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  • 5:20 AM

    String Sextet No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: String Sextets, Opp. 18 & 36

    Isaac Stern, violin

    38:16
  • 5:15 AM

    El silbador

    Gustavo Leguizamon

    El Cuchi Bien Temperado

    Pablo Marquez, guitar

    3:56
  • 5:06 AM

    Le Reve de Cleopatre

    Mel Bonis

    Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Leo Hussain, conductor

    7:51
  • 5:01 AM

    On Distant Waves (Sur les flots lointains)

    Charles Koechlin

    Koechlin: Le boisson ardent; Sur les flots lointains

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:46
  • 4:54 AM

    Lumieres

    Alexandra Streliski

    Neo-Romance

    Alexandra Streliski, piano

    3:48
  • 4:21 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Jennifer Higdon

    Higdon, Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    31:47
  • 4:06 AM

    Wurttemberg Sonata No. 3

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Keith Jarrett: CPE Bach

    Keith Jarrett, piano

    13:04
  • 4:01 AM

    By Night

    Sophie Hutchings

    Voces8: Infinity

    Voces8

    Olivia Jageurs, harp

    4:36
  • 3:52 AM

    Partita No. 5: Sarabande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: The Six Partitas

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    6:00
  • 3:21 AM

    Kalevala Suite

    Uuno Klami

    Scenes from the Kalevala

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor

    29:16
  • 3:06 AM

    The Winter's Tale Overture

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO, M.: Shakespeare Overtures, Vol. 2

    West Australian Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Penny, conductor

    13:23
  • 3:01 AM

    Song without Words No. 7

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Tzimon Barto: Popular Encores

    Tzimon Barto, piano

    4:44
  • 2:46 AM

    Rapsodia santiaguena

    Manuel Gomez Carrillo

    Fiesta Criolla: Latin-American Orchestral Works

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    Gabriel Castagna, conductor

    11:48
  • 2:40 AM

    Images, Book 1: Reflets dans l'eau (Reflections in the Water)

    Claude Debussy

    c. 1300-c. 2000

    Jeremy Denk, piano

    5:09
  • 2:23 AM

    Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye): Suite

    Maurice Ravel

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    15:41
  • 2:12 AM

    Towards Daybreak

    Bill Ryan

    Billband: Towards Daylight

    Billband

    9:32
  • 2:06 AM

    Intermezzo No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    For Glenn Gould

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    5:40
  • 2:01 AM

    The Seawall Song

    Tamezo Narita

    Japanese Melodies

    Paillard Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Francois Paillard, conductor

    4:33
  • 1:46 AM

    Ma vlast (My Country): From Bohemia's Woods and Fields

    Bedrich Smetana

    Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

    Zdenek Macal, conductor

    12:13
  • 1:35 AM

    String Quartet No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The String Quartets

    Quartetto Italiano

    9:43
  • 1:20 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Classical"

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Bizet, Prokofiev, Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 1

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    13:32
  • 1:06 AM

    Indian Queen: selections

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell: Ayres for the Theatre

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    12:40
  • 1:01 AM

    Divertissement: 2nd movement

    Emile Bernard

    Sylvan Winds

    4:40
  • 12:50 AM

    Coronation Procession

    Ruth Gipps

    Gipps: Orchestral Works, Volume 3

    BBC Philharmonic

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    7:45
  • 12:49 AM

    Nocturne for violin and orchestra

    Joseph Joachim

    The Romantic Violinist: A Celebration Of Joseph Joachim

    Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    9:22
  • 12:30 AM

    Flute and Oboe Concerto

    Antonio Salieri

    Salieri, Cimarosa, Stamitz: Double Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Kenneth Sillito, conductor

    Aurele Nicolet, flute

    19:00
  • 12:14 AM

    Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise

    Frederic Chopin

    Warsaw Philharmonic

    Kazimierz Kord, conductor

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    14:10
  • 12:03 AM

    Castell Caernarfon

    Grace Williams

    Grace Williams: Orchestral Works

    BBC Philharmonic

    John Andrews, conductor

    10:15
  • 11:56 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Six Brandenburg Concertos

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    5:51
  • 11:51 PM

    Ordo Virtutum (Play of the Virtues): O, Deus, quis es tu?

    Hildegard von Bingen

    Ego Sum Homo: Musical Visions of Hildegard von Bingen

    Tiburtina Ensemble

    Barbora Kabatkova, conductor

    Hana Blazikova, harp

    9:07
  • 11:10 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Scottish"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: The Symphonies

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    40:41
  • 10:42 PM

    Symphony No. 18

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 14, 15, 16, 17, 18

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    18:22
  • 10:26 PM

    Fantastic Scherzo

    Josef Suk

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    14:50
  • 10:17 PM

    Under the Eye of Heaven: The Enigma

    Nick Bicat

    Power

    London Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Warren-Green, conductor

    7:28
  • 10:07 PM

    Ashokan Farewell

    Jay Ungar

    Harvest Home - Jay Ungar and Molly Mason

    Nashville Chamber Orchestra

    Paul Gambill, conductor

    5:06
  • 10:02 PM

    Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus

    George Frideric Handel

    100 Best Classics

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    4:02
  • 9:54 PM

    Airs for the Seasons: Stock Gilli Flower (Winter)

    James Oswald

    James Oswlad: Airs for the Seasons

    Rezonance Baroque Ensemble

    Joanna Marsden, flute

    3:46
  • 9:39 PM

    A Winter's Tale

    Josef Suk

    uk: A Summer's Tale, Op. 29 & A Winter's Tale, Op. 9

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Mogrelia, conductor

    14:43
  • 9:28 PM

    By the Beautiful Blue Danube (An der schonen, blauen Donau)

    Johann StraussJr.

    J Strauss II: Waltzes

    Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    9:17
  • 9:19 PM

    Die Fledermaus: Overture

    Johann StraussJr.

    Fanfare for the Common Man

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Carl Davis, conductor

    8:36
  • 9:10 PM

    The Planets: Jupiter

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Colin Davis, conductor

    8:15
  • 9:00 PM

    Hodie: The March of the Three Kings

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Hodie; Fantasia on Christmas Carols

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Stephen Roberts, baritone

    7:51
  • 6:46 PM

    Howl's Moving Castle: Symphonic Variation

    Joe Hisaishi

    A Symphonic Celebration: Music from the Studio Ghibli films of Hayao Miyazaki

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Joe Hisaishi, conductor

    12:04
  • 6:27 PM

    Faust Ballet Music

    Charles Gounod

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:20
  • 6:19 PM

    Sicilienne and Allegro giocoso

    Gabriel Grovlez

    French Works for Bassoon and Piano

    Karen Geoghegan, bassoon

    5:56
  • 6:06 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 4

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 3

    Handel and Haydn Society

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    12:56
  • 6:00 PM

    El pelele (The Straw Mannequin)

    Enrique Granados

    Granados: Goyescas; Danzas espanolas; Escenas romanticas

    Jean-Francois Heisser, piano

    4:43
  • 5:53 PM

    The Ball of Beatrice d'Este: Courante and Final Salute

    Reynaldo Hahn

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

    Harmonie Ensemble

    Steven Richman, conductor

    4:56
  • 5:27 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Robert Volkmann

    Volkmann: Complete Orchestral Works

    North West German Philharmonic

    Werner Andreas Albert, conductor

    24:25
  • 5:25 PM

    Blues Dialogues: Fast and funky

    Dolores White

    Blues Dialogues: Music by Black Composers

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    1:14
  • 5:06 PM

    Rhapsody in Blue

    George Gershwin

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    William Tritt, piano

    18:02
  • 5:01 PM

    String Quartet No. 2: 4th movement

    Robert Schumann

    Ying String Quartet

    4:43
  • 4:46 PM

    Semiramide: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    11:53
  • 4:24 PM

    Concertante for Flute and Clarinet

    Franz Danzi

    Winged Creatures

    Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra

    Allen Tinkham, conductor

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    20:39
  • 4:12 PM

    Moseltraume

    Lou Koster

    Koster: Orchestral Music

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    10:42
  • 4:06 PM

    Waltz No. 10

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    5:00
  • 4:00 PM

    Romance

    Johann Peter Salomon

    Journey to Mozart

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, violin

    4:40
  • 3:47 PM

    Sentimental Story

    Charlotte Sohy

    National Orchestra of Avignon-Provence

    Debora Waldman, conductor

    11:24
  • 3:42 PM

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

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    16:42
  • 3:30 PM

    Sentimental Story

    Charlotte Sohy

    National Orchestra of Avignon-Provence

    Debora Waldman, conductor

    11:24
  • 3:25 PM

    The Tree of Life

    Alexandre Desplat

    Traffic Quintet Plays Alexander Desplat

    Traffic Quintet

    Alain Planes, piano

    4:20
  • 3:04 PM

    Persian Suite

    Andre Caplet

    Concert Recording

    Julia Bogorad-Kogan, flute

    19:00
  • 3:01 PM

    Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Concertos And Transcriptions

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    2:24
  • 2:43 PM

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    8:49
  • 2:33 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Military": Finale Militaire

    Emilie Mayer

    Mayer: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 7

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor

    8:18
  • 2:30 PM

    Stuttgart Brass Quartet

    1:53
  • 2:21 PM

    An Outdoor Overture

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Billy The Kid; Rodeo Etc.

    Colorado Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    8:19
  • 2:17 PM

    The Adventures of Tintin: The Adventure Continues

    John Williams

    The Adventures Of Tintin Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    2:59
  • 2:09 PM

    Sextet for Winds: Rondo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Music for Wind Instruments

    Leipzig Radio Orchestra Winds

    (Selected members), conductor

    4:22
  • 2:04 PM

    Carmen: Entrance of the Toreadors

    Georges Bizet

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    4:15
  • 1:55 PM

    Sonata

    Domenico Scarlatti

    Domenico Scarlatti: 18 Sonatas

    Yevgeny Sudbin, piano

    4:35
  • 1:48 PM

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

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Flute Concertos Op 10

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Patrick Gallois, flute

    6:53
  • 1:35 PM

    Symphony: Finale

    Erich Korngold

    Korngold: Symphony; Much Ado about Nothing Suite

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    10:32
  • 1:30 PM

    Pirates of the Caribbean: One Day

    Hans Zimmer

    Cello Unlimited

    Kian Soltani, cello

    4:06
  • 1:26 PM

    Things to Come: Ballet for Children

    Arthur Bliss

    Bliss: Film Music

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    3:39
  • 1:15 PM

    Symphony No. 1

    Georg Anton Benda

    Benda: Sinfonias Nos. 1-6

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    10:02
  • 1:09 PM

    Octet: Scherzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, Octet

    Seattle Chamber Music Society

    James Ehnes, violin

    4:29
  • 1:06 PM

    Ode to Joyful

    Jon Batiste

    Beethoven Blues

    Jon Batiste, piano

    2:04
  • 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
  • 12:52 PM

    Nocturnes: Fetes (Festivals)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: La Mer, Nocturnes, Etc

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    6:26
  • 12:47 PM

    Dance Suite

    Pierre Attaingnant

    Le Jardin de Melodies

    King's Noyse

    3:06
  • 12:33 PM

    Scherzo Capriccioso

    Antonin Dvorak

    Tchaikovsky: 1812; Dukas: Sorcerer's Apprentice; Smetana: Vltava (Die Moldau); Dvorak: Scherzo capriccioso; Mussorgsky: A Night on the Bare Mountain

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    12:40
  • 12:23 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Murray Perahia plays Bach Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Murray Perahia, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    9:15
  • 12:18 PM

    Sonata No. 25

    Niccolo Paganini

    Reverie

    Dale Kavanagh, guitar

    4:21
  • 12:10 PM

    Serenata in Vano

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Wind Music

    Athena Ensemble

    6:47
  • 12:04 PM

    Peer Gynt: Morning Mood

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2, etc.

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    4:19
  • 11:47 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
  • 11:27 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 4

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Handel and Haydn Society

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    Aisslinn Nosky, violin

    18:23
  • 11:10 AM

    Four Characteristic Pieces

    William Hurlstone

    Music for Clarinet and Piano 1

    Thea King, clarinet

    14:42
  • 11:06 AM

    Morning Song

    Edward Elgar

    Vaughan Williams; Elgar

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    3:21
  • 11:01 AM

    Two Fantasias

    Thomas Lupo

    Thomas Lupo: Fantasia

    Fretwork

    4:41
  • 10:46 AM

    Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1

    Georges Enescu

    Enescu: Rhapsodies Roumaines Poeme

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    11:45
  • 10:18 AM

    Cinderella Suite No. 1

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Cinderella

    Paris Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    26:50
  • 10:14 AM

    Tall as the Poplar Tree

    Gomidas Vartabed

    Gems from Armenia

    Aznavoorian Duo

    2:49
  • 10:06 AM

    Greenlandic Folk Music

    Emil Reesen

    Emil Reesen: Orchestral Works

    Aalborg Symphony Orchestra

    Bo Holten, conductor

    6:55
  • 10:01 AM

    Ballade No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1, Ballades Op. 10

    Gerhard Oppitz, piano

    4:52
  • 9:48 AM

    Fantasy on a Hymn by Justin Morgan

    Thomas Canning

    American Dreams: Barber's Adagio and Other American Romantic Masterpieces

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    10:14
  • 9:40 AM

    Ballade

    Claude Debussy

    A Debussy Collection

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    7:06
  • 9:15 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Robert Schumann

    Dvorak and Schumann: Cello Concertos

    Stuttgart Philharmonic

    Radoslav Szulc, conductor

    Pablo Ferrandez, cello

    23:46
  • 9:01 AM

    Wind Concertino

    Szymon Laks

    Chamber Works by Szymon Laks

    Joaquin Valdepenas, clarinet

    13:21
  • 8:43 AM

    Violin Partita No. 2: Chaconne

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Baroque

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    15:06
  • 8:07 AM

    Symphony No. 7

    Emilie Mayer

    Emilie Mayer - Symphony No. 5

    Berlin Chamber Symphony Ensemble

    Jurgen Bruns, conductor

    33:57
  • 8:01 AM

    Valse elegiaque

    Valborg Aulin

    Bengt Forsberg, piano

    5:30
  • 7:29 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Balys Dvarionas

    Korngold, Dvarionas: Violin Concertos

    Residentie Orchestra of the Hague

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    Vadim Gluzman, violin

    29:45
  • 7:24 AM

    Etude No. 3 "Tristesse"

    Frederic Chopin

    Frederic Chiu, piano

    4:41
  • 7:02 AM

    Eternal Longing

    Vitezslav Novak

    Novak, V.: In the Tatra Mountains; Lady Godiva; Eternal Longing

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    20:25
  • 6:48 AM

    Sacred and Profane Dances

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy and Takemitsu: Air: Music for Harp, Flute and Strings

    Oberlin 21

    Bridget-Michaele Reischl, conductor

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    10:20
  • 6:41 AM

    Song of Jean Racine (Cantique de Jean Racine)

    Gabriel Faure

    Mysteries Beyond: Songs and Chants in Praise of Mary

    Voices of Ascension

    5:42
  • 6:15 AM

    Fantasie for Violin and Piano

    Franz Schubert

    Violin Fantasies

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    24:28
  • 6:01 AM

    Oboe d'Amore Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Camerata Bern

    Erich Hobarth, conductor

    Heinz Holliger, oboe d'amore

    13:57