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  • 4:55 AM

    There is a Solitude

    Luke Howard

    Voces8: Infinity

    Voces8

    3:45
  • 4:20 AM

    Images for Orchestra

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Orchestral Works

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    33:04
  • 4:06 AM

    Suite for String Orchestra

    Marion Bauer

    Farm Journal / Cotillion Suite / Symphony In A / Prelude & Fugue / Suite For String Orchestra

    Vienna Orchestra

    Charles Adler, conductor

    13:17
  • 4:01 AM

    Light of a Clear Blue Morning

    Dolly Parton

    A Company Of Voices: Conspirare In Concert

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    4:31
  • 3:46 AM

    Fantasia on an Ostinato

    John Corigliano

    Haydn: Symphonies No. 94 "Surprise" and No. 101 "Clock"

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    12:00
  • 3:25 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Complete Concertos

    Russian National Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    20:17
  • 3:22 AM

    Cradle Song (Berceuse)

    Edvard Grieg

    Violin Lullabies / Rachel Barton Pine

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    2:29
  • 3:06 AM

    Rounds for String Orchestra

    David Diamond

    David Diamond, Vol. 5: Rounds

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    14:17
  • 3:01 AM

    Waltz-Impromptu

    Franz Liszt

    Alexis Weissenberg, piano

    4:35
  • 2:47 AM

    Variations on a Swedish Air

    Bernhard Crusell

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    Emma Johnson, clarinet

    11:15
  • 2:20 AM

    String Quartet No. 1

    Robert Schumann

    Dover Quartet

    25:27
  • 2:16 AM

    Aire de Vidalita

    Maria Luisa Anido

    Legado

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    2:19
  • 2:06 AM

    Suite of Creole Dances

    Alberto Ginastera

    Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra

    Gisele Ben-Dor, conductor

    9:12
  • 2:01 AM

    Sleepsong

    Rolf Lovland

    Invisible Stars - Choral Works of Ireland and Scotland

    The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin

    Desmond Earley, conductor

    Emily Doyle, soprano

    4:37
  • 1:41 AM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin

    Maurice Ravel

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    16:51
  • 1:22 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 8 "Pathetique"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas 8, 15, 27 & 30

    Jonathan Biss, piano

    17:23
  • 1:13 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique": 2nd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    The Tchaikovsky Project, Volume 1

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    8:12
  • 1:06 AM

    Nonet: 3rd movement

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor

    Chineke! Chamber Ensemble

    4:50
  • 1:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 2

    Mikalojus Ciurlionis

    Ciurlionis: On the Harp Strings

    Joana Daunyte, harp

    4:42
  • 12:38 AM

    Variations for Piano and Orchestra

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi Discoveries

    Milan Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    20:17
  • 12:25 AM

    Saga of the Prairies

    Aaron Copland

    Barber, Copland, Harris

    Pacific Symphony Orchestra

    Keith Clark, conductor

    11:53
  • 12:20 AM

    Prelude

    Lili Boulanger

    Donna voce

    Anna Shelest, piano

    3:53
  • 12:06 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 10

    Arcangelo Corelli

    Corelli: Concerti Grossi Op 6

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    12:29
  • 12:01 AM

    Silverado: Overture

    Bruce Broughton

    The Quest

    UNLV Wind Orchestra

    Thomas Leslie, conductor

    4:33
  • 11:55 PM

    Pa Pa Pa

    Edgar Olivero

    Mozart y Mambo: Cuban Dances

    Sarahbanda

    Sarah Willis, horn

    3:05
  • 11:51 PM

    Cinema Paradiso

    Ennio Morricone

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    7:46
  • 11:33 PM

    Symphonic Variations

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, Symphonic Variations

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    22:30
  • 11:16 PM

    Suite from Smetana's Sketchbook

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: Short Orchestral Pieces

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Stankovsky, conductor

    14:35
  • 11:10 PM

    Choro de Saudade

    Agustin Barrios

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    5:25
  • 11:01 PM

    Whimsical Symphony (Grillensymphonie)

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    8:32
  • 10:54 PM

    Album Leaf

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Music of the Gilded Age

    Sylvan Winds

    Boris Baev, oboe

    4:38
  • 10:44 PM

    Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Jinjoo Cho Appassionato Mathieu Herzog

    Appassionato

    Mathieu Herzog, conductor

    Jinjoo Cho, violin

    9:47
  • 10:28 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 7

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Keyboard Concerti Vol. 1

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    13:59
  • 10:18 PM

    Fantasy for Clarinet and String Quartet

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Meyerbeer, Romberg, Mendelssohn, Weber: Klarinettenquintette

    Consortium Classicum

    Dieter Klocker, clarinet

    8:37
  • 10:08 PM

    Dances in the Canebrakes

    Florence Price

    Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    9:29
  • 10:00 PM

    Pastoral Suite: Scherzo-valse

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:02
  • 9:54 PM

    Spoon River

    Percy Grainger

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    4:09
  • 9:38 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "Great": 4th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 8 "Unfinished" & 9 "The Great"

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    16:22
  • 9:33 PM

    Laudate Dominum

    William Byrd

    William Byrd: The Golden Renaissance

    Stile Antico

    3:06
  • 9:17 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concertos

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    Bibi Black, trumpet

    14:40
  • 9:11 PM

    Three Pieces for Piano

    Amy Beach

    Joanne Polk, piano

    5:27
  • 9:03 PM

    Grand Canyon Suite: On the Trail

    Ferde Grofe

    Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite, Gershwin: Catfish Row

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    8:01
  • 8:48 PM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Vienna Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    Maria Duenas, violin

    11:50
  • 8:34 PM

    Quartet No. 5

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    12:54
  • 8:13 PM

    Mlada Suite

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Suites

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    19:00
  • 8:08 PM

    Song without Words No. 18 "Duetto"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Bach-Busoni, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Liszt: Music without Words

    Murray Perahia, piano

    3:05
  • 8:00 PM

    Music for the Royal Fireworks: Overture

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, Concerti a due cori

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    7:42
  • 5:50 PM

    Oboe Concerto: 3rd movement

    Ruth Gipps

    Gipps: Orchestral Works, Volume 2

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    Juliana Koch, oboe

    8:15
  • 5:19 PM

    Symphony No. 101 "The Clock"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    29:45
  • 5:13 PM

    The Tick-Tock Clock

    Richard Strauss

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    3:54
  • 5:06 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 10

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: The Slavonic Dances

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos

    6:23
  • 5:01 PM

    Sabrina: Theme

    John Williams

    Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles

    John Williams, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    4:52
  • 4:52 PM

    Festive Overture

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Gustavo Dudamel: Discoveries

    Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    5:58
  • 4:20 PM

    Enigma Variations

    Edward Elgar

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    30:33
  • 4:16 PM

    We Shall Walk Through the Valley

    Undine Smith Moore

    Dance Like the Wind: Music of Today's Black Composers

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    2:53
  • 4:06 PM

    Fantasy on "The Last Rose of Summer"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    MENDELSSOHN: Sonata in G Minor / Fantasia, Op. 15 / Variations, Op. 83

    Benjamin Frith, piano

    8:59
  • 4:01 PM

    Lute Suite No. 4: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    A Distant Show

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    4:37
  • 3:48 PM

    A Night at Karlstein

    Zdenek Fibich

    Fibich: Spring, Op. 13, The Romance of Spring, Op. 25 and others

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Frantisek Vajnar, conductor

    9:54
  • 3:22 PM

    Cello Concerto

    Robert Schumann

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    24:47
  • 3:15 PM

    Prelude

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    A Rachmaninov Collection

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    5:11
  • 3:06 PM

    Die Fledermaus: Overture

    Johann StraussJr.

    New Year's Concert 1988

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    8:11
  • 3:01 PM

    Grand Fantasy Quintet: Scherzo

    Rita Strohl

    Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers

    Hanson Quartet

    Ismael Margain, piano

    4:35
  • 2:52 PM

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:42
  • 2:51 PM

    Four Last Songs: September

    Richard Strauss

    Lise Davidesen | Wagner and Strauss

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Lise Davidsen, soprano

    5:26
  • 2:31 PM

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    18:36
  • 2:05 PM

    Cello Sonata No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Cello Sonatas

    Lynn Harrell, cello

    24:52
  • 2:00 PM

    Memories of the Alhambra

    Francisco Tarrega

    Guitar Favourites

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    4:36
  • 1:51 PM

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:42
  • 1:46 PM

    Breakfast at Tiffany's: Moon River

    Henry Mancini

    Cinema

    Plinio Fernandes, guitar

    3:24
  • 1:31 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Scottish": 4th movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: 'Scottish' and 'Italian' Symphonies

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jaime Laredo, conductor

    9:19
  • 1:23 PM

    Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria (Cantilena)

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Cantilena

    Tabea Zimmermann, viola

    5:48
  • 1:23 PM

    Three Shanties

    Malcolm Arnold

    Bergen Wind Quintet

    6:36
  • 1:19 PM

    Pearl Fishers: Je crois entendre encore (I still can hear)

    Georges Bizet

    Voice Of The Violin

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    3:27
  • 1:10 PM

    Andersen: Entr'acte

    Oskar Nedbal

    Dvorak Chamber Orchestra

    Miroslav Homolka, conductor

    5:28
  • 1:04 PM

    Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune (Moonlight)

    Claude Debussy

    Carmen: Bold as Brass

    London Brass

    4:21
  • 12:57 PM

    The Whistler and His Dog

    Arthur Pryor

    The Whistler and His Dog

    Paragon Ragtime Orchestra

    Rick Benjamin, conductor

    2:40
  • 12:52 PM

    The Red Pony Suite: Morning on the Ranch

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: The Red Pony; Our Town; The Heiress Suite; Music For Movies

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:33
  • 12:48 PM

    Moritzburg Serenata

    Johann Heinichen

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    2:58
  • 12:42 PM

    Rhapsody

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: 7 Fantasies, Op. 116, 4 Piano Pieces, Op. 119, Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 2

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    5:16
  • 12:31 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Violin Concerto

    New York Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Midori, violin

    9:42
  • 12:25 PM

    Divertissement: Polonaise

    Fernando Sor

    The Magic Circle

    Julian Gray, guitar

    4:11
  • 12:17 PM

    Il barbiere di Siviglia (Barber of Seville): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    7:34
  • 12:11 PM

    Il barbiere di Siviglia (Barber of Seville): Largo al factotum

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: The Barber of Seville

    London Symphony Orchestra

    James Levine, conductor

    Sherrill Milnes, baritone

    4:33
  • 12:04 PM

    Le Mariage aux lanternes: Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    Offenbach: Orchestral Works

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:31
  • 11:54 AM

    War Horse: Dartmoor, 1912

    John Williams

    War Horse: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:36
  • 11:49 AM

    The Harmonious Blacksmith

    George Frideric Handel

    Earl Wild - The Romantic Master

    Earl Wild, piano

    4:26
  • 11:31 AM

    Dolly Suite

    Gabriel Faure

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    16:39
  • 11:20 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1-4

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    9:17
  • 11:15 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 8 "Pathetique": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas 8, 15, 27 & 30

    Jonathan Biss, piano

    4:24
  • 11:15 AM

    The Harmonious Blacksmith

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Keyboard Suites 2

    Philip Edward Fisher, piano

    4:43
  • 11:07 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 6: Cantabile

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: 6 Violin Sonatas

    Monica Huggett, violin

    6:18
  • 11:04 AM

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Stankovsky, conductor

    2:11
  • 10:45 AM

    Marosszek Dances

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Budapest Symphony Orchestra

    Gyorgy Lehel, conductor

    13:52
  • 10:30 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Seong-Jin Cho, piano

    13:35
  • 10:25 AM

    Roma Suite: A Roma Song

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha OVerture / Petite Suite

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    4:07
  • 10:15 AM

    Serenade No. 1: Allegro molto

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    9:43
  • 10:07 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 4

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: 6 Flute Concertos Op 10

    I Musici

    Aurele Nicolet, flute

    6:45
  • 10:01 AM

    Spanish Dance No. 2 "Oriental"

    Enrique Granados

    Three Guitars

    Pro Arte Guitar Trio

    4:30
  • 9:47 AM

    Norwegian Dances Nos. 2-4

    Edvard Grieg

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    11:40
  • 9:23 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Morning"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    22:25
  • 9:18 AM

    Embraceable You

    George Gershwin

    Carte Blanche

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    2:58
  • 9:06 AM

    Violin Concerto in the Style of Vivaldi

    Fritz Kreisler

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Gil Shaham, violin

    11:12
  • 9:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 15

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: The Nocturnes

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    4:37
  • 8:25 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    33:32
  • 8:22 AM

    First Romance

    Florence Price

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:04
  • 8:01 AM

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Benjamin Wallfisch, conductor

    Emily Pailthorpe, oboe

    19:18
  • 7:33 AM

    Symphony No. 39

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos 35-41

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Karl Bohm, conductor

    25:12
  • 7:22 AM

    Miniature Suite

    Poldowski

    Sylvan Winds

    10:28
  • 7:07 AM

    Fantasie

    Robert Schumann

    Brahms: Violin Concerto; Schumann: Fantasy op. 131

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    13:12
  • 7:01 AM

    Five Yunnan Folk Songs

    Traditional Chinese

    The Red Piano

    Yundi Li, piano

    5:30
  • 6:34 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4 "Mozartiana"

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    24:31
  • 6:20 AM

    String Symphony No. 5

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn String Symphonies

    Amadeus Ensemble

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    13:09
  • 6:01 AM

    French Suite No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The French Suites

    Murray Perahia, piano

    16:52
  • 5:21 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Vasily Kalinnikov

    Kalinnikov: Symphony No. 2 Etc.

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    37:21
  • 5:16 AM

    Barcarolle

    Mel Bonis

    Myriam Barbaux-Cohen, piano

    4:48
  • 5:02 AM

    Indian Queen: selections

    Henry Purcell

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    12:40