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  • 5:27 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Kurt Atterberg

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    31:24
  • 5:22 AM

    Nocturne

    Bryce Dessner

    Sonic Wires

    Katia Labeque, piano

    3:00
  • 5:07 AM

    Andromeda

    Augusta Holmes

    Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Leo Hussain, conductor

    15:08
  • 5:01 AM

    Eventide

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Elgar and Vaughan Williams

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    George Hurst, conductor

    4:52
  • 4:46 AM

    Jakob Lindberg, lute

    12:06
  • 4:24 AM

    Whistler Waves

    Caroline Mallonee

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Feng Hew, cello

    20:52
  • 4:20 AM

    Etude No. 1 "Aeolian Harp"

    Frederic Chopin

    Javier Perianes, piano

    2:39
  • 4:06 AM

    Wind Quintet

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Greatest Hits

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    12:44
  • 4:01 AM

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Vaclav Smetacek, conductor

    4:48
  • 3:47 AM

    Coincident Dances

    Jessie Montgomery

    Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    11:42
  • 3:31 AM

    Four Characteristic Waltzes

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Rochelle Sennet, piano

    13:30
  • 3:15 AM

    Viola Sonata

    George Walker

    Permutations

    Eliesha Nelson, viola

    14:17
  • 3:06 AM

    African Suite: Nostalgia

    Fela Sowande

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    3:41
  • 3:03 AM

    In Sentimental Mood

    Florence Price

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:30
  • 3:01 AM

    First Romance

    Florence Price

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:04
  • 2:53 AM

    Raphaella Smits, guitar

    5:01
  • 2:21 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 27

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Pierre-Laurent Aimard, conductor

    Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano

    31:35
  • 2:07 AM

    Le Roi d'Ys Overture

    Edouard Lalo

    Bizet/Roma/Lalo/Le Roi d'Ys

    Bordeaux Aquitaine Orchestra

    Roberto Benzi, conductor

    12:02
  • 2:01 AM

    String Quintet: Allegretto

    Niels Gade

    Gade: Chamber Works, Vol. 5

    Ensemble MidtVest

    4:50
  • 1:50 AM

    Trumpet Sonata No. 1

    Giuseppe Torelli

    New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig

    Max Pommer, conductor

    Ludwig Guttler, trumpet

    8:33
  • 1:45 AM

    Mazurka No. 38

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin

    Yulianna Avdeeva, piano

    3:20
  • 1:20 AM

    Symphony No. 82 "The Bear"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    25:19
  • 1:15 AM

    Samba do Aviao

    Antonio Carlos Jobim

    Plinio Fernandes, guitar

    2:39
  • 1:06 AM

    Images for Orchestra: Rondes de printemps (Spring Rounds)

    Claude Debussy

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    8:07
  • 1:01 AM

    Suite No. 4

    Francois Chauvon

    Alison Melville, recorder

    Charlotte Nediger, harpsichord

    4:46
  • 12:54 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 8

    Antonin Dvorak

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Andres Orozco-Estrada, conductor

    4:22
  • 12:53 AM

    Princess Mononoke: Ashitaka and San

    Joe Hisaishi

    Joe Hisaishi, piano

    3:56
  • 12:32 AM

    Pulcinella Suite

    Igor Stravinsky

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    20:36
  • 12:26 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 8

    Antonin Dvorak

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Andres Orozco-Estrada, conductor

    4:22
  • 12:16 AM

    Alessandra Ziveri, harp

    10:10
  • 12:00 AM

    Concerto for Mandolin, Hammered Dulcimer, and Harp

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Telemann: Concerti per molti stromenti

    Academy for Ancient Music Berlin

    Anna Torge, mandolin

    15:22
  • 11:49 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Scottish": 4th movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Symphonies

    Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    9:18
  • 11:34 PM

    Piano Sonata

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Keyboard Sonatas, Vol. 2

    Danny Driver, piano

    13:19
  • 11:22 PM

    Four Seasons: Summer

    Antonio Vivaldi

    the four seasons: The Vivaldi Album

    English Chamber Orchestra

    David Lockington, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    10:05
  • 11:07 PM

    Overture on a Spanish March Theme

    Mily Balakirev

    USSR Symphony Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    13:20
  • 11:01 PM

    Canon and Gigue

    Johann Pachelbel

    A Baroque Festival

    Taverner Players

    Andrew Parrott, conductor

    5:00
  • 10:54 PM

    Lullaby

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33, etc.

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    Alexander Kniazev, cello

    4:55
  • 10:39 PM

    Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise

    Frederic Chopin

    Yundi Li, piano

    14:31
  • 10:30 PM

    Il viaggio a Reims (The Journey to Rheims): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    7:22
  • 10:25 PM

    Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo

    Pietro Mascagni

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    4:28
  • 10:10 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "Great": 4th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphony No. 9 "The Great"

    Northern Sinfonia

    Thomas Zehetmair, conductor

    14:09
  • 10:06 PM

    Sara Aimee Smiseth, piano

    2:44
  • 10:03 PM

    The Return of Maxim: Waltz

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    3:03
  • 9:51 PM

    Huapango

    Jose Moncayo

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    8:00
  • 9:34 PM

    Karelia Suite

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Tone Poems & Incidental Music

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    15:42
  • 9:27 PM

    Suite for Piano

    Ethel Smyth

    Liana Serbescu, piano

    6:16
  • 9:06 PM

    Flute Quartet No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Flute Quartets

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    18:25
  • 9:00 PM

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Bela Bartok

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    6:02
  • 6:45 PM

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

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: Ma Vlast

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    12:42
  • 6:27 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart y Mambo La Bella Cubana

    Havana Lyceum Orchestra

    Jose Antonio Mendez Padron, conductor

    Sarah Willis, horn

    16:39
  • 6:18 PM

    Three Roses

    Florence Price

    Waltzes and Character Pieces of Florence Price

    Michael Clark, piano

    7:58
  • 6:13 PM

    Cancion de Cuna (Afro-Cuban Lullaby)

    Leo Brouwer

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    3:18
  • 6:06 PM

    Ruy Blas Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Edward Gardner, conductor

    7:19
  • 6:00 PM

    Merry Mount: Maypole Dances

    Howard Hanson

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    4:42
  • 5:46 PM

    St. Paul's Suite

    Gustav Holst

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    12:50
  • 5:23 PM

    Symphony No. 87

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    21:14
  • 5:16 PM

    Marcus Eley, clarinet

    Lucerne DeSa, piano

    5:12
  • 5:06 PM

    Corsair: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Famous French Overtures

    Polish State Philharmonic Orchestra, Katowice

    Kenneth Jean, conductor

    8:58
  • 5:00 PM

    La verita in cimento (The Truth Contested): Sinfonia

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    4:38
  • 4:53 PM

    The Skaters Waltz

    Emil Waldteufel

    Favorite Holiday Classics

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    4:48
  • 4:19 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: The Piano Concertos and Paganini Rhapsody

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    Yuja Wang, piano

    33:03
  • 4:11 PM

    Serenade No. 2: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    5:25
  • 4:06 PM

    Shepherd's Song

    Han-Kun Sha

    Shanghai Quartet

    4:46
  • 4:01 PM

    Alma

    Tania Leon

    Eight Visions - A New Anthology for Flute and Piano

    Marya Martin, flute

    5:21
  • 3:50 PM

    From Italy (Aus Italien): Life in Naples

    Richard Strauss

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    8:12
  • 3:50 PM

    From Italy (Aus Italien): Life in Naples

    Richard Strauss

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    8:12
  • 3:26 PM

    Symphony No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    22:55
  • 3:05 PM

    Concerto for flute and string orchestra

    Franz Richter

    Flute Concertos

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Barthold Kuijken, flute

    19:49
  • 3:01 PM

    El Amor Brujo: Ritual Fire Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    3:45
  • 2:50 PM

    Carnival Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: New World Symphony,

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    8:55
  • 2:41 PM

    Concerto Andaluz: 1st movement

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Interchange: Concertos by Rodrigo and Assad

    Delaware Symphony Orchestra

    David Amado, conductor

    8:06
  • 2:36 PM

    Second Suite: Petite Waltz and Menuet

    Theodore Dubois

    Sylvan Winds

    Diva Goodfriend-Koven, flute

    Mark Dover, clarinet

    Nanci Belmont, bassoon

    4:17
  • 2:31 PM

    Dances in the Canebrakes: Tropical Noon

    Florence Price

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    3:38
  • 2:24 PM

    Drifting Circles

    Anne Muller

    Real Life

    Attacca Quartet

    5:57
  • 2:19 PM

    Perpetual Motion

    Niccolo Paganini

    Carnaval

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Donald Hunsberger, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, cornet

    4:33
  • 2:11 PM

    Variations on "The Carnival of Venice"

    Elgar Howarth

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    4:25
  • 2:04 PM

    Polonaise for Violin and Strings

    Franz Schubert

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Thomas Zehetmair, conductor

    Thomas Zehetmair, violin

    5:36
  • 1:48 PM

    Rienzi: Overture

    Richard Wagner

    German Overtures

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    11:38
  • 1:44 PM

    One World: Ad Pacem (Towards Peace)

    Karl Jenkins

    Jenkins: One World

    World Orchestra for Peace

    Karl Jenkins, conductor

    Alexander Duggan, percussion

    3:01
  • 1:31 PM

    Concerto

    Johann Heinichen

    Heinichen: Dresden Concerti

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    12:04
  • 1:21 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 25: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Jeremy Denk, piano

    8:27
  • 1:15 PM

    String Quartet No. 2: 4th movement

    Robert Schumann

    Ying String Quartet

    4:43
  • 1:08 PM

    Bartered Bride: Dance of the Comedians

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: The Bartered Bride & From My Life

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    5:39
  • 1:04 PM

    Violin Partita No. 2: Gigue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    3:21
  • 12:44 PM

    Tales from the Vienna Woods

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    13:13
  • 12:38 PM

    Pelleas and Melisande: Sicilienne

    Gabriel Faure

    Mad About Love

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    3:59
  • 12:32 PM

    An English Suite: Pastoral and In Minuet Style

    Hubert Parry

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    5:40
  • 12:19 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: 12 Concerti Grossi

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    11:36
  • 12:14 PM

    Canzon Duodecimi Toni

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    The Antiphonal Music of Gabrieli

    Philadelphia Brass Ensemble

    3:57
  • 12:08 PM

    Thais: Meditation

    Jules Massenet

    A La Carte

    Abbey Road Ensemble

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    4:36
  • 12:04 PM

    Lux Aurumque

    Eric Whitacre

    Orphei Drangar

    Cecilia Rydinger Alin, conductor

    4:00
  • 11:47 AM

    Second Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Howard Dunn, conductor

    11:20
  • 11:30 AM

    Symphony No. 70

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Philharmonia Hungarica

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    15:11
  • 11:25 AM

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    4:28
  • 11:14 AM

    Pluie de diamants

    Emil Waldteufel

    Waldteufel: Famous Waltzes

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alfred Walter, conductor

    10:25
  • 11:06 AM

    Concerto for Two Flutes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academia Montis Regalis

    Barthold Kuijken, conductor

    Barthold Kuijken, flute

    6:44
  • 11:01 AM

    The Overturned Carriages: Overture

    Francois Boieldieu

    Swiss Italian Orchestra

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    4:52
  • 10:42 AM

    Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2

    Maurice Ravel

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    16:47
  • 10:29 AM

    Fair Melusina Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    11:28
  • 10:19 AM

    Adagio and Allegro

    Robert Schumann

    David Finckel, cello

    Wu Han, piano

    8:08
  • 10:06 AM

    Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

    Aram Khachaturian

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    11:50
  • 10:01 AM

    Etiolles (Valse)

    Mel Bonis

    Memoires d'une femme

    Myriam Barbaux-Cohen, piano

    4:38
  • 9:38 AM

    Lachian Dances

    Leos Janacek

    Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antoni Wit, conductor

    20:19
  • 9:29 AM

    String Quartet No. 2: Nocturne

    Alexander Borodin

    Blair String Quartet

    8:33
  • 9:08 AM

    Clarinet and Viola Concerto

    Max Bruch

    Lyon Opera Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    Paul Meyer, clarinet

    Gerard Causse, viola

    19:31
  • 9:01 AM

    Rusalka: Song to the Moon

    Antonin Dvorak

    London Mozart Players

    Stuart Morley, conductor

    Claire Jones, harp

    6:01
  • 8:21 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Saito Kinen Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    37:01
  • 8:17 AM

    Sarabande No. 3

    Erik Satie

    Letter(s) to Erik Satie

    Bertrand Chamayou, piano

    4:27
  • 8:02 AM

    Trumpet Concerto No. 1

    Johann Hertel

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Elgar Howarth, conductor

    Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet

    13:22
  • 7:46 AM

    Ein Tanzspiel

    Franz Schreker

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Kazuki Yamada, conductor

    12:29
  • 7:15 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Edvard Grieg

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Alice Sara Ott, piano

    30:13
  • 7:01 AM

    Sonatina No. 1 "From an Invalid's Workshop": 1st movement

    Richard Strauss

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    12:00
  • 6:40 AM

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Marek Stilec, conductor

    18:00
  • 6:30 AM

    Barcarolle venetienne

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Navarra Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Martinez Izquierdo, conductor

    Tianwa Yang, violin

    9:49
  • 6:25 AM

    Night Song

    Edward Elgar

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    3:23
  • 6:02 AM

    Gaspard de la Nuit

    Maurice Ravel

    Concert Recording

    Beatrice Rana, piano

    22:49