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  • 4:48 AM

    Vicky Chow, piano

    9:34
  • 4:44 AM

    Ubi Caritas

    Ola Gjeilo

    The Music of King's

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    Stephen Cleobury, conductor

    3:01
  • 4:06 AM

    Images for Orchestra

    Claude Debussy

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    37:12
  • 4:01 AM

    Sayyid Chant and Dance No. 29

    Georges Ivanovitch Gurdjieff

    Serouj Kradjian, piano

    4:43
  • 3:47 AM

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    11:32
  • 3:42 AM

    Passion for Bach and Coltrane: Aria

    Jeff Scott

    Passion for Bach and Coltrane

    Imani Winds

    Alex Brown, piano

    3:29
  • 3:28 AM

    Prelude, Fugue, and Allegro

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bacheando

    Plinio Fernandes, guitar

    13:46
  • 3:16 AM

    The Dream of Gunnar

    Carl Nielsen

    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor

    10:09
  • 3:06 AM

    Ballade No. 4

    Johannes Brahms

    Alessio Bax plays Brahms

    Alessio Bax, piano

    9:11
  • 3:01 AM

    Eventide

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Elgar and Vaughan Williams

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    George Hurst, conductor

    4:52
  • 2:48 AM

    Romance

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Kevin John Edusei, conductor

    Elena Urioste, violin

    9:45
  • 2:27 AM

    Sinfonietta No. 2 "Generations"

    Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    19:29
  • 2:15 AM

    Fantasie Negre No. 1

    Florence Price

    Revival

    Michelle Cann, piano

    10:15
  • 2:06 AM

    Scenes from Nigeria: Pastorale

    Samuel Akpabot

    Marcus Eley, clarinet

    Lucerne DeSa, piano

    3:31
  • 2:01 AM

    Lyric Quartet: The Quiet One

    William Grant Still

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    4:35
  • 1:41 AM

    In the Forest

    Mikalojus Ciurlionis

    Ciurlionis: The Sea - In the Forest - Kestutis Overture

    Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra

    Modestas Pitrenas, conductor

    17:09
  • 1:18 AM

    Septet

    Franz Berwald

    Beethoven & Berwald: Septets

    Wigmore Soloists

    21:38
  • 1:06 AM

    Preludio Sinfonico

    Giacomo Puccini

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    10:05
  • 1:01 AM

    Daniel's Chaconne

    Ronn McFarlane

    Fermi's Paradox

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    4:49
  • 12:48 AM

    Sinfonietta

    Grazyna Bacewicz

    Bacewicz: Music for String Orchestra

    Primuz Chamber Orchestra

    Lukasz Blaszczyk, conductor

    10:07
  • 12:43 AM

    Fantasie

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Baroque Music for Brass and Organ

    Empire Brass

    William Kuhlman, organ

    3:56
  • 12:21 AM

    Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished"

    Franz Schubert

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    21:50
  • 12:13 AM

    Etude No. 10

    Louise Farrenc

    Saint-Saens

    Lang Lang, piano

    5:25
  • 12:06 AM

    Gold and Silver Waltz

    Franz Lehar

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:34
  • 12:01 AM

    Suite No. 4

    Francois Chauvon

    Washington McClain, oboe

    Alison Melville, recorder

    Julia Wedman, violin

    Michael McCraw, bassoon

    Charlotte Nediger, harpsichord

    4:46
  • 11:52 PM

    Magnolia Suite: The Place Where the Rainbow Ends

    Nathaniel Dett

    Lara Downes, piano

    6:04
  • 11:43 PM

    In Nature's Realm Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, In der Nature

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    14:25
  • 11:21 PM

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Kenneth Klein, conductor

    20:52
  • 11:07 PM

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    12:25
  • 11:02 PM

    Tied Together by Twilight

    Kojiro Umezaki

    a distance, intertwined

    Hub New Music

    Kojiro Umezaki, shakuhachi

    4:39
  • 10:55 PM

    El Amor Brujo: Ritual Fire Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Twentieth Century Classics

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:40
  • 10:39 PM

    Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1

    Georges Enescu

    Liszt and Enesco Rhapsodies

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    11:55
  • 10:36 PM

    Waltz No. 4 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    2:46
  • 10:19 PM

    Serenade No. 1: Allegro molto

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Serenade No. 1, etc.

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    12:31
  • 10:16 PM

    Romeo and Juliet: Scene

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas 4 & 6, Romeo and Juliet

    Nikolai Lugansky, piano

    1:19
  • 10:07 PM

    Candide: Overture

    Leonard Bernstein

    Bernstein: The Age of Anxiety

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    4:11
  • 10:01 PM

    Musical Moment No. 4

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert, Mazzoli

    Shai Wosner, piano

    2:12
  • 9:59 PM

    Musical Moment No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    Petites fleurs

    Susanne Lang, piano

    2:07
  • 9:54 PM

    Fanfare for the Common Man

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Appalachian Spring

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Aaron Copland, conductor

    3:14
  • 9:41 PM

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers Awake)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Johann Sebastian Bach: Famous Choruses

    Concentus Musicus Vienna

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    7:13
  • 9:29 PM

    Symphony No. 32

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies 32, 35 & 39

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    7:32
  • 9:26 PM

    Minuet

    Luigi Boccherini

    Stokowski Transcriptions

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    2:28
  • 9:20 PM

    Swan Lake: Dance of the Little Swans

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1; Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3

    Behzod Abduraimov, piano

    1:30
  • 9:10 PM

    Concerto for Two Trumpets

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Six Concertos

    I Musici Montreal

    Yuli Turovsky, conductor

    James Thompson, trumpet

    7:15
  • 9:02 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    3:09
  • 8:51 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Max Bruch

    Mendelssohn, Bruch: Violin Concertos

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    Midori, violin

    7:32
  • 8:44 PM

    Beautiful Rosemary (Schon Rosmarin)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Chen Yi, violin

    Lars Hannibal, guitar

    2:33
  • 8:37 PM

    Nocturnes: Fetes (Festivals)

    Claude Debussy

    Classics at the Pops

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:22
  • 8:29 PM

    Shepherd's Hey

    Percy Grainger

    Edmonton Wind Ensemble

    Harry Pinchin, conductor

    2:39
  • 8:20 PM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    Overtures

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    7:39
  • 8:08 PM

    Oboe Concerto No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    City of London Sinfonia

    Nicholas Ward, conductor

    Anthony Camden, oboe

    7:50
  • 8:00 PM

    Song without Words No. 1 "Sweet Remembrance"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Yevgeny Kutik, violin

    John Novacek, piano

    2:58
  • 5:44 PM

    Spanish Dances

    Moritz Moszkowski

    From Foreign Lands

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    14:19
  • 5:14 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Romantic"

    Howard Hanson

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    28:18
  • 5:09 PM

    What a Wonderful World

    George Weiss/Bob Thiele

    Mother

    Anderson & Roe Piano Duo

    2:58
  • 5:06 PM

    Zapateado

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Romance de Amor

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    2:49
  • 5:01 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn 2032, Vol. 1: La passione

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Giovanni Antonini, conductor

    4:47
  • 4:40 PM

    Lieutenant Kije Suite

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky; Lieutenant Kije

    Utah Symphony

    Thierry Fischer, conductor

    18:27
  • 4:19 PM

    In The South Overture (Alassio)

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Symphony No. 1, In the South

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    19:55
  • 4:10 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Vincenzo Bellini

    Trumpet Concertos

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jahja Ling, conductor

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    6:55
  • 4:06 PM

    Fur Elise

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Fur Elise - Best of Romantic Piano Music

    Balazs Szokolay, piano

    3:02
  • 4:01 PM

    Suite for Strings: Prelude

    Joan Trimble

    Silver Apples of the Moon

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    4:47
  • 3:47 PM

    Emblems

    Aaron Copland

    Contemporaries

    Northwestern University Symphonic Wind Ensemble

    Mallory Thompson, conductor

    11:29
  • 3:13 PM

    Piano Concerto

    George Gershwin

    George Gershwin: Complete Music For Piano And Orchestra

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Justin Brown, conductor

    Anne-Marie McDermott, piano

    32:25
  • 3:09 PM

    Elizabethan Dance No. 3

    William Alwyn

    Alwyn: Symphony No. 4/Elizabethan Dances Etc

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    1:42
  • 3:06 PM

    Airs and Graces: Mill Dance

    Eric Wetherell

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    2:32
  • 3:00 PM

    Handel in the Strand

    Percy Grainger

    Music of Percy Grainger

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Kenneth Montgomery, conductor

    Philip Martin, piano

    4:46
  • 2:55 PM

    The Three-Cornered Hat: Neighbor's Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Dukas: La Peri, De Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat

    New York Philharmonic

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    3:28
  • 2:52 PM

    Toward a New Life

    Josef Suk

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Petr Altrichter, conductor

    5:55
  • 2:42 PM

    Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Janine Jansen

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    Janine Jansen, violin

    8:58
  • 2:37 PM

    Symphony

    Francesco Uttini

    The Gustavian Symphony

    Orchestra of the Royal Swedish Opera

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    4:35
  • 2:29 PM

    Namouna: Cigarette Waltz

    Edouard Lalo

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yondani Butt, conductor

    5:31
  • 2:24 PM

    Ballade No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Handel Variations

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    3:38
  • 2:14 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 1 "La Tempesta di Mare" ("Storm at Sea")

    Antonio Vivaldi

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    6:58
  • 2:05 PM

    Tied Together by Twilight

    Kojiro Umezaki

    a distance, intertwined

    Hub New Music

    Kojiro Umezaki, shakuhachi

    4:39
  • 1:57 PM

    Piano Concerto: 3rd movement

    Maurice Ravel

    Orchestra of the Americas

    Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor

    Gabriela Montero, piano

    3:54
  • 1:44 PM

    Adagio and Rondo

    Johann Hummel

    Clarinet and Orchestra

    Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Gernot Schmalfuss, conductor

    Dieter Klocker, clarinet

    9:13
  • 1:38 PM

    Three Etudes

    Fernando Sor

    Sor: 24 Progressive Etudes; 6 Little Pieces

    Norbert Kraft, guitar

    4:42
  • 1:30 PM

    Dance of the Shepherd Girl

    Hugo Alfven

    Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    3:58
  • 1:24 PM

    Viola Concerto: Finale

    Joseph Martin Kraus

    Kraus: Viola Concertos

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    David Aaron Carpenter, viola

    4:20
  • 1:17 PM

    The Ruins of Athens: Turkish March

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    1:35
  • 1:11 PM

    Dolly Suite: Le Pas Espagnol

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Pelleas Et Melisande, Dolly Suite, Etc

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    2:42
  • 1:04 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4: Rejouissance

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Orchestral Suites

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    2:30
  • 12:55 PM

    The Planets: Mercury

    Gustav Holst

    G. Holst: The Planets; E. Elgar: Serenade op. 20

    Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    4:19
  • 12:44 PM

    Brook Green Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Bax: Garden of Fand, Tintagel, November Woods

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Imogen Holst, conductor

    7:04
  • 12:41 PM

    Tambourin

    Francois-Joseph Gossec

    James Galway - Celebrating 70: A Collection of Personal Favorites

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    1:24
  • 12:32 PM

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Mad About Romance

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    4:27
  • 12:28 PM

    Te Deum: Prelude

    Marc-Antoine Charpentier

    Baroque Music for Brass and Organ

    Empire Brass

    William Kuhlman, organ

    2:24
  • 12:20 PM

    Salut d'amour (Love's Greeting)

    Edward Elgar

    Stephen Hough, piano

    2:53
  • 12:11 PM

    The Skaters Waltz

    Emil Waldteufel

    Dance!: The World's Favourite Ice-Skating Music

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    7:50
  • 12:04 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 5

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic Dances

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    3:19
  • 11:52 AM

    Serenade: 4th movement

    Arthur Bird

    Bird Songs

    North Texas Chamber Players

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    5:25
  • 11:45 AM

    4 Catalan Folk Songs

    Miguel Llobet

    Albeniz, Granados, Tarrega, Turina Etc.

    Eduardo Fernandez, guitar

    4:58
  • 11:42 AM

    The Bourgeois Gentleman: The Fencing Master

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, etc.

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    1:51
  • 11:39 AM

    The Bourgeois Gentleman: Intermezzo

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, etc.

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    3:26
  • 11:34 AM

    The Bourgeois Gentleman: Entrance and Dance of the Tailors

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, etc.

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    4:52
  • 11:30 AM

    The Bourgeois Gentleman: Overture

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, etc.

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    4:02
  • 11:25 AM

    Sigurd Jorsalfar: In the King's Hall

    Edvard Grieg

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    3:31
  • 11:21 AM

    Ballet Scenes: Mazurka

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: From the Middle Ages; Scenes de Ballet

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    3:56
  • 11:17 AM

    Othello Suite: Willow Song

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Fawzi Haimor, conductor

    2:40
  • 11:08 AM

    Symphony No. 101 "The Clock": 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 95, 97, 101

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    7:24
  • 11:04 AM

    Philharmonia Virtuosi

    Richard Kapp, conductor

    3:25
  • 10:47 AM

    Guitar Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    11:37
  • 10:28 AM

    Rhapsody in Blue

    George Gershwin

    George Gershwin: Complete Music For Piano And Orchestra

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Justin Brown, conductor

    Anne-Marie McDermott, piano

    17:19
  • 10:21 AM

    Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria (Cantilena)

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Romances for Saxophone

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Branford Marsalis, saxophone

    5:34
  • 10:16 AM

    String Quartet No. 4: Scherzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Cecilia String Quartet

    3:57
  • 10:06 AM

    L'assedio di Corinto (Siege of Corinth): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    9:34
  • 10:01 AM

    The Wedding Waltz

    Heikki Aaltoila

    Scandinavian Rhapsody, A Selection of Orchestral Favourites

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:34
  • 9:44 AM

    The Fairy Queen: Suite

    Henry Purcell

    Sound The Trumpet: Royal Music of Purcell and Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    14:07
  • 9:24 AM

    Fantasie for Piano Four-Hands

    Franz Schubert

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    Ricardo Castro, piano

    18:39
  • 9:17 AM

    Out of This World

    Ludovico Einaudi

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:58
  • 9:06 AM

    Die Meistersinger von Nurmberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg): Prelude to Act I

    Richard Wagner

    Philharmonia Zurich

    Fabio Luisi, conductor

    10:37
  • 9:01 AM

    Four British Folk Song Settings

    Percy Grainger

    Penelope Thwaites, piano

    4:24
  • 8:42 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Muzio Clementi

    Clementi: Symphony No. 1, etc.

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    16:34
  • 8:27 AM

    Concerto on Themes by Donizetti

    Antonio Pasculli

    Romantic Oboe Concertos

    Berlin Symphony Orchestra

    Claus Peter Flor, conductor

    Burkhard Glaetzner, oboe

    14:09
  • 8:12 AM

    Manfred Overture

    Robert Schumann

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    13:11
  • 8:01 AM

    Carnaval de Venise

    Felix Godefroid

    Carnaval de Venise

    Catrin Finch, harp

    10:24
  • 7:27 AM

    Symphony No. 36 "Linz"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    31:41
  • 7:17 AM

    String Quartet: Allegro

    Florence Price

    Catalyst Quartet

    9:23
  • 7:01 AM

    Der Rosenkavalier: Waltz Sequence No. 1

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Don Juan, Tod und Verklarung

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Tadaaki Otaka, conductor

    13:46
  • 6:40 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Kenneth Sillito, conductor

    John Williams, guitar

    17:55
  • 6:22 AM

    Barococo

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Larsson: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    17:23
  • 6:01 AM

    Piano Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    19:15
  • 5:46 AM

    12 Contredanses

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Capella Istropolitana

    Oliver Dohnanyi, conductor

    12:37
  • 5:42 AM

    Serenata for Orchestra: Con spirito

    Walter Piston

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    2:47
  • 5:32 AM

    Three Pieces in Olden Style

    Henryk Gorecki

    Gorecki: Piano Concerto/Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony

    Amadeus Chamber Orchestra

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    8:58
  • 5:01 AM

    Variations on a Theme of Mozart

    Max Reger

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Antonio Pappano, conductor

    Sebastian Herberg, viola

    29:45