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  • 3:51 PM

    Rodeo: Buckaroo Holiday

    Aaron Copland

    The Essence of America: Aaron Copland

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    7:31
  • 3:48 PM

    Wild Mountain Thyme

    Traditional

    Journey To The New World

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    3:19
  • 3:29 PM

    Norwegian Dances

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Norwegian Dances

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    17:36
  • 3:25 PM

    Seasons: Winter

    Dominick Argento

    Come to the Woods

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    3:18
  • 3:09 PM

    Suite for String Orchestra

    Susan Spain-Dunk

    British Music for Strings, Vol. 3

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Douglas Bostock, conductor

    15:37
  • 3:00 PM

    Karelia Overture

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Karelia and Kuolema (complete versions)

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    8:10
  • 2:52 PM

    Symphony No. 104 "London": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos 101 The Clock and 104 London

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    6:34
  • 2:45 PM

    Fields of Flowers

    William Bolcom

    William Bolcom: The Complete Rags

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    5:45
  • 2:36 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 4, Serenade for Strings

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    7:33
  • 2:25 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Telemann: Trumpet Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet

    10:33
  • 2:21 PM

    Rattle Songs: Grammah Easter's Lullaby

    Pura Fe Crescioni

    Woodland Songs: Music of Jerod Impichcha?achaaha' Tate, Pura Fe, and Dvo?ak

    Dover Quartet

    3:11
  • 2:17 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 11

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: The Slavonic Dances

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos

    2:59
  • 2:06 PM

    Iberia: Holy Festival in Seville

    Isaac Albeniz

    Spain

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    7:58
  • 2:04 PM

    Carmen: March of the Toreadors

    Georges Bizet

    Mad About the Classics

    Orchestre de la Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    2:07
  • 1:53 PM

    Symphony No. 33: Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Emmanuel Krivine, conductor

    6:07
  • 1:46 PM

    Inspiration Waltzes

    Nathaniel Dett

    My Cup Runneth Over: The Complete Piano Works of R. Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    6:05
  • 1:40 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn, Bruch: Concerto & Romance

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Janine Jansen, violin

    5:46
  • 1:30 PM

    Sonata No. 5

    Jean-Joseph Mondonville

    Mondonville: Six Sonatas Op. 3

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    8:07
  • 1:16 PM

    Festive Overture

    Josef Foerster

    Foerster: Festive Overture - Symphony No. 1 - From Shakespeare

    Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marek Stilek, conductor

    9:30
  • 1:09 PM

    Flute Concerto: 3rd movement

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    James Galway: The Man with the Golden Flute

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Jorg Faerber, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    5:20
  • 1:04 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Bourree and Gigue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suites

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Richard Egarr, conductor

    4:35
  • 12:52 PM

    Symphony No. 2: Scherzo

    Charles Gounod

    Gounod Symphonies

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    7:06
  • 12:45 PM

    String Quartet No. 6: 1st movement

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Saint-Georges: 6 Concertante Quartets

    Arabella String Quartet

    6:47
  • 12:34 PM

    Symphony No. 8 "Sounds of Spring": 3rd movement

    Joachim Raff

    RAFF, J.: Symphonies Nos. 8 and 9

    Slovak State Phiharmonic, Kosice

    Urs Schneider, conductor

    8:56
  • 12:30 PM

    For the Beauty of the Earth

    John Rutter

    Rutter: Gloria

    City of London Sinfonia

    John Rutter, conductor

    3:43
  • 12:24 PM

    Octet: 3rd movement

    Franz Schubert

    The Many Musics of Gidon Kremer

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    5:56
  • 12:15 PM

    Serenade No. 2: 1st movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    7:43
  • 12:07 PM

    Nocturnes: Fetes (Festivals)

    Claude Debussy

    Classics at the Pops

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:22
  • 12:04 PM

    Carnival of the Animals: The Swan

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Songs From the Arc of Life

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    2:50
  • 11:43 AM

    Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

    Richard Strauss

    R Strauss: Ein Heldenleben

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    15:24
  • 11:25 AM

    Harp Concerto

    Jean Eichner

    Eichner: Harp Concertos

    Kurpfalz Chamber Orchestra

    Stefan Fraas, conductor

    Silke Aichhorn, harp

    15:44
  • 11:20 AM

    Spring Breeze

    Wei-Chieh Lin

    From Hungary to Taiwan

    Formosa Quartet

    5:08
  • 11:10 AM

    The Force of Destiny: Overture

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5

    West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    8:01
  • 11:06 AM

    Intermezzo scherzoso

    Gustav Saenger

    Schmankerln und Postres

    Duo Intermezzo

    3:45
  • 11:01 AM

    The Prince and the Pauper

    Erich Korngold

    Elizabeth & Essex: Classic Film Scores of Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    4:49
  • 10:42 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenbug Concertos Nos. 4, 5, 6

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    16:30
  • 10:26 AM

    Symphony breve

    Louis Theodore Gouvy

    Gouvy: Symphony 4; Fantasie symphonique

    German Radio Philharmonic

    Jacques Mercier, conductor

    14:00
  • 10:12 AM

    Romance for Violin and Orchestra

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Violin Concertos by Black Composers

    Encore Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hege, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    12:37
  • 10:06 AM

    The Lark

    Mikhail Glinka

    East Of Melancholy

    Tara Kamangar, piano

    5:06
  • 10:01 AM

    Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria (Cantilena)

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Essential Guitar

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Kenneth Sillito, conductor

    Alexandre Lagoya, guitar

    4:40
  • 9:26 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 25

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Piano Concertos, Volume 1

    Odense Symphony Orchestra

    Scott Yoo, conductor

    Vassily Primakov, piano

    31:58
  • 9:19 AM

    Impressions of the Puna

    Alberto Ginastera

    Music for a Sunday Morning

    Shanghai Quartet

    Eugenia Zukerman, flute

    6:54
  • 9:01 AM

    Suite for Strings

    Arthur Foote

    American Stringbook

    do.gma chamber orchestra

    Mikhail Gurewitsch, conductor

    16:08
  • 8:38 AM

    Lachian Dances

    Leos Janacek

    Janacek: Lachian Dances/ Dvorak: Suite

    Rochester Philharmonic

    David Zinman, conductor

    20:15
  • 8:32 AM

    Nocturne No. 7

    Frederic Chopin

    Bruce Liu: Chopin: Highlights from the 18th International Chopin Piano Competition

    Bruce Liu, piano

    5:41
  • 8:15 AM

    African Suite

    Fela Sowande

    Black Composers Series 1974-1978

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    14:44
  • 8:01 AM

    Sonata No. 1

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Sonatas For Strings

    Camerata Bern

    Thomas Furi, conductor

    13:45
  • 7:34 AM

    Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished"

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies 3 & 8

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Carlos Kleiber, conductor

    24:36
  • 7:28 AM

    Minuetto

    Ricardo Castro

    El arbol de la vida

    Eduardo Mata University Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Rivero Weber, conductor

    4:46
  • 7:01 AM

    String Quartet

    Claude Debussy

    The Kernis Project: Debussy

    Jasper String Quartet

    25:12
  • 6:34 AM

    Flute Concerto

    Jerome Moross

    Frankie And Johnny

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Alexa Still, flute

    23:55
  • 6:23 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 53

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Maria Bergmann plays Joseph Haydn

    Maria Bergmann, piano

    10:53
  • 6:01 AM

    Terzetto

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Streichquartette Vol. 5

    Stamitz Quartet

    (Selected members), conductor

    19:55
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