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  • 11:25 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach

    The King's Violins

    Bernard Labadie, conductor

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    15:36
  • 11:13 PM

    Overture to a Picaresque Comedy

    Arnold Bax

    Bax: Cello Concerto, etc.

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    10:52
  • 11:07 PM

    Serenade

    Roman Hoffstetter

    Promenade Concert

    I Solisti Italiani

    5:29
  • 11:01 PM

    Conga del Fuego

    Arturo Marquez

    Gustavo Dudamel: Discoveries

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    4:47
  • 10:48 PM

    Three Spirituals

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

    Ambrosia Quartet

    10:43
  • 10:45 PM

    Humoresque

    Laura Netzel

    Breaking Waves: Music by Swedish Women Composers

    Paula Gudmundson, flute

    2:28
  • 10:32 PM

    Carmen Fantasy

    Franz Waxman

    Humoresque

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    11:03
  • 10:27 PM

    Seville

    Isaac Albeniz

    Albeniz: Piano Music for Guitar

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    5:02
  • 10:13 PM

    Concerto for Trombone

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Trombone Concerti

    Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra

    Chikara Imamura, conductor

    Christian Lindberg, trombone

    11:38
  • 10:06 PM

    Minuet Antique

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Bolero, La Valse, etc.

    Paris Orchestra

    Jean Martinon, conductor

    6:26
  • 10:03 PM

    Ojos Brujos (Magic Eyes)

    Leo Brouwer

    Guitar Music from Cuba

    Marco Tamayo, guitar

    2:39
  • 9:43 PM

    Ports of Call (Escales)

    Jacques Ibert

    Debussy, Ravel, Dukas, Ibert: Various Works

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    15:22
  • 9:26 PM

    Capriccio Italien

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Ports of Call

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    15:53
  • 9:10 PM

    L'Estro Armonico: Concerto No. 8 for Two Violins

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concertos

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    13:41
  • 9:06 PM

    March of the Trolls

    Edvard Grieg

    E. Grieg. Pieces for Piano

    Mikhail Pletnev, piano

    3:07
  • 9:01 PM

    String Quartet No. 33: Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: String Quartets Nos. 29-34

    Doric String Quartet

    4:49
  • 8:48 PM

    Die Meistersinger von Nurmberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg): Prelude to Act I

    Richard Wagner

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra: Wagner

    Philharmonia Zurich

    Fabio Luisi, conductor

    10:38
  • 6:45 PM

    Petite Suite

    Claude Debussy

    Rhapsodie

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    12:57
  • 6:23 PM

    Concertante for Flute and Clarinet

    Franz Danzi

    Winged Creatures

    Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra

    Allen Tinkham, conductor

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    20:39
  • 6:15 PM

    Yao Dance

    Liu Tieshan

    Chinasong | Shanghai Quartet

    Shanghai Quartet

    6:33
  • 6:06 PM

    La Cenerentola (Cinderella): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    8:06
  • 6:01 PM

    Dardanus: Overture

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Rameau: Suites

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    4:45
  • 5:42 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet, Thomas, Paray

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    16:47
  • 5:18 PM

    Guitar Quintet

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    Souvenirs of Spain and Italy

    Pacifica Quartet

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    23:46
  • 5:10 PM

    Toward a New Life

    Josef Suk

    Summon the Heroes

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    5:53
  • 5:06 PM

    La Traviata: Libiamo, ne'lieti calici (Brindisi)

    Giuseppe Verdi

    VERDI, G.: La Traviata (Highlights)

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Alexander Rahbari, conductor

    Yordy Ramiro, tenor

    2:57
  • 5:01 PM

    Grand Fantasy Quintet: Scherzo

    Rita Strohl

    Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers

    Hanson Quartet

    Ismael Margain, piano

    4:35
  • 4:44 PM

    Provence Suite

    Darius Milhaud

    Milhaud: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2, Suite Provencale

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    14:09
  • 4:19 PM

    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: The Piano Concertos and Paganini Rhapsody

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    Yuja Wang, piano

    23:40
  • 4:13 PM

    Ballet Scenes: Polonaise

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: From the Middle Ages; Scenes de Ballet

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:10
  • 4:10 PM

    Album for Children: Music Box

    Tatyana Nikolayeva

    Pioneers: Piano Works by Female Composers

    Hiroko Ishimoto, piano

    1:17
  • 4:06 PM

    String Trio: Rondo

    Jean Francaix

    Avant l'orage: French String Trios 1926–1939

    Black Oak Ensemble

    3:40
  • 4:01 PM

    Pansies Polka Mazurka

    Josef Strauss

    New Year's Eve Concert 2004

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    4:36
  • 3:44 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 3rd and 4th movements

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonien 1-9

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    14:30
  • 3:40 PM

    The Birds

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Trittico Botticelliano, Gli Uccelli, Antiche Danze

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    18:12
  • 3:35 PM

    La Bergamasca: Aria No. 7

    Marco Uccellini

    Uccellini: La Bergamasca

    Arcadian Academy

    3:34
  • 3:24 PM

    Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Caprices

    German Symphony Orchestra Berlin

    Mihhail Gerts, conductor

    Maria Duenas, violin

    9:54
  • 3:11 PM

    Overflow

    Anna Clyne

    Concert Recording

    Timothy Lovelace, conductor

    Julia Bogorad-Kogan, flute

    12:17
  • 3:00 PM

    Water Music Suite No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Water Music, Royal Fireworks

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    10:12
  • 2:52 PM

    Symphony No. 4: Scherzo

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    5:52
  • 2:43 PM

    Downton Abbey: The Suite

    John Lunn

    Downton Abbey: The Ultimate Collection

    Chamber Orchestra of London

    Alastair King, conductor

    John Lunn, piano

    7:06
  • 2:30 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    The Four Seasons: A Musical Calendar Of Favorite Classics

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Kubelik, conductor

    11:43
  • 2:27 PM

    24 Preludes in Jazz Style: No. 10

    Nikolai Kapustin

    The Vienna Recital

    Yuja Wang, piano

    1:48
  • 2:23 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 18 "The Hunt": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    The Vienna Recital

    Yuja Wang, piano

    3:23
  • 2:18 PM

    Concerto for Orchestra: Intermezzo

    Bela Bartok

    Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra; Dance Suite

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    4:04
  • 2:09 PM

    Estudiantina

    Emil Waldteufel

    Music of Waldteufel

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:14
  • 2:04 PM

    Clarinet Sonata No. 1: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Here With You

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    4:05
  • 1:51 PM

    Airs ecossais (Scottish Airs)

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Scottish Fantasies for Violin & Orchestra

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Platt, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    7:31
  • 1:45 PM

    Scottish March (Marche ecossaise)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy & Ravel: Orchestral Works

    Ulster Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    6:02
  • 1:39 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 4

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: The Slavonic Dances

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos

    4:25
  • 1:31 PM

    Three Short Pieces

    Jacques Ibert

    Printemps

    Berlin Philharmonic Winds

    6:59
  • 1:27 PM

    Cherry Ripe

    Frank Bridge

    ENGLISH STRING MINIATURES, Vol. 2

    English Northern Philharmonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    3:08
  • 1:20 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    William Boyce

    William Boyce Symphonies

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Ronald Thomas, conductor

    5:26
  • 1:17 PM

    The Prince of Denmark's March

    Jeremiah Clarke

    Trumpet Voluntary - Music for Organ & Brass

    Michael Laird Brass Ensemble

    Peter Hurford, organ

    3:01
  • 1:08 PM

    Symphony No. 38 "Prague": Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies No. 36 & 38

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    7:19
  • 1:04 PM

    Xerxes: Largo

    George Frideric Handel

    Albinoni: Adagio; Pachelbel: Canon; Etc

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    3:01
  • 12:51 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 2nd movement

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Complete Symphonies

    Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardner, conductor

    6:56
  • 12:45 PM

    Violin Partita No. 2: Allemande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: The Six Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin

    James Ehnes, violin

    4:51
  • 12:40 PM

    The Tick-Tock Clock

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Divertimento After Couperin

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    3:53
  • 12:33 PM

    Sonata No. 10 "Pastorella"

    Johann Georg Rauch

    La Notte: Concertos and Pastorales for Christmas Night

    Illyria Consort

    Bojan Cicic, violin

    5:34
  • 12:20 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 6

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    12:04
  • 12:15 PM

    String Quartet: Allegretto

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Felix & Fanny

    Ebene Quartet

    3:35
  • 12:06 PM

    Andante for Clarinet and Orchestra

    Alice Mary Smith

    Smith, A.M.: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    Angela Malsbury, clarinet

    7:05
  • 12:04 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Andante (Puss-In-Boots)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    2:08
  • 11:49 AM

    Four Seasons: Summer

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi, Piazzolla: The Four Seasons

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Eduardo Marturet, conductor

    Lara St. John, violin

    9:48
  • 11:26 AM

    Symphony No. 89

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 88-92, etc.

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    20:58
  • 11:22 AM

    La Vida Breve: Spanish Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Classic Williams: Romance of the Guitar

    John Williams, guitar

    3:18
  • 11:17 AM

    Canzon No. 7

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    The Glory of Gabrieli

    Empire Brass & Friends

    3:55
  • 11:07 AM

    Prince Igor: Overture

    Alexander Borodin

    Russian Overtures

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    10:08
  • 11:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 4: 1st movement

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Saint-Georges: 6 Concertante Quartets

    Arabella String Quartet

    4:47
  • 10:47 AM

    Ma vlast (My Country): Vltava (The Moldau)

    Bedrich Smetana

    Fibich: Symphony No. 1/Smetana: Vysehrad, Vlatava

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    11:25
  • 10:26 AM

    Lieutenant Kije Suite

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky; Lieutenant Kije; Scythian Suite

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    19:29
  • 10:22 AM

    Dance of the Gnomes

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Wild and Crazy

    Mikhail Pletnev, piano

    3:02
  • 10:06 AM

    Oboe Quartet

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Flute Quartets Nos. 1-4

    Jasmine Choi, flute

    14:32
  • 10:01 AM

    Lakme: Flower Duet

    Leo Delibes

    The Opera Album

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    Natalie Dessay, soprano

    4:49
  • 9:17 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 3

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    Nikolai Lugansky, piano

    41:02
  • 9:14 AM

    Venezuelan Waltz No. 3 "Natalia"

    Antonio Lauro

    Odyssey

    Alexander-Sergei Ramirez, guitar

    2:03
  • 9:01 AM

    Quartet No. 2

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Six Wind Quartets

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    11:43
  • 8:49 AM

    Memory of the Norwegian Mountains

    Franz Berwald

    BERWALD: Tone Poems

    Gavle Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    9:16
  • 8:44 AM

    The Lake in the Mountains

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Violin Sonata, String Quartet No. 2 Etc.

    Ian Brown, piano

    4:08
  • 8:31 AM

    Jeromita Linares

    Carlos Guastavino

    "Impresiones"

    Camerata Bariloche

    Pablo Cohen, guitar

    11:43
  • 8:01 AM

    Harp Concerto

    Elias Parish-Alvars

    Romantic Harp Concertos

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, conductor

    Marielle Nordmann, harp

    29:04
  • 7:14 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Classical Beethoven, Bernstein

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    43:57
  • 7:09 AM

    Les enfants terribles: The Somnambulist

    Philip Glass

    Glass: Cocteau Trilogy

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos

    3:51
  • 7:01 AM

    Serenade to Frederick Delius

    Peter Warlock

    Sea Sketches

    Manitoba Chamber Orchestra

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    6:57
  • 6:28 AM

    Fairy Tale

    Josef Suk

    Suk: Fairy Tale / Fantasy in G Minor / Fantasticke scherzo

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    30:28
  • 6:22 AM

    Forgotten Fairy Tales: Selections

    Edward MacDowell

    MacDowell: Piano Music, Vol. 3

    James Barbagallo, piano

    4:52
  • 6:01 AM

    Serenade No. 1

    Robert Fuchs

    Fuchs: Serenades Nos. 1 and 2

    Cologne Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Ludwig, conductor

    19:39
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