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  • 12:04 AM

    Symphony No. 7: 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonien 1-9

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    8:42
  • 12:00 AM

    The Return of Maxim: Waltz

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Waltzes

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    3:04
  • 11:53 PM

    The Birthday Party

    Peter Mayer

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 7

    One Voice Mixed Chorus

    5:21
  • 11:29 PM

    Symphony No. 35 "Haffner"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Symphonies 35 Haffner, 26 Linz, and 32

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    22:48
  • 11:26 PM

    Eight Days of Lights

    Judith Clurman & David Chase

    REJOICE! Honoring the Jewish Spirit

    Essential Voices USA

    Judith Clurman, conductor

    James Cunningham, piano

    3:09
  • 11:08 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection": Final Chorus

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler: Symphony No. 2

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    Isabel Bayrakdarian, soprano

    15:14
  • 10:35 PM

    Oboe Concerto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Wind Concerti

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    Robert Atherholt, oboe

    24:00
  • 10:29 PM

    Schnofler-Dance

    Johann Mayer

    Vienne 1850: Danses

    Ensemble Bella Musica Vienna

    4:36
  • 10:20 PM

    The Twelve Days of Christmas

    Traditional English

    Canadian Brass: The Christmas Album

    Canadian Brass

    7:15
  • 10:15 PM

    Skating

    Vince Guaraldi

    Christmas on Copper Street

    Copper Street Brass Quintet

    4:29
  • 10:03 PM

    Aida: Triumphal March

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi: Requiem & Operatic Choruses

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    9:34
  • 9:46 PM

    Thais: Meditation

    Jules Massenet

    Paris: La Belle Epoque

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    5:48
  • 9:40 PM

    Gloucestershire Wassail

    Traditional English

    Waverly Consort Christmas

    Waverly Consort

    Michael Jaffee, conductor

    4:09
  • 9:31 PM

    Die Fledermaus: Overture

    Johann StraussJr.

    STRAUSS II, J.: Famous Overtures

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alfred Walter, conductor

    7:34
  • 9:24 PM

    La danza

    Gioacchino Rossini

    The Clarinotts

    Wiener Virtuosen

    4:29
  • 9:13 PM

    Piano Trio "Notturno"

    Franz Schubert

    After A Dream

    Lysander Piano Trio

    9:22
  • 6:44 PM

    Symphony No. 38 "Echo"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 34-47

    Philharmonia Hungarica

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    13:52
  • 6:21 PM

    Symphonic Variations

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 3, etc.

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    21:26
  • 6:15 PM

    Butterflying

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Ragtime & Blue

    Nicola Sweeney, violin

    4:22
  • 6:06 PM

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

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: 7 Overtures

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    8:21
  • 6:01 PM

    Four Pieces: Dudelsack and Waltz

    Alfred Uhl

    Into The Blue

    Cumberland Quintet

    4:43
  • 5:51 PM

    i thank You God for most this amazing day

    Eric Whitacre

    Light & Gold

    Eric Whitacre Singers

    Eric Whitacre, conductor

    6:49
  • 5:21 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos No 20 & 21

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Christian Zacharias, conductor

    Jan Lisiecki, piano

    28:07
  • 5:11 PM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Emanuele Barbella

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Giovanni Antonini, conductor

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    8:11
  • 5:06 PM

    Sonata pian e forte

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Christmas Meditation

    HR Brass

    Edward H. Tarr, conductor

    4:38
  • 5:01 PM

    Shepherd's Song

    Han-Kun Sha

    Chinasong | Shanghai Quartet

    Shanghai Quartet

    4:47
  • 4:53 PM

    Dala Suite: Rustic Dances

    Helena Munktell

    Helena Munktell: Orchestral Works

    Gavle Symphony Orchestra

    Tobias Ringborg, conductor

    5:15
  • 4:40 PM

    Carmen Fantasy

    Franz Waxman

    Ascent

    Matthew Lipman, viola

    12:01
  • 4:17 PM

    Oboe Concerto

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Bach Generations

    Berlin Baroque Soloists

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe

    21:24
  • 4:06 PM

    The Merry Widow: Overture

    Franz Lehar

    Lehar: Overtures and Waltzes

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Mikhail Jurowski, conductor

    9:34
  • 4:01 PM

    Christian Lindberg, trombone

    4:31
  • 3:53 PM

    Prayer

    Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR)

    New Day Begun

    PUBLIQuartet

    6:07
  • 3:49 PM

    Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Orchestral Works

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    9:44
  • 3:48 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Jubilee March

    Erkki Melartin

    Scandinavian Rhapsody, A Selection of Orchestral Favourites

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:33
  • 3:17 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 18

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concert Recording

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Goode, piano

    30:05
  • 3:02 PM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Edward Elgar

    Daniel Hope | Belle Epoque

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    13:56
  • 2:57 PM

    Scaramouche: Brazileira

    Darius Milhaud

    Milhaud: Creation du Monde, and other works

    Ian Hobson, piano

    2:37
  • 2:47 PM

    Capriol Suite

    Peter Warlock

    English Music for Strings

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    George Hurst, conductor

    9:45
  • 2:37 PM

    Sinfonia

    Johann Christian Bach

    JC Bach: Sinfonias

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    8:05
  • 2:27 PM

    Waltz-Scherzo

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto Etc.

    Sydney Symphony Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    James Ehnes, violin

    8:51
  • 2:15 PM

    Symphony No. 4 "Romantic": 3rd movement

    Anton Bruckner

    Bruckner 4

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    10:08
  • 2:08 PM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin: Menuet

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Complete Piano Works

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    4:07
  • 2:04 PM

    Moritzburg Serenata

    Johann Heinichen

    Heinichen: Dresden Concerti

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    2:59
  • 1:51 PM

    School for Scandal Overture

    Samuel Barber

    Music of Samuel Barber

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    8:21
  • 1:40 PM

    Cello Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi, Boccherini: Cello Concertos

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    10:16
  • 1:36 PM

    Danza Brasilera

    Jorge Morel

    Milos: Pasion

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    3:10
  • 1:24 PM

    String Quartet No. 2

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Saint-Georges: 6 Concertante Quartets

    Arabella String Quartet

    10:10
  • 1:20 PM

    The Love for Three Oranges: March

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Hindemith, Prokofiev, Bartok

    Kansas City Symphony

    Michael Stern, conductor

    1:41
  • 1:17 PM

    Miniatures: Yaravi

    William Grant Still

    Music of the Gilded Age

    Sylvan Winds

    2:16
  • 1:07 PM

    Cantata No. 169: Sinfonia

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Sinfonia

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    Stefano Demicheli, organ

    8:50
  • 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
  • 12:48 PM

    Folk Songs for Orchestra

    George Walker

    Walker: Lyric for Strings, Folksongs for Orchestra, Lilacs - Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony

    Seattle Symphony

    Asher Fisch, conductor

    10:38
  • 12:44 PM

    Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Heartbreak

    Elissa Lee Koljonen, violin

    3:37
  • 12:29 PM

    Pastoral Suite

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    A Swedish Pastorale

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor

    12:16
  • 12:21 PM

    Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna

    Franz von Suppe

    Overtures by Suppe and Auber

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    7:29
  • 12:15 PM

    Symphony No. 39: Menuetto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies 32, 35 & 39

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    3:59
  • 12:08 PM

    Brook Green Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Holst, Williams, Delius, Warlock

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    6:17
  • 12:04 PM

    Rustle of Spring

    Christian Sinding

    Norwegian Classical Favourites

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    2:39
  • 11:47 AM

    Variations on a Swedish Air

    Bernhard Crusell

    Nordic Concertos

    Ostgota Symphonic Wind Ensemble

    Arie van Beek, conductor

    Martin Frost, clarinet

    11:11
  • 11:30 AM

    String Quartet

    Amy Beach

    Morning Glories

    Lark Quartet

    14:51
  • 11:23 AM

    Overture "In the Italian Style"

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies No. 3 in D & No. 5 in B Flat

    Hanover Band

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    7:14
  • 11:09 AM

    Il Cimento: Violin Concerto No. 11

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Il Cimento Dell'Armonia e Dell'Inventione

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Nicholas Kraemer, conductor

    Monica Huggett, violin

    11:35
  • 11:06 AM

    Song without Words No. 29 "Venetian Gondola Song"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Lieder Ohne Worte

    Javier Perianes, piano

    2:49
  • 11:01 AM

    Wind Quintet: 2nd movement

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen, Loeffler, Prokofiev

    Chamber Music Northwest

    4:52
  • 10:40 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Morning"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies "Le Matin", " Le Midi", "Le Soir"

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    18:07
  • 10:23 AM

    Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Ballet And Dance Music

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    15:49
  • 10:09 AM

    Entr'acte

    Caroline Shaw

    Every Moment Present

    Solera Quartet

    11:39
  • 10:06 AM

    To a Wild Rose

    Edward MacDowell

    Cowell: Concerto Grosso/Hymn & Fuguing Tune No 10

    Manhattan Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Auldon Clark, conductor

    2:42
  • 10:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 11

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Nocturnes and Barcarolles

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    4:53
  • 9:54 AM

    Ballet Airs

    Camille Saint-Saens

    La Flute Enchantee

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Susan Milan, flute

    4:06
  • 9:37 AM

    Guitar Concerto "Affinity"

    Chris Brubeck

    Affinity

    Maryland Symphony Orchestra

    Elizabeth Schulze, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    16:02
  • 9:01 AM

    Piano Trio

    Louise Farrenc

    Her Voice

    Neave Trio

    34:37
  • 8:18 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Hailstork: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3

    Grand Rapids Symphony

    David Lockington, conductor

    40:35
  • 8:11 AM

    Troubled Water

    Margaret Bonds

    Ashley Jackson

    Ashley Jackson, harp

    6:36
  • 8:01 AM

    Premiere Rhapsodie

    Claude Debussy

    Belle Epoque

    Lille National Orchestra

    Alexandre Bloch, conductor

    Annelien Van Wauwe, clarinet

    7:34
  • 7:28 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Violin Concerto; Sonata

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    Sarah Chang, violin

    30:41
  • 7:22 AM

    Wesendonck-Lieder (Wesendonk Songs): Traume (Dreams)

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder; Preludes And Overtures

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Franz Welser-Most, conductor

    Measha Brueggergosman, soprano

    5:00
  • 7:01 AM

    Fantasie for Piano Four-Hands

    Franz Schubert

    Four Hands

    Leon Fleisher, piano

    18:56
  • 6:34 AM

    Fantasy Pieces

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Uncovered Vol. 1

    Catalyst Quartet

    24:05
  • 6:28 AM

    Nocturne

    Makar Ekmalian

    Ekmalian: Piano Works

    Mikael Ayrapetyan, piano

    3:48
  • 6:01 AM

    Sinfonia Concertante

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Heifetz plays Brahms, Bach, Mozart

    RCA Symphony Orchestra

    Izler Solomon, conductor

    William Primrose, viola

    26:52