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  • 5:51 AM

    String Quartet: Romance

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Felix & Fanny

    Ebene Quartet

    6:41
  • 5:06 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Winter Dreams"

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Complete Symphonies

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    43:41
  • 5:01 AM

    Good Night and Good Rest

    John Johnson

    Nocturnal

    Jakob Lindberg, lute

    4:42
  • 4:46 AM

    Shadow Light

    Elena Ruehr

    Bespoke: NOW Commissions for chamber orchestra

    New Orchestra of Washington

    Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez, conductor

    Marcus Thompson, viola

    12:28
  • 4:23 AM

    Suite No. 2 for Two Pianos

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff for Two

    Sergei Babayan, piano

    21:45
  • 4:12 AM

    Kiki-Mora

    Anatol Liadov

    Liadov: The Enchanted Lake, and other orchestral works.

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    8:33
  • 4:06 AM

    Standchen

    Franz Schubert

    The Romantic Guitar

    Raphaella Smits, guitar

    5:33
  • 4:01 AM

    The Sun Never Says

    Dan Forrest

    Enchanted Isle

    Voces8

    4:47
  • 3:55 AM

    Ligeti Quartet

    3:52
  • 3:17 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Ruth Gipps

    Gipps: Orchestral Works, Volume 3

    BBC Philharmonic

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    36:27
  • 3:06 AM

    Variations on an Original Theme

    Cecile Chaminade

    Nostalgia: Piano Music of Cecile Chaminade Vol. 2

    Joanne Polk, piano

    8:45
  • 3:01 AM

    Six Short Pieces: selections

    Henriette Renie

    La Harpe Consolatrice

    Kyunghee Kim-Sutre, harp

    4:47
  • 2:49 AM

    Rhapsody for Saxophone and Orchestra

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Works for Orchestra, Vol. II

    Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg

    Louis de Froment, conductor

    Jean-Marie Londeix, saxophone

    9:42
  • 2:22 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Max Bruch

    Max Bruch: Concerto No. 2; Scottish Fantasy

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Mario Bernardi, conductor

    James Ehnes, violin

    25:05
  • 2:18 AM

    Three Easy Rondos: Rondo No. 2

    Louise Farrenc

    FARRENC, L.: Piano Works (Complete), Vol. 3 - Rondeaux

    Maria Stratigou, piano

    3:01
  • 2:06 AM

    Dance of the Hours

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Opera Intermezzi and Ballet Music

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    10:24
  • 2:01 AM

    Intermezzo No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: 7 Fantasies, Op. 116, 4 Piano Pieces, Op. 119, Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 2

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    4:46
  • 1:51 AM

    A Toi (To You) Waltz

    Emil Waldteufel

    Music of Waldteufel

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    7:00
  • 1:30 AM

    Petite Symphony

    Charles Gounod

    Bizet: L'Arlesienne; Gounod: Symphonies

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    19:59
  • 1:25 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 2: Allegro

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Solace

    Ray Chen, violin

    4:12
  • 1:20 AM

    Invitation

    Raimonds Pauls

    When Night Falls c

    Elina Garanca, mezzo-soprano

    3:52
  • 1:07 AM

    Leonore Overture No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Overtures

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    12:46
  • 1:01 AM

    La Folia/Chi passa

    Anonymous

    Airs Populaires Anglais di XVIIe

    Broadside Band

    Jeremy Barlow, conductor

    4:46
  • 12:53 AM

    Nocturne No. 11

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: The Nocturnes

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    5:43
  • 12:53 AM

    Nocturne No. 11

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: The Nocturnes

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    5:43
  • 12:29 AM

    Death and Transfiguration (Tod und Verklarung)

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    26:01
  • 12:23 AM

    Toccata

    Germaine Tailleferre

    Germaine Tailleferre: Music for 2 Pianos & Piano 4 Hands

    Clinton-Narboni Piano Duo

    3:30
  • 12:19 AM

    Cinema Paradiso: Love Theme

    Ennio Morricone

    Morricone 60

    Czech National Symphony Orchestra

    Ennio Morricone, conductor

    3:30
  • 12:03 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 11

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 6, Nos 9-12

    Guildhall Strings

    15:48
  • 11:44 PM

    Symphonic Variations

    Cesar Franck

    Franck: Symphony in d minor etc.

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Jorge Bolet, piano

    17:00
  • 11:38 PM

    Variations on a Neapolitan Song

    Hermann Bellstadt

    Carnaval

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Donald Hunsberger, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, cornet

    5:44
  • 11:31 PM

    Octet: 3rd movement

    Franz Schubert

    The Many Musics of Gidon Kremer

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    5:56
  • 11:13 PM

    Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye): Suite

    Maurice Ravel

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    16:57
  • 11:10 PM

    Metropolitones: Man-About-Town

    Ulric Cole

    Nasty Women: Piano Music in the Age of Women's Suffrage

    Joanna Goldstein, piano

    1:56
  • 11:03 PM

    Sinfonia for Strings

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Il Diario di Chiara

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    6:10
  • 10:51 PM

    Helios Overture

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 1-6, Concertos, Orchestral Music

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    10:05
  • 10:33 PM

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

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Serenade No. 1, Variations on a Theme by Haydn

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    17:20
  • 10:28 PM

    The Last Song

    Clarice Assad

    Guitar Recital: Bokyung Byun

    Bokyung Byun, guitar

    3:53
  • 10:25 PM

    Exsultate Deo (Rejoice greatly)

    Giovanni Palestrina

    The Sacred Flame: European Sacred Music of the Renaissance and Baroque Eras

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    2:09
  • 10:10 PM

    Overture

    Christoph Nichelmann

    Musik am Berliner Hof

    Academy of Ancient Music Berlin

    13:22
  • 10:05 PM

    Elfentanz

    Florence Price

    Perspectives

    Dawn Dongeun Wohn, violin

    4:07
  • 10:02 PM

    Trumpet Tune

    Henry Purcell

    Ceremonial Music for Trumpet & Symphonic Organ

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    2:47
  • 9:47 PM

    Suffolk Suite

    Doreen Carwithen

    CARWITHEN: Piano Concerto / Bishop Rock / ODTAA / Suffolk Suite

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    11:34
  • 9:41 PM

    Crisantemi (Chrysanthemums)

    Giacomo Puccini

    String Quartets by Opera Composers

    Leipzig String Quartet

    5:15
  • 9:35 PM

    Bethena

    Scott Joplin

    World's Greatest Piano Rags

    Richard Dowling, piano

    5:05
  • 9:06 PM

    Symphony No. 85 "The Queen"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 85, 86, 87

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor

    27:31
  • 9:00 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Greatest Hits: The Ballet, Vol. III

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    4:37
  • 6:48 PM

    Cuban Overture

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    10:34
  • 6:44 PM

    Blues from Lenox Avenue

    William Grant Still

    Africa: Piano Music of William Grant Still

    Denver Oldham, piano

    3:04
  • 6:25 PM

    Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten: Young Person's Guide, Sea Interludes, Men Of Goodwill / Marriner

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:56
  • 6:13 PM

    La Stravaganza: Violin Concerto No. 12

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concerti La Stravaganza

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Simon Standage, violin

    9:54
  • 6:06 PM

    Chapultepec (Republican Overture)

    Carlos Chavez

    Musica Mexicana

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    6:28
  • 6:01 PM

    The Dance of the Goblins (La ronde des Lutins)

    Antonio Bazzini

    Stokowski Stereo Collection: Shostakovich - Symphony No. 6, Khachaturian - Symphony No. 3

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    4:38
  • 5:52 PM

    Polonaise No. 6 "Heroic"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: 26 Preludes, Scherzo No. 2

    Martha Argerich, piano

    6:16
  • 5:44 PM

    Adagio

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Albinoni: Adagio; Pachelbel: Canon; Etc

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    7:24
  • 5:22 PM

    Oboe Concerto

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    CPE Bach: Concertos for Oboe

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    Ku Ebbinge, oboe

    20:34
  • 5:12 PM

    Pavane, Idyll and Bacchanal

    Edgar Bainton

    Bainton: Concerto Fantasia, etc.

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    9:08
  • 5:06 PM

    Sylvia: Cortege of Bacchus

    Leo Delibes

    DELIBES: Sylvia (Complete Ballet) / SAINT-SAENS: Henry VIII

    Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Mogrelia, conductor

    4:43
  • 5:00 PM

    Sonata No. 2

    Dario Castello

    Baroque Journey

    Lucie Horsch, recorder

    4:35
  • 4:51 PM

    Phantasy

    Ina Boyle

    Irish Roots

    Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Geiss, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    6:46
  • 4:20 PM

    Piano Trio No. 4 "Dumky"

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak Piano Trios

    Wu Han, piano

    29:31
  • 4:06 PM

    Ma vlast (My Country): Vltava (The Moldau)

    Bedrich Smetana

    Romantic Adagio

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    12:24
  • 4:01 PM

    Bransle gay

    Pierre Attaingnant

    Attaingnant: Preludes, chansons & danses

    Hopkinson Smith, lute

    4:35
  • 3:52 PM

    Graceful Ghost Rag

    William Bolcom

    My Time Is Now - Inspirations from the Gershwins

    Haerim Elizabeth Lee, violin

    6:33
  • 3:42 PM

    Capriccio Espagnol

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade, Op. 35

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    16:12
  • 3:22 PM

    Violin Sonata

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Music For Violin And Piano

    Alina Ibragimova, violin

    18:01
  • 3:04 PM

    Concerto for Two Horns

    Friedrich Witt

    Herrmann Baumann

    Concerto Amsterdam

    Jaap Schroder, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    17:31
  • 2:59 PM

    Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III

    Richard Wagner

    Pops Concert

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    2:54
  • 2:43 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 8

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: 12 Concerti Grossi, Op. 6, Disc 2 [Orpheus CO]

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    14:38
  • 2:38 PM

    Nocturne No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Nocturnes

    Ivan Moravec, piano

    4:28
  • 2:34 PM

    Maria Wiegenlied (Mary's Cradle Song)

    Max Reger

    Christmas from Norway

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Christian Eggen, conductor

    Lise Davidsen, soprano

    2:22
  • 2:30 PM

    The Deer Hunter: Cavatina

    Stanley Myers

    Play

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    3:45
  • 2:24 PM

    Abduction from the Seraglio: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Dream of the Orient

    Concerto Koln

    Werner Ehrhardt, conductor

    4:39
  • 2:21 PM

    The Garden of Eden: Old Adam

    William Bolcom

    William Bolcom: The Complete Rags

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    2:19
  • 2:09 PM

    Berenice: Overture, Minuet and Gigue

    George Frideric Handel

    Pachelbel Canon

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    7:11
  • 2:04 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 6: 3rd movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: Piano Concertos BVW 1052, 1054, 1056, 1057

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Janos Rolla, conductor

    Cyprien Katsaris, piano

    4:26
  • 1:50 PM

    Aotearoa Overture

    Douglas Lilburn

    LILBURN: Orchestral Works

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    8:05
  • 1:50 PM

    Aotearoa Overture

    Douglas Lilburn

    LILBURN: Orchestral Works

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    8:05
  • 1:45 PM

    6 Early Netherlands Dances

    Julius Rontgen

    Rontgern: Symphony No. 18

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    David Porcelijn, conductor

    9:29
  • 1:35 PM

    Recorder Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Recorder Concertos

    Cordevento

    Erik Bosgraaf, recorder

    8:07
  • 1:30 PM

    Maskarade: Overture

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Symphonies No 4 & 5

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    4:37
  • 1:21 PM

    Italian Serenade

    Hugo Wolf

    Wagner: Siegfried-Idyll/Sibelius: Valse Triste/etc.

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    7:19
  • 1:16 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies 2 & 3

    Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

    3:41
  • 1:12 PM

    12 Irish Songs: Put round the bright wine

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Complete Beethoven Edition Vol. 17: Folksong Arrangements

    Thomas Allen, baritone

    2:21
  • 1:09 PM

    Molly on the Shore

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger 'Country Gardens' and other Piano Favourites

    Martin Jones, piano

    3:02
  • 1:04 PM

    Little Concert Suite: Nanette's Caprice

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    3:49
  • 12:49 PM

    Peer Gynt: At the Wedding

    Edvard Grieg

    Gothenberg Symphony

    Neemi Jarvi, conductor

    :00
  • 12:40 PM

    Flute Concertino

    Cecile Chaminade

    James Galway, flute

    Philip Moll, piano

    7:22
  • 12:31 PM

    Hansel and Gretel: Overture

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Classical Favorites

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    7:49
  • 12:17 PM

    Symphony

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: Complete Symphonies, Vol. 6

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    12:13
  • 12:09 PM

    Concerto

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Baroque Music for Brass and Organ

    Empire Brass

    William Kuhlman, organ

    6:47
  • 12:04 PM

    Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow)

    Fritz Kreisler

    The Kreisler Album

    Joshua Bell, violin

    3:41
  • 11:48 AM

    Die Meistersinger von Nurmberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg): Prelude to Act I

    Richard Wagner

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    10:04
  • 11:41 AM

    Adagio

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Carulli, Molino: Guitar Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    7:03
  • 11:24 AM

    In the Fen Country

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Favourites

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    15:31
  • 11:20 AM

    Le Soka/Cheese in the Wine

    Tessa Lark

    The Stradgrass Sessions

    Tessa Lark, violin

    3:26
  • 11:08 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 5

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: 6 Concertos Op. 10

    I Musici

    Severino Gazzelloni, flute

    9:58
  • 11:06 AM

    Waltz No. 6 "Minute"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    1:57
  • 11:01 AM

    Symphony No. 1: 2nd movement

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Symphonies 1

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Marc Soustrot, conductor

    4:42
  • 10:51 AM

    Symphonie Fantastique: March to the Scaffold

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique Op. 14 / Tristia

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    6:58
  • 10:45 AM

    The Days (I giorni)

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Ludovico Einaudi: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    5:44
  • 10:30 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Concerts Brandebourgeois Nos. 1, 3, 4

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    13:34
  • 10:25 AM

    Harlequin

    Cecile Chaminade

    Nostalgia: Piano Music of Cecile Chaminade Vol. 2

    Joanne Polk, piano

    3:21
  • 10:06 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 4

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Journey to Mozart

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, violin

    18:30
  • 10:01 AM

    Etude No. 14

    Philip Glass

    Philip Glass: Piano Works

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    4:34
  • 9:34 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphonies 1 & 4

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    24:13
  • 9:22 AM

    Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann

    Clara Schumann

    Schumann and Brahms

    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    11:35
  • 9:09 AM

    Sinfonia No. 2

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    CPhE Bach: 6 Hamburg Symphonies Wq. 182

    Camerata Bern

    Thomas Furi, conductor

    10:59
  • 9:01 AM

    Lullaby and Doina

    Osvaldo Golijov

    Plain Song, Fantastic Dances

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    7:37
  • 8:33 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Charles Stanford

    Romantic Cello Concerto Vol. 3

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    Gemma Rosefield, cello

    25:30
  • 8:26 AM

    The Irish Four Seasons: Winter

    Ailbhe McDonagh

    The Irish Seasons

    Anamus

    David Brophy, conductor

    Lynda O'Connor, violin

    5:54
  • 8:01 AM

    Piano Quintet No. 1

    Franz Berwald

    Franz Berwald: Piano Trios and Piano Quintet

    Berwald Quartet

    Stefan Lindgren, piano

    23:31
  • 7:44 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart, Strauss: Horn Concertos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Radovan Vlatkovic, horn

    14:14
  • 7:40 AM

    Concert Etude No. 1

    Agathe Grondahl

    Backer Grondahl: Piano Works

    Sara Aimee Smiseth, piano

    3:14
  • 7:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 14 "Death and the Maiden"

    Franz Schubert

    Emerson String Quartet

    37:32
  • 6:30 AM

    Shades of Darkness

    Stefania de Kenessey

    Stefania de Kenessey ?� Chamber Music: Shades of Light, Shades of Dark

    Andiamo Chamber Ensemble

    28:28
  • 6:09 AM

    Symphony No. 3: 3rd movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler: Symphony No. 3; Kindertotenlieder

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    18:45
  • 6:01 AM

    Sinfonia

    Johann Scheibe

    Scheibe: Sinfonias

    Concerto Copenhagen

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    7:44