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  • 4:38 AM

    The Isle of the Dead

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances; The Isle of the Dead; The Rock

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    20:58
  • 4:32 AM

    Transmutation

    Julie Theriault

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    3:47
  • 4:06 AM

    String Quartet

    Ernst von Dohnanyi

    Dohnanyi: String Quartet, Serenade, and Sextet

    Nash Ensemble

    25:21
  • 4:01 AM

    In the Mists: No. 1

    Leos Janacek

    Water

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    4:35
  • 3:55 AM

    Madame Press Died Last Week at 90

    Morton Feldman

    A Second of Silence

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    3:32
  • 3:47 AM

    Song for Orchestra

    Ruth Gipps

    Gipps: Symphonies Nos 2 and 4, etc.

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    5:57
  • 3:43 AM

    Berceuse on the Name of Faure

    Maurice Ravel

    Alina Ibragimova, violin

    Cedric Tiberghien, piano

    3:03
  • 3:06 AM

    Requiem

    Gabriel Faure

    Concert Recording

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Stephane Deneve, conductor

    Golda Schultz, soprano

    35:12
  • 3:01 AM

    For Alina

    Arvo Part

    Motherland

    Khatia Buniatishvili, piano

    4:51
  • 2:47 AM

    Winged Creatures

    Michael Abels

    Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra

    Allen Tinkham, conductor

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    Demarre McGill, flute

    11:38
  • 2:43 AM

    Peace

    Jasmine Barnes

    Rising

    Lawrence Brownlee, tenor

    3:15
  • 2:26 AM

    Concerto Grosso

    Errollyn Wallen

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Anthony Parnther, conductor

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    Chi-chi Nwanoku, double bass

    Tai Murray, violin

    15:38
  • 2:17 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 9 "Kreutzer": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Songs for Our Times

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    6:42
  • 2:06 AM

    Fantasie No. 2

    Florence Price

    Randall Goosby, violin

    Zhu Wang, piano

    5:25
  • 2:01 AM

    Duo Dolce

    4:33
  • 1:50 AM

    Blue Silence

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Emily Granger, harp

    8:28
  • 1:21 AM

    Cello Sonata No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Works For Cello And Piano

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    27:52
  • 1:06 AM

    Ricciardo e Zoraide: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    12:25
  • 1:01 AM

    Pastoral Suite: Villagers' Dance

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Chabrier: Orchestral Works

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    4:37
  • 12:36 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 16

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    22:18
  • 12:19 AM

    Cymbeline: Overture

    Cipriani Potter

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    15:11
  • 12:12 AM

    Lara Downes, piano

    5:14
  • 12:06 AM

    Khovanshchina: Prelude (Dawn over the River Moscow)

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Russian Overtures

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    5:25
  • 12:01 AM

    Across the Vast, Eternal Sky

    Ola Gjeilo

    Ola Gjeilo: Winter Songs

    Choir of Royal Holloway

    Rupert Gough, conductor

    Ola Gjeilo, piano

    4:35
  • 11:51 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Niccolo Paganini

    Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1, Tchaikovsky: Serenade Melancolique, Valse Scherzo

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Midori, violin

    7:03
  • 11:42 PM

    Variations on a Theme of Sor

    Miguel Llobet

    Anabel Montesinos, guitar

    7:49
  • 11:21 PM

    Symphony No. 88

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    20:05
  • 11:11 PM

    Huapango

    Jose Moncayo

    Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas

    Alondra de la Parra, conductor

    8:19
  • 11:06 PM

    Polonaise

    Anatol Liadov

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    4:19
  • 11:01 PM

    Years of Pilgrimage: A Spring

    Franz Liszt

    Ashley Wass, piano

    4:23
  • 10:51 PM

    Symphonie Espagnole: Rondo

    Edouard Lalo

    Mad About Violins

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Shlomo Mintz, violin

    6:56
  • 10:32 PM

    Rhapsody in Blue

    George Gershwin

    George Gershwin: Complete Music For Piano And Orchestra

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Justin Brown, conductor

    Anne-Marie McDermott, piano

    17:19
  • 10:29 PM

    Blues from Lenox Avenue

    William Grant Still

    Denver Oldham, piano

    3:04
  • 10:13 PM

    Provence Suite

    Darius Milhaud

    French Favourites

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    14:12
  • 10:06 PM

    Don Giovanni: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Symphonies No. 35 and 41

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    6:06
  • 10:01 PM

    Morning on the Water

    Jacques Ibert

    La Harpe Consolatrice

    Kyunghee Kim-Sutre, harp

    4:34
  • 9:51 PM

    Six English Tunes

    Peter Warlock

    Warlock: Capriol Suite; The Curlew; Six English Tunes; Serenade; Six Italian Dance Tunes; Ross Pople/London Festival Orchestra

    London Festival Orchestra

    Ross Pople, conductor

    7:11
  • 9:46 PM

    Songs of Farewell: My soul, there is a country

    Hubert Parry

    A New Heaven

    The Sixteen

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    3:55
  • 9:32 PM

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Heinz Holliger, oboe

    12:56
  • 9:21 PM

    Kreisleriana No. 2

    Robert Schumann

    For Clara

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    10:10
  • 9:14 PM

    Choros

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Pulsations

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    6:07
  • 9:06 PM

    Don Pasquale: Sinfonia

    Gaetano Donizetti

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    6:43
  • 9:03 PM

    In Sentimental Mood

    Florence Price

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:30
  • 8:47 PM

    Rapsodia santiaguena

    Manuel Gomez Carrillo

    Fiesta Criolla: Latin-American Orchestral Works

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    Gabriel Castagna, conductor

    11:48
  • 8:27 PM

    Guitar Quintet No. 4 "Fandango"

    Luigi Boccherini

    Souvenirs of Spain and Italy

    Pacifica Quartet

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    18:30
  • 8:21 PM

    Bethena

    Scott Joplin

    Magnetic Rags

    Avatar Brass Ensemble

    5:28
  • 8:13 PM

    Lord of Salisbury Pavan and Galliard

    Orlando Gibbons

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    6:04
  • 8:06 PM

    Norwegian Dance No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:01
  • 8:01 PM

    Scottish Rondo

    John Field

    Miceal O'Rourke, piano

    4:34
  • 7:39 PM

    Brazilian Impressions

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Roman Festivals, Brazilian Impressions, Pines of Rome

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    19:35
  • 5:58 PM

    Prelude No. 10

    Frederic Chopin

    The Complete Chopin Preludes

    Yundi Li, piano

    :24
  • 5:41 PM

    Guitar Concerto

    Ferdinando Carulli

    Carulli, Molino: Guitar Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    16:18
  • 5:37 PM

    Standchen (Serenade)

    Richard Strauss

    Horizons

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    2:38
  • 5:30 PM

    Be Thou My Vision

    David Gillingham

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    7:01
  • 5:22 PM

    Symphony No. 5: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    5:54
  • 5:06 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    15:58
  • 5:00 PM

    Downton Abbey: A Royal Command

    John Lunn

    Chamber Orchestra of London

    Alastair King, conductor

    4:49
  • 4:51 PM

    La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    8:53
  • 4:38 PM

    Idillio-Concertino

    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

    Wolf-Ferrari, Strauss, Vaughan Williams, Barber

    Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Spieth, conductor

    Humbert Lucarelli, oboe

    20:14
  • 4:34 PM

    In odorem unguentorum quorum currimus

    Anonymous (Plainchant)

    Sanctissima: Vespers and Benediction for the Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary

    ORA Singers

    Suzi Digby, conductor

    :28
  • 4:21 PM

    Russian Easter Festival Overture

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    14:50
  • 4:17 PM

    Flute and Oboe Concerto

    Antonio Salieri

    Salieri, Cimarosa, Stamitz: Double Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Kenneth Sillito, conductor

    Aurele Nicolet, flute

    19:00
  • 4:09 PM

    String Symphony No. 3

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn String Symphonies

    Amadeus Ensemble

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    10:08
  • 4:06 PM

    Odeon

    Ernesto Nazareth

    Nazareth: Tangos, Waltzes and Polkas

    Iara Behs, piano

    3:05
  • 4:01 PM

    The Prophet: Ballet of the Skaters: Quadrilles des patineurs

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    4:45
  • 3:52 PM

    New England Triptych: Chester

    William Schuman

    Be Glad Then, America

    "The President's Own" United States Marine Band

    Lt. Col. Jason K. Fetting, conductor

    6:01
  • 3:44 PM

    Rondo for Violin and Orchestra

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 4

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Cho-Liang Lin, violin

    7:02
  • 3:07 PM

    Ma Vlast: Vysehrad, Vltava, Sarka

    Bedrich Smetana

    Concert Recording

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Kirill Petrenko, conductor

    35:02
  • 3:01 PM

    Symphony No. 2: Scherzo

    Alexander Borodin

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    4:51
  • 2:49 PM

    Trio Sonata No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Royal Brass: Music from the Renaissance & Baroque

    Empire Brass

    9:52
  • 2:40 PM

    Rococo Variations

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    Mstislav Rostropovich, cello

    18:50
  • 2:35 PM

    Cello Suite No. 1: Saraband

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Mstislav Rostropovich, vc

    :00
  • 2:14 PM

    Flute and Oboe Concerto

    Antonio Salieri

    Salieri, Cimarosa, Stamitz: Double Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Kenneth Sillito, conductor

    Aurele Nicolet, flute

    19:00
  • 2:04 PM

    La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    8:53
  • 2:01 PM

    Le Colibri (The hummingbird)

    Ernest Chausson

    Melodies Francaises

    Barbara Hendricks, soprano

    2:39
  • 1:50 PM

    Gaelic Lullaby

    Ernest Tomlinson

    British Light Music: Ernest Tomlinson

    Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    3:14
  • 1:31 PM

    Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    Benjamin Britten

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    17:01
  • 1:23 PM

    Prague Waltzes

    Antonin Dvorak

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    7:35
  • 1:17 PM

    Clarinet Trio: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    BRAHMS: Clarinet Sonatas Nos. 1 and 2 / Clarinet Trio

    Martin Frost, clarinet

    4:28
  • 1:10 PM

    Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle

    Jacques Offenbach

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    3:34
  • 1:04 PM

    Charleston Symphony Orchestra

    Paula Robison, flute

    3:22
  • 12:48 PM

    Symphony No. 3: 2nd movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler: Symphony No. 3; Kindertotenlieder

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    10:10
  • 12:38 PM

    Concert Waltz No. 1

    Alexander Glazunov

    The Moscow Sessions

    Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lawrence Leighton Smith, conductor

    8:31
  • 12:33 PM

    Roma Suite: Lament and Tambourine

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    4:06
  • 12:24 PM

    Oboe Concertino

    Gaetano Donizetti

    Stuttgart Arcata Chamber Orchestra

    Patrick Strub, conductor

    Lajos Lencses, oboe

    7:25
  • 12:19 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    14:10
  • 12:15 PM

    Idomenee: Rigaudon

    Andre Campra

    Baroque Music for Brass and Organ

    Empire Brass

    William Kuhlman, organ

    2:35
  • 12:10 PM

    Cabo de Gata

    Michael Thomas

    Brodsky Unlimited

    Brodsky Quartet

    4:03
  • 12:04 PM

    Peer Gynt: Arabian Dance

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2, etc.

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    4:45
  • 11:54 AM

    Concerto Grosso: March

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Works

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    4:30
  • 11:47 AM

    Concertino for Flute and Piano

    Alphonse Duvernoy

    Flute Music by French Composers

    Laurel Zucker, flute

    5:49
  • 11:35 AM

    Sinfonia No. 2

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    CPhE Bach: 6 Hamburg Symphonies Wq. 182

    Camerata Bern

    Thomas Furi, conductor

    10:59
  • 11:29 AM

    Clarinet Quintet: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Concert Recording

    Osmo Vanska, clarinet

    4:35
  • 11:20 AM

    Passacaille, Gigue and Minuet

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Music For The Royal Fireworks

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    7:23
  • 11:15 AM

    Bagatelles: Poco Allegro

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Quartets Opp. 96 & 105

    Takacs Quartet

    Gabor Ormai, harmonium

    4:18
  • 11:09 AM

    Contemplation Suite: Day

    Julie Cooper

    Contiuuum

    Oculus Ensemble

    Jessica Cottis, conductor

    4:09
  • 11:04 AM

    Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo

    Pietro Mascagni

    Mad About Romance

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:02
  • 10:47 AM

    Second Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Music for Wind Band

    Cleveland Symphonic Winds

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    11:31
  • 10:31 AM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 7

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Saulius Sondeckis, conductor

    Julia Zilberquit, piano

    14:24
  • 10:26 AM

    Canzon No. 8

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Royal Academy of Music Brass

    4:21
  • 10:15 AM

    Suite on Galician Songs: Morning Song

    Enrique Granados

    Granados: Orchestral Works Vol. 1

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Pablo Gonzalez, conductor

    9:21
  • 10:06 AM

    Corsair: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Overtures

    Brno State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Petr Vronsky, conductor

    8:42
  • 10:01 AM

    Flute Concerto: 3rd movement

    Wilhelm Friedemann Bach

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    Verena Fischer, flute

    4:47
  • 9:44 AM

    Ballet Suite No. 1

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Dmitri Kitayenko, conductor

    13:42
  • 9:23 AM

    Symphony No. 30

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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

    London Mozart Players

    Jane Glover, conductor

    20:03
  • 9:18 AM

    Falling Star

    Charlie Chaplin

    Chaplin's Smile: Song Arrangements for Violin and Piano

    Philippe Quint, violin

    3:36
  • 9:06 AM

    Guitar Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Guitar Concertos

    Chamber Orchestra of Leos Janacek

    Kazuhito Yamashita, guitar

    10:44
  • 9:01 AM

    Views of the Sea: 1st movement

    Eduard Toldra

    Andorra National Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Claret, conductor

    4:38
  • 8:35 AM

    Swanwhite Suite

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Works for Violin and Orchestra

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Pekka Kuusisto, conductor

    23:07
  • 8:22 AM

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    12:44
  • 8:11 AM

    Oboe Concerto No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Complete Orchestral Works

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Heinz Holliger, oboe

    10:09
  • 8:01 AM

    Two Nocturnal Impressions

    Manuel Ponce

    Musica Mexicana

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    8:35
  • 7:43 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jahja Ling, conductor

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    15:45
  • 7:39 AM

    Isabelle Perrin, harp

    Baltazar Juarez, harp

    3:20
  • 7:18 AM

    Suite Italienne

    Igor Stravinsky

    The Russian Cello

    Torleif Thedeen, cello

    18:32
  • 7:01 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Muzio Clementi

    Philharmonia

    Francesco d'Avalos, conductor

    16:46
  • 6:39 AM

    Three Botticelli Pictures

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: The Birds, Three Boticelli Pictures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    18:57
  • 6:16 AM

    Swedish Dances

    Max Bruch

    Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra

    George Hanson, conductor

    22:53
  • 6:01 AM

    Violin Sonata

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Sonatas K. 301, 304, 376, 526

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    12:39
  • 5:44 AM

    L'assedio di Corinto (Siege of Corinth): Ballet Music

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Ballet Music

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    14:13
  • 5:38 AM

    Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune (Moonlight)

    Claude Debussy

    The French Album

    Jorge Federico Osorio, piano

    5:19
  • 5:01 AM

    String Sextet

    Antonin Dvorak

    Concert Recording

    Sebastian String Quartet

    Marko Genero, viola

    34:59