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  • 4:42 AM

    Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye)

    Maurice Ravel

    Katia & Marielle Labeque play Ravel

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos

    16:28
  • 4:20 AM

    Symphony on a Hymn Tune

    Virgil Thomson

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    20:21
  • 4:06 AM

    String Symphony No. 5

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn String Symphonies

    Amadeus Ensemble

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    13:09
  • 4:01 AM

    Doctor Zhivago: Lara's Theme

    Maurice Jarre

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    4:46
  • 3:47 AM

    Sentimental Story

    Charlotte Sohy

    National Orchestra of Avignon-Provence

    Debora Waldman, conductor

    11:24
  • 3:28 AM

    Dolly Suite

    Gabriel Faure

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    17:56
  • 3:21 AM

    Horn Trio: Finale

    Johannes Brahms

    Gyorgy Sebok, piano

    Arthur Grumiaux, violin

    Francis Orval, horn

    6:25
  • 3:10 AM

    Spem in Alium (Hope in all things)

    Thomas Tallis

    Thomas Tallis: Spem In Alium

    Tallis Scholars

    Peter Philips, conductor

    9:41
  • 3:06 AM

    Suite for String Orchestra: Interlude

    Susan Spain-Dunk

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Douglas Bostock, conductor

    2:34
  • 3:01 AM

    Nocturne

    Cecile Chaminade

    Apres un reve

    Emmanuel Despax, piano

    4:24
  • 2:53 AM

    Jewels of the Madonna: Intermezzo

    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

    Reveries

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    5:11
  • 2:20 AM

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    31:26
  • 2:17 AM

    Prelude No. 3

    Florence Price

    Scenes in Tin Can Alley

    John Tatsuo Cullen, piano

    1:08
  • 2:06 AM

    Melancholy Serenade

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Odense Symphony Orchestra

    Alexander Vedernikov, conductor

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    10:34
  • 2:01 AM

    Farewell to Stromness

    Peter Maxwell Davies

    Yuanfan Yang, piano

    4:24
  • 1:51 AM

    Septet: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Joseph Silverstein, violin

    Geraldine Walther, viola

    Ronald Thomas, cello

    Charles Chandler, double bass

    William Vermeulen, horn

    Dennis Godburn, bassoon

    7:07
  • 1:18 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Robert Schumann

    For Love of You

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    Lara Downes, piano

    31:33
  • 1:14 AM

    Etta Gavotte

    Justin Holland

    Justin Holland Recording Project

    Keith Calmes, guitar

    2:20
  • 1:07 AM

    Prince and the Mermaid Suite

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    7:24
  • 1:01 AM

    Christian Lindberg, trombone

    Roland Pontinen, piano

    4:30
  • 12:52 AM

    Symphony No. 3: 4th movement

    Marcel Tyberg

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    6:34
  • 12:44 AM

    Petite Suite: Finale

    Alexander Borodin

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    6:11
  • 12:21 AM

    Concerto for violin and string orchestra

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Viktoria Mullova, violin

    22:11
  • 12:18 AM

    Etude No. 8 "Sixths"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes

    Yunchan Lim, piano

    1:04
  • 12:06 AM

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Douglas Boyd, oboe

    11:52
  • 12:01 AM

    Paganini Etude No. 3 "La Campanella"

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: My Piano Hero

    Lang Lang, piano

    4:46
  • 11:50 PM

    From Italy (Aus Italien): Life in Naples

    Richard Strauss

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    8:12
  • 11:49 PM

    From Italy (Aus Italien): Life in Naples

    Richard Strauss

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    8:12
  • 11:21 PM

    Piano Trio No. 2

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn Piano Trios

    Trio con Brio Copenhagen

    26:59
  • 11:06 PM

    Rob Roy: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    13:03
  • 11:03 PM

    Korobeiniki (Song of the Peddler)

    Traditional Russian

    European Folkscapes

    Apollo Chamber Players

    2:18
  • 10:59 PM

    Prelude No. 5

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Yuja Wang, piano

    3:48
  • 10:47 PM

    Marche Slave

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    10:31
  • 10:41 PM

    Canzonetta

    Zara Levina

    Zara Levina: Chamber Music

    Ringela Riemke, cello

    5:00
  • 10:20 PM

    Petite Symphony

    Charles Gounod

    French Flute Favorites

    Waterloo Chamber Orchestra

    Ulysse Waterlot, conductor

    19:44
  • 10:13 PM

    Concerto for Two Oboes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerti Virtuosi

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    6:04
  • 10:07 PM

    Three Mexican Folk Songs

    Manuel Ponce

    La Paloma: Spanish and Latin American Favourites

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    6:01
  • 9:59 PM

    War Horse: Dartmoor, 1912

    John Williams

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Williams, conductor

    6:30
  • 9:45 PM

    St. Paul's Suite

    Gustav Holst

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    12:32
  • 9:30 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 7

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Keyboard Concerti Vol. 1

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    13:59
  • 9:26 PM

    O Magnum Mysterium (O Great Mystery)

    Ivo Antognini

    Ivo Antognini: Come to me in the silence of the night

    Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    2:49
  • 9:21 PM

    Balkan Dance

    Samuel A. Livingston

    AMERICAN SCENES AND OTHER WORKS FOR CONCERT BAND

    Winds of Filharmonie Brno

    Stanislav Vavrinek, conductor

    Emil Drapela, clarinet

    4:04
  • 9:15 PM

    Serenata andaluza

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Appassionata

    Lydia Mordkovitch, violin

    4:58
  • 9:11 PM

    Looking for a Boy

    George Gershwin

    Sara Davis Buechner, piano

    2:26
  • 9:02 PM

    Trumpet Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    9:08
  • 8:44 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concertos

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    Bibi Black, trumpet

    14:40
  • 8:37 PM

    Gavotte and six doubles

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Encores 2

    Emma Johnson, clarinet

    5:59
  • 8:30 PM

    Nocturne

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends, Prague Waltzes

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    6:14
  • 8:03 PM

    Appalachian Spring

    Aaron Copland

    Copland 100

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    25:10
  • 8:00 PM

    By and By Thou Wilt Return (By and By, Ho'i Mai Oe)

    Queen Liliuokalani

    Songs Of Liliuokalani ?

    Galliard String Quartet

    2:25
  • 5:58 PM

    Prelude No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    The Complete Chopin Preludes

    Yundi Li, piano

    :31
  • 5:46 PM

    Serenade for Strings

    Edward Elgar

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Julian Lloyd Webber, conductor

    11:32
  • 5:18 PM

    Symphony No. 8

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    26:44
  • 5:13 PM

    Silver Threads Among the Gold

    H. P. Danks

    American Virtuosa - Tribute to Maud Powell

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    3:05
  • 5:06 PM

    Concerto for Two Oboes

    Tomaso Albinoni

    London Virtuosi

    John Georgiadis, conductor

    Anthony Camden, oboe

    Alison Alty, oboe

    6:53
  • 5:01 PM

    The Running Set

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    George Hurst, conductor

    4:43
  • 4:52 PM

    Coppelia: Slavonic Theme and Variation

    Leo Delibes

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    6:50
  • 4:50 PM

    Galop

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Landler

    Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano

    1:09
  • 4:27 PM

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    22:01
  • 4:16 PM

    Four Seasons: Autumn

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi | Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    10:46
  • 4:12 PM

    Prairie Miniature

    Arthur Farwell

    Calico Winds

    1:54
  • 4:06 PM

    Les nuits d'ete (Summer Nights): The Spectre of the Rose

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Nuits D'Ete (Les) / Chausson: Poeme De L'Amour Et De La Mer / Dukas: La Peri

    Lille National Orchestra

    Jean-Claude Casadesus, conductor

    Elsa Maurus, mezzo-soprano

    6:17
  • 4:00 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "In the Forest": 3rd movement

    Joachim Raff

    Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic

    Urs Schneider, conductor

    4:46
  • 3:49 PM

    Sinfonia for 3 Trumpets No. 1

    Johann Christian Hertel

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Wolfgang Bauer, conductor

    Wolfgang Bauer, trumpet

    9:52
  • 3:17 PM

    Piano Concerto

    Edvard Grieg

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Alice Sara Ott, piano

    30:13
  • 3:12 PM

    John Williams, guitar

    2:16
  • 3:06 PM

    Overture to an unfinished comedy opera

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    5:34
  • 3:01 PM

    The Birds of Aristophanes: Bridal March of the Birds

    Hubert Parry

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:44
  • 2:48 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Eclipse

    Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Andres Orozco-Estrada, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    10:43
  • 2:47 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Eclipse

    Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Andres Orozco-Estrada, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    10:43
  • 2:28 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Patrick Gallois, flute

    17:55
  • 2:17 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 3: Andante

    Johannes Brahms

    Great Pianists of the 20th Century: Nelson Freire

    Nelson Freire, piano

    10:15
  • 2:04 PM

    Symphonic Dances: 1st movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Shanghai Symphony Orchestra

    Long Yu, conductor

    11:31
  • 2:00 PM

    The Salley Gardens

    Traditional Irish

    Andreas Scholl: Wayfaring Stranger

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Andreas Scholl, countertenor

    3:59
  • 1:53 PM

    Raiders of the Lost Ark March

    John Williams

    Celebrating John Williams

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    5:06
  • 1:44 PM

    Bolero

    Frederic Chopin

    A Chopin Recital

    Andrew Rangell, piano

    7:55
  • 1:29 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach, Vasks: Distant Light - Violin Concertos

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Renaud Capucon, conductor

    Renaud Capucon, violin

    12:52
  • 1:21 PM

    Fiesta criolla

    Manuel Gomez Carrillo

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    Gabriel Castagna, conductor

    7:10
  • 1:18 PM

    Allegro (Bear's Dance)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Complete Works for Solo Piano

    Ana-Marija Markovina, piano

    1:37
  • 1:09 PM

    Scottish March (Marche ecossaise)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy & Ravel: Orchestral Works

    Ulster Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    6:02
  • 1:05 PM

    Minuet No. 2

    Giacomo Puccini

    Orchestra of the Auvergne

    Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    3:15
  • 12:48 PM

    Concerto for Two Mandolins

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    Angel Romero, guitar

    10:56
  • 12:39 PM

    Polacca

    Carl Czerny

    Works For Horn And Piano / Baumann, Hokanson

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    8:11
  • 12:31 PM

    The Fairy Queen: Selections

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell: Instrumental Music

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

    Thomas Hengelbrock, conductor

    6:12
  • 12:20 PM

    Sky: 1st movement

    Michael Torke

    Albany Symphony Orchestra

    David Alan Miller, conductor

    Tessa Lark, violin

    9:43
  • 12:14 PM

    William Tell: Pas de six

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    4:55
  • 12:09 PM

    Waldesrauschen (Forest Murmurs)

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Harmonies du Sor

    Nelson Freire, piano

    3:51
  • 12:05 PM

    Snow Maiden: Dance of the Tumblers

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov's Greatest Hits

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    3:27
  • 11:52 AM

    Espana

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Portraits in Sound

    Concert Arts Orchestra

    Erich Leinsdorf, conductor

    6:07
  • 11:44 AM

    Folk Suite No. 2

    William Grant Still

    Sierra Winds

    7:10
  • 11:33 AM

    Concerto No. 4

    John Hebden

    Hebden: Six Concertos for Strings

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    9:54
  • 11:24 AM

    Blumenstuck (Flower Piece)

    Robert Schumann

    Sviatoslav Richter, piano

    7:41
  • 11:16 AM

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Bela Bartok

    The King's Violins

    Jean-Marie Zeitouni, conductor

    7:11
  • 11:10 AM

    Concerto Grosso: March

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Works

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    4:30
  • 11:05 AM

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    Michael Murray, organ

    4:03
  • 10:34 AM

    Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise

    Frederic Chopin

    The Complete Piano Works of Chopin, Vol 9: The Orchestral Works

    Warsaw Philharmonic

    Kazimierz Kord, conductor

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    14:08
  • 10:30 AM

    Claremont Duo

    2:57
  • 10:20 AM

    Concert Piece for Clarinet and Basset Horn

    Felix Mendelssohn

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Alun Francis, conductor

    Thea King, clarinet

    Georgina Dobree, basset horn

    9:06
  • 10:06 AM

    Divertimento No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenata Notturna, 3 Divertimenti

    I Musici

    12:42
  • 10:01 AM

    Bassoon Concerto: Adagio

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2, Bassoon Concerto

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    Karen Geoghegan, bassoon

    4:45
  • 9:49 AM

    Capriol Suite

    Peter Warlock

    English Music for Strings

    Guildhall Strings

    9:30
  • 9:36 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: 6 Brandenburg Concertos

    Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra

    Helmuth Rilling, conductor

    11:38
  • 9:17 AM

    Imagenes

    Candelario Huizar

    Mi Alma Mexicana

    Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas

    Alondra de la Parra, conductor

    16:46
  • 9:06 AM

    The Winter's Tale

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    A Swedish Pastorale

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor

    10:28
  • 9:01 AM

    Lyrical Serenade

    Edward Elgar

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    4:41
  • 8:33 AM

    Catfish Row

    George Gershwin

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    25:21
  • 8:29 AM

    Sandy's Portrait: Toccata

    Sergio Assad

    Cantigas de Santiago

    David Russell, guitar

    3:46
  • 8:17 AM

    Capriccio for Bassoon and Orchestra

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Milan Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Andrea Magnani, bassoon

    10:26
  • 8:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 1 "La Chasse"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Hagen Quartet

    14:57
  • 7:25 AM

    Symphony No. 5

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Klaus Makela, conductor

    33:51
  • 7:17 AM

    Glass Houses: No. 15

    Ann Southam

    Taktus

    7:29
  • 7:01 AM

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    Jean-Philippe Collard, piano

    13:45
  • 6:41 AM

    Wind Quintet

    Franz Danzi

    Danzi: Wind Quintets Op. 76 Nos. 1-3, Piano Quintet Op. 53

    Berlin Philharmonic Winds

    17:10
  • 6:28 AM

    Two Nordic Melodies

    Edvard Grieg

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    13:02
  • 6:01 AM

    Harp Concerto

    Nino Rota

    Nino Rota

    Montreal Metropolitan Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Jennifer Swartz, harp

    24:21
  • 5:26 AM

    String Quartet No. 10

    Antonin Dvorak

    Old World, New World

    Emerson String Quartet

    32:02
  • 5:19 AM

    Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

    Aram Khachaturian

    James Galway Plays Khachaturian

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    6:25
  • 5:01 AM

    Irish Rhapsody No. 3

    Charles Stanford

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    Gemma Rosefield, cello

    16:31