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  • 5:06 PM

    Piano Concerto: 3rd movement

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg, Schumann: Piano Concertos

    Budapest Symphony Orchestra

    Andras Ligeti, conductor

    Jeno Jando, piano

    9:19
  • 5:00 PM

    String Quartet No. 1: Menuetto

    Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf

    Dittersdorf: String Quartets

    Franz Schubert Quartet

    4:48
  • 4:42 PM

    Concerto for 2 Orchestras No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Music For The Royal Fireworks

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    16:45
  • 4:35 PM

    leaves and trees

    Rachel Portman

    ask the river

    Caroline Dale, cello

    5:58
  • 4:23 PM

    Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Greensleeves/Tallis Fantasia

    New Queen's Hall Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    10:44
  • 4:19 PM

    Hidden Realm of Light

    Andrew York

    Opalescent

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    2:30
  • 4:07 PM

    Helios Overture

    Carl Nielsen

    Carl Nielsen: Orchestral Works

    Danish National Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    11:55
  • 4:01 PM

    Keyboard Sonata No. 7

    Antonio Soler

    Soler: Keyboard Sonatas Nos. 1-15

    Martina Filjak, piano

    4:46
  • 3:48 PM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

    Franz Liszt

    Mephisto Magic

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    10:03
  • 3:47 PM

    Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

    Aram Khachaturian

    Khachaturian: Spartacus

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Stanley Black, conductor

    9:54
  • 3:35 PM

    Ode for St. Cecilia's Day: Selections

    George Frederick Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    10:30
  • 3:32 PM

    Hymn to St. Cecilia

    Benjamin Britten

    After Silence

    Voces8

    11:02
  • 3:10 PM

    Symphony No. 94 "Surprise"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Concert Recording

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    21:30
  • 3:01 PM

    Sinfonia

    Johan Roman

    J.H. Roman: Sinfonias & Violin Concertos

    Orpheus Chamber Ensemble

    8:06
  • 2:40 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    7:48
  • 2:33 PM

    String Quintet: 4th movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart 250 - A Celebration

    Budapest String Quartet

    Walter Trampler, viola

    5:15
  • 2:21 PM

    Symphony No. 3

    Thomas Arne

    Arne: Four Symphonies / Adrian Shepherd, Cantilena

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    11:16
  • 2:16 PM

    Requiem: Pie Jesu

    Gabriel Faure

    In Paradisum

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano

    3:44
  • 2:06 PM

    Horn Trio: Finale

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms, Koechlin, Banks: Horn Trios

    Barry Tuckwell, horn

    6:13
  • 2:04 PM

    Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, 1683: Selections

    Henry Purcell

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    3:00
  • 1:49 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Winter Dreams": 3rd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    The Tchaikovsky Project

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    8:35
  • 1:44 PM

    Arabesque No. 2

    Claude Debussy

    Maria Graf � Recital: Debussy, Faure, Caplet, Tailleferre, Tournier, Roussel, Ravel

    Maria Graf, harp

    3:30
  • 1:39 PM

    Symphony No. 1: Scherzo

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    4:34
  • 1:34 PM

    Cantata No. 29: Sinfonia

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Sinfonia

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    3:34
  • 1:28 PM

    Piano Trio: 2nd movement

    Clara Schumann

    Dardington Piano Trio

    5:06
  • 1:21 PM

    La Scala di Seta (Silken Ladder): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    5:51
  • 1:17 PM

    Adagio

    Alessandro Marcello

    Baroque

    Arcangelo

    Jonathan Cohen, conductor

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    3:41
  • 1:08 PM

    Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna

    Franz von Suppe

    Overtures by Suppe and Auber

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    7:29
  • 1:04 PM

    Alexander's Feast: At last, divine Cecila came

    George Frederick Handel

    English Baroque Soloists

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    3:00
  • 12:49 PM

    Ode for St. Cecilia's Day: Overture

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell: Hail, Bright Cecilia!

    Gabrieli Players

    Paul McCreesh, conductor

    8:39
  • 12:43 PM

    In Praise of Music: For the Saint, Cecilia

    Dominick Argento

    Casa Gudi - Frederica Von Stade Sings Dominick Argento

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    4:34
  • 12:31 PM

    Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes

    Grace Williams

    Grace Williams: Sea Sketches

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    10:54
  • 12:30 PM

    Album for the Young: The Happy Farmer

    Robert Schumann

    The Playtime Album

    Alexis Weissenberg, piano

    :42
  • 12:20 PM

    Symphony No. 104 "London": 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 22, 104, Piano Concerto in D

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    8:40
  • 12:16 PM

    Song without Words No. 1 "Sweet Remembrance"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Bits and Pieces

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    2:44
  • 12:06 PM

    Oboe Concerto No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    The Handel Collection

    City of London Sinfonia

    John Rutter, conductor

    Nicholas Daniel, oboe

    8:14
  • 12:04 PM

    Dance Suite after Couperin: March

    Richard Strauss

    Kempe Conducts Richard Strauss - 3

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Rudolf Kempe, conductor

    1:07
  • 11:49 AM

    The Wasps: Overture

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto / The Wasps / English Folk Song Suite / The Running Set

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    9:51
  • 11:35 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 9

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas

    Mari Kodama, piano

    13:35
  • 11:23 AM

    Preludio Sinfonico

    Giacomo Puccini

    Puccini: Messa di Gloria

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    10:05
  • 11:20 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 3: Allegro assai

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Sonatas and Partitas - Complete

    Paul Galbraith, guitar

    2:28
  • 11:06 AM

    Gotterdammerung: Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Orchestral Favorites

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    12:18
  • 11:01 AM

    From Andersen's Fairy-Tales: Barcarolle and Arabesque

    Bohuslav Martinu

    Martinu: Piano Music, Vol. 7

    Giorgio Koukl, piano

    4:38
  • 10:43 AM

    String Quartet No. 10

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The String Quartets

    Quartetto Italiano

    15:44
  • 10:36 AM

    There Will Come Soft Rains

    Rebecca Dale

    Night Seasons

    Tenebrae

    Nigel Short, conductor

    5:11
  • 10:25 AM

    Cantilena

    Susan Spain-Dunk

    Rediscovered: British Clarinet Concertos

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Ben Palmer, conductor

    Peter Cigleris, clarinet

    11:26
  • 10:21 AM

    Idyll No. 4

    Helen Crane

    American Woman

    Juliana Soltis, cello

    2:37
  • 10:06 AM

    Piano Sonata

    John Field

    Field: Four Piano Sonatas

    Miceal O'Rourke, piano

    12:55
  • 10:01 AM

    Wind Quintet: 2nd movement

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Wind Chamber Music

    Bergen Wind Quintet

    4:45
  • 9:25 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Florence Price

    Florence Price: Symphony No. 4; William Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    33:44
  • 9:17 AM

    Ballade No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Awadagin Pratt: A Long Way from Normal

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    6:23
  • 9:01 AM

    The River of the Seven Stars (El Rio de las Siete Estrellas)

    Evencio Castellanos

    Castellanos: Santa Cruz de Pacairigua / El rio de las siete estrellas / Avilena Suite

    Venezuela Symphony Orchestra

    Jan Wagner, conductor

    14:50
  • 8:47 AM

    Pohadka (Fairy Tale)

    Leos Janacek

    Works for Cello and Piano

    Alisa Weilerstein, cello

    11:27
  • 8:29 AM

    Oriane et le Prince d'Amour Suite

    Florent Schmitt

    Schmitt: La Tragédie de Salomé - Musique sur l'eau

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    17:46
  • 8:10 AM

    Serenata

    Mauro Giuliani

    Guiliani: Music for Flute and Guitar

    Laurel Zucker, flute

    16:48
  • 8:01 AM

    Bukoolika (Bucolic)

    Ester Magi

    Ester Magi: Orchestral Music

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Arvo Volmer, conductor

    8:09
  • 7:55 AM

    Rain

    Chad Lawson

    You Finally Knew (Deluxe Edition)

    Chad Lawson, piano

    3:21
  • 7:26 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Sinfonie singuliere"

    Franz Berwald

    Franz Berwald: Symphonies Nos. 1-4

    Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    28:23
  • 7:01 AM

    Concerto Serenade

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Concertos and Orchestral Works

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    Nancy Allen, harp

    22:57
  • 6:56 AM

    Abendlied (Evening Song)

    Josef Rheinberger

    A Choral Tapestry

    Voces8

    2:29
  • 6:26 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Johann Hummel

    Hummel: Piano Concertos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    30:23
  • 6:01 AM

    String Quartet

    Johanna Muller-Hermann

    Zemlinsky, A. Von: String Quartets Nos. 3 and 4 / Muller-Hermann, J.: String Quartet, Op. 6

    Artis Quartet

    22:02