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  • 4:54 AM

    Notturno

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    4:15
  • 4:11 AM

    Scheherazade

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Stravinsky: Firebird

    Orchestre de la Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    41:36
  • 4:06 AM

    Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle

    Jacques Offenbach

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    4:03
  • 4:01 AM

    Orphee Suite: Orphee and the Princess

    Philip Glass

    The Orpheus Suite for Piano

    Paul Barnes, piano

    4:36
  • 3:49 AM

    Sacred and Profane Dances

    Claude Debussy

    DEBUSSY, C.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 7 (Markl) - Fantaisie / 2 Danses / Rhapsodies

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    Emmanuel Ceysson, harp

    9:05
  • 3:23 AM

    Dance

    Anna Clyne

    Clyne: Dance - Elgar: Cello Concerto

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    Inbal Segev, cello

    24:57
  • 3:16 AM

    Song for Orchestra

    Ruth Gipps

    Gipps: Symphonies Nos 2 and 4, etc.

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    5:57
  • 3:06 AM

    Ach, dass ich Wassers genug hatte

    Johann Christoph Bach

    Bach Generations

    Berlin Baroque Soloists

    Albrecht Mayer, English horn

    8:09
  • 3:01 AM

    Waltz after Lasse in Lyby

    Traditional

    Wood Works

    Danish String Quartet

    4:37
  • 2:47 AM

    Folk Songs for Orchestra

    George Walker

    Cleveland Chamber Symphony

    Edwin London, conductor

    11:35
  • 2:21 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Elfman: Violin Concerto, 'Eleven Eleven' - Hailstork: Piano Concerto No. 1

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    23:34
  • 2:15 AM

    Love's In Need Of Love Today

    Stevie Wonder

    Rise

    String Queens

    4:02
  • 2:06 AM

    23rd Psalm (dedicated to my mother)

    Bobby McFerrin

    That Eternal Day

    Cantus

    3:37
  • 2:01 AM

    Let God Bring Tomorrow

    Joshua McGhee

    Where Freedom Rings: Compositions by Contemporary African American Composers

    Picasso Ensemble

    Douglas Brown, bassoon

    4:27
  • 1:53 AM

    Andersen: Entr'acte

    Oskar Nedbal

    Dvorak Chamber Orchestra

    Miroslav Homolka, conductor

    5:28
  • 1:23 AM

    Symphony No. 4 "Tragic"

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Douglas Boyd, conductor

    28:13
  • 1:17 AM

    Etude No. 6

    Leonard Schulz

    Charms to Soothe

    David Leisner, guitar

    3:22
  • 1:06 AM

    Hungarian Sketches

    Bela Bartok

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    10:59
  • 1:01 AM

    Sextet: 1st movement

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini

    Sally Walker, flute

    4:39
  • 12:53 AM

    Waltz No. 2 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Opp. 33-36, 38

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    4:57
  • 12:44 AM

    Global Warming

    Michael Abels

    Songs for Our Times

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    8:31
  • 12:22 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Le Mozart Noir

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Linda Melsted, violin

    21:08
  • 12:06 AM

    Bolero

    Maurice Ravel

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Ravel: Boler

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    14:02
  • 12:01 AM

    Three Etudes

    Fernando Sor

    Sor: 24 Progressive Etudes; 6 Little Pieces

    Norbert Kraft, guitar

    4:42
  • 11:43 PM

    Idomeneo: Ballet Music: Selections

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Complete Mozart Edition, Vol. 25: Theatre and Ballet Music

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    15:01
  • 11:37 PM

    Sonata

    Elfrida Andree

    Elfrida Andree: Complete Piano Works

    Oskar Ekberg, piano

    4:08
  • 11:18 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 2

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Horn Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Britten: Serenade Op. 31

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Ingo Metzmacher, conductor

    Marie Luise Neunecker, horn

    18:52
  • 11:12 PM

    Summer Days by the Sea: Summer Meadow

    Maj Sonstevold

    Maj Sonstevold

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Karsten Andersen, conductor

    3:35
  • 11:06 PM

    Norwegian Dance No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:01
  • 11:01 PM

    Cedar

    Connor Chee

    Scenes from Dinetah

    Connor Chee, piano

    4:17
  • 10:46 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": 1st movement

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1-4

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    12:26
  • 10:31 PM

    Violin Sonatina No. 1

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Arpeggione

    Anne Gastinel, cello

    13:27
  • 10:20 PM

    Renascence

    Lita Grier

    Czech National Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    Mary Stolper, flute

    10:54
  • 10:13 PM

    Corbeille de fleurs (Basket of Flowers)

    Theresa Carreno

    The American Virtuoso

    Alan Feinberg, piano

    5:10
  • 10:06 PM

    Eugene Onegin: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Ballets Russes

    France Radio Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    6:01
  • 10:01 PM

    Scherzo

    (Marie) Clemence de Grandval

    GRANDVAL: Oboe Works

    Budapest Strings

    Lajos Lencses, oboe

    4:17
  • 9:56 PM

    Sweet and Low-Down

    George Gershwin

    Original Works and Transcriptions for Solo Piano

    Sara Davis Buechner, piano

    2:46
  • 9:51 PM

    Swing Low, Sweet Chariot!

    William Dawson

    The Spirituals of William Dawson

    St. Olaf Choir

    Anton Armstrong, conductor

    3:43
  • 9:34 PM

    The Comedians

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Kabalevsky, Prokofiev, Glinka, Tchaikovsky

    San Diego Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Barra, conductor

    15:29
  • 9:22 PM

    Concerto for Mixed Instruments

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concerti per Mandolini

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    Ugo Orlandi, mandolin

    11:43
  • 9:10 PM

    The Wasps: Overture

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams and Delius

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    10:12
  • 9:06 PM

    Morning Song

    Edward Elgar

    Daniel Hope | Belle Epoque

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, violin

    3:12
  • 9:03 PM

    Trumpet Tune

    Henry Purcell

    Laird Brass Ensemble

    Peter Hurford, organ

    2:36
  • 8:48 PM

    Momentum Suite

    Peter Hope

    English String Miniatures, Vol. 4

    Northern Sinfonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    10:10
  • 8:28 PM

    London Mozart Players

    Jane Glover, conductor

    18:45
  • 8:24 PM

    Fantasy Pieces: Humoresque

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Catalyst Quartet

    3:17
  • 8:14 PM

    Drottningholm Suite

    Johan Roman

    Roman: Music for a Royal Wedding

    Uppsala Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Halstead, conductor

    9:34
  • 8:07 PM

    Donna Diana Overture

    Emil von Reznicek

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:00
  • 8:01 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Florence Price

    Janacek Philharmonic

    Ryan Cockerham, conductor

    Er-Gene Kahng, violin

    4:33
  • 7:38 PM

    Piano Sonata

    Clara Schumann

    The Young Clara: Early Piano Works

    Angela Tirino, piano

    20:49
  • 5:49 PM

    North German Radio Symphony

    Gunter Wand, conductor

    10:00
  • 5:14 PM

    Piano Concerto

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Andrew Litton, piano

    33:41
  • 5:10 PM

    Christopher Parkening, guitar

    2:03
  • 5:06 PM

    Joyous March

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    3:40
  • 5:01 PM

    El pelele (The Straw Mannequin)

    Enrique Granados

    Granados: Spanish Dances

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    4:17
  • 4:51 PM

    The Planets: Jupiter

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    7:32
  • 4:24 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Erich Korngold

    The Silver Violin

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Kirill Karabits, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    25:34
  • 4:18 PM

    The Mermaid Suite: Dawn on the Beach

    Wu Zuqiang/Du Mingxin

    China National Symphony Orchestra

    Zuohuang Chen, conductor

    3:19
  • 4:06 PM

    Piano Quintet: 1st movement

    Ferdinand Hiller

    Hiller: Piano Quartet - Piano Quintet

    Minguet Quartet

    Oliver Triendl, piano

    11:59
  • 4:01 PM

    Montgomery Variations: Prayer Meeting

    Margaret Bonds

    African American Voices II

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Kellen Grey, conductor

    4:42
  • 3:41 PM

    Dolly Suite

    Gabriel Faure

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:12
  • 3:14 PM

    Oboe Concerto

    Richard Strauss

    Mito Chamber Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    Fumiaki Miyamoto, oboe

    25:33
  • 3:08 PM

    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    3:17
  • 3:06 PM

    March

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Sound Off!

    United States Marine Band

    Col. John Bourgeois, conductor

    2:02
  • 3:01 PM

    Etude No. 8

    Giulio Regondi

    David Starobin, guitar

    4:49
  • 2:49 PM

    Symphony No. 4: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    9:15
  • 2:48 PM

    Symphony No. 4: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    9:15
  • 2:38 PM

    Student Concerto

    Friedrich Seitz

    Concertos from My Childhood

    Juilliard Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    9:23
  • 2:31 PM

    Experience

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Nightfall

    Voces8

    Lara Somogyi, harp

    5:35
  • 2:12 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 8

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    17:35
  • 2:03 PM

    Karelia Overture

    Jean Sibelius

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    8:09
  • 1:59 PM

    The Prince of Denmark's March

    Jeremiah Clarke

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    2:47
  • 1:51 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Finale

    Antonin Dvorak

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    7:00
  • 1:45 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2 "Characteristic": Dance

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Suites Nos. 1 And 2

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    4:16
  • 1:40 PM

    Little Concert Suite: A Love Sonnet

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    3:58
  • 1:30 PM

    Concerto for Oboe and Bassoon

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    9:38
  • 1:22 PM

    Symphony: Finale

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet, Prokofiev, Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 1

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    6:24
  • 1:18 PM

    Lyric Quartet: The Jovial One

    William Grant Still

    Uncovered, Volume 3

    Catalyst Quartet

    3:17
  • 1:09 PM

    Rodeo: Saturday Night Waltz

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Billy The Kid; Rodeo Etc.

    Colorado Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    5:15
  • 1:04 PM

    Under the Double Eagle

    Josef Franz Wagner

    Grand March

    Philip Jones Ensemble

    Elgar Howarth, conductor

    3:12
  • 12:48 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    10:08
  • 12:37 PM

    Soirees Musicales

    Benjamin Britten

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    9:35
  • 12:31 PM

    Symphony No. 83 "The Hen": 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 83 & 87

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    4:48
  • 12:22 PM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 3: 3rd movement

    Bernhard Crusell

    Crusell: Clarinet Concertos Nos. 1-3

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    Martin Frost, clarinet

    7:07
  • 12:20 PM

    Dance No. 1

    Antonio Ruiz-Pipo

    Dreams of a World

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    1:51
  • 12:15 PM

    Transformations: Six Paintings by Carolyn Brunelle: Piano

    David Evan Thomas

    Thomas: Transformations

    Sonja Thompson, piano

    3:50
  • 12:08 PM

    Entry March of the Boyars

    Johan Halvorsen

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Jean, conductor

    5:01
  • 12:04 PM

    Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

    George Frideric Handel

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Lucie Horsch, recorder

    Charlotte Barbour-Condini, recorder

    2:59
  • 11:51 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Italian Concertos

    Scottish Ensemble

    Jonathan Morton, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    7:17
  • 11:46 AM

    Hamlet: Interlude Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    3:46
  • 11:34 AM

    Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter": Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies No. 40 & 41

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    10:58
  • 11:31 AM

    Rondino Savoyard

    Louise Farrenc

    FARRENC, L.: Piano Works (Complete), Vol. 3 - Rondeaux

    Maria Stratigou, piano

    1:53
  • 11:23 AM

    Three Short Pieces

    Jacques Ibert

    Berlin Philharmonic Winds

    6:54
  • 11:16 AM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Saint-Georges: Violin Concertos, Opp. 2 & 7

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    Fumika Mohri, violin

    5:49
  • 11:09 AM

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    5:21
  • 11:04 AM

    Spanish Dance No. 8 "Asturiana"

    Enrique Granados

    Granados: Twelve Spanish Dances

    Razumovsky Sinfonia

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    Norbert Kraft, guitar

    4:07
  • 10:48 AM

    Gayane Ballet Suite

    Aram Khachaturian

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    9:56
  • 10:31 AM

    Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise

    Frederic Chopin

    Lang Lang, piano

    15:16
  • 10:19 AM

    Old Wine in New Bottles

    Gordon Jacob

    The Chamber Winds

    Chamber Winds

    11:51
  • 10:09 AM

    Four Seasons: Winter

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four SeasonsĀ 

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Viktoria Mullova, violin

    8:21
  • 10:06 AM

    Country Gardens

    Percy Grainger

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Kenneth Montgomery, conductor

    2:22
  • 10:01 AM

    Ballo detto Pollicio/La Cattarina

    Tarquinio Merula

    Ensemble Fitzwilliam

    4:45
  • 9:40 AM

    The Wise Virgins Ballet Suite

    William Walton

    English Northern Philharmonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    18:07
  • 9:24 AM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 3

    Carl Stamitz

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    14:20
  • 9:17 AM

    Je te veux (I want you)

    Erik Satie

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    5:39
  • 9:06 AM

    Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Symphonies 3 'Scottish' & 4 'Italian', etc.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    10:07
  • 9:01 AM

    Piano Concerto: 2nd movement

    Luise Adolpha Le Beau

    Emilie Mayer - Symphony No. 5

    Berlin Chamber Symphony Ensemble

    Jurgen Bruns, conductor

    Katia Tchemberdji, piano

    4:41
  • 8:35 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Carl Maria von Weber

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    23:35
  • 8:27 AM

    Harp Sonata

    Sophia Dussek

    Harp Showpieces

    Judy Loman, harp

    7:12
  • 8:13 AM

    Howl's Moving Castle: Symphonic Variation

    Joe Hisaishi

    A Symphonic Celebration: Music from the Studio Ghibli films of Hayao Miyazaki

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Joe Hisaishi, conductor

    12:04
  • 8:01 AM

    Le Sinfonie

    Lodovico Viadana

    Swiss Italian Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    11:34
  • 7:17 AM

    Symphony No. 5

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vladimir Jurowski, conductor

    41:26
  • 7:12 AM

    Danny Boy

    Traditional

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    3:28
  • 7:01 AM

    Irish Suite for Strings

    Arthur Duff

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    10:05
  • 6:30 AM

    Symphony No. 99

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    27:28
  • 6:19 AM

    Five Pieces (The Trees)

    Jean Sibelius

    Erik Tawaststjerna, piano

    11:02
  • 6:01 AM

    Wind Octet

    Franz Krommer

    Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble

    16:00
  • 5:47 AM

    Symphonie Fantastique: Reveries

    Hector Berlioz

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    11:26
  • 5:31 AM

    Oboe d'Amore Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    John Abberger, oboe d'amore

    15:11
  • 5:17 AM

    Snow Maiden Suite

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    12:28
  • 5:01 AM

    Images, Book 1

    Claude Debussy

    Concert Recording

    Alim Beisembayev, piano

    14:51