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  • 1:01 AM

    Canzon No. 3

    Girolamo Frescobaldi

    Gabrieli for Brass: Venetian Extravaganza

    Royal Academy of Music Brass

    4:50
  • 12:52 AM

    Festive Overture

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 6 and 7; King Lear

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Andris Nelsons, conductor

    6:13
  • 12:52 AM

    Hamnet: On The Nature of Daylight

    Max Richter

    Hamnet Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    Hugh Brunt, conductor

    6:36
  • 12:39 AM

    Symphony No. 7

    William Boyce

    Boyce: Symphonies, Op. 2

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    8:55
  • 12:31 AM

    The Chrysanthemum

    Scott Joplin

    Reflections: Scott Joplin Reconsidered

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:29
  • 12:25 AM

    String Quartet No. 12 "American": 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Ginastera, Shostakovich, Dvorak: String Quartets

    Simon Bolivar String Quartet

    5:09
  • 12:14 AM

    The Olympiad: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Cimarosa: Overtures, Vol. 5

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice

    Patrick Gallois, conductor

    6:03
  • 12:00 AM

    Sigurd Jorsalfar: Homage March

    Edvard Grieg

    Sibelius: Finlandia

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    8:52
  • 11:54 PM

    Sunburst

    Andrew York

    Play

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    4:17
  • 11:45 PM

    Rodeo: Saturday Night Waltz

    Aaron Copland

    The Essence of America: Aaron Copland

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    4:28
  • 11:37 PM

    Symphony No. 4: 2nd movement

    Florence Price

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

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    7:14
  • 11:30 PM

    Symphony No. 85 "The Queen": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 85 & 86

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    3:04
  • 11:21 PM

    Orb and Sceptre

    William Walton

    Pops on the March

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    6:49
  • 11:10 PM

    Septet: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven & Berwald: Septets

    Wigmore Soloists

    7:08
  • 11:01 PM

    Carmen: Bohemian Dance

    Georges Bizet

    BIZET: Carmen Suites Nos. 1 and 2 / L'arlesienne Suites Nos. 1 and 2

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Anthony Bramall, conductor

    4:47
  • 10:53 PM

    Piano Concerto: 3rd movement

    Ruth Gipps

    Bright & Gipps: Piano Concertos

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Peebles, conductor

    Murray McLachlan, piano

    5:45
  • 10:48 PM

    Nursery Suite: The Merry Doll

    Edward Elgar

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

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    1:36
  • 10:40 PM

    Eine kleine Nachtmusik: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures - Eine kleine Nachtmusik

    Tafelmusik

    Bruno Weil, conductor

    7:30
  • 10:33 PM

    Six Songs: My Heart's Song

    Jean Sibelius

    .against the dying of the light

    Cantus

    3:06
  • 10:24 PM

    Praeludium and Allegro

    Fritz Kreisler

    From the Top 25

    Jane Story, violin

    6:51
  • 10:16 PM

    Ballet Scenes: Mazurka

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: From the Middle Ages; Scenes de Ballet

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    3:56
  • 10:10 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Early Symphonies and Stage Music

    Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    4:57
  • 10:02 PM

    Promenade (Walking the Dog)

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin: Dayful of Song

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    2:50
  • 9:56 PM

    Lieutenant Kije: Troika

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Hovhaness, Prokofiev, Stravinsky

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    2:38
  • 9:47 PM

    La Cambiale di Matrimonio (The Marriage Contract): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures, Vol. 2

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    5:25
  • 9:42 PM

    Violin Partita No. 3: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Sonatas and Partitas - Complete

    Paul Galbraith, guitar

    4:02
  • 9:30 PM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 3: 3rd movement

    Bernhard Crusell

    Crusell: Clarinet Concertos Nos. 1-3

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    Martin Frost, clarinet

    7:07
  • 9:24 PM

    Piano Quintet: Scherzo

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak and Brahms: Piano Quintets, Concertante

    Concertante

    Jeremy Denk, piano

    4:07
  • 9:11 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Tomaso Albinoni

    L'Art de Maurice Andre

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    Maurice Andre, trumpet

    9:24
  • 9:00 PM

    Symphony No. 5: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Minnesota Orchestra At One Hundred

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    5:42
  • 6:51 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: The Symphonies

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    7:41
  • 6:43 PM

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    A New Baroque

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    3:21
  • 6:36 PM

    The Fairy Queen: Act IV Symphony

    Henry Purcell

    Sound The Trumpet: Royal Music of Purcell and Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    6:26
  • 6:29 PM

    Sending You Light

    Melanie DeMore

    How to Hold On: Songs of Comfort and Solace

    VocalEssence Ensemble Singers

    Melanie DeMore, vocals

    4:02
  • 6:25 PM

    See-Saw Waltz

    Justin Holland

    Jiji Plays Justin Holland: Music for Guitar

    Jiji, guitar

    2:23
  • 6:15 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante: 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Pinchas Zukerman: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon and Philips

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    6:40
  • 6:09 PM

    Waltz No. 1 "Grand Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: 4 Ballades / Murray Perahia

    Murray Perahia, piano

    5:03
  • 6:01 PM

    Romeo and Juliet: Arrival of the Guests

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet, Op. 64

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    4:02
  • 5:53 PM

    Espana

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Symphonic Spectacular

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:20
  • 5:47 PM

    Carmen: Aragonaise

    Georges Bizet

    Dance!: The World's Favourite Ice-Skating Music

    French National Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    2:25
  • 5:43 PM

    Piano Trio No. 1: Scherzo

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Piano Trio no 1; Faure: Piano Quartet / Beaux Arts Trio

    Beaux Arts Trio

    3:46
  • 5:29 PM

    Concert Waltz No. 2

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Symphony No. 3; Concert Walzes Nos. 1 & 2

    Russian State Symphony Orchestra

    Valery Polyansky, conductor

    9:23
  • 5:25 PM

    Estrellita (My Little Star)

    Manuel Ponce

    Moonlight Variations

    Pablo Ferrandez, cello

    3:04
  • 5:11 PM

    Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes

    Grace Williams

    Grace Williams: Sea Sketches

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    10:54
  • 5:01 PM

    Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Enigma Variations, Pomp and Circumstance, Marches

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    5:02
  • 4:56 PM

    Estancia: Malambo

    Alberto Ginastera

    Fiesta

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    3:23
  • 4:47 PM

    Three Preludes

    George Gershwin

    Summertime

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    6:26
  • 4:41 PM

    Sinfonia

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi Discoveries

    Milan Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    5:12
  • 4:30 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3: Courtly Airs

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances, Etc

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    6:56
  • 4:25 PM

    Hello, Prince

    Roman Janoska

    Revolution

    Janoska Ensemble

    4:18
  • 4:10 PM

    Symphony No. 7: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 7

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    9:58
  • 4:01 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Polacca

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    4:35
  • 3:53 PM

    Symphonie Espagnole: Rondo

    Edouard Lalo

    Mad About Violins

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Shlomo Mintz, violin

    6:56
  • 3:45 PM

    La Vida Breve: Spanish Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Classic Williams: Romance of the Guitar

    John Williams, guitar

    3:18
  • 3:38 PM

    Overture "In the Italian Style"

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies, Vol. 2

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Edward Gardner, conductor

    6:49
  • 3:23 PM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Theme and Variations

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Gran Partita

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    9:45
  • 3:13 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Six Brandenburg Concertos

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    5:59
  • 3:01 PM

    The Planets: Jupiter

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Colin Davis, conductor

    8:15
  • 2:54 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: Presto

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Gershwin, Saint Saens, Ravel

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    5:58
  • 2:46 PM

    Zapateado

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Sarasate

    Julia Fischer, violin

    3:12
  • 2:38 PM

    Symphony: Scherzo

    Georges Bizet

    Franck, Bizet: Overtures

    Paris Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    5:47
  • 2:28 PM

    Gondoliers Overture

    Arthur Sullivan

    Gilbert & Sullivan: Overtures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    6:53
  • 2:24 PM

    Song without Words No. 12 "Venetian Gondola Song"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Blue Hour

    Andreas Ottensamer, clarinet

    3:08
  • 2:17 PM

    Bright Blue Sky

    Melanie DeMore

    How to Hold On: Songs of Comfort and Solace

    VocalEssence Ensemble Singers

    Melanie DeMore, vocals

    2:47
  • 2:12 PM

    American Suite: Danse

    William Grant Still

    Still: Summerland - Violin Suite - Pastorela - American Suite

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Avlana Eisenberg, conductor

    1:40
  • 2:04 PM

    Concerto alla rustica (Rustic Concerto)

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Strings! The Definitive Collection

    Guildhall Strings

    3:42
  • 1:49 PM

    King Stephen: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven" Symphonis Nos 4 and 8

    Hanover Band

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    6:39
  • 1:44 PM

    March

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Claudio Abbado: Marce E Danze

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    2:27
  • 1:33 PM

    Clo-Clo Overture

    Franz Lehar

    Lehar: Overtures and Waltzes

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Mikhail Jurowski, conductor

    6:21
  • 1:29 PM

    Scaramouche: Brazileira

    Darius Milhaud

    Creation

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Branford Marsalis, saxophone

    2:37
  • 1:17 PM

    Trumpet Concerto: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn, Hummel, Etc.: Trumpet Concertos

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    6:37
  • 1:13 PM

    Humoresque

    Francis Poulenc

    Poulenc: Piano Music

    Pascal Roge, piano

    1:55
  • 1:04 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Jewels of the Classics

    Philharmonia Virtuosi

    Richard Kapp, conductor

    3:45
  • 12:50 PM

    Symphonic Sketches: Jubilee

    George Chadwick

    Chadwick

    Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    8:11
  • 12:46 PM

    Fairy Tale: Folk Dance

    Josef Suk

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

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    3:19
  • 12:41 PM

    Sonata

    Domenico Scarlatti

    Domenico Scarlatti: Sonatas

    Christian Zacharias, piano

    2:35
  • 12:31 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 3: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Violin Concertos

    Lausanne Chamber Orchestra

    Renaud Capucon, violin

    8:32
  • 12:19 PM

    English Folk Song Suite

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Stars & Stripes

    Cleveland Symphonic Winds

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    10:42
  • 12:15 PM

    Walking Tune

    Percy Grainger

    Music of Percy Grainger

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Kenneth Montgomery, conductor

    3:35
  • 12:08 PM

    Olympiad: Sinfonia

    Giovanni Pergolesi

    Italian Overtures

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    5:45
  • 12:04 PM

    The Good-humored Ladies: 5th movement

    Vincenzo Tommasini

    Irving: Glazunov, Scarlatti/Tommasini, Bach/Walton

    Concert Arts Orchestra

    Robert Irving, conductor

    3:19
  • 11:48 AM

    Prince Igor: Overture

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Prince Igor: Overture and Polovtsian Dances

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    10:31
  • 11:26 AM

    American Suite

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 7; American Suite

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    19:42
  • 11:21 AM

    Fantasie No. 2

    Florence Price

    Roots

    Randall Goosby, violin

    5:25
  • 11:10 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Concerti grossi

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    9:33
  • 11:06 AM

    Ave Maria

    Charles Gounod

    Ceremonial Music for Trumpet & Symphonic Organ

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    3:02
  • 11:01 AM

    Prelude No. 1

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Guitar Favourites

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    4:48
  • 10:41 AM

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 2

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2, etc.

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    17:03
  • 10:22 AM

    Piano Concerto for the Left Hand

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel

    Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra

    Lionel Bringuier, conductor

    Yuja Wang, piano

    17:26
  • 10:17 AM

    Airs for the Seasons: Narcissus (Spring)

    James Oswald

    James Oswlad: Airs for the Seasons

    Rezonance Baroque Ensemble

    Joanna Marsden, flute

    2:57
  • 10:06 AM

    Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4, Hebrides Overture

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    10:51
  • 10:01 AM

    Arabesque

    Cecile Chaminade

    Donna Voce Volume 3 ? Clara Schumann & Cecile Chaminade: Concerti & Piano Works

    Anna Shelest, piano

    4:34
  • 9:24 AM

    Symphony No. 45 "Farewell"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Symphonies 31"Hornsignal" & 45 "Farewell"

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    34:15
  • 9:19 AM

    Farewell to Stromness

    Peter Maxwell Davies

    Watercolour

    Yuanfan Yang, piano

    4:25
  • 9:14 AM

    A Morning

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Emotions

    Gautier Capucon, cello

    3:10
  • 9:01 AM

    Sonata Mexicana

    Manuel Ponce

    Guitar Recital: Perera, Cecilio - PONCE, M.M. / BROUWER, L. / OLIVA, J.C. / SOJO, V.E.

    Cecilio Perera, guitar

    12:58
  • 8:29 AM

    Sicilian Vespers: Four Seasons Ballet

    Giuseppe Verdi

    VERDI, G.: Ballet Music from the Operas

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    29:10
  • 8:23 AM

    Alleluia

    Randall Thompson

    American Anthem: The Music Of Samuel Barber And Howard Hanson

    Ying String Quartet

    5:21
  • 8:06 AM

    Harp Concertino

    Ernst von Dohnanyi

    Dohnányi: Concertos - Variations on a Nursery Song

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Modestas Pitrenas, conductor

    Silke Aichhorn, harp

    15:10
  • 8:01 AM

    Festival Scherzo for Piano and Strings

    Madeleine Dring

    Peacock Pie: Gibbs, Jacob, Rootham, Milford, Dring

    Guildhall Strings

    Robert Salter, conductor

    Martin Roscoe, piano

    4:32
  • 7:35 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 2

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Vivaldi, Tartini, CPhE Bach: Cello Concertos

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    Mstislav Rostropovich, cello

    23:03
  • 7:15 AM

    Serenade for Clarinet and Piano

    Camillo Schumann

    Camillo Schumann: Works for Clarinet & Piano

    Bettina Beigelbeck, clarinet

    19:17
  • 7:01 AM

    Miniatures

    William Grant Still

    Vintage America

    Calico Winds

    12:22
  • 6:43 AM

    String Quartet No. 1 "La Chasse"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

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

    Hagen Quartet

    14:57
  • 6:26 AM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2, Bassoon Concerto

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    Karen Geoghegan, bassoon

    17:07
  • 6:01 AM

    Concerto After Handel

    Arnold Schoenberg

    Handel, Schoenberg, Spohr, Elgar: Works for String Quartet and Orchestra

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Jean-Louis LeRoux, conductor

    22:43
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