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  • 4:31 AM

    Les Sylphides Ballet

    Frederic Chopin

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    27:20
  • 4:16 AM

    Aeolian Suite

    John Williams

    The Guitarist

    Studio Orchestra

    William Goodchild, conductor

    John Williams, guitar

    12:52
  • 4:06 AM

    String Quartet

    Germaine Tailleferre

    Debussy, Tailleferre, Ravel

    Stenhammar Quartet

    9:45
  • 4:01 AM

    Luminous

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Underwater

    Ludovico Einaudi, piano

    4:40
  • 3:46 AM

    Shimmer

    Alex Weiser

    8-Track

    Ashley Bathgate, cello

    12:35
  • 3:21 AM

    The Four Moons

    Louis Ballard

    Ballard: The Four Moons, Devil's Promenade, Fantasy Aborigine No. 3, & Scenes from Indian Life

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    23:29
  • 3:17 AM

    Sunset

    Connor Chee

    Scenes from Dinetah

    Connor Chee, piano

    2:19
  • 3:06 AM

    Bold Island Suite: Summer Seascape

    Howard Hanson

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    9:46
  • 3:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 4

    Frederic Chopin

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    4:41
  • 2:47 AM

    Winged Creatures

    Michael Abels

    Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra

    Allen Tinkham, conductor

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    Demarre McGill, flute

    11:38
  • 2:27 AM

    Poeme for Violin and Orchestra

    George Walker

    Cleveland Chamber Symphony

    Edwin London, conductor

    Gregory Walker, violin

    17:50
  • 2:22 AM

    Beatitudes

    Bernice Johnson Reagon

    Selections 1976-1988

    Sweet Honey in the Rock

    3:38
  • 2:14 AM

    Elegy - In Memoriam - Stephen Lawrence

    Philip Herbert

    Spark Catchers

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Anthony Parnther, conductor

    6:54
  • 2:06 AM

    Sketches in Sepia

    Florence Price

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:35
  • 2:01 AM

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Avlana Eisenberg, conductor

    Zina Schiff, violin

    4:39
  • 1:53 AM

    Armenian Dances: Shoror of Karin

    Gomidas Vartabed

    Music in Time of War

    Kirill Gerstein, piano

    5:07
  • 1:20 AM

    The Firebird (L'oiseau de feu) Ballet

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky: The Firebird; Liadov: Baba-Yaga

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    30:46
  • 1:15 AM

    Bailarin

    Tania Leon

    New Music with Guitar, Vol. 7: Family Album

    David Starobin, guitar

    4:00
  • 1:06 AM

    Egmont Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Essential Beethoven

    Vienna Philharmonic

    George Szell, conductor

    8:33
  • 1:01 AM

    Tango Song and Dance: Song

    Andre Previn

    Franck, Kurtag, Previn, Schumann

    Augustin Hadelich, violin

    4:39
  • 12:55 AM

    Canzon No. 16

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Gabrieli and St. Marks: Venetian Brass Music

    Wallace Collection

    3:06
  • 12:18 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Organ"

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Symphony No 3 "Organ"

    Kansas City Symphony

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Jan Kraybill, organ

    35:26
  • 12:08 AM

    Images for Orchestra: Gigues

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images, Prelude, La Mer

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    8:13
  • 12:06 AM

    Swan Lake: Dance of the Little Swans

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1; Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3

    Behzod Abduraimov, piano

    1:30
  • 12:01 AM

    Paris Quartet No. 7: Gaiement

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Telemann: 12 Paris Quartets

    Barthold Kuijken, flute

    4:38
  • 11:52 PM

    Symphony: Scherzo

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Symphony in C; Carmen - Suites Nos 1 & 2; Jeux d'enfants - Suite; Overture: Patrie

    French National Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    5:55
  • 11:43 PM

    Russian Easter Festival Overture

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade, Russian Easter Overture

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    15:15
  • 11:30 PM

    Sonata for Harp

    Alan Hovhaness

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    12:09
  • 11:21 PM

    Rustic Suite (Suite Champetre)

    Jean Sibelius

    Finland Sinfonietta

    Pekka Helasvuo, conductor

    7:09
  • 11:14 PM

    Abdelazar: Incidental Music

    Henry Purcell

    A Baroque Feast

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    7:02
  • 11:00 PM

    Serenade for Strings

    Lennox Berkeley

    The Berkeley Edition, Volume 1 - Pyatt

    BBC Welsh National Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    12:46
  • 10:53 PM

    Nocturnes: Soneto de la Noche

    Morten Lauridsen

    Morten Lauridsen: Mid-Winter Songs

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    5:46
  • 10:43 PM

    Cuban Overture

    George Gershwin

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    9:47
  • 10:23 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 2

    Richard Strauss

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Ingo Metzmacher, conductor

    Marie Luise Neunecker, horn

    18:55
  • 10:14 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 5 "Spring": 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Violin Sonatas

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    7:30
  • 10:08 PM

    Callirhoe: Prelude

    Cecile Chaminade

    Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers

    National Orchestra of Metz Grand Est

    David Reiland, conductor

    5:19
  • 10:00 PM

    Polonaise No. 6 "Heroic"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: 26 Preludes, Scherzo No. 2

    Martha Argerich, piano

    6:16
  • 9:49 PM

    Romance for Violin and Orchestra

    Johan Svendsen

    Johan Svendsen

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Oivin Fjeldstad, conductor

    Ornulf Boye Hansen, violin

    9:01
  • 9:35 PM

    Oboe d'Amore Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Oboe Passion - Arias and concertos by JS Bach and sons

    Amsterdam Sinfonietta

    Jaap ter Linden, conductor

    Pauline Oostenrijk, oboe d'amore

    13:14
  • 9:26 PM

    Alborada del Gracioso (Morning Song of the Jester)

    Maurice Ravel

    Lyon Opera Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    8:00
  • 9:10 PM

    Provence Suite

    Darius Milhaud

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    14:09
  • 9:05 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Mad About Kids' Classics

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    4:32
  • 9:02 PM

    Alleluia

    Ivo Antognini

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

    Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    2:48
  • 8:47 PM

    Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes

    Grace Williams

    Grace Williams: Sea Sketches

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    10:54
  • 8:40 PM

    Four Dances

    Thomas Morley

    Dances From Renaissance To Nutcracker

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    7:18
  • 8:24 PM

    Fantastic Scherzo

    Josef Suk

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    14:50
  • 8:11 PM

    Havanaise

    Camille Saint-Saens

    María Dueñas - Beethoven and Beyond

    Vienna Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    Maria Duenas, violin

    10:21
  • 8:00 PM

    Academic Festival Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony 1, Academic Festival Overture

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    11:04
  • 5:42 PM

    Symphonic Poem No. 6 "Mazeppa"

    Franz Liszt

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    15:14
  • 5:15 PM

    String Quartet No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Early String Quartets

    Cypress String Quartet

    25:06
  • 5:10 PM

    From Blackbird Hills

    Amy Beach

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:48
  • 5:06 PM

    Romeo and Juliet: Arrival of the Guests

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet, Op. 64

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    4:02
  • 5:01 PM

    Gavotte No. 2

    David Popper

    Children's Cello

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    4:40
  • 4:43 PM

    Bolero

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Bolero

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    15:30
  • 4:20 PM

    Piano Trio No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Mendelssohn Brahms Dvorak Trios

    Joseph Kalichstein, piano

    21:03
  • 4:14 PM

    Butterfly's Day Out

    Mark O'Connor

    Mark O'Connor, mandolin

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Edgar Meyer, double bass

    4:42
  • 4:06 PM

    Soiree d'ete

    Emil Waldteufel

    Waldteufel: The Best of Emile Waldteufel, Vol. 3

    Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alfred Walter, conductor

    7:21
  • 4:01 PM

    Egyptian March

    Johann StraussJr.

    J Strauss: An der Schonen Blauen Donau and others

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    4:45
  • 3:51 PM

    Lohengrin: Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral

    Richard Wagner

    Crown Imperial

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    Mary Preston, organ

    7:48
  • 3:25 PM

    Forest Scenes

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Waldszenen

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    24:17
  • 3:19 PM

    Panis Angelicus

    Cesar Franck

    Cello Adagios

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    Julian Lloyd Webber, cello

    4:17
  • 3:07 PM

    Semiramide: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    11:53
  • 3:01 PM

    String Quartet No. 1 "From the Salvation Army": 1st movement

    Charles Ives

    Emerson String Quartet

    4:48
  • 2:54 PM

    Danza negra

    Ernesto Lecuona

    Suelos

    Caracas Clarinet Quartet

    Anat Cohen, clarinet

    3:58
  • 2:51 PM

    Symphony No. 7

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Late Romantics

    Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mario Bernardi, conductor

    7:23
  • 2:28 PM

    Concierto del Sur

    Manuel Ponce

    Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas

    Alondra de la Parra, conductor

    Pablo Sainz-Villegas, guitar

    26:13
  • 2:11 PM

    Concerto for Two Violins

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Two x Four

    Curtis 20/21 Ensemble

    Vinay Parameswaran, conductor

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    15:08
  • 2:00 PM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Scandinavian Rhapsody, A Selection of Orchestral Favourites

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    9:17
  • 1:51 PM

    Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball

    Hector Berlioz

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    6:49
  • 1:48 PM

    Etude "East of Melancholy"

    Tara Kamangar

    East Of Melancholy

    Tara Kamangar, piano

    2:35
  • 1:37 PM

    Symphony No. 4: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 4, Etc

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    9:44
  • 1:26 PM

    Fantasy on Themes from Verdi's Rigoletto

    Franz & Karl Doppler

    The Clarinotts

    Wiener Virtuosen

    9:53
  • 1:19 PM

    Villanelle

    Paul Dukas

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    6:03
  • 1:16 PM

    Villanelle

    Paul Dukas

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    6:03
  • 1:11 PM

    Lyric Pieces: Homeward

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Lyric Pieces

    Stephen Hough, piano

    3:02
  • 1:04 PM

    Donna Diana Overture

    Emil von Reznicek

    Great Comedy Overtures

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    6:00
  • 12:53 PM

    Symphony No. 92 "Oxford": 4th movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    5:03
  • 12:46 PM

    Children's March (Over the Hills and Far Away)

    Percy Grainger

    Percy Grainger: Symphonic Band Music

    Michigan State Symphonic Band

    Keith Brion, conductor

    6:59
  • 12:33 PM

    Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

    Camille Saint-Saens

    New York Chamber Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    10:40
  • 12:24 PM

    Flower Festival in Genzano: Pas de deux

    Eduard Helsted

    Ballet Gala: Pas De Deux

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    9:04
  • 12:17 PM

    Mandolin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johann Hummel

    Hummell: Mandolin Concerto, etc.

    London Mozart Players

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    Alison Stephens, mandolin

    5:03
  • 12:11 PM

    Grand Galop chromatique

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: My Piano Hero

    Lang Lang, piano

    3:56
  • 12:04 PM

    Serenade No. 2: Rondo

    Johannes Brahms

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    5:58
  • 11:52 AM

    A Toi (To You) Waltz

    Emil Waldteufel

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:59
  • 11:43 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Barry Tuckwell, conductor

    Barry Tuckwell, horn

    8:25
  • 11:31 AM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    10:34
  • 11:18 AM

    String Quintet: 3rd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata and String Quartet

    Miro Quartet

    Matt Haimovitz, cello

    10:42
  • 11:16 AM

    Waltz No. 6 "Minute"

    Frederic Chopin

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    2:05
  • 11:11 AM

    My Soul's Been Anchored in the Lord

    Moses Hogan

    Concordia Choir of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota

    Rene Clausen, conductor

    3:11
  • 11:04 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Air on the G String

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Essential Bach

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    5:12
  • 10:46 AM

    Water Music Suite No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel | Water Music

    English Baroque Soloists

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    11:49
  • 10:30 AM

    Capriccio Espagnol

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    Eliot Chapo, violin

    15:18
  • 10:25 AM

    La Vida Breve: Spanish Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Virtuoso Guitar Transcriptions

    Nicola Hall, guitar

    3:41
  • 10:13 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Two Pictures

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    10:48
  • 10:06 AM

    Rossini on Ilkla Moor Overture

    Eric Fenby

    British Light Music Discoveries

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    6:35
  • 10:01 AM

    Wind Quintet: 2nd movement

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Wind Chamber Music

    Bergen Wind Quintet

    4:45
  • 9:39 AM

    An American in Paris

    George Gershwin

    Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Amsterdam

    Mario Venzago, conductor

    19:07
  • 9:25 AM

    Concerto on Themes by Donizetti

    Antonio Pasculli

    Pasculli: Concerto on Themes from Donizetti's "La Favorita"

    Hansjorg Schellenberger, oboe

    12:35
  • 9:20 AM

    Philippe Quint, violin

    Marta Aznavoorian, piano

    3:26
  • 9:06 AM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    German Overtures

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    12:56
  • 9:01 AM

    Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes

    Florence Price

    Catalyst Quartet

    4:45
  • 8:38 AM

    Der Rosenkavalier: Suite

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Don Juan; Death and Transfiguration; Dance of the Seven Veils; Rosenkavelier Suite

    New York Philharmonic

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    19:49
  • 8:23 AM

    Sextet for Two Horns and Strings

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Treasures for Horn and Trumpet

    Dallas Chamber Orchestra

    Ronald Neal, conductor

    Gregory Hustis, horn

    14:36
  • 8:08 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 7

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: 12 Concerti Grossi

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    13:43
  • 8:01 AM

    Intermezzo No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Carol Rosenberger, piano

    6:16
  • 7:27 AM

    Enigma Variations

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Enigma Variations; Vaughan Williams: Greensleeves; The Wasps

    Kansas City Symphony

    Michael Stern, conductor

    31:13
  • 7:23 AM

    Sonata: 2nd movement

    Maria Hester Park

    Betty Ann Miller, piano

    3:34
  • 7:01 AM

    Harp Concerto

    Francois Boieldieu

    Harp Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Marisa Robles, harp

    20:15
  • 6:40 AM

    London Mozart Players

    Jane Glover, conductor

    18:45
  • 6:16 AM

    Concierto de Castilla

    Federico Torroba

    Extremadura Symphony Orchestra

    Manuel Coves, conductor

    Vicente Coves, guitar

    22:48
  • 6:01 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 22

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Garrick Ohlsson: Complete Beethoven Sonatas, Volume 9

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    13:02
  • 5:39 AM

    Otello: Ballet Music

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    19:30
  • 5:27 AM

    Sierra Winds

    (Selected members), conductor

    11:13
  • 5:23 AM

    Divertimento: Waltz

    Leonard Bernstein

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    1:57
  • 5:01 AM

    Violin Sonata

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Concert Recording

    Ana Maria Valderrama, violin

    21:22