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  • 4:45 AM

    Three Idylls

    Frank Bridge

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    13:04
  • 4:33 AM

    Improvisations

    Amy Beach

    Joanne Polk, piano

    9:47
  • 4:06 AM

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    26:37
  • 4:01 AM

    Reverie

    Andre Caplet

    Dedicated to Barrere

    Leone Buyse, flute

    4:37
  • 3:19 AM

    Piano Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Piano Sonatas

    Shai Wosner, piano

    38:39
  • 3:15 AM

    Rustic Dance

    Jose Carlos Campos

    Inca Trail Connections

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    3:16
  • 3:13 AM

    American Series: Peruvian Waltz

    Hector Ayala

    David Russell, guitar

    1:20
  • 3:06 AM

    Reflections from a Plain

    Tonu Korvits

    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

    Tonu Kaljuste, conductor

    Anja Lechner, cello

    5:03
  • 3:01 AM

    Wesendonck-Lieder (Wesendonk Songs): Traume (Dreams)

    Richard Wagner

    Seasons...Dreams...

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    4:30
  • 2:40 AM

    November Woods

    Arnold Bax

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    18:33
  • 2:16 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 14

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    22:24
  • 2:06 AM

    The Cathedral (La Catedral)

    Agustin Barrios

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    8:08
  • 2:01 AM

    Sonata No. 9

    Heinrich Biber

    Parley of Instruments

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    4:41
  • 1:48 AM

    Nancy Ruffer, flute

    John Anderson, oboe

    Helen Crayford, piano

    10:03
  • 1:34 AM

    Symphony: 2nd movement

    Dora Pejacevic

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Ari Rasilainen, conductor

    12:55
  • 1:21 AM

    Faust Fantasy

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Gil Shaham, violin

    Jonathan Feldman, piano

    11:18
  • 1:06 AM

    Tragic Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Concert Recording

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Vladimir Jurowksi, conductor

    14:10
  • 1:01 AM

    Pansies Polka Mazurka

    Josef Strauss

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    4:36
  • 12:30 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    Jean Sibelius

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    28:11
  • 12:25 AM

    Les Sylvains (The Fauns)

    Cecile Chaminade

    Donna voce

    Anna Shelest, piano

    3:56
  • 12:21 AM

    Carnival of the Animals: Aquarium

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Symphonic Poems

    Les Siecles

    Francois-Xavier Roth, conductor

    Jean Sugitani, piano

    2:33
  • 12:06 AM

    In Nature's Realm Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    13:50
  • 12:01 AM

    Wallom Green/Curtain Tune

    John Playford/Henry Purcell

    Barokksolistene

    Bjarte Eike, violin

    4:40
  • 11:51 PM

    Souvenir of Havana

    Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    William Kanengiser, guitar

    7:17
  • 11:47 PM

    A Set of Dance Tunes: "New Orleans" Clog Blues

    Noel da Costa

    Blues Dialogues: Music by Black Composers

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    3:19
  • 11:31 PM

    Concert Rondo "Krakowiak"

    Frederic Chopin

    Warsaw Philharmonic

    Kazimierz Kord, conductor

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    14:17
  • 11:27 PM

    Berlin Mass: Credo

    Arvo Part

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    3:49
  • 11:17 PM

    Trio No. 1 "London"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Laurel Zucker, flute

    Renee Siebert, flute

    Samuel Magill, cello

    8:26
  • 11:15 PM

    The Painted Veil: From Shanghai to London

    Alexandre Desplat

    The Painted Veil Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Alexandre Desplat, conductor

    Lang Lang, piano

    2:02
  • 11:06 PM

    Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna

    Franz von Suppe

    Overtures by Suppe and Auber

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    7:29
  • 11:01 PM

    London Suite: Knightsbridge March

    Eric Coates

    East of England Orchestra

    Malcolm Nabarro, conductor

    4:22
  • 10:43 PM

    Marouf, Cobbler of Cairo: Dances

    Henri Rabaud

    Exotic Dances from the Opera

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    14:52
  • 10:19 PM

    Pines of Rome

    Ottorino Respighi

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    21:52
  • 10:13 PM

    Venice and Naples (Venezia e Napoli): Gondoliera

    Franz Liszt

    Jorge Bolet, piano

    5:02
  • 10:06 PM

    La Vie Parisienne: Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    Offenbach: Orchestral Works

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:29
  • 10:01 PM

    Miami Grands: Key Biscayne, Dawn

    Michael Torke

    Miami Piano Circle

    Georgi Danchev, conductor

    4:41
  • 9:52 PM

    Spring in Buenos Aires (Primavera Portena)

    Astor Piazzolla

    Nashville Symphony Orchestra

    Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor

    Tianwa Yang, violin

    6:04
  • 9:49 PM

    For Lenny (Variation on New York, New York)

    Lukas Foss

    Lara Downes, piano

    1:51
  • 9:28 PM

    An American in Paris

    George Gershwin

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Louis Langree, conductor

    20:30
  • 9:25 PM

    Washington Post March

    John Philip Sousa

    Fennell Conducts Hands Across the Sea

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    2:27
  • 9:14 PM

    Spanish Overture No. 2 "Summer Night in Madrid"

    Mikhail Glinka

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

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vassily Sinaisky, conductor

    8:59
  • 9:07 PM

    Il barbiere di Siviglia (Barber of Seville): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jaime Laredo, conductor

    7:16
  • 9:01 PM

    Seville

    Isaac Albeniz

    40 Degrees North

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    4:35
  • 8:46 PM

    Waltz Suite

    Mel Bonis

    Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers

    Roberto Prosseda and Alessandra Ammara, piano four hands

    12:52
  • 8:23 PM

    Symphony No. 35 "Haffner"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies 34, 35, 39

    London Mozart Players

    Jane Glover, conductor

    20:07
  • 8:15 PM

    Norwegian Dance No. 6

    Johan Halvorsen

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Ari Rasilainen, conductor

    Harald Aadland, violin

    7:20
  • 8:06 PM

    Serenade No. 2: 1st movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    7:43
  • 8:01 PM

    Farewell to Stromness

    Peter Maxwell Davies

    Peter Maxwell Davies, piano

    4:44
  • 7:58 PM

    Prelude No. 26

    Frederic Chopin

    The Complete Chopin Preludes

    Yundi Li, piano

    :45
  • 7:40 PM

    Overture, Scherzo and Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    17:50
  • 7:24 PM

    Four Characteristic Waltzes

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    13:42
  • 7:17 PM

    Little Rallou

    Manos Hadjidakis

    Paper Moon: Songs by Manos Hadjidakis

    Elena Papandreou, guitar

    7:05
  • 7:06 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Giuseppe Tartini

    Scottish Ensemble

    Jonathan Morton, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    9:40
  • 7:01 PM

    Hungarian Dance

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Alexander Sitkovetsky, violin

    Olga Sitkovetsky, piano

    4:48
  • 6:40 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 2

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances, Etc

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    18:51
  • 6:38 PM

    Etude No. 9 "Butterfly"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes Opus 10, Op. 25

    Murray Perahia, piano

    1:00
  • 6:23 PM

    Oboe d'Amore Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: 3 Oboe Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Heinz Holliger, oboe d'amore

    14:23
  • 6:14 PM

    Prince and the Mermaid Suite

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    7:24
  • 6:06 PM

    Fra Diavolo: Overture

    Daniel Auber

    William Tell and Other Favorite Overtures

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    7:48
  • 6:01 PM

    Arabesque

    Cecile Chaminade

    Chaminade: Piano Music 3

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    4:26
  • 5:50 PM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Ports of Call

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    7:48
  • 5:17 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Martha Argerich, piano

    31:53
  • 5:12 PM

    Flower Drum

    Qu Wei

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    3:01
  • 5:06 PM

    Festival March

    Antonin Dvorak

    Rochester Philharmonic

    David Zinman, conductor

    5:39
  • 5:00 PM

    Petite Symphony: Finale

    Charles Gounod

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    4:47
  • 4:53 PM

    Casablanca Suite

    Max Steiner

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    8:40
  • 4:49 PM

    West Side Story: Something's Coming

    Leonard Bernstein

    West Side Story

    Studio Orchestra

    Johnny Green, conductor

    Jim Bryant, vocals

    2:35
  • 4:46 PM

    Singin' in the Rain: Main Theme

    Nacio Herb Brown

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:37
  • 4:42 PM

    Schindler's List: Theme

    John Williams

    Schindler's List Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    4:15
  • 4:37 PM

    To Kill a Mockingbird: Main Title

    Elmer Bernstein

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:01
  • 4:33 PM

    It's A Wonderful Life: Love Sequence

    Dimitri Tiomkin

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Newman, conductor

    2:26
  • 4:27 PM

    The Music Man: Ya Got Trouble

    Meredith Willson

    The Music Man Motion-Picture Soundtrack

    Ensemble

    Robert Preston, vocals

    3:59
  • 4:23 PM

    My Fair Lady: Why Can't the English

    Frederick Loewe

    Original Broadway Cast

    Franz Allers, conductor

    Rex Harrison, vocals

    2:41
  • 4:18 PM

    Forrest Gump: Feather Theme

    Alan Silvestri

    The Nature of America: A Musical Impression

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    2:32
  • 4:13 PM

    Rear Window: Intermezzo

    Franz Waxman

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    3:48
  • 4:07 PM

    Young Frankenstein: A Transylvanian Lullaby

    John Morris

    A History Of Horror: From Nosferatu To The Sixth Sense

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Nic Raine, conductor

    4:07
  • 4:01 PM

    North by Northwest: Conversation Piece

    Bernard Herrmann

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    4:51
  • 3:55 PM

    Return of the Jedi: Parade of the Ewoks

    John Williams

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:26
  • 3:51 PM

    Field of Dreams: End Credits

    James Horner

    Studio Orchestra

    James Horner, conductor

    4:07
  • 3:49 PM

    The Bridge on the River Kwai: Finale

    Malcolm Arnold

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    3:05
  • 3:44 PM

    Studio Orchestra

    3:49
  • 3:33 PM

    Saving Private Ryan: Omaha Beach

    John Williams

    Saving Private Ryan: Music from the Original Motion Picture

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    9:15
  • 3:30 PM

    Up: Carl Goes Up

    Michael Giacchino

    Studio Orchestra

    Tim Simonec, conductor

    3:32
  • 3:26 PM

    Dead Poets Society: Carpe Diem

    Maurice Jarre

    Brussels Philharmonic

    Stephane Deneve, conductor

    Renaud Capucon, violin

    2:56
  • 3:15 PM

    Ben Hur: Parade of the Charioteers

    Miklos Rozsa

    Summon The Heroes

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:48
  • 3:11 PM

    Toy Story: You've Got a Friend in Me

    Randy Newman

    Randy Newman

    2:04
  • 3:07 PM

    We'll Meet Again

    Ross Parker/Hughie Charles

    We'll Meet Again: The Very Best of Vera Lynn

    Vera Lynn, vocals

    3:00
  • 3:01 PM

    La Boheme: Musetta's Waltz ("Quando m'en vo")

    Giacomo Puccini

    Opera Without Words

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    4:43
  • 2:39 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Alexander Glazunov

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    Nikolaj Znaider, violin

    19:46
  • 2:30 PM

    La Risoluzione

    Mauro Giuliani

    Charms to Soothe

    David Leisner, guitar

    6:50
  • 2:15 PM

    Sonata No. 3

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Camerata Bern

    Thomas Furi, conductor

    12:51
  • 2:06 PM

    Ballade No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    8:21
  • 1:44 PM

    Symphony breve

    Louis Theodore Gouvy

    Gouvy: Symphony 4; Fantasie symphonique

    German Radio Philharmonic

    Jacques Mercier, conductor

    14:00
  • 1:29 PM

    Froissart Overture

    Edward Elgar

    English Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    13:15
  • 1:13 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Janine Jansen, violin

    Jan Jansen, harpsichord

    14:28
  • 1:06 PM

    Vocalise

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Voyage Central Park

    Aquarelle Guitar Quartet

    Lisa Friend, flute

    6:08
  • 1:01 PM

    American Youth Concerto: Andante

    Marion Bauer

    Marion Bauer: American Youth Concerto

    Ambache Chamber Orchestra and Ensemble

    Diana Ambache, piano

    4:27
  • 12:53 PM

    Danse (Tarantelle styrienne)

    Claude Debussy

    pictures at an exhibition

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    5:38
  • 12:18 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish"

    Robert Schumann

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor

    33:48
  • 12:06 PM

    String Quartet: Allegro

    Florence Price

    Catalyst Quartet

    9:23
  • 12:01 PM

    Beatrix' Dance

    Adolphe Adam

    Queensland Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Mogrelia, conductor

    4:45
  • 11:48 AM

    First Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Time Pieces

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    10:34
  • 11:36 AM

    Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes

    Grace Williams

    Grace Williams: Sea Sketches

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    10:54
  • 11:26 AM

    Academic Festival Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Serenade No. 2; Haydn: Variationen

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    9:59
  • 11:12 AM

    Symphony No. 5

    Georg Anton Benda

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    12:09
  • 11:06 AM

    The Entertainer

    Scott Joplin

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    Andre Previn, piano

    4:05
  • 11:01 AM

    Idylle pour Ida (Hommage a Ida Presti)

    John Duarte

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    4:43
  • 10:41 AM

    Minuets and Trios

    Franz Schubert

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    17:32
  • 10:23 AM

    Horn Concerto

    Leopold Mozart

    From the Forest: Early Classical Works for Horn

    St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble

    Stewart Rose, horn

    16:33
  • 10:17 AM

    Weaving

    Connor Chee

    Scenes from Dinetah

    Connor Chee, piano

    3:40
  • 10:06 AM

    Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz)

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Franz Welser-Most, conductor

    10:29
  • 10:01 AM

    Minuet No. 1

    Giacomo Puccini

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor

    4:39
  • 9:39 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Piano Concertos

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Jean-Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    Alexandre Kantorow, piano

    19:06
  • 9:29 AM

    Dana Maiben, violin

    Sarah Cunningham, viola da gamba

    Lisa Goode Crawford, harpsichord

    8:05
  • 9:16 AM

    Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: La Mer, Images, Prelude

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    11:43
  • 9:06 AM

    Serenade for Winds

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Heldenleben; Macbeth; Serenade in Eb Major

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    9:21
  • 9:01 AM

    Spring Waltz

    Agustin Barrios

    David Russell, guitar

    4:31
  • 8:39 AM

    Suite on Russian Themes

    Max Bruch

    Bruch: Swedish and Russian Dances

    Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Werner Andreas Albert, conductor

    19:12
  • 8:27 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    11:20
  • 8:10 AM

    New England Triptych

    William Schuman

    An American Tapestry

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    15:38
  • 8:01 AM

    Deep River

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Ashley Jackson

    Ashley Jackson, harp

    8:14
  • 7:29 AM

    Symphony No. 104 "London"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    29:06
  • 7:24 AM

    Waltz No. 5 "Grande Valse"

    Frederic Chopin

    Bruce Liu: Chopin: Highlights from the 18th International Chopin Piano Competition

    Bruce Liu, piano

    3:42
  • 7:01 AM

    Concerto for violin and string orchestra

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Viktoria Mullova, violin

    22:16
  • 6:41 AM

    The Cunning Little Vixen: Suite

    Leos Janacek

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    17:40
  • 6:20 AM

    Celtic Symphony

    Granville Bantock

    Bantock: Symphonies

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    19:56
  • 6:01 AM

    Guitar Quintet No. 6

    Luigi Boccherini

    Tokyo String Quartet

    Kazuhito Yamashita, guitar

    16:59
  • 5:34 AM

    Symphony on a French Mountain Air

    Vincent d'Indy

    Radio Philharmonic Orchestra of France

    Marek Janowski, conductor

    Catherine Collard, piano

    23:57
  • 5:28 AM

    Inner Mongolia Suite: Nostalgia

    Ma Sicong

    Taipei Chinese Orchestra

    Yiu-Kwong Chung, conductor

    Lu Siqing, violin

    5:45
  • 5:01 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    25:15