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  • 4:27 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Richard Strauss

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    Sarah Chang, violin

    30:45
  • 4:24 AM

    A Winged Spirit

    Hannah Kendall

    Many Voices: Ten New Pieces for Violin

    Hyeyoon Park, violin

    1:40
  • 4:06 AM

    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    17:35
  • 4:01 AM

    Edgar: Act I Prelude

    Giacomo Puccini

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor

    4:37
  • 3:38 AM

    Octet

    Howard Ferguson

    Ferguson, Bliss, Holloway: Chamber Music

    Michael Collins, clarinet

    19:51
  • 3:31 AM

    Norma: Casta Diva

    Vincenzo Bellini

    Brussels Philharmonic

    Mathieu Herzog, conductor

    Camille Thomas, cello

    5:15
  • 3:06 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "A London Symphony:" 3rd and 4th movements

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Concert Recording

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    22:52
  • 3:01 AM

    Symphony No. 104 "London": Minuet

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos 101 The Clock and 104 London

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    4:39
  • 2:46 AM

    Castillo Interior

    Peteris Vasks

    Stillpoint

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    11:40
  • 2:35 AM

    Divided

    Jessie Montgomery

    Songs for Our Times

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    Thomas Mesa, cello

    9:56
  • 2:13 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn

    London Mozart Players

    Jonathan Bloxham, conductor

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    19:50
  • 2:06 AM

    There's Nae Lark

    Samuel Barber

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    1:25
  • 2:01 AM

    Homage (to William Levi Dawson)

    Zenobia Powell Perry

    Maria Corley, piano

    4:31
  • 1:50 AM

    Lines Made By Walking: Up the Mountain

    John Luther Adams

    JACK Quartet

    7:56
  • 1:25 AM

    Symphony on a French Mountain Air

    Vincent d'Indy

    Radio Philharmonic Orchestra of France

    Marek Janowski, conductor

    Catherine Collard, piano

    23:57
  • 1:18 AM

    Three Chinese Folk Songs

    Zhou Long

    Shanghai Quartet

    4:43
  • 1:06 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Oboe Concertos Bwv 1053, 1055, 1059

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Douglas Boyd, oboe

    12:02
  • 1:01 AM

    Brendan's Air

    Brendan Monaghan

    Barry Douglas, piano

    Eimear McGeown, Irish flute

    4:36
  • 12:52 AM

    Elegy for Cello and Orchestra

    John Williams

    Recording Arts Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    6:17
  • 12:24 AM

    Symphony No. 8

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Andris Nelsons, conductor

    26:28
  • 12:17 AM

    A Gaelic Blessing: Meditation

    John Rutter

    Blessing

    Sinfonia Cymru

    John Rutter, conductor

    Catrin Finch, harp

    4:43
  • 12:06 AM

    Souvenir of a Beloved Place: Meditation

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin

    10:41
  • 12:01 AM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1: Villanella

    Ottorino Respighi

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    4:36
  • 11:51 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 10

    Antonin Dvorak

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos

    6:22
  • 11:46 PM

    Cantabile

    Niccolo Paganini

    Melodies

    Chen Yi, violin

    3:37
  • 11:22 PM

    Symphony No. 1

    Carl Maria von Weber

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    23:35
  • 11:13 PM

    Le Roi malgre lui (The King in Spite of Himself): Fete polonaise

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    7:23
  • 11:06 PM

    Concerto for Two Flutes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    Janet See, flute

    Stephen Schultz, flute

    6:48
  • 11:01 PM

    Night and Day

    Cole Porter

    Night and Day

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    4:34
  • 10:48 PM

    On the Town: Three Dance Episodes

    Leonard Bernstein

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    10:31
  • 10:26 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 6

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mantova Chamber Orchestra

    Carlo Fabiano, conductor

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    19:53
  • 10:15 PM

    Fair Melusina Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Winterthur Music Collegium

    Douglas Boyd, conductor

    10:46
  • 10:11 PM

    Musette en rondeau

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Christopher O'Riley, piano

    2:22
  • 10:06 PM

    Amelia Goes to the Ball: Overture

    Gian Carlo Menotti

    New York Philharmonic

    Thomas Schippers, conductor

    4:14
  • 10:01 PM

    Reverie

    Claude Debussy

    Reveries

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    4:29
  • 9:49 PM

    Symphony

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Symphonies - From Berlin to Hamburg

    Academy for Ancient Music Berlin

    Mayumi Hirasaki, conductor

    9:06
  • 9:44 PM

    Three Pieces for Piano Four-Hands: No. 3

    Amy Beach

    Aglika Genova, piano

    Liuben Dimitrov, piano

    3:47
  • 9:19 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Samuel Barber

    Barber & Meyer Violin Concertos

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    23:03
  • 9:15 PM

    Ezekiel Saw de Wheel

    William Dawson

    The Spirituals of William Dawson

    St. Olaf Choir

    Anton Armstrong, conductor

    2:54
  • 9:09 PM

    Suite for Strings: Prelude

    Joan Trimble

    Silver Apples of the Moon

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    4:47
  • 9:06 PM

    Fur Elise

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Book

    Lang Lang, piano

    3:24
  • 9:01 PM

    Canzon "La Serafina"

    Pietro Lappi

    Royal Academy of Music Brass

    2:41
  • 8:50 PM

    J.S. Dances

    Donald Grantham

    Retrospectives

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    Anastasia Markina, piano

    8:07
  • 8:29 PM

    Bulgarian National Radio Orchestra

    Rossen Milanov, conductor

    Elizabeth Hainen, harp

    20:19
  • 8:21 PM

    Wand of Youth: Overture, Serenade, and Sun Dance

    Edward Elgar

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    6:42
  • 8:10 PM

    Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Jinjoo Cho Appassionato Mathieu Herzog

    Appassionato

    Mathieu Herzog, conductor

    Jinjoo Cho, violin

    9:47
  • 8:06 PM

    Xerxes: Largo

    George Frideric Handel

    Albinoni: Adagio; Pachelbel: Canon; Etc

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    3:01
  • 8:01 PM

    Les Troyens (The Trojans): Trojan March

    Hector Berlioz

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    4:31
  • 7:44 PM

    Don Juan and Faust: Six airs de ballet

    Moritz Moszkowski

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    14:02
  • 5:48 PM

    Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Greensleeves/Tallis Fantasia

    New Queen's Hall Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    10:44
  • 5:18 PM

    Symphony No. 86

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 85 & 86

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    28:19
  • 5:12 PM

    Humoresque No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Humoresque

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    4:17
  • 5:09 PM

    Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano

    1:49
  • 5:06 PM

    John Williams, guitar

    2:49
  • 5:01 PM

    A Moorside Suite: March

    Gustav Holst

    Music for Brass and Percussion

    London Brass

    David Honeyball, conductor

    4:41
  • 4:41 PM

    An American in Paris

    George Gershwin

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    17:26
  • 4:20 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 6

    Saverio Mercadante

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    18:42
  • 4:18 PM

    Mystic Flute

    Alan Hovhaness

    Marvin Rosen, piano

    1:30
  • 4:06 PM

    Symphony No. 9: Scherzo

    Anton Bruckner

    Bruckner: Symphony No. 9, WAB 109

    Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor

    10:34
  • 4:01 PM

    Etude No. 11: for arpeggios

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images, Etudes

    Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano

    4:40
  • 3:52 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 9

    Bruce Haynes

    Montreal Baroque Orchestra

    Eric Milnes, conductor

    6:29
  • 3:16 PM

    Symphony No. 7

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Concert Recording

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Nil Venditti, conductor

    34:18
  • 3:07 PM

    Overture

    Grace Williams

    Concert Recording

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Nil Venditti, conductor

    6:53
  • 3:00 PM

    Violin Sonata: 4th movement

    Johann Georg Pisendel

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, violin

    4:35
  • 2:54 PM

    Pomp and Circumstance March No. 2

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance Marches, Cockaigne

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yehudi Menuhin, conductor

    3:51
  • 2:53 PM

    Pomp and Circumstance March No. 2

    Edward Elgar

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    5:26
  • 2:17 PM

    An Irish Symphony

    Arthur Sullivan

    Sullivan: Symphony in E major 'Irish'

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    35:54
  • 2:06 PM

    Gayane Ballet Suite

    Aram Khachaturian

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    9:56
  • 2:01 PM

    Danse rythmique

    Ida Presti

    Legado

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    3:07
  • 1:57 PM

    The Water is Wide

    Traditional

    The Fairie Round

    Shelley Phillips, english horn

    4:03
  • 1:43 PM

    Ma vlast (My Country): Vltava (The Moldau)

    Bedrich Smetana

    Tchaikovsky: 1812; Dukas: Sorcerer's Apprentice; Smetana: Vltava (Die Moldau); Dvorak: Scherzo capriccioso; Mussorgsky: A Night on the Bare Mountain

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    12:05
  • 1:37 PM

    Fugue "Little"

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Young Bach

    Michael Murray, organ

    4:24
  • 1:33 PM

    Souvenirs: Galop

    Samuel Barber

    Barber: Violin & Piano Concertos

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    2:31
  • 1:31 PM

    Souvenirs: Two-Step

    Samuel Barber

    Barber: Violin & Piano Concertos

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    1:52
  • 1:22 PM

    Spring Song

    Jean Sibelius

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:20
  • 1:18 PM

    Etude No. 9

    Philip Glass

    Glass: Piano Etudes, Book 1

    Vicky Chow, piano

    2:57
  • 1:11 PM

    The Ash Grove

    Traditional Welsh

    Simple Gifts

    Salzedo Harp Duo

    3:37
  • 1:04 PM

    Tancredi: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    5:58
  • 12:51 PM

    In the Steppes of Central Asia

    Alexander Borodin

    Pops Caviar

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    7:36
  • 12:43 PM

    Concerto for Two Oboes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    6:02
  • 12:31 PM

    Overture di Ballo

    Arthur Sullivan

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    11:38
  • 12:22 PM

    Scherzando No. 5

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn Ensemble Berlin

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    7:08
  • 12:15 PM

    Violin Sonata: Finale

    Mel Bonis

    Le Temps Retrouve

    Elena Urioste, violin

    6:16
  • 12:10 PM

    Othello Suite: Children's Intermezzo

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Fawzi Haimor, conductor

    3:51
  • 12:04 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Wedding March

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Andre Previn, conductor

    5:13
  • 11:45 AM

    Cello Concerto: 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    The Essential Yo-Yo Ma

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    12:50
  • 11:38 AM

    Intermezzo No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Murray Perahia: Brahms

    Murray Perahia, piano

    5:10
  • 11:31 AM

    Norwegian Dance No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg, Svendsen: Orchestral Works

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    6:15
  • 11:24 AM

    Staatskapelle Weimar

    Peter Gulke, conductor

    6:01
  • 11:17 AM

    Far and Away: Suite

    John Williams

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    5:36
  • 11:09 AM

    Danish National Chamber Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    7:07
  • 11:04 AM

    Procession of the Sardar

    Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov

    Classic Marches

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:07
  • 10:48 AM

    Schlagobers Ballet: Entrance and dance of the Sugar; Round dance of Sugar, Coffee, and Cocoa; Whipped cream waltz

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Schlagobers Ballet, Op. 70

    Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra

    Hiroshi Wakasugi, conductor

    10:31
  • 10:30 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Giovanni Antonini, conductor

    16:28
  • 10:25 AM

    The Woods so Wild

    William Byrd

    Renaissance Favorites For Guitar

    David Russell, guitar

    4:11
  • 10:17 AM

    Ballade No. 3

    Frederic Chopin

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    7:33
  • 10:06 AM

    Consecration of the House: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Complete Overtures

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    9:30
  • 10:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 1: 3rd movement

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Danubius Quartet

    4:42
  • 9:38 AM

    Sleeping Beauty Ballet Suite

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Der Nussknacker and others

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    19:57
  • 9:26 AM

    Capriccio for Bassoon and Orchestra

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi Discoveries

    Milan Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Andrea Magnani, bassoon

    10:27
  • 9:17 AM

    Mother and Child

    William Grant Still

    Summerland: Music for Piano and Cello by Composers of African Descent

    Duo Dolce

    7:31
  • 9:06 AM

    String Symphony No. 5

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Camerata Bern

    Thomas Furi, conductor

    10:07
  • 9:01 AM

    Oskar Ekberg, piano

    4:39
  • 8:43 AM

    In a Summer Garden

    Frederick Delius

    Delius: Orchestral Works

    Halle Orchestra

    John Barbirolli, conductor

    14:54
  • 8:26 AM

    Romeo and Juliet: Love Scene

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz - Symphonie fantastique

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    16:12
  • 8:13 AM

    Sonata for Harp

    Alan Hovhaness

    Music of Hovhaness

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    12:10
  • 8:02 AM

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    11:10
  • 7:27 AM

    Serenade No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Serenades

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    31:07
  • 7:15 AM

    Piano Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Andras Schiff, piano

    12:27
  • 7:01 AM

    Scaramouche

    Darius Milhaud

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Branford Marsalis, saxophone

    11:20
  • 6:43 AM

    Les Preludes

    Franz Liszt

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Liszt - Solti

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    15:03
  • 6:14 AM

    Piano Quartet

    Robert Schumann

    Ames Piano Quartet

    28:08
  • 6:01 AM

    Symphonic Dances: 1st movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Gateways

    Shanghai Symphony Orchestra

    Long Yu, conductor

    11:32
  • 5:57 AM

    6 Pieces for Violin and Piano: No. 2

    Amanda Rontgen-Maier

    Thomas Albertus Irnberger, violin

    Barbara Moser, piano

    1:31
  • 5:02 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Anton Bruckner

    Concert Recording

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Leopold Hager, conductor

    53:42