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  • 4:25 AM

    Partita No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: The Six Partitas

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    33:38
  • 4:16 AM

    The Beatitudes

    Arvo Part

    Part: Berliner Messe & Magnificat

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    6:49
  • 4:06 AM

    Violin Concerto: 2nd movement

    John Williams

    Williams: Violin Concerto No. 1 & Bernstein: Serenade

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Stephane Deneve, conductor

    James Ehnes, violin

    9:30
  • 4:01 AM

    Elegy, to Calvin Simmons

    Lou Harrison

    Lou Harrison: A Portrait

    California Symphony

    Barry Jekowsky, conductor

    4:44
  • 3:48 AM

    Ballade No. 4

    Frederic Chopin

    Leif Ove Andsnes: Chopin

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    10:19
  • 3:37 AM

    Negro Folk Symphony: Hope in the Night

    William Dawson

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    9:51
  • 3:14 AM

    Walter Boeykens Ensemble

    21:26
  • 3:06 AM

    Overture

    Grazyna Bacewicz

    Concert Recording

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Jaime Martin, conductor

    6:05
  • 3:01 AM

    The Jane Pickering Lute Book

    Anonymous

    The Scottish Lute

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    4:41
  • 2:51 AM

    Eight Miniatures

    Igor Stravinsky

    Berg: Kammerkonzert; Stravinsky: Ebony Concerto

    Ensemble Intercontemporain

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    7:16
  • 12:56 AM

    Etude No. 12

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes

    Yunchan Lim, piano

    2:30
  • 12:52 AM

    Etude No. 11 "Winter Wind"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes

    Yunchan Lim, piano

    3:24
  • 12:48 AM

    Etude No. 10 "Octaves"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes

    Yunchan Lim, piano

    4:25
  • 12:10 AM

    Symphonic Dances

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    36:58
  • 11:40 PM

    Suite for Strings

    Ethel Smyth

    British Music for Strings, Vol. 3

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Douglas Bostock, conductor

    28:50
  • 11:31 PM

    Downton Abbey: The Suite

    John Lunn

    Downton Abbey: The Ultimate Collection

    Chamber Orchestra of London

    Alastair King, conductor

    John Lunn, piano

    7:06
  • 11:15 PM

    Harp Concerto

    George Frideric Handel

    Baroque, Vol. 6

    Toulouse Chamber Orchestra

    Louis Auriacombe, conductor

    Lily Laskine, harp

    13:40
  • 11:11 PM

    After a Dream (Apres un Reve)

    Gabriel Faure

    Cello Dreams

    Emmanuelle Bertrand, cello

    3:08
  • 11:03 PM

    Gao Hong, pipa

    6:21
  • 10:58 PM

    Aftonen (Evening)

    Hugo Alfven

    Nightfall

    Voces8

    3:41
  • 10:52 PM

    Twin Peaks: Theme

    Angelo Badalamenti

    Soundtrack from Twin Peaks

    Angelo Badalamenti, synthesizer

    5:06
  • 10:07 PM

    Symphony No. 6

    Antonin Dvorak

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    41:53
  • 9:57 PM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Ports of Call

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    7:48
  • 9:34 PM

    Serenade No. 3

    Robert Fuchs

    Fuchs: Serenades Nos. 3, 4 and 5

    Cologne Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Ludwig, conductor

    21:58
  • 9:09 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Sergei Prokofiev

    James Ehnes plays Prokofiev

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

    James Ehnes, violin

    21:49
  • 9:04 PM

    Classic Battle

    Sam Spence

    Music from NFL Films, Vol. 4

    2:19
  • 8:52 PM

    Kol Nidrei

    Max Bruch

    Eugene Levinson Plays Ranjbaran, Beethoven, Bruch, Hindemith, Koussevitsky, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov

    Eugene Levinson, bass

    9:52
  • 8:41 PM

    Blue Horizon

    Stanley Woolner

    blue horizon

    Ivan Konev, piano

    9:01
  • 8:33 PM

    Cavalleria Rusticana: Easter Hymn

    Pietro Mascagni

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    Christine Brewer, soprano

    6:15
  • 8:28 PM

    Jazz Suite No. 2: Waltz No. 2

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Best Film Classics 100

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    3:41
  • 8:18 PM

    Piece Heroique

    Cesar Franck

    Catharine Crozer plays Great Organ Works of Cesar Franck

    Catharine Crozier, organ

    8:51
  • 8:06 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Six Brandenburg Concertos

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    10:38
  • 8:00 PM

    Here Comes the Sun

    George Harrison

    Blackbird: The Beatles Album

    String Ensemble

    Christopher Austin, conductor

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    3:02
  • 5:46 PM

    Suite for Strings

    John Rutter

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Rutter, conductor

    12:23
  • 5:22 PM

    Symphony No. 83 "The Hen"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    22:30
  • 5:10 PM

    Scenes from Indian Life

    Louis Ballard

    Ballard: The Four Moons, Devil's Promenade, Fantasy Aborigine No. 3, & Scenes from Indian Life

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    9:28
  • 5:06 PM

    Etude No. 11 "Winter Wind"

    Frederic Chopin

    Richter: The Authorised Recordings - Chopin, Liszt

    Sviatoslav Richter, piano

    4:05
  • 5:01 PM

    Return of the Jedi: Luke and Leia

    John Williams

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:45
  • 4:46 PM

    As You Like It Overture

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO, M.: Shakespeare Overtures, Vol. 2

    West Australian Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Penny, conductor

    11:55
  • 4:39 PM

    Shepherd Fennel's Dance

    Henry Gardiner

    British Light Music Classics 4

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    5:33
  • 4:18 PM

    Piano Trio No. 5

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Newstead Trio

    Newstead Trio

    20:20
  • 4:09 PM

    Four South African Folktunes

    Traditional

    National Symphony Orchestra of the S.A.B.C.

    Peter Marchbank, conductor

    7:42
  • 4:06 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    BRAHMS, J.: Symphony No. 2 / Hungarian Dances

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    2:40
  • 4:01 PM

    A Country Woman

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: Short Orchestral Pieces

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Stankovsky, conductor

    4:34
  • 3:54 PM

    Fantaisie

    Philippe Gaubert

    Paris: La Belle Epoque

    Robert Langevin, flute

    6:29
  • 3:42 PM

    Concerto for Mixed Instruments

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concerti per Mandolini

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    Ugo Orlandi, mandolin

    11:43
  • 3:37 PM

    Ladies in Lavender: Main Theme

    Nigel Hess

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Kirill Karabits, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    3:28
  • 3:07 PM

    Symphony No. 3

    Louise Farrenc

    Concert Recording

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    Antonello Manacorda, conductor

    29:51
  • 3:01 PM

    Scherzo No. 2

    Clara Schumann

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    4:47
  • 2:53 PM

    Fugue "Little"

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Stravinsky, Bach, Stokowski

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    3:55
  • 2:50 PM

    Waltz No. 6 "Minute"

    Frederic Chopin

    American Virtuosa - Tribute to Maud Powell

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    2:00
  • 2:43 PM

    Rapsodie espagnole

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Bolero, La Valse, Rapsodie Espagnole; Debussy: Images

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Munch, conductor

    14:59
  • 2:29 PM

    The Birds of Aristophanes

    Hubert Parry

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    19:04
  • 2:14 PM

    Organ Concerto No. 13 "The Cuckoo and the Nightingale"

    George Frideric Handel

    Concert Recording

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Egarr, organ

    13:41
  • 2:04 PM

    Roman Carnival Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    9:10
  • 1:59 PM

    Folk Songs for Orchestra: My Lord, what a morning

    George Walker

    George Walker: Orchestral Works

    Cleveland Chamber Symphony

    Edwin London, conductor

    3:33
  • 1:54 PM

    Downton Abbey: Theme

    John Lunn

    Claire Jones: Royal Harp Strings

    Claire Jones, harp

    3:33
  • 1:48 PM

    8 1/2: Walking the Gangplank

    Nino Rota

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    5:31
  • 1:46 PM

    La Dolce Vita

    Nino Rota

    Nino Rota: Music For Film

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    1:49
  • 1:38 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 2nd movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Dmitri Sitkovetsky, violin

    6:45
  • 1:32 PM

    Piano Quartet No. 2: Finale

    Emilie Mayer

    Emilie Mayer: Piano Quartets 1 & 2

    Mariani Piano Quartet

    5:10
  • 1:21 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    William Herschel

    Herschel: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    9:34
  • 1:17 PM

    Five Bagatelles: 5th movement

    Gerald Finzi

    Joy and Desolation

    Tesla Quartet

    Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet

    2:16
  • 1:11 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic Dances

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    3:26
  • 1:04 PM

    Bartered Bride: Dance of the Comedians

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: The Bartered Bride & From My Life

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    5:39
  • 12:56 PM

    Serenade d'automne

    Cecile Chaminade

    Bengt Forsberg, piano

    David Huang, piano

    2:39
  • 12:51 PM

    Seasons: Autumn

    Dominick Argento

    Come to the Woods

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    4:35
  • 12:46 PM

    Holberg Suite: Rigaudon

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Symphonic Dances, From Holberg's Time, Old Norwegian Melody

    Oslo Symphony Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    3:55
  • 12:31 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies 5 & 6

    Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

    14:02
  • 12:22 PM

    Jean de Paris: Overture

    Francois Boieldieu

    Francois-Adrien Boieldieu: Piano Concerto; Six Overtures

    Swiss Italian Orchestra

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    7:50
  • 12:16 PM

    Octet: Scherzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets

    Emerson String Quartet

    4:14
  • 12:06 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 3: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Piano Concertos

    Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

    Leif Ove Andsnes, conductor

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    8:24
  • 12:04 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frederick Handel

    Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    2:00
  • 11:53 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Polish": Scherzo

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    The Tchaikovsky Project

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    6:09
  • 11:33 AM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 2

    Ottorino Respighi

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:47
  • 11:30 AM

    Beautiful Rosemary (Schon Rosmarin)

    Fritz Kreisler

    The Kreisler Album

    Joshua Bell, violin

    1:58
  • 11:20 AM

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Barry Tuckwell, horn

    8:40
  • 11:15 AM

    The Queen's Hall

    Edward Elgar

    Donald Fraser: Songs for Strings

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Fraser, conductor

    3:55
  • 11:08 AM

    Andante for Flute and Orchestra

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Susan Palma, flute

    6:07
  • 11:04 AM

    Our Town: Grover's Corners

    Aaron Copland

    Essential Aaron Copland: 12 Greatest Hits

    London Sinfonietta

    Elgar Howarth, conductor

    2:56
  • 10:46 AM

    Concerto for Oboe and Violin

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Giovanni Antonini, conductor

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    12:28
  • 10:24 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Le Mozart Noir

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Linda Melsted, violin

    21:08
  • 10:19 AM

    Little Concert Suite: A Love Sonnet

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Anthony Parnther, conductor

    3:40
  • 10:10 AM

    Kamarinskaya

    Mikhail Glinka

    Glinka: Capriccio Brillante / Overture in D Major / Souvenir D'Une Nuit D'Ete A Madrid

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vassily Sinaisky, conductor

    7:18
  • 10:06 AM

    Concerto alla rustica (Rustic Concerto)

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Strings! The Definitive Collection

    Guildhall Strings

    3:42
  • 10:01 AM

    Nocturne "Le Murmure"

    Maria Szymanowska

    Anna Ciborowska, piano

    4:36
  • 9:37 AM

    Double Quartet No. 1

    Louis Spohr

    Spohr: The Four Double Quartets

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble

    21:01
  • 9:18 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 11

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    17:10
  • 9:10 AM

    Phantasy

    Ina Boyle

    Irish Roots

    Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Geiss, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    6:46
  • 9:06 AM

    Spatter the Dew

    Traditional Irish

    Message of the Sea: Celtic Music for Guitar

    David Russell, guitar

    3:09
  • 9:01 AM

    Viola Quintet: Berceuse

    Alberto Hemsi

    ARC Ensemble

    Steven Dann, viola

    4:36
  • 8:30 AM

    Flute and Harp Concerto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Favourite Harp Concertos

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    Osian Ellis, harp

    28:19
  • 8:21 AM

    Little Trio

    Helena Munktell

    Helena Munktell: Dix Mélodies - Violin Sonata - Piano Trio

    Tobias Ringborg, violin

    9:06
  • 8:01 AM

    Serenade for Strings "Nachtmusik"

    Richard Heuberger

    RIAS Sinfonietta

    Jiri Starek, conductor

    17:30
  • 7:40 AM

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Thomas Sondergard, conductor

    18:05
  • 7:33 AM

    Rivers, Set 2: No. 4

    Ann Southam

    Southam, A.: Canadian Composers Portraits

    Christina Petrowska Quilico, piano

    6:16
  • 7:28 AM

    By the Waters of Babylon (Super Flumina Babylonis)

    Giovanni Palestrina

    Palestrina Volume 6

    The Sixteen

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    3:16
  • 7:01 AM

    String Quartet

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: String Quartet; Piano Trio, etc.

    Brodsky Quartet

    26:13
  • 6:50 AM

    Bukoolika (Bucolic)

    Ester Magi

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Arvo Volmer, conductor

    8:08
  • 6:43 AM

    Pan's Flute: Pan and the Nymphs

    Jules Mouquet

    Paris: La Belle Epoque

    Robert Langevin, flute

    5:30
  • 6:11 AM

    Summer Day on the Mountain

    Vincent d'Indy

    D'Indy: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    30:41
  • 6:01 AM

    Aires de la Mancha

    Federico Torroba

    Joao Luiz: From Spain to Sao Paulo

    Joao Luiz, guitar

    9:42
  • 5:34 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Karol Szymanowski

    Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 35; Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 61; Mythes pour violon et piano, Op. 30

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    Baiba Skride, violin

    24:25
  • 5:30 AM

    Prelude "Your Name Is Shushan"

    Koharik Gazarossian

    By Women

    Sahan Arzruni, piano

    2:35
  • 5:01 AM

    Piano Quartet No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    Matthew Truscott, violin

    Joel Hunter, viola

    Frank-Michael Guthmann, cello

    27:53