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  • 4:49 AM

    Piano Concerto "In Truth": To One's Self

    Lucas Richman

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Lucas Richman, conductor

    Jeffrey Biegel, piano

    9:04
  • 4:12 AM

    Clarinet Quintet

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Hawthorne String Quartet

    Harold Wright, clarinet

    35:39
  • 4:06 AM

    Abendlied (Evening Song)

    Robert Schumann

    Carol Rosenberger, piano

    5:04
  • 4:01 AM

    The Jane Pickering Lute Book

    Anonymous

    The Scottish Lute

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    4:41
  • 3:56 AM

    One with the Darkness, One with the Light

    James Primosch

    James Primosch: Carthage

    The Crossing

    Donald Nally, conductor

    2:25
  • 3:23 AM

    Angels' Songs

    William Alwyn

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    William Alwyn, conductor

    Osian Ellis, harp

    31:14
  • 3:16 AM

    The Wind

    Russ Freeman

    Silent, Listening

    Fred Hersch, piano

    6:54
  • 3:06 AM

    Ambarvalia

    Ruth Gipps

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Peebles, conductor

    7:48
  • 3:01 AM

    Rondo Amoroso

    Harald Saeverud

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Per Dreier, conductor

    4:35
  • 2:46 AM

    Summer Day

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Kabalevsky, Prokofiev, Glinka, Tchaikovsky

    San Diego Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Barra, conductor

    12:00
  • 2:42 AM

    D'un jardin clair (A Sunny Garden)

    Lili Boulanger

    Saint-Saens

    Lang Lang, piano

    3:18
  • 2:17 AM

    String Quartet

    Gabriel Faure

    Debussy, Faure, Ravel: String Quartets

    Ebene Quartet

    24:20
  • 2:07 AM

    Premiere Rhapsodie

    Claude Debussy

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    Franklin Cohen, clarinet

    8:35
  • 2:01 AM

    Irmelin Prelude

    Frederick Delius

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:46
  • 1:54 AM

    Fantasy-Impromptu

    Frederic Chopin

    The Art of Ashkenazy

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    4:53
  • 1:21 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Alan Hovhaness

    Seattle Symphony

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    Janos Starker, cello

    31:03
  • 1:07 AM

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Paul Dukas

    Mephisto and Co.

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    11:19
  • 1:01 AM

    Dowland in Armenia

    Loris Chobanian

    William Kanengiser, guitar

    4:50
  • 12:43 AM

    Second Rhapsody

    George Gershwin

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Orion Weiss, piano

    15:47
  • 12:18 AM

    West Side Story: Symphonic Dances

    Leonard Bernstein

    National Symphony Orchestra

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    23:06
  • 12:14 AM

    For Lenny (Variation on New York, New York)

    Lukas Foss

    Lara Downes, piano

    1:51
  • 12:07 AM

    School for Scandal Overture

    Samuel Barber

    New York Philharmonic

    Thomas Schippers, conductor

    7:33
  • 12:01 AM

    They Can't Take That Away from Me

    George Gershwin

    Katie Mahan, piano

    4:37
  • 11:55 PM

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    2:28
  • 11:50 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Introduction and March

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    8:33
  • 11:47 PM

    Rodeo: Buckaroo Holiday

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: The Music Of America 

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    7:43
  • 11:18 PM

    Piano Quartet No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Quartets, K. 478 & 493

    Faure Piano Quartet

    27:27
  • 11:08 PM

    Seven Irish Tunes: Suite for Small Orchestra

    William Alwyn

    Alwyn: Concerti Grossi Nos. 2 and 3

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    8:48
  • 11:02 PM

    Solo Flute Partita: Allemande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandon Patrick George, flute

    5:55
  • 10:47 PM

    Benvenuto Cellini: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: La Marseillaise, Etc

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    10:55
  • 10:32 PM

    Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise

    Frederic Chopin

    Yundi Li, piano

    14:31
  • 10:24 PM

    From Shakespeare: Perdita

    Josef Foerster

    Foerster: Festive Overture - Symphony No. 1 - From Shakespeare

    Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marek Stilek, conductor

    7:14
  • 10:13 PM

    Morning Star Waltz

    Justin Holland

    Justin Holland Recording Project

    Michael Vascones, guitar

    8:43
  • 10:05 PM

    Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna

    Franz von Suppe

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    7:32
  • 10:00 PM

    Orchestral Study No. 3

    Arthur Bliss

    English Northern Philharmonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    4:51
  • 9:54 PM

    Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Joshua Bell, violin

    Paul Coker, piano

    3:40
  • 9:37 PM

    Capriccio Italien

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    15:52
  • 9:33 PM

    Magnificat

    Andrea Gabrieli

    Chanticleer

    3:45
  • 9:18 PM

    Marosszek Dances

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Budapest Symphony Orchestra

    Gyorgy Lehel, conductor

    13:52
  • 9:15 PM

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    2:09
  • 9:02 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    Anthony Marwood, violin

    11:41
  • 8:43 PM

    Music for the Royal Fireworks

    George Frideric Handel

    Cleveland Symphonic Winds

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    15:57
  • 8:34 PM

    Suite dramatique

    Lou Koster

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    8:15
  • 8:30 PM

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    2:55
  • 8:06 PM

    Symphony No. 96 "Miracle"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    La Petite Bande

    Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor

    22:12
  • 8:00 PM

    Dreams of Love No. 3 (Liebestraum)

    Franz Liszt

    Gerhard Oppitz, piano

    5:08
  • 5:49 PM

    Bright Blue Music

    Michael Torke

    Javelin - the Music of Michael Torke

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    9:06
  • 5:27 PM

    Guitar Concerto No. 1

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    London Mozart Players

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Nicola Hall, guitar

    20:45
  • 5:21 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Juilliard String Quartet

    Charles Neidich, clarinet

    5:03
  • 5:13 PM

    Cinema Nostalgia

    Joe Hisaishi

    Dream Songs

    Studio Orchestra

    Joe Hisaishi, piano

    6:09
  • 5:06 PM

    Espana

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Musique Francaise: La Marseillaise, Etc.

    Paris Orchestra

    Jean-Pierre Jacquillat, conductor

    6:40
  • 5:01 PM

    Symphony No. 2: Scherzo

    Alexander Borodin

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    4:51
  • 4:49 PM

    Soirees Musicales

    Benjamin Britten

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    9:35
  • 4:21 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Andris Nelsons, conductor

    Lang Lang, piano

    25:53
  • 4:14 PM

    Novelette (Valse)

    Alexander Glazunov

    Saint Petersburg String Quartet

    5:58
  • 4:06 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 5; Schubert: Symphony No. 8

    Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Edlinger, conductor

    6:51
  • 4:01 PM

    Four Poetic Waltzes

    Enrique Granados

    Granados: Goyescas, etc.

    Xiayin Wang, piano

    4:39
  • 3:54 PM

    Procession of the Sardar

    Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov

    Sir Charles' Precious Music Box Ii

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    4:33
  • 3:15 PM

    Symphonic Dances

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    36:58
  • 3:11 PM

    Prelude No. 3

    Maria Szymanowska

    Anna Ciborowska, piano

    2:00
  • 3:06 PM

    From Meadow to Mayfair Suite: Evening in Town

    Eric Coates

    Boult conducts Coates

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    4:39
  • 3:01 PM

    Three Improvisations

    Francis Poulenc

    Pascal Roge, piano

    4:42
  • 2:51 PM

    Impressions from the Countryside: Village Dance

    Zdenek Fibich

    Czech National Symphony Orchestra

    Marek Stilec, conductor

    7:46
  • 2:46 PM

    Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    11:03
  • 2:27 PM

    Solti Orchestral Project at Carnegie Hall

    Georg Solti, conductor

    17:31
  • 2:23 PM

    Arabesque No. 2

    Claude Debussy

    Maria Graf, harp

    3:29
  • 2:08 PM

    Suite: Paris

    Haydn Wood

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    13:34
  • 2:04 PM

    Solo Flute Partita: Corrente

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Flute Sonatas & Solo Works

    Brandon Patrick George, flute

    3:38
  • 1:52 PM

    African Suite: Joyful Day

    Fela Sowande

    Black Composers Series 1974-1978

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    7:38
  • 1:47 PM

    La danza

    Gioacchino Rossini

    The Clarinotts

    Wiener Virtuosen

    4:29
  • 1:42 PM

    Edgar: Addio, mio dolce amor

    Giacomo Puccini

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Sir Edward Downes, conductor

    Leontyne Price, soprano

    3:54
  • 1:39 PM

    Saul: Sinfonia

    George Frideric Handel

    The Handel Collection

    City of London Sinfonia

    John Rutter, conductor

    1:22
  • 1:32 PM

    Norwegian Dance No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Norwegian Dances

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    6:15
  • 1:24 PM

    Rondino for Winds

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Music for Winds

    David Shifrin, clarinet

    6:58
  • 1:17 PM

    Symphony No. 101 "The Clock": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonien Nr. 101 & 102

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    5:24
  • 1:08 PM

    Edgar: Act IV Prelude

    Giacomo Puccini

    Philharmonic of La Scala

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    6:19
  • 1:04 PM

    Wedding on the Eiffel Tower: Waltz of the Telegrams

    Germaine Tailleferre

    French Ballet Music of the 1920s

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    2:32
  • 12:52 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Momentum - 1785

    Mahler Chamber Orchestra

    Leif Ove Andsnes, conductor

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    7:03
  • 12:46 PM

    Requiem: The Lord is My Shepherd

    John Rutter

    Rutter: Requiem

    City of London Sinfonia

    John Rutter, conductor

    5:10
  • 12:39 PM

    String Quartet: Andante

    Amanda Rontgen-Maier

    The Maier Quartet - Rendezvous: Leipzig

    Maier Quartet

    5:35
  • 12:31 PM

    Serenade for Winds: Scherzo

    Julius Rontgen

    Viotta Ensemble

    6:40
  • 12:20 PM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto

    Russian National Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    10:11
  • 12:14 PM

    Andante festivo

    Jean Sibelius

    Live in Concert

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    Damon Gupton, conductor

    4:35
  • 12:08 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 3

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic Dances Opp. 46 & 72

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Kubelik, conductor

    4:10
  • 12:04 PM

    Promenade (Walking the Dog)

    George Gershwin

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    3:17
  • 11:48 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    11:03
  • 11:35 AM

    Divertissement on a Pastoral Theme

    Gabriel Pierne

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    11:48
  • 11:31 AM

    March of the Little Lead Soldiers

    Gabriel Pierne

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    3:01
  • 11:27 AM

    Puppet Serenade

    Ron Goodwin

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Ron Goodwin, conductor

    2:40
  • 11:16 AM

    Four Seasons: Summer

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Sarah Chang, violin

    10:42
  • 11:08 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    William Boyce

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Ronald Thomas, conductor

    5:55
  • 11:04 AM

    Hary Janos Suite: Entrance of the Emperor and His Court

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    3:04
  • 10:47 AM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12

    Franz Liszt

    Ungarische Rhapsodien Nos.1-6

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    11:33
  • 10:29 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Giovanni Antonini, conductor

    16:28
  • 10:24 AM

    Perpetual Motion

    Niccolo Paganini

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Donald Hunsberger, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, cornet

    4:33
  • 10:19 AM

    Nils-Erik Sparf, violin/viola

    Peter Jablonski, piano

    3:03
  • 10:06 AM

    Consecration of the House: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 7, The Consecration of the House

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    12:39
  • 10:01 AM

    Skipping Stones

    Michael Fine

    Alice K. Dade, flute

    Scott Yoo, violin

    Erik Arvinder, violin

    Maurycy Banaszek, viola

    Jonah Kim, cello

    Susan Cahill, double bass

    4:53
  • 9:40 AM

    Carmen Suite No. 1

    Georges Bizet

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    18:25
  • 9:24 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Early Symphonies

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    13:48
  • 9:20 AM

    Mazurka

    Amy Beach

    Rebecca Clarke: Epilogue; Amy Beach: Sonata, Opus 40

    Pamela Frame, cello

    2:41
  • 9:06 AM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Christopher Parkening, guitar

    13:09
  • 9:01 AM

    Artists' Quadrille (Kunstler-Quadrille)

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:46
  • 8:17 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    Nikolai Lugansky, piano

    41:09
  • 8:14 AM

    Impressions of the Puna: Dance

    Alberto Ginastera

    Camerata Bariloche

    3:02
  • 8:01 AM

    Melancholy Serenade

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Complete Works for Violin and Orchestra

    Odense Symphony Orchestra

    Alexander Vedernikov, conductor

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    10:35
  • 7:32 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Charles Gounod

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    26:41
  • 7:25 AM

    Berceuse (Lullaby)

    Mel Bonis

    Myriam Barbaux-Cohen, piano

    5:28
  • 7:13 AM

    Andante and Hungarian Rondo

    Carl Maria von Weber

    London Mozart Players

    Nicholas Cleobury, conductor

    Yoshiyuki Nakanishi, bassoon

    10:33
  • 7:01 AM

    String Symphony No. 1

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn String Symphonies

    Amadeus Ensemble

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    11:43
  • 6:38 AM

    The Royal Children

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    20:06
  • 6:25 AM

    Emily Hoile, harp

    12:19
  • 6:01 AM

    Symphony No. 7

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 7

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    22:18
  • 5:47 AM

    Gotterdammerung: Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey

    Richard Wagner

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:57
  • 5:27 AM

    String Quartet No. 28

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Franz Joseph Haydn: Six Quartets

    Daedalus Quartet

    19:37
  • 5:01 AM

    Forest Scenes

    Robert Schumann

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    24:16