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  • 4:34 AM

    Ascanio: Act III Ballet music

    Camille Saint-Saens

    SAINT-SAËNS, C.: Ascanio: Ballet / Overtures to Stage Works (Malmö Symphony, Märkl)

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    24:18
  • 4:26 AM

    Summer Shimmers

    Jennifer Higdon

    Jennifer Higdon: Summer Shimmers

    Susan Glaser, flute

    6:22
  • 4:06 AM

    Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    19:13
  • 4:01 AM

    Ca'azapa (Popular Paraguayan Song)

    Agustin Barrios

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    4:35
  • 3:49 AM

    Bold Island Suite: Summer Seascape

    Howard Hanson

    Symphonic Music of Howard Hanson

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    9:47
  • 3:40 AM

    The Crystal Lake

    Elinor Remick Warren

    Polish Radio and TV Orchestra

    Szymon Kawalla, conductor

    9:03
  • 3:13 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Samuel Barber

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Maxim Shostakovich, conductor

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    25:25
  • 3:06 AM

    Waltz No. 9 "L'adieu"

    Frederic Chopin

    Pavel Kolesnikov, piano

    4:14
  • 3:01 AM

    Intermezzo No. 4

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    4:39
  • 2:36 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    22:02
  • 2:20 AM

    Concert Overture No. 2

    Florence Price

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    John Jeter, conductor

    13:34
  • 2:15 AM

    Southland Sketches: 3rd movement

    Harry T. Burleigh

    Calefax Reed Ensemble

    2:52
  • 2:06 AM

    Sierra Winds

    3:26
  • 2:01 AM

    The Color Purple: Main Theme

    Quincy Jones

    Cinema Serenade

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    4:31
  • 1:47 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 8

    Bruce Haynes

    J.S. Bach: Nouveaux "Brandebourgeois" Nos. 7-12

    Montreal Baroque Orchestra

    Eric Milnes, conductor

    11:06
  • 1:31 AM

    Carmen Fantasy

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Andres Orozco-Estrada, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    14:04
  • 1:24 AM

    Summer Night on the River

    Frederick Delius

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    5:40
  • 1:06 AM

    An American in Paris

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin: An American In Paris, Porgy and Bess, Cuban Overture

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    17:31
  • 1:01 AM

    Shepherd's Song

    Han-Kun Sha

    Chinasong | Shanghai Quartet

    Shanghai Quartet

    4:47
  • 12:50 AM

    Huapango

    Jose Moncayo

    Latin American Classics

    Festival Orchestra of Mexico

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    8:24
  • 11:49 PM

    Spanish Overture No. 2 "Summer Night in Madrid"

    Mikhail Glinka

    Glinka: Capriccio Brillante / Overture in D Major / Souvenir D'Une Nuit D'Ete A Madrid

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vassily Sinaisky, conductor

    8:59
  • 11:39 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Telemann: Trumpet Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet

    10:13
  • 11:09 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 3

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Lalo; Saint-Saens; Ravel

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Antonio Pappano, conductor

    Maxim Vengerov, violin

    29:21
  • 11:03 PM

    Menuet and A Little Gigue

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sara Davis Buechner, piano

    4:31
  • 10:41 PM

    Variations on a Theme by Haydn "St. Antoni Chorale"

    Johannes Brahms

    Johannes Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1-4

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Kurt Sanderling, conductor

    18:38
  • 10:32 PM

    La Stravaganza: Violin Concerto No. 3

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Monica Huggett, violin

    8:35
  • 10:27 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Wedding March

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Orchestral Ensemble of Paris

    John Nelson, conductor

    4:26
  • 10:19 PM

    Impromptu No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Impromptus Op. 90 And Op. 142

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    6:03
  • 10:12 PM

    String Quartet No. 1: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Dover Quartet

    6:39
  • 10:02 PM

    Overture for a Masque

    E.J. Moeran

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    9:22
  • 9:57 PM

    Porgy and Bess: Summertime

    George Gershwin

    Honey and Rue

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Kathleen Battle, soprano

    2:34
  • 9:40 PM

    Spanish Rhapsody

    Isaac Albeniz

    Nights in the Garden of Spain

    Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra

    Hans Graf, conductor

    Angela Cheng, piano

    17:11
  • 9:23 PM

    Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    Benjamin Britten

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    16:30
  • 9:13 PM

    Serenade No. 1

    Robert Volkmann

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    7:42
  • 9:08 PM

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    3:33
  • 9:04 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 11

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 6; Two Slavonic Dances

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Andres Orozco-Estrada, conductor

    3:38
  • 8:53 PM

    Polonaise No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    8:06
  • 8:25 PM

    Six Etudes in Canonic Form: Nicht zu schnell (II)

    Robert Schumann

    Martha Argerich, piano

    Daniel Barenboim, piano

    2:16
  • 8:05 PM

    Cello Concerto

    Georg Matthias Monn

    Jian Wang: The Baroque Album

    Camerata Salzburg

    Jian Wang, cello

    19:08
  • 8:00 PM

    Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Johann Sebastian Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1

    Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano

    4:24
  • 5:47 PM

    String Symphony No. 4

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Gli Incogniti

    Amandine Beyer, conductor

    11:25
  • 5:19 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream Suite

    Felix Mendelssohn

    The Four Seasons: A Musical Calendar Of Favorite Classics

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Kubelik, conductor

    26:42
  • 5:08 PM

    Flowers

    Truman Harris

    Truman Harris: A Warm Day in Winter

    Alice Kogan Weinreb, flute

    7:49
  • 5:06 PM

    Prince Igor: Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens

    Alexander Borodin

    Pops a la Russe

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    2:21
  • 5:01 PM

    Der Erlkonig (The Elf King)

    Franz Schubert

    Liszt Piano Music, Vol. 17

    Valerie Tryon, piano

    4:37
  • 4:46 PM

    Popular Andean Dances

    Celso Garrido-Lecca

    Inca Trail Connections

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    12:58
  • 4:26 PM

    San Francisco Symphony

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    18:39
  • 4:12 PM

    San Diego Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Barra, conductor

    12:00
  • 4:06 PM

    Horn Sonata: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Heroic Horn

    Wolfgang Tomboeck, horn

    4:47
  • 4:01 PM

    Calling Home the Cattle

    Veljo Tormis

    Water Under Snow is Weary

    Tapiola Choir

    Erkki Pohjola, conductor

    4:43
  • 3:48 PM

    Little Serenade

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Orebro Chamber Orchestra

    Goran Nilson, conductor

    10:29
  • 3:25 PM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Fantasía para un gentilhombre & Concierto de Aranjuez

    Spanish Radio and TV Orchestra

    Pedro Amaral, conductor

    Xianji Liu, guitar

    21:39
  • 3:18 PM

    Seattle Slew: Derby Dressage

    William Bolcom

    Louisville Orchestra

    Lawrence Leighton Smith, conductor

    5:26
  • 3:06 PM

    Four Seasons: Summer

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Sarah Chang: Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Sarah Chang, violin

    10:42
  • 3:00 PM

    Robin Hood Suite: March of the Bowmen

    Frederic Curzon

    European Light Music Classics

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    4:45
  • 2:49 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Polish": Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Piano Concerto; Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 3

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gilbert Levine, conductor

    9:06
  • 2:41 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1

    Georges Bizet

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    17:01
  • 2:26 PM

    The Year: Summer

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    MENDELSSOHN-HENSEL, F.: Keyboard Music, Vol. 1 - Das Jahr: 12 Characterstucke

    Liana Serbescu, piano

    13:56
  • 2:05 PM

    Symphony No. 93

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    19:20
  • 2:01 PM

    Clap Yo' Hands

    George Gershwin

    Sara Davis Buechner, piano

    2:27
  • 1:55 PM

    Ode for St. Cecilia's Day: Overture; March

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Famous Overtures & Marches

    Concentus Musicus Vienna

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    7:08
  • 1:40 PM

    Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsummer Vigil"

    Hugo Alfven

    Sibelius: Finlandia, Valse Triste; Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfar

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    13:13
  • 1:30 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Richard Strauss

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Radovan Vlatkovic, horn

    5:05
  • 1:25 PM

    Hungarian March

    Hector Berlioz

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    4:00
  • 1:19 PM

    London Suite: Knightsbridge March

    Eric Coates

    East of England Orchestra

    Malcolm Nabarro, conductor

    4:22
  • 1:10 PM

    The Four Seasons: Summer

    Lawrence Ashmore

    Guildhall Strings

    Richard Stolzman, clarinet

    4:00
  • 1:09 PM

    Sumer is icumen in

    Anonymous

    New College Choir, Oxford

    1:44
  • 1:05 PM

    Sumer is icumen in

    Anonymous

    Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:00
  • 12:49 PM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Scandinavian Rhapsody, A Selection of Orchestral Favourites

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    9:17
  • 12:46 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 11 "Turkish"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Sonatas and Fantasies

    Lars Vogt, piano

    25:00
  • 12:42 PM

    Song without Words No. 31

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Murray Perahia, piano

    2:00
  • 12:33 PM

    An Outdoor Overture

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Billy The Kid; Rodeo Etc.

    Colorado Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    8:19
  • 12:28 PM

    Kikujiro: Summer

    Joe Hisaishi

    Fairy Tale

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    3:56
  • 12:22 PM

    The Tempest: Rustic Dance

    Ernest Chausson

    Belgian Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:50
  • 12:17 PM

    Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo

    Pietro Mascagni

    Mad About Romance

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:02
  • 12:11 PM

    Sonata Concertante: Rondo

    Louis Spohr

    Spohr: Works for Harp and Flute

    Marielle Nordmann, harp

    4:49
  • 12:05 PM

    Celtic Dawn

    John Du Prez

    Alchemist

    New London Consort

    5:00
  • 11:52 AM

    Swan Lake: Pas de Deux

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    Esther Yoo, violin

    5:25
  • 11:49 AM

    Le Rappel des Oiseaux (The Assembly of the Birds)

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    2:39
  • 11:40 AM

    Grand Canyon Suite: On the Trail

    Ferde Grofe

    Great American Landscapes

    Utah Symphony Orchestra

    Maurice Abravanel, conductor

    7:45
  • 11:31 AM

    Symphony No. 34: Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 31, 33 & 34

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    7:27
  • 11:14 AM

    In a Summer Garden

    Frederick Delius

    Delius: Orchestral Works

    Halle Orchestra

    John Barbirolli, conductor

    14:54
  • 11:09 AM

    Hark! Hark! The Lark

    Franz Schubert

    Jorge Bolet, piano

    3:22
  • 11:04 AM

    Flowers from Froso: Entry to the Summer Meadow

    Wilhelm Peterson-Berger

    Swedish Orchestral Favourites

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    4:43
  • 10:48 AM

    Academic Festival Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony no 4, Academic Festival Overture / Previn

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    10:38
  • 10:27 AM

    La Peri (The Fairy)

    Paul Dukas

    New York Philharmonic

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    19:10
  • 10:21 AM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    4:42
  • 10:17 AM

    Waly, Waly (The Water is Wide)

    Traditional

    Chanticleer

    3:39
  • 10:06 AM

    Gloriana: Courtly Dances

    Benjamin Britten

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    9:59
  • 10:01 AM

    Two Etudes

    Andres Segovia

    Eduardo Fernandez, guitar

    4:47
  • 9:43 AM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Murray Perahia, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    15:46
  • 9:28 AM

    Symphony No. 16

    Carlos Baguer

    Baguer: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    13:17
  • 9:23 AM

    A Song of Summer

    Albert Ketelbey

    Rosemary Tuck, piano

    2:41
  • 9:06 AM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin

    Maurice Ravel

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    16:18
  • 9:01 AM

    Rondo

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    C.P.E. Bach: Sonatas And Rondos

    Mikhail Pletnev, piano

    4:42
  • 8:48 AM

    Morning Papers Waltz

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Vienna Volksoper Orchestra

    Franz Bauer-Theussl, conductor

    10:37
  • 8:33 AM

    Symphony breve

    Louis Theodore Gouvy

    German Radio Philharmonic

    Jacques Mercier, conductor

    14:00
  • 8:15 AM

    Romeo and Juliet: Love Scene

    Hector Berlioz

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    16:41
  • 8:01 AM

    Anido's Portrait

    Sergio Assad

    Legado

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    13:04
  • 7:21 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Vasily Kalinnikov

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    37:19
  • 7:17 AM

    Song without Words

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    4:12
  • 7:01 AM

    Charterhouse Suite

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Williams: Lark Ascending

    Israel Chamber Orchestra

    Dalia Atlas, conductor

    13:32
  • 6:42 AM

    Wand of Youth Suite No. 2

    Edward Elgar

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    16:27
  • 6:19 AM

    String Quartet

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Puccini: Chrisantemi/3 Minuetti, etc.

    Orchestra of the Auvergne

    Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    22:16
  • 6:01 AM

    Harp Concerto

    Jean Eichner

    Eichner: Harp Concertos

    Kurpfalz Chamber Orchestra

    Stefan Fraas, conductor

    Silke Aichhorn, harp

    15:44
  • 5:35 AM

    Pulcinella Suite

    Igor Stravinsky

    New York Philharmonic

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    23:18
  • 5:21 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Sonates pour violon et clavecin, vol. 2

    James Ehnes, violin

    13:33
  • 5:14 AM

    Sea Sketches: Calm Sea in Summer

    Grace Williams

    Manitoba Chamber Orchestra

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    6:06
  • 5:02 AM

    Summer Music

    Samuel Barber

    Alinde Quintet

    Anna Talackova, flute

    11:15