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  • 5:54 AM

    Du bist die Ruh (You are repose)

    Franz Schubert

    Signum Quartet

    3:37
  • 5:06 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Piano Concertos 1 & 2, Waltzes, Handel Variations

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    Leon Fleisher, piano

    46:46
  • 5:01 AM

    Pianto dell'Amante

    Johann Kaspar Mertz

    Raphaella Smits, guitar

    4:52
  • 4:54 AM

    The Sheltering Sky

    Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Radom Chamber Orchestra

    David Runtz, conductor

    Maksym Rzeminski, piano

    4:27
  • 4:21 AM

    Angels' Songs

    William Alwyn

    William Alwyn: Lyra Angelica, Autumn Legend

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    William Alwyn, conductor

    Osian Ellis, harp

    31:15
  • 4:16 AM

    Water Dance: Very Lightly, Like a Harp

    Karen Tanaka

    Kaleidoscoep: Contemporary Piano Music by Female Composers From Around the World

    Isabel Dobarro, piano

    3:56
  • 4:06 AM

    Lyric Fantasy

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    8:38
  • 4:01 AM

    Magic Forest Dances: Zephyr

    Stefania de Kenessey

    William Meredith, oboe

    Stefania de Kenessey, piano

    4:45
  • 3:47 AM

    Ballade

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Kalena Bovell, conductor

    11:35
  • 3:26 AM

    Sinfonietta No. 2 "Generations"

    Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    19:29
  • 3:18 AM

    A Sable Jubilee: Inspiration

    Jasmine Barnes

    Show Me The Way

    Will Liverman, baritone

    6:45
  • 3:14 AM

    Prelude

    Julia Perry

    Kaleidoscope: Music by African-American Women

    Helen Walker-Hill, piano

    2:02
  • 3:06 AM

    Umoja (Unity)

    Valerie Coleman

    Imani Winds

    Imani Winds

    2:49
  • 3:01 AM

    Lyric Quartet: The Quiet One

    William Grant Still

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    4:35
  • 2:54 AM

    I Will Lift Mine Eyes

    Jake Runestad

    Seraphic Fire

    Seraphic Fire

    Patrick Dupre Quigley, conductor

    4:03
  • 2:22 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Lukas Foss

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

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    30:37
  • 2:12 AM

    Ballad

    Amy Beach

    Anna Shelest, piano

    8:27
  • 2:06 AM

    Rolling River (Sketches on Shenandoah)

    Peter Boyer

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Boyer, conductor

    5:10
  • 2:01 AM

    American Suite: 2nd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    4:38
  • 1:50 AM

    Rustic Suite (Suite Champetre)

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius Works for Small Orchestra

    Finland Sinfonietta

    Pekka Helasvuo, conductor

    7:09
  • 1:14 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Cantata on the Death of Emperor Joseph II; Symphony No. 2

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    34:18
  • 1:08 AM

    Bailarin

    Tania Leon

    New Music with Guitar, Vol. 7: Family Album

    David Starobin, guitar

    4:00
  • 1:06 AM

    Hungarian Dance No. 5

    Johannes Brahms

    Dance

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, violin

    2:08
  • 1:01 AM

    Detmold Horn Quartet

    4:45
  • 12:51 AM

    Fiesta criolla

    Manuel Gomez Carrillo

    Fiesta Criolla: Latin-American Orchestral Works

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    Gabriel Castagna, conductor

    7:10
  • 12:34 AM

    Matinees Musicales

    Benjamin Britten

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    15:45
  • 12:18 AM

    Oboe d'Amore Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerti Virtuosi

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    John Abberger, oboe d'amore

    15:14
  • 12:13 AM

    Wild Swans: Eliza's Aria

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Lang Lang, piano

    3:07
  • 12:06 AM

    Das Rheingold: Entry of the Gods into Valhalla

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Highlights from "The Ring"

    New York Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    6:35
  • 12:01 AM

    Lansdowne Symphony Orchestra

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    4:23
  • 11:42 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Florence Price

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Randall Goosby, violin

    15:54
  • 11:28 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Seong-Jin Cho, piano

    13:35
  • 11:20 PM

    Orb and Sceptre

    William Walton

    Classical Favorites

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    7:25
  • 11:11 PM

    Gabriele Leite, guitar

    7:41
  • 11:07 PM

    Minuet

    Luigi Boccherini

    The Stowkowski Sound

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:11
  • 11:01 PM

    Waltz No. 4

    Cecile Chaminade

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    4:47
  • 10:53 PM

    Serenade for Winds: Minuet

    Antonin Dvorak

    Vienna Philharmonic Winds

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    5:23
  • 10:50 PM

    Alleluia

    Ivo Antognini

    Ivo Antognini: Come to me in the silence of the night

    Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    2:48
  • 10:36 PM

    Bass Tuba Concerto

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Singapore Symphony Orchestra

    Anne Manson, conductor

    Oystein Baadsvik, tuba

    11:51
  • 10:26 PM

    Four Seasons: Spring

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Il Cimento Dell'Armonia e Dell'Inventione

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Nicholas Kraemer, conductor

    Monica Huggett, violin

    9:25
  • 10:10 PM

    Symphonie Fantastique: Reveries

    Hector Berlioz

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    14:43
  • 10:07 PM

    Fur Elise

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Greatest Hits: The Piano, Vol. 1

    Andre Watts, piano

    2:57
  • 10:03 PM

    Dance Intermezzo

    Jean Sibelius

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    2:44
  • 9:47 PM

    Estonian Dance Suite

    Eduard Tubin

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Hans-Peter Frank, conductor

    11:14
  • 9:24 PM

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    22:53
  • 9:18 PM

    Reflection Rag

    Scott Joplin

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:36
  • 9:11 PM

    Grand Duchess of Gerolstein: Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:02
  • 9:06 PM

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    4:15
  • 9:01 PM

    Spanish Suite: Granada

    Isaac Albeniz

    Victoria Drake, harp

    4:30
  • 8:49 PM

    Dance of the Hours

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Overtures, Preludes, and Intermezzi

    Philharmonic of La Scala

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    9:42
  • 6:58 PM

    Prelude No. 5

    Frederic Chopin

    The Complete Chopin Preludes

    Yundi Li, piano

    :32
  • 6:47 PM

    On the Town: Three Dance Episodes

    Leonard Bernstein

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    10:15
  • 6:23 PM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    22:27
  • 6:17 PM

    Overture to an unfinished comedy opera

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    5:34
  • 6:13 PM

    Musical Jewellery Box

    Stephen Hough

    Stephen Hough, piano

    2:57
  • 6:06 PM

    Espana

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Ports of Call

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    6:31
  • 6:01 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Johan Svendsen

    Svendsen: Symphonies 1 & 2

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    4:46
  • 5:57 PM

    Mazurka No. 44

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: The Mazurkas

    Mirian Conti, piano

    1:34
  • 5:40 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    La Stravaganza

    Siegbert Rampe, conductor

    17:18
  • 5:17 PM

    The Tender Land Suite

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Appalachian Spring, The Tender Land, Billy the Kid

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Aaron Copland, conductor

    20:43
  • 5:06 PM

    Symphony No. 8: 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    DVO?AK, A.: Symphonies Nos. 4 and 8

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Stephen Gunzenhauser, conductor

    9:55
  • 5:01 PM

    Flute Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johan Agrell

    Concerto Copenhagen

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    Maria Bania, flute

    4:38
  • 4:51 PM

    Images for Orchestra: Iberia: On Highways and Byways

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Orchestral Works

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    7:08
  • 4:26 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Samuel Barber

    The American Masters: Barber, Corigliano, Bates

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    23:10
  • 4:18 PM

    Andante and Rondo Capriccioso

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Lydia Artymiw, piano

    6:19
  • 4:06 PM

    Semiramide: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Complete Overtures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    11:37
  • 4:01 PM

    Symphonic Suite for Strings: Prelude

    Marion Bauer

    Ambache Chamber Orchestra and Ensemble

    4:38
  • 3:54 PM

    Eugene Onegin: Polonaise

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    4:29
  • 3:36 PM

    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    Simon Trpceski, piano

    22:54
  • 3:21 PM

    The Accursed Huntsman

    Cesar Franck

    Mephisto and Co.

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    14:25
  • 3:10 PM

    Prelude and Fugue "St Anne"

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    14:44
  • 3:04 PM

    String Quartet No. 1 "From the Salvation Army": 1st movement

    Charles Ives

    Emerson String Quartet

    4:48
  • 3:00 PM

    Someone to Watch Over Me

    George Gershwin

    Philip Smith

    Philip Smith, trumpet

    3:42
  • 2:45 PM

    Symphony

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: Complete Symphonies Vol. 5

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    12:59
  • 2:39 PM

    Andante

    Gabriel Faure

    The Faure Album

    Gil Shaham, violin

    4:52
  • 2:29 PM

    London Mozart Players

    Jane Glover, conductor

    8:25
  • 2:18 PM

    Vienna 3/4 Time - Waltz Cycle

    Johann Wagenaar

    Wagenaar: Saul En David, Amphitrion, Etc / Riccardo Chailly

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    9:37
  • 2:10 PM

    Double Quartet No. 1: Scherzo

    Louis Spohr

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble

    4:26
  • 2:04 PM

    The Harmonious Blacksmith

    George Frideric Handel

    London Brass

    4:30
  • 1:57 PM

    Music for Movies: Sunday Traffic

    Aaron Copland

    London Sinfonietta

    Elgar Howarth, conductor

    2:28
  • 1:49 PM

    Appalachian Spring: Variations on a Shaker Melody

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Appalachian Spring, Rodeo, Billy The Kid, Fanfare For The Common Man

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    6:47
  • 1:46 PM

    Simple Gifts

    Aaron Copland

    Classic Yo-Yo

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    2:30
  • 1:31 PM

    Suite for Strings

    Joan Trimble

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    13:22
  • 1:27 PM

    Air and Gavotte

    Arthur Foote

    American Romantics

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    8:31
  • 1:21 PM

    Villageoises

    Francis Poulenc

    Mirian Conti, piano

    4:11
  • 1:14 PM

    The Skaters Waltz

    Emil Waldteufel

    The Greatest Christmas Show on Earth

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Douglas Gamley, conductor

    6:06
  • 1:10 PM

    Pastorale

    Igor Stravinsky

    J. Strauss: Waltz Transcriptions/Stravinsky: Chamber Music

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    2:52
  • 1:04 PM

    Ave Maria

    Franz Schubert

    The Ultimate Classical Christmas

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    4:39
  • 12:57 PM

    Mandoline

    Gabriel Faure

    Maria Jette, s

    Judith Kogan, hp

    1:53
  • 12:52 PM

    Legend No. 8

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends

    Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    3:48
  • 12:47 PM

    Legend No. 2

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends

    Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    4:26
  • 12:30 PM

    Simple Symphony

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten: Simple Symphony

    Northern Sinfonia

    Steuart Bedford, conductor

    15:53
  • 12:20 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 3: Rondo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Complete Piano Concertos

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Andrew Constantine, conductor

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    9:03
  • 12:15 PM

    Gymnopedie No. 1

    Erik Satie

    Reveries

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    3:37
  • 12:10 PM

    Fugue "Little"

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:34
  • 12:04 PM

    Gaudeamus omnes

    William Byrd

    William Byrd: The Golden Renaissance

    Stile Antico

    5:43
  • 11:44 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Horn Concertos

    Israel Sinfonietta

    Uri Mayer, conductor

    David Jolley, horn

    14:41
  • 11:28 AM

    Capriccio Italien

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    14:39
  • 11:16 AM

    Quartet No. 1

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Six Wind Quartets

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    11:03
  • 11:11 AM

    Peace of Mind

    Hazel Scott

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:46
  • 11:07 AM

    Rodeo: Corral Nocturne

    Aaron Copland

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    3:53
  • 11:01 AM

    The Running Set

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Elgar and Vaughan Williams

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    George Hurst, conductor

    4:43
  • 10:50 AM

    From Italy (Aus Italien): Life in Naples

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Don Juan; Aus Italien

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    8:13
  • 10:31 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    English Concert

    Simon Standage, violin

    17:17
  • 10:18 AM

    Introduction and Variations

    Elias Parish-Alvars

    Catrin Finch, harp

    11:06
  • 10:06 AM

    Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

    Alexander Borodin

    Offenbach: Gaite Parisienne

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    11:28
  • 10:01 AM

    Yaara Tal, piano

    Andreas Groethuysen, piano

    4:23
  • 9:44 AM

    Fantastic Scherzo

    Josef Suk

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    13:45
  • 9:24 AM

    Trombone Concerto

    Derek Bourgeois

    Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra

    Chikara Imamura, conductor

    Christian Lindberg, trombone

    19:47
  • 9:05 AM

    French Suite No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Andrei Gavrilov, piano

    17:25
  • 9:01 AM

    Three French Chansons

    Scott Tennant

    New Renaissance

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:33
  • 8:26 AM

    Symphony No. 5

    Jean Sibelius

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    32:20
  • 8:20 AM

    Waltz No. 3

    Frederic Chopin

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    5:22
  • 8:01 AM

    Hamlet: Ballet Music

    Ambroise Thomas

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    17:16
  • 7:41 AM

    Carmen Suite No. 2

    Georges Bizet

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:39
  • 7:20 AM

    An English Suite

    Hubert Parry

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    19:06
  • 7:01 AM

    Amsterdam Sinfonietta

    Jaap ter Linden, conductor

    Pauline Oostenrijk, oboe

    17:51
  • 6:47 AM

    Hymn for Everyone

    Jessie Montgomery

    Contemporary American Composers

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    11:19
  • 6:42 AM

    Nocturne No. 7

    John Field

    Elizabeth Joy Roe, piano

    4:24
  • 6:01 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Bela Bartok

    Concert Recording

    German Symphony Orchestra

    Maxim Emelyanychev, conductor

    Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin

    38:45