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  • 5:30 AM

    English Suite No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    28:15
  • 5:11 AM

    Concert Piece for Four Horns

    Robert Schumann

    Martin Owen plays Strauss, Schumann, and Weber

    BBC Philharmonic

    John Wilson, conductor

    Martin Owen, horn

    17:23
  • 5:06 AM

    Suite dramatique: The evening song

    Lou Koster

    Koster: Orchestral Music

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    4:03
  • 5:01 AM

    Suite for Violin and Piano: African Dancer

    William Grant Still

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    Matthew Hagle, piano

    4:34
  • 4:52 AM

    Suite No. 1: Nocturne

    Jules Massenet

    Massenet: Herodiade; Suites Nos. 1-3

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Jean-Yves Ossonce, conductor

    5:42
  • 4:14 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Vasily Kalinnikov

    Kalinnikov: Symphony No. 1 etc.

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    37:20
  • 4:09 AM

    Suite for String Orchestra: Interlude

    Susan Spain-Dunk

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Douglas Bostock, conductor

    2:34
  • 4:06 AM

    Wiegenlied (Lullaby)

    Johannes Brahms

    Melody's Mostly Musical Day

    Jenny Lin, piano

    2:53
  • 4:01 AM

    Spring Waltz

    Agustin Barrios

    David Russell, guitar

    4:31
  • 3:51 AM

    Cello Sonata No. 1: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven Cello Sonatas

    Alisa Weilerstein, cello

    6:43
  • 3:17 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Florence Price

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

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    33:44
  • 3:11 AM

    Passion for Bach and Coltrane: Aria

    Jeff Scott

    Passion for Bach and Coltrane

    Imani Winds

    Alex Brown, piano

    3:29
  • 3:06 AM

    Legend No. 5

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends, Symphony No. 8

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:13
  • 3:01 AM

    Dance of the Flowers

    Amy Beach

    Joanne Polk, piano

    4:41
  • 2:52 AM

    Novelletta

    Giuseppe Martucci

    Martucci: Symphony No. 1; Novelletta; Notturno; Tarantella

    Philharmonia

    Francesco d'Avalos, conductor

    6:08
  • 12:49 AM

    Javelin

    Michael Torke

    Summon the Heroes

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    8:49
  • 12:41 AM

    Sarnia: In a May Morning

    John Ireland

    Ireland: Music for String Orchestra

    Orchestra of the Swan

    David Curtis, conductor

    6:56
  • 12:20 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music, etc.

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Oundjian, conductor

    Sarah Jeffrey, oboe

    19:57
  • 12:13 AM

    Clouds

    Florence Price

    Waltzes and Character Pieces of Florence Price

    Michael Clark, piano

    5:27
  • 12:06 AM

    Light Cavalry Overture

    Franz von Suppe

    Overtures by Suppe and Auber

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    6:22
  • 12:01 AM

    Four Romances

    Darius Milhaud

    French Piano Music

    Grant Johannesen, piano

    4:45
  • 11:42 PM

    Don Juan

    Richard Strauss

    Bravura: Respighi, Strauss

    Oregon Symphony

    James DePreist, conductor

    16:42
  • 11:35 PM

    Symphony No. 5 "Reformation": 2nd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: The 5 Symphonies

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    5:28
  • 11:17 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
  • 11:09 PM

    Six English 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

    7:11
  • 11:06 PM

    Partita No. 1: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: The Six Partitas

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    1:56
  • 11:01 PM

    Characteristic Suite: Scherzo

    Henry Schoenefeld

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    4:51
  • 10:50 PM

    Lohengrin: Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral

    Richard Wagner

    Crown Imperial

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    Mary Preston, organ

    7:48
  • 10:45 PM

    The Harmonious Blacksmith

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Keyboard Suites 2

    Philip Edward Fisher, piano

    4:43
  • 10:25 PM

    Variations on a Rococo Theme

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Ofra Harnoy, cello

    18:36
  • 10:21 PM

    Salvation is Created

    Pavel Chesnokov

    After Silence: III. Redemption

    Voces8

    3:21
  • 10:11 PM

    Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

    Alexander Borodin

    Dies Irae: The Essential Choral Collection

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:32
  • 10:06 PM

    Impromptu No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Impromptus, Waltzes and Mazurkas

    Pavel Kolesnikov, piano

    4:11
  • 10:03 PM

    Vignettes: Carmela

    William Grant Still

    Get on Board

    Sierra Winds

    (Selected members), conductor

    2:51
  • 9:44 PM

    Marosszek Dances

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Kodaly: The Peacock, Galanta Dances, Marosszek Dances

    Budapest Symphony Orchestra

    Gyorgy Lehel, conductor

    13:53
  • 9:21 PM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Fantasía para un gentilhombre & Concierto de Aranjuez

    Spanish Radio and TV Orchestra

    Pedro Amaral, conductor

    Xianji Liu, guitar

    21:39
  • 9:14 PM

    Symphonic Dance No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Symphonic Dances, Before a Southern Convent, Funeral March for Rikard Nordraak, Bergliot

    Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Edward Gardner, conductor

    6:22
  • 9:11 PM

    Blue Skies

    Irving Berlin

    Get Happy

    Jenny Lin, piano

    1:21
  • 9:06 PM

    In the Mountains: Sunny Day

    Josef Foerster

    Osnabruck Symphony Orchestra

    Hermann Baumer, conductor

    4:28
  • 9:01 PM

    All the Things You Are

    Jerome Kern

    Leon Fleisher: All The Things You Are

    Leon Fleisher, piano

    4:50
  • 8:52 PM

    Sylvia: Procession of Bacchus

    Leo Delibes

    The Flag Series - France

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    5:53
  • 6:44 PM

    Provence Suite

    Darius Milhaud

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    14:09
  • 6:22 PM

    Symphony No. 88

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 88-92, etc.

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    20:03
  • 6:17 PM

    The Colorado Trail

    Marcel Grandjany

    Home

    Elizabeth Hainen, harp

    5:18
  • 6:11 PM

    Spirited Away: One Summer's Day

    Joe Hisaishi

    Dream Songs

    Studio Orchestra

    Joe Hisaishi, piano

    4:02
  • 6:06 PM

    Molly on the Shore

    Percy Grainger

    Pops Britannia

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:23
  • 6:01 PM

    Petite Symphony: Finale

    Charles Gounod

    Bizet: L'Arlesienne; Gounod: Symphonies

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    4:48
  • 5:51 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 3

    Alessandro Scarlatti

    A & D Scarlatti: Concerti & Sinfonie

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    Fabio Biondi, violin

    7:17
  • 5:31 PM

    The Birds

    Ottorino Respighi

    Classical Zoo

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Louis Lane, conductor

    18:24
  • 5:23 PM

    American Eagle Waltz

    Jacques Offenbach

    Offenbach Music from the Operettas

    Gulbenkian Orchestra

    Michel Swierczewski, conductor

    Nelson Rocha, trumpet

    6:54
  • 5:06 PM

    Symphonic Variations

    Cesar Franck

    FALLA, M.: Nights in the Gardens of Spain / FRANCK, C.: Symphonic Variations / TURINA, J.: Rapsodia Sinfonica

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Woods, conductor

    Valerie Tryon, piano

    15:41
  • 5:01 PM

    Liza/Promenade

    George Gershwin

    Rendezvous with Tashi

    Tashi

    4:46
  • 4:53 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 10

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic dances, Opp. 46 & 72

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vaclav Neumann, conductor

    5:44
  • 4:18 PM

    Symphonie Espagnole

    Edouard Lalo

    Lalo: Symphonie espagnole/Saint-Saens: Violin Concerto No.3

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    Chee-Yun, violin

    33:22
  • 4:11 PM

    Spanish Fandango

    Traditional

    Justin Holland: Guitar Works & Arrangements

    Christopher Mallett, guitar

    4:23
  • 4:06 PM

    The Merrymakers

    Eric Coates

    Overtures from the British Isles Volume 2

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    4:55
  • 4:01 PM

    Zefiro torna

    Claudio Monteverdi

    Jeremy Denk, piano

    4:36
  • 3:48 PM

    Mephisto Waltz No. 1

    Franz Liszt

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Franz Welser-Most, conductor

    10:35
  • 3:45 PM

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

    Franz Liszt

    Mephisto and Co.

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    11:58
  • 3:39 PM

    Ludwig's Nightmare

    Sebastian Gurtler

    The Vienna Berlin Music Club Vol. 3

    Philharmonix

    4:52
  • 3:19 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 30

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    18:26
  • 3:04 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concertos

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    14:06
  • 2:59 PM

    Turkish Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Complete Mozart Edition, Vol. 17: Piano Sonatas

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    3:31
  • 2:50 PM

    Concerto for Three Oboes and Three Violins

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Telemann: Concerti per molti stromenti

    Academy for Ancient Music Berlin

    Xenia Loffler, oboe

    7:46
  • 2:42 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 4

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic Dances

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    6:59
  • 2:34 PM

    Paulus (St. Paul): Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn in Birmingham, Vol. 5: Overtures

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Edward Gardner, conductor

    6:29
  • 2:30 PM

    Paulus (St. Paul): How Lovely Are the Messengers

    Felix Mendelssohn

    St. Olaf Christmas Festival 2018: Good News of Great Joy

    St. Olaf Choir

    3:06
  • 2:20 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Polish": Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Piano Concerto; Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 3

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gilbert Levine, conductor

    9:06
  • 2:17 PM

    Music for the Royal Fireworks: Minuet II

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Music For The Royal Fireworks / Water Music

    Capella Istropolitana

    Bohdan Warchal, conductor

    2:27
  • 2:12 PM

    Widmung (Dedication)

    Robert Schumann

    Love Letters: Tribute to Clara & Robert Schumann

    Christian-Pierre La Marca, cello

    2:08
  • 2:04 PM

    Bourree Fantasque

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Chabrier: Orchestral Works

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:43
  • 1:47 PM

    Trumpet Concerto No. 2

    Johann Molter

    Baroque Music for Trumpet

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    12:15
  • 1:43 PM

    The Prince of Denmark's March

    Jeremiah Clarke

    Wynton Marsalis: In Gabriel's Garden

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    2:50
  • 1:31 PM

    Four Seasons: Spring

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Sarah Chang: Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Sarah Chang, violin

    10:39
  • 1:23 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2: The Coming of Spring

    Helvi Leiviska

    Leiviska: Orchestral Works

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Dalia Stasevska, conductor

    6:55
  • 1:18 PM

    The Maiden's Wish

    Frederic Chopin

    Rachmaninoff Performs Chopin, Tchaikovsky, and others

    Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano

    3:29
  • 1:15 PM

    Othello Suite: Dance

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Fawzi Haimor, conductor

    2:29
  • 1:08 PM

    Perpetual Motion Pieces

    Francis Poulenc

    Romance

    Richard Stoltzman, clarinet

    5:53
  • 1:04 PM

    Thunder and Lightning Polka

    Johann StraussJr.

    World Encores

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    3:02
  • 12:50 PM

    Octet: 6th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Isabelle Faust, violin

    Anne-Katharina Schreiber, violin

    James Boyd, viola

    Kristin von der Goltz, cello

    James Munro, bass

    Lorenzo Coppola, clarinet

    8:58
  • 12:46 PM

    Fur Elise

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Immortal Beloved Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Murray Perahia, piano

    2:54
  • 12:39 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 2, Tragic Overture

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    5:28
  • 12:34 PM

    Wind Quintet: 2nd movement

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Wind Chamber Music

    Bergen Wind Quintet

    4:45
  • 12:31 PM

    Lute Suite No. 4: Gavotte en Rondeau

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Joshua Bell, violin

    2:48
  • 12:20 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 38: 1st movement

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    C.P.E. Bach Concertos

    Lyra Baroque Orchestra

    Jacques Ogg, conductor

    Jacques Ogg, harpsichord

    9:05
  • 12:14 PM

    Canzon Duodecimi Toni

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Gabrieli for Brass: Venetian Extravaganza

    Royal Academy of Music Brass

    4:57
  • 12:10 PM

    Country Dance

    John Ireland

    Ireland: Piano Concerto

    John Lenehan, piano

    3:27
  • 12:04 PM

    Rodeo: Saturday Night Waltz

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Billy The Kid; Rodeo Etc.

    Colorado Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    5:15
  • 11:53 AM

    Rolling River (Sketches on Shenandoah)

    Peter Boyer

    Peter Boyer: Balance of Power - Orchestral Works

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Boyer, conductor

    5:10
  • 11:40 AM

    Sonata No. 3

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Sonatas For Strings

    Camerata Bern

    Thomas Furi, conductor

    12:52
  • 11:22 AM

    Simple Symphony

    Benjamin Britten

    Northern Sinfonia

    Steuart Bedford, conductor

    15:52
  • 11:17 AM

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:36
  • 11:11 AM

    Contemplation Suite: Day

    Julie Cooper

    Contiuuum

    Oculus Ensemble

    Jessica Cottis, conductor

    4:09
  • 11:06 AM

    Waltz No. 2 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Evgeny Kissin, piano

    4:54
  • 11:01 AM

    On a Blue Hill

    Lauren Scott

    Sea of Stars

    Lauren Scott, harp

    4:29
  • 10:48 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Niccolo Paganini

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    10:23
  • 10:23 AM

    Gaite Parisienne: Selections

    Jacques Offenbach

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    23:11
  • 10:11 AM

    Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

    Claude Debussy

    Songs of the Earth

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    Louise DiTullio, flute

    10:39
  • 10:06 AM

    Serenata Espanola

    Joaquin Malats

    Joao Luiz: From Spain to Sao Paulo

    Joao Luiz, guitar

    4:01
  • 10:01 AM

    Summerland

    William Grant Still

    Citizen

    Bruce Levingston, piano

    4:50
  • 9:23 AM

    Symphony No. 5

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 5 and 7

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    35:38
  • 9:17 AM

    Impressions: Calm Night

    Henriette Bosmans

    Out Of The Shadow

    Lucia Swarts, cello

    4:31
  • 9:00 AM

    12 German Dances

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Piano Sonatas, D537 and D664, etc.

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    14:55
  • 8:31 AM

    Symphony No. 99

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 99 & 104 'London'

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    27:28
  • 8:27 AM

    Romance No. 2

    Robert Schumann

    Brahms Inspired

    Orli Shaham, piano

    3:21
  • 8:07 AM

    Sakuntala Overture

    Karl Goldmark

    Goldmark: Rustic Wedding Symphony

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yondani Butt, conductor

    17:51
  • 8:01 AM

    Callirhoe: Pas des cymbales

    Cecile Chaminade

    Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers

    National Orchestra of Metz Grand Est

    David Reiland, conductor

    5:46
  • 7:38 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 3, 4, and 5

    Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

    Henning Kraggerud, violin

    20:07
  • 7:32 AM

    Bethena

    Scott Joplin

    Scott Joplin on Guitar

    Giovanni De Chiaro, guitar

    5:07
  • 7:01 AM

    Sicilian Vespers: Four Seasons Ballet

    Giuseppe Verdi

    VERDI, G.: Ballet Music from the Operas

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    29:14
  • 6:35 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2, Bassoon Concerto

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    23:35
  • 6:17 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 11

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: 12 Concerti Grossi

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    16:43
  • 6:01 AM

    The Lark Ascending

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    14:15
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