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  • 4:55 AM

    Carolan's Dream

    Turlough O'Carolan

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    3:30
  • 4:06 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Winter Dreams"

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    47:03
  • 4:01 AM

    Elena Urioste, violin

    Tom Poster, piano

    4:47
  • 3:49 AM

    Blades of Grass

    Romeo Cascarino

    Orchestra 2001

    James Freeman, conductor

    Dorothy Freeman, English horn

    8:41
  • 3:14 AM

    String Quartet No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Emerson String Quartet

    33:34
  • 3:06 AM

    Minuet Antique

    Maurice Ravel

    Paris Orchestra

    Jean Martinon, conductor

    6:25
  • 3:01 AM

    Piano Sonata: 2nd movement

    Helene de Montgeroult

    The Future is Female, Vol. 3 "At Play"

    Sarah Cahill, piano

    4:39
  • 2:49 AM

    Duo Noire

    9:19
  • 2:18 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Thomas de Hartmann

    Thomas de Hartmann Rediscovered

    INSO-Lviv Symphony Orchestra

    Dalia Stasevska, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    29:46
  • 2:12 AM

    Last year I was herding the mountain goats

    Johan Svendsen

    Svendsen: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

    Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    3:50
  • 2:06 AM

    Fantasy for Flute and Piano

    Gabriel Faure

    Jonathan Snowden, flute

    Andrew Litton, piano

    5:16
  • 2:01 AM

    Tall as the Poplar Tree

    Gomidas Vartabed

    Chamber Players of the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra

    Eduard Topchjan, conductor

    Isabel Bayrakdarian, soprano

    4:47
  • 1:54 AM

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:37
  • 1:33 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Night in the Tropics"

    Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    Gottschalk, Vol. 2

    Utah Symphony Orchestra

    Maurice Abravanel, conductor

    18:58
  • 1:18 AM

    Divertimento No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenata Notturna, 3 Divertimenti

    I Musici

    12:42
  • 1:06 AM

    Mephisto Waltz No. 1

    Franz Liszt

    2011 New Year's Concert

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Franz Welser-Most, conductor

    10:36
  • 1:01 AM

    Bird Songs at Eventide

    Eric Coates

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Wilson, conductor

    4:55
  • 12:51 AM

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    7:32
  • 12:25 AM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Keyboard Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Jonathan Bloxham, conductor

    Tianqi Du, piano

    23:29
  • 12:24 AM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Keyboard Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Jonathan Bloxham, conductor

    Tianqi Du, piano

    23:29
  • 12:17 AM

    Fanfare Ritmico

    Jennifer Higdon

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    7:10
  • 12:06 AM

    Helios Overture

    Carl Nielsen

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    9:59
  • 12:01 AM

    Amadigi di Gaula: Sento la gioia (I feel the joy)

    George Frideric Handel

    Sound The Trumpet: Royal Music of Purcell and Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    4:34
  • 11:52 PM

    Fantasia fugata

    Amy Beach

    Joanne Polk, piano

    5:55
  • 11:28 PM

    Ascanio: Act III Ballet music

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    24:18
  • 11:12 PM

    Pohjola's Daughter

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Tone Poems & Incidental Music

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    14:16
  • 11:05 PM

    Symphony No. 1: Menuetto

    Louise Farrenc

    European Soloists, Luxembourg

    Christoph Konig, conductor

    4:32
  • 10:59 PM

    The Valkyrie: Ride of the Valkyries

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Highlights from "The Ring"

    New York Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    5:29
  • 10:50 PM

    Piano Quintet "Trout": Theme and Variations

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Quintet, Op. 114 "The Trout"

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    7:43
  • 10:32 PM

    Symphony No. 28

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Late Symphonies: 21-41

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:55
  • 10:20 PM

    A Children's Overture

    Roger Quilter

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    10:50
  • 10:12 PM

    Paroles - Suite for Clarinet and Orchestra: III. Parole du Matin a la Rose

    Dia Succari

    German Symphony Orchestra

    Manuel Nawri, conductor

    Kinan Azmeh, clarinet

    6:22
  • 10:05 PM

    Waltz No. 1 "Grand Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    6:06
  • 9:59 PM

    String Quartet No. 4: 1st movement

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Arabella String Quartet

    4:46
  • 9:48 PM

    Symphony No. 7: 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Andres Orozco-Estrada, conductor

    9:27
  • 9:44 PM

    Tosca: Vissi d'arte

    Giacomo Puccini

    Lyon Opera Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano

    3:05
  • 9:30 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 2, 3, 5, 6

    Amsterdam Guitar Trio

    12:18
  • 9:25 PM

    Piano Quintet: Scherzo

    Robert Schumann

    Elias String Quartet

    Jonathan Biss, piano

    4:43
  • 9:11 PM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Enigma Variations

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    13:00
  • 9:04 PM

    Wedding Day at Troldhaugen

    Edvard Grieg

    Wonderland

    Alice Sara Ott, piano

    5:18
  • 9:01 PM

    Imani Winds

    2:23
  • 8:48 PM

    Four Seasons: Spring

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Sarah Chang: Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Sarah Chang, violin

    10:39
  • 8:39 PM

    Jubilee Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:41
  • 8:26 PM

    Divertissement on a Pastoral Theme

    Gabriel Pierne

    Pierne: Orchestral Works

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    11:49
  • 8:12 PM

    Concerto for Two Violins and Bassoon

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerti Bizarri

    Irish Baroque Orchestra

    Monica Huggett, conductor

    Monica Huggett, violin

    12:39
  • 8:07 PM

    From Foreign Lands: Germany

    Moritz Moszkowski

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    4:37
  • 8:00 PM

    12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic

    6:06
  • 5:46 PM

    Bavarian Dances

    Edward Elgar

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    12:47
  • 5:31 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Hilary Hahn: Bach Violin Concertos

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Kahane, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    13:34
  • 5:22 PM

    Le Flibustier (The Buccaneer) Prelude

    Cesar Cui

    CUI: Suites Nos. 2 and 4 / Le Flibustier

    Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Stankovsky, conductor

    7:43
  • 5:13 PM

    Impressions of the Puna

    Alberto Ginastera

    Music for a Sunday Morning

    Shanghai Quartet

    Eugenia Zukerman, flute

    6:53
  • 5:06 PM

    Nameday (Namensfeier) Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Overtures

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    6:51
  • 5:01 PM

    Procession of the Sardar

    Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov

    Empire Brass

    4:37
  • 4:54 PM

    Folk Suite

    Morton Gould

    London Symphony Orchestra

    David Amos, conductor

    14:50
  • 4:20 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 6

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas

    Yeol Eum Som, piano

    31:49
  • 4:12 PM

    Symphony No. 1: Scherzo

    Alexander Borodin

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Jun'ichi Hirokami, conductor

    6:27
  • 4:06 PM

    Songs of the Auvergne: Bailero

    Joseph Canteloube

    Classics at the Movies: Epics

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Johannes Wildner, conductor

    Denisa Slepkovska, soprano

    5:10
  • 4:01 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 4th movement

    Florence Price

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    4:46
  • 3:45 PM

    Fantastic Scherzo

    Josef Suk

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    13:45
  • 3:25 PM

    Suite Bergamasque

    Claude Debussy

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Emil de Cou, conductor

    18:30
  • 3:13 PM

    String Quartet

    Germaine Tailleferre

    Stenhammar Quartet

    9:45
  • 3:06 PM

    The Gadfly: Romance

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Film Music from The Gadfly & Pirogov

    Belgian Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    6:09
  • 3:01 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Entry of the Fairies

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    4:50
  • 2:51 PM

    Suite of Scottish Dances

    William Alwyn

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    7:51
  • 2:50 PM

    Suite of Scottish Dances

    William Alwyn

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    7:51
  • 2:46 PM

    Prelude No. 17

    Frederic Chopin

    The Complete Chopin Preludes

    Yundi Li, piano

    2:35
  • 2:25 PM

    Pulcinella Suite

    Igor Stravinsky

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    20:36
  • 2:19 PM

    Ensemble Giardino di Delizie

    4:35
  • 2:05 PM

    Cello Concerto: 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Cello Concerto

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    Kian Soltani, cello

    13:01
  • 2:01 PM

    Humoresque No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    The Romantic Violinist: A Celebration Of Joseph Joachim

    Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    2:58
  • 1:50 PM

    6 Early Netherlands Dances

    Julius Rontgen

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    David Porcelijn, conductor

    9:29
  • 1:46 PM

    Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens: Rey's Theme

    John Williams

    Star Wars: The Force Awakens Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:11
  • 1:34 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 26 "Coronation": 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    10:41
  • 1:27 PM

    Hungarian March

    Hector Berlioz

    Pomp & Pizazz

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:02
  • 1:23 PM

    March of the Little Lead Soldiers

    Gabriel Pierne

    Sir Charles' Precious Music Box Ii

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    3:05
  • 1:19 PM

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Cantata 147, Motets, etc.

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    David Willcocks, conductor

    Elly Ameling, soprano

    32:51
  • 1:10 PM

    Rhine Nymphs: Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    Offenbach Romantique

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    4:44
  • 1:04 PM

    Aleko: Men's Dance

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2, Dances from Aleko, Scherzo

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    4:49
  • 12:44 PM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 9

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: 6 Hungarian Rhapsodies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    12:50
  • 12:34 PM

    Scottish Fantasy: Finale

    Max Bruch

    Max Bruch: Concerto No. 2; Scottish Fantasy

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Mario Bernardi, conductor

    James Ehnes, violin

    9:15
  • 12:29 PM

    Gary Steigerwalt, piano

    3:46
  • 12:22 PM

    Jeux d'eau (Fountains)

    Maurice Ravel

    Water Music of the Impressionists

    Carol Rosenberger, piano

    5:33
  • 12:17 PM

    Algerian Suite: French Military March

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint Saens: Symphony No. 2/Suite Algerienne/Phaeton

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Yondani Butt, conductor

    4:34
  • 12:10 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: Scherzo

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Complete Piano Concertos

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    5:24
  • 12:04 PM

    The Tempest: Banquet Dance

    Arthur Sullivan

    Sullivan: Symphony in E major 'Irish'

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:39
  • 11:49 AM

    Concerto Symphonique No. 4: Scherzo

    Henry Litolff

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    Yuja Wang, piano

    7:25
  • 11:45 AM

    Ronde champetre

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    3:48
  • 11:37 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 3: 2nd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Concertos

    Camerata Salzburg

    Leonidas Kavakos, conductor

    Leonidas Kavakos, violin

    7:04
  • 11:29 AM

    An 18th Century Scherzo

    Haydn Wood

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    6:36
  • 11:19 AM

    Sigurd Jorsalfar: Homage March

    Edvard Grieg

    Sibelius: Finlandia, Valse Triste; Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfar

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    8:46
  • 11:15 AM

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    3:16
  • 11:08 AM

    La Scala di Seta (Silken Ladder): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    5:57
  • 11:04 AM

    Dance Intermezzo

    Jean Sibelius

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    2:44
  • 10:48 AM

    Concerto No. 10 "Pastorale"

    Lorenzo Zavateri

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

    Gottfried von der Goltz, conductor

    9:54
  • 10:29 AM

    Six Epigraphes Antiques

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Orchestral Works 5

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    17:47
  • 10:23 AM

    Into the Blue: Wildwood Flower

    Greg Danner

    Cumberland Quintet

    5:05
  • 10:12 AM

    Kreisleriana No. 2

    Robert Schumann

    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    9:56
  • 10:06 AM

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    5:06
  • 10:01 AM

    Sonata No. 1

    Dario Castello

    Music of the Golden Age

    sixty1strings

    4:44
  • 9:52 AM

    The Art of Sailing at Dawn

    Margaret Brouwer

    Brouwer: Rhapsodies

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    6:34
  • 9:45 AM

    A Dream at Sea

    Teresa Carreno

    Sarah Cahill, piano

    5:49
  • 9:24 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    20:05
  • 9:20 AM

    Pieces of Dreams

    Michel Legrand

    The Bedtime Sessions

    Lara Downes, piano

    1:54
  • 9:06 AM

    Noble and Sentimental Waltzes

    Maurice Ravel

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    13:46
  • 9:01 AM

    Symphonie Concertante: Adagio

    Louis Spohr

    Vienna Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    Maria Duenas, violin

    Volker Kempf, harp

    4:44
  • 8:56 AM

    Valse lente

    Germaine Tailleferre

    Saint-Saens

    Lang Lang, piano

    2:38
  • 8:21 AM

    Symphony No. 7

    Emilie Mayer

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor

    34:40
  • 8:01 AM

    Violin Sonata

    Viktor Kosenko

    Ukranian Masters

    Solomiya Ivakhiv, violin

    17:33
  • 7:53 AM

    Plea for Peace

    Augusta Read Thomas

    Jennie Oh Brown, alto flute

    Elizabeth Brausa Brathwaite, violin

    Cristina Buciu, violin

    Amanda Grimm, viola

    Paula Kosower, cello

    5:44
  • 7:21 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Lukas Foss

    Foss: Symphony No. 1; Renaissance Concerto; Three American Pieces; Ode

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    30:37
  • 7:01 AM

    Bagatelles

    Antonin Dvorak

    National Chamber Players

    Lowell Graham, conductor

    18:34
  • 6:55 AM

    Benjamin Perrot, theorbo

    3:03
  • 6:14 AM

    Symphony

    Paul Dukas

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    41:20
  • 6:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 6

    Maddalena Laura Sirmen

    Sirmen: Six String Quartets

    Lombardini Quartet

    10:40
  • 5:33 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Charles Stanford

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    Gemma Rosefield, cello

    25:30
  • 5:28 AM

    The Cloths of Heaven

    Rebecca Dale

    Night Seasons

    Tenebrae

    Nigel Short, conductor

    Ben Dawson, piano

    4:17
  • 5:01 AM

    Quintet for Piano and Winds

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concerto KV 453, Piano Quintet KV 452

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    24:41