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  • 5:30 AM

    Symphony No. 1 (revised version, without organ)

    Aaron Copland

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Carlo Ponti, conductor

    25:26
  • 5:22 AM

    Dance of the Persian Slave Girls, fr "Khovanschina"

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Russian National Orchestra

    Carlo Ponti, conductor

    6:41
  • 5:09 AM

    First Rhapsody for Cello and Piano

    Bela Bartok

    Mark Kosower, cello

    Jee-Won Oh, piano

    10:47
  • 5:00 AM

    Sonata ("Homenaje a Domenico Scarlatti")

    Ernesto Halffter

    Andrew Rangell, piano

    7:43
  • 4:50 AM

    Harpsichord Pieces in g (selected)

    Jean-Henry D'Anglebert

    Hank Knox, clavecytherium

    10:00
  • 4:37 AM

    Les Elemens (excerpts)

    Jean-Fery Rebel

    L'Orfeo Baroque Orchestra

    Michi Gaigg, conductor

    9:55
  • 4:26 AM

    Goldberg's Ghost (excerpts)

    J. S. Bach and Bernard Struber

    United Instruments of Lucilin

    Guy Frisch, conductor

    Garth Knox, viola d'amour

    8:10
  • 4:18 AM

    "Herr, wenn di stolzen Fiende schnauben", fr Christmas Oratorio Cantata No. 6 for Epiphany

    J. S. Bach

    Cappella Amsterdam and Combattimento Consort Amsterdam

    Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor

    4:45
  • 4:10 AM

    "Fallt mit Danken", from Christmas Oratorio Cantata No. 4 for New Year's Day

    J. S. Bach

    Cappella Amsterdam and Combattimento Consort Amsterdam

    Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor

    5:10
  • 4:04 AM

    "Ehre sei dir, Gott", fr Christmas Oratorio Cantata No. 5 (for the Sunday after New Year)

    J. S. Bach

    Cappella Amsterdam and Combattimento Consort Amsterdam

    Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor

    6:05
  • 2:54 AM

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Charles Dutoit, conductor

    45:00
  • 2:13 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in Bb

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Charles Dutoit, conductor

    Martha Argerich, piano

    33:00
  • 2:02 AM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Charles Dutoit, conductor

    9:00
  • 1:53 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 2 in F, Op. 6

    George Frideric Handel

    The English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    11:55
  • 1:24 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Camille Saint-Saens

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Cecile Licad, piano

    22:36
  • 1:24 AM

    Youth's Magic Horn: Who thought up

    Gustav Mahler

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Barbara Bonney, soprano

    2:02
  • 1:08 AM

    Mladi (Youth)

    Leos Janacek

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    17:20
  • 12:47 AM

    Violin Sonata in A, K. 305

    Wolfgang Mozart

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    Daniel Berenboim, piano

    9:54
  • 12:39 AM

    Siege of Corinth: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    8:24
  • 12:39 AM

    Passacaille

    Francois Couperin

    Couperin: Tic Toc Choc

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    5:41
  • 12:09 AM

    Symphony No. 52

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    20:16
  • 12:05 AM

    United States Air Force Heartland of America Band

    Kelly G. Bledsoe, conductor

    3:36
  • 11:55 PM

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma

    5:04
  • 11:49 PM

    January-By the Fireside

    Tchaikovsky

    Yefim Bronfman

    4:48
  • 11:43 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": 3rd movement

    Robert Schumann

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    5:36
  • 11:37 PM

    Linde-Consort

    6:05
  • 11:32 PM

    Ben Hur: Parade of the Charioteers

    Miklos Rozsa

    Cincinnati Pops

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:22
  • 11:28 PM

    La Rondine: Chi il Bel Sogno di Doretta

    Giacomo Puccini

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Antonio Pappano, conductor

    Angela Gheorghiu, soprano

    2:22
  • 11:24 PM

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    John Williams, guitar

    3:38
  • 11:15 PM

    Olli Mustonen

    8:28
  • 11:04 PM

    Prague Waltzes

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Czech Suite, Prague Waltzes, etc.

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    8:55
  • 10:59 PM

    Serenata

    Enrique Granados

    Granados: Piano Music, Vol. 6

    Douglas Riva, piano

    1:41
  • 10:50 PM

    Symphony #2

    Howard Hanson

    St Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    7:49
  • 10:41 PM

    Flute Sonata No. 2

    Nicolas Chedeville

    Irena Grafenauer, flute

    Brigitte Engelhard, harpsichord & organ

    Jorg Baumann, cello

    Klaus Stoll, double bass

    7:56
  • 10:35 PM

    Concerto After Handel: 1st movement

    Arnold Schoenberg

    Schoenberg: Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra (after Handel); R. Strauss: Divertimento, Op. 86 (after Couperin)

    New York Chamber Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    5:08
  • 10:31 PM

    Two-Part Invention

    JS Bach

    Janine Jansen

    1:00
  • 10:26 PM

    Waltz No. 3

    Agustin Barrios

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    4:37
  • 10:22 PM

    There was Silence in Heaven

    Richard Dering

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    3:03
  • 10:15 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 8 "Pathetique": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven Piano Sonatas: Pathetique; Moonlight; Waldstein

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    6:10
  • 10:04 PM

    Thieving Magpie: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    9:32
  • 9:53 PM

    Valse Triste

    Jean Sibelius

    Kathryn Stott

    5:17
  • 9:48 PM

    Intermezzo

    Ameriikan Poijat

    3:15
  • 9:36 PM

    Norwegian Dances Nos. 2-4

    Edvard Grieg

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    11:50
  • 9:33 PM

    Winter Was hard

    Aulis Sallinen

    Kronos Quartet/ San Francisco Girl's Chorus

    1:45
  • 9:08 PM

    Symphony No. 60 "Il Distratto"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pierre-Laurent Aimard, conductor

    23:23
  • 9:05 PM

    L'Heure exquise

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano

    Roger Vignoles, piano

    2:30
  • 8:37 PM

    Symphony No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

    Carlos Kleiber, conductor

    21:21
  • 8:14 PM

    Suite No. 2

    Jacques Aubert

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    20:31
  • 8:10 PM

    An Irish Symphony: The Fair Day

    Hamilton Harty

    The Celtic Album

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    3:07
  • 8:06 PM

    Arabesque No. 1

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Piano Works

    Jean-Bernard Pommier, piano

    3:28
  • 8:01 PM

    Rhine Nymphs Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    4:30
  • 7:29 PM

    Flute & Harp Concerto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Paillard Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Francois Paillard, conductor

    Lily Laskine, harp

    29:57
  • 7:28 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Guildhall String Ensemble

    Paul Nicholson, harpsichord

    10:56
  • 7:23 PM

    Polonaise for Flute

    Johann Muthel

    Musica Alta Ripa

    3:24
  • 7:06 PM

    Farewell to Stromness

    Peter Maxwell Davies

    Mississippi Guitar Quartet

    4:19
  • 7:02 PM

    Lyric Waltz

    Jean Sibelius

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:49
  • 4:51 PM

    Prelude & Fugue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    7:05
  • 4:20 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 20

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Jorg Faerber, conductor

    Martha Argerich, piano

    29:31
  • 4:11 PM

    Barthold Kuijken, flute

    Bob van Asperen, harpsichord

    7:31
  • 4:06 PM

    King Arthur: Overture & Air

    Henry Purcell

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    4:16
  • 4:01 PM

    Gayaneh: Lullaby

    Aram Khachaturian

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:39
  • 3:53 PM

    Serenata #5

    James Oswald

    Chatham Baroque

    5:50
  • 3:41 PM

    Symphony No. 14

    William Herschel

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    11:20
  • 3:19 PM

    Idillo-Concertino

    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

    Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Spieth, conductor

    Humbert Lucarelli, oboe

    20:15
  • 3:12 PM

    Minuet of the Will-o'-the-Wisps

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: La Marseillaise, Etc

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    5:42
  • 3:06 PM

    Ekitundu Ekisoosa

    Justinian Tamusuza

    Kronos Quartet

    5:35
  • 3:01 PM

    Four Medieval Dances: Galliarde

    Joseph Lauber

    Laurel Zucker, flute

    4:50
  • 2:54 PM

    Divertimento No. 2, K. 131: 2nd mvt

    Wolfgang Mozart

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    :00
  • 2:46 PM

    Italian Concerto: 3rd mvt

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Vento Chiaro

    4:00
  • 2:40 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 3rd Movement

    Max Bruch

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    Chloe Hanslip, violin

    6:55
  • 2:37 PM

    Ballet de Cour: La Canarie

    Gabriel Pierne

    Prisms

    Chamber Music Palm Beach

    2:09
  • 2:32 PM

    Will-o'-the-Wisps (Caprice-Etude)

    Alphonse Hasselmans

    Susann McDonald, harp

    2:13
  • 2:28 PM

    Novelette in C

    Francis Poulenc

    Vento Chiaro

    2:44
  • 2:26 PM

    Preludes, Op. 28 (sel)

    Frederic Chopin

    Ivo Pogorelich, piano

    7:22
  • 2:21 PM

    What Sweeter Music

    John Rutter

    City of London Sinfonia

    John Rutter, conductor

    Cambridge Singers

    4:00
  • 2:16 PM

    Cello Suite No. 1: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Yo-Yo Ma, vc

    2:33
  • 2:10 PM

    Spanish Dance No. 6

    Enrique Granados

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Salvador Brotons, conductor

    5:22
  • 2:05 PM

    The Harmonious Blacksmith

    George Frideric Handel

    London Brass

    4:24
  • 1:48 PM

    The Magic Harp Overture (Rosamunde)

    Franz Schubert

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Roberto Abbado, conductor

    10:56
  • 1:47 PM

    Yevgeny Sudbin, piano

    2:15
  • 1:38 PM

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    5:21
  • 1:32 PM

    Concerto No. 9

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    4:21
  • 1:29 PM

    String Quartet No. 13: Presto

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Orion String Quartet

    1:57
  • 1:18 PM

    Psalm 96: Sing to the Lord

    Jan Sweelinck

    Voices of Ascension

    Dennis Keene, conductor

    1:53
  • 1:13 PM

    Sinfonia turchesca: Minuet

    Franz Xavier Sussmayr

    Concerto Koln

    Werner Ehrhardt, conductor

    3:12
  • 1:08 PM

    Marriage of Figaro: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mad About Movies

    Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

    James Levine, conductor

    4:19
  • 1:05 PM

    Morning Has Broken

    Traditional

    American Boychoir

    2:22
  • 12:50 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd mvt

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Vladimir Fedoseyev, conductor

    Kyoko Takezawa, v

    7:00
  • 12:45 PM

    Semele: Where E'er You Walk

    George Frideric Handel

    City of London Sinfonia

    John Rutter, conductor

    Nicholas Daniel, oboe

    4:05
  • 12:40 PM

    The Devil's Beauties

    Francois Dompierre

    La Pieta

    4:14
  • 12:37 PM

    Dresden Concerto in F

    Johann Heinichen

    Musica Antiqua Koln

    2:22
  • 12:36 PM

    Raymonda: Pizzicato

    Alexander Glazunov

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    1:11
  • 12:33 PM

    Sylvia: Pizzicati

    Leo Delibes

    Delibes: Coppelia / Gounod: Faust

    Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra

    Janos Sandor, conductor

    2:49
  • 12:25 PM

    Piano Trio No. 1: 2nd movement

    Anton Arensky

    Shostakovich & Arensky

    Claremont Trio

    6:15
  • 12:20 PM

    Pentangle: Cottonwood Grove

    Peter Schickele

    Louisville Orchestra

    Jorge Mester, conductor

    Ken Albrecht, horn

    2:40
  • 12:10 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 4: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Essential Bach

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Andras Schiff, conductor

    Andras Schiff, piano

    4:02
  • 12:04 PM

    Clair de Lune (Moonlight)

    Claude Debussy

    Ruth Laredo, piano

    4:50
  • 11:50 AM

    Hermann & Dorothea: Overture

    Robert Schumann

    Orchestra of Polish Radio & TV

    Johannes Wildner, conductor

    8:22
  • 11:17 AM

    Cypresses

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Quartet in F Op. 96 "American", The 12 Cypresses

    Cleveland Quartet

    30:59
  • 11:13 AM

    Nocturne No. 5

    John Field

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Measham, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    2:46
  • 11:06 AM

    Canon & Gigue

    Johann Pachelbel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    5:49
  • 11:06 AM

    Walsingham

    John Dowland

    Dowland: Musicke for the Lute

    Paul O'Dette, lute

    4:24
  • 10:50 AM

    Ballade No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Murray Perahia, piano

    8:50
  • 10:18 AM

    Columbine's Clever Tricks

    Ottorino Respighi

    Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Adriano, conductor

    30:09
  • 10:14 AM

    There is Sweet Music

    Daniel Gawthrop

    Santa Fe Desert Chorale

    Linda Mack, conductor

    2:18
  • 10:06 AM

    La Stravaganza: Violin Concerto No. 9

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Arte Dei Suonatori Baroque Orchestra

    Rachel Podger, violin

    6:57
  • 10:01 AM

    Concerto for 2 Horns: Rondo

    Antonio Rosetti

    Rosetti: Concertos for 2 Horns

    Bavarian Chamber Philharmonic

    Johannes Moesus, conductor

    Klaus Wallendorf, horn

    4:35
  • 9:27 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Violin Concerto

    New York Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Midori, violin

    31:33
  • 9:23 AM

    Six Pieces on Spanish Folksongs: Vascongada

    Enrique Granados

    Minneapolis Guitar Quartet

    3:38
  • 9:18 AM

    Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo

    Pietro Mascagni

    Karajan Forever: The Greatest Classical Hits

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    3:29
  • 9:06 AM

    La Nuit du Destin

    Dia Succari

    Joel Fan, piano

    10:53
  • 9:01 AM

    Three Parts Upon a Ground

    Henry Purcell

    Stradivaria

    4:46
  • 8:46 AM

    Marosszek Dances

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Dutoit, conductor

    12:38
  • 8:24 AM

    Octet-Partita

    Franz Krommer

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Wind Ensemble

    21:48
  • 8:15 AM

    Orchestral Study No. 2

    Arthur Bliss

    Bliss: Cello Concerto, Music for Strings

    English Northern Philharmonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    6:35
  • 8:06 AM

    Concerto No. 4

    Capel Bond

    Parley of Instruments

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    8:15
  • 8:01 AM

    Izumi Tateno, piano

    4:39
  • 7:50 AM

    Concerto No. 3

    Pieter Hellendaal

    Combattimento Consort of Amsterdam

    Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor

    10:40
  • 7:39 AM

    Caprice & Elegy

    Frederick Delius

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Eric Fenby, conductor

    Julian Lloyd Webber, cello

    8:08
  • 7:36 AM

    Concerto No. 1

    Lorenzo Zavateri

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

    Gottfried von der Goltz, conductor

    4:18
  • 7:31 AM

    Scherzino Mexicano

    Manuel Ponce

    David Russell, guitar

    2:41
  • 7:08 AM

    Symphony No. 100 "Military"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    London Classical Players

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    23:00
  • 7:01 AM

    Requiebros (Gallantry)

    Gaspar Cassado

    I Musici de Montreal

    Yuli Turovsky, conductor

    Yuli Turovsky, cello

    4:49
  • 6:51 AM

    A Night Piece

    Arthur Foote

    Julia Bogorad-Kogan, flute

    8:38
  • 6:45 AM

    Mstislav Rostropovich, cello

    4:15
  • 6:22 AM

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    21:40
  • 6:06 AM

    Violin Partita No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Alina Ibragimova, violin

    14:57
  • 6:01 AM

    English Concert

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    4:34
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