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  • 5:56 AM

    Gammelkjerringvalsen

    Traditional Norwegian

    Rimur

    Trio Mediaeval

    Arve Henriksen, trumpet

    2:07
  • 5:10 AM

    Lemminkainen Suite (Four Legends from the Kalevala)

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Lemminkainen Legends

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    Susan Tyte, English horn

    44:50
  • 5:07 AM

    Waltz

    Anonymous

    Sublimation: Songs and dances from 18th-century Scandinavia

    The Curious Bards

    2:57
  • 5:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 10

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: The Nocturnes

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    4:41
  • 4:53 AM

    Ludus pro Patria: Night and Love

    Augusta Holmes

    Holmes: Orchestral Works

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic

    Patrick Davin, conductor

    5:40
  • 4:14 AM

    Piano Trio No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    For the Love of Brahms

    Joshua Bell, violin

    36:53
  • 4:06 AM

    Serenade No. 2

    Bechara El-Khoury

    EL-KHOURY: Meditation poetique / Piano Concerto / Poems Nos 1 and 2

    Colonne Orchestra

    Pierre Dervaux, conductor

    6:24
  • 4:01 AM

    A Dream

    John Dowland

    John Dowland: Lute Music

    Jakob Lindberg, orpharion

    4:49
  • 3:53 AM

    Chant

    Vassilis Tsabropoulos

    Chants, Hymns and Dances

    Anja Lechner, cello

    5:34
  • 3:28 AM

    Symphony for Strings

    Grazyna Bacewicz

    Bacewicz: Music for String Orchestra

    Primuz Chamber Orchestra

    Lukasz Blaszczyk, conductor

    23:11
  • 3:19 AM

    Suite for Clarinet and Piano

    Frederick Block

    Chamber Works by Frederick Block

    Joaquin Valdepenas, clarinet

    7:44
  • 3:06 AM

    Romance

    Antonin Dvorak

    Violin Romances

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Gil Shaham, violin

    11:54
  • 3:01 AM

    Matinees Musicales: Nocturne

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge; Matinees & Soirees Musicales

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    4:33
  • 2:48 AM

    Clearing, Dawn, Dance

    Judd Greenstein

    Beautiful Mechanical

    yMusic

    10:08
  • 2:23 AM

    Pines of Rome

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Roman Trilogy

    RAI National Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Trevino, conductor

    23:09
  • 2:16 AM

    Paganini Etude No. 3 "La Campanella"

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: My Piano Hero

    Lang Lang, piano

    4:46
  • 2:06 AM

    Overture "In the Italian Style"

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 5

    English Sinfonia

    Charles Groves, conductor

    8:14
  • 2:01 AM

    Suite: Festival

    Marcel Tournier

    French Flute Chamber Music - Pierne, Francaix, Roussel, Etc / Mirage Quintet

    Mirage Quintet

    4:47
  • 1:48 AM

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Paul Dukas

    Danse Macabre

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    10:32
  • 1:43 AM

    Prelude and Fugue No. 5

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Dmitri Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87

    Jenny Lin, piano

    3:52
  • 1:18 AM

    Fantasy Pieces

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Uncovered Vol. 1

    Catalyst Quartet

    24:05
  • 1:06 AM

    6 German Dances

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: 6 German Dances; Haffner Serenade

    North German Radio Symphony

    Gunter Wand, conductor

    10:00
  • 1:01 AM

    Romance

    Oscar Merikanto

    Oscar Merinkanto: Summer Evening

    Izumi Tateno, piano

    4:42
  • 12:41 AM

    Romeo and Juliet: Ballet Music

    Charles Gounod

    Gounod: Romeo Et Juliette

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    18:01
  • 12:40 AM

    Romeo and Juliet: Ballet Music

    Charles Gounod

    Gounod: Romeo Et Juliette

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    18:01
  • 12:31 AM

    Flowers

    Truman Harris

    Truman Harris: A Warm Day in Winter

    Alice Kogan Weinreb, flute

    7:49
  • 12:12 AM

    Songs of the Roses

    Morten Lauridsen

    Morten Lauridsen: Mid-Winter Songs

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    18:28
  • 12:08 AM

    Barcarolle

    Cecile Chaminade

    Nostalgia: Piano Music of Cecile Chaminade Vol. 2

    Joanne Polk, piano

    3:29
  • 12:00 AM

    Overture No. 2

    Louise Farrenc

    Farrenc: Symphony No. 1 - Overtures - Grand Variations

    European Soloists, Luxembourg

    Christoph Konig, conductor

    7:08
  • 11:49 PM

    Flute Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: 6 Concertos

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    9:38
  • 11:37 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "Great": 3rd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert, Strauss

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Schippers, conductor

    11:00
  • 11:29 PM

    Rondo Brillante

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Sonatas

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    6:17
  • 11:18 PM

    String Quartet No. 1

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Black Composers Series 1974-1978

    Juilliard String Quartet

    9:27
  • 11:14 PM

    See-Saw Waltz

    Justin Holland

    Justin Holland Recording Project

    Mark Delpriora, guitar

    3:19
  • 11:02 PM

    Estonian Dance Suite

    Eduard Tubin

    Eduard Tubin: Symphony No. 7; Estonian Dance Suite; Music for strings

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Hans-Peter Frank, conductor

    11:15
  • 11:00 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 5

    Johannes Brahms

    Dance

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, violin

    2:08
  • 10:55 PM

    Turkish Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Albeniz, Piazzolla, Weill, Grieg, Mozart, Koetsier, Bizet

    tenThing

    3:22
  • 10:38 PM

    Masquerade Suite

    Aram Khachaturian

    Khachaturian: Piano Concerto, etc.

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    16:17
  • 10:35 PM

    El Hambo

    Jaakko Mantyjarvi

    From the Land of Sky-Blue Waters

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    2:36
  • 10:23 PM

    Miniature Suite

    Poldowski

    Music of the Gilded Age

    Sylvan Winds

    10:29
  • 10:06 PM

    Wand of Youth Suite No. 2

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: The Wand of Youth, Suites I & II; Dream Children; Nursery Suite; Starlight Express

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    16:27
  • 10:02 PM

    Carnival: Suite of Five Dances: Frolic

    Montague Ring

    Bach to Black: Suites for Piano, Volume II Rochelle Sennet, Piano

    Rochelle Sennet, piano

    2:36
  • 9:50 PM

    Epic March

    John Ireland

    IRELAND, J.: Forgotten Rite (The) / Mai-Dun / A Downland Suite / Epic March / A London Overture / Satyricon Overture

    Sinfonia of London

    John Wilson, conductor

    8:41
  • 9:36 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 9

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Awadagin Pratt: Beethoven Piano Sonatas

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    13:00
  • 9:27 PM

    Play of the Elves

    Franz Berwald

    Berwald: Sinfonie singuliere, etc.

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Ulf Bjorlin, conductor

    8:22
  • 9:03 PM

    Suite Concertino

    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

    Wolf-Ferrari: Orchestral Works

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

    Karen Geoghegan, bassoon

    21:53
  • 9:00 PM

    Lilacs

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Preludes and Melodies

    Alessio Bax, piano

    2:37
  • 6:47 PM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Maurice Ravel

    Ligeti, Villa-Lobos, Barber

    Parisii Quartet

    Isabelle Moretti, harp

    11:08
  • 6:30 PM

    In the Faery Hills

    Arnold Bax

    Bax: Tone Poems

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    15:05
  • 6:22 PM

    Far and Away: Suite

    John Williams

    John Williams: The Berlin Concert

    Berlin Philharmonic

    John Williams, conductor

    8:01
  • 6:12 PM

    Invitation to the Dance

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Concert A La Carte

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    7:42
  • 6:06 PM

    Symphony No. 5: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5, The Tempest Op. 18

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    5:55
  • 6:01 PM

    Andante

    Elfrida Andree

    Elfrida Andree: Complete Piano Works

    Oskar Ekberg, piano

    4:39
  • 5:49 PM

    L'assedio di Corinto (Siege of Corinth): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    9:10
  • 5:29 PM

    Introduction and Rondo "Alla Militaire"

    Cipriani Potter

    Potter: Symphony No. 1; Introduzione e Rondo; Overture to Cymbelene

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    Claire Huangci, piano

    18:58
  • 5:17 PM

    Gloriana: Courtly Dances

    Benjamin Britten

    Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    10:19
  • 5:06 PM

    Introduction and Rondo No. 3

    Dionysio Aguado

    Anabel Montesinos: Guitar Recital

    Anabel Montesinos, guitar

    9:52
  • 5:01 PM

    D'un matin de printemps (Of a Spring Morning)

    Lili Boulanger

    Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers

    Anna Agafia, violin

    4:35
  • 4:47 PM

    Symphony

    Frederick the Great

    Frederick the Great: Flotenkonzerte & Sinfonien

    CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra

    Hartmut Haenchen, conductor

    11:03
  • 4:33 PM

    Snow Maiden Suite

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Orchestral Suites

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    12:28
  • 4:29 PM

    Pieces froides: Trois danses de travers

    Erik Satie

    Erik Satie: Oeuvres pour piano

    Anne Queffelec, piano

    3:56
  • 4:14 PM

    Picciola serenata

    Antonio Salieri

    Mozart � Salieri

    Armonia Ensemble

    13:05
  • 4:06 PM

    Beatrice and Benedict: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Overtures, Queen Mab Scherzo

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Munch, conductor

    7:19
  • 4:01 PM

    Garden of Roses (Il giardino di rose): Sinfonia

    Alessandro Scarlatti

    A. Scarlatti: Sinfonie & Concertos

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    4:43
  • 3:49 PM

    Sentimental Waltzes: selections

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Landler

    Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano

    9:05
  • 3:43 PM

    Ports of Call (Escales)

    Jacques Ibert

    Ports of Call

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    14:01
  • 3:35 PM

    Sentimental Waltzes: selections

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Landler

    Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano

    9:05
  • 3:30 PM

    Life

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Ludovico Einaudi: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:15
  • 3:08 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 1

    Saverio Mercadante

    Mercadante: Flute Concertos

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    21:01
  • 3:02 PM

    Candide: Overture

    Leonard Bernstein

    New York Philharmonic | An American Celebration

    New York Philharmonic

    4:34
  • 2:58 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 29 "Hammerklavier": Scherzo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Late Piano Sonatas

    Igor Levit, piano

    2:31
  • 2:46 PM

    Prince Igor: Overture

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Three Symphonies, Petite Suite, Polovetsian Dances

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    10:09
  • 2:43 PM

    Macbeth: Chorus of Murderers

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Berlin Opera Orchestra & Chorus

    Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor

    3:00
  • 2:35 PM

    Das Rheingold: Entry of the Gods into Valhalla

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner Without Words

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    6:34
  • 2:32 PM

    Partita No. 1: Gigue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Rafal Blechacz, piano

    1:48
  • 2:22 PM

    Serenade No. 7 "Haffner": Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenades Nos. 6 and 7

    Capella Savaria

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    Zsolt Kallo, violin

    7:34
  • 2:17 PM

    Romance of Hsiao and Ch'in

    Chen Yi

    CHEN: Momentum / Chinese Folk Dance Suite

    Singapore Symphony Orchestra

    Lan Shui, conductor

    Cho-Liang Lin, violin

    4:00
  • 2:08 PM

    Serenade

    William Grant Still

    Still: Summerland - Violin Suite - Pastorela - American Suite

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Avlana Eisenberg, conductor

    5:58
  • 2:04 PM

    Umoja (Unity)

    Valerie Coleman

    Imani Winds

    Imani Winds

    2:49
  • 1:53 PM

    German Requiem: Wie lieblich (How lovely are thy dwelling places)

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Ein Deutches Requiem

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    5:42
  • 1:49 PM

    Intermezzo No. 2 "Klavierstucke"

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Last Piano Pieces

    Stephen Hough, piano

    3:58
  • 1:39 PM

    Symphony: Finale

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Symphony, Jeux d'enfants, Roma

    Paris Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    8:39
  • 1:29 PM

    Guitar Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi

    Venice Baroque Orchestra

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    9:12
  • 1:17 PM

    Overture for Wind Instruments

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Overtures

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    9:43
  • 1:15 PM

    Songs My Mother Taught Me

    Antonin Dvorak

    American Virtuosa - Tribute to Maud Powell

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    1:49
  • 1:09 PM

    Bagatelle Polka

    Emil Waldteufel

    WALDTEUFEL: THE BEST OF EMILE WALDTEUFEL, VOL. 10

    Slovak State Phiharmonic, Kosice

    Alfred Walter, conductor

    4:30
  • 1:04 PM

    Snow Maiden: Dance of the Tumblers

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Orchestral Suites

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    3:36
  • 12:51 PM

    Oboe Concerto No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Oboe Concertos Nos. 1-3

    City of London Sinfonia

    Nicholas Ward, conductor

    Anthony Camden, oboe

    7:47
  • 12:43 PM

    Piano Sonata: 3rd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Piano Sonatas, D537 and D664, etc.

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    7:12
  • 12:34 PM

    Serenade No. 2: 1st movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    7:43
  • 12:31 PM

    L'Eventail de Jeanne (Jeanne's Fan): Pastorale

    Francis Poulenc

    French Ballet Music of the 1920s

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    1:58
  • 12:25 PM

    English Idyll No. 1

    George Butterworth

    English Rhapsody: Delius & Butterworth

    Halle Orchestra

    Mark Elder, conductor

    4:35
  • 12:16 PM

    Harp Concerto

    Jean Eichner

    Eichner: Harp Concertos

    Kurpfalz Chamber Orchestra

    Stefan Fraas, conductor

    Silke Aichhorn, harp

    15:44
  • 12:14 PM

    Te Deum: Prelude

    Marc-Antoine Charpentier

    Pachelbel: Canon and Other Favorites

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    1:39
  • 12:08 PM

    Minuet No. 1

    Giacomo Puccini

    Puccini

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor

    4:39
  • 12:04 PM

    Liebesfreud (Love's Joy)

    Fritz Kreisler

    The Essential Yo-Yo Ma

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    3:12
  • 11:46 AM

    Divertimento No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenades K320 & K239, Divertimento K136

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Yehudi Menuhin, conductor

    12:36
  • 11:38 AM

    The White-Haired Girl Suite: Greeting the Sun

    Yan Jinxuan

    Concert Suites

    China National Symphony Orchestra

    Zuohuang Chen, conductor

    6:48
  • 11:16 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2

    Helvi Leiviska

    Leiviska: Orchestral Works

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Dalia Stasevska, conductor

    20:41
  • 11:11 AM

    Kjolhalling

    Fredrik Sjolin

    Keel Road

    Danish String Quartet

    3:23
  • 11:06 AM

    Peer Gynt: Morning Mood

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2, etc.

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    4:19
  • 11:01 AM

    Pastoral and Reel

    Thomas C. Kelly

    Silver Apples of the Moon

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    4:39
  • 10:48 AM

    Sonata for Two Pianos

    Muzio Clementi

    First Date

    Baayon Duo

    10:41
  • 10:31 AM

    Rapsodie espagnole

    Maurice Ravel

    Rhapsodie

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    14:44
  • 10:27 AM

    Bordel 1900

    Astor Piazzolla

    Histoire du tango

    Augustin Hadelich, violin

    3:57
  • 10:18 AM

    Piano Quintet: 2nd movement

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor: Nonet, Piano Trio, Piano Quintet

    Elena Urioste, violin

    7:36
  • 10:06 AM

    Symphony No. 8

    William Boyce

    Boyce: Symphonies I-VIII

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    10:59
  • 10:01 AM

    Flute Quartet: Minuet

    Franz Schubert

    New Schubert Works for Flute and Strings

    Martinu Quartet

    Robert Stallman, flute

    4:43
  • 9:27 AM

    Enigma Variations

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Enigma Variations; Vaughan Williams: Greensleeves; The Wasps

    Kansas City Symphony

    Michael Stern, conductor

    31:13
  • 9:21 AM

    Etude No. 21

    Louise Farrenc

    Louise Farrenc: Etudes and Variations for Solo Piano

    Joanne Polk, piano

    4:12
  • 9:01 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 1

    Camille Saint-Saens

    French Cello Concertos

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Scott Yoo, conductor

    Hee-Young Lim, cello

    19:41
  • 8:45 AM

    Spring (Vesna)

    Alexander Glazunov

    GLAZUNOV, A.K.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 6 - Carnaval / Spring / Salome / Concert Waltzes

    Moscow Symphony Orchestra

    Igor Golovchin, conductor

    13:50
  • 8:20 AM

    String Quartet No. 5

    Philip Glass

    Philip Glass: Complete String Quartets

    Smith Quartet

    24:15
  • 8:06 AM

    Between Rain

    Edmund Finnis

    The Air, Turning

    London Contemporary Orchestra

    Robert Ames, conductor

    12:21
  • 8:01 AM

    Milonga

    Ernesto Cordero

    Tanguero: Music from South America

    Christoph Denoth, guitar

    4:06
  • 7:52 AM

    Notturno

    Emilie Mayer

    Mayer: Piano Trios; Notturno

    Trio Vivente

    6:25
  • 7:25 AM

    Four Illustrations for the Legend of Rhiannon

    Grace Williams

    Grace Williams: Orchestral Works

    BBC Philharmonic

    John Andrews, conductor

    26:27
  • 7:01 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Jan Anton Kozeluh

    Lost and Found

    Potsdam Chamber Academy

    Albrecht Mayer, conductor

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe

    21:44
  • 6:46 AM

    To a Nordic Princess

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger Edition Vol. 11: Works for Chorus & Orchestra 4

    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    12:33
  • 6:42 AM

    Zelda's Lullaby

    Koji Kondo

    Nightfall

    Voces8

    Lisa Vandersmissen, harp

    2:57
  • 6:01 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Antonin Dvorak

    DVORAK: Piano Concerto / Violin Concerto

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

    Rustem Hayroudinoff, piano

    39:17