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  • 3:49 AM

    Nocturne for Flute and Guitar

    Ferdinando Carulli

    Carulli: Music for Flute and Guitar

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    9:02
  • 3:19 AM

    String Quartet No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven Complete String Quartets, Volume 1

    Dover Quartet

    28:50
  • 3:06 AM

    Unter bluhenden Linden

    Lou Koster

    Koster: Orchestral Music

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    10:53
  • 3:01 AM

    I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud

    Rebecca Dale

    Night Seasons

    Tenebrae

    Nigel Short, conductor

    4:38
  • 2:45 AM

    Enchanted Kingdom

    Nikolai Tcherepnin

    The Enchanted Kingdom

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    13:27
  • 2:26 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Saint-Georges: Violin Concertos, Vol. 2

    Toronto Chamber Orchestra

    Kevin Mallon, conductor

    Zhou Qian, violin

    18:25
  • 2:21 AM

    A Ballet Through Mud: Aeolian Beauty

    RZA

    A Ballet Through Mud

    Colorado Symphony Orchestra

    Christopher Dragon, conductor

    3:22
  • 2:14 AM

    Hana Wa Saku (Flowers Will Bloom)

    Yoko Kanno

    Kaleidoscoep: Contemporary Piano Music by Female Composers From Around the World

    Isabel Dobarro, piano

    5:13
  • 2:06 AM

    Images for Orchestra: Gigues

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Orchestral Works

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    7:37
  • 2:01 AM

    The Seasons: October (Autumn Song)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Ofra Harnoy, cello

    4:41
  • 1:49 AM

    Drei Klavierstucke: No. 1

    Franz Schubert

    Andre Watts: The Schubert Recital

    Andre Watts, piano

    9:40
  • 1:22 AM

    Symphony No. 40

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Three Last Symphonies

    Ensemble Appassionato

    Mathieu Herzog, conductor

    25:45
  • 1:18 AM

    Mazurka No. 37

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin

    Yulianna Avdeeva, piano

    2:25
  • 1:06 AM

    Mephisto Waltz No. 1 "Dance in the Village Inn"

    Franz Liszt

    Mephisto Magic

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    10:37
  • 1:01 AM

    Prelude No. 5

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff - Symphonic Dances

    Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

    Sergiu Comissiona, conductor

    4:39
  • 12:45 AM

    Concerto for 2 Orchestras No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, Concerti a due cori

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    13:31
  • 12:45 AM

    Concerto for 2 Orchestras No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, Concerti a due cori

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    13:31
  • 12:25 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos 1&2; Symphony No. 5 "Reformation"

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Louis Lortie, conductor

    Louis Lortie, piano

    20:49
  • 12:18 AM

    Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria (Cantilena)

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Romances for Saxophone

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Branford Marsalis, saxophone

    5:34
  • 12:07 AM

    Lohengrin: Prelude to Act I

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Preludes and Orchestral Music

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    9:43
  • 12:01 AM

    Habanera

    Moritz Moszkowski

    From Foreign Lands

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    4:59
  • 11:38 PM

    Symphony No. 93

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    22:19
  • 11:35 PM

    Ticklin' Toes

    Florence Price

    Kete: Piano Music of the African Diaspora

    William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    1:03
  • 11:30 PM

    Rusalka: Polonaise

    Antonin Dvorak

    Exotic Dances from the Opera

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    4:30
  • 11:14 PM

    Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

    Alexander Borodin

    Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor

    15:07
  • 11:08 PM

    Theme Varie

    Cecile Chaminade

    Nostalgia: Piano Music of Cecile Chaminade Vol. 2

    Joanne Polk, piano

    5:44
  • 10:52 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Everybody's Mozart

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Neil Black, oboe

    8:52
  • 10:47 PM

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Art of Life

    Daniil Trifonov, piano

    4:17
  • 10:40 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 1: 4th movement

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure And Strauss Violin Sonatas

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    5:42
  • 10:26 PM

    Poseidon and Amphitrite: An Ocean Fantasy

    John Knowles Paine

    John Knowles Paine: Orchestral Works 2

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    12:09
  • 10:13 PM

    Scheherazade: The Sea and Sinbad's Ship

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    10:39
  • 10:06 PM

    Sursum Corda

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar and Vaughan Williams

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    George Hurst, conductor

    7:06
  • 10:03 PM

    Three Fanfares from the Court of Louis XIV

    Jean-Baptiste Lully

    A Baroque Celebration

    New York Chamber Musicians

    Ilonna Pederson, conductor

    2:21
  • 9:47 PM

    Ein Tanzspiel

    Franz Schreker

    Strauss, Liszt, Korngold, Busoni, Schreker

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Kazuki Yamada, conductor

    12:30
  • 9:26 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 8 "Pathetique"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Complete Piano Sonatas, Nos. 1-32

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    19:28
  • 9:19 PM

    Colas Breugnon Overture

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, Night on Bald Mountain

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    4:48
  • 9:08 PM

    Concerto for Two Cellos

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concert con titoli

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    11:20
  • 9:00 PM

    Orchestral Study No. 2

    Arthur Bliss

    Bliss: Cello Concerto, Music for Strings

    English Northern Philharmonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    6:35
  • 6:44 PM

    Provence Suite

    Darius Milhaud

    French Favourites

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    14:12
  • 6:18 PM

    Symphony on a French Mountain Air

    Vincent d'Indy

    Radio Philharmonic Orchestra of France

    Marek Janowski, conductor

    Catherine Collard, piano

    23:57
  • 6:12 PM

    Three French Chansons

    Scott Tennant

    New Renaissance

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:33
  • 6:06 PM

    Symphonic Dance No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Edvard Grieg

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    6:21
  • 6:01 PM

    Bella Bocca Polka

    Emil Waldteufel

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:46
  • 5:38 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 2

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Horn Concertos

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    Barry Tuckwell, horn

    20:29
  • 5:24 PM

    Serenade for Strings

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Enigma Variations, Cockaigne Overture

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    11:45
  • 5:17 PM

    Cantata No. 208: Sheep May Safely Graze

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Lullabies For Mila

    Alessio Bax, piano

    5:13
  • 5:06 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Complete Symphonies

    Danish Chamber Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    10:28
  • 5:01 PM

    Variations on a Theme by Rossini

    Frederic Chopin

    Duo Recital

    Maxence Larrieu, flute

    4:48
  • 4:48 PM

    Concerto for Two Mandolins

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi Guitar Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    11:03
  • 4:12 PM

    Symphony No. 4

    Florence Price

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

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    33:44
  • 4:06 PM

    Six Pieces: Waltz

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Works for Two Pianos

    Elizabeth and Marcel Bergmann, piano duo

    4:13
  • 4:01 PM

    Trumpet Concerto: 2nd movement

    Franz Richter

    Trumpet Concertos

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Elgar Howarth, conductor

    Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet

    4:52
  • 3:46 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Winter Dreams": 1st movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Complete Symphonies

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    11:49
  • 3:46 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Winter Dreams": 1st movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    The Tchaikovsky Project

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    12:49
  • 3:32 PM

    Comedy Overture

    Hamilton Harty

    Harty: An Irish Symphony

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    14:11
  • 3:12 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos 1&2; Symphony No. 5 "Reformation"

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Louis Lortie, conductor

    Louis Lortie, piano

    18:17
  • 3:09 PM

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

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    1:52
  • 3:00 PM

    The Ballerina in Love: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Cimarosa: Overtures, Vol. 5

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice

    Patrick Gallois, conductor

    6:37
  • 2:57 PM

    Waltz No. 6 "Minute"

    Frederic Chopin

    Autograph

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    1:50
  • 2:49 PM

    Rondo for Violin and Orchestra

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Dance

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, violin

    6:51
  • 2:42 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    6:04
  • 2:37 PM

    The Jolly Miller

    Traditional

    Benjamin Luxon, baritone

    :00
  • 2:31 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Bruce: Gumboots

    Carducci Quartet

    Julian Bliss, clarinet

    4:25
  • 2:22 PM

    Il barbiere di Siviglia (Barber of Seville): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    7:34
  • 2:16 PM

    Chaconne

    Jean-Baptiste Lully

    Chaconne

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    4:21
  • 2:08 PM

    Sonata: 1st movement

    Antonio Carlos Gomez

    Essencia Do Brasil

    Brazilian Guitar Quartet

    5:36
  • 2:04 PM

    Lieutenant Kije: Troika

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije Suite, Symphony No. 5

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    2:43
  • 1:49 PM

    Symphony: Finale

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Symphony in C; Carmen - Suites Nos 1 & 2; Jeux d'enfants - Suite; Overture: Patrie

    French National Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    8:56
  • 1:41 PM

    Villanelle

    Paul Dukas

    Gliere, Saint-Saens, Dukas, Chabrier: Works For Horn

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    6:02
  • 1:31 PM

    Carnival Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 3

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    9:22
  • 1:23 PM

    Berenice: Overture, Minuet and Gigue

    George Frideric Handel

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    7:11
  • 1:19 PM

    Scherzo-Etude

    Cecile Chaminade

    Nostalgia: Piano Music of Cecile Chaminade Vol. 2

    Joanne Polk, piano

    2:11
  • 1:08 PM

    Estudiantina

    Emil Waldteufel

    Music of Waldteufel

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:14
  • 1:04 PM

    Calling All Workers

    Eric Coates

    The Music of Eric Coates

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Reginald Kilbey, conductor

    3:06
  • 12:51 PM

    African Suite: Joyful Day

    Fela Sowande

    Milhaud, Morice, Forsyth, Sowande

    National Arts Centre Orchestra

    Mario Bernardi, conductor

    7:49
  • 12:46 PM

    The Entertainer

    Scott Joplin

    Scott Joplin: The Easy Winners

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    4:09
  • 12:42 PM

    Magic Flute: Der Vogelfanger bin ich ja (The bird-catcher, that's me)

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Bryn Terfel: Tutto Mozart

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Bryn Terfel, baritone

    2:42
  • 12:31 PM

    12 Variations on Mozart's "Ein Madchen oder Weibchen"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Song

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    9:28
  • 12:29 PM

    Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme: Gavotte

    Jean-Baptiste Lully

    Lully: L'orchestre Du Roi Soleil

    Le Concert Des Nations

    Jordi Savall, conductor

    1:39
  • 12:19 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 8 after Scarlatti

    Charles Avison

    Avison: 12 Concerti Grossi

    Brandenburg Consort

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    9:15
  • 12:15 PM

    Pictures from Bashu (Six Sichuan Folk Songs): Spring in Chengdu

    Hu-Wei Huang

    Chinasong | Shanghai Quartet

    Shanghai Quartet

    Eugenia Zukerman, flute

    2:48
  • 12:08 PM

    The Barber of Seville: Sinfonia

    Giovanni Paisiello

    Paisiello: Il Barbiere Di Siviglia / Carella, Siragusa, Etc

    Trieste Teatro Verdi Orchestra

    Giuliano Carella, conductor

    4:56
  • 12:04 PM

    Ave Maria

    Charles Gounod

    Christmas Favorites

    Rachel Van Voorhees, harp

    3:44
  • 11:49 AM

    Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Viennese Summerfest!

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    9:48
  • 11:32 AM

    Russian Easter Festival Overture

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    1812 Overture

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    14:09
  • 11:17 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 1

    Arcangelo Corelli

    Corelli: 12 Concerti Grossi, Op. 6

    I Solisti Italiani

    13:08
  • 11:06 AM

    Quartet No. 6

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    10:49
  • 11:01 AM

    London Fields: St. James' Park - A Lakeside Reverie

    Phyllis Tate

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    4:52
  • 10:40 AM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    English Baroque Soloists

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    Kati Debretzeni, violin

    18:35
  • 10:22 AM

    Sakuntala Overture

    Karl Goldmark

    Goldmark: Overtures

    Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andras Korodi, conductor

    16:57
  • 10:17 AM

    Blackbird

    John Lennon/Paul McCartney

    Blackbird: The Beatles Album

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    2:31
  • 10:06 AM

    Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: La Mer, etc.

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    10:14
  • 10:01 AM

    Cantilene

    Louis Cahuzac

    French Portraits / Ricardo Morales, Michael Chertok

    Ricardo Morales, clarinet

    4:35
  • 9:50 AM

    Schwanda the Bagpiper: Polka and Fugue

    Jaromir Weinberger

    Orchestral Spectaculars

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    8:27
  • 9:27 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 10

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas

    Yeol Eum Som, piano

    21:58
  • 9:06 AM

    Der Rosenkavalier: Suite

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Don Juan; Death and Transfiguration; Dance of the Seven Veils; Rosenkavelier Suite

    New York Philharmonic

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    19:47
  • 9:01 AM

    Hail Mary

    William Dawson

    The Spirituals of William Dawson

    St. Olaf Choir

    Anton Armstrong, conductor

    3:58
  • 8:46 AM

    Twelve German Dances

    Franz Schubert

    Ensemble Wien

    12:40
  • 8:17 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Franz Krommer

    Krommer: Symphonies Opp. 40 & 102

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    27:47
  • 8:06 AM

    Concerto for Oboe and Bassoon

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Antonio Vivaldi: Bassoon Concertos

    Seattle Baroque

    Ingrid Matthews, conductor

    Michael McCraw, bassoon

    10:10
  • 8:01 AM

    Delta Kappa Epsilon March

    Alfred Pease

    Justin Holland: Guitar Works & Arrangements

    Christopher Mallett, guitar

    3:48
  • 7:27 AM

    Through the Looking Glass

    Deems Taylor

    The Musical Fantasies of Charles Griffes and Deems Taylor

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    31:17
  • 7:22 AM

    Partita No. 4: Gigue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: The Six Partitas

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    3:55
  • 7:01 AM

    African Suite

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Kevin John Edusei, conductor

    19:41
  • 6:14 AM

    Serenade No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 3 / Serenade No. 1

    Belgian Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra

    Alexander Rahbari, conductor

    44:00
  • 6:10 AM

    Prelude and Fuge

    Clara Schumann

    SCHUMANN, C.: Complete Piano Works

    Jozef de Beenhouwer, piano

    4:07
  • 6:01 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 3

    Johann Quantz

    Baroque Horn Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Barry Tuckwell, horn

    7:11