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  • 4:27 AM

    Irish Symphony

    Hamilton Harty

    National Symphony of Ireland

    Prionnsias O'Duinn, conductor

    30:59
  • 4:24 AM

    Much Ado About Nothing: Intermezzo

    Erich Korngold

    Northwest German Philharmonic

    Werner Andreas Albert, conductor

    2:14
  • 4:15 AM

    The Cathedral

    Agustin Barrios

    Pablo Garibay, guitar

    8:05
  • 4:06 AM

    Oboe Concerto No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    David Reichenberg, oboe

    8:10
  • 4:01 AM

    The Last Sleep of the Virgin

    Jules Massenet

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    Anthony Ross, cello

    4:29
  • 3:58 AM

    In Nomine a 4

    Thomas Weelkes

    Fretwork

    1:56
  • 3:47 AM

    Symphony No. 6 in F "Pastoral": I

    Ludwig van Beethoven, transcribed Liszt

    Glenn Gould, piano

    12:27
  • 3:27 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Paul Carr

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    Nicholas Daniel, oboe

    17:27
  • 3:19 AM

    Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

    Aram Khachaturian

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Myung Whun Chung, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    6:20
  • 2:38 AM

    Piano Quintet in A "Trout"

    Franz Schubert

    Members of the Takacs Quartet

    Andreas Haefliger, piano

    Joseph Carver, double bass

    40:00
  • 2:35 AM

    Die Forelle (The Trout)

    Franz Schubert

    Renee Fleming

    Christoph Eschenbach, piano

    2:00
  • 2:07 AM

    Appalachian Spring

    Aaron Copland

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    25:16
  • 1:30 AM

    String Quintet in Eb

    Antonin Dvorak

    Pacifica Quartet; Michael Tree, viola

    35:00
  • 1:14 AM

    Irish Rhapsody No. 3

    Charles Stanford

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    Raphael Wallfisch, cello

    14:07
  • 1:09 AM

    The Fairy Lough

    Charles Stanford

    Linda Finnie, mezzo-soprano

    Anthony Legge, piano

    4:18
  • 1:00 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Scottish Ensemble

    Jonathan Rees, conductor

    Jonathan Rees, violin

    9:40
  • 12:57 AM

    Suite: Bourree

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    1:19
  • 12:51 AM

    Bourree Fantasque

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    French National Orchestra

    Armin Jordan, conductor

    6:56
  • 12:31 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 5

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Ivo Pogorelich, piano

    17:05
  • 12:06 AM

    Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished"

    Franz Schubert

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Douglas Boyd, conductor

    25:50
  • 12:02 AM

    Dance of the Gnomes

    Franz Liszt

    William Wolfram, piano

    2:42
  • 11:33 PM

    Celtic Symphony

    Granville Bantock

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    19:52
  • 11:23 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Barry Tuckwell, conductor

    Barry Tuckwell, horn

    8:25
  • 11:23 PM

    Serenata

    Enrico Toselli

    Serenata

    I Salonisti

    3:28
  • 11:00 PM

    Petite Suite

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Petite Suite, etc

    Ulster Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    12:51
  • 10:42 PM

    The Nations: Imperial Suite

    Francois Couperin

    European Baroque Soloists

    Wolfgang Schulz, flute

    Hansjorg Schellenberger, oboe

    Philip Moll, harpsichord

    Milan Turkovic, bassoon

    16:12
  • 10:39 PM

    12 Irish Songs: Put round the bright wine

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Thomas Allen, baritone

    Ursula Smith, cello

    Malcolm Martineau, piano

    2:23
  • 10:36 PM

    20 Irish Songs: Paddy O'Rafferty

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ruby Philogene, mezzo-soprano

    Ursula Smith, cello

    Malcolm Martineau, piano

    2:28
  • 10:28 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 19

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Stephen Kovacevich, piano

    6:12
  • 10:21 PM

    Lyon National Opera Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    Dawn Upshaw, soprano

    5:06
  • 10:04 PM

    Piano Trio No. 39

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Beaux Arts Trio

    16:35
  • 10:01 PM

    The Buffens

    Jean d'Estree

    Baltimore Consort

    1:35
  • 9:52 PM

    Oboe Concerto No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    City of London Sinfonia

    John Rutter, conductor

    Nicholas Daniel, oboe

    8:13
  • 9:37 PM

    Carmen: Suite No. 1

    Georges Bizet

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    12:15
  • 9:26 PM

    School for Scandal: Overture

    Samuel Barber

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:56
  • 9:17 PM

    Cello Sonata Op 8

    Zoltan Kodaly

    John Belk

    7:57
  • 9:09 PM

    Prague Waltzes

    Antonin Dvorak

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    7:35
  • 9:05 PM

    Finnegan's Wake

    A.J. Potter

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Robert Houlihan, conductor

    2:49
  • 8:56 PM

    Prelude No. 1

    JS Bach

    Andrew Rangell

    1:47
  • 8:37 PM

    Italian Concerto

    JS Bach

    Instrumental Ensemble of Rome

    12:16
  • 8:34 PM

    Lyric Pieces: To Spring

    Edvard Grieg

    Eva Knardahl, piano

    2:44
  • 8:27 PM

    Sure on this Shining Night

    Morten Lauridsen

    St. Olaf Choir

    Anton Armstrong, conductor

    Andrew Bourgoin, piano

    4:50
  • 8:24 PM

    O Schone Nacht

    Johannes Brahms

    St. Olaf Choir

    Anton Armstrong, conductor

    Andrew Bourgoin, piano

    4:00
  • 8:15 PM

    St. Olaf Choir

    Anton Armstrong, conductor

    John Ferguson, organ

    8:11
  • 8:05 PM

    In Ireland

    Hamilton Harty

    Camerata Bariloche

    Chris Norman, flute

    9:26
  • 8:00 PM

    Lady Rose Dillon

    Turlough O'Carolan

    the seas are deep

    David Pedrick, guitar

    2:52
  • 5:56 PM

    Let Your Voice be Heard

    Traditional

    Cantus

    3:20
  • 5:51 PM

    Knoxville: Summer of 1915

    Samuel Barber

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    David Zinman, conductor

    Dawn Upshaw, soprano

    15:20
  • 5:44 PM

    Absalon Fili Mi

    Josquin des Pres

    Cantus

    3:39
  • 5:37 PM

    E'en So, Lord Jesus, Quickly Come

    Paul Manz

    That Eternal Day

    Cantus

    2:21
  • 5:33 PM

    Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel (Gretchen am Spinnrade)

    Franz Schubert

    Dame Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano

    Gerald Moore, piano

    3:43
  • 5:26 PM

    The Singers and Cantus

    3:18
  • 5:19 PM

    Neither Angels, Nor Demons, Nor Powers

    Timothy C. Takach

    National Lutheran Choir

    3:50
  • 5:13 PM

    Reasons for Loving the Harmonica

    Libby Larsen

    The American Boychoir

    3:15
  • 5:09 PM

    Eternal Love (Von ewiger Liebe)

    Johannes Brahms

    Anne Sofie von Otter, alto

    Bengt Forsberg, piano

    4:34
  • 4:36 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    23:33
  • 4:33 PM

    Poem Gleeka

    Chris Granias

    Rebecca Thoennes, piano

    3:40
  • 4:26 PM

    Ruslan and Ludmilla: Overture

    Mikhail Glinka

    Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lawrence Leighton Smith, conductor

    5:04
  • 4:05 PM

    Six Antique Epigraphs

    Claude Debussy

    National Orchestra of Lyon

    Jun Markl, conductor

    17:00
  • 4:01 PM

    Cantus

    1:53
  • 3:48 PM

    O'Carolan Suite in the Baroque Style

    Thomas C. Kelly

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnula Hunt, conductor

    14:00
  • 3:43 PM

    Irish Suite: The Wearing of the Green

    Leroy Anderson

    Studio Orchestra

    Leroy Anderson, conductor

    3:04
  • 3:26 PM

    Flute Concerto in G

    Johann Quantz

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Jorg Faerber, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    19:03
  • 3:21 PM

    Danny Boy

    Traditional

    Luther College Nordic Choir

    Craig Arnold, conductor

    3:07
  • 3:08 PM

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    11:55
  • 3:01 PM

    An Irish Symphony: In the Antrim Hills

    Hamilton Harty

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Proinssias O Duinn, conductor

    7:15
  • 2:51 PM

    Eden-Stell Guitar Duo

    4:00
  • 2:22 PM

    Tristan und Isolde: Love Night and Transfiguration

    Richard Wagner

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    26:26
  • 2:06 PM

    Irish Rhapsody

    Victor Herbert

    Manhattan Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Auldon Clark, conductor

    15:20
  • 1:53 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 15 "Pastoral"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    John O'Conor, piano

    22:51
  • 1:49 PM

    O Lord, make Thy servant Elizabeth the Queen

    William Byrd

    Choir of the Chapel Royal

    3:33
  • 1:44 PM

    Simple Symphony: Playful Pizzicato

    Benjamin Britten

    London Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Warren-Green, conductor

    3:22
  • 1:35 PM

    Carnival Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Rafael Kubelik, conductor

    8:54
  • 1:32 PM

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    1:04
  • 1:28 PM

    Etude in f, Op. 42 No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    2:33
  • 1:22 PM

    "Irish" Symphony: 3rd movement

    Arthur Sullivan

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    6:15
  • 1:13 PM

    Castor and Pollux: Overture

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Rameau: Castor et Pollux; Purcell: 3 Fantasias

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    5:02
  • 1:02 PM

    Symphony: 1st movement

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Carmen Suite, Symphony No. 1

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    10:01
  • 12:58 PM

    Music for His Majesty's sackbuts and cornetts

    Matthew Locke

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    :00
  • 12:47 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish": 1st movement

    Robert Schumann

    Philadelpha Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    9:47
  • 12:44 PM

    Pagliacci: Vesti la giubba

    Ruggero Leoncavallo

    Philadelpha Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    Luciano Pavarotti, t

    2:00
  • 12:37 PM

    Four Irish Dances

    Malcolm Arnold

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    7:00
  • 12:31 PM

    Cherish the Ladies

    Anonymous

    David Russell, guitar

    2:09
  • 12:25 PM

    Joyous March

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    BBC Philharmonic

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    3:44
  • 12:18 PM

    Sonata for solo cello

    Zoltan Kodaly

    John Belk, vc

    7:00
  • 12:03 PM

    Quartet for 2 Oboes and 2 Bassoons

    Johann Friedrich Fasch

    Ingo Goritzki, oboe

    Burkhard Glaetzner, oboe

    Thomas Reinhardt, bassoon

    Lutz Klepel, bassoon

    7:15
  • 12:02 PM

    Snow Maiden: Dance of the Tumblers

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The Sound of the Academy

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:43
  • 11:51 AM

    Voices of Spring

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    6:00
  • 11:42 AM

    Gaelic Symphony: 2nd movement

    Amy Beach

    Nashville Symphony Orchestra

    Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor

    7:20
  • 11:33 AM

    Symphony No. 29: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    National Arts Centre Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    8:13
  • 11:25 AM

    Carolan's Concerto

    Turlough O'Carolan

    Harp Consort

    Andrew Lawrence-King, conductor

    5:15
  • 11:21 AM

    Serenade for Flute, Violin and Viola: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Lisa Beznosiuk, flute

    Pavlo Beznosiuk, violin

    Tom Dunn, viola

    3:49
  • 11:08 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    William Boyce

    Boyce: Symphonies, Op. 2

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    7:05
  • 11:01 AM

    Aria in Classic Style

    Marcel Grandjany

    Stockholm Chamber Orchestra

    Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor

    Christine Muhlbach, harp

    5:58
  • 10:51 AM

    Sinfonia

    Wilhelm Friedemann Bach

    Wilhelm Friedemann Bach: Das Orchesterwerk

    CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra

    Hartmut Haenchen, conductor

    7:30
  • 10:43 AM

    Tango Bittersweet

    Fred Hersch

    Fred Hersch, piano

    6:50
  • 10:34 AM

    Pest Waltzes

    Joseph Lanner

    Concerto Koln

    7:41
  • 10:24 AM

    La Valse

    Maurice Ravel

    Debussy: Khamma/Ravel: La Valse, etc.

    Ulster Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    12:05
  • 10:11 AM

    Nocturne for Flute and Guitar

    Ferdinando Carulli

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    9:03
  • 10:07 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    4:05
  • 10:00 AM

    Four Medieval Dances: Galliarde

    Joseph Lauber

    Laurel Zucker, flute

    4:50
  • 9:46 AM

    In Italy Overture

    Karl Goldmark

    Budapest Philharmonic

    Andras Korodi, conductor

    12:40
  • 9:36 AM

    Concerto for Violin and Organ

    Antonio Vivaldi

    La Serenissima

    10:07
  • 9:19 AM

    Variations on an Irish Tune

    Edward Joseph Collins

    Earl Wild, piano

    15:20
  • 9:13 AM

    Octet: Scherzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Seattle Chamber Music Society

    James Ehnes, violin

    4:29
  • 9:07 AM

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Simon Wright, conductor

    John Wallace, trumpet

    5:22
  • 9:01 AM

    Sir Roger de Coverly

    Frank Bridge

    New Zealand Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor

    4:24
  • 8:45 AM

    Ramuntcho Suite No. 2

    Gabriel Pierne

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    14:56
  • 8:41 AM

    Celedonio Romero, guitar

    2:40
  • 8:29 AM

    Water Music Suite No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Water Music, Royal Fireworks

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    10:12
  • 8:06 AM

    Symphonic Suite for Strings

    Leevi Madetoja

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    21:37
  • 8:01 AM

    Pied Piper

    Walter Mourant

    Musical Fun and Games

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    Steuart Bedford, conductor

    George MacDonald, clarinet

    4:38
  • 7:50 AM

    Spitfire Prelude and Fugue

    William Walton

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:35
  • 7:46 AM

    Sonata: Ciaccona

    Luis Mercy

    Alison Melville, recorder

    Lucas Harris, archlute

    Nadina Mackie Jackson, bassoon

    Borys Medicky, harpsichord

    Joelle Marton, bass viol

    3:16
  • 7:13 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    John Field

    New Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Janos Furst, conductor

    John O'Conor, piano

    31:26
  • 7:07 AM

    The Banks of Green Willow

    George Butterworth

    Bridge, Bantock & Butterworth

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    5:59
  • 7:01 AM

    Three Country Dances

    John Playford

    The Broadside Band

    Jeremy Barlow, conductor

    4:43
  • 6:34 AM

    The Magic Pot

    Ottorino Respighi

    Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Adriano, conductor

    25:09
  • 6:25 AM

    Variations on a Theme from Mozart's "Don Giovanni"

    Franz Danzi

    Virtuoso Cello Showpieces

    Maria Kliegel, cello

    6:53
  • 6:12 AM

    The Moldau

    Bedrich Smetana

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    12:16
  • 6:06 AM

    Per Flemstrom, flute

    5:00
  • 6:01 AM

    Prelude No. 5

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

    Sergiu Commissiona, conductor

    4:35
  • 5:36 AM

    String Quintet No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Melos Quartet

    Franz Beyer, viola

    23:54
  • 5:31 AM

    Medley of Hornpipes

    Traditional

    Irish Classics

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Mitch Farber, conductor

    John O'Conor, piano

    2:56
  • 5:26 AM

    Sonata "Tanto tempo hormai"

    Francesco Turini

    Gathering/Hui

    Belladonna

    3:32
  • 5:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 64

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Sine Nomine Quartet

    19:04
  • 5:01 AM

    1st Minuet for Strings

    Giacomo Puccini

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor

    4:40
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