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  • 4:18 AM

    Piano Quartet No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Murray Perahia: 25th Anniversary Edition

    Murray Perahia, piano

    40:18
  • 4:06 AM

    Illuminations of the Beyond (Eclairs sur l'au-dela): Demeurer dans l’amour (To Abide in Love)

    Olivier Messiaen

    Messiaen: Illuminations of the Beyond

    Orchestre de la Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    10:11
  • 4:01 AM

    Elegy

    Alla Pavlova

    Alla Pavlova: Symphony No. 5; Elegy

    Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra

    Vladimir Ziva, conductor

    Andrei Korobeinikov, piano

    4:36
  • 3:53 AM

    Passacalle

    Andrea Falconieri

    Dances on Moveable Ground

    Ciaramella

    5:27
  • 3:45 AM

    To Touch the Sky: At Castle Wood

    Kevin Puts

    Puts: Symphony No. 4

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    5:40
  • 3:16 AM

    Symphony No. 4 "From Mission San Juan"

    Kevin Puts

    Puts: Symphony No. 4

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    28:24
  • 3:06 AM

    Elegy for Strings

    Judith Lang Zaimont

    ReSOUNDings

    Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra

    8:32
  • 3:01 AM

    Romance

    Edward German

    The English Clarinet

    John Bradbury, clarinet

    4:32
  • 2:44 AM

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Samuel Friedman, conductor

    14:17
  • 2:18 AM

    Nights in the Gardens of Spain

    Manuel de Falla

    Falla, Albeniz

    Paris Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    Martha Argerich, piano

    24:54
  • 2:06 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    William S Lloyd Webber

    Lloyd Webber: Invocation

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    9:59
  • 2:01 AM

    Lullaby (Berceuse)

    Arnold Bax

    Bax: Viola and Piano Music

    Charles Matthews, piano

    4:34
  • 1:44 AM

    Rustic Triptych

    Charlotte Sohy

    Charlotte Sohy: Compositrice de la Belle Epoque

    Mathilde Calderini, flute

    13:57
  • 1:38 AM

    Suite for Strings: Heading North

    Michael Fine

    Michael Fine: Seasons

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Philip Mann, conductor

    4:24
  • 1:34 AM

    Veni Creator Spiritus

    Gregorian Chant

    Chant

    Cistercian Monks of Stift Heiligenkreuz

    2:31
  • 1:06 AM

    Concerto Gregoriano

    Ottorino Respighi

    Concert Recording

    RAI National Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin

    27:40
  • 1:01 AM

    Three Parts on a Ground

    Henry Purcell

    Ostinato

    Hesperion XXI

    Jordi Savall, conductor

    4:35
  • 12:49 AM

    Tsar Boris Overture

    Vasily Kalinnikov

    Kalinnikov: Symphony No. 2 Etc.

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    9:32
  • 12:25 AM

    Harp Concerto

    Francois Boieldieu

    Handel, Boieldieu, Mozart: Concertos for Harp

    The King's Violins

    Bernard Labadie, conductor

    Valerie Milot, harp

    22:03
  • 12:20 AM

    Danza negra

    Ernesto Lecuona

    Caracas Clarinet Quartet

    Anat Cohen, clarinet

    3:56
  • 12:06 AM

    Serenade No. 6 "Serenata Notturna"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusic; Serenade No. 6

    Serenata of London

    12:56
  • 12:01 AM

    Robin Hood Suite: March of the Bowmen

    Frederic Curzon

    East of England Orchestra

    Malcolm Nabarro, conductor

    4:41
  • 11:34 PM

    Arpeggione Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Quintet, Op. 114 "The Trout"

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    24:29
  • 11:26 PM

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Bela Bartok

    Bartok: Romanian Folk-Dances, Kodaly: Galanta Dances, Marosszek Dances

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    6:07
  • 11:14 PM

    Carmen Fantasy

    Franz Waxman

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    10:59
  • 11:07 PM

    Ruler of the Spirits: Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Overtures; Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:20
  • 11:01 PM

    Lost in the Stars

    Kurt Weill

    Lara Downes, piano

    4:25
  • 10:53 PM

    Suite for Strings

    Arnold Schoenberg

    Schoenberg in Hollywood

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    5:40
  • 10:48 PM

    From Jewish Life: Prayer

    Ernest Bloch

    20th Century Classics

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    4:41
  • 10:41 PM

    From Andersen's Fairy-Tales: Barcarolle and Arabesque

    Bohuslav Martinu

    Giorgio Koukl, piano

    4:38
  • 10:15 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Erich Korngold

    The Silver Violin

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Kirill Karabits, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    25:34
  • 10:09 PM

    Scherzo a la Russe

    Igor Stravinsky

    A. Skrjabin Symphony No. 3

    Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Gielen, conductor

    4:01
  • 10:06 PM

    God Bless America

    Irving Berlin

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    2:02
  • 10:01 PM

    El Cid: Love Theme

    Miklos Rozsa

    Escape To Paradise: The Hollywood Album

    Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alexander Shelley, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    4:21
  • 9:47 PM

    Scaramouche

    Darius Milhaud

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Branford Marsalis, saxophone

    11:20
  • 9:18 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd and 4th movements

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

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

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    27:43
  • 9:12 PM

    Schwanengesang, Book 1: Standchen (Serenade)

    Franz Schubert

    The Magic of Horowitz

    Vladimir Horowitz, piano

    5:42
  • 9:07 PM

    Libertango

    Astor Piazzolla

    The Essential Yo-Yo Ma

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    3:11
  • 9:01 PM

    Symphonic Metamorphosis: March

    Paul Hindemith

    Hindemith: Mathis Der Maler Etc.

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    4:24
  • 8:53 PM

    Romeo and Juliet: Dance of the Knights

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet, Op. 64

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    5:34
  • 8:20 PM

    Octet

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn & Raff: Octets

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    30:49
  • 8:17 PM

    Espana: Tango

    Isaac Albeniz

    Encores

    Daniel Barenboim, piano

    2:08
  • 8:06 PM

    Carnival Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Overtures

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    9:53
  • 8:01 PM

    To Spring

    Chen Pei-xun

    Seow Yitkin Plays Popular Chinese Piano Pieces

    Yit Kin Seow, piano

    4:34
  • 7:51 PM

    Romance No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Violin Concerto

    Lucerne Festival Strings

    Daniel Dodds, conductor

    Midori, violin

    7:48
  • 7:43 PM

    Nabucco: Overture

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Italian Masterworks

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    6:56
  • 7:27 PM

    Three Spanish Pieces

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Julian Bream, guitar

    14:39
  • 7:06 PM

    Three Botticelli Pictures

    Ottorino Respighi

    Pictures

    Long Beach Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    19:05
  • 7:01 PM

    Two German Dances

    Franz Schubert

    Yaara Tal, piano

    Andreas Groethuysen, piano

    4:39
  • 6:58 PM

    Prelude No. 11

    Frederic Chopin

    The Complete Chopin Preludes

    Yundi Li, piano

    :35
  • 6:51 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2 "Characteristic": Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Suites Nos. 1 And 2

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    6:28
  • 6:22 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Helen Huang

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Helen Huang, piano

    28:03
  • 6:08 PM

    La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Schippers, conductor

    11:13
  • 6:06 PM

    Te Deum: Prelude

    Marc-Antoine Charpentier

    Trumpet Voluntary - Music for Organ & Brass

    Laird Brass Ensemble

    Peter Hurford, organ

    2:17
  • 6:01 PM

    Conga del Fuego

    Arturo Marquez

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    4:46
  • 5:49 PM

    English Folk Song Suite

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: A Serenade to Music, etc.

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    8:51
  • 5:19 PM

    Symphony No. 103 "Drum Roll"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Seven London Symphonies

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    29:09
  • 5:14 PM

    Venezuelan Waltz No. 3 "Natalia"

    Antonio Lauro

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    2:53
  • 5:14 PM

    Symphony No. 103 "Drum Roll"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Seven London Symphonies

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    29:09
  • 5:06 PM

    Grand Canyon Suite: On the Trail

    Ferde Grofe

    The Only American Album You'll Ever Need!

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Ilkka Talvi, violin

    7:22
  • 5:01 PM

    Concerto Grosso: 2nd movement

    Henry Cowell

    Cowell: Concerto Grosso/Hymn & Fuguing Tune No 10

    Manhattan Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Auldon Clark, conductor

    4:41
  • 4:55 PM

    The Nightmare Before Christmas: This is Halloween

    Danny Elfman

    Scary Music

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:14
  • 4:50 PM

    The Ghost and Mrs. Muir: Main Title and Finale

    Bernard Herrmann

    Torn Curtain: The Classic Film Music Of Bernard Herrmann

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    5:02
  • 4:47 PM

    Haunted Mansion: The Ghost Realm

    Kris Bowers

    Haunted Mansion (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

    Studio Orchestra

    3:22
  • 4:42 PM

    Psycho: Prelude and The City

    Bernard Herrmann

    In Session: A Film Music Celebration

    Royal Scottish Orchestra

    Joel McNeely, conductor

    4:09
  • 4:29 PM

    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: Suite

    Franz Waxman

    Hollywood Nightmares

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    10:12
  • 4:24 PM

    Beetlejuice: End Credits

    Danny Elfman

    Beetlejuice Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    Bill Ross, conductor

    2:50
  • 4:20 PM

    The Shining: Opening

    Wendy Carlos

    Scary Music

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:02
  • 4:17 PM

    The Exorcist: Tubular Bells

    Mike Oldfield

    Scary Music

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    2:38
  • 4:12 PM

    The Mummy: The Sand Volcano

    Jerry Goldsmith

    Mega Movies

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:08
  • 4:07 PM

    Sleepy Hollow: End Theme

    Danny Elfman

    Scary Music

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:48
  • 4:01 PM

    Ghost: End Credits

    Maurice Jarre

    Doctor Zhivago: The Classic Film Music Of Maurice Jarre

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    4:27
  • 3:53 PM

    Dracula: Night Journeys

    John Williams

    Across the Stars

    Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles

    John Williams, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    5:30
  • 3:48 PM

    The Haunting: The Carousel/End Titles

    Jerry Goldsmith

    A History Of Horror: From Nosferatu To The Sixth Sense

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Nic Raine, conductor

    2:54
  • 3:36 PM

    Hamlet: The Ghost

    Patrick Doyle

    Hamlet Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    9:56
  • 3:24 PM

    Frankenstein Unbound: Main Titles/The Death of Elizabeth

    Carl Davis

    A History Of Horror: From Nosferatu To The Sixth Sense

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Nic Raine, conductor

    9:45
  • 3:12 PM

    Bride of Frankenstein: The Creation

    Franz Waxman

    The Bride Of Frankenstein

    Westminster Philharmonic

    Kenneth Alwyn, conductor

    10:15
  • 3:07 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
  • 3:01 PM

    Dracula: Main Title/Finale

    James Bernard

    A History Of Horror: From Nosferatu To The Sixth Sense

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Neil Richardson, conductor

    4:49
  • 2:48 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphonie 2, Academic Festival Overture

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    10:05
  • 2:35 PM

    Florida Suite: Daybreak

    Frederick Delius

    Vaughan Williams and Delius

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    11:55
  • 2:28 PM

    Shorthand (Redux)

    Anna Clyne

    Shorthand

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    6:17
  • 2:15 PM

    Divertimento

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Ensemble Wien-Berlin

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    10:58
  • 2:06 PM

    Mignon: Overture

    Ambroise Thomas

    Offenbach: Gaite Parisienne; Gounod, Thomas, Chabrier

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    8:07
  • 1:42 PM

    Dances of Galanta

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Kodaly: The Peacock, Galanta Dances, Marosszek Dances

    Budapest Symphony Orchestra

    Gyorgy Lehel, conductor

    16:04
  • 1:22 PM

    Variations on a Rococo Theme

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky

    Russian Federal Orchestra

    Vakhtang Jordania, conductor

    Dong-oo Lee, cello

    19:12
  • 1:11 PM

    The Magic Harp

    Ina Boyle

    Dan Godfrey Encores

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    9:15
  • 1:06 PM

    Turkish Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Sonatas KV 331 & 457

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    3:40
  • 1:01 PM

    Four English Country Dances

    John Playford

    Hesperus

    4:50
  • 12:45 PM

    Poetic Waltzes

    Enrique Granados

    Bach to Tan Dun

    Beijing Guitar Duo

    13:54
  • 12:13 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos 1 & 2

    San Francisco Symphony

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    Zoltan Kocsis, piano

    30:37
  • 12:06 PM

    Bassoon Concerto: Rondo

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2, Bassoon Concerto

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    Karen Geoghegan, bassoon

    4:09
  • 12:01 PM

    Handel in the Strand

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger: Folk-Inspired Works for Piano Duet and Piano Duo

    Bilder Duo

    4:34
  • 11:40 AM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: "Carmen" Suite, "L'Arlesienne" Suite/Offenbach: Barcarolle, "Orpheus in the Underworld" Overture

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    18:33
  • 11:36 AM

    Song without Words No. 3 "Hunting Song"

    Felix Mendelssohn

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

    Murray Perahia, piano

    2:02
  • 11:21 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble

    15:14
  • 11:10 AM

    Chicago

    Edmond Dede

    DEDE: Mon pauvre coeur / Francoise et Tirtillard / Mefisto masque

    Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Rosenberg, conductor

    8:36
  • 11:06 AM

    It Don't Mean a Thing

    Duke Ellington

    Dance

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, violin

    3:11
  • 11:01 AM

    Popular Brazilian Songs: Sambossa; Pe de Moleque

    Celso Machado

    Dream Travels

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    4:40
  • 10:48 AM

    The Magic Harp Overture (Rosamunde)

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphony No 9, Rosamunde Overture

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    10:11
  • 10:24 AM

    String Quartet

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Italian Journey

    Cremona Quartet

    22:43
  • 10:12 AM

    Concerto for Trombone

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Trombone Concerti

    Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra

    Chikara Imamura, conductor

    Christian Lindberg, trombone

    11:41
  • 10:07 AM

    The Distance Between

    Adrian Munsey

    Blanc

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    3:32
  • 10:01 AM

    Piano Sonata: Andante

    Florence Price

    Hiroko Ishimoto, piano

    4:23
  • 9:51 AM

    African Suite: Joyful Day

    Fela Sowande

    National Arts Centre Orchestra

    Mario Bernardi, conductor

    7:49
  • 9:40 AM

    Norwegian Rhapsody No. 3

    Johan Svendsen

    Svendsen: Norwegian Rhapsodies

    South Jutland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    9:47
  • 9:21 AM

    Scenes from Childhood

    Robert Schumann

    For Children

    Helen Huang, piano

    17:35
  • 9:06 AM

    Harp Concerto

    George Frideric Handel

    Favourite Harp Concertos

    I Musici

    Ursula Holliger, harp

    13:11
  • 9:01 AM

    Dance of the Flowers

    Amy Beach

    Joanne Polk, piano

    4:41
  • 8:30 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Max Bruch

    Bruch: The 3 Symphonies, Swedish Dances

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    28:25
  • 8:19 AM

    From Italy (Aus Italien): In the Campagna

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Aus Italien, Don Juan

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    10:28
  • 8:06 AM

    Divertimento No. 8

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Divertimenti

    Berlin Philharmonic Winds

    11:21
  • 8:01 AM

    Horny Toad

    Connor Chee

    Scenes from Dinetah

    Connor Chee, piano

    4:06
  • 7:24 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius, Chausson

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    34:04
  • 7:16 AM

    Ave Maria

    Felix Mendelssohn

    A Mother's Love: Music for Mary

    The Sixteen

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    Mark Dobell, tenor

    7:15
  • 7:01 AM

    Sonata No. 4

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Camerata Bern

    Thomas Furi, conductor

    13:44
  • 6:35 AM

    Idillio-Concertino

    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

    WOLF-FERRARI, E.: Wind Concertinos

    Rome Symphony Orchestra

    Francesco La Vecchia, conductor

    Andrew Tenaglia, oboe

    23:11
  • 6:22 AM

    String Quartet No. 1

    Maddalena Laura Sirmen

    Sirmen: The 6 String Quartets / Allegri String Quartet

    Allegri String Quartet

    12:14
  • 6:01 AM

    Fantasie for Piano Four-Hands

    Franz Schubert

    Four Hands

    Leon Fleisher, piano

    19:03
  • 5:16 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Wilhelm Stenhammar

    Wilhelm Stenhammar: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2; Serenade; Excelsior!

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    42:00
  • 5:13 AM

    Etude No. 1 "Aeolian Harp"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes

    Yunchan Lim, piano

    2:16
  • 5:01 AM

    Four Seasons: Summer

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The 4 Seasons

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Jeanne Lamon, violin

    10:31