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  • 4:50 AM

    Suite for Oboe and Strings

    Tauno Pylkkanen

    Music by Leevi Madetoja & Tauno Pylkkanen

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    Aale Lindgren, oboe

    8:21
  • 4:38 AM

    Entr'acte

    Caroline Shaw

    Attacca Quartet

    10:54
  • 4:06 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 2

    Adolf Barjansky

    Julia Severus, piano

    30:49
  • 4:01 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Romanza

    Ernst von Dohnanyi

    English Sinfonia

    John Farrer, conductor

    4:37
  • 3:54 AM

    Etude "La Nuit"

    Alexander Glazunov

    Night Stories

    Jenny Lin, piano

    4:09
  • 3:40 AM

    Romance for Violin and Orchestra

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Violin Concertos by Black Composers

    Encore Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hege, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    12:37
  • 3:37 AM

    L'heure exquise

    Reynaldo Hahn

    A Verlaine Songbook

    Carolyn Sampson, soprano

    2:41
  • 3:07 AM

    Verklarte Nacht (Transfigured Night)

    Arnold Schoenberg

    Concert Recording

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Ryan Wigglesworth, conductor

    28:17
  • 3:01 AM

    Nachtstuck

    Franz Schubert

    Elisabeth Plank, harp

    4:48
  • 2:49 AM

    The Walk to the Paradise Garden

    Frederick Delius

    Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    9:07
  • 2:19 AM

    String Quartet No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: String Quartets, Opus 18 (Complete)

    Miro Quartet

    28:35
  • 2:09 AM

    Pieta

    Ulysses Kay

    Light in a Time of Darkness

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Anna Mattix, English horn

    8:15
  • 2:06 AM

    Songs My Mother Taught Me

    Antonin Dvorak

    Alisa Weilerstein - Dvorak

    Alisa Weilerstein, cello

    2:14
  • 2:01 AM

    Septura

    4:38
  • 1:47 AM

    Variations Brillantes

    Louise Farrenc

    Konstanze Eickhorst, piano

    10:58
  • 1:18 AM

    Eroica Fantasia

    Anton Rubinstein

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Stankovsky, conductor

    28:09
  • 1:07 AM

    Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: La Damoiselle elue, L'Apres-midi d'un faune

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    9:38
  • 1:01 AM

    Nocturne "Le Murmure"

    Maria Szymanowska

    Maria Szymanowska - Piano Works / Anna Ciborowska

    Anna Ciborowska, piano

    4:36
  • 12:49 AM

    Dala Suite: Summer Night...the Dance Grows Quicker

    Helena Munktell

    Gavle Symphony Orchestra

    Tobias Ringborg, conductor

    9:26
  • 12:43 AM

    Die tote Stadt: Gluck, das mir verblieb (Marietta's Song)

    Erich Korngold

    Renee Fleming: The Beautiful Voice

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Renee Fleming, soprano

    5:59
  • 12:18 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Samuel Barber

    Barber & Meyer Violin Concertos

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    23:03
  • 12:09 AM

    Fanfare Ritmico

    Jennifer Higdon

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    7:10
  • 12:06 AM

    Etude No. 12 "Revolutionary"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Chopin Recital

    Andre Watts, piano

    2:20
  • 12:01 AM

    Violin Partita No. 2: Sarabande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    4:43
  • 11:48 PM

    Carnaval

    Robert Schumann

    pictures at an exhibition

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    10:01
  • 11:35 PM

    Symphony No. 96 "Miracle"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    23:58
  • 11:11 PM

    Guitar Concerto No. 1

    Mauro Giuliani

    Vivaldi, Giuliani, Rodrigo

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    John Williams, guitar

    22:07
  • 11:02 PM

    Fiesta criolla

    Manuel Gomez Carrillo

    Fiesta Criolla: Latin-American Orchestral Works

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    Gabriel Castagna, conductor

    7:10
  • 11:00 PM

    La Florista (The Flower Seller)

    Joaquin Turina

    Romantic Brass: Music of France & Spain

    Empire Brass

    2:00
  • 10:52 PM

    Bourree Fantasque

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Chabrier: Orchestral Works

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:43
  • 10:40 PM

    Concerto for Two Cellos

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi & Friends - La Folia (Madness & Other Concertos) / Sorrell, Apollo's Fire

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    Rene Schiffer, cello

    10:36
  • 10:35 PM

    Staatskapelle Weimar

    Peter Gulke, conductor

    4:38
  • 10:17 PM

    Flute Concerto

    Michael Haydn

    FJ and JM Haydn: Flute Concertos

    Haydn Ensemble Berlin

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    16:49
  • 10:11 PM

    Prelude No. 13 "Airs de fete"

    Joseph Jongen

    Jongen: 13 Preludes/24 Petits Preludes

    Ivan Ilic, piano

    5:06
  • 10:01 PM

    Carnival Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Violin Concerto

    New York Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    9:48
  • 9:49 PM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

    Franz Liszt

    Mephisto Magic

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    10:03
  • 9:31 PM

    Symphony

    Ignaz Pleyel

    Pleyel: Symphonies

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    16:21
  • 9:27 PM

    Insect Dances: Bumblebee Boogie

    Elena Ruehr

    Arneis Quartet

    2:50
  • 9:17 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique": 3rd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky/Dvorak/Honeck/PSO

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    8:57
  • 9:09 PM

    I Will Be With You

    Stephen Paulus

    The Worlds Above

    Concordia Choir of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota

    Rene Clausen, conductor

    7:12
  • 9:05 PM

    Morning Song

    Edward Elgar

    Breakfast in Bed

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    3:01
  • 9:02 PM

    Pastorale

    Albert Ketelbey

    Ketelbey: A Dream Picture

    Rosemary Tuck, piano

    2:36
  • 8:47 PM

    Symphonic Dances: 1st movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Gateways

    Shanghai Symphony Orchestra

    Long Yu, conductor

    11:32
  • 8:30 PM

    The Leopard (Il Gattopardo): Dances

    Nino Rota

    Rota: La Strada Ballet Suite

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    16:12
  • 8:21 PM

    Guitar Quintet No. 4 "Fandango": 3rd movement

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: Quintets IV, V, VI

    Artaria Quartet

    Richard Savino, guitar

    8:13
  • 8:08 PM

    Concerto for Oboe and Violin

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Chamber Orchestra

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    12:03
  • 8:00 PM

    Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria (Cantilena)

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    New World Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    Renee Fleming, soprano

    6:34
  • 5:49 PM

    Concert Waltz No. 1

    Alexander Glazunov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade, Arensky: Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky, Glazunov: The Seasons, Concert Waltzes

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    9:43
  • 5:18 PM

    Symphony No. 104 "London"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    29:43
  • 5:13 PM

    Le Carnaval de Londres: Little March; The Tower of London; Finale

    Darius Milhaud

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    3:50
  • 5:06 PM

    Hymn for String Orchestra

    Henry Cowell

    City of London Sinfonia

    David Amos, conductor

    Karen Elaine, viola

    5:05
  • 5:01 PM

    Piano Concerto: 2nd movement

    Luise Adolpha Le Beau

    Berlin Chamber Symphony Ensemble

    Jurgen Bruns, conductor

    Katia Tchemberdji, piano

    4:41
  • 4:48 PM

    Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz)

    Johann StraussJr.

    The Key to Classics: J. Strauss

    Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    10:12
  • 4:21 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 5 "Spring"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    Lambert Orkis, piano

    25:22
  • 4:15 PM

    Bird Songs at Eventide

    Eric Coates

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Wilson, conductor

    4:55
  • 4:09 PM

    The Forest Bird (L'Oiseau des bois)

    Franz Doppler

    Doppler: Music for Flutes and Piano

    Per Oien, flute

    5:14
  • 4:06 PM

    Songs of Travel: The Roadside Fire

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel - The House of Life

    Roderick Williams, baritone

    2:14
  • 4:01 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 4th movement

    Adalbert Gyrowetz

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    4:39
  • 3:44 PM

    Concert Rondo "Krakowiak"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2, etc.

    Paris Conservatoire Orchestra

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

    Alexis Weissenberg, piano

    14:10
  • 3:23 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1

    Georges Bizet

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    19:08
  • 3:15 PM

    String Quartet No. 3

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Arabella String Quartet

    7:26
  • 3:07 PM

    Little suite for orchestra

    Germaine Tailleferre

    Concert Recording

    Royal Northern Sinfonia

    Dinis Sousa, conductor

    6:55
  • 3:01 PM

    Farewell to Stromness

    Peter Maxwell Davies

    Peter Maxwell Davies, piano

    4:44
  • 2:52 PM

    Der Freischutz: Act I Opening

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Drestden State Orchestra

    Carlos Kleiber, conductor

    6:00
  • 2:51 PM

    Grand Canyon Suite: On the Trail

    Ferde Grofe

    Great American Landscapes

    Utah Symphony Orchestra

    Maurice Abravanel, conductor

    7:45
  • 2:36 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Trittico Botticelliano, Gli Uccelli, Antiche Danze

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    14:53
  • 2:31 PM

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    Matthew Hagle, piano

    3:53
  • 2:07 PM

    Flute Concerto

    Francois Devienne

    Devienne: 14 Concertos pour flute

    Munich Chamber Orchestra

    Hans Stadlmair, conductor

    Andras Adorjan, flute

    22:38
  • 2:01 PM

    Valse Triste

    Jean Sibelius

    Wagner: Siegfried-Idyll/Sibelius: Valse Triste/etc.

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    4:37
  • 1:52 PM

    Aida: Triumphal March

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    7:38
  • 1:50 PM

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    1:18
  • 1:42 PM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Erich Korngold

    Escape To Paradise: The Hollywood Album

    Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alexander Shelley, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    7:09
  • 1:35 PM

    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Hedwig's Theme

    John Williams

    Celebrating John Williams

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    4:54
  • 1:30 PM

    Impromptu No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    Marie-Pierre Langlamet, harp

    5:10
  • 1:19 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    Academy for Ancient Music Berlin

    Isabelle Faust, violin

    9:40
  • 1:17 PM

    Ticklin' Toes

    Florence Price

    William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    1:03
  • 1:04 PM

    Sinfonia

    Carlo Lonati

    Ensemble Giardino di Delizie

    9:23
  • 12:53 PM

    Symphonic Metamorphosis: March

    Paul Hindemith

    Hindemith: Mathis der Maler - Symphony, etc.

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    4:53
  • 12:44 PM

    Flute Sonata No. 6

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Aurele Nicolet, flute

    Bruno Canino, piano

    8:20
  • 12:32 PM

    String Symphony No. 5

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Gli Incogniti

    Amandine Beyer, conductor

    9:52
  • 12:21 PM

    Poet and Peasant Overture

    Franz von Suppe

    Popular Operatic Overtures

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    9:45
  • 12:15 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Baroque

    Benedetti Baroque Orchestra

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    4:49
  • 12:08 PM

    Automne

    Cecile Chaminade

    Stephen Hough's French Album

    Stephen Hough, piano

    5:32
  • 12:04 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 17

    Johannes Brahms

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    3:17
  • 11:58 AM

    Tango

    Isaac Albeniz

    Jorge Bolet: Encores

    Jorge Bolet, piano

    3:28
  • 11:53 AM

    Tarantango

    Alan Civil

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    3:33
  • 11:46 AM

    Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra

    Allen Tinkham, conductor

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    Demarre McGill, flute

    6:08
  • 11:31 AM

    Scherzo Capriccioso

    Antonin Dvorak

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    12:41
  • 11:23 AM

    Three Short Pieces

    Jacques Ibert

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    6:57
  • 11:16 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: Rondo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    Krystian Zimerman, piano

    6:10
  • 11:10 AM

    The Harmonious Blacksmith

    George Frideric Handel

    London Brass

    4:30
  • 11:04 AM

    Cavatina

    John Ireland

    Ireland: Music for String Orchestra

    Orchestra of the Swan

    David Curtis, conductor

    Raphael Wallfisch, cello

    5:07
  • 10:46 AM

    Abdelazar: Suite

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell Quartet

    12:23
  • 10:27 AM

    Symphony No. 31 "Paris"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:10
  • 10:22 AM

    Ca'azapa (Popular Paraguayan Song)

    Agustin Barrios

    Intimate Barrios

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    4:36
  • 10:13 AM

    String Quartet No. 5: 4th movement

    Alexander Glazunov

    Saint Petersburg String Quartet

    6:56
  • 10:06 AM

    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
  • 10:01 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Pastoral": Finale

    Francois-Joseph Gossec

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    4:38
  • 9:39 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2; Konzertstuck

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Nikolai Demidenko, piano

    19:31
  • 9:24 AM

    Quintettino "La musica notturna di Madrid"

    Luigi Boccherini

    Luigi Boccherini

    Quinteto Boccherini

    13:10
  • 9:13 AM

    Adagio

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Pachelbel: Canon / Albinoni: Adagio / Bach / Molter / Bonporti

    Paillard Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Francois Paillard, conductor

    9:40
  • 9:06 AM

    Inspiration Waltzes

    Nathaniel Dett

    My Cup Runneth Over: The Complete Piano Works of R. Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    6:05
  • 9:01 AM

    String Symphony No. 8: 3rd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra

    Scott Yoo, conductor

    4:50
  • 8:40 AM

    Flute Concerto

    Johann Quantz

    Rebelles Baroques: Quantz and Telemann Concerti

    Arion

    Claire Guimond, flute

    18:21
  • 8:27 AM

    Pastoral Suite

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor

    12:16
  • 8:05 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 8 "In the Form of a Vocal Scene"

    Louis Spohr

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    19:52
  • 8:01 AM

    When The Birds Return

    John Williams

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    3:44
  • 7:13 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Tubin: Symphony No. 5 in B Minor

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    44:39
  • 7:11 AM

    Minuet

    Germaine Tailleferre

    The Flower of France

    Quynh Nguyen, piano

    1:28
  • 7:01 AM

    Kiki-Mora

    Anatol Liadov

    Liadov: The Enchanted Lake, and other orchestral works.

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    8:33
  • 6:35 AM

    Symphony No. 84 "In Nomine Domini"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    23:38
  • 6:20 AM

    Sonata No. 4

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Camerata Bern

    Thomas Furi, conductor

    13:44
  • 6:01 AM

    Concertino for Oboe and Strings

    Brenno Blauth

    Death of an Angel

    Camerata Bariloche

    Andres Spiller, oboe

    17:12
  • 5:22 AM

    Piano Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Shai Wosner, piano

    35:51
  • 5:18 AM

    Scherzetto

    Jacques Ibert

    Kyunghee Kim-Sutre, harp

    3:47
  • 5:01 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Leonardo Leo

    Concerti Virtuosi

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Christina Mahler, cello

    15:14