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  • 4:47 AM

    Serenata for Chamber Orchestra

    George Walker

    Cleveland Chamber Symphony

    Edwin London, conductor

    11:45
  • 4:14 AM

    Piano Quintet

    Josef Suk

    Suk: Klavier- und Kammermusik

    Kiveli Dorken, piano

    31:15
  • 4:06 AM

    Nocturne No. 14

    Frederic Chopin

    Nightscapes

    Magdalena Hoffmann, harp

    7:02
  • 4:01 AM

    Two Elegiac Melodies: Last Spring (Varen)

    Edvard Grieg

    Edvard Grieg: Works For String Orchestra

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:42
  • 3:53 AM

    Gratitude (hymn)

    Jeff Beal

    Jeff Beal: The New York Etudes

    Jeff Beal, piano

    5:26
  • 3:39 AM

    Lonely Angel

    Peteris Vasks

    In Evening Light

    Munich Chamber Orchestra

    Sergej Bolkhovets, conductor

    Sebastian Bohren, violin

    13:29
  • 3:15 AM

    Theme and Variations

    Amy Beach

    Shanghai Quartet

    Eugenia Zukerman, flute

    21:50
  • 3:06 AM

    Musical Moment No. 6

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Piano Sonata, D. 959 etc.

    Stephen Kovacevich, piano

    7:42
  • 3:01 AM

    Doors of Thy Mercy

    Alexander Kastalsky

    Kastalsky: Vechnaya Pamiat Geroyam

    Clarion Choir

    Steven Fox, conductor

    4:41
  • 2:56 AM

    Prelude "Your Name Is Shushan"

    Koharik Gazarossian

    By Women

    Sahan Arzruni, piano

    2:35
  • 2:18 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    36:17
  • 2:06 AM

    From Italy (Aus Italien): In the Campagna

    Richard Strauss

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    9:54
  • 2:01 AM

    String Quintet: Allegretto

    Niels Gade

    Gade: Chamber Works, Vol. 5

    Ensemble MidtVest

    4:50
  • 1:53 AM

    Melodie No. 6

    Charles Gounod

    French Music for Horn and Piano

    Barry Tuckwell, horn

    5:29
  • 1:23 AM

    Symphonic Poem No. 1 "Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne"

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Symphonic Poems; 'Dante' Symphony

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    28:18
  • 1:12 AM

    Spiegel im Spiegel (Mirror in the Mirror)

    Arvo Part

    Maya Beiser, cello

    Michael Harrison, piano

    9:36
  • 1:06 AM

    Mysterious Barricades

    Francois Couperin

    Baroque

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    3:42
  • 1:01 AM

    Lyric Waltz

    Jean Sibelius

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:49
  • 12:45 AM

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Marc Destrube, conductor

    12:45
  • 12:16 AM

    String Quartet

    Maurice Ravel

    Emerson String Quartet: Complete Recordings

    Emerson String Quartet

    28:03
  • 12:12 AM

    Maids of Cadiz

    Leo Delibes

    Storyteller

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Eivind Aadland, conductor

    Tine Thing Helseth, trumpet

    3:18
  • 12:06 AM

    French Suite No. 6: Allemande; Courante

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The French Suites

    Murray Perahia, piano

    4:24
  • 12:01 AM

    Hot-Time Dance

    George Antheil

    Antheil: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 6 and Other Works

    BBC Philharmonic

    John Storgards, conductor

    4:33
  • 11:54 PM

    Bella Bocca Polka

    Emil Waldteufel

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:46
  • 11:53 PM

    Bella Bocca Polka

    Emil Waldteufel

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:46
  • 11:49 PM

    Kroke

    Nigel Kennedy, violin

    John Anderson, oboe

    Janice Knight, oboe

    Julie Price, bassoon

    David Heath, flute

    Doug Boyle, guitar

    4:41
  • 11:24 PM

    Symphony No. 43 "Mercury"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    23:55
  • 11:14 PM

    Reverie (Nocturne)

    Giulio Regondi

    Reverie

    Dale Kavanagh, guitar

    8:40
  • 11:01 PM

    Leonore Overture No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    12:19
  • 10:46 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 5 Czech Suite

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    13:20
  • 10:43 PM

    Las Abejas (The Bees)

    Agustin Barrios

    From The Jungles Of Paraguay: John Williams Plays Barrios

    John Williams, guitar

    2:17
  • 10:35 PM

    Horn Trio: Scherzo

    Johannes Brahms

    Function.Lust

    Frank Almond, violin

    7:27
  • 10:16 PM

    Simple Symphony

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten: Works for String Orchestra

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    16:49
  • 10:10 PM

    Transcendental Etude No. 6 "Vision"

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt - Transscendental Etudes

    Haochen Zhang, piano

    5:45
  • 10:01 PM

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    7:50
  • 9:46 PM

    Symphony Concertante

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    Yury Revich, violin

    Libor Jezek, violin

    13:02
  • 9:38 PM

    Folk Suite No. 2

    William Grant Still

    Sierra Winds

    7:10
  • 9:32 PM

    Thou Wilt Keep Him in Perfect Peace

    Samuel Wesley

    Exalt

    National Lutheran Choir

    David Cherwien, conductor

    Aaron David Miller, organ

    4:32
  • 9:25 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Polish": Scherzo

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky Symphonies

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    6:22
  • 9:08 PM

    Suite for String Orchestra

    Susan Spain-Dunk

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Douglas Bostock, conductor

    15:37
  • 9:05 PM

    Three Spirituals: Everytime I Feel the Spirit

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Virginia Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    2:49
  • 9:02 PM

    Etude No. 5 "Black Keys"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin Etudes

    Jan Lisiecki, piano

    1:39
  • 8:51 PM

    Sinfonia

    Josef Myslivecek

    Myslivecek: Symphonies

    Concerto Koln

    8:14
  • 8:44 PM

    Villanelle

    Paul Dukas

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    6:03
  • 8:20 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Joseph White

    Violin Concertos by Black Composers Through the Centuries: 25th Anniversary Edition

    Encore Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hege, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    21:35
  • 8:13 PM

    Cello Sonata: Andante

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Russian Cello Sonatas

    Hee-Young Lim, cello

    6:03
  • 8:00 PM

    12 Contredanses

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    12:32
  • 5:36 PM

    Suite Concertino

    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

    Wolf-Ferrari: Orchestral Works

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

    Karen Geoghegan, bassoon

    21:53
  • 5:24 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Six Brandenburg Concertos

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    10:38
  • 5:18 PM

    Gaudeamus omnes

    William Byrd

    William Byrd: The Golden Renaissance

    Stile Antico

    5:43
  • 5:12 PM

    Humoresque

    Agathe Grondahl

    Hiroko Ishimoto, piano

    4:14
  • 5:06 PM

    Colas Breugnon Overture

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Russian Overtures

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    5:30
  • 5:01 PM

    Piano Sonata: Menuet

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    CPE Bach

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    4:38
  • 4:48 PM

    In Spring Overture

    Karl Goldmark

    Goldmark: Overtures

    Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andras Korodi, conductor

    10:32
  • 4:32 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 7

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: 12 Concerti Grossi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    14:13
  • 4:25 PM

    Asturias (Leyenda)

    Isaac Albeniz

    Romance de Amor

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    5:32
  • 4:06 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "West Coast Pictures": 3rd movement

    Kurt Atterberg

    Atterberg: Symphonies 3 & 6

    Hannover Radio Philharmonic Orchestra

    Ari Rasilainen, conductor

    17:56
  • 4:01 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 9

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: The Slavonic Dances

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos

    4:39
  • 3:53 PM

    Three Dances: Dance No. 1

    Herbert Howells

    Howells: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Lydia Mordkovitch, violin

    5:28
  • 3:15 PM

    Piano Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Inon Barnatan, piano

    35:44
  • 3:11 PM

    Vignettes: Carmela

    William Grant Still

    Sierra Winds

    (Selected members), conductor

    2:50
  • 3:06 PM

    Mazeppa: Gopak

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Exotic Dances from the Opera

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    4:13
  • 3:01 PM

    Suite No. 1 for Two Pianos: Waltz

    Anton Arensky

    Arensky: Five Suites For Two Pianos / Genova & Dimitrov Piano Duo

    Aglika Genova, piano

    4:33
  • 2:48 PM

    Cuban Overture

    George Gershwin

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    9:47
  • 2:48 PM

    Cuban Overture

    George Gershwin

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    9:47
  • 2:41 PM

    Alleluia

    Randall Thompson

    tidings

    Cantus

    5:18
  • 2:17 PM

    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: The Piano Concertos and Paganini Rhapsody

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    Yuja Wang, piano

    23:40
  • 2:06 PM

    Concerto for Oboe and Bassoon

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Seattle Baroque

    Ingrid Matthews, conductor

    Michael McCraw, bassoon

    Washington McClain, oboe

    10:10
  • 1:59 PM

    Ruslan and Ludmila: Overture

    Mikhail Glinka

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra: Portrait

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    5:32
  • 1:52 PM

    Perpetual Motion Pieces

    Francis Poulenc

    Poulenc: Piano Music

    Pascal Roge, piano

    5:25
  • 1:47 PM

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Randall Goosby, violin

    3:36
  • 1:35 PM

    Invitation to the Dance

    Carl Maria von Weber

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    10:01
  • 1:32 PM

    The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass: Gloria

    Carol Barnett

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    2:53
  • 1:20 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Violin Concertos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    10:11
  • 1:18 PM

    Enfantines: Joyous March

    Ernest Bloch

    Bloch: Works for Piano

    Margaret Fingerhut, piano

    1:08
  • 1:08 PM

    Don Pasquale: Sinfonia

    Gaetano Donizetti

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    6:43
  • 1:04 PM

    Sleigh Ride

    Leroy Anderson

    Leroy Anderson Favorites

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    2:53
  • 12:46 PM

    Rob Roy: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    13:03
  • 12:43 PM

    Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    2:00
  • 12:34 PM

    Fall Fair

    Godfrey Ridout

    Canadian and Russian Overtures

    Edmonton Symphony Orchestra

    Uri Mayer, conductor

    7:37
  • 12:31 PM

    The Chop Waltz (Chopsticks)

    Arthur de Lulli

    Piano Book

    Lang Lang, piano

    2:07
  • 12:30 PM

    The School of Velocity: Presto

    Carl Czerny

    Piano Book

    Lang Lang, piano

    :35
  • 12:21 PM

    Symphony No. 38 "Prague": Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies No. 36 & 38

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    7:19
  • 12:16 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
  • 12:08 PM

    Concerto for Two Trumpets

    Antonio Vivaldi

    London Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Warren-Green, conductor

    Gerald Ruddock, trumpet

    Graham Ashton, trumpet

    6:58
  • 12:04 PM

    The Lark in the Clear Air

    Peter Hope

    British by Arrangement 2

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    3:05
  • 11:52 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish": Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphonies 2 and 3

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Franz Welser-Most, conductor

    6:11
  • 11:45 AM

    String Quartet No. 12 "American": 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Ginastera, Shostakovich, Dvorak: String Quartets

    Simon Bolivar String Quartet

    5:09
  • 11:34 AM

    Luisa Miller: Highlights

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Operisti - Rossini, Donizetti, Verdi, Puccini, Catalani

    I Solisti Italiani

    10:21
  • 11:21 AM

    A Children's Overture

    Roger Quilter

    Light Music Society Orchestra

    Vivian Dunn, conductor

    11:15
  • 11:17 AM

    Fur Elise

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    My Gift To You

    Antonin Kubalek, piano

    2:52
  • 11:09 AM

    Passacaille, Gigue and Minuet

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Music For The Royal Fireworks

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    7:23
  • 11:04 AM

    Handel in the Strand

    Percy Grainger

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    3:49
  • 10:50 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Introduction and March

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    7:53
  • 10:32 AM

    Noble and Sentimental Waltzes

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Ballet And Dance Music

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    16:37
  • 10:27 AM

    Tango Etude No. 3

    Astor Piazzolla

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    4:22
  • 10:18 AM

    Grand Tarantelle

    Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    Dances for Piano and Orchestra

    Northwest Sinfonietta

    Christophe Chagnard, conductor

    Joel Fan, piano

    8:07
  • 10:06 AM

    La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Favorite Overtures

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Schippers, conductor

    11:14
  • 10:01 AM

    Detmold Horn Quartet

    4:45
  • 9:42 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Muzio Clementi

    Rome Symphony Orchestra

    Francesco La Vecchia, conductor

    16:17
  • 9:21 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Orchestral Suites

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    19:18
  • 9:17 AM

    John Anderson, oboe

    Andrew Sparling, bass clarinet

    2:15
  • 9:06 AM

    Overture to Shakespeare's "As You Like It"

    John Knowles Paine

    John Knowles Paine: Orchestral Works

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:23
  • 9:01 AM

    Orphee Suite: Orphee and the Princess

    Philip Glass

    The Orpheus Suite for Piano

    Paul Barnes, piano

    4:36
  • 8:27 AM

    Double Concerto

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Double Concerto, Viotti: Violin Concerto No. 22; Dvorak: Silent Woods

    German Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    Christian Tetzlaff, violin

    30:56
  • 8:21 AM

    Rondo alla polacca

    Nikolaus von Krufft

    Ben Goldscheider, horn

    Daniel Hill, piano

    5:24
  • 8:01 AM

    Brazilian Impressions

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Church Windows and Brazilian Impressions

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    18:36
  • 7:29 AM

    Concerto for a Festival

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Naples Philharmonic Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    David Russell, guitar

    29:40
  • 7:17 AM

    Folk Songs for Orchestra

    George Walker

    Seattle Symphony

    Asher Fisch, conductor

    10:37
  • 7:05 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Toronto Chamber Orchestra

    Paul Robinson, conductor

    Ofra Harnoy, cello

    10:25
  • 7:01 AM

    Jazz Suite No. 2: Waltz No. 1

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Ballet Suites Nos. 1 & 3, Jazz Suites Nos. 1 & 2

    Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Dmitri Kitayenko, conductor

    3:42
  • 6:29 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    Krystian Zimerman, piano

    29:06
  • 6:13 AM

    The Kitchen Review

    Bohuslav Martinu

    Lahti Chamber Ensemble

    15:08
  • 6:01 AM

    Havanaise

    Camille Saint-Saens

    María Dueñas - Beethoven and Beyond

    Vienna Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    Maria Duenas, violin

    10:21
  • 5:38 AM

    Concertante for Flute and Clarinet

    Franz Danzi

    Winged Creatures

    Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra

    Allen Tinkham, conductor

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    20:39
  • 5:19 AM

    Romeo and Juliet: Ballet Music

    Charles Gounod

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    18:01
  • 5:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 30 "The Joke"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Emerson String Quartet

    16:08