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  • 4:23 AM

    Verklarte Nacht (Transfigured Night)

    Arnold Schoenberg

    Schoenberg: Verklarte Nacht, Pelleas und Melisande

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    35:24
  • 4:12 AM

    Sleep: Dream 13

    Max Richter

    Max Richter: From Sleep

    American Contemporary Music Ensemble

    Max Richter, electronics

    8:54
  • 4:06 AM

    Ludus pro Patria: Night and Love

    Augusta Holmes

    Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers

    National Orchestra of Metz Grand Est

    David Reiland, conductor

    5:41
  • 4:01 AM

    Unsent Love Letters

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Tamara-Anna Cislowska, piano

    4:39
  • 3:51 AM

    Romance

    Gerald Finzi

    English String Miniatures, Vol. 3

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    6:55
  • 3:19 AM

    Piano Quintet No. 2

    Louise Farrenc

    Schubert Ensemble

    30:57
  • 3:10 AM

    Phantasy

    Ina Boyle

    Irish Roots

    Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Geiss, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    6:46
  • 12:50 AM

    L'Estro Armonico: Concerto No. 8 for Two Violins

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Brecon Baroque

    Rachel Podger, violin

    Johannes Pramsohler, violin

    8:49
  • 12:41 AM

    Janitzio

    Silvestre Revueltas

    Revueltas: Centennial Anthology (1899-1999)

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    7:08
  • 12:16 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Ricardo Castro

    Mineria Symphony Orchestra

    Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor

    Jorge Federico Osorio, piano

    23:57
  • 12:06 AM

    Gold and Silver Waltz

    Franz Lehar

    Viennese Favourites, Vol. 1

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Dittrich, conductor

    8:38
  • 12:01 AM

    A Waltz for Maurice

    Frederic Hand

    Across Time

    Frederic Hand, guitar

    4:32
  • 11:45 PM

    Froissart Overture

    Edward Elgar

    English Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    13:15
  • 11:23 PM

    String Quartet No. 10

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: String Quartets Nos. 8 and 10

    Albion Quartet

    30:48
  • 11:06 PM

    Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Works

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    15:12
  • 11:02 PM

    Cosi fan tutte: Soave sia il vento

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Best Film Classics 100

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    Margaret Marshall, soprano

    3:19
  • 10:47 PM

    The Merry Widow (Die Lustige Witwe): Vilja-Lied

    Franz Lehar

    Renee Fleming: The Beautiful Voice

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Renee Fleming, soprano

    5:56
  • 10:41 PM

    Ruslan and Ludmila: Overture

    Mikhail Glinka

    Minnesota Orchestra At One Hundred

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Klaus Tennstedt, conductor

    5:42
  • 10:35 PM

    I Thank You God

    Gwyneth Walker

    Concert Recording

    Vox Nova Chorale

    Vicki Peters, conductor

    5:22
  • 10:02 PM

    Hansel and Gretel: Evening Prayer

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    When Night Falls c

    Gran Canaria Philharmonic Orchestra

    Karel Mark Chichon, conductor

    Elina Garanca, mezzo-soprano

    2:23
  • 9:36 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Tchaikovsky & Mendelssohn Concertos

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Munch, conductor

    Jascha Heifetz, violin

    24:03
  • 9:32 PM

    Children's Corner: Serenade for the Doll

    Claude Debussy

    Childhood Tales

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    2:39
  • 9:29 PM

    Children's Corner: The Little Shepherd

    Claude Debussy

    Childhood Tales

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    2:33
  • 9:19 PM

    Cello Concerto: 1st movement

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    8:14
  • 9:11 PM

    Tannhauser: Pilgrims' Chorus

    Richard Wagner

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    5:00
  • 9:04 PM

    Genesis V: Palindrome Clockwork

    Janika Vandervelde

    New Works for Guitar Quartet

    Minneapolis Guitar Quartet

    3:48
  • 8:50 PM

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

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss: Waltzes And Overtures

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Franz Welser-Most, conductor

    9:39
  • 8:44 PM

    Jeux d'eau (Fountains)

    Maurice Ravel

    Water

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    5:11
  • 8:36 PM

    Olympic Fanfare

    John Williams

    By Request: The Best of John Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:23
  • 8:28 PM

    Organ Symphony No. 5: Toccata

    Charles-Marie Widor

    Organ Odyssey

    Mary Preston, organ

    4:57
  • 8:19 PM

    Pearl Fishers: Au fond du temple saint (Temple Duet)

    Georges Bizet

    Best Film Classics 100

    Comic Opera Theatre Orchestra

    Pierre Dervaux, conductor

    Nicolai Gedda, tenor

    5:23
  • 8:00 PM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Aaron Copland

    A Far Cry Orchestra

    David Singer, clarinet

    16:54
  • 5:44 PM

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Symphonic Dances/Sigurd Jorsalfar/Peer Gynt

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    14:25
  • 5:24 PM

    Flute Concerto

    Michael Haydn

    M & J Haydn: 2 Flute Concertos, Symphony in F, Symphony No. 22

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    Istvan-Zsolt Nagy, flute

    19:06
  • 5:18 PM

    Return from Fingal; Irish Jig

    Traditional Irish

    Scott Tennant, guitar

    4:39
  • 5:13 PM

    Modern Times: Smile

    Charlie Chaplin

    Smile

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    3:17
  • 5:06 PM

    I Was Glad

    Hubert Parry

    Voices of Ascension

    Dennis Keene, conductor

    Mark Kruczek, organ

    6:52
  • 5:01 PM

    Scherzo No. 2

    Clara Schumann

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    4:47
  • 4:44 PM

    Don Juan and Faust: Six airs de ballet

    Moritz Moszkowski

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    14:02
  • 4:23 PM

    Pulcinella Suite

    Igor Stravinsky

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    20:36
  • 4:11 PM

    14 Waltzes

    Franz Schubert

    Franz Schubert: Impromptus And Dances

    Vassily Primakov, piano

    9:50
  • 4:06 PM

    Carmen: Entrance of the Toreadors

    Georges Bizet

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    4:15
  • 4:01 PM

    From Andersen's Fairy-Tales: Barcarolle and Arabesque

    Bohuslav Martinu

    Giorgio Koukl, piano

    4:38
  • 3:44 PM

    Plow That Broke the Plains Suite

    Virgil Thomson

    Symphony of the Air

    Leopold Stokowski, conductor

    13:58
  • 3:19 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Max Bruch

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    23:37
  • 3:12 PM

    'Tis the Last Rose of Summer

    Traditional

    Justin Holland: Guitar Works & Arrangements

    Christopher Mallett, guitar

    4:55
  • 3:06 PM

    Festival March

    Antonin Dvorak

    Rochester Philharmonic

    David Zinman, conductor

    5:39
  • 3:01 PM

    Blacksmith's Tune

    Bengt Hallberg

    Scandinavian Brass Ensemble

    Jorma Panula, conductor

    4:46
  • 2:49 PM

    12 Contredanses

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    8:48
  • 2:39 PM

    Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2

    Maurice Ravel

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    16:47
  • 2:14 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 2

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    CPE Bach: Cello Concertos

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    Gustav Leonhardt, conductor

    Anner Bylsma, cello

    24:47
  • 1:49 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    9:06
  • 1:44 PM

    Miniatures: I Ride an Old Paint

    William Grant Still

    Vintage America

    Calico Winds

    3:47
  • 1:28 PM

    Fantasy on Polish Airs

    Frederic Chopin

    North German Radio Elbphilharmonie Orchestra

    Krzysztof Urbanski, conductor

    Jan Lisiecki, piano

    14:50
  • 1:22 PM

    Mignon: Connais-tu le pays?

    Ambroise Thomas

    Cantabile

    Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Olivieri-Munroe, conductor

    Sol Gabetta, cello

    4:36
  • 1:17 PM

    Henry V: Non nobis domine

    Patrick Doyle

    Cinema Choral Classics

    Crouch End Festival Chorus

    Nic Raine, conductor

    3:46
  • 1:07 PM

    Concert Etude No. 4

    Agathe Grondahl

    Sara Aimee Smiseth, piano

    6:34
  • 1:04 PM

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    1:22
  • 12:51 PM

    Don Quixote: Grand Pas de Deux

    Leon Minkus

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    8:07
  • 12:44 PM

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    5:51
  • 12:32 PM

    Navarra Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Martinez Izquierdo, conductor

    Tianwa Yang, violin

    9:51
  • 12:28 PM

    Waltz No. 1

    Antonin Dvorak

    Stamitz Quartet

    3:59
  • 12:20 PM

    Berenice: Overture, Minuet and Gigue

    George Frideric Handel

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    7:11
  • 12:12 PM

    Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune (Moonlight)

    Claude Debussy

    The Stowkowski Sound

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:26
  • 12:07 PM

    Le roi s'amuse (The King Has Fun): Pavane and Scene du bouquet

    Leo Delibes

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:40
  • 12:04 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:56
  • 11:53 AM

    Violin Sonata: 4th movement

    Cesar Franck

    Secret Love Letters

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    5:53
  • 11:47 AM

    Perpetuum mobile

    Simon Jeffes

    "Still Life" At The Penguin Cafe

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    4:29
  • 11:35 AM

    Benvenuto Cellini: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    San Diego Symphony Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    10:38
  • 11:27 AM

    The Fairy Queen: Act IV Symphony

    Henry Purcell

    Sound The Trumpet: Royal Music of Purcell and Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    6:26
  • 11:20 AM

    Scherzo on Tropical Airs

    Santos Cifuentes

    Inca Trail Connections

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    6:48
  • 11:14 AM

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Works

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    4:13
  • 11:09 AM

    French Suite No. 4: Sarabande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: The French Suites

    Peter Hill, piano

    2:43
  • 11:04 AM

    Dance of the Shepherd Girl

    Hugo Alfven

    Voyage

    Arcata String Quartet

    Don Bailey, flute

    4:19
  • 10:47 AM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12

    Franz Liszt

    Ungarische Rhapsodien Nos.1-6

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    11:33
  • 10:29 AM

    Variations on a Rococo Theme

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 7

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    Leonard Rose, cello

    16:51
  • 10:22 AM

    Early Light

    Carolyn Bremer

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    5:04
  • 10:12 AM

    Symphony No. 22

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 17, 18, 19, 22, 32

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    8:38
  • 10:06 AM

    La Scala di Seta (Silken Ladder): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures Vol 2 / Benda, Prague Sinfonia

    Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    6:02
  • 10:01 AM

    Youthful Suite: English Waltz

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger: "Dished Up for Piano" Volume One

    Martin Jones, piano

    4:46
  • 9:41 AM

    Suite Lyrique

    John Rutter

    Blessing

    Sinfonia Cymru

    John Rutter, conductor

    Catrin Finch, harp

    17:22
  • 9:28 AM

    Symphony No. 5: Adagietto

    Gustav Mahler

    Bernstein: Reaching For The Note

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    11:15
  • 9:12 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    Giuliano Carmignola, violin

    13:46
  • 9:06 AM

    Ballade "About Olden Times"

    Anatol Liadov

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    5:52
  • 9:01 AM

    La Boheme: Che gelida manina

    Giacomo Puccini

    The #1 Opera Album

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    Luciano Pavarotti, tenor

    4:41
  • 8:26 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin Piano Concertos

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Elim Chan, conductor

    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    31:50
  • 8:22 AM

    Violin Partita No. 2: Corrente

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Tomo Iwakura, guitar

    3:06
  • 8:01 AM

    Symphony

    Joseph Martin Kraus

    KRAUS: Symphonies, Vol. 1

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Petter Sundkvist, conductor

    19:54
  • 7:39 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain"

    Alan Hovhaness

    Works by Stravinsky and Hovhaness

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    19:24
  • 7:24 AM

    O'Carolan Suite in Baroque Style

    Thomas C. Kelly

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    13:55
  • 7:12 AM

    Piano Suite No. 2 "Times of Solitude"

    John Wineglass

    Duo Dolce

    10:45
  • 7:01 AM

    Quiet City

    Aaron Copland

    University of Kansas Wind Ensemble

    Paul Popiel, conductor

    Margaret Marco, English horn

    Steve Leisring, trumpet

    10:10
  • 6:33 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4 "Mozartiana"

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    24:49
  • 6:16 AM

    Ah! Vous dirais-je, Maman: A Folktale Based on Characters Created by W.A. Mozart

    Ethan Wood

    A Far Cry Orchestra

    16:45
  • 6:01 AM

    Fantasie

    Robert Schumann

    Brahms: Violin Concerto; Schumann: Fantasy op. 131

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    13:12
  • 5:42 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    Alec Frank-Gemmill, horn

    16:17
  • 5:23 AM

    In the Forest

    Mikalojus Ciurlionis

    Ciurlionis: The Sea - In the Forest - Kestutis Overture

    Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra

    Modestas Pitrenas, conductor

    17:09
  • 5:01 AM

    Viola Sonata No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Voices through Time

    Emily Skala, flute

    21:07