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  • 4:34 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Viktor Ullmann

    Ullmann, V.: Symphony No. 2 / 6 Lieder, Op. 17 / Concerto for Orchestra / Don Quixote Tanzt Fandango

    Gurzenich Orchestra

    James Conlon, conductor

    24:08
  • 4:13 AM

    Miss Sally's Party

    William Grant Still

    VocalEssence Orchestra

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    19:02
  • 4:06 AM

    Romance of the Prairie Lilies

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    6:33
  • 4:01 AM

    Mazurka No. 36

    Frederic Chopin

    Late Piano Music of Frederic Chopin

    Aleck Karis, piano

    4:46
  • 3:48 AM

    First Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Composer's Collection: Gustav Holst

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    10:35
  • 3:18 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Andrew Constantine, conductor

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    27:56
  • 3:13 AM

    Tango en Skai

    Roland Dyens

    Milos: Pasion

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    2:22
  • 3:06 AM

    The Enchanted Lake

    Anatol Liadov

    The Enchanted Kingdom

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    6:57
  • 3:01 AM

    Cantilene

    Louis Cahuzac

    Ricardo Morales, clarinet

    Michael Chertock, piano

    4:35
  • 2:47 AM

    Introduction and Variations

    Elias Parish-Alvars

    Catrin Finch, harp

    11:06
  • 2:14 AM

    Serenade (after Plato's Symposium)

    Leonard Bernstein

    Bernstein: Serenade; Schuman: Violin Concerto

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Robert McDuffie, violin

    31:15
  • 2:06 AM

    Don Pasquale: Sinfonia

    Gaetano Donizetti

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    6:43
  • 2:01 AM

    Angela's Ashes: Angela's Prayer

    John Williams

    Angela's Ashes (Music From The Motion Picture)

    Studio Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:47
  • 1:53 AM

    Summa

    Arvo Part

    Part: Sanctuary

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Richard Studt, conductor

    5:20
  • 1:33 AM

    Symphony No. 35 "Haffner"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sinfonia Varsovia

    Emmanuel Krivine, conductor

    18:00
  • 1:29 AM

    Swan Lake: Scene

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 5, Swan Lake

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    2:45
  • 1:06 AM

    Violin Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Concert Recording

    Alena Baeva, violin

    22:07
  • 1:01 AM

    Clarinet Trio: 3rd movement

    Nino Rota

    Rota: Chamber Music

    Ensemble Nino Rota

    4:41
  • 12:50 AM

    String Symphony No. 6

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Camerata Bern

    Thomas Furi, conductor

    8:44
  • 12:29 AM

    Variations on "La ci darem la mano"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Complete Piano Works of Chopin, Vol 9: The Orchestral Works

    Warsaw Philharmonic

    Kazimierz Kord, conductor

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    18:49
  • 12:16 AM

    Breaking Waves

    Helena Munktell

    Gavle Symphony Orchestra

    Tobias Ringborg, conductor

    11:13
  • 12:06 AM

    Carnival Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Violin Concerto

    New York Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    9:48
  • 12:01 AM

    9:15 Revue: Get Happy

    Harold Arlen

    Get Happy

    Jenny Lin, piano

    4:51
  • 11:36 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "Choral": 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 9

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    Helena Juntunen, soprano

    22:32
  • 11:30 PM

    Pelleas and Melisande: Sicilienne

    Gabriel Faure

    Romances for Saxophone

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Branford Marsalis, saxophone

    3:34
  • 11:15 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    14:40
  • 11:06 PM

    Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    6:29
  • 11:02 PM

    Danzas Argentinas: Danza de la moza donosa

    Alberto Ginastera

    Ginastera: One Hundred

    Orli Shaham, piano

    3:21
  • 11:01 PM

    Waltz No. 12

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert For Two / Gil Shaham, Göran Söllscher

    Gil Shaham, violin

    1:11
  • 10:50 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique": 2nd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    The Tchaikovsky Project, Volume 1

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    8:12
  • 10:43 PM

    String Quartet No. 2: Nocturne

    Alexander Borodin

    Bartok, Borodin, Smetana: String Quartets

    Takacs Quartet

    7:03
  • 10:25 PM

    Noble and Sentimental Waltzes

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Ballet And Dance Music

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    16:37
  • 10:14 PM

    Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

    Claude Debussy

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    10:10
  • 10:09 PM

    The Year: May

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn-Hensel: Das Jahr - 12 Charakterstücke für Klavier

    Christina Bjorkoe, piano

    2:47
  • 10:07 PM

    Song without Words No. 30 "Spring Song"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Songs without Words

    Ilse von Alpenheim, piano

    2:23
  • 10:02 PM

    The Firebird (L'oiseau de feu): Finale

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky, Petrouchka: Scherzo a la Russe, The Firebird Suite

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    2:59
  • 10:01 PM

    The Love for Three Oranges: March

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Roland Pontinen, piano

    1:36
  • 9:56 PM

    Magic Flute: Der Vogelfanger bin ich ja (The bird-catcher, that's me)

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Flute and Oboe duets from Operas

    Wolfgang Schulz, flute

    2:07
  • 9:37 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
  • 9:18 PM

    Les Preludes

    Franz Liszt

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    16:44
  • 9:07 PM

    Academic Festival Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Four Symphonies

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    9:42
  • 9:01 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 4

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: The Slavonic Dances

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos

    4:25
  • 8:45 PM

    Popular Andean Dances

    Celso Garrido-Lecca

    Inca Trail Connections

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    12:58
  • 8:30 PM

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Symphonic Dances/Sigurd Jorsalfar/Peer Gynt

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    14:25
  • 8:14 PM

    Guitar Sonata No. 1

    Celil Refik Kaya

    Bokyung Byun, guitar

    14:07
  • 8:06 PM

    King Stephen: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    6:37
  • 8:01 PM

    Octet: 3rd movement

    Jean Francaix

    Gaudier Ensemble

    4:49
  • 7:43 PM

    Capriccio Espagnol

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Kabalevsky: The Comedians - Suite; Rimsky-Korsakov: Cappricio Espagnol; Glinka: Ruslan & Ludmilla Overture; Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia; Mussorgsky: A Night on the Bare Mountain; Prokofiev: The Love for Three Oranges

    Bavarian State Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    15:39
  • 7:20 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suites for a Young Prince

    Sonnerie

    Monica Huggett, conductor

    20:39
  • 7:14 PM

    2 Pieces for piano 6 hands: Romance

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Tharaud Plays Rachmaninoff

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    4:33
  • 7:06 PM

    Beatrice and Benedict: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: 5 Overtures

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    7:40
  • 7:01 PM

    Piano Sonata: Scherzo

    Franz Schubert

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    4:45
  • 6:45 PM

    Masques and Bergamasques

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Requiem Op. 48

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Emmanuel Krivine, conductor

    12:58
  • 6:39 PM

    String Quartet: Andante

    Florence Price

    UNCOVERED Vol. 2

    Catalyst Quartet

    6:46
  • 6:14 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Samuel Barber

    Barber & Meyer Violin Concertos

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    23:03
  • 6:06 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 3

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 From The New Worls; 3 Slavonic Dances

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    5:54
  • 6:01 PM

    Reverie

    Claude Debussy

    Serenade

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    James Galway, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    4:35
  • 5:52 PM

    Novelletta

    Giuseppe Martucci

    Martucci: Symphony No. 1; Novelletta; Notturno; Tarantella

    Philharmonia

    Francesco d'Avalos, conductor

    6:08
  • 5:19 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin Piano Concertos

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Elim Chan, conductor

    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    31:50
  • 5:12 PM

    Afro-Cuban Concerto: Afro

    Valerie Coleman

    Imani Winds: The Classical Underground

    Imani Winds

    4:18
  • 5:06 PM

    Celtic Fare

    Scott Tennant/Simon Jeffes

    Air and Ground

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    5:55
  • 5:00 PM

    Gavotte No. 2

    David Popper

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    Stephen Hough, piano

    4:40
  • 4:55 PM

    Villa Rides

    Maurice Jarre

    Doctor Zhivago: The Classic Film Music Of Maurice Jarre

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    3:29
  • 2:42 PM

    Suite for Strings

    Arthur Foote

    American Stringbook

    do.gma chamber orchestra

    Mikhail Gurewitsch, conductor

    16:11
  • 2:30 PM

    Barefoot

    Tina Davidson

    Barefoot

    J Freivogel, violin

    10:10
  • 2:15 PM

    Fair Maid of Perth: Suite

    Georges Bizet

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    13:22
  • 2:06 PM

    La Cenerentola (Cinderella): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jaime Laredo, conductor

    7:52
  • 1:51 PM

    Orb and Sceptre

    William Walton

    Rule Brittania: Last Night of the Proms

    English Northern Philharmonia

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    7:07
  • 1:21 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, etc.

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Hans Vonk, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    29:18
  • 1:15 PM

    Bent Suite: 4th movement

    Philip Glass

    Philip Glass Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    3:28
  • 1:06 PM

    Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna

    Franz von Suppe

    SUPPE: Famous Overtures

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alfred Walter, conductor

    8:07
  • 1:01 PM

    Forgotten Fairy Tales: Selections

    Edward MacDowell

    James Barbagallo, piano

    4:51
  • 12:48 PM

    Invitation to the Dance

    Carl Maria von Weber

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    10:01
  • 12:13 PM

    Triple Concerto

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    German Symphony Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    Mari Kodama, piano

    Kolja Blacher, violin

    Johannes Moser, cello

    34:32
  • 12:07 PM

    Dance of the Shepherd Girl

    Hugo Alfven

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra: Portrait

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    4:15
  • 12:01 PM

    Enchantment: Song of the Shrine

    Nathaniel Dett

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

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    4:27
  • 11:47 AM

    Bavarian Dances

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance Marches

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    11:36
  • 11:43 AM

    Dance of the Gnomes

    Franz Liszt

    William Wolfram, piano

    3:12
  • 11:27 AM

    Capriccio Italien

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien, Night on Bald Mountain, Sorcerer's Apprentice, Romanian Rhapsody No. 1, Bolero

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    15:14
  • 11:13 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Alessandro Marcello

    Albinoni, Cimarosa, Marcello, Sammartini, Lotti: Oboe Concertos

    I Musici

    Heinz Holliger, oboe

    11:35
  • 11:06 AM

    The Tsar's Bride: Overture

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Russian Overtures

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    6:24
  • 11:01 AM

    Etude No. 89

    Helene de Montgeroult

    Hélène de Montgeroult: Études

    Clare Hammond, piano

    4:36
  • 10:42 AM

    Cypresses (selected)

    Antonin Dvorak

    Cypress String Quartet

    16:37
  • 10:17 AM

    Harp Concerto No. 1

    Ernst Eichner

    Kurpfalz Chamber Orchestra

    Stefan Fraas, conductor

    Silke Aichhorn, harp

    22:41
  • 10:13 AM

    Los Caujaritos

    Ignacio "Indio" Figueredo

    El Diablo Suelto

    John Williams, guitar

    2:35
  • 10:06 AM

    Namouna: Cigarette Waltz

    Edouard Lalo

    Lalo: Namuona - Musique de Ballet

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Robertson, conductor

    6:15
  • 10:01 AM

    Songs of a Wayfarer: Ging heut Morgen ubers Feld (Morning Walk)

    Gustav Mahler

    Claudius Tanski, piano

    4:40
  • 9:45 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Barry Tuckwell, conductor

    Barry Tuckwell, horn

    14:00
  • 9:31 AM

    Gran Capriccio

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Mecklenburg Staatskapelle Schwerin

    Matthias Foremny, conductor

    Simone Sommerhalder, oboe

    11:20
  • 9:16 AM

    From Grandmother's Garden

    Amy Beach

    Joanne Polk, piano

    14:02
  • 9:06 AM

    North Country Sketches: The March of Spring

    Frederick Delius

    Delius: A Walk in a Paradise Garden

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    9:03
  • 9:01 AM

    Intermezzo No. 6

    Johannes Brahms

    Lullabies For Mila

    Alessio Bax, piano

    4:42
  • 8:18 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Grand Rapids Symphony

    David Lockington, conductor

    40:35
  • 8:13 AM

    Cantata No. 156: Arioso

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    4:29
  • 8:04 AM

    Album for Children: Selections

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Children's Album, Mozart: Toy Symphony

    I Musici Montreal

    Yuli Turovsky, conductor

    6:39
  • 8:01 AM

    Children's Carnival: The Fife of a Precocious Daydreamer

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Archipelago of Light

    Tali Morgulis, piano

    2:34
  • 7:35 AM

    Symphony "The Cotswolds"

    Gustav Holst

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    23:07
  • 7:23 AM

    Fair Melusina Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    11:28
  • 7:01 AM

    String Quartet

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Felix & Fanny

    Ebene Quartet

    20:21
  • 6:21 AM

    Symphonic Dances

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    36:58
  • 6:15 AM

    Romanze

    Luise Adolpha Le Beau

    Ladies' Night

    Thomas Albertus Irnberger, violin

    5:37
  • 6:01 AM

    Old Wine in New Bottles

    Gordon Jacob

    The Chamber Winds

    Chamber Winds

    11:51
  • 5:15 AM

    Symphony No. 5

    Antonin Dvorak

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    43:17
  • 5:10 AM

    Tristesse (Sad one)

    Cecile Chaminade

    Chaminade: Piano Music 2

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    3:55
  • 5:01 AM

    Heideland

    Lou Koster

    Koster: Orchestral Music

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    7:48