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  • 4:44 AM

    Symphonie Fantastique: Reveries

    Hector Berlioz

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    14:43
  • 4:23 AM

    Piano Trio No. 4 "Gassenhauer"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Jonathan Cohler and Claremont Trio

    Jonathan Cohler, clarinet

    19:51
  • 4:07 AM

    Cold Mountain

    Gabriel Yared

    Studio Orchestra

    Harry Rabinowitz, conductor

    15:25
  • 4:01 AM

    Sospiri (Sighs)

    Edward Elgar

    THE BRITISH PROJECT

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, conductor

    4:48
  • 3:48 AM

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

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Preludes and Orchestral Music

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    10:22
  • 3:24 AM

    Serenade for Winds

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenades

    Vienna Philharmonic Winds

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    22:54
  • 3:16 AM

    A Dream in the Forest (Un Sueno en la Floresta)

    Agustin Barrios

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    7:02
  • 3:07 AM

    Impromptu No. 4

    Franz Schubert

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    8:06
  • 3:01 AM

    Cinderella: Adagio

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Cinderella

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    4:47
  • 2:55 AM

    Fanfare on Amazing Grace

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Virginia Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    3:26
  • 2:25 AM

    Mississippi River Suite

    Florence Price

    The Oak - Mississippi River Suite - Symphony No. 3

    Women's Philharmonic

    Apo Hsu, conductor

    27:44
  • 2:17 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
  • 2:06 AM

    Solo Flute Partita: Allemande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandon Patrick George, flute

    5:55
  • 2:01 AM

    Suite for Violin and Piano: African Dancer

    William Grant Still

    Blues Dialogues: Music by Black Composers

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    4:34
  • 1:50 AM

    A Fugal Concerto

    Gustav Holst

    Bax: Garden of Fand, Tintagel, November Woods

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Imogen Holst, conductor

    William Bennett, flute

    7:58
  • 1:17 AM

    Pictures at an Exhibition

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    32:03
  • 1:09 AM

    Fantasia fugata

    Amy Beach

    Joanne Polk, piano

    5:55
  • 1:06 AM

    Te Deum: Prelude

    Marc-Antoine Charpentier

    Trumpet Voluntary - Music for Organ & Brass

    Laird Brass Ensemble

    Peter Hurford, organ

    2:17
  • 1:01 AM

    Spanish Suite: Granada

    Isaac Albeniz

    Victoria Drake, harp

    4:30
  • 12:53 AM

    Grand Canyon Suite: Sunset

    Ferde Grofe

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    5:53
  • 12:15 AM

    Symphony No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    36:21
  • 12:09 AM

    Time For Three

    Rob Moose, violin

    3:30
  • 12:06 AM

    Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano

    2:27
  • 12:01 AM

    Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria (Cantilena)

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Michala Petri, recorder

    Lars Hannibal, guitar

    4:46
  • 11:52 PM

    Symphony: 4th movement

    Alice Mary Smith

    Smith, A.M.: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    6:19
  • 11:51 PM

    Symphony: 4th movement

    Alice Mary Smith

    Smith, A.M.: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    6:19
  • 11:41 PM

    English Dances: First Set

    Malcolm Arnold

    Arnold for Band

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    9:30
  • 11:17 PM

    Symphony No. 93

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    23:14
  • 11:04 PM

    Old Wine in New Bottles

    Gordon Jacob

    The Chamber Winds

    Chamber Winds

    11:51
  • 11:00 PM

    Dances in the Canebrakes: Tropical Noon

    Florence Price

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    3:38
  • 10:41 PM

    Les Preludes

    Franz Liszt

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    16:44
  • 10:33 PM

    Oboe Concerto: 3rd movement

    Jan Anton Kozeluh

    Lost and Found

    Potsdam Chamber Academy

    Albrecht Mayer, conductor

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe

    7:28
  • 10:28 PM

    Reflection Rag

    Scott Joplin

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:36
  • 10:10 PM

    Concerto for Three Violins

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Concertos for One, Two and Three Violins

    Portland Baroque Orchestra

    Monica Huggett, conductor

    Monica Huggett, violin

    16:51
  • 10:08 PM

    Album for Children: March

    Tatyana Nikolayeva

    Hiroko Ishimoto, piano

    1:01
  • 10:00 PM

    Mignon: Overture

    Ambroise Thomas

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    8:06
  • 9:44 PM

    Trio Sonata

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    C.P.E. Bach: Triosonaten

    London Baroque

    13:59
  • 9:34 PM

    Invitation to the Dance

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2, Bassoon Concerto

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    10:02
  • 9:28 PM

    Piano Concerto: 3rd movement

    Maurice Ravel

    MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Kristjan Jarvi, conductor

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    4:02
  • 9:15 PM

    Romeo and Juliet

    Johan Svendsen

    South Jutland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    12:06
  • 9:08 PM

    An Elizabethan Summer

    Stephen Chatman

    This Shining Night

    Choral Arts Ensemble

    Michael Culloton, conductor

    5:32
  • 9:05 PM

    The Prince of Denmark's March

    Jeremiah Clarke

    Baroque Music for Brass and Organ

    Empire Brass

    William Kuhlman, organ

    2:51
  • 9:02 PM

    Song without Words No. 48

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Lieder Ohne Worte

    Javier Perianes, piano

    2:33
  • 8:48 PM

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    10:00
  • 8:31 PM

    Wind Octet

    Franz Krommer

    Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble

    16:00
  • 8:21 PM

    Concert Waltz No. 1

    Alexander Glazunov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade, Arensky: Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky, Glazunov: The Seasons, Concert Waltzes

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    9:43
  • 8:06 PM

    Henry V Suite

    William Walton

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Carl Davis, conductor

    13:20
  • 8:00 PM

    Chen Yi, violin

    Lars Hannibal, guitar

    5:30
  • 5:50 PM

    Homestead Dances: Quilters' Dance

    Don Ray

    Home For The Harvest

    Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra

    Derek Gleeson, conductor

    7:58
  • 5:17 PM

    Clarinet Quintet

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart & Brahms

    Pacifica String Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    30:51
  • 5:13 PM

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    2:05
  • 5:06 PM

    Nabucco: Overture

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    7:15
  • 5:01 PM

    The Prince and the Pauper

    Erich Korngold

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    4:48
  • 4:42 PM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin

    Maurice Ravel

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    15:48
  • 4:20 PM

    Scenes from Childhood

    Robert Schumann

    Lise de la Salle, piano

    20:13
  • 4:09 PM

    La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    8:53
  • 4:06 PM

    Auf dem See

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Lied Edition 16 - Goethe, Vol. 3

    Johannes Kalpers, tenor

    3:14
  • 4:01 PM

    Ladies in Lavender

    Nigel Hess

    Claire Jones: Royal Harp Strings

    London Mozart Players

    Stuart Morley, conductor

    Claire Jones, harp

    4:42
  • 3:45 PM

    Symphony No. 3: Finale

    Aaron Copland

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    13:20
  • 3:25 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 1

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Emmanuel Krivine, conductor

    Anne Gastinel, cello

    18:52
  • 3:14 PM

    The Coachman

    Manos Hadjidakis

    Elena Papandreou, guitar

    9:33
  • 3:07 PM

    Fidelio Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    6:36
  • 3:01 PM

    Flute Sonata No. 3

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Aurele Nicolet, flute

    Bruno Canino, piano

    4:50
  • 2:52 PM

    Sylvia: Procession of Bacchus

    Leo Delibes

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    6:00
  • 2:50 PM

    Suite No. 1: Fuga con Pajarillo

    Aldemaro Romero

    Songs for Our Times

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    8:00
  • 2:46 PM

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    3:36
  • 2:01 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World"

    Antonin Dvorak

    44:15
  • 1:47 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    11:22
  • 1:45 PM

    Sonata

    Domenico Scarlatti

    Royal Brass: Music from the Renaissance & Baroque

    Empire Brass

    2:28
  • 1:34 PM

    Concert Champetre: Finale

    Francis Poulenc

    Filarmonica '900

    Jan Latham-Koenig, conductor

    Stefano Bollani, piano

    7:57
  • 1:26 PM

    Symphonie Espagnole: Rondo

    Edouard Lalo

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    6:58
  • 1:22 PM

    Guitar Quintet No. 4 "Fandango": Fandango

    Luigi Boccherini

    Baroque

    Arcangelo

    Jonathan Cohen, conductor

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    3:49
  • 1:10 PM

    Poetic Tone Pictures: Goblin's Dance

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak Poetic Tone Pictures, Op. 85

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    3:15
  • 1:04 PM

    Colas Breugnon Overture

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Darrell Ang, conductor

    4:50
  • 12:49 PM

    Schwanda the Bagpiper: Polka and Fugue

    Jaromir Weinberger

    Dvorak: New World Symphony,

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    9:18
  • 12:44 PM

    Philharmonix

    4:23
  • 12:32 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    Marieke Blankestijn, violin

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    Douglas Boyd, oboe

    Matthew Wilkie, bassoon

    9:26
  • 12:30 PM

    Ticklin' Toes

    Florence Price

    Kete: Piano Music of the African Diaspora

    William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    1:03
  • 12:26 PM

    Glory in the Meeting House

    Traditional

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    3:38
  • 12:16 PM

    Symphony No. 4 "Italian": 1st movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Symphony No. 4

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    9:19
  • 12:11 PM

    Cantata No. 29: Sinfonia

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    3:34
  • 12:05 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Richard Strauss

    Martin Owen plays Strauss, Schumann, and Weber

    BBC Philharmonic

    John Wilson, conductor

    Martin Owen, horn

    4:54
  • 11:47 AM

    Norwegian Dances Nos. 2-4

    Edvard Grieg

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    11:40
  • 11:44 AM

    Capriccio No. 7

    Johannes Brahms

    Paul Lewis, piano

    2:28
  • 11:32 AM

    Guitar Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    English Chamber Orchestra

    John Williams, guitar

    10:05
  • 11:23 AM

    The Bronze Horse: Overture

    Daniel Auber

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    7:19
  • 11:17 AM

    Rondo for Violin and Orchestra

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Eivind Aadland, conductor

    Baiba Skride, violin

    6:06
  • 11:10 AM

    Sanctus

    Ola Gjeilo

    Beyond All Mortal Dreams

    Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    4:51
  • 11:04 AM

    Berceuse (Lullaby)

    Frederic Chopin

    Yundi Li, piano

    4:31
  • 10:44 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 3

    Francois Devienne

    Munich Chamber Orchestra

    Hans Stadlmair, conductor

    Andras Adorjan, flute

    14:31
  • 10:24 AM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2

    Georges Bizet

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    18:15
  • 10:19 AM

    Shepherd's Song

    Han-Kun Sha

    Chinasong | Shanghai Quartet

    Shanghai Quartet

    4:47
  • 10:11 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    William Boyce

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    6:11
  • 10:06 AM

    Rusalka: Polonaise

    Antonin Dvorak

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    4:30
  • 10:01 AM

    On Wings of Song; Spinning Song

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Short Stories

    Salzedo Harp Duo

    4:49
  • 9:46 AM

    Snow Maiden Suite

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    12:28
  • 9:30 AM

    Fantasie for Piano and Orchestra

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: L'Oeuvre D'Orchestre, Vol. II

    Toulouse Chamber Orchestra

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    Jean-Philippe Collard, piano

    14:53
  • 9:09 AM

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    Celia Nicklin, oboe

    18:53
  • 9:06 AM

    Christopher Parkening, guitar

    2:03
  • 9:01 AM

    Flute Quintet: Finale

    Franz Schubert

    Martinu Quartet

    Robert Stallman, flute

    Karel Untermuller, viola

    4:53
  • 8:42 AM

    String Quartet

    Florence Price

    American Voices

    Pacifica Quartet

    16:30
  • 8:40 AM

    Piano Suite No. 1: Courante No. 2

    Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre

    Sarah Cahill, piano

    1:22
  • 8:15 AM

    Symphony "The Cotswolds"

    Gustav Holst

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    23:07
  • 8:01 AM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Music for Strings

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    13:12
  • 7:26 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    31:56
  • 7:19 AM

    Manhattan String Quartet

    7:12
  • 7:01 AM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Johann Stamitz

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    15:39
  • 6:41 AM

    Karelia Suite

    Jean Sibelius

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    Raimo Laukka, baritone

    17:09
  • 6:20 AM

    Ballet de Cour

    Gabriel Pierne

    Prisms

    Chamber Music Palm Beach

    19:55
  • 6:01 AM

    Cinnamon Grove

    Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    17:30
  • 5:53 AM

    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Hedwig's Theme

    John Williams

    Celebrating John Williams

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    4:54
  • 5:41 AM

    Swan Lake: Dance of the Swans

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Barry Griffiths, violin

    12:05
  • 5:35 AM

    The Deer Hunter: Cavatina

    Stanley Myers

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    3:40
  • 5:01 AM

    Piano Sonata

    Bedrich Smetana

    Concert Recording

    Matou? Zukal, pian

    33:20