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  • 4:53 AM

    Generations: Sinfonietta No. 2: Alla sarabande

    Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    Serenely Cedille: Relaxing Rarities From Chicago's Classical Label

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    5:36
  • 4:11 AM

    Piano Quintet

    Antonin Dvorak

    Schumann & Dvorak: Piano Quintets

    Elias String Quartet

    Jonathan Biss, piano

    40:19
  • 4:06 AM

    Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo

    Pietro Mascagni

    Intermezzo

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:07
  • 4:01 AM

    Contemplation

    Henriette Renie

    The Healing Harp

    Naoko Yoshino, harp

    4:33
  • 3:52 AM

    Nocturne for the Left Hand

    Alexander Scriabin

    Michael Landrum, piano

    5:54
  • 3:15 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Thomas de Hartmann

    de Hartmann: Cello Concerto

    MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    Matt Haimovitz, cello

    36:08
  • 3:10 AM

    Dance-Song

    Sirvart Karamanuk

    By Women

    Sahan Arzruni, piano

    3:38
  • 3:06 AM

    Piece in the Form of a Habanera

    Maurice Ravel

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Branford Marsalis, saxophone

    2:40
  • 3:01 AM

    Pianto dell'Amante

    Johann Kaspar Mertz

    Raphaella Smits, guitar

    4:52
  • 2:50 AM

    Flowers of France

    Germaine Tailleferre

    The Flower of France

    Quynh Nguyen, piano

    8:16
  • 2:11 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    Emilie Mayer

    Bremerhaven Symphony Orchestra

    Marc Niemann, conductor

    38:14
  • 2:06 AM

    Fidelio: March

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Fidelio: Highlights

    Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    2:19
  • 2:01 AM

    Two Etudes

    Marie Bigot

    Betty Ann Miller, piano

    4:53
  • 1:55 AM

    Six Songs: My Heart's Song

    Jean Sibelius

    .against the dying of the light

    Cantus

    3:06
  • 1:22 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Jean Sibelius

    The Perlman Edition: Sibelius and Korngold Violin Concertos

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    32:25
  • 1:06 AM

    Summer Music

    Samuel Barber

    Jeanne Baxtresser, flute

    Joseph Robinson, oboe

    Stanley Drucker, clarinet

    Judith LeClair, bassoon

    Philip Myers, horn

    11:31
  • 1:01 AM

    Lyric Pieces: Homesickness

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Lyric Pieces

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    4:50
  • 12:46 AM

    Photography

    Errollyn Wallen

    Errollyn Wallen: Photography

    Ensemble X

    Nicholas Kok, conductor

    12:43
  • 12:21 AM

    English Suite No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: English Suites Nos. 1, 3 & 6

    Murray Perahia, piano

    22:27
  • 12:14 AM

    An 18th Century Scherzo

    Haydn Wood

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    6:36
  • 12:06 AM

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Bela Bartok

    Dance

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, violin

    6:28
  • 12:01 AM

    The Woods so Wild

    William Byrd

    Ayreheart

    4:32
  • 11:56 PM

    Gigue and Rondeau

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    A Basket of Wild Strawberries

    Tzimon Barto, piano

    2:29
  • 11:51 PM

    Images for Orchestra: Iberia: On Highways and Byways

    Claude Debussy

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    7:08
  • 11:37 PM

    Divertimento

    Michael Ippolito

    C/O Chamber Orchestra

    18:21
  • 11:12 PM

    Alessandro Ballet Music

    Christoph Gluck

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    23:37
  • 11:00 PM

    Carmen Fantasy

    Franz Waxman

    Violin on Stage

    NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic

    Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor

    Bomsori Kim, violin

    10:49
  • 10:48 PM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Violin Concertos; Tsintsadze: Miniatures

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Lisa Batiashvili, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    10:01
  • 10:33 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Havana Lyceum Orchestra

    Jose Antonio Mendez Padron, conductor

    Sarah Willis, horn

    14:17
  • 10:24 PM

    In the Steppes of Central Asia

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Symphony No. 2

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Loris Tjeknavorian, conductor

    8:00
  • 10:12 PM

    Symphony No. 9: Scherzo

    Anton Bruckner

    Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 6 and 9; Wagner

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Andris Nelsons, conductor

    10:39
  • 10:08 PM

    Romantic Piece

    Cecile Chaminade

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    2:42
  • 10:00 PM

    Corsair: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    French Showpieces

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    8:05
  • 9:53 PM

    Symphony No. 4: 4th movement

    Florence Price

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    5:18
  • 9:47 PM

    Bachianas Brasileiras No. 1: Prelude

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Classics Meet Pops

    12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic

    5:55
  • 9:27 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Keyboard Concerti Vol. 2

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    19:04
  • 9:21 PM

    The Shining Shore

    Traditional

    Anonymous 4

    4:42
  • 9:10 PM

    First Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Music for Wind Band

    Cleveland Symphonic Winds

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    10:25
  • 9:05 PM

    Salut d'amour (Love's Greeting)

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Violin Sonata, etc.

    Nigel Kennedy, violin

    3:10
  • 9:03 PM

    Othello Suite: Willow Song

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha OVerture / Petite Suite

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    2:34
  • 8:43 PM

    Dances of Galanta

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    16:06
  • 8:26 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Richard Strauss

    R Strauss: An Alpine Symphony

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Gerd Seifert, horn

    15:41
  • 8:12 PM

    Phaeton: Suite

    Jean-Baptiste Lully

    The Galileo Project: Music of the Spheres

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    13:00
  • 8:06 PM

    Peer Gynt: Morning Mood

    Edvard Grieg

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    4:07
  • 8:00 PM

    In The Bottoms Suite: Barcarolle

    Nathaniel Dett

    Bach to Black: Suites for Piano

    Rochelle Sennet, piano

    5:33
  • 5:45 PM

    Petite Suite Gauloise

    Louis Theodore Gouvy

    United States Air Force Band

    Lowell Graham, conductor

    13:43
  • 5:20 PM

    Dance of the Hours

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Essential Ballet

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bruno Bartoletti, conductor

    7:33
  • 5:16 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn, Bruch: Concerto & Romance

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Janine Jansen, violin

    26:54
  • 5:10 PM

    Nunc dimittis

    Karl Jenkins

    Karl Jenkins: Motets

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    4:12
  • 5:06 PM

    Trumpet Voluntary

    John Stanley

    Intrada - London Brass

    London Brass

    3:35
  • 5:01 PM

    Scotch Strathspey and Reel

    Percy Grainger

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    4:39
  • 4:42 PM

    The Leopard (Il Gattopardo): Dances

    Nino Rota

    Rota: La Strada Ballet Suite

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    16:12
  • 4:20 PM

    The Firebird (L'oiseau de feu) Ballet

    Igor Stravinsky

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    20:43
  • 4:09 PM

    English Folk Song Suite

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: A Serenade to Music, etc.

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    8:51
  • 4:06 PM

    Four Seasons: Summer: Adagio

    Antonio Vivaldi

    CHILL WITH VIVALDI

    Capella Istropolitana

    Stephen Gunzenhauser, conductor

    Takako Nishizaki, violin

    2:32
  • 4:01 PM

    Flute Concerto: 1st movement

    Vilem Blodek

    Concertos brilliantes for flute

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Uros Lajovic, conductor

    Karl Bernhard Sebon, flute

    4:39
  • 3:51 PM

    Dance of the Hours

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Essential Ballet

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bruno Bartoletti, conductor

    7:33
  • 3:19 PM

    Piano Concerto

    Robert Schumann

    German Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    30:28
  • 3:11 PM

    Ruler of the Spirits: Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Overtures; Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:20
  • 3:06 PM

    Arabesque No. 1

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images

    Saskia Giorgini, piano

    4:00
  • 3:01 PM

    9:15 Revue: Get Happy

    Harold Arlen

    Get Happy

    Jenny Lin, piano

    4:51
  • 2:51 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 6

    George Frideric Handel

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    7:20
  • 2:44 PM

    Symphony No. 9: 3rd movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler 9

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    12:28
  • 2:33 PM

    Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto; Saint-Saens: Havanaise

    New York Chamber Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    10:40
  • 2:21 PM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Maurice Ravel

    Tokyo String Quartet

    Ransom Wilson, flute

    David Shifrin, clarinet

    Nancy Allen, harp

    11:05
  • 2:07 PM

    William Tell: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    William Tell and Other Favorite Overtures

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    12:22
  • 2:01 PM

    Vespers: Laudate Dominum

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    4:54
  • 1:48 PM

    Rose Without a Thorn Suite

    Henry VIII

    Music for the Courts of Europe

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    12:24
  • 1:44 PM

    Prelude No. 2

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Saudade

    Plinio Fernandes, guitar

    3:21
  • 1:34 PM

    From Italy (Aus Italien): Life in Naples

    Richard Strauss

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    8:32
  • 1:31 PM

    Funiculi Funicula

    Luigi Denza

    Bologna Theater Orchestra

    Anton Guadagno, conductor

    Luciano Pavarotti, tenor

    2:41
  • 1:23 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Finale

    Antonin Dvorak

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    7:00
  • 1:18 PM

    The Gumsuckers March

    Percy Grainger

    Lincolnshire Posy

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    3:45
  • 1:10 PM

    Eugene Onegin: Polonaise

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Encore!

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:49
  • 1:04 PM

    Andante festivo

    Jean Sibelius

    Live in Concert

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    Damon Gupton, conductor

    4:35
  • 12:50 PM

    Halcyon Days

    Eric Coates

    Coates: The Three Elizabeths Suite

    East of England Orchestra

    Malcolm Nabarro, conductor

    8:02
  • 12:40 PM

    Hary Janos Suite: Intermezzo and Entrance

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, conductor

    8:06
  • 12:34 PM

    The Carpenter: Overture

    Paul Wranitzky

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Marek Stilec, conductor

    4:19
  • 12:30 PM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin: Rigaudon

    Maurice Ravel

    Paris Orchestra

    Josep Pons, conductor

    3:15
  • 12:20 PM

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    8:45
  • 12:16 PM

    Early One Morning

    Traditional

    Folk Songs of the British Isles

    Maria Jette, soprano

    3:08
  • 12:04 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Niccolo Paganini

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    10:23
  • 11:46 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 6

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    11:29
  • 11:40 AM

    Prelude No. 1

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    4:59
  • 11:32 AM

    Introduction and Caprice-Jota

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Sarasate: Music For Violin And Orchestra 3

    Navarra Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Martinez Izquierdo, conductor

    Tianwa Yang, violin

    7:08
  • 11:28 AM

    Much Ado About Nothing: A Star Danced

    Patrick Doyle

    Studio orchestra

    :00
  • 11:25 AM

    Much Ado About Nothing: Hornpipe

    Erich Korngold

    Barber, Korngold: Violin Concertos Etc.

    Gil Shaham, violin

    2:01
  • 11:19 AM

    Much Ado About Nothing: Intermezzo

    Erich Korngold

    Barber, Korngold: Violin Concertos Etc.

    Gil Shaham, violin

    5:34
  • 11:16 AM

    Here Comes the Sun

    George Harrison

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    1:57
  • 11:06 AM

    Symphony No. 33: Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 31, 33 & 34

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    8:43
  • 11:04 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2: Badinerie

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Greatest Classical Show On Earth

    Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

    Karl Munchinger, conductor

    1:30
  • 10:44 AM

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    14:44
  • 10:29 AM

    Harp Concerto

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Organ Concertos Op. 4

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Ursula Holliger, harp

    13:07
  • 10:23 AM

    A Welcome March

    Charles Stanford

    Stanford | A Song of Agincourt & other works

    Ulster Orchestra

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    5:15
  • 10:10 AM

    String Symphony No. 1

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Amadeus Ensemble

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    11:43
  • 10:06 AM

    Forgotten Waltz No. 1

    Franz Liszt

    AndrĂ© Watts Plays Liszt – Album 2 - Sonata In B Minor

    Andre Watts, piano

    3:25
  • 10:01 AM

    L'incoronazione di Poppea: Pur ti miro

    Claudio Monteverdi

    Axiom Quartet

    4:35
  • 9:48 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    10:05
  • 9:30 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    16:31
  • 9:10 AM

    Duet-Concertino

    Richard Strauss

    New Stockholm Chamber Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Paul Meyer, clarinet

    Knut Sonstevold, bassoon

    17:56
  • 9:06 AM

    Suite Compostelana: Preludio

    Federico Mompou

    Joao Luiz, guitar

    3:29
  • 9:01 AM

    Bass Tuba Concerto: Romance

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    20th-Century Tuba Concertos

    Singapore Symphony Orchestra

    Anne Manson, conductor

    Oystein Baadsvik, tuba

    4:45
  • 8:23 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor

    Martha Argerich, piano

    35:07
  • 8:19 AM

    Sing Gently

    Eric Whitacre

    Home

    Voces8

    Christopher Glynn, piano

    3:42
  • 8:01 AM

    Bagatelles

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Quartets Opp. 96 & 105

    Takacs Quartet

    16:21
  • 7:37 AM

    Rossiniana Suite

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Church Windows

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    21:00
  • 7:27 AM

    Oboe Concerto No. 8

    Tomaso Albinoni

    I Solisti Italiani

    Hansjorg Schellenberger, oboe

    10:10
  • 7:05 AM

    Sleeping Beauty Ballet Suite

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Der Nussknacker and others

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    19:57
  • 7:01 AM

    The Man I Love

    George Gershwin

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    3:12
  • 6:34 AM

    Symphony No. 82 "The Bear"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    24:18
  • 6:23 AM

    Spiegel im Spiegel (Mirror in the Mirror)

    Arvo Part

    Sonic Alchemy

    Coleman Itzkoff, cello

    10:20
  • 6:01 AM

    Guitar Concerto No. 1

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Miguel Gomez Martinez, conductor

    Eduardo Fernandez, guitar

    19:49
  • 5:29 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Josef Suk

    Suk: Fairy Tale, String Serenade

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    29:39
  • 5:14 AM

    Panamanian Dances

    William Grant Still

    Berlin Symphony Orchestra

    Isaiah Jackson, conductor

    14:00
  • 5:01 AM

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    11:10