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  • 4:41 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Paul Carr

    British Light Music Premieres

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    Nicholas Daniel, oboe

    17:27
  • 4:21 AM

    Ballad Without Words

    Kurt Atterberg

    Atterberg: Symphony No. 6, etc.

    Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra

    Jun'ichi Hirokami, conductor

    18:31
  • 4:06 AM

    Ballade No. 2

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Piano Recital

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    14:11
  • 4:01 AM

    Prayer of Saint Gregory

    Alan Hovhaness

    Manhattan Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Auldon Clark, conductor

    Chris Gekker, trumpet

    4:37
  • 3:54 AM

    Suite for Symphonic Strings: Nocturne

    Lou Harrison

    Shutter Island Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    The New Professionals Orchestra

    Rebecca Miller, conductor

    3:44
  • 3:50 AM

    Lullaby

    Valentin Silvestrov

    Love at Last

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:42
  • 3:07 AM

    Glagolitic Mass

    Leos Janacek

    Concert Recording

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jakub Hrusa, conductor

    Corinne Winters, soprano

    41:36
  • 3:01 AM

    Violin Sonata: Ballad

    Leos Janacek

    Strauss, Janacek & Debussy: Sonatas for Violin and Piano

    Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin

    4:45
  • 2:48 AM

    Scherzo No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Schzeri, Impromptus

    Yundi Li, piano

    10:02
  • 2:24 AM

    String Quartet No. 66

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Emerson String Quartet: Complete Recordings

    Emerson String Quartet

    22:49
  • 2:19 AM

    See-Saw Waltz

    Justin Holland

    Justin Holland Recording Project

    Mark Delpriora, guitar

    3:19
  • 2:07 AM

    Violin Sonata

    Frantisek Jiranek

    Lenka Torgersen, violin

    Vaclav Luks, harpsichord

    Libor Masek, cello

    12:04
  • 2:01 AM

    Cello Suite No. 6: Gavotte

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Suites For Solo Cello

    Pierre Fournier, cello

    4:37
  • 1:53 AM

    Sicilienne and Allegro giocoso

    Gabriel Grovlez

    Karen Geoghegan, bassoon

    Philip Fisher, piano

    5:59
  • 1:28 AM

    Roman Festivals

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Pini di Roma; Fontane di Roma; Feste Romane

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    23:49
  • 1:19 AM

    La plus que lente (As Slowly as Possible)

    Claude Debussy

    Masterpieces in Miniature

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    6:21
  • 1:06 AM

    Symphony No. 14

    William Herschel

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    11:19
  • 1:01 AM

    Trio Sonata

    Willem de Fesch

    De Fesch: Chamber Music

    Ensemble of the Auvergne

    4:39
  • 12:55 AM

    Un Ballo in Maschera (A Masked Ball): Act II Prelude

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    2:39
  • 12:22 AM

    Piano Trio No. 1

    Anton Arensky

    Shostakovich & Arensky

    Claremont Trio

    32:19
  • 12:18 AM

    Baba-Yaga

    Anatol Liadov

    The Enchanted Kingdom

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    3:28
  • 12:06 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Giuseppe Tartini

    Scottish Ensemble

    Jonathan Morton, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    9:40
  • 12:01 AM

    Dr. Case's Pavan

    John Dowland

    Lute Music of Dowland

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    4:41
  • 11:49 PM

    The Skaters Waltz

    Emil Waldteufel

    Waldteufel Waltzes, Polkas and Galops

    Gulbenkian Orchestra

    Michel Swierczewski, conductor

    9:03
  • 11:42 PM

    Andante

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn-Hensel, F.: Piano Sonatas in C and G minor

    Heather Schmidt, piano

    5:38
  • 11:25 PM

    Henry V Suite

    William Walton

    Walton: Belshazzar's Feast/ Henry V Suite

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    16:46
  • 11:13 PM

    Irish Rhapsody No. 6

    Charles Stanford

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    Lydia Mordkovitch, violin

    10:11
  • 11:06 PM

    Concerto for Two Oboes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerti Virtuosi

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    6:04
  • 11:01 PM

    Four British Folk Song Settings

    Percy Grainger

    Penelope Thwaites, piano

    4:24
  • 10:51 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Romantic": Finale

    Howard Hanson

    Howard Hanson Symphonies 1, 2; Elegy in Memory of Serge Koussevitky

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    7:06
  • 10:34 PM

    Dances of Galanta

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Kodaly: The Peacock, Galanta Dances, Marosszek Dances

    Budapest Symphony Orchestra

    Gyorgy Lehel, conductor

    16:04
  • 10:27 PM

    Magnolia Suite: The Place Where the Rainbow Ends

    Nathaniel Dett

    Settle: Migration Music Part 3

    Lara Downes, piano

    6:05
  • 10:15 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Bruch, Dvorak: Violin Concertos

    Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    10:09
  • 10:06 PM

    Fra Diavolo: Overture

    Daniel Auber

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:29
  • 10:01 PM

    Bees and Bumblebees

    Eugene Arcade Dede

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    4:33
  • 9:50 PM

    Canadian Folk Song Suite

    Morley Calvert

    Hannaford Street Silver Band

    Stephen Chenette, conductor

    8:36
  • 9:45 PM

    Dance of the Shepherd Girl

    Hugo Alfven

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra: Portrait

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    4:15
  • 9:28 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Ramin Bahrami, piano

    15:30
  • 9:24 PM

    How Can I Keep From Singing?

    Traditional

    At the River: American Folk Songs, Spirituals, and Hymns

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    3:06
  • 9:13 PM

    Orpheus in the Underworld: Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    9:36
  • 9:06 PM

    Solace (A Mexican Serenade)

    Scott Joplin

    Joplin: Complete Rags

    William Albright, piano

    6:09
  • 9:03 PM

    Morris Dance Tunes: Laudnum Bunches

    Gustav Holst

    New Zealand Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor

    2:46
  • 8:50 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Three Pictures

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    8:48
  • 8:26 PM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    22:30
  • 8:21 PM

    Violin Sonatine: 3rd movement

    Pauline Viardot-Garcia

    Thomas Albertus Irnberger, violin

    Barbara Moser, piano

    3:57
  • 8:12 PM

    Serenade No. 7 "Haffner": Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    WA Mozart: Symphony in D Major after "Haffner Serenade" KV 250 etc.

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Otmar Suitner, conductor

    7:28
  • 8:06 PM

    Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner for Brass

    Canadian Brass

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    5:02
  • 8:01 PM

    The Girl from Corsica

    Trevor Duncan

    British Light Music Classics - 3

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    4:39
  • 7:51 PM

    The Red Pony Suite: selections

    Aaron Copland

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    7:21
  • 5:52 PM

    Dances With Wolves: Themes

    John Barry

    Hollywood's Greatest Hits Volume II

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:18
  • 5:21 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 17

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 17 & 21

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    29:24
  • 5:14 PM

    'Tis the Last Rose of Summer

    Traditional

    Justin Holland: Guitar Works & Arrangements

    Christopher Mallett, guitar

    4:55
  • 5:06 PM

    Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna

    Franz von Suppe

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    7:32
  • 5:01 PM

    The Capricious One

    Edward Elgar

    Sarah Chang, violin

    Sandra Rivers, piano

    4:44
  • 4:49 PM

    Variations on a Once Popular Humorous Song

    Haydn Wood

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    9:48
  • 4:28 PM

    Lieutenant Kije Suite

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    19:20
  • 4:12 PM

    Lyric Quartet

    William Grant Still

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    13:43
  • 4:06 PM

    Argentine Sonata No. 1: Malambo

    Alberto Williams

    Williams: Piano Works

    Valentin Surif, piano

    5:31
  • 4:01 PM

    Blacksmith's Tune

    Bengt Hallberg

    Scandinavian Brass Ensemble

    Jorma Panula, conductor

    4:46
  • 3:49 PM

    North Country Sketches: The March of Spring

    Frederick Delius

    Delius: A Walk in a Paradise Garden

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    9:03
  • 3:39 PM

    Romance No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Vanessa-Mae, violin

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Viktor Fedotov, conductor

    Vanessa-Mae, violin

    8:31
  • 3:06 PM

    Symphony No. 5

    Jean Sibelius

    Concert Recording

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Dalia Stasevska, conductor

    30:36
  • 3:01 PM

    Flute Sonata No. 3

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Aurele Nicolet, flute

    Bruno Canino, piano

    4:50
  • 2:50 PM

    L'Etoile du Nord: Dance Suite

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    9:06
  • 2:46 PM

    Trio Sonata

    Giovanni Bononcini

    Bononcini: Amarilli: Cantates Pour Alto Solo

    Il Seminario Musicale

    11:03
  • 2:31 PM

    O'Carolan Suite in Baroque Style

    Thomas C. Kelly

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    13:55
  • 2:24 PM

    Song of Jean Racine (Cantique de Jean Racine)

    Gabriel Faure

    Agnus Dei: Music Of Inner Harmony

    Choir of New College, Oxford

    Edward Higginbottom, conductor

    5:22
  • 2:05 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 5

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Fazil Say, piano

    17:34
  • 2:00 PM

    Candide: Overture

    Leonard Bernstein

    New York Philharmonic | An American Celebration

    New York Philharmonic

    4:34
  • 1:55 PM

    La clemenza di Tito: Selections

    Wolfgang Mozart

    Amadeus Ensemble

    4:00
  • 1:47 PM

    String Quartet No. 12 "American": 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    American Voices

    Pacifica Quartet

    5:36
  • 1:31 PM

    Carmen Fantasy

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Andres Orozco-Estrada, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    14:04
  • 1:28 PM

    That Certain Feeling

    George Gershwin

    Sara Davis Buechner, piano

    2:07
  • 1:20 PM

    Beatrice and Benedict: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Munch, conductor

    7:19
  • 1:17 PM

    Souvenirs: Two-Step

    Samuel Barber

    Mosh Pit

    ZOFO Duet

    1:33
  • 1:10 PM

    Mazurka

    Johann Kaspar Mertz

    Charms to Soothe

    David Leisner, guitar

    3:16
  • 1:04 PM

    Colas Breugnon Overture

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Russian Overtures

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    5:30
  • 12:46 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 4th movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    11:57
  • 12:39 PM

    Ports of Call (Escales): Valencia

    Jacques Ibert

    Ports of Call

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    5:29
  • 12:31 PM

    Sense and Sensibility: Suite

    Patrick Doyle

    Sense And Sensibility Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Ensemble

    Robert Ziegler, conductor

    6:40
  • 12:23 PM

    Introduction and Fandango

    Luigi Boccherini

    L.A. Guitar Quartet

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    5:58
  • 12:18 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Morning": 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 82

    Handel and Haydn Society

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    5:02
  • 12:15 PM

    Empire Brass

    1:28
  • 12:08 PM

    Coppelia: Waltz of The Hours

    Leo Delibes

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Heinz Fricke, conductor

    6:17
  • 12:04 PM

    Shimmeree

    Peter Togni

    CBC Vancouver Orchestra

    Arthur Polson, conductor

    2:30
  • 11:51 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 4: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Violin Concertos; Sinfonia concertante

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    6:59
  • 11:44 AM

    Picciola serenata: Minuetto

    Antonio Salieri

    Mozart � Salieri

    Armonia Ensemble

    4:57
  • 11:36 AM

    The Ballerina in Love: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Cimarosa: Overtures, Vol. 5

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice

    Patrick Gallois, conductor

    6:37
  • 11:31 AM

    From Olden Times: Gigue

    Johan Halvorsen

    Halvorsen: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

    Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:16
  • 11:19 AM

    Serenade on Country Dances

    Jeno Takacs

    Classical Wind Quintets

    Vienna Quintet

    11:19
  • 11:16 AM

    The Fabelmans: Reflections

    John Williams

    The Fabelmans Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    2:02
  • 11:07 AM

    Symphony No. 1: 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 6

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    7:51
  • 11:04 AM

    Beautiful Rosemary (Schon Rosmarin)

    Fritz Kreisler

    The Kreisler Album

    Joshua Bell, violin

    1:58
  • 10:44 AM

    The Fairy Queen: Suite

    Henry Purcell

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    14:06
  • 10:29 AM

    Scherzo Capriccioso

    Antonin Dvorak

    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

    12:40
  • 10:25 AM

    Fandango

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Guitar Favourites

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    4:09
  • 10:16 AM

    Chamber Concerto for Flute, Violin, and Bassoon

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The French Connection

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    Katy Bircher, flute

    7:39
  • 10:06 AM

    By the Beautiful Blue Danube (An der schonen, blauen Donau)

    Johann StraussJr.

    1995 New Year's Concert

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    9:19
  • 10:01 AM

    Three Greek Dances

    Nikos Skalkottas

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Nikos Christodoulou, conductor

    4:50
  • 9:44 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Enigma Variations, In the South, Serenade for Strings

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor

    14:09
  • 9:28 AM

    Symphony breve

    Louis Theodore Gouvy

    German Radio Philharmonic

    Jacques Mercier, conductor

    14:00
  • 9:20 AM

    Steal Away

    Traditional

    Imani Winds: The Classical Underground

    Imani Winds

    6:29
  • 9:06 AM

    Harp Concerto

    George Frideric Handel

    Great Works for Harp

    Kuentz Chamber Orchestra

    Paul Kuentz, conductor

    Nicanor Zabaleta, harp

    13:41
  • 9:00 AM

    Robert Shaw Festival Singers

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    4:52
  • 8:17 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: The Piano Concertos and Paganini Rhapsody

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    Yuja Wang, piano

    41:05
  • 8:13 AM

    The Deer Hunter: Cavatina

    Stanley Myers

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    3:40
  • 8:01 AM

    Rhapsody for Saxophone and Orchestra

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Orchestral Works II

    French National Radio and Television Orchestra

    Jean Martinon, conductor

    Jean-Marie Londeix, saxophone

    10:02
  • 7:42 AM

    Simple Symphony

    Benjamin Britten

    Northern Sinfonia

    Steuart Bedford, conductor

    15:52
  • 7:30 AM

    Grand Overture No. 6

    Johann Christian Bach

    Bach Six Grand Overtures

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    12:06
  • 7:15 AM

    Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsummer Vigil"

    Hugo Alfven

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    12:55
  • 7:01 AM

    Euphonium Concerto

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Mecklenburg Staatskapelle Schwerin

    Matthias Foremny, conductor

    Roland Froscher, euphonium

    13:22
  • 6:36 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 2

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Trondheim Soloists

    Alisa Weilerstein, cello

    22:44
  • 6:25 AM

    Serenade for Winds

    Richard Strauss

    Fennell Conducts Mozart, Strauss, Milhaud

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    9:47
  • 6:01 AM

    String Quintet No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The String Quintets

    Amadeus Quartet

    Cecil Aronowitz, viola

    22:15
  • 5:43 AM

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Fawzi Haimor, conductor

    15:03
  • 5:21 AM

    Symphonic Variations

    Antonin Dvorak

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    21:25
  • 5:01 AM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Nino Rota

    Concerti Italiani

    CBC Vancouver Orchestra

    Mario Bernardi, conductor

    Christopher Millard, bassoon

    18:14