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  • 4:33 AM

    Symphony No. 4 "Naive"

    Franz Berwald

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    25:30
  • 4:29 AM

    The Betrothed: Addio Monti

    Ennio Morricone

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    2:16
  • 4:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 5

    Philip Glass

    Brooklyn Rider

    22:11
  • 4:01 AM

    French Suite No. 6: Allemande; Courante

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Peter Hill, piano

    4:31
  • 3:53 AM

    To Touch the Sky: At Castle Wood

    Kevin Puts

    Puts: Symphony No. 4

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    5:40
  • 3:27 AM

    Nights in the Gardens of Spain

    Manuel de Falla

    Falla, Albeniz

    Paris Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    Martha Argerich, piano

    24:54
  • 3:23 AM

    Spanish Serenade

    Cecile Chaminade

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    2:36
  • 3:07 AM

    Pohjola's Daughter

    Jean Sibelius

    Concert Recording

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Storgards, conductor

    14:30
  • 3:01 AM

    Summer Evening: Waltz

    Oscar Merikanto

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:35
  • 2:20 AM

    Piano Trio No. 3

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak Piano Trios

    Wu Han, piano

    38:25
  • 2:14 AM

    Hear us in Heaven

    Anna Thorvaldsdottir

    Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

    Graham Ross, conductor

    4:16
  • 2:06 AM

    Overture

    Grazyna Bacewicz

    Bacewicz: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    5:39
  • 2:01 AM

    Pavan-Capriccio

    Isaac Albeniz

    Duo Van Dua

    4:36
  • 1:39 AM

    Symphony No. 4 "Poem of Ecstasy"

    Alexander Scriabin

    Scriabin: The Poem of Ecstasy - Symphony No. 2

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    19:15
  • 1:16 AM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 2

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Andrew Marriner, clarinet

    21:55
  • 1:11 AM

    Gnossienne No. 1

    Erik Satie

    Satie: Piano Music, Vol. 1

    Noriko Ogawa, piano

    3:35
  • 1:06 AM

    Beauty and the Beast: Main Title

    Georges Auric

    Moscow Symphony Orchestra

    Adriano, conductor

    2:00
  • 1:01 AM

    Three Parts on a Ground

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell Quartet

    4:33
  • 12:48 AM

    Pluie de diamants

    Emil Waldteufel

    Waldteufel: Famous Waltzes

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alfred Walter, conductor

    10:25
  • 12:22 AM

    String Quartet No. 21 "Prussian"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Quartetto Italiano

    24:46
  • 12:14 AM

    Barthold Kuijken, flute

    Bob van Asperen, harpsichord

    7:32
  • 12:06 AM

    War and Peace: New Year's Eve Ball Waltz

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    5:38
  • 12:01 AM

    Jota aragonesa

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Julia Fischer, violin

    Milana Chernyavska, piano

    4:46
  • 11:55 PM

    Prince Igor: Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Requiem, Polovtsian Dances

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    2:18
  • 11:49 PM

    Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss, Liszt, Korngold, Busoni, Schreker

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Kazuki Yamada, conductor

    9:40
  • 11:31 PM

    Concerto Serenade

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    Catherine Michel, harp

    23:27
  • 11:20 PM

    String Quartet No. 6

    Maddalena Laura Sirmen

    Allegri String Quartet

    9:57
  • 11:12 PM

    Harvest Dances (Ernte Tanze) Waltz

    Johann StraussJr.

    J. Strauss, Jr. Edition: Vol. 14

    Czech State Symphony Orchestra, Kosice

    Alfred Walter, conductor

    7:12
  • 11:02 PM

    The Cowboys: Overture

    John Williams

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

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    8:55
  • 11:00 PM

    Pony Rondo

    Paul Creston

    Mirian Conti, piano

    2:03
  • 10:51 PM

    La Cenerentola (Cinderella): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jaime Laredo, conductor

    7:52
  • 10:33 PM

    Variations on "La ci darem la mano"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Works for Piano and Orchestra

    North German Radio Elbphilharmonie Orchestra

    Krzysztof Urbanski, conductor

    Jan Lisiecki, piano

    17:28
  • 10:28 PM

    Boris Godunov: Polonaise

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Dances from the Opera

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:28
  • 10:18 PM

    Erindo, or the Irreproachable Love: Arias

    Johann Sigismund Kusser

    Irish Roots

    AIR Ensemble

    Daniel Hope, violin

    8:56
  • 10:15 PM

    Divertimento: Waltz

    Leonard Bernstein

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    2:13
  • 10:04 PM

    Guitar Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    10:15
  • 10:01 PM

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

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    2:48
  • 9:56 PM

    Princeton Grand March

    Francis Johnson

    Symphony Orchestra of America

    Matthew H. Phillips, conductor

    3:10
  • 9:49 PM

    Grand Tarantelle

    Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    Sakiko Ohashi, piano

    Gary Hammond, piano

    6:18
  • 9:29 PM

    Symphony No. 31 "Paris"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 31, 36 & 38

    London Mozart Players

    Jane Glover, conductor

    18:21
  • 9:26 PM

    Flight of the Bumblebee

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rhythm Song

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    Evelyn Glennie, percussion

    1:21
  • 9:18 PM

    Piano Quintet "Trout": Theme and Variations

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Trout Quintet in A; Hummel: Quintet in E-flat

    Schubert Ensemble of London

    7:53
  • 9:05 PM

    Concerto for Trumpet and Violin

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    Friedemann Immer, trumpet

    Reinhard Goebel, violin

    12:21
  • 9:03 PM

    The Typewriter

    Leroy Anderson

    Studio Orchestra

    Leroy Anderson, conductor

    1:37
  • 8:41 PM

    Seascapes

    Alexey Shor

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Parry, conductor

    David Aaron Carpenter, viola

    18:07
  • 8:37 PM

    The Drunken Sailor

    Traditional

    Cantus

    2:46
  • 8:30 PM

    Pirates of Penzance Overture

    Arthur Sullivan

    Gilbert & Sullivan: Overtures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    7:08
  • 8:13 PM

    Daweswood Suite

    Rick Sowash

    Mirecourt Trio

    Craig Olzenak, clarinet

    15:06
  • 8:00 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": Largo

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Piano Quintets In A, Op.5 & Op.81; Borodin: Quartet

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    11:33
  • 4:49 PM

    Toccata and Fugue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    20th Century Bach / Seiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    9:06
  • 4:44 PM

    Keep Your Hand on the Plow (Hold On!)

    Spiritual

    Chanticleer

    3:47
  • 4:31 PM

    Plow That Broke the Plains Suite

    Virgil Thomson

    Virgil Thompson: Music for Film, "The River" & "Plow That Broke the Plains"

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    12:37
  • 4:19 PM

    Trumpet Concerto No. 2

    Johann Hertel

    J.C. & J.W. Hertel: Trumpet Concertos

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Wolfgang Bauer, conductor

    Wolfgang Bauer, trumpet

    10:28
  • 4:06 PM

    Symphony No. 4 "Romantic": 3rd movement

    Anton Bruckner

    Great Romantic Symphonies

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Georg Tintner, conductor

    11:58
  • 4:01 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Pastoral": Finale

    Francois-Joseph Gossec

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    4:38
  • 3:37 PM

    Wanderer Fantasy

    Franz Schubert

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    21:04
  • 3:18 PM

    Simple Symphony

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten: Lachrymae

    Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

    Iona Brown, conductor

    17:36
  • 3:06 PM

    Genoveva: Overture

    Robert Schumann

    Concert Recording

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Storgards, conductor

    9:21
  • 3:01 PM

    Sonatina No. 2 "Happy Workshop": 2nd movement

    Richard Strauss

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    4:32
  • 2:51 PM

    Symphony No. 5: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky Waltzes

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Sergiu Comissiona, conductor

    6:27
  • 2:49 PM

    Concert Waltz No. 2

    Alexander Glazunov

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    9:23
  • 2:44 PM

    Sonata: 1st movement

    Antonio Carlos Gomez

    Brazilian Guitar Quartet

    5:36
  • 2:30 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Classical"

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Bizet, Prokofiev, Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 1

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    13:32
  • 2:16 PM

    Student Music: Suite

    Johann Rosenmuller

    Rosenmuller: 17th Century Instrumental and Vocal Music

    King's Noyse

    David Douglass, conductor

    12:26
  • 2:00 PM

    In Nature's Realm Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    14:46
  • 1:54 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    L'Art de Maurice André

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Maurice Andre, trumpet

    12:08
  • 1:50 PM

    Pizzicato Polka

    Johann Strauss

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    3:00
  • 1:40 PM

    String Quintet in C: 3rd mvt

    Franz Schubert

    Hollywood String Quartet

    :00
  • 1:32 PM

    Organ Symphony No. 5: Toccata

    Charles-Marie Widor

    Make a Joyful Noise

    Philip Brunelle, organ

    5:44
  • 1:29 PM

    Dashing away with the smoothing iron

    Traditional

    The Lark in the Clear Air

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    2:22
  • 1:27 PM

    The Gas Man Cometh

    Flanders & Swann

    Michael Flanders, vocal

    Donald Swann, piano

    2:00
  • 1:21 PM

    String Quartet No. 2: Scherzo

    Alexander Borodin

    The Emerson Encores

    Emerson String Quartet

    4:39
  • 1:17 PM

    Donkey Serenade

    Rudolf Friml

    American Light Music Classics

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    2:26
  • 1:09 PM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Minuet II

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenade KV 361 "Gran Partita"

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    5:09
  • 1:04 PM

    Nice Work If You Can Get It

    George Gershwin

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    3:41
  • 12:59 PM

    Carmen: Habanera

    Georges Bizet

    Best Film Classics 100

    Paris National Opera Orchestra

    Georges Pretre, conductor

    Maria Callas, soprano

    4:20
  • 12:48 PM

    Carmen Suite No. 2

    Georges Bizet

    Grieg: Carmen - Peer Gynt

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    8:34
  • 12:45 PM

    Polichinelle

    Fritz Kreisler

    Music of Fritz Kreisler

    James Ehnes, violin

    1:37
  • 12:40 PM

    Fanfare for the Common Man

    Aaron Copland

    Copland 100

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    3:31
  • 12:27 PM

    Norwegian Dances Nos. 2-4

    Edvard Grieg

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    11:40
  • 12:18 PM

    Concert Piece for Clarinet and Basset Horn

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Wiener Virtuosen

    7:41
  • 12:14 PM

    Little Concert Suite: Tarantelle Fretillante

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha OVerture / Petite Suite

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    2:39
  • 12:10 PM

    Calling All Workers

    Eric Coates

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Reginald Kilbey, conductor

    3:06
  • 12:04 PM

    Picturesque Pieces: Pompous Minuet

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    pictures at an exhibition

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    4:33
  • 11:49 AM

    6 Early Netherlands Dances

    Julius Rontgen

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    David Porcelijn, conductor

    9:29
  • 11:45 AM

    Naja's Waltz

    Fredrik Sjolin

    Last Leaf

    Danish String Quartet

    3:16
  • 11:34 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 3: Rondo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 3

    Mahler Chamber Orchestra

    Leif Ove Andsnes, conductor

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    8:50
  • 11:30 AM

    Waltz No. 1

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak

    Cecilia String Quartet

    3:34
  • 11:22 AM

    Symphony No. 85 "The Queen": 2nd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 85 & 86

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    6:49
  • 11:16 AM

    Dirait-on (So They Say)

    Morten Lauridsen

    Morten Lauridsen: Mid-Winter Songs

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    5:01
  • 11:10 AM

    Hamlet: Ballet Music: Valse-Mazurka

    Ambroise Thomas

    Thomas: Hamlet

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    3:46
  • 11:04 AM

    Serenade

    Roman Hoffstetter

    Promenade Concert

    I Solisti Italiani

    5:29
  • 10:46 AM

    Swan Lake: Dance of the Swans

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Barry Griffiths, violin

    12:05
  • 10:26 AM

    Symphony No. 28

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 26, 27, 28, 30 & 32

    London Mozart Players

    Jane Glover, conductor

    18:43
  • 10:21 AM

    La Cumparsita

    Gerardo H. Matos Rodriguez

    Milos: Pasion

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    3:48
  • 10:16 AM

    Waltz No. 9 "L'adieu"

    Frederic Chopin

    Pavel Kolesnikov, piano

    4:14
  • 10:06 AM

    Five Pieces

    Anthony Holborne

    Royal Brass: Music from the Renaissance & Baroque

    Empire Brass

    9:12
  • 10:01 AM

    Let My Love Be Heard

    Jake Runestad

    Enchanted Isle

    Voces8

    4:45
  • 9:46 AM

    String Symphony No. 2

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn String Symphonies

    Amadeus Ensemble

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    12:08
  • 9:25 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Arion

    Jaap ter Linden, conductor

    20:00
  • 9:11 AM

    Sonatina No. 1 "From an Invalid's Workshop": 1st movement

    Richard Strauss

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    12:00
  • 9:06 AM

    Aoife Ni Bhriain, violin

    4:07
  • 9:01 AM

    Kasia Kadlubowska, percussion

    Dominik Bukowski, percussion

    4:36
  • 8:40 AM

    The Prophet: Ballet of the Skaters

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    18:28
  • 8:25 AM

    Harvest Dance Suite

    Ilmari Hannikainen

    The Music of Ilmari and Vaino Hannikainen

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    14:35
  • 8:01 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    22:02
  • 7:42 AM

    Suite for Strings

    Arthur Foote

    American Stringbook

    do.gma chamber orchestra

    Mikhail Gurewitsch, conductor

    16:11
  • 7:36 AM

    Intermezzo No. 6

    Johannes Brahms

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    5:33
  • 7:22 AM

    Carmina Burana Wind Suite

    Carl Orff

    Mainz Wind Ensemble

    Klaus Rainer Scholl, conductor

    12:39
  • 7:01 AM

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Kevin John Edusei, conductor

    19:41
  • 6:22 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Jean Sibelius

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paavo Berglund, conductor

    36:13
  • 6:11 AM

    Fantasie

    Fernando Sor

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    10:35
  • 6:01 AM

    String Quartet: Adagio

    Emilie Mayer

    String Quartets

    Erato Quartet

    7:43
  • 5:36 AM

    Symphony No. 31

    Alan Hovhaness

    Northwest Sinfonia

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    21:57
  • 5:21 AM

    Concerto for Recorder and Viola

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Michala Petri, recorder

    Pinchas Zukerman, viola

    14:44
  • 5:01 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Fazil Say, piano

    18:11