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  • 4:49 AM

    Tzigane

    Maurice Ravel

    Chasson: Poeme; Massanet: Meditation de Thais

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    10:24
  • 4:19 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphonien No 1 & 4, Etc

    Berlin Philharmonic

    James Levine, conductor

    29:50
  • 4:11 AM

    Italian Serenade

    Hugo Wolf

    Escher String Quartet

    6:48
  • 4:06 AM

    Children are Playing

    Carl Nielsen

    James Galway, flute

    2:37
  • 4:01 AM

    Minuet

    Andre Gretry

    Gretry: Suites and Overtures

    Bretagne Orchestra

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    4:26
  • 3:53 AM

    Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    5:00
  • 3:47 AM

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Renee Fleming, soprano

    7:09
  • 3:24 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Karol Szymanowski

    Montreal Symphony

    Charles Dutoit, conductor

    Chantal Juillet, violin

    22:30
  • 3:17 AM

    Much Ado About Nothing: III

    Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Gil Shaham, violin

    Rohan De Silva, piano

    5:00
  • 2:31 AM

    Symphony No. 1 in c

    Johannes Brahms

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    44:10
  • 2:00 AM

    Piano Quartet No. 2 in g

    Gabriel Faure

    Jean Hubeau, piano

    34:05
  • 1:02 AM

    Il Tabarro (The Cloak)

    Giacomo Puccini

    BBC Singers, BBC Philharmonic (from 2008 BBC Proms)

    Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

    Barbara Frittoli

    Miro Dvorsky

    48:00
  • 12:54 AM

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    6:00
  • 12:51 AM

    Mutations from Bach

    Samuel Barber

    London Gabrieli Brass Ensemble

    Christopher Larkin, conductor

    5:33
  • 12:23 AM

    English Suite No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Glenn Gould Edition: Bach - English Suites (6), Nos. 1-6 (BWV 806-811)

    Glenn Gould, piano

    22:35
  • 12:01 AM

    Symphony No. 93

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    22:19
  • 11:41 PM

    Violin Sonata in G, K. 301

    Wolfgang Mozart

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    Daniel Berenboim, piano

    13:20
  • 11:36 PM

    Gianni Schicchi: O Mio Babbino Caro

    Giacomo Puccini

    Michelle Frisch, flute

    Kathy Kienzle, harp

    3:45
  • 11:33 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 11

    Antonin Dvorak

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    3:12
  • 11:25 PM

    Green Sleeves

    John Johnson

    The Baltimore Consort

    5:04
  • 11:10 PM

    Suite for Strings

    Joan Trimble

    Silver Apples of the Moon

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    13:23
  • 11:05 PM

    "Twinkle, Twinkle" Variations

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Walter Gieseking, piano

    6:10
  • 10:47 PM

    Summer from The Seasons

    Glazunov

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    11:42
  • 10:37 PM

    Four Dances: Menuetto

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Music for Wind Quintet, Vol. 2

    Athena Ensemble

    4:13
  • 10:31 PM

    Thomas Labe

    7:20
  • 10:19 PM

    Athalia: Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn Overtures

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Claus Peter Flor, conductor

    8:26
  • 10:14 PM

    Tambourin chinois (Chinese Dance)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Shannon Lee, violin

    Pamela Mia Paul, piano

    3:39
  • 10:07 PM

    Grand Overture No. 5: Allegro

    Johann Christian Bach

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    5:40
  • 10:04 PM

    Swedish Polka

    Hugo Alfven

    European Light Music Classics

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    2:25
  • 9:56 PM

    Procession of the Sardar

    Ippolitov-Ivanov

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    3:46
  • 9:44 PM

    Kenneth Smith

    Paul Rhodes

    10:06
  • 9:37 PM

    Rondo for Horn & Orchestra

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Eric Ruske, horn

    6:23
  • 9:32 PM

    Fur Elise

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Mad About Piano

    Anatol Ugorski, piano

    3:57
  • 9:25 PM

    Los Romeros

    3:05
  • 9:20 PM

    Three Shakespeare Songs

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Netherlands Chamber Choir

    John Alldis, conductor

    5:22
  • 9:17 PM

    Homage to Faure: Chanson d'Automne

    Stephen Reynolds

    Stephen Hough, piano

    2:07
  • 9:09 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 1 "La Tempesta di Mare" ("Storm at Sea")

    Antonio Vivaldi

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Lisa Beznosiuk, flute

    6:55
  • 9:04 PM

    Waltz No. 1

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Streichquartette Vol. 4

    Stamitz Quartet

    4:03
  • 8:52 PM

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    6:33
  • 8:36 PM

    Piano Sonata #50

    Haydn

    Lang Lang

    15:11
  • 8:31 PM

    Souvenir of a Beloved Place: Melody

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Glazunov, Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos

    Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Vadim Gluzman, violin

    3:38
  • 8:26 PM

    String Quartet finale

    Giuseppi Verdi

    Leipzig Quartet

    4:19
  • 8:06 PM

    Suite Bergamasque

    Claude Debussy

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Emil de Cou, conductor

    18:30
  • 8:04 PM

    Genesis V: Prologue

    Janika Vandervelde

    Minneapolis Guitar Quartet

    1:08
  • 7:42 PM

    Symphonic Variations

    Cesar Franck

    Franck: Symphony in d minor etc.

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Jorge Bolet, piano

    17:00
  • 7:30 PM

    Concerto Armonico No. 3

    Wilhelm van Wassenaer

    I Musici de Montreal

    Yuli Turovsky, conductor

    10:28
  • 7:14 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Great Pianists Of The 20th Century: Andrei Gavrilov

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    Andrei Gavrilov, piano

    14:08
  • 7:07 PM

    Italian Serenade

    Hugo Wolf

    Escher String Quartet

    8:00
  • 7:01 PM

    Entry March of the Boyars

    Johan Halvorsen

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    4:34
  • 6:31 PM

    See what His love can do

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra

    Clark Rundell, conductor

    3:02
  • 6:30 PM

    Five-Part Fantasy No. 15

    John Jenkins

    Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra

    Clark Rundell, conductor

    3:16
  • 6:20 PM

    Carolan's Concerto

    Turlough O'Carolan

    The Harp Consort

    Andrew Lawrence-King, conductor

    5:15
  • 6:06 PM

    Calm Sea & Prosperous Voyage

    Felix Mendelssohn

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    13:01
  • 6:02 PM

    2 Bagatelles

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven Bagatelles - John o'Conor

    John O'Conor, piano

    4:33
  • 3:38 PM

    Images: Iberia

    Claude Debussy

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    19:16
  • 3:24 PM

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Alf Nilsson, oboe

    13:14
  • 3:10 PM

    Seven Popular Spanish Songs

    Manuel de Falla

    Mirian Conti, piano

    12:38
  • 3:06 PM

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Barry Rose, conductor

    Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano

    3:32
  • 3:01 PM

    Moll Peatly & Johney Cock Thy Beaver

    John Playford

    Apollo's Banquet

    4:44
  • 2:44 PM

    String Quartet No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Hagen Quartet

    14:53
  • 2:30 PM

    The Garden of Cosmic Speculation: Garden of the Senses Suite

    Michael Gandolfi

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    12:49
  • 2:21 PM

    Variations on an Original Theme

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Vladimir Feltsman, piano

    7:47
  • 2:09 PM

    Guitar Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Paul Goodwin, conductor

    Manuel Barrueco, guitar

    10:03
  • 2:06 PM

    Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Fugue No. 17

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Emerson String Quartet

    2:15
  • 2:01 PM

    Three Parts Upon a Ground

    Henry Purcell

    Stradivaria

    4:46
  • 1:55 PM

    Die Schweigsame Frau: Wie schoen ist doch die Musik

    Richard Strauss

    German Opera Orchestra

    Chrisian Thielemann, conductor

    Thomas Quasthoff, bass

    4:00
  • 1:53 PM

    Die Schweigsame Frau Potpourri

    Richard Strauss

    Bamberg Symphony

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    1:22
  • 1:35 PM

    Symphony No. 45, "Farewell": 3rd mvt

    Franz Josef Haydn

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    3:33
  • 1:25 PM

    Fantasia on a Scottish Air

    Fernando Sor

    Message of the Sea: Celtic Music for Guitar

    David Russell, guitar

    6:59
  • 1:19 PM

    Sonata No. 1

    Giuseppe Torelli

    Y Chamber Symphony of New York

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Gerard Schwarz, trumpet

    8:20
  • 1:10 PM

    Four Scottish Dances: Allegretto

    Malcolm Arnold

    Arnold for Band

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    4:15
  • 1:08 PM

    Fantasy: Arietta

    Malcolm Arnold

    Dejan Ivanovic, g

    2:00
  • 1:04 PM

    Dance of the Polovetsian Maidens

    Alexander Borodin

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    2:20
  • 12:55 PM

    Polonaise No. 3 "Military"

    Frederic Chopin

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    5:07
  • 12:51 PM

    Tartiniana: 2nd movement

    Luigi Dallapiccola

    BBC Philharmonic

    Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

    James Ehnes, violin

    2:53
  • 12:43 PM

    Flute Concerto

    Giuseppe Tartini

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    9:37
  • 12:31 PM

    The King's Noyse

    3:07
  • 12:23 PM

    Concerto for two pianos vs. orchestra

    P. D. Q. Bach

    The New York Pick-Up Ensemble

    Jorge Mester, conductor

    Jon Kimura Parker, p

    Peter Schickele, p

    5:22
  • 12:17 PM

    Elegy for Horn & Harp

    Henri Chaussier

    Soren Hermansson, horn

    Erica Goodman, harp

    3:04
  • 12:08 PM

    Treasure Waltz

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    7:59
  • 12:06 PM

    Saul: Bell Sinfonia

    George Frideric Handel

    City of London Sinfonia

    John Rutter, conductor

    1:18
  • 12:04 PM

    Here Comes the Sun

    George Harrison

    Goran Sollscher, g

    2:00
  • 11:55 AM

    Symphony No. 31 "Hornsignal": 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Orchestra of St Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    4:57
  • 11:50 AM

    Colonial Song

    Percy Grainger

    Michigan State Symphonic Band

    Keith Brion, conductor

    5:00
  • 11:38 AM

    Symphony No. 4, "Italian": 1st mvt

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    9:22
  • 11:31 AM

    Concerto No. 10

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    5:34
  • 11:24 AM

    Golden Cockerel: Shemakha & Dodon

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    6:41
  • 11:19 AM

    Hungarian Dance No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms, J.: Hungarian Dances / Waltzes, Op. 39

    Idil Biret, piano

    2:37
  • 11:09 AM

    Symphony No. 1: 2nd mvt

    Alexander Glazunov

    USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra

    Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, conductor

    5:59
  • 11:04 AM

    Homage to Mistral: Prelude

    Matilde Salvadore

    Dejan Ivanovic, guitar

    2:58
  • 10:41 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Johann Hummel

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    18:50
  • 10:26 AM

    Serenade No. 6 "Serenata Notturna"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenata Notturna, Divertimenti

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    13:17
  • 10:18 AM

    Sonate Sentimentale: 1st movement

    Ferdinand Ries

    Beethoven, Ries: Clarinet Trios

    Vlad Weverbergh, clarinet

    6:28
  • 10:07 AM

    The Mastersingers: Prelude

    Richard Wagner

    Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

    James Levine, conductor

    9:46
  • 10:01 AM

    Pastorale-Polonaise

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Heinz Holliger, oboe

    Klaus Thunemann, bassoon

    Christianne Jaccottet, harpsichord

    4:29
  • 9:46 AM

    Musica Celestis

    Aaron Jay Kernis

    Kernis: Colored Field, Musica Celestis, Air

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    12:22
  • 9:17 AM

    String Trio "Serenade"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    27:27
  • 9:11 AM

    Keltic Lament (Keltic Suite)

    John Foulds

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    4:38
  • 9:07 AM

    Almira: 3 Trios

    George Frideric Handel

    New York Chamber Musicians

    Ilonna Pederson, conductor

    3:29
  • 9:01 AM

    Mikhail Pletnev, piano

    4:50
  • 8:32 AM

    Symphony No. 98

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    26:21
  • 8:29 AM

    Romance

    Anonymous

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    1:49
  • 8:18 AM

    Concerto for Violin & Cello

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    9:44
  • 8:06 AM

    Symphony No. 5: IV

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

    11:36
  • 8:01 AM

    Quintet No. 2: 1st mvt.

    Jean Francaix

    Mobius

    4:39
  • 7:46 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Max Bruch

    Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra

    George Hanson, conductor

    15:03
  • 7:33 AM

    English Chamber Orchestra Brass

    Donald Fraser, conductor

    9:59
  • 7:11 AM

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Paul Goodwin, oboe

    20:05
  • 7:08 AM

    Flow my teares

    John Dowland

    Ellen Hargis, soprano

    Paul O'Dette, lute

    4:16
  • 7:01 AM

    Singapore Symphony Orchestra

    Choo Hoey, conductor

    4:40
  • 6:37 AM

    Variations on a Nursery Song

    Ernst von Dohnanyi

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    Julius Katchen, piano

    23:09
  • 6:33 AM

    Compline (Night Prayer): Nunc dimittis

    Gregorian Chant

    Cistercian Monks of Stift Heiligenkreuz

    2:17
  • 6:23 AM

    Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus & Phrygia

    Aram Khachaturian

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:49
  • 6:07 AM

    The Garden of Adonis

    Alan Hovhaness

    Music of Hovhaness

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    15:29
  • 6:01 AM

    The Capricious One

    Edward Elgar

    Kyung Wha Chung, violin

    Philip Moll, piano

    4:23
  • 5:53 AM

    Atalanta: Overture

    George Frideric Handel

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    John Wallace, trumpet

    5:31
  • 5:28 AM

    String Symphony No. 9

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    24:20
  • 5:25 AM

    On that most grand Fremosa

    Alfonso 10th

    Sonus

    2:59
  • 5:11 AM

    Transylvanian Symphony for Strings

    Kurt Schwertsik

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    HK Gruber, conductor

    11:55
  • 5:06 AM

    Loth to Depart

    Giles Farnaby

    A Bridge To Bach

    Andrew Rangell, piano

    4:11
  • 5:01 AM

    Gymnopedie No. 1

    Erik Satie

    4:45
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