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  • 4:51 AM

    Barcarolle

    Amy Beach

    The Solo Piano Music of Amy Beach, Vol. 1

    Joanne Polk, piano

    6:58
  • 4:11 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Gerald Finzi

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    Raphael Wallfisch, cello

    39:01
  • 4:06 AM

    African Suite: A Love Song

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Kevin John Edusei, conductor

    3:47
  • 4:01 AM

    Cantilene

    Louis Cahuzac

    French Portraits / Ricardo Morales, Michael Chertok

    Ricardo Morales, clarinet

    4:35
  • 3:47 AM

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    11:10
  • 3:40 AM

    Two Black Churches: The Rain

    Shawn E. Okpebholo

    Will Liverman, baritone

    Paul Sanchez, piano

    6:02
  • 3:22 AM

    String Quartet No. 1 "Calvary"

    Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    Catalyst Quartet

    16:49
  • 3:11 AM

    Serenade for Winds

    Richard Strauss

    Fennell Conducts Mozart, Strauss, Milhaud

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    9:47
  • 3:06 AM

    Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle

    Jacques Offenbach

    The Greatest Classical Show On Earth

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    3:59
  • 3:01 AM

    Summer Evening: Waltz

    Oscar Merikanto

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:35
  • 2:56 AM

    Concertina Etude

    Giulio Regondi

    Giulio Regondi: A 200th Birthday Bouquet

    David Starobin, guitar

    2:01
  • 2:12 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    Antonin Dvorak

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    42:01
  • 2:06 AM

    Fantasy-Impromptu

    Frederic Chopin

    The Art of Ashkenazy

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    4:53
  • 2:01 AM

    Four Sketches: Legend

    Eugene Goossens

    Goossens: Chamber Works

    London Chamber Music Group

    Susan Milan, flute

    4:48
  • 1:51 AM

    Yellow Beach

    Michael Nyman

    Ahn Trio

    6:54
  • 1:26 AM

    Sea Pictures

    Uuno Klami

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    23:40
  • 1:13 AM

    Concerto No. 12 "Storm at Sea"

    Lorenzo Zavateri

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

    Gottfried von der Goltz, conductor

    12:20
  • 1:06 AM

    Norwegian Dance No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Duo Turgeon

    5:25
  • 1:01 AM

    Fantasia

    Roberto Gerhard

    Guitar Recital: Pablo Sainz Villegas

    Pablo Sainz-Villegas, guitar

    4:36
  • 12:39 AM

    Symphony No. 35 "Haffner"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    19:20
  • 12:35 AM

    Lilies of the Valley

    Anton Arensky

    Sasha Boldachev, harp

    2:38
  • 12:19 AM

    In the Fen Country

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    15:30
  • 12:10 AM

    Soir, Matin

    Mel Bonis

    Ravel, Faure, and Bonis: Trios avec piano

    Trio George Sand

    7:11
  • 12:06 AM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1: Menuet

    Georges Bizet

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    3:17
  • 12:01 AM

    Four Romances

    Darius Milhaud

    Grant Johannesen, piano

    4:45
  • 11:52 PM

    Namouna: Cigarette Waltz

    Edouard Lalo

    Lalo: Namuona - Musique de Ballet

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Robertson, conductor

    6:15
  • 11:48 PM

    Concerto for Oboe and Bassoon

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Seattle Baroque

    Ingrid Matthews, conductor

    Michael McCraw, bassoon

    Washington McClain, oboe

    10:10
  • 11:42 PM

    Concerto for Oboe and Bassoon

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Seattle Baroque

    Ingrid Matthews, conductor

    Michael McCraw, bassoon

    Washington McClain, oboe

    10:10
  • 11:22 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 2

    Ottorino Respighi

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    18:50
  • 11:18 PM

    Wild Swans: Eliza's Aria

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Nicola Sweeney, violin

    Sarah Nicolls, piano

    3:20
  • 11:04 PM

    Popular Andean Dances

    Celso Garrido-Lecca

    Inca Trail Connections

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    12:58
  • 11:01 PM

    Waltz No. 4 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    2:13
  • 10:52 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Titan": 2nd movement

    Gustav Mahler

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    7:36
  • 10:40 PM

    Grand Overture No. 6

    Johann Christian Bach

    Bach Six Grand Overtures

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    12:06
  • 10:32 PM

    There Will Come Soft Rains

    Ivo Antognini

    Crossroads

    Atlanta Master Chorale

    Eric Nelson, conductor

    5:44
  • 10:18 PM

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    12:40
  • 10:13 PM

    Ca'azapa (Popular Paraguayan Song)

    Agustin Barrios

    Intimate Barrios

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    4:36
  • 10:04 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 11: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Mozart, Haydn: Jeunehomme

    The King's Violins

    Bernard Labadie, conductor

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    8:16
  • 10:01 PM

    Song without Words No. 25 "May Breezes"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    2:01
  • 9:51 PM

    Overture to a Comedy

    Henry Gardiner

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    8:26
  • 9:45 PM

    Incineratorag

    William Bolcom

    Decoda

    Decoda

    4:00
  • 9:30 PM

    L'assedio di Corinto (Siege of Corinth): Ballet Music

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    14:13
  • 9:20 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 1st movement

    Franz Schubert

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    9:18
  • 9:10 PM

    Erindo, or the Irreproachable Love: Arias

    Johann Sigismund Kusser

    Irish Roots

    AIR Ensemble

    Daniel Hope, violin

    8:56
  • 9:05 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
  • 9:02 PM

    Five Turkish Piano Pieces: Poem

    Necil Kazim Akses

    Beyza Yazgan, piano

    2:45
  • 8:46 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No 3

    Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    12:10
  • 8:40 PM

    Improvisation No. 1

    Gabriela Montero

    Sergei Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2; Gabriela Montero: Ex Patria, 3 Improvisations

    Gabriela Montero, piano

    5:20
  • 8:35 PM

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers Awake)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Essential Yo-Yo Ma

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    3:49
  • 8:18 PM

    Summer Scenes from Hame

    Vaino Raitio

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Tuomas Ollila-Hannikainen, conductor

    15:58
  • 8:07 PM

    Octet: 3rd movement

    Charles Martin Loeffler

    Forgotten Sounds

    Graeme Steele Johnson, clarinet

    10:20
  • 8:00 PM

    Summer Evening

    Frederick Delius

    Vaughan Williams and Delius

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    6:14
  • 5:39 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    19:17
  • 5:27 PM

    By the Beautiful Blue Danube (An der schonen, blauen Donau)

    Johann StraussJr.

    1992 New Year's Concert

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Carlos Kleiber, conductor

    10:00
  • 5:21 PM

    Viennese Ladies Landler

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Landler

    Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano

    4:38
  • 5:06 PM

    Matinees Musicales

    Benjamin Britten

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    14:27
  • 5:01 PM

    10 National Airs with Variations: No. 4

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Patrick Gallois, flute

    Maria Prinz, piano

    4:45
  • 4:36 PM

    Concerto After Handel

    Arnold Schoenberg

    Schoenberg: Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra (after Handel); R. Strauss: Divertimento, Op. 86 (after Couperin)

    New York Chamber Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    21:38
  • 4:16 PM

    Don Juan

    Richard Strauss

    Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    18:36
  • 4:09 PM

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    5:25
  • 4:06 PM

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

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Annees De Pelerinage, Vol. 1

    Jeno Jando, piano

    2:41
  • 4:00 PM

    Amadigi di Gaula: Sento la gioia (I feel the joy)

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    4:33
  • 3:49 PM

    6 Early Netherlands Dances

    Julius Rontgen

    Rontgern: Symphony No. 18

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    David Porcelijn, conductor

    9:29
  • 3:43 PM

    Forgotten Fairy Tales: Selections

    Edward MacDowell

    James Barbagallo, piano

    4:51
  • 3:16 PM

    Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto

    He Zhanhao/Chen Gang

    China Girl

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Viktor Fedotov, conductor

    Vanessa-Mae, violin

    26:37
  • 3:09 PM

    Falling in Love Again

    Friedrich Hollander

    Song

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    4:30
  • 3:06 PM

    Partita No. 5: Preambulum

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    2:26
  • 3:01 PM

    Sonata No. 25

    Niccolo Paganini

    Dale Kavanagh, guitar

    4:26
  • 2:56 PM

    Musical Moment No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Piano Sonata D845, Wanderer Fantasy

    Paul Lewis, piano

    1:52
  • 2:50 PM

    Serenade No. 2: 1st movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    8:38
  • 2:45 PM

    Rienzi: Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Orchestral Favorites

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Georg Solti, conductor

    11:33
  • 2:41 PM

    Though Amaryllis Dance in Green

    William Byrd

    Flora Gave Me Fairest Flowers

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    2:11
  • 2:36 PM

    Queen's Goodnight

    William Byrd

    Four Temperaments - Byrd, Ferrabosco, Parsons, Tallis

    Phantasm

    5:25
  • 2:24 PM

    Gloriana: Courtly Dances

    Benjamin Britten

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    10:18
  • 2:01 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Concert Recording

    Lakes Area Music Festival Orchestra

    Christian Reif, conductor

    Natasha Paremski, piano

    21:52
  • 1:48 PM

    Knight in Armour

    Ruth Gipps

    Gipps: Symphonies Nos 2 and 4, etc.

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    9:53
  • 1:42 PM

    Downton Abbey: One Hundred Years of Downton

    John Lunn

    Downton Abbey Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Chamber Orchestra of London

    Alastair King, conductor

    5:13
  • 1:35 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    6:14
  • 1:30 PM

    The Anonymous Lover: March

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    SAINT-GEORGES, J.B.C. de: L'Amant anonyme

    Haymarket Opera Orchestra

    Craig Trompeter, conductor

    3:33
  • 1:22 PM

    i thank You God for most this amazing day

    Eric Whitacre

    From Light to Light

    National Lutheran Choir

    David Cherwien, conductor

    6:44
  • 1:19 PM

    Thurber's Dogs: Dog and Butterfly

    Peter Schickele

    Voices from the Gallery: Stephen Paulus/Thurber's Dogs: Peter Schickele

    Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra

    Timothy Russell, conductor

    2:47
  • 1:10 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Richard Strauss

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    William Caballero, horn

    5:20
  • 1:05 PM

    Algerian Suite: French Military March

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    4:41
  • 12:56 PM

    I Could Have Danced All Night

    Frederick Loewe

    The Essential Yo-Yo Ma

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    3:43
  • 12:47 PM

    Heroes Symphony: Sons of the Silent Age

    Philip Glass

    American Composers Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    8:20
  • 12:42 PM

    Walking Tune

    Percy Grainger

    Music of Percy Grainger

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Kenneth Montgomery, conductor

    3:34
  • 12:38 PM

    Le Gaillard-Boiteux (The fellow who limped)

    Francois Couperin

    Couperin: Keyboard Music

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    3:06
  • 12:32 PM

    Symphony No. 3: 3rd movement

    Florence Price

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    5:02
  • 12:24 PM

    Piano Quartet: 4th movement

    Robert Schumann

    Trio Wanderer

    Christopher Gaugue, viola

    6:59
  • 12:16 PM

    King Stephen: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    6:37
  • 12:08 PM

    Danzon Cubano

    Aaron Copland

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    6:47
  • 12:04 PM

    Bagatelles: Allegretto scherzando (1)

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Quartets Opp. 96 & 105

    Takacs Quartet

    Gabor Ormai, harmonium

    2:56
  • 11:55 AM

    Dolly Suite: Kitty-Valse

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Pelleas Et Melisande, Dolly Suite, Etc

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    3:09
  • 11:46 AM

    Theme and Variations

    Charlotte Sohy

    Charlotte Sohy: Compositrice de la Belle Epoque

    National Orchestra of Avignon-Provence

    Debora Waldman, conductor

    Cordelia Palm, violin

    8:40
  • 11:36 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 23: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos 9 & 23

    Northern Sinfonia

    Thomas Zehetmair, conductor

    Imogen Cooper, piano

    8:29
  • 11:31 AM

    Consort for Ten Winds: Sautereau

    Robert Spittal

    Atlanta Chamber Winds

    Robert J. Ambrose, conductor

    3:32
  • 11:24 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    William Boyce

    Boyce: Symphonies I-VIII

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    6:39
  • 11:16 AM

    Waltz-Intermezzo

    Frank Bridge

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    6:12
  • 11:11 AM

    Arabesque No. 2

    Claude Debussy

    Impressions

    Katerina Englichova, harp

    4:17
  • 11:05 AM

    Tahiti: Tahaa

    Michael Torke

    Ensemble of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

    Clark Rundell, conductor

    5:23
  • 10:46 AM

    Fair Maid of Perth: Suite

    Georges Bizet

    Paris Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    11:59
  • 10:28 AM

    Capriccio Italien

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    16:27
  • 10:22 AM

    String Quartet No. 4: Andante

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Cecilia String Quartet

    5:44
  • 10:17 AM

    Waltz No. 5 "Grande Valse"

    Frederic Chopin

    Bruce Liu: Chopin: Highlights from the 18th International Chopin Piano Competition

    Bruce Liu, piano

    3:42
  • 10:06 AM

    Guitar Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    10:10
  • 10:01 AM

    Concerto Grosso: 2nd movement

    Henry Cowell

    Manhattan Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Auldon Clark, conductor

    4:41
  • 9:47 AM

    Carmen Fantasy

    Pablo de Sarasate

    New York Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    11:04
  • 9:36 AM

    Suite Rococo

    Andre Gretry

    Gretry, Ysaye, Vieuxtemps, Gossec, etc.

    I Fiamminghi

    France Springuel, cello

    9:50
  • 9:20 AM

    Lincolnshire Posy

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger/Persichetti/Khachaturian etc - Various works

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    14:24
  • 9:06 AM

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    13:02
  • 9:01 AM

    Dreaming

    Amy Beach

    Anna Shelest, piano

    4:43
  • 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
  • 8:24 AM

    Variations on a Dublin Air

    Hamilton Harty

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    Ralph Holmes, violin

    16:18
  • 8:06 AM

    Cypresses (selected)

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Cypresses; String Quartet No. 13 op. 106

    Cypress String Quartet

    16:37
  • 8:01 AM

    East: 1st movement

    Michael Torke

    Albany Symphony Orchestra

    David Alan Miller, conductor

    Weixiong Wang, clarinet

    3:56
  • 7:20 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    Lang Lang, piano

    38:22
  • 7:15 AM

    Suite popular brasileira: Mazurka-Choro

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    3:55
  • 7:01 AM

    Divertimento No. 14

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    12:37
  • 6:41 AM

    Faust Ballet Music

    Charles Gounod

    Gounod: The 2 Symphonies

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:20
  • 6:32 AM

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    Gemma Rosefield, cello

    8:17
  • 6:01 AM

    Suite for Strings

    Ethel Smyth

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Douglas Bostock, conductor

    28:50
  • 5:21 AM

    Symphony

    Cesar Franck

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    36:50
  • 5:16 AM

    Lydia Mordkovitch, violin

    James Kirby, piano

    4:25
  • 5:01 AM

    Charterhouse Suite

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Israel Chamber Orchestra

    Dalia Atlas, conductor

    13:32