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  • 4:48 AM

    Second Essay for Orchestra, Op. 17

    Samuel Barber

    Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jackson Leung, conductor

    10:42
  • 4:43 AM

    Melody for the C String, Op. 51, no. 2

    York Bowen

    Doris Lederer, viola

    Bruce Murray, piano

    4:50
  • 4:25 AM

    L'Orfeo (selected excerpts)

    Claudio Monteverdi

    Aston Magna Ensemble

    Daniel Stepner, conductor

    Frank Kelly (Orfeo)

    Roberta Anderson (Euridice)

    William Hite (Apollo)

    16:00
  • 4:12 AM

    Lipstick (for flute and soundtracks)

    Jacob ter Veldhuis

    Katherine Kemler, flute

    9:50
  • 4:00 AM

    Summer Solstice/Slight Heat/Great Heat, fr 24 Solar Terms

    Rosey Mei-Kuei Lee

    Lauren Schack Clark, piano

    7:05
  • 3:48 AM

    Prelude, Cadence et Finale

    Alfred Desenclos

    James Romain, saxophone

    Kevin Class, piano

    10:30
  • 3:37 AM

    Fantasia (1st mvt), fr Violin Sonata (1954)

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    John Gilbert, violin

    Susan Wass, piano

    9:13
  • 3:30 AM

    Allegretto quasi Menuetto (2nd mvt), fr Cello Sonata in e, Op. 38

    Johannes Brahms

    Young-chiao Wei, double bass

    Chao-I Chou, piano

    5:48
  • 3:25 AM

    Movement 2, fr "Butterfly Lovers" Concerto

    Zhan-hao Ho/Chen Kang

    Yung-chaio Wei, double bass

    Chao-I Chou, piano

    2:50
  • 3:18 AM

    Guitar Pieces (Taconeo Clasico; Nocturno No. 2; Ronda Festiva)

    Federico Moreno Torroba

    Michael Boyd, guitar

    5:20
  • 3:16 AM

    Michael Boyd, guitar

    1:32
  • 3:12 AM

    Vieri Bottazzini, flute

    Bruce Bonnell, horn

    Peter Green, piano

    3:10
  • 3:09 AM

    Calliope, fr 2-Bit Contraptions

    Jan Bach

    Vieri Bottazzini, flute

    Bruce Bonnell, horn

    1:08
  • 3:05 AM

    Serenade, Op. 15

    Bernhard Mueller

    Bruce Bonnell, horn

    Vieri Bottazzini, flute

    Peter Green, piano

    5:24
  • 2:47 AM

    Five Melodies, Op. 35b

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Frank Peter Zimmerman, violin

    Alexander Lonquich, piano

    10:00
  • 1:50 AM

    Symphony No. 9 in C "Great"

    Franz Schubert

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    58:00
  • 1:13 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Alban Berg

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    Frank Peter Zimmerman, violin

    20:00
  • 1:02 AM

    Ricercare a sei, from Musical Offering

    J.S. Bach

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    15:00
  • 12:58 AM

    Farewell to Stromness

    Peter Maxwell Davies

    David Owen Norris, piano

    2:00
  • 12:38 AM

    Consortium Classicum

    19:04
  • 12:36 AM

    Awake, my heart's beauty

    Johannes Brahms

    Serenaden und Standchen

    Munich Motet Choir

    Hans Rudolf Zobeley, conductor

    1:23
  • 12:15 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 46

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    11:39
  • 12:01 AM

    Bavarian Dances

    Edward Elgar

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    12:43
  • 11:44 PM

    Concerto No. 11 in D, Op. 8

    Antonio Vivaldi

    I Solisti Italiani

    13:25
  • 11:31 PM

    Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

    Richard Strauss

    Chicago Pro Musica

    8:00
  • 11:28 PM

    Etude de Concert

    Felix Godefroid

    Susann McDonald, harp

    3:00
  • 11:10 PM

    Fountains of Rome

    Ottorino Respighi

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    15:18
  • 11:05 PM

    To be Sung on the Water

    Franz Schubert

    Jorge Bolet, piano

    5:09
  • 10:56 PM

    Almande d'amour

    Pierre Phalese

    Ensemble Doulce Memoire

    2:11
  • 10:51 PM

    La Evasion

    Astor Piazzolla

    Claremont Duo

    4:10
  • 10:45 PM

    Orlando Gibbons & William Byrd

    Italian Ground & Sellinger's Round

    Glenn Gould, piano

    7:44
  • 10:36 PM

    Sonata for 8 Trumpets & Orchestra

    Heinrich Biber

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    5:35
  • 10:30 PM

    Teseo: Overture

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    5:17
  • 10:26 PM

    Concertino Pastorale: Finale

    Erland von Koch

    Musica Vitae

    Manuela Weisler, flute

    4:14
  • 10:19 PM

    The Promise of Living from The Tender Land

    Aaron Copland

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:25
  • 10:13 PM

    Prelude No. 15 "Raindrop"

    Frederic Chopin

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    5:28
  • 10:10 PM

    Rigoletto: La donna e mobile

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Tenor Arias

    Milan Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Joseph Calleja, tenor

    2:08
  • 10:04 PM

    Milan Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    5:11
  • 9:57 PM

    Little Music: Finale

    Michael Tippett

    Guildhall String Ensemble

    Robert Salter, conductor

    1:56
  • 9:51 PM

    Roaring Fork: Whitewater Rapids

    Eric Ewazen

    Dakota Wind Quintet

    4:52
  • 9:39 PM

    Harpsichord Concerto in A Major

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Christophe Rousset, harpsichord

    12:45
  • 9:33 PM

    Lachrimae Tristes

    John Dowland

    The Dowland Consort

    Jakob Lindberg, conductor

    4:45
  • 9:22 PM

    Rondo for Violin and Orchestra

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Simon Standage, violin

    6:27
  • 9:19 PM

    Valse romantique

    Deodat de Severac

    Alexis Weissenberg, piano

    3:13
  • 9:15 PM

    I'm 17 Come Sunday

    Percy Grainger

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    2:54
  • 9:04 PM

    Roses from the South

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    9:41
  • 8:48 PM

    Cello Concerto in B-Flat, RV 423

    Antonio Vivaldi

    The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    3:25
  • 8:46 PM

    O Had I Jubal's Lyre

    George Frideric Handel

    Kathleen Battle, soprano

    James Levine, piano

    2:25
  • 8:30 PM

    Concerto No. 3

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Janos Rolla, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    Pierre Pierlot, oboe

    13:05
  • 8:23 PM

    Nobuko Imai, viola

    Roland Pontinen, piano

    6:00
  • 8:11 PM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 9

    Franz Liszt

    Nansong Huang, piano

    10:50
  • 8:04 PM

    The Bourgeois Gentleman: Entrance and Dance of the Tailors

    Richard Strauss

    Staatskapelle Dresden

    Rudolph Kempe, conductor

    5:04
  • 7:46 PM

    Rose without a Thorn

    Henry VIII

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    12:21
  • 7:12 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

    32:32
  • 7:07 PM

    The Disgruntled & The Virtuous

    Manuel Saumell

    Elias Barreiro, guitar

    3:46
  • 7:01 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: March

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Kubelik, conductor

    4:44
  • 6:47 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Six Concertos for the Margrave of Brandenburg

    European Brandenburg Ensemble

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    11:40
  • 6:20 PM

    Symphony No. 1

    Adalbert Gyrowetz

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    25:48
  • 6:16 PM

    Suite: 4th Movement

    Arthur Bird

    North Texas Chamber Players

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    7:17
  • 6:10 PM

    Pelleas & Melisande: Sicilienne

    Gabriel Faure

    Gil Shaham, violin

    3:32
  • 6:01 PM

    Madame Bovary: Waltz

    Miklos Rozsa

    City of Prague Philharmonic

    Kenneth Alwyn, conductor

    4:44
  • 3:41 PM

    Royal Fireworks Music

    George Frideric Handel

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:10
  • 3:36 PM

    Sinfonia for Strings

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Wind Concerti

    City of London Sinfonia

    Nicholas Kraemer, conductor

    3:45
  • 3:24 PM

    Transylvanian Symphony for Strings

    Kurt Schwertsik

    Schwertsik: House and Court Music

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    HK Gruber, conductor

    11:55
  • 3:06 PM

    Nash Ensemble

    15:48
  • 3:01 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 2

    Antonin Dvorak

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    4:45
  • 2:39 PM

    Lachian Dances

    Leos Janacek

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ondrej Lenard, conductor

    19:28
  • 2:32 PM

    Sleepers Awake

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    David Russell, guitar

    5:05
  • 2:28 PM

    Kronos Quartet

    Soloists

    4:20
  • 2:11 PM

    Symphony No. 9: 4th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    15:29
  • 2:06 PM

    Ritual Fire Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    I Musici de Montreal

    Yuli Turovsky, conductor

    Yuli Turovsky, cello

    3:29
  • 2:01 PM

    Concerto Grosso: 2nd mvmt

    Henry Cowell

    Manhattan Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Auldon Clark, conductor

    4:41
  • 1:44 PM

    The Ball Beatrice d'Este: Courante

    Reynaldo Hahn

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    3:35
  • 1:36 PM

    The Free Shooter: Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    9:15
  • 1:30 PM

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    Samuel Sanders, piano

    2:34
  • 1:23 PM

    Mercury from The Planets

    Gustav Holst

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    4:15
  • 1:13 PM

    "Irish" Symphony: 3rd movement

    Arthur Sullivan

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    6:15
  • 1:11 PM

    A prayer of St. Patrick

    John Rutter

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    1:31
  • 1:08 PM

    Musette en rondeau

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Christopher O'Riley, piano

    2:22
  • 1:04 PM

    The Gadfly: Romance

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    Janine Jansen, violin

    2:33
  • 12:54 PM

    Goran Sollscher

    5:24
  • 12:46 PM

    Sextet

    Beethoven

    Wind Soloists from the Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    8:50
  • 12:35 PM

    Capriol Suite

    Peter Warlock

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    8:00
  • 12:33 PM

    Brown the lad, blue-eyed the lassie

    Johannes Brahms

    Vienna Chamber Choir

    Johannes Prinz, conductor

    1:15
  • 12:29 PM

    String Quartet No. 16: 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Orion String Quartet

    3:09
  • 12:21 PM

    Concerto for 2 Oboes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Celia NIcklin, oboe

    Barry Davis, oboe

    6:44
  • 12:13 PM

    Romance for Violin and Piano

    Amy Beach

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    Matthew Hagle, piano

    7:31
  • 12:07 PM

    Spanish Dance No. 10

    Enrique Granados

    Angel Romero, guitar

    Celedonio Romero, guitar

    4:52
  • 12:04 PM

    Le Cid: Aragonaise

    Jules Massenet

    Cincinnati Pops

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    1:51
  • 11:58 AM

    allegro from Sonata in F

    Handel

    The Brook Street Band

    2:27
  • 11:48 AM

    Serenade for strings

    Tchaikovsky

    Scottish Chamber orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    10:31
  • 11:37 AM

    Serenade No. 7 "Haffner": Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenades 5 & 6

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    8:37
  • 11:31 AM

    The Enchanted Nymph

    Mischa Levitzki

    Stephen Hough, piano

    4:50
  • 11:28 AM

    Simple Gifts

    Aaron Copland

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    Linda Chatterton, flute

    Jeffrey Van, guitar

    2:14
  • 11:22 AM

    Cello Concerto: Finale

    Virgil Thomson

    Nashville Chamber Orchestra

    Paul Gambill, conductor

    Emmanuel Feldman, cello

    5:50
  • 11:19 AM

    Perpetual Movement No. 1

    Francis Poulenc

    Pascal Roge, piano

    1:16
  • 11:14 AM

    Waltz No. 3

    Agustin Barrios

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    4:37
  • 11:04 AM

    Sheep May Safely Graze

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

    Karl Munchinger, conductor

    4:30
  • 10:39 AM

    Concerto No. 4

    John Hebden

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    9:50
  • 10:21 AM

    Concert Piece for Harp & Orchestra

    Gabriel Pierne

    Orchestra of French Radio & TV

    Jean Martinon, conductor

    Lily Laskine, harp

    15:30
  • 10:10 AM

    Overture for Wind Instruments

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Overtures

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    9:43
  • 10:06 AM

    Romeo & Juliet: Menuet

    Sergei Prokofiev

    National Symphony Orchestra

    Mstislav Rostropovich, conductor

    3:21
  • 10:05 AM

    Etude No. 11: for arpeggios

    Claude Debussy

    Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano

    4:39
  • 9:48 AM

    Consecration of the House: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    10:15
  • 9:25 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Johann Christian Bach

    CPE Bach: Oboe Concertos

    Berlin Chamber Orchestra

    Max Pommer, conductor

    Burkhard Glaetzner, oboe

    22:32
  • 9:17 AM

    The Journey to Rheims Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    7:22
  • 9:11 AM

    Brigg Fair

    Percy Grainger

    Wondrous Love: A World Folk Song Collection

    Chanticleer

    3:32
  • 9:07 AM

    Concertino Pastorale: Finale

    John Ireland

    English Music for Strings

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    George Hurst, conductor

    3:59
  • 9:01 AM

    Aleko: Men's Dance

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2, Dances from Aleko, Scherzo

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    4:49
  • 8:45 AM

    Swedish Rhapsody No. 1

    Hugo Alfven

    Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    13:31
  • 8:37 AM

    Overture to "Otho"

    George Frideric Handel

    City of London Sinfonia

    Nicholas Ward, conductor

    Anthony Camden, oboe

    6:56
  • 8:08 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 17

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

    Leif Ove Andsnes, conductor

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    28:01
  • 8:07 AM

    Preludio No. 11

    Francisco Tarrega

    Norbert Kraft, guitar

    :58
  • 8:01 AM

    Suite for Strings: Fugue

    Arthur Foote

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Kenneth Klein, conductor

    4:41
  • 7:34 AM

    Symphony

    Ignaz Pleyel

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    24:19
  • 7:31 AM

    Tic-Toc-Choc

    Francois Couperin

    Marion Hoffman, harp

    2:32
  • 7:11 AM

    An American in Paris

    George Gershwin

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    18:24
  • 7:06 AM

    Aladdin: Birdcage Dance

    Ernest Tomlinson

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    4:08
  • 7:01 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Maria Bergmann, piano

    4:44
  • 6:54 AM

    Estudio Sin Luz/Anecdotas 2

    Andres Segovia

    David Russell, guitar

    4:56
  • 6:32 AM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 1

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    21:01
  • 6:24 AM

    Under the Eye of Heaven: Enigma

    Nick Bicat

    London Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Warren-Green, conductor

    7:28
  • 6:14 AM

    Cincinnati Pops

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    8:51
  • 6:07 AM

    Philharmonia

    Francesco d'Avalos, conductor

    6:39
  • 6:01 AM

    Piano Trio: Finale - presto

    Johann Hummel

    Beaux Arts Trio

    4:40
  • 5:56 AM

    Philharmonia Virtuosi

    Richard Kapp, conductor

    2:36
  • 5:51 AM

    Il Signor Bruschino: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jaime Laredo, conductor

    5:10
  • 5:29 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 6

    Francesco Veracini

    Veracini Sonatas

    John Holloway, violin

    20:35
  • 5:06 AM

    French National Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    21:26
  • 5:01 AM

    Three Chinese Folk Songs

    Zhou Long

    The Flowing Stream

    Shanghai Quartet

    4:44
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