hitchcock

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    7:18
  • 4:21 PM

    Anastasia

    Alfred Newman

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    2:47
  • 4:07 PM

    Steel Magnolias: Suite

    Georges Delerue

    Studio Orchestra

    8:08
  • 4:01 PM

    Symphony No. 25: 1st movement (opening)

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Best Film Classics 100

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:42
  • 3:56 PM

    My Fair Lady: Main Title

    Frederick Loewe

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    3:55
  • 3:55 PM

    My Fair Lady: Why Can't the English

    Frederick Loewe

    Original Broadway Cast

    Franz Allers, conductor

    Rex Harrison, vocals

    2:41
  • 3:51 PM

    Sleuth: Overture

    John Addison

    Chiller

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    2:50
  • 3:48 PM

    Rope: Main Titles

    Francis Poulenc

    To Catch A Thief: A History Of Hitchcock II

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    2:09
  • 3:34 PM

    Carousel Waltz

    Richard Rodgers

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    7:49
  • 3:27 PM

    Cabaret: Willkommen

    John Kander/Fred Ebb

    Cabaret

    Studio Orchestra

    Joel Grey, vocals

    4:27
  • 3:20 PM

    Oklahoma!: Main Title

    Richard Rodgers

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    4:04
  • 3:08 PM

    Our Town

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Our Town, El Salon Mexico

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Aaron Copland, conductor

    10:58
  • 3:01 PM

    Driving Miss Daisy: End Titles

    Hans Zimmer

    Varese Sarabande - A 25th Anniversary Celebration

    Studio Orchestra

    4:52
  • 2:54 PM

    Jota aragonese

    Camille Saint-Saens

    SAINT-SAENS, C.: Ascanio: Ballet / Overtures to Stage Works (Malmo Symphony, Markl)

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    4:07
  • 2:19 PM

    Triple Concerto

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven Triple Concerto

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Santtu-Matias Rouvali, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    34:03
  • 2:12 PM

    Pavane

    Gabriel Faure

    Cantabile

    Duo Similia

    4:52
  • 2:06 PM

    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Hedwig's Theme

    John Williams

    Celebrating John Williams

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    4:54
  • 1:40 PM

    The Cunning Little Vixen: Suite

    Leos Janacek

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    17:40
  • 1:21 PM

    Faust Ballet Music

    Charles Gounod

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:20
  • 1:14 PM

    Five Waltzes

    Johannes Brahms

    Guher Pekinel, piano

    Suher Pekinel, piano

    6:14
  • 1:06 PM

    Das Rheingold: Entry of the Gods into Valhalla

    Richard Wagner

    New York Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    6:35
  • 1:01 PM

    Dance of the Flowers

    Amy Beach

    The Solo Piano Music of Amy Beach, Vol. 1

    Joanne Polk, piano

    4:42
  • 12:46 PM

    Pastoral Suite

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor

    12:16
  • 12:14 PM

    Enigma Variations

    Edward Elgar

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    30:33
  • 12:06 PM

    Lord of Salisbury Pavan and Galliard

    Orlando Gibbons

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    6:04
  • 12:01 PM

    From Olden Times: Gigue

    Johan Halvorsen

    Halvorsen: Suite ancienne, Mascarade Suite

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Ari Rasilainen, conductor

    4:35
  • 11:48 AM

    Scheherazade: The Sea and Sinbad's Ship

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    10:39
  • 11:35 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 24

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas

    Mari Kodama, piano

    11:21
  • 11:32 AM

    Song without Words No. 6 "Barcarolle (Gondola Song)"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Julia Shaw, harp

    Nora Bumanis, harp

    2:09
  • 11:20 AM

    Schlagobers Ballet: Entrance and dance of the Sugar; Round dance of Sugar, Coffee, and Cocoa; Whipped cream waltz

    Richard Strauss

    Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra

    Hiroshi Wakasugi, conductor

    10:31
  • 11:06 AM

    Semiramide: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Schippers, conductor

    13:18
  • 11:01 AM

    Basse Danse

    Thoinot Arbeau

    Broadside Band

    4:33
  • 10:38 AM

    London Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Warren-Green, conductor

    19:50
  • 10:22 AM

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Trevino, conductor

    Simone Lamsma, violin

    14:59
  • 10:19 AM

    Bach Again

    Dave Brubeck

    John Salmon, piano

    :58
  • 10:06 AM

    Italian Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Corona Guitar Quartet

    12:29
  • 10:01 AM

    Mazurka No. 13

    Frederic Chopin

    Mirian Conti, piano

    4:33
  • 9:46 AM

    Symphony No. 5: 4th movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    The Tchaikovsky Project

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    12:06
  • 9:26 AM

    Miss Sally's Party

    William Grant Still

    Skyward My People Rose

    VocalEssence Orchestra

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    19:02
  • 9:17 AM

    Scherzando No. 5

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn Ensemble Berlin

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    7:08
  • 9:06 AM

    Adagio and Allegro

    Robert Schumann

    Truls Mork, cello

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    10:08
  • 9:01 AM

    I Will Lift Mine Eyes

    Jake Runestad

    Kantorei Denver

    Joel Rinsema, conductor

    4:31
  • 8:27 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Florence Price

    Florence Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    31:05
  • 8:22 AM

    Symphonic Suite for Strings: Prelude

    Marion Bauer

    Marion Bauer: American Youth Concerto

    Ambache Chamber Orchestra and Ensemble

    4:39
  • 8:10 AM

    Violin Concerto in the Style of Vivaldi

    Fritz Kreisler

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Gil Shaham, violin

    11:12
  • 8:01 AM

    Prelude and Quadruple Fugue

    Alan Hovhaness

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    7:28
  • 7:29 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Antonin Dvorak

    Grieg, Dvorak, Tchaikovsky

    Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra

    Scott Yoo, conductor

    29:04
  • 7:25 AM

    Song and Dance No. 1

    Antonio Ruiz-Pipo

    David Russell, guitar

    4:21
  • 7:02 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Carlos Kleiber, conductor

    21:18
  • 6:35 AM

    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: The Piano Concertos and Paganini Rhapsody

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    Yuja Wang, piano

    23:40
  • 6:22 AM

    Fratres (Brothers)

    Arvo Part

    Fratres

    I Fiamminghi

    Rudolf Werthen, conductor

    Peter Manning, violin

    11:57
  • 6:01 AM

    Symphony No. 63 "La Roxelane"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Northern Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas Ward, conductor

    18:51
  • 5:27 AM

    Through the Looking Glass

    Deems Taylor

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    31:17
  • 5:15 AM

    Toccata

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Toccatas

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    11:33
  • 5:02 AM

    Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

    Aram Khachaturian

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    11:50