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  • 5:51 AM

    Distant Green Valley

    Zhao Jiping

    Silk Road Journeys: Beyond the Horizon

    Silk Road Ensemble

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    7:03
  • 5:06 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    43:02
  • 5:01 AM

    Le Temps des lilas (In the time of the lilacs)

    Ernest Chausson

    Apres un reve

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    4:46
  • 4:35 AM

    Nocturnes

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Trois Nocturnes, Jeux

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    23:42
  • 4:29 AM

    I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud

    Rebecca Dale

    Night Seasons

    Tenebrae

    Nigel Short, conductor

    4:38
  • 4:19 AM

    A Winter Idyll

    Gustav Holst

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    8:59
  • 4:06 AM

    Little Serenade

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    11:09
  • 4:01 AM

    Winter Serenade (Serenade d'Hiver)

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Asbury Brass Quintet

    4:33
  • 3:51 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 10

    Arcangelo Corelli

    Corelli: Violin Sonatas, Op. 5

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    9:45
  • 3:49 AM

    Winter Serenade (Serenade d'Hiver)

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Asbury Brass Quintet

    4:33
  • 3:48 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 10

    Arcangelo Corelli

    Corelli: Violin Sonatas, Op. 5

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    9:45
  • 3:31 AM

    Fountains of Rome

    Ottorino Respighi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    16:55
  • 3:23 AM

    Years of Pilgrimage: The Fountains at the Villa d'Este

    Franz Liszt

    Franz Liszt

    Jerome Lowenthal, piano

    6:52
  • 3:10 AM

    La Valse

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    11:32
  • 3:06 AM

    Xerxes: Largo

    George Frideric Handel

    Albinoni: Adagio; Pachelbel: Canon; Etc

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    3:01
  • 3:01 AM

    Norse Legend

    Frank Bridge

    Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:47
  • 2:45 AM

    Delights and Dances

    Michael Abels

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    13:03
  • 2:17 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 23

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Piano Concertos

    Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

    Leon Fleisher, conductor

    Leon Fleisher, piano

    26:36
  • 2:11 AM

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Greatest Hits: The Piano, Vol. 1

    Leon Fleisher, piano

    3:28
  • 2:06 AM

    Joyous March

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Karajan Conducts Orchestral Favorites II

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    4:04
  • 2:01 AM

    Clarinet Quartet No. 2: Pastorale

    Bernhard Crusell

    Crusell Clarinet Quartets

    Osmo Vanska, clarinet

    4:49
  • 1:50 AM

    Flowers of France

    Germaine Tailleferre

    The Flower of France

    Quynh Nguyen, piano

    8:16
  • 1:20 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Emil Mlynarski

    Polish Spirit

    Polish Chamber Orchestra

    Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor

    Nigel Kennedy, violin

    28:47
  • 1:15 AM

    Six Polish Songs: Meine Freuden (My Darling)

    Frederic Chopin

    Horizons

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    3:23
  • 1:06 AM

    Gold and Silver Waltz

    Franz Lehar

    Famous Waltzes: Gold und Silber

    Vienna Volksoper Orchestra

    Franz Bauer-Theussl, conductor

    7:51
  • 1:01 AM

    From Olden Times: Gigue

    Johan Halvorsen

    Halvorsen: Suite ancienne, Mascarade Suite

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Ari Rasilainen, conductor

    4:35
  • 12:55 AM

    Soirees Musicales: Mazurka

    Clara Schumann

    The Young Clara: Early Piano Works

    Angela Tirino, piano

    3:26
  • 12:51 AM

    Carousel Waltz

    Richard Rodgers

    American Light Music Classics

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    7:33
  • 12:47 AM

    Carousel Waltz

    Richard Rodgers

    American Light Music Classics

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    7:33
  • 12:31 AM

    Suite for Violin and String Orchestra

    Laura Netzel

    Laura Netzel: Chamber Portrait

    Musica Vitae

    Malin Broman, conductor

    Malin Broman, violin

    15:01
  • 12:14 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 6

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Concerti Grossi Op 6, 5-8

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    15:58
  • 12:01 AM

    Concert Overture No. 1

    Florence Price

    Price: Songs of the Oak - Concert Overtures Nos. 1-2

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    John Jeter, conductor

    11:39
  • 11:47 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart y Mambo: Cuban Dances

    Havana Lyceum Orchestra

    Jose Antonio Mendez Padron, conductor

    Sarah Willis, horn

    13:28
  • 11:29 PM

    Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2

    Maurice Ravel

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    16:47
  • 11:20 PM

    Grand Canyon Suite: On the Trail

    Ferde Grofe

    Out West!

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    7:24
  • 11:14 PM

    Perpetual Motion

    Niccolo Paganini

    Carnaval

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Donald Hunsberger, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, cornet

    4:33
  • 11:07 PM

    Piano Trio No. 1: Scherzo

    Johannes Brahms

    For the Love of Brahms

    Joshua Bell, violin

    6:33
  • 11:02 PM

    Creatures of Prometheus: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No 3

    Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    5:02
  • 10:52 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Titan": 2nd movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler: Symphony No. 1

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    7:27
  • 10:49 PM

    Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel?

    Spiritual

    A Company Of Voices: Conspirare In Concert

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    2:26
  • 10:37 PM

    Sentimental Story

    Charlotte Sohy

    Charlotte Sohy: Compositrice de la Belle Epoque

    National Orchestra of Avignon-Provence

    Debora Waldman, conductor

    11:25
  • 10:26 PM

    Guitar Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    8:49
  • 10:17 PM

    Symphony No. 90: Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn2032 Vol. 16 The Surprise

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Giovanni Antonini, conductor

    8:02
  • 10:07 PM

    English Dances: Second Set

    Malcolm Arnold

    Arnold: Dances

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    9:32
  • 10:03 PM

    English Suite No. 4: Minuets

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: English Suites

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    3:42
  • 9:54 PM

    Beautiful Mazurka

    Emil Waldteufel

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:04
  • 9:45 PM

    Kreisleriana No. 2

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Kreisleriana, Fantasie, Arabeske

    Jonathan Biss, piano

    8:34
  • 9:28 PM

    Concerto for String Orchestra

    Grazyna Bacewicz

    Cracow Philharmonic Orchestra

    Roland Bader, conductor

    15:10
  • 9:20 PM

    Serenade for Winds: Scherzo

    Julius Rontgen

    The Romantic Era in the Netherlands

    Viotta Ensemble

    6:40
  • 9:08 PM

    Harp Concerto

    George Frideric Handel

    A Baroque Feast

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Maxine Eilander, harp

    11:48
  • 9:00 PM

    i thank You God for most this amazing day

    Eric Whitacre

    From Light to Light

    National Lutheran Choir

    David Cherwien, conductor

    6:44
  • 6:53 PM

    Sabrina: Theme

    John Williams

    Across the Stars

    Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles

    John Williams, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    4:53
  • 6:30 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Gershwin, Saint Saens, Ravel

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    21:44
  • 6:24 PM

    Romeo and Juliet

    Justin Holland

    Jiji Plays Justin Holland: Music for Guitar

    Jiji, guitar

    4:14
  • 6:12 PM

    Oboe Concerto

    Alessandro Marcello

    Venetian Oboe Concertos

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Simon Wright, conductor

    John Anderson, oboe

    10:59
  • 6:06 PM

    Waltz No. 2 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Beethoven: Sonatas; Chopin: Waltzes, Etc

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    5:24
  • 6:01 PM

    Symphony No. 5: Scherzo

    Alexander Glazunov

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:47
  • 5:47 PM

    Jeromita Linares

    Carlos Guastavino

    "Impresiones"

    Camerata Bariloche

    Pablo Cohen, guitar

    11:43
  • 5:31 PM

    Ma vlast (My Country): Vysehrad

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: Ma Vlast

    Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

    Zdenek Macal, conductor

    14:08
  • 5:21 PM

    Il turco in Italia (The Turk in Italy): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: 7 Overtures

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    8:21
  • 5:06 PM

    Piano Concerto: 1st movement

    Robert Schumann

    The Best of Schumann

    Budapest Symphony Orchestra

    Andras Ligeti, conductor

    14:04
  • 5:01 PM

    Violin Sonata: 4th movement

    Johann Georg Pisendel

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, violin

    4:35
  • 4:46 PM

    In Bohemia

    Mily Balakirev

    Balakirev: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2, etc.

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vassily Sinaisky, conductor

    11:59
  • 4:22 PM

    Symphony No. 94 "Surprise"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    London Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Warren-Green, conductor

    22:59
  • 4:11 PM

    Sentimental Waltzes: selections

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Landler

    Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano

    9:05
  • 4:06 PM

    Semele: Where E'er You Walk

    George Frideric Handel

    The Handel Collection

    City of London Sinfonia

    John Rutter, conductor

    Nicholas Daniel, oboe

    4:04
  • 4:01 PM

    String Symphony No. 5: 1st movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn String Symphonies

    Amadeus Ensemble

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    4:48
  • 3:49 PM

    Moravian Dances

    Leos Janacek

    Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antoni Wit, conductor

    8:56
  • 3:26 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 3

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Concertos pour Violon

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    Andrew Wan, violin

    30:26
  • 3:19 PM

    3 German Dances

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sir Charles' Precious Music Box Ii

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    6:10
  • 3:12 PM

    In Winter's House

    Joanna Marsh

    Morning Star

    Gesualdo Six

    Owain Park, conductor

    5:45
  • 3:01 PM

    Four Seasons: Autumn

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Gil Shaham, violin

    10:17
  • 2:53 PM

    Toward a New Life

    Josef Suk

    Summon the Heroes

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    5:53
  • 2:45 PM

    Wand of Youth: Overture, Serenade, and Sun Dance

    Edward Elgar

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    6:42
  • 2:41 PM

    Sunday in the Park with George: Sunday

    Stephen Sondheim

    Sondheim: A Celebration At Carnegie Hall

    American Theater Orchestra and Chorus

    4:11
  • 2:41 PM

    The Ball of Beatrice d'Este: Lesquercade

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Salute to France: Harmonie Ensemble plays Hohn, Milhaud, Ibert & Poulenc

    Harmonie Ensemble

    Steven Richman, conductor

    3:19
  • 2:31 PM

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    3:47
  • 2:24 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2 "Characteristic": Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    6:10
  • 2:17 PM

    String Quintet No. 1: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Concert Recording

    Accordo

    5:19
  • 2:08 PM

    Abduction from the Seraglio: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    5:45
  • 2:04 PM

    Hary Janos Suite: Entrance of the Emperor and His Court

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    3:04
  • 1:42 PM

    Dolly Suite

    Gabriel Faure

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    16:39
  • 1:37 PM

    Souvenir of a Beloved Place: Melody

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto

    Julia Fischer, violin

    3:12
  • 1:29 PM

    Septet: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Joseph Silverstein, violin

    Geraldine Walther, viola

    Ronald Thomas, cello

    Charles Chandler, double bass

    William Vermeulen, horn

    Dennis Godburn, bassoon

    7:07
  • 1:24 PM

    Three Latin-American Sketches: Dance from Jalisco

    Aaron Copland

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    3:25
  • 1:19 PM

    Bassoon Concerto: Rondo

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Bassoon Concertos

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Janne Nisonen, conductor

    Jaakko Luoma, bassoon

    4:45
  • 1:11 PM

    Symphonic Dance No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Norwegian Dances

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    7:16
  • 1:04 PM

    Ruslan and Ludmila: Overture

    Mikhail Glinka

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra: Portrait

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    5:32
  • 12:48 PM

    Orpheus in the Underworld: Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    William Tell and Other Favorite Overtures

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    9:59
  • 12:41 PM

    Aires Tropicales: Son

    Paquito D'Rivera

    Imani Winds: The Classical Underground

    Imani Winds

    5:06
  • 12:32 PM

    12 Contredanses

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 3

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    8:48
  • 12:19 PM

    A Spring Garland

    Armstrong Gibbs

    Guildhall Strings

    Robert Salter, conductor

    11:13
  • 12:15 PM

    Braveheart: A Gift of a Thistle

    James Horner

    Julian Lloyd Webber: Unexpected Songs

    Julian Lloyd Webber, cello

    3:10
  • 12:10 PM

    Pelleas and Melisande Suite: Spinning Song

    William Wallace

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    3:54
  • 12:04 PM

    Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune (Moonlight)

    Claude Debussy

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    5:10
  • 11:48 AM

    Carnaval

    Robert Schumann

    pictures at an exhibition

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    10:01
  • 11:27 AM

    London Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Warren-Green, conductor

    19:50
  • 11:23 AM

    Seven Descriptive Pieces: In Romance Land

    Florence Price

    Rochelle Sennet, piano

    3:21
  • 11:10 AM

    Le Roi d'Ys Overture

    Edouard Lalo

    Bizet/Roma/Lalo/Le Roi d'Ys

    Bordeaux Aquitaine Orchestra

    Roberto Benzi, conductor

    12:02
  • 11:06 AM

    Xavier de Maistre, harp

    Lucero Tena, castanets

    3:05
  • 11:01 AM

    The Jester at the Wedding: Caprice

    Eric Coates

    Eric Coates: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Wilson, conductor

    4:41
  • 10:40 AM

    Siegfried Idyll

    Richard Wagner

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    18:57
  • 10:26 AM

    Variations on a Swedish Air

    Bernhard Crusell

    Weber Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 73 and works by Crusell, Tartini and Debussy

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    Emma Johnson, clarinet

    11:15
  • 10:21 AM

    My Lord What a Moanin'

    Adolphus Hailstork

    McCullough Chorale

    Donald McCullough, conductor

    3:34
  • 10:06 AM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 7

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Saulius Sondeckis, conductor

    Julia Zilberquit, piano

    14:24
  • 10:01 AM

    String Quartet: 2nd movement

    Amanda Rontgen-Maier

    Zilliacus Quartet

    4:32
  • 9:28 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2 "La Campanella"

    Niccolo Paganini

    London Mozart Players

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Nicola Hall, guitar

    30:00
  • 9:13 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Hans Gal

    Symphony Nova Scotia

    Georg Tintner, conductor

    15:11
  • 9:01 AM

    Grania and Diarmid Incidental Music

    Edward Elgar

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    9:46
  • 8:16 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    42:15
  • 8:05 AM

    Concert Piece for Clarinet and Basset Horn

    Felix Mendelssohn

    The Clarinet in Concert

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Alun Francis, conductor

    Thea King, clarinet

    9:06
  • 8:01 AM

    Little Love

    Gabriel Kahane

    Love at Last

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:16
  • 7:34 AM

    Horn Concerto

    Reinhold Gliere

    Russian Horn Concertos

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Werner Andreas Albert, conductor

    Marie Luise Neunecker, horn

    24:35
  • 7:27 AM

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    5:35
  • 7:01 AM

    Symphony No. 96 "Miracle"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    24:22
  • 6:38 AM

    Symphony on a Hymn Tune

    Virgil Thomson

    Hanson Conducts McPhee Sessions Thomson

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    20:25
  • 6:21 AM

    Suite Andaluza

    Celedonio Romero

    A Touch of Romance

    Angel Romero, guitar

    16:21
  • 6:01 AM

    The Birds

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances I & Iii, Etc

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    18:21