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  • 4:38 AM

    The Royal Children

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Humperdinck: Fairy-Tale Music

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    19:57
  • 4:26 AM

    Paroles - Suite for Clarinet and Orchestra: II. Parole de l'Arbre au Vent

    Dia Succari

    Uneven Sky

    German Symphony Orchestra

    Manuel Nawri, conductor

    Kinan Azmeh, clarinet

    10:50
  • 4:06 AM

    Legends

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 2; Legends Op. 59, Nos. 6-10

    Bratislava Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Stephen Gunzenhauser, conductor

    19:05
  • 4:01 AM

    Pastoral

    David Guion

    Prairie Echoes - Piano Music of David Guion

    Eugene Rowley, piano

    4:37
  • 3:47 AM

    The Cider House Rules: Suite

    Rachel Portman

    The Cider House Rules: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture

    Studio Orchestra

    David Snell, conductor

    11:05
  • 3:43 AM

    Over the Stone (Tros y Gareg)

    Traditional Welsh

    Wild Mountain Thyme: Celtic Music for Guitar

    Scott Tennant, guitar

    2:39
  • 3:16 AM

    Arpeggione Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Franz Schubert: The Piano Trios And Arpeggione Sonata

    Sharon Robinson, cello

    26:20
  • 3:06 AM

    The Planets: Venus

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Colin Davis, conductor

    8:02
  • 3:01 AM

    China Gates

    John Adams

    American Grace - Piano Music from John Adams and Steven Mackey

    Orli Shaham, piano

    4:46
  • 2:39 AM

    Manfred Symphony: 4th movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    18:51
  • 2:18 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music, etc.

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Oundjian, conductor

    Sarah Jeffrey, oboe

    19:57
  • 2:06 AM

    Sacred and Profane Dances

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Orchestral Works

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    Alice Chalifoux, harp

    10:06
  • 2:01 AM

    Impromptu No. 3

    Gabriel Faure

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    4:31
  • 1:54 AM

    Last Spring

    Edvard Grieg

    Arctic Philharmonic

    Christian Kluxen, conductor

    Eldbjorg Hemsing, violin

    4:41
  • 1:48 AM

    Variations on Arne's "Rule Britannia"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Mozart: Piano Variations

    Olli Mustonen, piano

    4:07
  • 1:43 AM

    Lux Aeterna

    Edward Elgar

    Lux

    Voces8

    3:48
  • 1:06 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Concert Recording

    Janacek Philharmonic

    Lucie Leguay, conductor

    35:28
  • 1:01 AM

    Silent Woods

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak Trios

    Alisa Weilerstein, cello

    4:44
  • 12:53 AM

    Suite on Sixteenth Century Hymn Tunes: Meditation

    George Frederick McKay

    MCKAY: Violin Concerto / Sinfonietta No. 4 / Song Over the Great Plains

    National Radio Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine

    John McLaughlin Williams, conductor

    5:31
  • 12:18 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Florence Price

    Florence Price: Symphony No. 4; William Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    33:44
  • 12:09 AM

    Introduction and Passacaglia

    William Wallace

    Wallace: Dances and Variations

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Boris Brott, conductor

    6:49
  • 12:06 AM

    Cello Suite No. 1: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Inspired by Bach

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    2:17
  • 12:01 AM

    Andromaque: Prelude to Act IV

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    4:52
  • 11:54 PM

    Suite: Finale

    Gordon Jacob

    University of Missouri Wind Ensemble

    Thomas O'Neal, conductor

    4:00
  • 11:52 PM

    Four Fancies: Folk Dance

    Gordon Jacob

    Voyage

    Arcata String Quartet

    Don Bailey, flute

    1:12
  • 11:26 PM

    Variations on a Nursery Song

    Ernst von Dohnanyi

    Childhood Tales

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Domingo Hindoyan, conductor

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    24:54
  • 11:10 PM

    Five Bagatelles

    Gerald Finzi

    Music for Clarinet and Piano 1

    Thea King, clarinet

    13:36
  • 11:06 PM

    Valse romantique

    Deodat de Severac

    Les Bis de Alexis Weissenberg

    Alexis Weissenberg, piano

    3:18
  • 11:01 PM

    Spanish Dance No. 5 "Andaluza"

    Enrique Granados

    Guitare Festival

    Turibio Santos, guitar

    4:34
  • 10:42 PM

    Lincolnshire Posy

    Percy Grainger

    Shepherd's Hey

    London Wind Orchestra

    Denis Wick, conductor

    16:01
  • 10:18 PM

    Pines of Rome

    Ottorino Respighi

    Oregon Symphony

    James DePreist, conductor

    22:45
  • 10:09 PM

    Variations on a Theme by Handel

    Mauro Giuliani

    An Evening of Guitar Music

    Celedonio Romero, guitar

    7:04
  • 10:06 PM

    Noel No. 8

    Louis-Claude Daquin

    Carol Of The Drum: A New Age Christmas

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Martin Neary, conductor

    Michala Petri, recorder

    2:11
  • 10:01 PM

    English Idyll No. 1

    George Butterworth

    English Rhapsody: Delius & Butterworth

    Halle Orchestra

    Mark Elder, conductor

    4:35
  • 9:45 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 3: Rondo

    John Field

    FIELD: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 3

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    David Haslam, conductor

    Benjamin Frith, piano

    12:59
  • 9:21 PM

    Sinfonietta

    Leos Janacek

    Janacek: Sinfonietta; Martinu: Symphony No. 6; Suk: Fantasticke Scherzo

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    23:13
  • 9:11 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Titan": 2nd movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    8:31
  • 9:06 PM

    Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair

    Stephen Foster

    Americana

    Leila Josefowicz, violin

    3:09
  • 9:01 PM

    Suite No. 1 for Two Pianos: Waltz

    Anton Arensky

    Aglika Genova, piano

    Liuben Dimitrov, piano

    4:33
  • 8:50 PM

    Orb and Sceptre

    William Walton

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    David Willcocks, conductor

    7:50
  • 8:16 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Jean Sibelius

    Schoenberg, Sibelius: Violin Concertos

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    33:08
  • 8:12 PM

    Prelude No. 18

    Nikolai Kapustin

    Kapustin: Piano Sonata No. 15

    John Salmon, piano

    1:53
  • 8:06 PM

    Ruslan and Ludmila: Overture

    Mikhail Glinka

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    5:32
  • 8:01 PM

    Spiritual Fantasy: Wade in the Water

    Frederick C. Tillis

    Castle of our Skins

    4:46
  • 7:52 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: Presto

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Andris Nelsons, conductor

    Lang Lang, piano

    6:45
  • 7:14 PM

    Symphony No. 8

    Antonin Dvorak

    Antonín Dvorák: Symphonies Nos. 7 – 9

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    35:37
  • 7:11 PM

    The Bamboula

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Summertime

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    2:25
  • 7:06 PM

    Carmen: Seguedilla and Dragoons

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Carmen Suite, L'arlesienne Suites Etc.

    Orchestra of the Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    3:41
  • 7:01 PM

    Songs of the Auvergne: Shepherd's Song

    Joseph Canteloube

    Canteloube: Chants D'auvergne / Upshaw, Nagano

    Lyon Opera Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    Dawn Upshaw, soprano

    4:41
  • 6:51 PM

    Introduction and Caprice-Jota

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Navarra Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Martinez Izquierdo, conductor

    Tianwa Yang, violin

    7:08
  • 6:27 PM

    Symphony No. 100 "Military"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    22:15
  • 6:20 PM

    Images, Book 1: Reflets dans l'eau (Reflections in the Water)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images; Children's Corner; Suite Bergamasque; L'Isle Joyeuse

    Seong-Jin Cho, piano

    5:42
  • 6:07 PM

    Introduction, Theme and Variations for Clarinet

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Weber: Clarinet Concertos, Etc

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Neidich, clarinet

    13:04
  • 6:01 PM

    Prelude No. 1

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    4:48
  • 5:50 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Introduction and March

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    8:33
  • 5:24 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 6

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    Lambert Orkis, piano

    23:41
  • 5:14 PM

    As You Like It: Suite

    Roger Quilter

    Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    9:16
  • 5:06 PM

    Light Cavalry Overture

    Franz von Suppe

    William Tell and Other Favorite Overtures

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:49
  • 5:01 PM

    Partita No. 6: Courante

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Six Partitas

    Andras Schiff, piano

    4:47
  • 4:44 PM

    Captain Blood

    Erich Korngold

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    13:58
  • 4:37 PM

    Hook: The Banquet Scene

    John Williams

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    6:08
  • 4:33 PM

    Hook: The Lost Boys Ballet

    John Williams

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:00
  • 4:28 PM

    Hook: The Face of Pan

    John Williams

    Williams on Williams

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:25
  • 4:25 PM

    Hook: Smee's Plan

    John Williams

    Williams on Williams

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:35
  • 4:11 PM

    Mutiny on the Bounty

    Bronislaw Kaper

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    12:13
  • 4:06 PM

    Captain from Castile: Conquest

    Alfred Newman

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:36
  • 4:01 PM

    Hook: Flight to Neverland

    John Williams

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:42
  • 3:50 PM

    The Sea Hawk: Suite

    Erich Korngold

    Oregon Symphony

    James DePreist, conductor

    7:57
  • 3:44 PM

    Captains Courageous: Suite

    Franz Waxman

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:39
  • 3:34 PM

    Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

    Iva Davies/Christopher Gordon/Richard Tognetti

    Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Music from the Motion Picture

    Studio Orchestra

    Christopher Gordon, conductor

    9:19
  • 3:29 PM

    The Hunt for Red October: Hymn to Red October

    Basil Poledouris

    The Great Fantasy Adventure Album

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:08
  • 3:22 PM

    Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest: selections

    Hans Zimmer

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:29
  • 3:18 PM

    Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl: He's a Pirate

    Klaus Badelt

    Silence on Joue, Take 2

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    3:33
  • 3:15 PM

    Captain Horatio Hornblower Suite: Polwheal

    Robert Farnon

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Towse, conductor

    1:26
  • 3:07 PM

    Pirates of Penzance: Overture

    Arthur Sullivan

    Sullivan: The Yeoman Of The Guard And Other Overtures

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Faris, conductor

    7:17
  • 3:01 PM

    Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl: selections

    Klaus Badelt

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:51
  • 2:40 PM

    Lieutenant Kije Suite

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky; Lieutenant Kije

    Utah Symphony

    Thierry Fischer, conductor

    18:27
  • 2:35 PM

    Espana: Tango

    Isaac Albeniz

    Tango to the Cor

    Cally Banham, English horn

    2:47
  • 2:31 PM

    Mala Junta

    Julio de Caro/Pedro Laurenz

    Tango to the Cor

    Cally Banham, English horn

    4:01
  • 2:13 PM

    Symphony

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: Symphonies Op. 12 Nos. 4-6

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    15:53
  • 2:06 PM

    Danse Macabre

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Mephisto and Co.

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    6:52
  • 1:47 PM

    Introduction and Variations

    Elias Parish-Alvars

    Catrin Finch, harp

    11:06
  • 1:26 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1

    Georges Bizet

    Paris Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    19:33
  • 1:10 PM

    Symphony

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Black Composers Series 1974-1978

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    14:17
  • 1:06 PM

    The Red Pony Suite: Walk to the Bunkhouse

    Aaron Copland

    Copland, Williams: Music for the Stage and Screen

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    2:48
  • 1:01 PM

    Minuet

    Ignaz Paderewski

    My Favorite Things: Virtuoso Encores

    Stephen Hough, piano

    4:29
  • 12:43 PM

    Symphony No. 6

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies, Vol. 2

    Danish National Chamber Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    15:06
  • 12:18 PM

    Symphony on a French Mountain Air

    Vincent d'Indy

    Radio Philharmonic Orchestra of France

    Marek Janowski, conductor

    Catherine Collard, piano

    23:57
  • 12:06 PM

    Orpheus in the Underworld: Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    9:36
  • 12:01 PM

    Keyboard Suite No. 5: Allemande

    George Frideric Handel

    Philip Edward Fisher, piano

    4:40
  • 11:46 AM

    Carmina Burana Wind Suite

    Carl Orff

    Carl Orff: Kleines Konzert

    Mainz Wind Ensemble

    Klaus Rainer Scholl, conductor

    12:40
  • 11:42 AM

    American Suite: Danse

    William Grant Still

    Still: Summerland - Violin Suite - Pastorela - American Suite

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Avlana Eisenberg, conductor

    1:40
  • 11:29 AM

    Andean Folk Dances

    Celso Garrido-Lecca

    Garrido-Lecca: Peruvian Suite; Symphonic Tableaux; Andean Folk Dances; Laudes II

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    12:59
  • 11:14 AM

    Symphony No. 16

    Carlos Baguer

    Baguer: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    13:17
  • 11:07 AM

    Monteverdiana

    Claudio Monteverdi

    For Thy Pleasure

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    7:08
  • 11:01 AM

    They Can't Take That Away from Me

    George Gershwin

    Katie Mahan, piano

    4:37
  • 10:42 AM

    Simple Symphony

    Benjamin Britten

    Works by Britten, Tippett, Walton

    Guildhall Strings

    15:55
  • 10:25 AM

    The Lark Ascending

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    15:55
  • 10:13 AM

    String Symphony No. 4

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Amadeus Ensemble

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    9:58
  • 10:06 AM

    Magic Flute: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Overtures

    Norwegian National Opera Orchestra

    Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor

    6:29
  • 10:01 AM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Johan Svendsen

    Svendsen: Symphonies 1 & 2

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    4:45
  • 9:39 AM

    La Peri (The Fairy)

    Paul Dukas

    New York Philharmonic

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    19:10
  • 9:28 AM

    String Quartet No. 2

    Maddalena Laura Sirmen

    Lombardini Quartet

    10:19
  • 9:15 AM

    Souvenir of a Beloved Place: Meditation

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Complete Works for Violin and Orchestra

    Odense Symphony Orchestra

    Alexander Vedernikov, conductor

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    10:39
  • 9:06 AM

    Madame Butterfly: Intermezzo

    Giacomo Puccini

    Overtures, Preludes, and Intermezzi

    Philharmonic of La Scala

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    8:13
  • 9:01 AM

    Elena Papandreou, guitar

    4:36
  • 8:36 AM

    Sonata for Strings

    Carlos Gomes

    Serenata: Brazilian Music for Chamber Orchestra

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Neil Thomson, conductor

    21:55
  • 8:30 AM

    Intermezzo No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms Inspired

    Orli Shaham, piano

    6:11
  • 8:08 AM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 1

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Clarinet Concertos, Etc

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Neidich, clarinet

    19:06
  • 8:01 AM

    To Become (Divenire)

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Ludovico Einaudi: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    7:02
  • 7:23 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Andrew Constantine, conductor

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    35:47
  • 7:16 AM

    String Trio: Rondo

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Complete Trios

    Grumiaux Trio

    5:46
  • 7:01 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn 2032, Vol. 3: Solo e pensoso

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Giovanni Antonini, conductor

    13:28
  • 6:37 AM

    Aranjuez Concerto

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    Julian Bream, guitar

    21:15
  • 6:18 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin

    Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

    Bramwell Tovey, conductor

    18:08
  • 6:01 AM

    Oboe d'Amore Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerti Virtuosi

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    John Abberger, oboe d'amore

    15:14
  • 5:20 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 3 in G; Cappriccio italien; Marche slave; Gopak from 'Mazeppa'

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    38:33
  • 5:15 AM

    Two Waltzes

    Germaine Tailleferre

    Germaine Tailleferre: Music for 2 Pianos & Piano 4 Hands

    Mark Clinton, piano

    3:14
  • 5:01 AM

    Eight Russian Folk Songs

    Anatol Liadov

    Russian Fireworks

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Jean, conductor

    12:47