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  • 4:48 AM

    Poem for Flute and Orchestra

    Charles Tomlinson Griffes

    American Flute Concertos

    Czech National Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    Mary Stolper, flute

    10:14
  • 4:45 AM

    Bear Dance

    Bela Bartok

    Bartok: Piano Music, Vol. 3

    Jeno Jando, piano

    1:43
  • 4:07 AM

    Concerto for Orchestra

    Bela Bartok

    Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra

    Karina Canellakis, conductor

    38:06
  • 4:01 AM

    Mazurka No. 13

    Frederic Chopin

    Murray Perahia, piano

    4:33
  • 3:36 AM

    Prometheus, the Poem of Fire

    Alexander Scriabin

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    Anatol Ugorski, piano

    22:43
  • 3:21 AM

    Serenade No. 6 "Serenata Notturna"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    12:45
  • 3:15 AM

    Jess Gillam Ensemble

    Jess Gillam, soprano saxophone

    4:21
  • 3:06 AM

    The Planets: Neptune

    Gustav Holst

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    8:25
  • 3:01 AM

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    4:40
  • 2:50 AM

    The Fenix

    Edie Hill

    The Crossing

    Donald Nally, conductor

    8:27
  • 2:24 AM

    Cello Sonata No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    David Finckel, cello

    Wu Han, piano

    24:44
  • 2:18 AM

    The Maiden with the Daffodil

    Arnold Bax

    Eric Parkin, piano

    4:26
  • 2:07 AM

    Quiet City

    Aaron Copland

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Donald Hunsberger, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    Phillip Koch, English horn

    10:52
  • 2:01 AM

    Passacaglia

    Silvius Weiss

    The Blue Album

    Pablo Sainz-Villegas, guitar

    4:39
  • 1:47 AM

    Symphony No. 3: Finale

    Boris Lyatoshinsky

    Ukrainian State Symphony Orchestra

    Theodore Kuchar, conductor

    11:18
  • 1:21 AM

    Piano Trio No. 1

    Elfrida Andree

    Trio Nordica

    24:37
  • 1:16 AM

    Aladdin Suite: Dream and Dance of the Mist

    Carl Nielsen

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    3:01
  • 1:06 AM

    Dynamids Waltz

    Josef Strauss

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    10:02
  • 1:01 AM

    Bibo No Aozora (Beauty of a Blue Sky)

    Ryuichi Sakamoto

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:41
  • 12:50 AM

    Romance for Viola and Orchestra

    Max Bruch

    Mendelssohn, Bruch: Concerto & Romance

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Janine Jansen, viola

    8:23
  • 12:33 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain"

    Alan Hovhaness

    An American Tapestry

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    16:42
  • 12:23 AM

    Swan of Tuonela

    Jean Sibelius

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    Patrick McFarland, English horn

    8:20
  • 12:17 AM

    Strange Fruit

    Abel Meeropol

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:57
  • 12:06 AM

    Overture No. 3

    Jean-Marie Leclair

    Rare Fruits Council

    10:34
  • 12:01 AM

    In the Mountains: Sunny Day

    Josef Foerster

    Foerster: Symphony No. 5 & In den Bergen

    Osnabruck Symphony Orchestra

    Hermann Baumer, conductor

    4:29
  • 11:50 PM

    Halcyon Days

    Eric Coates

    Coates: The Three Elizabeths Suite

    East of England Orchestra

    Malcolm Nabarro, conductor

    8:02
  • 11:33 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Richard Strauss

    Martin Owen plays Strauss, Schumann, and Weber

    BBC Philharmonic

    John Wilson, conductor

    Martin Owen, horn

    15:26
  • 11:25 PM

    Airs ecossais (Scottish Airs)

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Platt, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    7:30
  • 11:13 PM

    Fantasy on Mozart's "La ci darem la mano"

    Franz Danzi

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Jorg Faerber, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    10:11
  • 11:06 PM

    Novelette "In Spanish Style"

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Five Novelettes; String Quartet No. 5

    Saint Petersburg String Quartet

    6:42
  • 11:01 PM

    Memories of the Alhambra

    Francisco Tarrega

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    4:35
  • 10:43 PM

    The Good-humored Ladies

    Vincenzo Tommasini

    Concert Arts Orchestra

    Robert Irving, conductor

    14:56
  • 10:33 PM

    Huapango

    Jose Moncayo

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    8:00
  • 10:22 PM

    Three Spirituals

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

    Ambrosia Quartet

    10:42
  • 10:11 PM

    Benvenuto Cellini: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Pictures at a Gallery

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:12
  • 10:06 PM

    Dance of the Shepherd Girl

    Hugo Alfven

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra: Portrait

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    4:15
  • 10:01 PM

    The Nightingale

    Deborah Henson-Conant

    Emily Granger, harp

    4:29
  • 9:48 PM

    Four Seasons: Spring

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    10:13
  • 9:45 PM

    The Spring time of the year

    Traditional

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    2:46
  • 9:26 PM

    Suite Bergamasque

    Claude Debussy

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    17:31
  • 9:19 PM

    Ballade "About Olden Times"

    Anatol Liadov

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    5:52
  • 9:14 PM

    La Vida Breve: Spanish Dance No. 1

    Manuel de Falla

    Deborah Moriarty and Zhihua Tang, piano

    3:36
  • 9:06 PM

    Symphony: 3rd movement

    Dora Pejacevic

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    7:09
  • 9:03 PM

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    2:37
  • 8:48 PM

    Soirees Musicales

    Benjamin Britten

    Rossini, Respighi: La Boutique Fantasque

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    9:35
  • 8:28 PM

    Variations on a Rococo Theme

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Ofra Harnoy, cello

    18:36
  • 8:13 PM

    Symphony No. 11

    Michael Haydn

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    14:02
  • 8:06 PM

    Shai Wosner, piano

    6:12
  • 8:01 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Four Temperaments": 2nd movement

    Carl Nielsen

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    4:42
  • 7:50 PM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto, Karelia Suite, Finlandia

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    8:15
  • 5:53 PM

    Ballet Scenes: Polonaise

    Alexander Glazunov

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:10
  • 5:16 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    German Symphony Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    Mari Kodama, piano

    35:22
  • 5:12 PM

    Vignettes: Carmela

    William Grant Still

    Sierra Winds

    (Selected members), conductor

    2:50
  • 5:06 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 4

    Johannes Brahms

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Otmar Suitner, conductor

    5:03
  • 5:01 PM

    A John Field Suite: Polka

    Hamilton Harty

    Harty: John Field; Water Music Suites

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    4:52
  • 4:53 PM

    Appalachian Spring: Variations on a Shaker Tune

    Aaron Copland

    Christina and Michelle Naughton, piano duo

    5:37
  • 4:22 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Hans Vonk, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    Diethelm Jonas, oboe

    Bruno Schneider, horn

    Sergio Azzolini, bassoon

    29:20
  • 4:14 PM

    Magnolia Suite: The Place Where the Rainbow Ends

    Nathaniel Dett

    Lara Downes, piano

    6:04
  • 4:06 PM

    Pirates of Penzance: Overture

    Arthur Sullivan

    SULLIVAN: Gilbert and Sullivan Overtures

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Andrew Penny, conductor

    Alaster Bentley, oboe

    7:17
  • 4:01 PM

    String Quartet No. 2: 4th movement

    Robert Schumann

    The Schumann Quartets

    Dover Quartet

    4:52
  • 3:51 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Organ": 4th movement

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    Virgil Fox, organ

    7:48
  • 3:32 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Caroline Gilbert, viola

    Anya Shemetyevah, viola

    16:50
  • 3:23 PM

    Three Pieces

    Arthur Foote

    Fenwick Smith, flute

    Randall Hodgkinson, piano

    8:35
  • 3:13 PM

    La Belle Helene (Beautiful Helene): Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    8:40
  • 3:06 PM

    Rondo a Capriccio (Rage Over a Lost Penny)

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Rudolf Buchbinder, piano

    5:57
  • 3:01 PM

    Andante festivo

    Jean Sibelius

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    Damon Gupton, conductor

    4:35
  • 2:50 PM

    Symphony: Finale

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Symphony, Jeux d'enfants, Roma

    Paris Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    8:40
  • 2:49 PM

    Symphony: Finale

    Georges Bizet

    French National Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    8:56
  • 2:28 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Louis Lortie, conductor

    Louis Lortie, piano

    20:43
  • 2:23 PM

    Funeral March of a Marionette

    Charles Gounod

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    3:43
  • 2:05 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Amanda Rontgen-Maier

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Andreas Stoehr, conductor

    Gregory Maytan, violin

    17:13
  • 2:01 PM

    Il Trovatore: Vedi, le fosche nottune (Anvil Chorus)

    Giuseppe Verdi

    German Opera Orchestra

    Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor

    2:42
  • 1:53 PM

    Symphony No. 4

    William Boyce

    Boyce: Symphonies I-VIII

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    6:29
  • 1:46 PM

    Phantom of the Opera: Music of the Night

    Andrew Lloyd Webber

    Phantom of the Opera; Jesus Christ Superstar

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Gemignani, conductor

    5:38
  • 1:38 PM

    Ruy Blas Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    7:09
  • 1:31 PM

    Dreams of Love No. 3 (Liebestraum)

    Franz Liszt

    Jutta Zoff, harp

    5:14
  • 1:21 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: 4th movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart, Brahms: Clarinet Quintets

    Emerson String Quartet

    David Shifrin, clarinet

    9:08
  • 1:17 PM

    Laue Sommernacht (Mild Summer's Night)

    Alma Schindler-Mahler

    Renee Fleming, soprano

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    2:17
  • 1:08 PM

    From Olden Times: Intrada

    Johan Halvorsen

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Ari Rasilainen, conductor

    5:13
  • 1:04 PM

    Septet: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Leonidas Kavakos | Beethoven

    Leonidas Kavakos, violin

    3:11
  • 12:48 PM

    Henry V Suite

    William Walton

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Carl Davis, conductor

    13:20
  • 12:44 PM

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    2:00
  • 12:32 PM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto

    Russian National Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    10:11
  • 12:21 PM

    Concerto No. 8

    Lorenzo Zavateri

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

    Gottfried von der Goltz, conductor

    9:48
  • 12:17 PM

    Romeo and Juliet: The Young Juliet

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet, Op. 64

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    3:20
  • 12:14 PM

    Romeo and Juliet: Morning Serenade

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet, Op. 64

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    2:38
  • 12:10 PM

    Waltz No. 7

    Frederic Chopin

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    3:16
  • 12:04 PM

    Maskarade: Overture

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 1-6, Concertos, Orchestral Music

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    4:39
  • 11:46 AM

    Tales from the Vienna Woods

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    11:07
  • 11:42 AM

    Nymphs and Satyr Suite: Scherzo

    Howard Hanson

    Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Spalding, conductor

    Holly Blake, bassoon

    3:02
  • 11:33 AM

    Rodeo: Buckaroo Holiday

    Aaron Copland

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    7:35
  • 11:20 AM

    Oboe Quartet

    Malcolm Arnold

    Malcolm Arnold Chamber Music 3

    Nash Ensemble

    11:45
  • 11:16 AM

    Humoresque No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak and America

    Benjamin Pasternack, piano

    3:03
  • 11:10 AM

    Chinese Tambourin

    Fritz Kreisler

    Shanghai Symphony Orchestra

    Long Yu, conductor

    Maxim Vengerov, violin

    3:43
  • 11:04 AM

    Gayane: Lullaby

    Aram Khachaturian

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Stanley Black, conductor

    5:10
  • 10:51 AM

    Viennese Ladies Landler

    Franz Schubert

    Ensemble Wien

    7:00
  • 10:35 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    Sergei Nakariakov, trumpet

    14:20
  • 10:28 AM

    Cinema Nostalgia

    Joe Hisaishi

    Studio Orchestra

    Joe Hisaishi, piano

    6:08
  • 10:17 AM

    Variations on a Once Popular Humorous Song

    Haydn Wood

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    9:48
  • 10:06 AM

    Four Seasons: Autumn

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Amsterdam Guitar Trio

    10:49
  • 10:00 AM

    String Quintet: Allegretto

    Niels Gade

    Gade: Chamber Works, Vol. 5

    Ensemble MidtVest

    4:50
  • 9:45 AM

    Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Greensleeves/Tallis Fantasia

    New Queen's Hall Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    13:14
  • 9:26 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 12

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Stephen Kovacevich, piano

    17:33
  • 9:18 AM

    Serenade No. 1

    Jean Sibelius

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    6:28
  • 9:06 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Alessandro Marcello

    A Baroque Feast

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    John Abberger, oboe

    11:10
  • 9:01 AM

    L'incoronazione di Poppea: Pur ti miro

    Claudio Monteverdi

    Axiom Quartet

    4:35
  • 8:34 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Robert Volkmann

    North West German Philharmonic

    Werner Andreas Albert, conductor

    24:24
  • 8:23 AM

    Spiegel im Spiegel (Mirror in the Mirror)

    Arvo Part

    Sonic Alchemy

    Coleman Itzkoff, cello

    10:20
  • 8:05 AM

    Concerto for Strings

    Nino Rota

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    15:27
  • 8:01 AM

    Heartstrings

    Chris Marshall

    Claire Jones: Royal Harp Strings

    London Mozart Players

    Stuart Morley, conductor

    Claire Jones, harp

    4:01
  • 7:27 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    Franz Schubert

    Northern Sinfonia

    Thomas Zehetmair, conductor

    31:38
  • 7:20 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 2: Allegro

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    5:46
  • 7:01 AM

    The Cunning Little Vixen: Suite

    Leos Janacek

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    17:40
  • 6:38 AM

    Sleeping Beauty Ballet Suite

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    19:56
  • 6:21 AM

    The Ball of Beatrice d'Este

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Harmonie Ensemble

    Steven Richman, conductor

    16:56
  • 6:01 AM

    Three Symphonic Dances

    Cyril Scott

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    17:52
  • 5:40 AM

    Choral Fantasy

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven In Berlin - 1991 New Year's Eve Concert

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Evgeny Kissin, piano

    18:38
  • 5:34 AM

    Jocelyn: Berceuse

    Benjamin Godard

    Duo Similia

    5:04
  • 5:01 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Florence Price

    Florence Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    31:05