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  • 4:55 AM

    Zelda's Lullaby

    Koji Kondo

    Nightfall

    Voces8

    Lisa Vandersmissen, harp

    2:57
  • 4:40 AM

    Flute Sonatine

    Walter Gieseking

    In The French Style

    Trudy Kane, flute

    15:05
  • 4:06 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 6, Fantasia

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    32:03
  • 4:01 AM

    The Veil of the Temple: Mother of God, Here I Stand

    John Tavener

    White Light: The Space Between

    O/Modernt Chamber Orchestra

    Hugo Ticciati, conductor

    4:38
  • 3:42 AM

    Toccata Festiva

    Samuel Barber

    Barber, Poulenc, Saint Saens

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    Olivier Latry, organ

    15:42
  • 3:39 AM

    Toccatina

    Nikolai Kapustin

    Kaleidoscope: Encores

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    2:53
  • 3:17 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Niels Gade

    Gade: Symphonies 3 & 4

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    20:35
  • 12:46 AM

    Suomenlinna Overture

    Uuno Klami

    KLAMI / AHO: Pyorteita / KLAMI: Violin Concerto

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    12:36
  • 12:39 AM

    Cello Sonata: 2nd movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Carter: Sonata for Cello & Piano; Rachmaninoff: Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19

    Anthony Ross, cello

    6:12
  • 12:06 AM

    Symphony No. 5

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies No 4 & 5

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    32:32
  • 11:59 PM

    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Hedwig's Theme

    John Williams

    Christmas at the Movies

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Robert Ziegler, conductor

    5:02
  • 11:23 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 26 "Coronation"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 26 & 27

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    32:40
  • 11:16 PM

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    4:42
  • 11:11 PM

    Gnossienne No. 1

    Erik Satie

    Satie: The Complete Solo Piano Music

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    4:34
  • 11:06 PM

    Song of Jean Racine (Cantique de Jean Racine)

    Gabriel Faure

    Chants sacres et profanes

    Tafelmusik Chamber Choir

    Ivars Taurins, conductor

    4:47
  • 10:54 PM

    Symphony No. 3: 3rd movement

    Philip Glass

    Philip Glass: Symphony No. 3

    Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    10:09
  • 10:37 PM

    The Lark Ascending

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Elgar: Violin Concerto, Vaughan Williams: The Lark

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    16:11
  • 10:26 PM

    Miniature Suite

    Poldowski

    Music of the Gilded Age

    Sylvan Winds

    10:29
  • 10:17 PM

    Piano Trio No. 5 "Ghost": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Trios

    Trio Sora

    7:30
  • 10:03 PM

    Ma vlast (My Country): Vltava (The Moldau)

    Bedrich Smetana

    Ports of Call

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    12:37
  • 9:57 PM

    L'elisir d'amore: Una furtiva lagrima

    Gaetano Donizetti

    Joseph Calleja: The Golden Voice

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Carlo Rizzi, conductor

    Joseph Calleja, tenor

    4:13
  • 9:51 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 8 "Pathetique": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Essential Beethoven

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    5:06
  • 9:43 PM

    Children's March (Over the Hills and Far Away)

    Percy Grainger

    Lincolnshire Posy

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    7:03
  • 9:16 PM

    Scottish Fantasy

    Max Bruch

    Bruch: Concerto No. 1, Scottish Fantasy

    New Symphony Orchestra of London

    Malcolm Sargent, conductor

    Jascha Heifetz, violin

    25:42
  • 9:04 PM

    A Trumpeter's Lullaby; The Typewriter

    Leroy Anderson

    ANDERSON, L.: Orchestral Music, Vol. 3 - Sleigh Ride / The Typewriter / Plink, Plank, Plunk! / The Syncopated Clock

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Catherine Moore, trumpet

    4:40
  • 9:02 PM

    You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown: Elect Linus (Dilemma) / Woodstock's Wake Up

    Vince Guaraldi

    You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown: Original Soundtrack Recording

    Vince Guaraldi, piano

    :46
  • 8:17 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 6

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    41:34
  • 8:12 PM

    Cradle Song (Berceuse)

    Edvard Grieg

    Cello Dreams

    Emmanuelle Bertrand, cello

    3:06
  • 8:05 PM

    Intermezzo; Shine you no more

    Fredrik Sjolin; Rune Sorensen

    Last Leaf

    Danish String Quartet

    4:59
  • 8:00 PM

    Rodeo: Hoe-Down

    Aaron Copland

    Labyrinth

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:24
  • 5:57 PM

    An Italian Rant

    John Playford

    A Trip to Killburn

    Baltimore Consort

    1:29
  • 5:48 PM

    Bright Blue Music

    Michael Torke

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    9:07
  • 5:21 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 2

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Cello Concertos

    Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Truls Mork, cello

    25:11
  • 5:14 PM

    Solace (A Mexican Serenade)

    Scott Joplin

    Joplin: Complete Rags

    William Albright, piano

    6:09
  • 5:06 PM

    Prague Waltzes

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends, Prague Waltzes

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    7:35
  • 5:00 PM

    Divertissement: 2nd movement

    Emile Bernard

    Divertissement!

    C/O Chamber Orchestra

    4:45
  • 4:49 PM

    The Planets: Jupiter

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    8:29
  • 4:31 PM

    Suite for Strings

    Arthur Foote

    American Stringbook

    do.gma chamber orchestra

    Mikhail Gurewitsch, conductor

    16:11
  • 4:19 PM

    Guitar Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Souvenirs of Spain and Italy

    Pacifica Quartet

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    11:04
  • 4:13 PM

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    4:42
  • 4:06 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight": 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Romantic Piano Favourites, Vol. 2

    Peter Nagy, piano

    7:06
  • 4:01 PM

    Four Medieval Dances: Galliarde

    Joseph Lauber

    Medieval Dances for Flute and Harp

    Laurel Zucker, flute

    4:47
  • 3:38 PM

    The Firebird (L'oiseau de feu) Ballet

    Igor Stravinsky

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    20:43
  • 3:27 PM

    Cantata No. 169: Sinfonia

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Sinfonia

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    Stefano Demicheli, organ

    8:50
  • 3:20 PM

    The Beatitudes

    Arvo Part

    Part: Berliner Messe & Magnificat

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    6:49
  • 3:15 PM

    A la Argentina

    Gabriela Montero

    Gabriela Montero, piano

    2:50
  • 3:06 PM

    Carmen Suite No. 2

    Georges Bizet

    Grieg: Carmen - Peer Gynt

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    8:34
  • 3:01 PM

    La Fausse Note

    Theresa Carreno

    Clara Rodriguez Plays the Music of Teresa Carreno

    Clara Rodriguez, piano

    4:18
  • 2:53 PM

    Canzon Duodecimi Toni

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Gabrieli for Brass: Venetian Extravaganza

    Royal Academy of Music Brass

    4:57
  • 2:35 PM

    Tannhauser: Overture and Grand March

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Overtures and Preludes

    New Philhamonia/London Philharmonic (see liner)

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    20:55
  • 2:20 PM

    Lincolnshire Posy

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger/Persichetti/Khachaturian etc - Various works

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    14:24
  • 2:04 PM

    Concerto for Two Violins

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concert Recording

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Eunice Kim, violin

    14:51
  • 2:00 PM

    Four Romantic Pieces: Romance without Words

    Charlotte Sohy

    Charlotte Sohy: Compositrice de la Belle Epoque

    Marie Vermeulin, piano

    2:43
  • 1:41 PM

    Prelude

    Alexander Scriabin, arr. Claus Ogerman

    Bill Evans Trio with Symphony Orchestra

    Studio orchestra

    Claus Ogerman, conductor

    Bill Evans, p

    2:55
  • 1:38 PM

    Prelude in Db, Op. 11 No. 17

    Alexander Scriabin

    MIkhail Pletnev, piano

    1:45
  • 1:34 PM

    Espana: Tango

    Isaac Albeniz

    Tango to the Cor

    Cally Banham, English horn

    2:47
  • 1:23 PM

    Symphony No. 8: 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Antonín Dvorák: Symphonies Nos. 7 – 9

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    9:36
  • 1:18 PM

    Cortege Solennel No. 3

    Alexander Glazunov

    GLAZUNOV, A.K.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 16 - The Sea / Oriental Rhapsody / Ballade / Cortege solennel

    Moscow Symphony Orchestra

    Igor Golovchin, conductor

    4:09
  • 1:08 PM

    Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 10

    Henry Cowell

    Barber, Ives, Copland: Adagio For Strings / Symphony No.3 / Quiet City

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Celia Nicklin, oboe

    6:51
  • 1:04 PM

    Viennese Melody

    Fritz Kreisler

    Viennese Violin

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    Robert McDuffie, violin

    2:38
  • 12:51 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphonies 1 & 2

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    8:06
  • 12:41 PM

    La Stravaganza: Violin Concerto No. 3

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Violin Concerti

    Arte Dei Suonatori Baroque Orchestra

    Rachel Podger, violin

    8:06
  • 12:32 PM

    Images for Orchestra: Iberia: On Highways and Byways

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Orchestral Works

    Paris Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    7:38
  • 12:22 PM

    Concert Piece for Horn and Orchestra

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Gliere, Saint-Saens, Dukas, Chabrier: Works For Horn

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    8:35
  • 12:17 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 8 "Pathetique": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas 8, 15, 27 & 30

    Jonathan Biss, piano

    4:24
  • 12:07 PM

    Homestead Dances: Quilters' Dance

    Don Ray

    Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra

    Derek Gleeson, conductor

    7:59
  • 12:04 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:56
  • 11:52 AM

    Pest Waltzes

    Joseph Lanner

    Concerto Koln

    7:38
  • 11:45 AM

    Go Down, Moses

    Florence Price

    UNCOVERED Vol. 2

    Catalyst Quartet

    5:14
  • 11:30 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Classical"

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Bizet, Prokofiev, Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 1

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    13:32
  • 11:20 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 9 "Jeunehomme": 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 9 and 15

    Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

    Leif Ove Andsnes, conductor

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    9:04
  • 11:13 AM

    Waltz-Scherzo

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    Daniel Lozakovich, violin

    5:42
  • 11:06 AM

    Thais: Meditation

    Jules Massenet

    Escales: French Orchestral Works

    Sinfonia of London

    John Wilson, conductor

    5:34
  • 11:04 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2: Badinerie

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suites

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Richard Egarr, conductor

    1:41
  • 10:51 AM

    Fall Fair

    Godfrey Ridout

    Canadian and Russian Overtures

    Edmonton Symphony Orchestra

    Uri Mayer, conductor

    7:37
  • 10:28 AM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Fantasía para un gentilhombre & Concierto de Aranjuez

    Spanish Radio and TV Orchestra

    Pedro Amaral, conductor

    Xianji Liu, guitar

    21:39
  • 10:23 AM

    Por Una Cabeza/La Cumparsita

    Carlos Gardel/Gerardo H. Matos Rodriguez

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    3:47
  • 10:14 AM

    Symphony No. 2: Andante

    Louise Farrenc

    Farrenc: Symphony No. 2 - Overtures Nos. 1 & 2

    North German Radio Symphony

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    8:17
  • 10:06 AM

    Light Cavalry Overture

    Franz von Suppe

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:47
  • 10:01 AM

    Morning on the Water

    Jacques Ibert

    La Harpe Consolatrice

    Kyunghee Kim-Sutre, harp

    4:34
  • 9:52 AM

    Rondo Brillante

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Sonatas

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    6:17
  • 9:32 AM

    Symphony

    Michael Haydn

    Michael Hadyn: Symphonies

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Hans-Peter Frank, conductor

    19:05
  • 9:20 AM

    Concerto for Three Trumpets

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Baroque Music for Trumpet

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    9:57
  • 9:06 AM

    String Symphony No. 5

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Amadeus Ensemble

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    13:09
  • 9:01 AM

    Tango No. 2

    Astor Piazzolla

    Tali Morgulis, piano

    4:45
  • 8:35 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Samuel Barber

    Barber & Meyer Violin Concertos

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    23:03
  • 8:23 AM

    From Italy (Aus Italien): On the Beach at Sorrento

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Aus Italien, Don Juan

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    11:50
  • 8:01 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    20:08
  • 7:38 AM

    Serenade No. 1

    Robert Fuchs

    Fuchs: Serenades Nos. 1 and 2

    Cologne Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Ludwig, conductor

    19:39
  • 7:28 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 37

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Sonatas Hob XVI 37, 40, 52, Andante

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    10:33
  • 7:11 AM

    English Pastoral Impressions

    Ernest Farrar

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Alasdair Mitchell, conductor

    14:13
  • 7:01 AM

    Quiet City

    Aaron Copland

    Quiet City

    Britten Sinfonia

    Scott Stroman, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    9:51
  • 6:40 AM

    Romeo and Juliet: Ballet Music

    Charles Gounod

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    18:01
  • 6:26 AM

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    13:11
  • 6:01 AM

    Serenade No. 12

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Wind Serenades K. 375 & K. 388

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    23:31
  • 5:22 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    BRAHMS: Symphony No. 3 / Haydn Variations

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    36:30
  • 5:20 AM

    Etude No. 9 "Butterfly"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes Opus 10, Op. 25

    Murray Perahia, piano

    1:00
  • 5:02 AM

    String Quartet No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    Melos Quartet

    17:20