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  • 4:47 AM

    Three Preludes and Fugues

    Clara Schumann

    SCHUMANN, C.: Complete Piano Works

    Jozef de Beenhouwer, piano

    11:14
  • 4:17 AM

    Mathis der Maler (Mathis the Painter)

    Paul Hindemith

    Hindemith: Mathis der Maler, Konzertmusik, Symphonic Metamorphoses

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    28:08
  • 4:06 AM

    Four Seasons: Summer

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Iona Brown, violin

    10:33
  • 4:01 AM

    Prelude No. 1

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    4:48
  • 3:35 AM

    Serenade for Winds

    Antonin Dvorak

    Vienna Philharmonic Winds

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    22:54
  • 3:19 AM

    African Suite

    Fela Sowande

    Black Composers Series 1974-1978

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    14:44
  • 3:13 AM

    Waltz of the Spring Maid

    Florence Price

    Waltzes and Character Pieces of Florence Price

    Michael Clark, piano

    3:56
  • 3:06 AM

    Notturno No. 1

    Giuseppe Martucci

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

    Philharmonia

    Francesco d'Avalos, conductor

    6:42
  • 3:01 AM

    Nocturne

    Cecile Chaminade

    Chaminade: Piano Music 2

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    4:37
  • 2:46 AM

    Introduction, Theme and Variations for Clarinet

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Weber: Clarinet Concertos, Etc

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Neidich, clarinet

    13:04
  • 2:17 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn, Bruch: Concerto & Romance

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Janine Jansen, violin

    26:54
  • 2:11 AM

    Iberia: Triana

    Isaac Albeniz

    Spanish Fireworks

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    5:02
  • 2:06 AM

    Du bist die Ruh (You are repose)

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Aus der Ferne

    Signum Quartet

    3:38
  • 2:01 AM

    Dance of the Flowers

    Amy Beach

    Joanne Polk, piano

    4:41
  • 1:51 AM

    Suite of Scottish Dances

    William Alwyn

    Alwyn: Orchestral Music

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    7:17
  • 1:19 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg, Saint-Saens: Piano Concertos

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    Vadym Kholodenko, piano

    30:17
  • 1:15 AM

    St. Matthew Passion: O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden (O Sacred Head Now Wounded)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: St. Matthew Passion

    Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge

    Stephen Cleobury, conductor

    1:58
  • 1:06 AM

    Symphony No. 2: Andante

    Louise Farrenc

    Farrenc: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3

    European Soloists, Luxembourg

    Christoph Konig, conductor

    7:04
  • 1:01 AM

    Six Short Pieces: selections

    Henriette Renie

    La Harpe Consolatrice

    Kyunghee Kim-Sutre, harp

    4:47
  • 12:53 AM

    Seattle Slew: Derby Dressage

    William Bolcom

    William Bolcom

    Louisville Orchestra

    Lawrence Leighton Smith, conductor

    5:26
  • 12:18 AM

    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
  • 12:06 AM

    Prince Igor: Overture

    Alexander Borodin

    Overture!

    Philharmonic Brass

    Tugan Sokhiev, conductor

    10:05
  • 12:01 AM

    Spiritual Fantasy: Wade in the Water

    Frederick C. Tillis

    Homage: Chamber Music from the African Continent and Diaspora

    Castle of our Skins

    Samantha Ege, piano

    4:47
  • 11:54 PM

    Kikujiro: Summer

    Joe Hisaishi

    Dream Songs

    Studio Orchestra

    Joe Hisaishi, piano

    4:04
  • 11:51 PM

    Eugene Onegin: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Ballets Russes

    France Radio Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    6:01
  • 11:41 PM

    Recorder Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Baroque Recorder Concertos

    Sonnerie

    Monica Huggett, conductor

    Pamela Thorby, recorder

    10:27
  • 11:38 PM

    Mass: Agnus Dei; Dona nobis pacem

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Agnus Dei

    The Sixteen

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    2:37
  • 11:32 PM

    Viennese Ladies Landler

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Landler

    Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano

    4:38
  • 11:00 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Antar"

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Great Orchestral Works

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    30:57
  • 10:55 PM

    Minuet in Blue

    Ron Goodwin

    GOODWIN: Drake 400 Suite / New Zealand Suite

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Ron Goodwin, conductor

    2:48
  • 10:38 PM

    Rhapsody in Blue

    George Gershwin

    The Gershwin Moment

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    David Robertson, conductor

    Kirill Gerstein, piano

    17:09
  • 10:22 PM

    Ma vlast (My Country): Tabor

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: Ma Vlast

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    13:40
  • 10:17 PM

    String Quartet No. 4: 1st movement

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Arabella String Quartet

    4:46
  • 10:06 PM

    Irish Suite for Strings

    Arthur Duff

    Silver Apples of the Moon

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    10:06
  • 10:00 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 2

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic Dances

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    5:22
  • 9:57 PM

    Quartettsatz

    Richard Strauss

    Metamorphosen: Strauss Chamber Works

    Oculi Ensemble

    1:30
  • 9:52 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Richard Strauss

    Martin Owen plays Strauss, Schumann, and Weber

    BBC Philharmonic

    John Wilson, conductor

    Martin Owen, horn

    4:54
  • 9:48 PM

    Peter Pan: Dream with Me

    Leonard Bernstein

    Some Other Time

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    2:56
  • 9:37 PM

    English Folk Song Suite

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Stars & Stripes

    Cleveland Symphonic Winds

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    10:42
  • 9:17 PM

    Music for the Royal Fireworks

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    17:54
  • 9:07 PM

    Serenade: 4th movement

    Ethel Smyth

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Odaline de la Martinez, conductor

    9:04
  • 9:04 PM

    Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro

    Giacomo Puccini

    Ruth Ann Swenson: Con Amore

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Julius Rudel, conductor

    Ruth Ann Swenson, soprano

    2:33
  • 9:00 PM

    Fur Elise

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Immortal Beloved Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Murray Perahia, piano

    2:54
  • 8:40 PM

    Bull on the Roof (Le boeuf sur le toit)

    Darius Milhaud

    Milhaud, Poulenc, Ibert: Orchestral Works

    Ulster Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    16:22
  • 8:35 PM

    Chacony (Chaconne)

    Henry Purcell

    Rameau: Castor et Pollux; Purcell: 3 Fantasias

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    4:57
  • 8:23 PM

    Symphonic Dances: 1st movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Sergey Rachmaninov: The Bells; Symphonic Dances

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    11:05
  • 8:16 PM

    Piano Concerto: Scherzo

    Amy Beach

    Beach, Chaminade, Howell: Piano Concertos

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Rebecca Miller, conductor

    Danny Driver, piano

    5:34
  • 8:08 PM

    Serenade for Winds: Scherzo

    Julius Rontgen

    The Romantic Era in the Netherlands

    Viotta Ensemble

    6:40
  • 8:00 PM

    Mignon: Overture

    Ambroise Thomas

    Great Comedy Overtures

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    8:22
  • 5:46 PM

    Concerto Grosso "Alexander's Feast"

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 6

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    12:35
  • 5:27 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2

    Georges Bizet

    Rossini: La Boutique Fantasque

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    17:26
  • 5:22 PM

    Les Sylvains (The Fauns)

    Cecile Chaminade

    Chaminade: Piano Music 3

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    4:04
  • 5:13 PM

    Impressions from the Countryside: Village Dance

    Zdenek Fibich

    Fibich: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 - Symphony No. 1 / Impressions from the Countryside

    Czech National Symphony Orchestra

    Marek Stilec, conductor

    7:46
  • 5:06 PM

    Festive Overture

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Overture!

    Philharmonic Brass

    Tugan Sokhiev, conductor

    6:01
  • 5:01 PM

    Sine Nomine

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Composer's Collection: Vaughan Williams

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    4:43
  • 4:44 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 3: 3rd movement

    John Field

    Field: Complete Piano Concertos

    Nice Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marco Guidarini, conductor

    Paolo Restani, piano

    14:25
  • 4:24 PM

    Symphony No. 31 "Paris"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    London Mozart Players

    Jane Glover, conductor

    18:25
  • 4:16 PM

    Humoresque-Bagatelles

    Carl Nielsen

    Nordic Spring

    Per Flemstrom, flute

    6:52
  • 4:06 PM

    From Italy (Aus Italien): In the Campagna

    Richard Strauss

    STRAUSS, R.: Aus Italien / Die Liebe der Danae

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zdenek Kosler, conductor

    8:36
  • 4:01 PM

    Grand Canyon Suite: Sunset

    Ferde Grofe

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:43
  • 3:51 PM

    Il barbiere di Siviglia (Barber of Seville): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor

    7:24
  • 3:41 PM

    Two Elegiac Melodies

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg; Nielsen; Sibelius; Wiren

    Guildhall Strings

    8:01
  • 3:36 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 17

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 2, Hungarian Dances

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    3:32
  • 3:06 PM

    String Quartet No. 5

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Concert Recording

    Amaryllis Quartet

    29:01
  • 3:01 PM

    The Brooklyn Dodge

    William Bolcom

    William Bolcom: The Complete Rags

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    4:48
  • 2:48 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    DVORAK: Piano Concerto / Violin Concerto

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

    James Ehnes, violin

    10:12
  • 2:43 PM

    Cockaigne Overture (In London Town)

    Edward Elgar

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yehudi Menuhin, conductor

    14:13
  • 2:28 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    DVORAK: Piano Concerto / Violin Concerto

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

    James Ehnes, violin

    10:12
  • 2:14 PM

    Trio for Violin, Viola and Cello

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert Octet

    Chamber Players of Canada

    12:21
  • 2:06 PM

    Walt Whitman Overture

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: Symphony, "The Cotswolds" / Walt Whitman, Overture / Indra / Japanese Suite / A Winter Idyll

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    7:17
  • 2:00 PM

    Folk Songs for Orchestra: My Lord, what a morning

    George Walker

    George Walker: Orchestral Works

    Cleveland Chamber Symphony

    Edwin London, conductor

    3:33
  • 1:53 PM

    Four Scottish Dances

    Malcolm Arnold

    The Celtic Album

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    8:40
  • 1:49 PM

    Priere (Prayer)

    Teresa Carreno

    Reverie

    Alexandra Oehler, piano

    2:56
  • 1:33 PM

    Oboe d'Amore Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: 3 Oboe Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Heinz Holliger, oboe d'amore

    14:23
  • 1:30 PM

    Curtain Tune on a Ground

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell: Masques

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    2:16
  • 1:21 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 18: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos 18 & 22

    Northern Sinfonia

    Imogen Cooper, conductor

    Imogen Cooper, piano

    7:44
  • 1:08 PM

    Eduardo Mata University Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Rivero Weber, conductor

    4:46
  • 1:04 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1: Minuets

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Orchestral Suites BWV 1066-1069

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    3:28
  • 12:49 PM

    Gold and Silver Waltz

    Franz Lehar

    Vienna Soiree

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    8:49
  • 12:41 PM

    Crown Imperial

    William Walton

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass - Live

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass

    Jay Friedman, conductor

    6:11
  • 12:31 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Scottish": 4th movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: The Symphonies

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    9:57
  • 12:25 PM

    Panamanian Dances: Tamborito

    William Grant Still

    William Grant Still: La Guiablesse, Danzas de Panama, Quit Dat Fool'nish, Summerland

    Berlin Symphony Orchestra

    Isaiah Jackson, conductor

    4:06
  • 12:17 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Finale

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenades Opp. 22 & 24

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    6:47
  • 12:08 PM

    Giselle: The Hunt

    Adolphe Adam

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    8:00
  • 12:04 PM

    Mysterious Barricades

    Francois Couperin

    The Little Tin Box

    Melody Brown, piano

    2:17
  • 11:51 AM

    La Mer (The Sea): Jeux de vagues (Play of the Waves)

    Claude Debussy

    Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps; Debussy: La Mer

    New York Philharmonic

    Jaap van Zweden, conductor

    7:13
  • 11:46 AM

    Sonata in a, K. 54

    Domenico Scarlatti

    Daria van den Bercken, piano

    4:21
  • 11:33 AM

    Guitar Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    11:37
  • 11:24 AM

    The Merchant of Venice: Suite Anglaise No. 2

    Henri Rabaud

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    7:11
  • 11:17 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2 "Characteristic": Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Suites Nos. 1 And 2

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    6:28
  • 11:07 AM

    The Little Trifles (selections)

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Complete Mozart Edition, Vol. 25: Theatre and Ballet Music

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:26
  • 11:04 AM

    Shepherd's Hey

    Percy Grainger

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    2:02
  • 10:47 AM

    Gran Capriccio

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Ponchielli: Concertos

    Mecklenburg Staatskapelle Schwerin

    Matthias Foremny, conductor

    Simone Sommerhalder, oboe

    11:21
  • 10:26 AM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Keyboard Concerti Vol. 2

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    19:04
  • 10:23 AM

    We Shall Walk Through the Valley

    Undine Smith Moore

    Dance Like the Wind: Music of Today's Black Composers

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    2:53
  • 10:15 AM

    Five Variations on "I am still in my spring"

    Louis Spohr

    Virtuoso Harp

    Marion Hoffman, harp

    6:36
  • 10:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 2: Nocturne

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Three Symphonies, Petite Suite, Polovetsian Dances

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:28
  • 10:01 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Florence Price

    Florence Price Violin Concertos

    Janacek Philharmonic

    Ryan Cockerham, conductor

    Er-Gene Kahng, violin

    4:33
  • 9:45 AM

    Tales from the Vienna Woods

    Johann StraussJr.

    Mad About the Waltz

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    13:14
  • 9:25 AM

    String Quartet No. 53 "The Lark"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: "Lark," "Rider" And "La Chasse" Quartets

    Hagen Quartet

    17:56
  • 9:17 AM

    The Cathedral (La Catedral)

    Agustin Barrios

    From The Jungles Of Paraguay: John Williams Plays Barrios

    John Williams, guitar

    6:58
  • 9:06 AM

    Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Overtures | Walpurgisnacht

    Winterthur Music Collegium

    Douglas Boyd, conductor

    10:03
  • 9:01 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 3: Adagio

    Johannes Brahms

    Viola Bouquet

    Nobuko Imai, viola

    4:40
  • 8:27 AM

    Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    W.A. Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 32, 33 & 41 "Jupiter"

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Emmanuel Krivine, conductor

    31:26
  • 8:19 AM

    Sursum Corda

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar and Vaughan Williams

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    George Hurst, conductor

    7:06
  • 8:01 AM

    Concerto for Two Flutes

    Anton Stamitz

    Mozart, Cimarosa, Vivaldi, Stamitz

    Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    16:19
  • 7:38 AM

    Der Rosenkavalier: Suite

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Don Juan; Death and Transfiguration; Dance of the Seven Veils; Rosenkavelier Suite

    New York Philharmonic

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    19:51
  • 7:32 AM

    Closing

    Philip Glass

    Philip Glass, Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    5:41
  • 7:18 AM

    Keyboard Suite No. 5

    George Frideric Handel

    The Handel Project

    Seong-Jin Cho, piano

    12:03
  • 7:01 AM

    Brigg Fair

    Frederick Delius

    English Rhapsody: Delius & Butterworth

    Halle Orchestra

    Mark Elder, conductor

    16:46
  • 6:38 AM

    Symphony No. 83 "The Hen"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Karajan Edition: Haydn Symphonies

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    20:46
  • 6:21 AM

    Divertimento for Strings

    Gareth Walters

    Sea Sketches

    Manitoba Chamber Orchestra

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    15:51
  • 6:01 AM

    Dolly Suite

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Pelleas Et Melisande, Dolly Suite, Etc

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    17:56
  • 5:40 AM

    Flute Quartet No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Emerson String Quartet: Complete Recordings

    Emerson String Quartet

    Carol Wincenc, flute

    18:34
  • 5:13 AM

    Symphony No. 8

    Niels Gade

    Gade: Symphonies No 1 & 8 / Järvi, Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    25:44
  • 5:01 AM

    Sinfonia No. 2

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Complete String Symphonies

    Gli Incogniti

    Amandine Beyer, conductor

    10:29
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