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  • 4:46 AM

    Fantasie for Violin and Harp

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Glorian Duo

    12:51
  • 4:13 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    Jean Sibelius

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Klaus Makela, conductor

    31:18
  • 4:11 AM

    Youth: Buren

    Edmund Finnis

    Edmund Finnis: Youth

    Clare Hammond, piano

    1:40
  • 4:08 AM

    Youth: Frankenthaler

    Edmund Finnis

    Edmund Finnis: Youth

    Clare Hammond, piano

    3:03
  • 4:06 AM

    Youth: Bloom

    Edmund Finnis

    Edmund Finnis: Youth

    Clare Hammond, piano

    1:14
  • 4:01 AM

    Intermezzo for String Trio

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Dohnanyi, Kodaly, Martinu: String Trios

    Domus

    4:42
  • 3:40 AM

    Scenes from Childhood

    Robert Schumann

    Martha Argerich, piano

    18:42
  • 3:34 AM

    lumee's dream (Nadia Sirota viola study)

    Ellen Reid

    Nadia Sirota, viola

    4:52
  • 3:21 AM

    Lilacs

    George Walker

    Walker: Lyric for Strings, Folksongs for Orchestra, Lilacs - Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony

    Seattle Symphony

    Asher Fisch, conductor

    Nicole Cabell, soprano

    11:58
  • 3:06 AM

    Into the Twilight

    Arnold Bax

    Bax: Tone Poems, Vol. 2

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    12:56
  • 3:01 AM

    Bardenklange: Love Song

    Johann Kaspar Mertz

    The Romantic Guitar

    Raphaella Smits, guitar

    4:39
  • 2:53 AM

    Nocturne

    Ivor Gurney

    Richard Saxel, piano

    5:45
  • 2:24 AM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Gerald Finzi

    Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5 - Finzi: Clarinet Concerto

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Michael Collins, conductor

    Michael Collins, clarinet

    28:13
  • 2:14 AM

    Secret Garden

    Fuse & Julia Philippens

    Mikrokosmos

    Fuse

    7:15
  • 2:06 AM

    Blumine (Flowers)

    Gustav Mahler

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    7:15
  • 2:01 AM

    Violin Partita No. 3: Loure

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Partitas Nos. 2 and 3; Sonata No. 3

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    4:48
  • 1:51 AM

    The Falconer's Bride Overture

    Heinrich Marschner

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alfred Walter, conductor

    7:45
  • 1:26 AM

    Symphony for Strings

    Grazyna Bacewicz

    Bacewicz: Music for String Orchestra

    Primuz Chamber Orchestra

    Lukasz Blaszczyk, conductor

    23:11
  • 1:19 AM

    Music for a Summer Evening

    Peteris Vasks

    Ieva Jokubaviciute, piano

    5:55
  • 1:06 AM

    Mephisto Waltz No. 1

    Franz Liszt

    Strauss, Liszt, Korngold, Busoni, Schreker

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Kazuki Yamada, conductor

    11:22
  • 1:01 AM

    The Tempest: Rustic Dance

    Ernest Chausson

    Chausson: Symphony in B flat, Op. 20; Soir de Fete, Op. 32; The Tempest, Op. 18: Two Scenes

    Orchestra of Belgian Radio & TV

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:51
  • 12:53 AM

    Fast Blue Village 2

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Habemus Quartet

    5:56
  • 12:18 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    33:35
  • 12:06 AM

    Poet and Peasant Overture

    Franz von Suppe

    Overtures by Suppe and Auber

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    9:23
  • 12:01 AM

    Two Preludes

    Frederic Chopin

    Rafal Blechacz, piano

    4:39
  • 11:52 PM

    Novelletta

    Giuseppe Martucci

    Martucci: Symphony No. 1; Novelletta; Notturno; Tarantella

    Philharmonia

    Francesco d'Avalos, conductor

    6:08
  • 11:50 PM

    Symphony No. 26

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 26, 27, 28, 30 & 32

    London Mozart Players

    Jane Glover, conductor

    8:33
  • 11:18 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor

    Haochen Zhang, piano

    33:57
  • 11:11 PM

    Vignettes

    William Grant Still

    Here's One

    Zina Schiff, violin

    4:22
  • 11:03 PM

    Four Angels: Regina Coeli

    Mark Adamo

    Eclipse Chamber Orchestra

    Sylvia Alimena, conductor

    Dotian Levalier, harp

    7:55
  • 10:58 PM

    Arabian Dance

    Richard Strauss

    Metamorphosen: Strauss Chamber Works

    Oculi Ensemble

    1:37
  • 10:39 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 2

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Horn Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Britten: Serenade Op. 31

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Ingo Metzmacher, conductor

    Marie Luise Neunecker, horn

    18:52
  • 10:30 PM

    Symphony No. 7: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No 7, Leonore Overture No 3

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    7:26
  • 10:23 PM

    The Spanish Lady: Suite

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Music for Strings

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    5:50
  • 10:12 PM

    English Dances: Second Set

    Malcolm Arnold

    Arnold: Dances

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    9:32
  • 10:03 PM

    Wedding Day at Troldhaugen

    Edvard Grieg

    Ruth Slenczynska, piano

    8:20
  • 9:59 PM

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    Samuel Sanders, piano

    3:47
  • 9:52 PM

    Gigue

    Manuel Ponce

    Guitar Recital: Perera, Cecilio - PONCE, M.M. / BROUWER, L. / OLIVA, J.C. / SOJO, V.E.

    Cecilio Perera, guitar

    5:29
  • 9:39 PM

    Scherzo Capriccioso

    Antonin Dvorak

    Tchaikovsky: 1812; Dukas: Sorcerer's Apprentice; Smetana: Vltava (Die Moldau); Dvorak: Scherzo capriccioso; Mussorgsky: A Night on the Bare Mountain

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    12:40
  • 9:33 PM

    Semele: Where E'er You Walk

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Arias

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    Harry Bicket, conductor

    Ian Bostridge, tenor

    4:46
  • 9:11 PM

    Images for Orchestra: Iberia

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy, Ravel: Images Pour Orchestre - Ma Mere L'oye

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    20:43
  • 9:07 PM

    Liana Serbescu, piano

    2:22
  • 9:02 PM

    Colas Breugnon Overture

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Darrell Ang, conductor

    4:50
  • 8:50 PM

    Concert Piece for Clarinet and Basset Horn

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Jorg Faerber, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    Wolfgang Meyer, basset horn

    8:27
  • 8:24 PM

    Symphony No. 1

    Carl Maria von Weber

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    23:35
  • 8:11 PM

    Oboe Concerto No. 2

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Pachelbel: Canon

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    David Reichenberg, oboe

    11:29
  • 8:06 PM

    African Suite: Waltz

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Kevin John Edusei, conductor

    4:36
  • 8:00 PM

    Intermezzo No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Johannes Brahms: Late Piano Works, Opp. 116-119

    Paul Lewis, piano

    5:27
  • 5:40 PM

    Sakuntala Overture

    Karl Goldmark

    Goldmark: Rustic Wedding Symphony

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yondani Butt, conductor

    17:51
  • 5:18 PM

    Aranjuez Concerto

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    Julian Bream, guitar

    21:15
  • 5:15 PM

    Cuban Prelude

    Amadeo Roldan

    William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    1:51
  • 5:06 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 6

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Patrick Gallois, flute

    7:20
  • 5:01 PM

    String Quartet No. 1 "From the Salvation Army": 1st movement

    Charles Ives

    Emerson String Quartet

    4:48
  • 4:47 PM

    Rondo Brilliant

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Sinfonia da Camera

    Ian Hobson, conductor

    Ian Hobson, piano

    11:24
  • 4:21 PM

    Symphony No. 4

    Robert Schumann

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    24:55
  • 4:15 PM

    Years of Pilgrimage: Au lac de Wallenstadt (At the Lake)

    Franz Liszt

    Ashley Wass, piano

    3:59
  • 4:06 PM

    Egmont Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 3; Prometheus Overture; Coriolan Overture; Egmont Overture

    Cologne Chamber Orchestra

    Helmut Muller-Bruhl, conductor

    7:59
  • 4:01 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Four Temperaments": 2nd movement

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    4:42
  • 3:43 PM

    Lady Radnor's Suite

    Hubert Parry

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    15:27
  • 3:19 PM

    Violin Sonata

    Cesar Franck

    Key of A

    Lara St. John, violin

    22:06
  • 3:14 PM

    Raymonda: Grand Adagio

    Alexander Glazunov

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    5:14
  • 3:10 PM

    Graham Anthony Devine, guitar

    2:37
  • 3:06 PM

    French Suite No. 5: Gavotte; Bourree

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The French Suites

    Murray Perahia, piano

    2:34
  • 3:01 PM

    Invitation to the Polka

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Slovak State Phiharmonic, Kosice

    Alfred Walter, conductor

    4:50
  • 2:53 PM

    Impromptu No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Seong-Jin Cho, piano

    3:55
  • 2:51 PM

    Danzon Cubano

    Aaron Copland

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    6:57
  • 2:30 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    Vladimir Spivakov, violin

    Mikhail Milman, cello

    Alexei Utkin, oboe

    Marc Minkowski, bassoon

    22:12
  • 2:11 PM

    In the Fen Country

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Norfolk Rhapsody etc.

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    17:24
  • 2:02 PM

    Four Angels: Regina Coeli

    Mark Adamo

    Eclipse Chamber Orchestra

    Sylvia Alimena, conductor

    Dotian Levalier, harp

    7:55
  • 1:53 PM

    Wonderful Town: Overture

    Leonard Bernstein

    Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    5:17
  • 1:38 PM

    Valse-Caprice No. 2

    Gabriel Faure

    FAURE: Pelleas et Melisande / Valses-caprices

    Pierre-Alain Volondat, piano

    8:26
  • 1:36 PM

    Suite Francaise

    Francis Poulenc

    Poulenc: Orchestral Works

    Paris Orchestra

    Georges Pretre, conductor

    12:23
  • 1:33 PM

    Death of the Dream: Tallgrass Prairie Waltz

    Steve Heitzeg

    Peter Ostroushko, mandolin

    1:48
  • 1:24 PM

    In the Steppes of Central Asia

    Alexander Borodin

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:21
  • 1:22 PM

    The Gnu Song

    Flanders & Swann

    At the Drop of a Hat

    Michael Flanders, vocal

    Donald Swann, piano

    3:00
  • 1:19 PM

    Eight Russian Folk Songs: I Danced with the Gnat

    Anatol Liadov

    Melody's Mostly Musical Day

    Jenny Lin, piano

    1:31
  • 1:08 PM

    L'Estro Armonico: Concerto No. 6 for Violin

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Scottish Ensemble

    Jonathan Morton, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    7:36
  • 1:04 PM

    Seven Popular Spanish Songs: Jota

    Manuel de Falla

    Claremont Duo

    2:55
  • 12:53 PM

    Canon

    Johann Pachelbel

    Classics for All Seasons: Spring

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:55
  • 12:44 PM

    Prague Waltzes

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends, Prague Waltzes

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    7:35
  • 12:32 PM

    Variations on a Swedish Air

    Bernhard Crusell

    Weber Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 73 and works by Crusell, Tartini and Debussy

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    Emma Johnson, clarinet

    11:15
  • 12:17 PM

    Carnival of the Animals: Aquarium

    Camille Saint-Saens

    50 Best Relaxing Piano

    Nash Ensemble

    2:41
  • 12:04 PM

    Il Signor Bruschino: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    5:07
  • 11:51 AM

    Homestead Dances: Quilters' Dance

    Don Ray

    Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra

    Derek Gleeson, conductor

    7:59
  • 11:43 AM

    The Mission: Gabriel's Oboe

    Ennio Morricone

    Cinema Italiano

    Mancini Pops Orchestra

    Henry Mancini, conductor

    6:11
  • 11:31 AM

    Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter": Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    10:55
  • 11:21 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 1: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    7:58
  • 11:16 AM

    Ave Maria

    Franz Schubert

    Voice Of The Violin

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    4:41
  • 11:07 AM

    Paulus (St. Paul): Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Edward Gardner, conductor

    6:29
  • 11:04 AM

    Novelette No. 1

    Francis Poulenc

    Vento Chiaro

    2:37
  • 10:45 AM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Edward Elgar

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    13:11
  • 10:27 AM

    Eine kleine Nachtmusik

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Prague Virtuosi

    Julius Rudel, conductor

    16:55
  • 10:22 AM

    Mazeppa: Gopak

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:17
  • 10:12 AM

    Oboe Concerto No. 3

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Simon Wright, conductor

    John Anderson, oboe

    8:19
  • 10:06 AM

    Etude No. 3 "Un Sospiro" (A Sigh)

    Franz Liszt

    Susann McDonald, harp

    5:34
  • 10:01 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Maria Bergmann, piano

    4:37
  • 9:46 AM

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    12:40
  • 9:26 AM

    The Birds

    Ottorino Respighi

    Classical Zoo

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Louis Lane, conductor

    18:24
  • 9:13 AM

    String Quartet No. 5

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Arabella String Quartet

    10:43
  • 9:06 AM

    Three Preludes

    George Gershwin

    Summertime

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    6:26
  • 9:01 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Romanza

    Ernst von Dohnanyi

    English Sinfonia

    John Farrer, conductor

    4:37
  • 8:41 AM

    Concert Piece for Four Horns

    Robert Schumann

    Martin Owen plays Strauss, Schumann, and Weber

    BBC Philharmonic

    John Wilson, conductor

    Martin Owen, horn

    17:23
  • 8:26 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 7

    George Frideric Handel

    Concentus Musicus Vienna

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    14:07
  • 8:07 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    16:55
  • 8:01 AM

    MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Kristjan Jarvi, conductor

    6:01
  • 7:31 AM

    Paulus (St. Paul): Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Edward Gardner, conductor

    6:29
  • 7:21 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3

    Saito Kinen Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    37:02
  • 7:15 AM

    Three Pieces for Piano

    Amy Beach

    The Solo Piano Music of Amy Beach, Vol. 1

    Joanne Polk, piano

    5:27
  • 7:01 AM

    Flute and Oboe Concerto

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Janos Rolla, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    Pierre Pierlot, oboe

    12:31
  • 6:46 AM

    Ma vlast (My Country): From Bohemia's Woods and Fields

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: Ma Vlast

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    12:42
  • 6:26 AM

    String Quartet

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Nash Ensemble

    18:48
  • 6:19 AM

    Symphony "The Cotswolds"

    Gustav Holst

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    23:07
  • 5:01 AM

    Concerto for Three Violins

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

    Petra Mullejans, violin

    Gottfried von der Goltz, violin

    Anne Katharina Schreiber, violin

    15:57