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  • 5:49 AM

    Andante Favori

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Op. 53, 54, 101, Andante Favori

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    9:05
  • 5:06 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Andris Nelsons, conductor

    41:11
  • 5:01 AM

    Scherzo No. 2

    Clara Schumann

    Romance: The Music of Clara Schumann

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    4:48
  • 4:44 AM

    Wind Quintet

    Geraldine Mucha

    Mucha: Chamber Music

    Prague Wind Quintet

    13:45
  • 4:38 AM

    Sarabande

    Claude Debussy

    Ravel: Bolero; Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    5:09
  • 4:18 AM

    String Quartet No. 2

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: String Quartets

    Pavel Haas Quartet

    18:55
  • 4:09 AM

    Kauyumari

    Gabriela Ortiz

    Gabriela Ortiz: Revolucion diamantina

    Los Angeles Phiharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    7:21
  • 4:06 AM

    Sentimental Waltz

    Ricardo Castro

    Salon Mexicano

    Jorge Federico Osorio, piano

    2:36
  • 4:01 AM

    Sonatina: 2nd movement

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    Serenade to the Dawn

    Andrea Lieberknecht, flute

    4:32
  • 3:50 AM

    Dawn

    Heino Eller

    Music from Estonia, Vol. 1

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    John Digney, oboe

    8:10
  • 1:44 AM

    The Good-humored Ladies

    Vincenzo Tommasini

    Irving: Glazunov, Scarlatti/Tommasini, Bach/Walton

    Concert Arts Orchestra

    Robert Irving, conductor

    14:56
  • 1:23 AM

    Variations on a Rococo Theme

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations, etc.

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    18:59
  • 1:16 AM

    Prelude Baroque

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Piano Works, Vol. 5

    Stefan Irmer, piano

    6:22
  • 1:06 AM

    Mignon: Overture

    Ambroise Thomas

    Offenbach: Gaite Parisienne; Gounod, Thomas, Chabrier

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    8:07
  • 1:01 AM

    Lute Suite No. 3: Allemande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Vol. 1: Works for Lute

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    4:41
  • 12:48 AM

    Preludio Sinfonico

    Giacomo Puccini

    Puccini: Messa di Gloria

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    10:05
  • 12:47 AM

    Adagio for Strings

    Samuel Barber

    Ives, Barber: String Quartets

    Emerson String Quartet

    6:53
  • 12:43 AM

    Game of Thrones: Winterfell

    Ramin Djawadi

    Silence on Joue, Take 2

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    3:47
  • 12:36 AM

    Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": 2nd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 94, 96 & 100

    Philharmonia Hungarica

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    5:52
  • 12:16 AM

    Fantasie for Piano Four-Hands

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Resonance De L'Originaire

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    18:38
  • 12:07 AM

    To Become (Divenire)

    Ludovico Einaudi

    James Horner: Pas de Deux

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Clark Rundell, conductor

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    7:02
  • 11:58 PM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Finlandia, En Saga, The Swan of Tuonela, The Oceanides, Valse Triste, King Christian II Suite

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Thomas Sondergard, conductor

    8:09
  • 11:56 PM

    Finlandia Hymn

    Jean Sibelius

    On The Shoulders Of Giants

    Cantus

    2:03
  • 11:52 PM

    Fancy Free Ballet: Danzon

    Leonard Bernstein

    Leonard Bernstein: Marin Alsop The Complete Naxos Recordings

    Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    3:04
  • 11:49 PM

    Fancy Free Ballet: Waltz

    Leonard Bernstein

    Leonard Bernstein: Marin Alsop The Complete Naxos Recordings

    Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    2:39
  • 11:45 PM

    The Music Man: Seventy-Six Trombones

    Meredith Willson

    America The Beautiful

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:00
  • 11:39 PM

    Girl Crazy: Overture

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin: An American in Paris, etc.

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    5:46
  • 11:14 PM

    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Piano concerto no. 2

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    Artur Rubinstein, piano

    23:10
  • 11:07 PM

    Drifting Circles

    Anne Muller

    Real Life

    Attacca Quartet

    5:57
  • 11:03 PM

    Sicut cervus (As the Hart Yearns)

    Giovanni Palestrina

    From Light to Light

    National Lutheran Choir

    David Cherwien, conductor

    3:04
  • 10:53 PM

    Der Erlkonig (The Elf King)

    Franz Schubert

    Franz Schubert: Lieder, Vol. 1

    Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone

    4:16
  • 10:37 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "Great": 2nd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Franz Schubert: Symphonies 1-8

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    15:10
  • 10:28 PM

    Distant Green Valley

    Zhao Jiping

    Silk Road Journeys: Beyond the Horizon

    Silk Road Ensemble

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    7:03
  • 10:18 PM

    Piano Concerto: 3rd movement

    Aram Khachaturian

    Khachaturian: Piano Concerto, etc.

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    Constantine Orbelian, piano

    9:16
  • 10:01 PM

    German Dances and Trios

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphony No. 5

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    16:12
  • 9:51 PM

    Symphonie Espagnole: Rondo

    Edouard Lalo

    Greatest Hits

    Paris Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    8:01
  • 9:43 PM

    Song for Athene

    John Tavener

    John Tavener: Innocence

    Choir of Westminster Cathedral

    Martin Neary, conductor

    7:10
  • 9:35 PM

    Double Concerto: 2nd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Violin Concerto, Double Concerto

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    8:00
  • 9:15 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Organ": 4th movement

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Barber, Poulenc, Saint Saens

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    Olivier Latry, organ

    8:41
  • 9:11 PM

    Fanfare for the Common Man

    Aaron Copland

    The American Album

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    3:03
  • 9:00 PM

    Trumpet Concerto No. 2

    Michael Haydn

    Baroque Music for Trumpet

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    8:53
  • 6:58 PM

    Dance of the Elves (Elfentanz)

    Edvard Grieg

    Wonderland

    Alice Sara Ott, piano

    :47
  • 6:49 PM

    12 Contredanses

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 3

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    8:48
  • 6:17 PM

    Symphony No. 5

    Franz Schubert

    Franz Schubert: Symphonies 1-8

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    30:42
  • 6:11 PM

    Gavotte Fantastique

    Amy Beach

    The Solo Piano Music of Amy Beach, Vol. 1

    Joanne Polk, piano

    3:45
  • 6:06 PM

    Ballet Scenes: Polonaise

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: From the Middle Ages; Scenes de Ballet

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:10
  • 6:00 PM

    Cello Suite No. 6: Gavotte

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Suites For Solo Cello

    Pierre Fournier, cello

    4:37
  • 5:52 PM

    Norwegian Dance No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg, Svendsen: Orchestral Works

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    6:15
  • 5:24 PM

    Serenade for Strings

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenades

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    27:01
  • 5:20 PM

    Nora's Dance

    Nora Holt

    Phenomenal Women

    Lara Downes, piano

    1:47
  • 5:06 PM

    La Valse

    Maurice Ravel

    RAVEL: Rapsodie Espagnole / La Valse / Daphnis et Chloe

    Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Kenneth Jean, conductor

    13:07
  • 5:01 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 52: 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 1

    Roman Rabinovich, piano

    4:35
  • 4:50 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Titan": 2nd movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler: Symphony No. 1; Blumine

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    8:03
  • 4:27 PM

    Piano Concerto

    Clara Schumann

    Boulanger, Tailleferre, Mendelssohn, Schumann

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Angela Cheng, piano

    21:48
  • 4:14 PM

    Six Italian Dance Tunes

    Peter Warlock

    Warlock: Capriol Suite; The Curlew; Six English Tunes; Serenade; Six Italian Dance Tunes; Ross Pople/London Festival Orchestra

    London Festival Orchestra

    Ross Pople, conductor

    10:39
  • 4:11 PM

    Canarios

    Gaspar Sanz

    Folias And Canarios

    Rolf Lislevand, guitar

    2:03
  • 4:06 PM

    Estudiantina

    Emil Waldteufel

    Music of Waldteufel

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:14
  • 4:00 PM

    Impromptu No. 3

    Frederic Chopin

    The Chopin Collection: The Impromptus

    Artur Rubinstein, piano

    4:51
  • 3:50 PM

    Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Greatest Hits

    New York Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    8:57
  • 3:49 PM

    Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Greatest Hits

    New York Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    8:57
  • 3:31 PM

    Reminiscences de Don Juan

    Franz Liszt

    Tchaikovsky, Liszt

    George Li, piano

    16:19
  • 3:11 PM

    Mladi (Youth)

    Leos Janacek

    Concert Recording

    Julia Bogorad-Kogan, flute

    19:25
  • 2:59 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 12

    Arcangelo Corelli

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    10:12
  • 2:56 PM

    The Sound of Music: Something Good

    Rodgers & Hammerstein

    Elaine Stritch at Liberty

    Elaine Stritch, vocal

    2:42
  • 2:52 PM

    Little Women: Ice Skating

    Alexandre Desplat

    Little Women Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    Alexandre Desplat, conductor

    2:14
  • 2:42 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 1: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Truls Mork, cello

    9:13
  • 2:32 PM

    Prague Waltzes

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Czech Suite, Prague Waltzes, etc.

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    8:55
  • 2:24 PM

    Les Italiennes: Cavatine de Norma

    Louise Farrenc

    Louise Farrenc: Etudes and Variations for Solo Piano

    Joanne Polk, piano

    6:42
  • 2:17 PM

    Symphony No. 7 "Pastoral": Scherzo

    Alexander Glazunov

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:05
  • 2:16 PM

    A Song of the Weather

    Flanders & Swann

    At the Drop of a Hat

    Michael Flanders, vocal

    Donald Swann, piano

    2:00
  • 2:06 PM

    Concerto for Two Oboes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    6:02
  • 2:04 PM

    Orfeo: Toccata

    Claudio Monteverdi

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    1:29
  • 1:49 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1: Rondo

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin, Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    Yundi Li, piano

    9:40
  • 1:42 PM

    Symphony No. 1: Finale

    Franz Schubert

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Otmar Suitner, conductor

    6:10
  • 1:31 PM

    Cantilena and Finale

    Carlos Guastavino

    Camerata Bariloche

    9:42
  • 1:24 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1: Gavotte

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Suites Nos. 1-4

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    5:16
  • 1:17 PM

    Staatskapelle Weimar

    Peter Gulke, conductor

    6:01
  • 1:14 PM

    Rondeau

    Jean-Joseph Mouret

    Ceremonial Music for Trumpet & Symphonic Organ

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    1:45
  • 1:06 PM

    Coppelia: Waltz of The Hours

    Leo Delibes

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Heinz Fricke, conductor

    6:17
  • 12:47 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Sinfonia Espansiva": 4th movement

    Carl Nielsen

    Carl Nielsen: The Symphonies

    Danish National Symphony Orchestra

    Fabio Luisi, conductor

    10:49
  • 12:39 PM

    Three Short Pieces

    Jacques Ibert

    Ensemble Wien-Berlin

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    6:57
  • 12:29 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    8:21
  • 12:17 PM

    In Spring Overture

    Karl Goldmark

    Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andras Korodi, conductor

    10:31
  • 12:14 PM

    Mlada: Lithuanian Dance

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    2:18
  • 12:08 PM

    Faeroe Island Dance and Country Gardens

    Percy Grainger

    Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra

    Clark Rundell/Timothy Reynish, conductor

    4:26
  • 12:04 PM

    Serenade

    Roman Hoffstetter

    From Mozart to Ravel

    Blair String Quartet

    3:49
  • 11:52 AM

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    6:26
  • 11:33 AM

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 2

    Edvard Grieg

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    17:03
  • 11:29 AM

    Little Concert Suite: A Love Sonnet

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Anthony Parnther, conductor

    3:40
  • 11:17 AM

    Unter bluhenden Linden

    Lou Koster

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    10:53
  • 11:06 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Grand Pas de Deux

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    10:11
  • 11:01 AM

    Oboe Quintet No. 2: 2nd movement

    Josef Myslivecek

    Dolezal Quartet

    Michaela Hrabankova, oboe

    4:42
  • 10:47 AM

    Norwegian Rhapsody No. 3

    Johan Svendsen

    Trondheim Symphony Orchestra

    Ole Kristian Ruud, conductor

    10:49
  • 10:28 AM

    Simple Symphony

    Benjamin Britten

    Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

    Iona Brown, conductor

    17:35
  • 10:10 AM

    French Suite No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Peter Hill, piano

    16:13
  • 10:06 AM

    Three French Chansons

    Scott Tennant

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:33
  • 10:01 AM

    Choro No. 1 "Tipico Brasileiro"

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Anna-Stella Schic, piano

    4:34
  • 9:34 AM

    Symphony No. 91

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    23:40
  • 9:09 AM

    Ascanio: Act III Ballet music

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    24:18
  • 9:01 AM

    Impressions of the Puna

    Alberto Ginastera

    Music for a Sunday Morning

    Shanghai Quartet

    Eugenia Zukerman, flute

    6:53
  • 8:38 AM

    Wand of Youth Suite No. 1

    Edward Elgar

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    20:42
  • 8:28 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Scottish Ensemble

    Jonathan Morton, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    9:42
  • 8:22 AM

    En avril a Paris

    Charles Trenet

    Carte Blanche

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    3:05
  • 8:01 AM

    Harp Concerto

    Nino Rota

    Virtuosi Italiani

    Marzio Conti, conductor

    Luisa Prandina, harp

    20:52
  • 7:36 AM

    Symphony No. 7

    Jean Sibelius

    Kansas City Symphony

    Michael Stern, conductor

    22:35
  • 7:29 AM

    Tannhauser: Pilgrims' Chorus

    Richard Wagner

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Silvio Varviso, conductor

    6:19
  • 7:01 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Max Bruch

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Robert Trevino, conductor

    Ray Chen, violin

    25:49
  • 6:37 AM

    The Tender Land Suite

    Aaron Copland

    Phoenix Symphony

    James Sedares, conductor

    21:21
  • 6:17 AM

    Berlin Baroque Soloists

    Rainer Kussmaul, conductor

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    19:35
  • 6:01 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 5

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    13:53