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  • 4:38 AM

    Die Frau ohne Schatten (Woman without a Shadow): Fantasy

    Richard Strauss

    Mephisto and Co.

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    20:17
  • 4:25 AM

    Chaconne

    George Frideric Handel

    Baroque Inventions

    Gray & Pearl Guitar Duo

    11:12
  • 4:06 AM

    Guitar Concerto "Chaconne"

    Wayne Siegel

    Jakob Bangsø: Guitar Concertos

    Tallinn Chamber Orchestra

    Kaisa Roose, conductor

    Jakob Bangso, guitar

    18:29
  • 4:01 AM

    Clare Hammond, piano

    4:36
  • 3:50 AM

    Denver Oldham, piano

    8:06
  • 3:23 AM

    Harp Concerto

    Alberto Ginastera

    Ginastera: One Hundred

    Oberlin Orchestra

    Raphael Jimenez, conductor

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    25:14
  • 3:20 AM

    Airs for the Seasons: Daisy (Autumn)

    James Oswald

    Rezonance Baroque Ensemble

    Rezan Onen-Lapointe, violin

    2:30
  • 3:06 AM

    Piano Trio No. 1

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich/Arensky Piano Trios

    Trio con Brio Copenhagen

    12:24
  • 3:01 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 161: Presto

    Johann Quantz

    Dresden Chamber Soloists

    Johannes Walter, flute

    4:39
  • 2:45 AM

    Three Idylls

    Frank Bridge

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    13:04
  • 2:34 AM

    Motet: Warum is das Licht gegeben

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Werke Fur Chor Un Orchester

    Collegium Vocale, Ghent

    Philippe Herreweghe, conductor

    10:13
  • 2:06 AM

    Cello Sonata No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Hope Amid Tears

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    25:53
  • 2:01 AM

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    "Pops in Love"

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:40
  • 1:50 AM

    Two Melodies

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Orchestral Music, Vol. 6 - From Holberg's Time / Lyric Suite / Melodies

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    8:16
  • 1:45 AM

    Spanish Galliard

    Giovanni Trabaci

    Harp Music of the Italian Renaissance

    Andrew-Lawrence King, harp

    4:23
  • 1:06 AM

    Symphonie Espagnole

    Edouard Lalo

    Concert Recording

    Gulbenkian Orchestra

    Miguel Sepulveda, conductor

    Bin Chao, violin

    36:15
  • 1:01 AM

    Toccata

    Girolamo Frescobaldi

    Jian Wang: The Baroque Album

    Camerata Salzburg

    Jian Wang, cello

    4:37
  • 12:48 AM

    Symphony No. 7

    Georg Anton Benda

    Benda: Sinfonias Nos. 7-12

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    10:45
  • 12:15 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky, Barber, Elgar, Wolf

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    30:44
  • 12:10 AM

    Polish National Dances: No. 1

    Xaver Scharwenka

    Xaver Scharwenka: The Piano Works

    Seta Tanyel, piano

    3:23
  • 12:06 AM

    The Maiden's Prayer

    Tekla Badarzewska

    Christopher Mallett, guitar

    3:31
  • 12:01 AM

    Symphony No. 99: 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:34
  • 11:51 PM

    Children's March (Over the Hills and Far Away)

    Percy Grainger

    Lincolnshire Posy

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    7:03
  • 11:46 PM

    Memories of a Child's Sunday: Play

    Roy Harris

    Roy Harris: Symphony No. 8, Symphony No. 9

    Albany Symphony Orchestra

    David Alan Miller, conductor

    3:09
  • 11:33 PM

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

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    For Children

    Helen Huang, piano

    12:54
  • 11:18 PM

    Carmina Burana Wind Suite

    Carl Orff

    Carl Orff: Kleines Konzert

    Mainz Wind Ensemble

    Klaus Rainer Scholl, conductor

    12:40
  • 11:06 PM

    A Children's Overture

    Roger Quilter

    Light Music Society Orchestra

    Vivian Dunn, conductor

    11:15
  • 11:01 PM

    The Old School

    Tristan Coelho

    In Transit

    Emily Granger, harp

    4:08
  • 10:53 PM

    Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1

    Edward Elgar

    Bernstein Favorites: Marches

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    5:48
  • 10:40 PM

    St. Paul's Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Wilson: St. Kentigern Suite

    Scottish Ensemble

    Jonathan Rees, conductor

    11:56
  • 10:33 PM

    Playground Dreams

    Ed Bland

    Judith Olson, piano

    5:22
  • 10:16 PM

    Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    16:45
  • 10:07 PM

    Tom Brown's Schooldays: Overture

    Richard Addinsell

    The Film Music of Richard Addinsell

    BBC Philharmonic

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    7:42
  • 10:01 PM

    Il Giustino: Vedro con mio diletto (I will see with delight)

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Italia

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Curnyn, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    4:20
  • 9:52 PM

    Inspiration Waltzes

    Nathaniel Dett

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

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    6:05
  • 9:28 PM

    Symphony No. 55 "The Schoolmaster"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Philharmonia Hungarica

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    22:45
  • 9:25 PM

    An American Mosaic: Teachers and Students

    Richard Danielpour

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    2:21
  • 9:22 PM

    The Children are Playing

    Carl Nielsen

    James Galway Plays Nielsen

    James Galway, flute

    2:39
  • 9:18 PM

    A Beautiful Mind: Teaching Mathematics Again

    James Horner

    A Beautiful Mind Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    James Horner, conductor

    Charlotte Church, girl soprano

    3:14
  • 9:07 PM

    Academic Festival Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Serenade No. 2; Haydn: Variationen

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    9:59
  • 9:01 PM

    Orchestral Study No. 3

    Arthur Bliss

    English Northern Philharmonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    4:51
  • 8:51 PM

    Danse Macabre

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Angele Dubeau & La Pieta: Infernal Violins

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    6:55
  • 8:17 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff, Paganini Rhapsody, Piano Concerto No. 2

    Mahler Chamber Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Yuja Wang, piano

    33:08
  • 8:09 PM

    Rossini on Ilkla Moor Overture

    Eric Fenby

    British Light Music Discoveries

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    6:35
  • 8:06 PM

    Orfeo: Toccata

    Claudio Monteverdi

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    1:29
  • 8:01 PM

    Contredanse and Tarantelle

    Frederic Chopin

    Malcolm Frager, piano

    4:35
  • 7:40 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 2

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:48
  • 7:15 PM

    Symphony No. 3

    Etienne Mehul

    Mehul: The Complete Symphonies

    Gulbenkian Orchestra

    Michel Swierczewski, conductor

    23:34
  • 7:10 PM

    The Man I Love

    George Gershwin

    Leon Fleisher, piano

    2:55
  • 7:06 PM

    Legend No. 5

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends, Symphony No. 8

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:13
  • 7:01 PM

    Spanish Fandango

    Traditional

    Justin Holland: Guitar Works & Arrangements

    Christopher Mallett, guitar

    4:24
  • 6:51 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Elfrida Andree

    Andree: Fritiof Suite - Symphony in A minor

    Stockholm Symphony Orchestra

    Gustaf Sjokvist, conductor

    7:23
  • 6:31 PM

    Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet, Francesca da Rimini

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    19:33
  • 6:10 PM

    November Woods

    Arnold Bax

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    18:33
  • 6:06 PM

    To A Yellow Rose

    Florence Price

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:38
  • 6:01 PM

    Carnival-Waltz

    Florent Schmitt

    French Ballet Music of the 1920s

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    4:48
  • 5:50 PM

    Three Spirituals

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Adolphus Hailstork: An American Port Of Call

    Virginia Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    8:08
  • 5:17 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 2, 6

    National French Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Luc Hery, violin

    31:32
  • 5:09 PM

    3 Dances from Terpsichore

    Michael Praetorius

    Dale Kavanagh, guitar

    5:49
  • 5:06 PM

    Rustle of Spring

    Christian Sinding

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    2:39
  • 5:01 PM

    Bassoon Concerto: Allegro

    Christoph Graupner

    Graupner: Instrumental and Vocal Music, Vol. 1

    L'Ensemble des Idees heureuses

    Genevieve Soly, conductor

    Mathieu Lussier, bassoon

    4:43
  • 4:55 PM

    The Empire Strikes Back: Imperial March

    John Williams

    Berlin Philharmonic

    John Williams, conductor

    3:10
  • 4:52 PM

    Conan the Barbarian: Anvil of Crom

    Basil Poledouris

    The Great Fantasy Adventure Album

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    2:28
  • 4:47 PM

    The Hunt for Red October: Hymn to Red October

    Basil Poledouris

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:07
  • 4:35 PM

    Seabiscuit: Suite

    Randy Newman

    Seabiscuit: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    Thomas Newman, conductor

    9:35
  • 4:29 PM

    A Bug's Life: The Time of Your Life

    Randy Newman

    Mega Movies

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:07
  • 4:28 PM

    Toy Story 2: When She Loved Me

    Randy Newman

    The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 1

    Randy Newman, piano

    1:03
  • 4:14 PM

    The Cider House Rules: Suite

    Rachel Portman

    The Cider House Rules: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture

    Studio Orchestra

    David Snell, conductor

    11:05
  • 4:06 PM

    Doctor Zhivago: Lara's Theme

    Maurice Jarre

    Hollywood's Greatest Hits

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:46
  • 4:01 PM

    Pleasantville: Real Rain

    Randy Newman

    Varese Sarabande - A 25th Anniversary Celebration

    Studio Orchestra

    4:33
  • 3:43 PM

    Journey to the Center of the Earth

    Bernard Herrmann

    Bernard Herrmann: Great Film Music

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bernard Herrmann, conductor

    14:59
  • 3:26 PM

    Hugo: Suite

    Howard Shore

    Hugo Original Score

    Studio Orchestra

    Howard Shore, conductor

    16:30
  • 3:20 PM

    The Adventures of Robin Hood: Robin Hood and His Merry Men

    Erich Korngold

    The Hollywood Sound

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:27
  • 3:07 PM

    Ray Harryhausen Fantasy Film Suite

    Bernard Herrmann

    Torn Curtain: The Classic Film Music Of Bernard Herrmann

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    10:13
  • 3:01 PM

    Anthony Adverse

    Erich Korngold

    The Sea Hawk

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    4:57
  • 2:41 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Franz Liszt

    Chopin, Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    Yundi Li, piano

    17:48
  • 2:32 PM

    Cello Concerto: 3rd movement

    Edouard Lalo

    Lalo & Casals: Cello Concertos

    Moritzburg Festival Orchestra

    Josep Caballe-Domenech, conductor

    Jan Vogler, cello

    6:59
  • 2:17 PM

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    12:42
  • 2:06 PM

    Benvenuto Cellini: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Pictures at a Gallery

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:12
  • 1:46 PM

    Ma vlast (My Country): From Bohemia's Woods and Fields

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: Ma Vlast

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    12:42
  • 1:26 PM

    Variations on a Rococo Theme

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Ofra Harnoy, cello

    18:35
  • 1:22 PM

    Mussette de Nina

    Justin Holland

    Gabriele Leite, guitar

    1:32
  • 1:06 PM

    Oboe d'Amore Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerti Virtuosi

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    John Abberger, oboe d'amore

    15:14
  • 1:01 PM

    Ladies in Lavender

    Nigel Hess

    Claire Jones: Royal Harp Strings

    London Mozart Players

    Stuart Morley, conductor

    Claire Jones, harp

    4:42
  • 12:49 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: 3rd movement

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Piano Concertos

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    8:49
  • 12:12 PM

    Symphony No. 8

    Antonin Dvorak

    Antonín Dvorák: Symphonies Nos. 7 – 9

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    35:37
  • 12:06 PM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Minuet II

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart � Salieri

    Armonia Ensemble

    4:21
  • 12:01 PM

    Modern Times: Smile

    Charlie Chaplin

    I Salonisti Play Music from Titanic, Casablanca, the Godfather

    I Salonisti

    4:31
  • 11:48 AM

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    10:00
  • 11:44 AM

    Tu Imagen (Your Image)

    Agustin Barrios

    David Russell, guitar

    3:09
  • 11:26 AM

    Don Juan

    Richard Strauss

    Richard Strauss: Don Juan; Burlesque; Serenade; Till Eulenspiegel

    Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paavo Berglund, conductor

    17:25
  • 11:19 AM

    Ballade "About Olden Times"

    Anatol Liadov

    Liadov: The Enchanted Lake, and other orchestral works.

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    5:53
  • 11:07 AM

    Four Seasons: Autumn

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Sarah Chang: Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Sarah Chang, violin

    11:31
  • 11:01 AM

    Dreaming

    Amy Beach

    Donna voce

    Anna Shelest, piano

    4:43
  • 10:41 AM

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 2

    Edvard Grieg

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    17:03
  • 10:23 AM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Bassoon Concertos

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Janne Nisonen, conductor

    Jaakko Luoma, bassoon

    16:43
  • 10:17 AM

    Sonatine: Modere

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Piano Concertos, Valses Nobles et Sentimentales, Sonatine

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    4:19
  • 10:06 AM

    Romance No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Mad About Violins

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor

    Shlomo Mintz, violin

    10:16
  • 10:01 AM

    Glowing Red Morningstar Lilies

    Traditional Chinese

    Chinese Dreams

    Lydia Maria Bader, piano

    4:38
  • 9:51 AM

    La Vida Breve: Interlude and Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat, La Vida Breve, Homenajas

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    6:59
  • 9:31 AM

    Carmen Suite No. 1

    Georges Bizet

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    19:08
  • 9:18 AM

    Summer

    Frank Bridge

    Bridge, Bantock & Butterworth

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    10:40
  • 9:06 AM

    Toccata

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Toccatas

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    11:33
  • 9:01 AM

    Two Etudes

    Andres Segovia

    Eduardo Fernandez, guitar

    4:47
  • 8:38 AM

    La Boutique fantasque (Fantastic Toy Shop)

    Ottorino Respighi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    20:30
  • 8:33 AM

    Poetic Tone Pictures: Toying

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak Poetic Tone Pictures, Op. 85

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    4:20
  • 8:16 AM

    Gewandhaus Quartet

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    16:41
  • 8:02 AM

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    12:40
  • 7:25 AM

    Swan Lake: Highlights

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    33:28
  • 7:17 AM

    Octet: 5th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Isabelle Faust, violin

    Anne-Katharina Schreiber, violin

    James Boyd, viola

    Kristin von der Goltz, cello

    James Munro, bass

    Lorenzo Coppola, clarinet

    7:15
  • 7:01 AM

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    14:16
  • 6:39 AM

    Guitar Concerto No. 1

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Guitar Concertos

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Kazuhito Yamashita, guitar

    19:13
  • 6:25 AM

    To a Nordic Princess

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger Edition Vol. 11: Works for Chorus & Orchestra 4

    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    12:33
  • 6:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: String Quartets, Opus 18 (Complete)

    Miro Quartet

    22:45
  • 5:30 AM

    Ballet Scenes

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: From the Middle Ages; Scenes de Ballet

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    28:15
  • 5:19 AM

    Nocturne No. 17

    John Field

    Field: Sonatas and Nocturnes

    John O'Conor, piano

    10:52
  • 5:01 AM

    Harp Concerto

    Jean Eichner

    Eichner: Harp Concertos

    Kurpfalz Chamber Orchestra

    Stefan Fraas, conductor

    Silke Aichhorn, harp

    15:44