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  • 4:54 AM

    Wand of Youth: Slumber

    Edward Elgar

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    4:20
  • 4:51 AM

    John Anderson, oboe

    Andrew Sparling, bass clarinet

    2:15
  • 4:06 AM

    Symphony No. 5

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphonies 5 & 6

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    43:17
  • 4:01 AM

    Reverie

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Sarasate: Violin and Piano Music, Vol. 3

    Tianwa Yang, violin

    4:35
  • 3:48 AM

    Concerto Antico: Cantilena

    Richard Harvey

    Harvey, Gray: Guitar Concertos

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    John Williams, guitar

    10:00
  • 3:13 AM

    String Quartet No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Emerson String Quartet

    33:34
  • 3:07 AM

    Magdalena Hoffmann, harp

    5:18
  • 3:01 AM

    Irmelin Prelude

    Frederick Delius

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:46
  • 2:48 AM

    Light: The Peaceful Heart

    Ramon Humet

    Latvian Radio Choir

    Sigvards Klava, conductor

    Agnese Paunina, soprano

    10:23
  • 2:25 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Sergei Prokofiev

    SIBELIUS E PROKOFIEV Violin Concertos

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Klaus Makela, conductor

    Janine Jansen, violin

    21:57
  • 2:20 AM

    The Nightingale of Armenia

    Lucy Hazarabedian

    By Women

    Sahan Arzruni, piano

    2:53
  • 2:06 AM

    Little Concerto

    Carl Orff

    Mainz Wind Ensemble

    Klaus Rainer Scholl, conductor

    13:01
  • 2:01 AM

    String Trio: Nocturne

    Henri Tomasi

    Black Oak Ensemble

    4:45
  • 1:46 AM

    Spellbound Concerto

    Miklos Rozsa

    Hollywood Nightmares

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    12:01
  • 1:11 AM

    Symphonic Dances

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Shanghai Symphony Orchestra

    Long Yu, conductor

    33:57
  • 1:06 AM

    Curtain Tune on a Ground

    Henry Purcell

    Dance

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, violin

    2:57
  • 1:01 AM

    Magic Forest Dances: Zephyr

    Stefania de Kenessey

    Stefania de Kenessey ?– Chamber Music: Shades of Light, Shades of Dark

    William Meredith, oboe

    4:45
  • 12:50 AM

    Suite dramatique

    Lou Koster

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    8:15
  • 12:47 AM

    Fur Elise

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Greatest Hits: The Piano, Vol. 1

    Andre Watts, piano

    2:57
  • 12:22 AM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    22:18
  • 12:11 AM

    Mazurka-oberek

    Alexander Glazunov

    Swiss Italian Orchestra

    Alexander Vedernikov, conductor

    Chloe Hanslip, violin

    9:48
  • 12:06 AM

    Danse Macabre

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Carnival Fantasy

    Salut Salon

    4:40
  • 12:01 AM

    Symphony No. 8 "Evening": 4th movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn Symphonies 1761-63

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    4:50
  • 11:41 PM

    The Incredible Flutist: Suite

    Walter Piston

    American Masters 2

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    15:50
  • 11:25 PM

    Rhapsody in Blue

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin, Saint Saens, Ravel

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    14:50
  • 11:18 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Waltz

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenades

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    6:40
  • 11:08 PM

    Margret Koll, harp

    8:01
  • 11:06 PM

    Song without Words No. 10

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Bach-Busoni, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Liszt: Music without Words

    Murray Perahia, piano

    2:23
  • 11:01 PM

    Three Etudes

    Fernando Sor

    Sor: 24 Progressive Etudes; 6 Little Pieces

    Norbert Kraft, guitar

    4:42
  • 10:40 PM

    Music for the Royal Fireworks

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    17:54
  • 10:31 PM

    Sicilian Vespers: Four Seasons: Spring

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi: Ballet Music

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    8:02
  • 10:25 PM

    The Garden of Eden: The Eternal Feminine

    William Bolcom

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    5:46
  • 10:10 PM

    London Fields

    Phyllis Tate

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    12:53
  • 10:06 PM

    English Suite No. 2: Gigue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    3:11
  • 10:01 PM

    Fantastic Dance

    Enrique Soro

    Inca Trail Connections

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    4:25
  • 9:46 PM

    Norwegian Dances Nos. 2-4

    Edvard Grieg

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    11:40
  • 9:45 PM

    Prelude No. 1

    Alexander Scriabin

    Horizons

    Klara Min, piano

    1:08
  • 9:26 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Johann Hummel

    Haydn, Hummel, Etc.: Trumpet Concertos

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    17:36
  • 9:20 PM

    Dirait-on (So They Say)

    Morten Lauridsen

    Morten Lauridsen: Mid-Winter Songs

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    5:01
  • 9:12 PM

    Sinfonia for Strings

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    6:06
  • 9:06 PM

    8 1/2: Walking the Gangplank

    Nino Rota

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    5:31
  • 9:03 PM

    March for Children

    Franz Schubert

    Yaara Tal, piano

    Andreas Groethuysen, piano

    2:32
  • 8:41 PM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Bassoon Concertos

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Janne Nisonen, conductor

    Jaakko Luoma, bassoon

    16:43
  • 8:23 PM

    Eine kleine Nachtmusik

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Divertimenti

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    17:20
  • 8:13 PM

    Symphony No. 2: Andante

    Louise Farrenc

    Farrenc: Symphony No. 2 - Overtures Nos. 1 & 2

    North German Radio Symphony

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    8:17
  • 8:06 PM

    Paris Orchestra

    Jean-Pierre Jacquillat, conductor

    6:17
  • 8:04 PM

    8 1/2: Walking the Gangplank

    Nino Rota

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    5:31
  • 8:01 PM

    March for Children

    Franz Schubert

    Yaara Tal, piano

    Andreas Groethuysen, piano

    2:32
  • 7:55 PM

    To Kill a Mockingbird: Main Title

    Elmer Bernstein

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:01
  • 5:42 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances I & Iii, Etc

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    16:34
  • 5:19 PM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Franz Krommer

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gunther Herbig, conductor

    Emma Johnson, clarinet

    21:56
  • 5:12 PM

    Gigue

    Manuel Ponce

    Guitar Recital: Perera, Cecilio - PONCE, M.M. / BROUWER, L. / OLIVA, J.C. / SOJO, V.E.

    Cecilio Perera, guitar

    5:29
  • 5:06 PM

    Giselle: selections

    Adolphe Adam

    Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    4:25
  • 5:01 PM

    French Suite No. 4: Allemande; Courante

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Murray Perahia, piano

    4:36
  • 4:46 PM

    Snow Maiden Suite

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    12:28
  • 4:21 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Samuel Barber

    The American Masters: Barber, Corigliano, Bates

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    23:10
  • 4:14 PM

    Eliza in Ascot

    Frederick Loewe

    Get Happy

    Jenny Lin, piano

    4:59
  • 4:06 PM

    Nabucco: Overture

    Giuseppe Verdi

    VERDI: Overtures, Vol. 2

    Hungarian State Orchestra

    Pier Giorgio Morandi, conductor

    7:26
  • 4:01 PM

    Plantation Melodies: Negro Lullaby

    Harry T. Burleigh

    Apollo Chamber Players

    4:49
  • 3:47 PM

    Emblems

    Aaron Copland

    Contemporaries

    Northwestern University Symphonic Wind Ensemble

    Mallory Thompson, conductor

    11:29
  • 3:31 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Alessio Bax, piano

    14:10
  • 3:21 PM

    Clarinet Concertino

    Carl Maria von Weber

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet

    9:11
  • 3:14 PM

    3 Dances from Terpsichore

    Michael Praetorius

    Dale Kavanagh, guitar

    5:49
  • 3:06 PM

    Il barbiere di Siviglia (Barber of Seville): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Barber of Seville (highlights)

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    7:04
  • 3:01 PM

    Waltz No. 1 "Grand Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Zoltan Kocsis, piano

    4:52
  • 2:56 PM

    Heidenroslein (Wild Rose)

    Franz Schubert

    An Die Musik - Favorite Schubert Songs

    Bryn Terfel, baritone

    1:49
  • 2:52 PM

    Sword Dance

    Frederic Lamond

    Lamond: Symphony; Scottish Highlands Overture

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    6:09
  • 2:25 PM

    Symphony No. 5

    Franz Schubert

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    30:07
  • 2:15 PM

    Concerto for Violin and Cello

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Anner Bylsma, cello

    Jeanne Lamon, violin

    8:36
  • 2:06 PM

    Beatrice and Benedict: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Overtures: Beatrice e Benedict, Le corsaire

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yuri Temirkanov, conductor

    8:06
  • 2:00 PM

    String Quartet No. 59 "The Rider": 4th movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    2013-2014 Class Notes: Classical MPR Presents A Musical History Tour

    Artaria Quartet

    4:16
  • 1:53 PM

    A Downland Suite: Elegy

    John Ireland

    Ireland: Music for String Orchestra

    Orchestra of the Swan

    David Curtis, conductor

    5:30
  • 1:45 PM

    Fantasy Pieces: Minuet and Trio

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Uncovered Vol. 1

    Catalyst Quartet

    6:53
  • 1:37 PM

    Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

    Aram Khachaturian

    Serenade

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    6:27
  • 1:35 PM

    Prelude No. 12

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Mad About Piano

    Lilya Zilberstein, piano

    2:22
  • 1:29 PM

    Adventures in a Perambulator: Dogs

    John Alden Carpenter

    Hanson Conducts Moore, Carpenter, Rogers and Philips

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    3:43
  • 1:24 PM

    Dance of the Flowers

    Amy Beach

    The Solo Piano Music of Amy Beach, Vol. 1

    Joanne Polk, piano

    4:42
  • 1:18 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Selections

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Rotterdam Philharmonic

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Peter Hall Company

    3:55
  • 1:11 PM

    March of 10,000 Lakes

    Tadd Russo

    Concert Recording

    United States Air Force Band

    Col. Don Schofield, conductor

    3:00
  • 1:04 PM

    Olympiad: Sinfonia

    Giovanni Pergolesi

    Italian Overtures

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    5:45
  • 12:48 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 9 (after Corelli)

    Francesco Geminiani

    Geminiani: 12 Concerti Grossi

    I Musici

    11:22
  • 12:43 PM

    Bartered Bride: Dance of the Comedians

    Bedrich Smetana

    Leonard Bernstein: The Encore Collection Vol. 1

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    3:39
  • 12:36 PM

    Out of This World

    Ludovico Einaudi

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:58
  • 12:31 PM

    Scherzo No. 1

    Clara Schumann

    Jozef de Beenhouwer, piano

    4:38
  • 12:28 PM

    Rigoletto: Zitti, zitti... (Whisper Chorus)

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:53
  • 12:19 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Chamber Works for Winds and Strings by Mozart

    Chicago Chamber Musicians

    Larry Combs, clarinet

    7:18
  • 12:17 PM

    Three songs of Charles d'Orleans

    Claude Debussy

    European Souvenir

    Bemidji Choir

    Paul Brandvik, conductor

    6:15
  • 12:08 PM

    Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Symphony No. 1; "Pomp and Circumstance" Marches Nos. 1 & 4

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor

    6:26
  • 12:04 PM

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Albinoni: Adagio; Pachelbel: Canon; Etc

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    3:27
  • 11:50 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 3: 2nd movement

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Lalo; Saint-Saens; Ravel

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Antonio Pappano, conductor

    Maxim Vengerov, violin

    8:49
  • 11:43 AM

    Oboe Concerto: 3rd movement

    (Marie) Clemence de Grandval

    Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Andrey Boreyko, conductor

    Lajos Lencses, oboe

    6:27
  • 11:33 AM

    Six Studies in English Folk Song

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Doris Lederer, viola

    Jude Mollenhauer, harp

    8:34
  • 11:29 AM

    Dance Intermezzo

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Tone Poems

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    2:44
  • 11:18 AM

    Gloriana: Courtly Dances

    Benjamin Britten

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    10:18
  • 11:15 AM

    Trumpet Tune

    Jeremiah Clarke

    Empire Brass

    William Kuhlman, organ

    1:14
  • 11:07 AM

    Aladdin: Dances

    Ernest Tomlinson

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    6:35
  • 11:04 AM

    Scenes from Childhood: Of Foreign Lands and People

    Robert Schumann

    Lise de la Salle plays Schumann

    Lise de la Salle, piano

    1:59
  • 10:51 AM

    Bourree Fantasque

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    French National Orchestra

    Armin Jordan, conductor

    7:02
  • 10:33 AM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin

    Maurice Ravel

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    16:51
  • 10:27 AM

    Summa

    Arvo Part

    Arvo Part: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    5:05
  • 10:16 AM

    Flute Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: 6 Concertos

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    9:42
  • 10:06 AM

    Dances in the Canebrakes

    Florence Price

    Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    9:29
  • 10:01 AM

    Pavane and Gigue

    William Byrd

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    4:43
  • 9:47 AM

    Six Italian Dance Tunes

    Peter Warlock

    London Festival Orchestra

    Ross Pople, conductor

    10:39
  • 9:34 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos

    Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

    11:21
  • 9:26 AM

    Three Preludes

    George Gershwin

    Summertime

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    6:26
  • 9:06 AM

    Guitar Concerto No. 1

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Miguel Gomez Martinez, conductor

    Eduardo Fernandez, guitar

    19:49
  • 9:01 AM

    Souvenirs of the Orient: Gondolier's Song

    Emile Sauret

    Sauret: Violin and Piano Music - Scenes villageoises / Souvenir d'Orient / Souvenir de Los Angeles

    Michi Wiancko, violin

    4:45
  • 8:46 AM

    Tanzwalzer

    Ferruccio Busoni

    Strauss, Liszt, Korngold, Busoni, Schreker

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Kazuki Yamada, conductor

    11:56
  • 8:31 AM

    Summer Day

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf & other music for children

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    14:45
  • 8:10 AM

    Nocturnes

    Francis Poulenc

    Poulenc: Piano Music

    Pascal Roge, piano

    19:31
  • 8:01 AM

    Andante Cantabile

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    The Essential Yo-Yo Ma

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    8:19
  • 7:19 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Four Symphonies

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    39:05
  • 7:13 AM

    Autumn Moon on a Calm Lake

    Lu Wencheng

    Chinese Piano Favourites

    Jie Chen, piano

    3:59
  • 7:01 AM

    Romance

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Violin Concerto

    New York Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Midori, violin

    11:54
  • 6:40 AM

    Siegfried Idyll

    Richard Wagner

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    18:01
  • 6:14 AM

    Flute Quintet No. 1

    Friedrich Kuhlau

    Kuhlau: Flute Quintets, Op. 51, Nos. 1-3

    Juilliard String Quartet

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    25:23
  • 6:01 AM

    Concerto Pastorale

    Johann Molter

    Noel

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    11:20
  • 5:23 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    Franz Schubert: Symphonies 1-8

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    35:19
  • 5:18 AM

    Nocturne

    Cecilia Arizti

    El Fin del Silencio: Latin American Women Composers

    Antonio Oyarzabal, piano

    4:06
  • 5:01 AM

    Guitar Concerto

    Ferdinando Carulli

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    15:28