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  • 5:52 AM

    Robert Langevin, flute

    Margaret Kampmeier, piano

    6:29
  • 5:06 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    43:52
  • 5:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 4

    Frederic Chopin

    Leif Ove Andsnes: Chopin

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    4:41
  • 4:47 AM

    Rakastava (The Lover)

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Karelia Suite; Rakastava; Lemminkainen

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Susanna Malkki, conductor

    11:18
  • 4:20 AM

    Heinz Holliger, oboe

    Ensemble

    25:35
  • 4:09 AM

    Four Last Songs: Im Abendrot (At Sunset)

    Richard Strauss

    Lise Davidesen | Wagner and Strauss

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Lise Davidsen, soprano

    8:54
  • 4:06 AM

    Beau Soir (Beautiful Evening)

    Claude Debussy

    (b)romancE

    Nicholas Canellakis, cello

    2:38
  • 4:01 AM

    Two Pastorales

    Lou Harrison

    Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    4:36
  • 1:46 AM

    The Seasons: Autumn

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: The Seasons, Scenes de Ballet

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    11:45
  • 1:42 AM

    The Chrysanthemum

    Scott Joplin

    JOPLIN: Piano Rags, Vol. 2

    Benjamin Loeb, piano

    4:40
  • 1:13 AM

    Amazing Grace

    Traditional

    Together

    Randall Goosby, violin

    3:41
  • 1:00 AM

    Musica Celestis

    Aaron Jay Kernis

    Kernis: Colored Field, Musica Celestis, Air

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    12:22
  • 12:53 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    William Boyce

    Boyce: Symphonies, Op. 2

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    5:30
  • 12:50 AM

    A New Satiesfaction

    Stephan Koncz

    Made in Berlin

    4:31
  • 12:44 AM

    Fantasy for Flute and Orchestra

    Gabriel Faure

    Concierto Pastoral

    CBC Vancouver Orchestra

    Mario Bernardi, conductor

    Timothy Hutchins, flute

    5:02
  • 12:22 AM

    An American in Paris

    George Gershwin

    Bernstein, Barber, Gershwin

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    21:44
  • 12:17 AM

    Sonatina: Scherzo

    Antonin Dvorak

    Roots

    Randall Goosby, violin

    3:01
  • 12:07 AM

    Koyaanisqatsi (Life Out of Balance): Pruit Igoe

    Philip Glass

    Glass: Koyaanisqatsi

    Philip Glass Ensemble

    Michael Riesman, conductor

    7:52
  • 11:46 PM

    Concerto for Piano and Winds

    Igor Stravinsky

    Winds of Nagual

    Northwestern University Symphonic Wind Ensemble

    Mallory Thompson, conductor

    19:16
  • 11:41 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 4: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Horn Concertos and Concert Rondo

    London Sinfonietta

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Richard Watkins, horn

    3:26
  • 11:39 PM

    Ill Wind

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    At the Drop of Another Hat

    Flanders and Swann

    2:54
  • 11:28 PM

    The Planets: Jupiter

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    7:56
  • 11:11 PM

    German Requiem: Denn alles Fleisch es ist wie Gras (For all flesh is as grass)

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    14:34
  • 10:55 PM

    Katherine on my Chest/with you at your Grave

    Stanley Woolner

    Katherine on my Chest/with you at your Grave

    Ivan Konev, piano

    13:16
  • 10:35 PM

    Missa Solemnis: Sanctus

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Missa Solemnis, Mozart: Mass in C Minor

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    Sylvia McNair, soprano

    17:42
  • 10:05 PM

    Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished"

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished" ; Grand Duo

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    26:27
  • 9:36 PM

    Nash Ensemble

    24:30
  • 9:26 PM

    La Fille du Regiment (The Daughter of the Regiment): Ah! mes amis...Pour mon ame

    Gaetano Donizetti

    Juan Diego Flores: Una Furtiva Lagrima

    Milan Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Frizza, conductor

    Juan Diego Florez, tenor

    6:59
  • 9:08 PM

    Eine kleine Nachtmusik

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Schubert: Trout Quintet, Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik, Hugo Wolf: Italian Serenade

    Takacs Quartet

    16:37
  • 9:02 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Pops Caviar

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    4:26
  • 6:49 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Pinchas Zukerman: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon and Philips

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    9:05
  • 6:22 PM

    Concerto Andaluz

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Internationale Philharmonie

    Horst-Hans Backer, conductor

    24:59
  • 6:13 PM

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    8:30
  • 6:10 PM

    Ticklin' Toes

    Florence Price

    Kete: Piano Music of the African Diaspora

    William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    1:03
  • 6:06 PM

    Carmen: Chorus of the Cigarette Girls

    Georges Bizet

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    4:00
  • 6:01 PM

    Youthful Suite: English Waltz

    Percy Grainger

    Martin Jones, piano

    4:45
  • 5:57 PM

    Drive the Cold Winter Away

    John Playford

    Galante Kurzweyl: Dances from Renaissance, Baroqu and Rococo

    Ensemble Buon Tempo

    1:36
  • 5:51 PM

    Jeux d'eau (Fountains)

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Works For Solo Piano

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    5:38
  • 5:13 PM

    Cello Concerto

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Cello Concerto / Strauss, R.: Don Quixote

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    37:06
  • 5:06 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    5:22
  • 5:01 PM

    Silvain Overture

    Andre Gretry

    Gretry: Suites and Overtures

    Orchestre De Bretagne

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    4:45
  • 4:58 PM

    Prelude No. 11

    Frederic Chopin

    The Complete Chopin Preludes

    Yundi Li, piano

    :35
  • 4:44 PM

    Concert Rondo "Krakowiak"

    Frederic Chopin

    Northwest Sinfonietta

    Christophe Chagnard, conductor

    Joel Fan, piano

    13:54
  • 4:36 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Military": Scherzo

    Emilie Mayer

    Bremerhaven Symphony Orchestra

    Marc Niemann, conductor

    5:50
  • 4:29 PM

    Suite No. 1: Fuga con Pajarillo

    Aldemaro Romero

    Fiesta

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    7:08
  • 4:20 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Introduction and March

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    7:54
  • 4:06 PM

    Concerto for Oboe and Violin

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Hilary Hahn: Bach Violin Concertos

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Kahane, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    13:04
  • 4:01 PM

    The Running Stream

    Zhu Jian-er

    Yit Kin Seow, piano

    4:21
  • 3:51 PM

    Seattle Slew: Preakness Promenade

    William Bolcom

    Louisville Orchestra

    Lawrence Leighton Smith, conductor

    7:38
  • 3:49 PM

    Corsair: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Munch, conductor

    8:03
  • 3:08 PM

    Chamber Concerto

    Ernest Chausson

    Concert Recording

    Anne-Marie McDermott, piano

    39:40
  • 3:00 PM

    Giselle: Entrance of Giselle

    Adolphe Adam

    Adam: Giselle

    Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    7:13
  • 2:51 PM

    Il Sogno: Lovers, Arise

    Elvis Costello

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    1:22
  • 2:36 PM

    Tannhauser: Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Overtures And Orchestral Music

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    13:45
  • 2:27 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Violin Concerto, Hungarian Dances; Bartok

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Leonidas Kavakos, violin

    8:04
  • 2:22 PM

    Can't You Line 'Em

    William Grant Still

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Avlana Eisenberg, conductor

    4:00
  • 2:17 PM

    Symphony No. 17: 1st movement

    William Herschel

    Herschel: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    3:48
  • 2:07 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 1 "La Tempesta di Mare" ("Storm at Sea")

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Stephen Preston, flute

    6:45
  • 2:04 PM

    The Ruins of Athens: Turkish March

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    1:35
  • 1:52 PM

    Norwegian Dance No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:01
  • 1:46 PM

    Spanish Dance No. 5 "Andaluza"

    Enrique Granados

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    5:36
  • 1:37 PM

    Le Roi malgre lui (The King in Spite of Himself): Fete polonaise

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    7:23
  • 1:32 PM

    Minuet No. 2

    Giacomo Puccini

    Orchestra of the Auvergne

    Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    3:15
  • 1:20 PM

    A Children's Overture

    Roger Quilter

    Hely-Hutchinson - Carol Symphony

    Light Music Society Orchestra

    Vivian Dunn, conductor

    11:16
  • 1:16 PM

    Piano Quintet: 2nd movement

    Florence Price

    UNCOVERED Vol. 2

    Catalyst Quartet

    Michelle Cann, piano

    3:01
  • 1:06 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 11: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Mozart, Haydn: Jeunehomme

    The King's Violins

    Bernard Labadie, conductor

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    8:16
  • 1:04 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:56
  • 12:56 PM

    I'll Be Around

    Alec Wilder

    A Billie Holiday Songbook

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:19
  • 12:44 PM

    Symphony No. 4 "Italian": 1st movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Symphonies

    Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    10:02
  • 12:29 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 11 "Turkish"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: 2 Sonatas

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    23:58
  • 12:23 PM

    American Symphonette No. 2: Pavanne

    Morton Gould

    American Light Music Classics

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    3:52
  • 12:16 PM

    The Merry Widow: Ballsirenen Waltz

    Franz Lehar

    Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    6:51
  • 12:09 PM

    Canon

    Johann Pachelbel

    Pure Classics

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:55
  • 12:04 PM

    Vocalise

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Serenade

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    4:14
  • 11:46 AM

    Aida: Triumphal March

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi: Choruses

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    11:49
  • 11:28 AM

    Variations on a Theme by Haydn "St. Antoni Chorale"

    Johannes Brahms

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    17:06
  • 11:21 AM

    Reflection of the Moon in the Er-Quan Spring

    Yan-Jun Hua

    Shanghai Quartet

    7:05
  • 11:11 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Collegium Musicum Zurich

    Paul Sacher, conductor

    Mstislav Rostropovich, cello

    8:11
  • 11:06 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    4:01
  • 11:01 AM

    Reverie

    Claude Debussy

    Together Again

    Julian Bream, guitar

    4:42
  • 10:42 AM

    The Ball of Beatrice d'Este

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Musique Francaise: La Marseillaise, Etc.

    Paris Orchestra

    Jean-Pierre Jacquillat, conductor

    16:01
  • 10:30 AM

    Divertimento No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphony No. 29, Violin Concerto No. 5, Nachtmusik

    London Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Warren-Green, conductor

    10:55
  • 10:20 AM

    Le Corsaire: Pas de Deux

    Riccardo Drigo

    Ballet Gala: Pas De Deux

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    7:57
  • 10:06 AM

    The Fairy Queen: Suite

    Henry Purcell

    A Baroque Celebration

    New York Chamber Musicians

    Ilonna Pederson, conductor

    13:31
  • 10:01 AM

    Festival Scherzo for Piano and Strings

    Madeleine Dring

    Peacock Pie: Gibbs, Jacob, Rootham, Milford, Dring

    Guildhall Strings

    Robert Salter, conductor

    Martin Roscoe, piano

    4:32
  • 9:22 AM

    Symphony No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Echoes of Eastern Europe

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    36:31
  • 9:11 AM

    Green Bushes

    Percy Grainger

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Kenneth Montgomery, conductor

    Philip Martin, piano

    8:45
  • 9:01 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Thomas Arne

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    9:30
  • 8:37 AM

    Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished"

    Franz Schubert

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    21:50
  • 8:23 AM

    Panamanian Dances

    William Grant Still

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    12:35
  • 8:06 AM

    Noble and Sentimental Waltzes

    Maurice Ravel

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    15:20
  • 8:02 AM

    The Seasons: May (Starlight Nights)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Seasons

    Lydia Artymiw, piano

    4:30
  • 7:36 AM

    Harp Concerto No. 1

    Ernst Eichner

    Eichner: Harp Concertos

    Kurpfalz Chamber Orchestra

    Stefan Fraas, conductor

    Silke Aichhorn, harp

    22:41
  • 7:18 AM

    Prometheus Bound: Overture

    Karl Goldmark

    Gurzenich Orchestra

    James Conlon, conductor

    17:26
  • 7:01 AM

    Sextet for Two Horns and Strings

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Dallas Chamber Orchestra

    Ronald Neal, conductor

    Gregory Hustis, horn

    William Scharnberg, horn

    14:36
  • 6:38 AM

    With the Wild Geese

    Hamilton Harty

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    20:06
  • 6:18 AM

    Cello Suite No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Six Evolutions

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    20:19
  • 6:01 AM

    Harvest Dance Suite

    Ilmari Hannikainen

    The Music of Ilmari and Vaino Hannikainen

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    14:35