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  • 4:43 AM

    Summer Night

    Othmar Schoeck

    Schoeck: Cello Concerto; Sommernacht

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    Johannes Goritzki, cello

    15:21
  • 4:14 AM

    Piano Quintet

    Amy Beach

    Takacs Quartet

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    27:44
  • 4:06 AM

    Alleluia

    Kile Smith

    Cincinnati Vocal Arts Ensemble

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    6:42
  • 4:01 AM

    The Seasons: Petit Adagio

    Alexander Glazunov

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

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    4:48
  • 3:56 AM

    Sarabande

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Elena Kats-Chernin: Unsent Love Letters: Meditations on Erik Satie

    Tamara-Anna Cislowska, piano

    2:19
  • 3:37 AM

    The Night Callings

    Heino Eller

    Heino Eller: Symphonic Poems

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Olari Elts, conductor

    17:36
  • 3:33 AM

    Abendserenade (Evening Serenade)

    Valentin Silvestrov

    Venice

    Anastasia Kobekina, cello

    3:37
  • 3:07 AM

    Francesca da Rimini

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    24:12
  • 3:01 AM

    Scherzo No. 1

    Clara Schumann

    Jozef de Beenhouwer, piano

    4:38
  • 2:52 AM

    David's Portrait

    Sergio Assad

    Cantigas de Santiago

    David Russell, guitar

    6:25
  • 2:19 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 4

    Henri Vieuxtemps

    Hilary Hahn: Mozart 5, Vieuxtemps 4

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    30:32
  • 2:06 AM

    Tanzwalzer

    Ferruccio Busoni

    Strauss, Liszt, Korngold, Busoni, Schreker

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Kazuki Yamada, conductor

    11:56
  • 2:01 AM

    Solo Violin Sonata No. 4: Allemande

    Eugene Ysaye

    Ysaye: Six Sonatas for Violin Solo

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    4:37
  • 1:54 AM

    Dreams of Love No. 3 (Liebestraum)

    Franz Liszt

    Night Stories

    Jenny Lin, piano

    4:33
  • 1:43 AM

    Roscatha

    Arnold Bax

    Bax: Tone Poems, Vol. 2

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    10:50
  • 1:15 AM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream Suite

    Felix Mendelssohn

    The Four Seasons: A Musical Calendar Of Favorite Classics

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Kubelik, conductor

    26:42
  • 1:06 AM

    Intermezzo No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Handel Variations

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    6:24
  • 1:01 AM

    Clarinet Quintet: Allegretto

    Stephan Krehl

    KREHL, S.: Clarinet Quintet, Op. 19 / String Quartet, Op. 17

    Larchmere String Quartet

    Wonkak Kim, clarinet

    4:29
  • 12:54 AM

    The Irish Four Seasons: Autumn

    Ailbhe McDonagh

    The Irish Seasons

    Anamus

    David Brophy, conductor

    Lynda O'Connor, violin

    4:11
  • 12:51 AM

    Danny Boy

    Traditional

    Irish Roots

    James Galway, flute

    3:02
  • 12:26 AM

    Czech Suite

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Czech Suite, Prague Waltzes, etc.

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    23:31
  • 12:21 AM

    Mazurka

    Johann Kaspar Mertz

    Charms to Soothe

    David Leisner, guitar

    3:16
  • 12:06 AM

    Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Works for Piano and Orchestra

    North German Radio Elbphilharmonie Orchestra

    Krzysztof Urbanski, conductor

    Jan Lisiecki, piano

    13:45
  • 12:01 AM

    Artists' Quadrille (Kunstler-Quadrille)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Ein Straussfest II

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:46
  • 11:43 PM

    Capriccio Italien

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien, Night on Bald Mountain, Sorcerer's Apprentice, Romanian Rhapsody No. 1, Bolero

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    15:14
  • 11:43 PM

    Capriccio Italien

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien, Night on Bald Mountain, Sorcerer's Apprentice, Romanian Rhapsody No. 1, Bolero

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    15:14
  • 11:27 PM

    Concertino for Clarinet and Bassoon

    Franz Danzi

    New Era

    Potsdam Chamber Academy

    Andreas Ottensamer, clarinet

    15:56
  • 11:17 PM

    Symphony No. 3: 1st movement

    Franz Schubert

    A Second of Silence

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    8:31
  • 11:05 PM

    Tracing Visions

    Valerie Coleman

    Songs for Our Times

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    11:05
  • 11:00 PM

    Amazing Grace

    Traditional

    Marcus Eley, clarinet

    3:42
  • 10:45 PM

    King Arthur: Suite

    Henry Purcell

    Sound The Trumpet: Royal Music of Purcell and Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    14:13
  • 10:27 PM

    An American in Paris

    George Gershwin

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    17:37
  • 10:17 PM

    Symphony No. 7: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    9:42
  • 10:11 PM

    Romeo and Juliet: Gavotte

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet, Op. 64

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    3:29
  • 10:05 PM

    O Magnum Mysterium (O Great Mystery)

    Morten Lauridsen

    Ottorino Respighi: Lauda Per La Nativata Del Signore

    Berlin Radio Choir

    Nicolas Fink, conductor

    5:56
  • 10:01 PM

    Song without Words No. 1 "Sweet Remembrance"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Bits and Pieces

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    2:44
  • 9:54 PM

    Recit and Allegro

    Gabbier Gallon

    French Works for Bassoon and Piano

    Karen Geoghegan, bassoon

    5:40
  • 9:33 PM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Avi Avital: Bach

    Potsdam Chamber Academy

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    20:26
  • 9:29 PM

    Shenandoah

    Traditional

    Love, The OK Factor

    The OK Factor

    3:27
  • 9:18 PM

    Le Corsaire: Pas de Deux

    Riccardo Drigo

    Ballet Gala: Pas De Deux

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    7:57
  • 9:13 PM

    Presto No. 2

    Miguel del Aguila

    Camerata San Antonio

    4:54
  • 9:07 PM

    Raiders of the Lost Ark March

    John Williams

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Williams, conductor

    5:43
  • 9:03 PM

    Etude No. 11

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes / John Browning

    John Browning, piano

    2:38
  • 8:53 PM

    Tancredi: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures, Vol. 2

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    6:27
  • 8:21 PM

    Scottish Fantasy

    Max Bruch

    Scottish Fantasy

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Joshua Bell, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    30:31
  • 8:09 PM

    "Twinkle, Twinkle" Variations (Ah, vous dirai-je, maman)

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Book

    Lang Lang, piano

    10:13
  • 8:00 PM

    Karelia Overture

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: 7 Symphonies

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    7:59
  • 5:42 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 8

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Sonatas

    Sara Davis Buechner, piano

    15:59
  • 5:20 PM

    Symphonic Variations

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 3, etc.

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    21:26
  • 5:16 PM

    Dulaman

    Michael McGlynn

    Let Your Voice Be Heard

    Cantus

    1:52
  • 5:06 PM

    Flute Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: 6 Concertos

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    9:14
  • 5:01 PM

    The Jester at the Wedding: Caprice

    Eric Coates

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Wilson, conductor

    4:41
  • 4:42 PM

    Rhapsody in Blue

    George Gershwin

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Wayne Marshall, conductor

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    16:08
  • 4:21 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 9

    Luigi Boccherini

    Jian Wang: The Baroque Album

    Camerata Salzburg

    Jian Wang, cello

    19:25
  • 4:10 PM

    Ouverture legere

    Lou Koster

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    9:23
  • 4:06 PM

    Nocturne

    Lili Boulanger

    Miniatures for Flute and Harp

    Janos Balint, flute

    2:59
  • 4:01 PM

    La Sampaguita (The Flower of Manila)

    Dolores Paterno

    Sally Pinkas, piano

    4:46
  • 3:51 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Scottish Ensemble

    Jonathan Morton, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    7:16
  • 3:33 PM

    The Lark Ascending

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

    Volodymyr Sirenko, conductor

    Solomiya Ivakhiv, violin

    16:34
  • 3:06 PM

    Nocturnes for orchestra

    Claude Debussy

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    24:31
  • 3:01 PM

    Keyboard Sonata No. 7

    Antonio Soler

    Soler: Keyboard Sonatas Nos. 1-15

    Martina Filjak, piano

    4:46
  • 2:52 PM

    Aranjuez Concerto: 1st movement

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Internationale Philharmonic

    Horst Backer, conductor

    Dale Kavanagh, guitar

    6:11
  • 2:48 PM

    Danzon No. 2

    Arturo Marquez

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    9:46
  • 2:38 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    9:34
  • 2:24 PM

    Mephisto Waltz No. 1 "Dance in the Village Inn"

    Franz Liszt

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    11:58
  • 2:05 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 2

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:48
  • 1:55 PM

    Giselle: Pas des vendanges

    Adolphe Adam

    Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    8:40
  • 1:47 PM

    Danse Macabre

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 etc

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Emmanuel Krivine, conductor

    7:01
  • 1:42 PM

    Shenandoah

    Traditional

    Love, The OK Factor

    The OK Factor

    3:27
  • 1:38 PM

    Cello Suite No. 1: Gigue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Allemande

    Paul Galbraith, guitar

    2:00
  • 1:31 PM

    Piano Trio: Scherzo

    Louise Farrenc

    Farrenc, L.: Piano Trio, Op. 33 / Clarinet Trio, Op. 44 / Sextet, Op. 40

    Linos Ensemble

    6:10
  • 1:22 PM

    Spitfire Prelude and Fugue

    William Walton

    Walton: Rosand

    Florida Philharmonic Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    6:58
  • 1:18 PM

    Old Hungarian Dances

    Ferenc Farkas

    Turbulent Winds: Music from Eastern Europe

    Prairie Winds

    8:53
  • 1:09 PM

    Festival March

    Antonin Dvorak

    Janacek: Lachian Dances; Dvorak: Suite in A, Op. 98b "American", Festival March

    Rochester Philharmonic

    David Zinman, conductor

    5:39
  • 1:04 PM

    The Tick-Tock Clock

    Richard Strauss

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    3:54
  • 12:49 PM

    The Planets: Jupiter

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Colin Davis, conductor

    8:15
  • 12:41 PM

    Traditional Hornpipe Suite

    Adrian Cruft

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    7:08
  • 12:30 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 4 & 5

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    Yevgeny Sudbin, piano

    37:26
  • 12:25 PM

    Valse de la Reine (The Queen's Waltz)

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Musica Camerata Montreal

    3:39
  • 12:17 PM

    Three Preludes

    George Gershwin

    Leila Josefowicz, violin

    John Novacek, piano

    6:49
  • 12:08 PM

    Ode for St. Cecilia's Day: Overture; March

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Famous Overtures & Marches

    Concentus Musicus Vienna

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    7:08
  • 12:04 PM

    Salut d'amour (Love's Greeting)

    Edward Elgar

    Jan Vogler: My Tunes

    Dresden Kapellsolisten

    Helmut Branny, conductor

    Jan Vogler, cello

    2:47
  • 11:47 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Scottish": 4th movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: The Symphonies

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    9:57
  • 11:33 AM

    Divertimento No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenata Notturna, 3 Divertimenti

    I Musici

    12:42
  • 11:30 AM

    Vignettes: Carmela

    William Grant Still

    Sierra Winds

    (Selected members), conductor

    2:50
  • 11:18 AM

    Hungarian Pastoral Fantasy

    Franz Doppler

    Favorite Encores

    Tokyo Concert Orchestra

    Shigenobu Yamaoka, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    10:10
  • 11:15 AM

    Fantasy Pieces: Summer Song

    Agathe Grondahl

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    2:19
  • 11:08 AM

    March Militaire No. 1

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Unfinished Symphony, Rosamunde; Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Efrem Kurtz, conductor

    5:00
  • 11:04 AM

    Appalachian Spring: Variations on a Shaker Melody

    Aaron Copland

    American Salute

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    3:04
  • 10:47 AM

    Soirees Musicales

    Benjamin Britten

    Benjamin Britten: Piano Concerto, Soirees musicales, Matinees musicales

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    11:05
  • 10:29 AM

    Horn Concerto

    Leopold Mozart

    From the Forest: Early Classical Works for Horn

    St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble

    Stewart Rose, horn

    16:33
  • 10:25 AM

    Puffin' Billy

    Edward White

    British Light Music: Miniatures

    RTE Concert Orchestra, Dublin

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    3:05
  • 10:16 AM

    Variations on a Theme of Sor

    Miguel Llobet

    Anabel Montesinos, guitar

    7:49
  • 10:06 AM

    Orpheus in the Underworld: Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    9:36
  • 10:01 AM

    Wind Quintet: 2nd movement

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen, Loeffler, Prokofiev

    Chamber Music Northwest

    4:52
  • 9:50 AM

    12 Contredanses

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 "Eroica"

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    8:51
  • 9:36 AM

    Old Wine in New Bottles

    Gordon Jacob

    The Chamber Winds

    Chamber Winds

    11:51
  • 9:19 AM

    Ramuntcho Suite No. 2

    Gabriel Pierne

    Piano Concerto in C Minor

    Philharmonie de Lorraine

    Jacques Houtmann, conductor

    15:35
  • 9:06 AM

    Sonata for Flute and Orchestra

    Francis Poulenc

    Twentieth Century Flute Concerti

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Steuart Bedford, conductor

    Jennifer Stinton, flute

    12:04
  • 9:01 AM

    A Boy and a Girl

    Eric Whitacre

    Voces8

    4:48
  • 8:42 AM

    The Incredible Flutist: Suite

    Walter Piston

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    15:49
  • 8:24 AM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Johann Hummel

    Hummell: Mandolin Concerto, etc.

    London Mozart Players

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    Alison Stephens, mandolin

    17:32
  • 8:08 AM

    Sun Paints Rainbows on the Vast Waves

    David Bedford

    Timothy Reynish International Repertoire Recordings, Vol. 10: The Music of David Bedford

    Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra

    Clark Rundell, conductor

    13:59
  • 8:01 AM

    Scherzo on Tropical Airs

    Santos Cifuentes

    Inca Trail Connections

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    6:48
  • 7:21 AM

    Piano Quintet "Trout"

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Trout Quintet/Quartet in A minor

    Cleveland Quartet

    John O'Conor, piano

    37:12
  • 7:15 AM

    The Enchanted Lake

    Anatol Liadov

    Liadov: The Enchanted Lake, and other orchestral works.

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    5:57
  • 7:01 AM

    Rapsodia santiaguena

    Manuel Gomez Carrillo

    Fiesta Criolla: Latin-American Orchestral Works

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    Gabriel Castagna, conductor

    11:48
  • 6:48 AM

    Three Pieces for Orchestra

    Edgar Bainton

    Bainton: Concerto Fantasia, etc.

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    10:27
  • 6:36 AM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Maurice Ravel

    Debussy: Danses; Ravel: Tzigane, etc.

    Ulster Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    Rachel Masters, harp

    11:11
  • 6:01 AM

    String Sextet

    Antonin Dvorak

    Tchaikovsky, Dvorak: String Sextets

    Sarah Chang, violin

    33:02
  • 5:26 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Utah Symphony & Thierry Fischer

    Utah Symphony

    Thierry Fischer, conductor

    32:46
  • 5:21 AM

    In the Midst of Nature: The Murmur of the Wheat

    Leokadiya Kashperova

    Sarah Cahill, piano

    3:23
  • 5:01 AM

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    18:36