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  • 4:48 AM

    Concerto for Brass Quintet and Orchestra (after Handel)

    Gerard Schwarz

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    10:22
  • 4:23 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 11 "Turkish"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    23:55
  • 4:15 AM

    Three Short Pieces

    Jacques Ibert

    Athena Ensemble

    6:59
  • 4:06 AM

    Summer Pastorale

    Arthur Honegger

    Honegger: Symphonies 2 & 4

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    8:09
  • 4:01 AM

    Robert Shaw Chamber Singers

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    4:30
  • 3:53 AM

    Two Impromptus, D. 899

    Franz Schubert

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    10:40
  • 3:17 AM

    Summer Day on the Mountain

    Vincent d'Indy

    D'Indy: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    30:41
  • 3:07 AM

    Sonata "Alpine"

    Lawson Lunde

    Paul Cohen, soprano saxophone

    Allison Brewster Franzetti, piano

    8:47
  • 3:02 AM

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    4:35
  • 2:31 AM

    String Quartet in d minor "Intimate Voices"

    Jean Sibelius

    Guarneri Quartet

    29:00
  • 2:20 AM

    Cornish Dances

    Malcolm Arnold

    The Philharmonia

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    8:32
  • 1:59 AM

    Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde

    Richard Wagner

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    Jessye Norman, soprano

    19:17
  • 1:53 AM

    Escenas romanticas: Recitativo y Berceuse

    Enrique Granados

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    4:14
  • 1:17 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    RCA Symphony Orchestra

    Kirill Kondrashin, conductor

    Van Cliburn, piano

    34:33
  • 1:04 AM

    Royal Concert No. 1

    Francois Couperin

    Smithsonian Chamber Players

    Kenneth Slowik, conductor

    11:50
  • 12:40 AM

    Billy the Kid

    Aaron Copland

    London Symphony

    Aaron Copland, conductor

    20:50
  • 12:36 AM

    Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano

    Roger Vignoles, piano

    1:50
  • 12:26 AM

    Le Bal de Beatrice d'Este

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Orchestre de Paris

    Jean-Pierre Jacquillat, conductor

    9:39
  • 12:07 AM

    Suite Italienne

    Igor Stravinsky

    Mari Fujiwara, cello

    Jacques Rouvier, piano

    17:40
  • 12:06 AM

    Handel in the Strand

    Percy Grainger

    Music of Percy Grainger

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Kenneth Montgomery, conductor

    Philip Martin, piano

    4:46
  • 11:53 PM

    Minuet

    Ignaz Paderewski

    My Favorite Things: Virtuoso Encores

    Stephen Hough, piano

    4:29
  • 11:45 PM

    Gypsy Songs

    Sergio Assad

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg/Assad Brothers

    7:55
  • 11:21 PM

    Symphony No. 47 "Palindrome"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Philharmonia Hungarica

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    21:30
  • 11:18 PM

    Waltz No. 12

    Franz Schubert

    Gil Shaham, violin

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    1:11
  • 11:03 PM

    Concert Waltz No. 1

    Alexander Glazunov

    Russian State Symphony Orchestra

    Valery Polyansky, conductor

    9:11
  • 10:59 PM

    The Harmonious Blacksmith

    George Frideric Handel

    London Brass

    4:24
  • 10:46 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 4: Rondo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Hans Vonk, conductor

    Christian Zacharias, piano

    10:42
  • 10:37 PM

    Festive Overture

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Cincinnati Pops

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:27
  • 10:17 PM

    Concert Piece for 4 Horns

    Robert Schumann

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    18:16
  • 10:14 PM

    Cascades

    Scott Joplin

    Paul Schoenfield, piano

    2:37
  • 10:09 PM

    Cantata No. 82: Ich freue mich...

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestra of Emmanuel Music

    Craig Smith, conductor

    Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, mezzo-soprano

    3:43
  • 10:01 PM

    Bartered Bride: Overture

    Bedrich Smetana

    Popular Operatic Overtures

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    6:50
  • 9:48 PM

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    11:01
  • 9:37 PM

    Four Seasons: Winter

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Trondheim Soloists

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    10:10
  • 9:30 PM

    Symphony No. 5 (Waltz)

    Tchaikovsky

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    5:50
  • 9:24 PM

    Artaria Quartet

    6:00
  • 9:17 PM

    Humoresque

    Francis Poulenc

    Pascal Roge, piano

    1:58
  • 9:04 PM

    Abdelazer: Incidental Music

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell: Instrumental Music

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

    Thomas Hengelbrock, conductor

    9:10
  • 9:00 PM

    Symphony No. 85 "The Queen": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: 6 Paris Symphonies

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    3:25
  • 8:48 PM

    My Home Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    9:31
  • 8:41 PM

    Watkin's Ale

    Anonymous

    Watkins Ale

    Baltimore Consort

    6:38
  • 8:13 PM

    String Quartet No. 10

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: String Quartets

    Belcea Quartet

    26:34
  • 8:05 PM

    King Stephen: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Overtures

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    6:38
  • 8:00 PM

    Trumpet Voluntary

    Jeremiah Clarke

    Empire Brass

    William Kuhlman, organ

    2:52
  • 5:53 PM

    Symphony No. 39

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    17:41
  • 5:45 PM

    Dance in the Old Style

    Erich Korngold

    Helsinki Philharmonic

    John Storgards, conductor

    7:00
  • 5:34 PM

    Five Pieces

    Anthony Holborne

    Empire Brass

    Richard Jensen, percussion

    9:00
  • 5:17 PM

    In the Summer Wind (Im Sommerwind)

    Anton Webern

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    15:03
  • 5:15 PM

    Hark! Hark! The Lark

    Franz Schubert

    Evgeny Kissin, piano

    2:39
  • 5:11 PM

    Small River Flowing

    Traditional Chinese

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    2:30
  • 5:06 PM

    Pelleas and Melisande: Sicilienne

    Gabriel Faure

    Gil Shaham, violin

    Akira Eguchi, piano

    3:32
  • 4:55 PM

    Two Etudes

    Gyorgy Ligeti

    Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano

    6:39
  • 4:28 PM

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    23:00
  • 4:18 PM

    Laurent Korcia, violin

    Christian Rivet, guitar

    7:45
  • 4:10 PM

    Concerto Grosso in F

    Allessandro Scarlatti

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    6:58
  • 4:06 PM

    Click, clack, hear the clogs

    Francis Poulenc

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    2:00
  • 4:03 PM

    Grind the barley

    Francis Poulenc

    A Cappella

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    :47
  • 4:01 PM

    The Fair Maiden at the Tower

    Francis Poulenc

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    1:26
  • 3:53 PM

    Little Serenade

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Lars-Erik Larsson: Music for String Orchestra

    Orebro Chamber Orchestra

    Goran Nilson, conductor

    10:29
  • 3:32 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 26 "Les adieux"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Op. 81a & 106

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    16:41
  • 3:27 PM

    Last Spring

    Edward Grieg

    Gothenberg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:47
  • 3:07 PM

    Missa Brevis

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Repertoire For Mixed Voices, Volume 1

    St. Olaf Choir

    Anton Armstrong, conductor

    18:09
  • 3:01 PM

    Meditation from "Thais"

    Jules Massenet

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    5:12
  • 2:52 PM

    Neapolitan Song

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    I Musici de Montreal

    Yuli Turovsky, conductor

    1:10
  • 2:40 PM

    Chaconne

    Georg Muffat

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhardt Goebel, conductor

    15:42
  • 2:26 PM

    Bachianas Brazileiras No. 5: Aria

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    New World Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    Renee Fleming, s

    5:00
  • 2:08 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Richard Strauss

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    16:14
  • 2:05 PM

    Humoresque

    Rudolf Friml

    Sara Davis Buechner, piano

    2:20
  • 1:48 PM

    Divertimento for brass: 1st mvt

    Leonard Salzedo

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    2:00
  • 1:37 PM

    An Irish Symphony: Twelfth of July

    Hamilton Harty

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    10:10
  • 1:31 PM

    Sleepers Awake

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    3:58
  • 1:27 PM

    Midsummer

    Svend Schulz

    Camerata Chamber Choir

    Per Enevold, conductor

    2:28
  • 1:19 PM

    Polonaise No. 6 "Heroic"

    Frederic Chopin

    Van Cliburn, piano

    6:59
  • 1:11 PM

    Virtuosity Rag

    William Bolcom

    Detroit Chamber Winds

    4:10
  • 1:02 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 4: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Janos Rolla, conductor

    Dale Clevenger, horn

    8:35
  • 12:58 PM

    Donkey Serenade

    Rudolf Friml

    Sara Davis Buechner, p

    :00
  • 12:51 PM

    A Midsummer NIght's Dream: Scherzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    Judi Dench, narrator

    4:44
  • 12:45 PM

    Etude No. 11

    Franz Liszt

    William Wolfram, piano

    2:42
  • 12:39 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd mvt

    Johannes Brahms

    Columbia Symphony Orchestra

    Bruno Walter, conductor

    5:22
  • 12:32 PM

    Clear and gentle stream

    Gerald Finzi

    Choir of St John's College, Cambridge

    :00
  • 12:22 PM

    Blue Danube Waltz

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Cincinnati Pops

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    8:23
  • 12:17 PM

    Pastoral Suite: Danse villageoise

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    4:00
  • 12:06 PM

    Organ Concerto No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Ama Deus Ensemble

    Valentin Radu, organ

    8:43
  • 12:02 PM

    Skye Boat Song

    Traditional

    Shelley Phillips, english horn

    et al

    3:33
  • 11:54 AM

    Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlin Philharmonic

    James Levine, conductor

    6:05
  • 11:48 AM

    Clair de Lune

    Claude Debussy

    Janine Jansen, violin

    Itamar Golan, piano

    4:22
  • 11:38 AM

    Mignon: Overture

    Ambroise Thomas

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    8:18
  • 11:32 AM

    Piccolo Concertino: 1st movement

    Ernani Aguiar

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    Raffaele Trevisani, piccolo

    5:35
  • 11:23 AM

    Symphony No. 87: 4th movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor

    6:24
  • 11:20 AM

    Christopher O'Riley, piano

    2:42
  • 11:10 AM

    Il Postino: Main Theme

    Luis Bacalov

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, v

    3:44
  • 11:01 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 5

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Blockflötenkonzerte Op. 10, Nr.1-6, Michaela Petri

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Michala Petri, recorder

    8:11
  • 10:49 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Carl Friedrich Abel

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    10:59
  • 10:45 AM

    Guasa (Dance)

    Celedonio Romero

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    1:56
  • 10:39 AM

    Stuttgart Arcata Chamber Orchestra

    Patrick Strub, conductor

    Lajos Lencses, oboe

    4:12
  • 10:21 AM

    Camerata Cologne

    17:16
  • 10:09 AM

    Festival Overture

    Hugo Alfven

    Alfven: Symphony No. 4, Festival Overture

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Niklas Willen, conductor

    9:39
  • 10:08 AM

    Scenes from Childhood: Dreaming

    Robert Schumann

    Lang Lang, piano

    3:16
  • 10:03 AM

    German Dances

    William Brade

    Brass Ensemble

    Ludwig Guttler, trumpet

    4:50
  • 9:41 AM

    3 Argentinian Cantilenas and Finale

    Carlos Guastavino

    Camerata Bariloche

    18:07
  • 9:29 AM

    Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

    Aram Khachaturian

    Russian National Orchestra

    Alexander Vedernikov, conductor

    9:13
  • 9:09 AM

    Susana un jur, Glossada de...

    Hernando de Cabezon

    Fretwork

    3:31
  • 9:09 AM

    Perpetual Motion

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    2:58
  • 9:01 AM

    Pastorale-Polonaise

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Heinz Holliger, oboe

    Klaus Thunemann, bassoon

    Christianne Jaccottet, harpsichord

    4:29
  • 8:54 AM

    Choral Fantasy

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Triple Concerto, Choral Fantasy

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Menahem Pressler, piano

    17:59
  • 8:37 AM

    Cello Suite No. 4: Bourrees

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Six Cello Suites on Viola (CD 2)

    Helen Callus, viola

    5:04
  • 8:10 AM

    Pines of Rome

    Ottorino Respighi

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Daniele Gatti, conductor

    22:59
  • 8:06 AM

    "Bad Boy" for 2 guitars

    Toru Takemitsu

    John Williams, guitar

    3:28
  • 8:01 AM

    Pavane and Gigue

    William Byrd

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    4:37
  • 7:48 AM

    Serious Variations

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Claudius Tanski, piano

    10:37
  • 7:10 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto

    Utah Symphony Orchestra

    Joseph Silverstein, conductor

    33:14
  • 7:09 AM

    Dance of the Sylphs

    Hector Berlioz

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    2:40
  • 7:01 AM

    Pieces from the Lumley Part Books (selections)

    Anonymous

    Birds on Fire

    Fretwork

    4:28
  • 6:45 AM

    In the Fen Country

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    New Queen's Hall Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    Hagai Shaham, violin

    13:41
  • 6:40 AM

    Harp Consort

    Andrew Lawrence-King, conductor

    3:30
  • 6:18 AM

    Piano Trio No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Piano Trios

    Beaux Arts Trio

    20:15
  • 6:06 AM

    Concerto Armonico No. 1

    Wilhelm van Wassenaer

    I Musici de Montreal

    Yuli Turovsky, conductor

    11:44
  • 6:05 AM

    Lieutenant Kije Suite: Romance

    Sergei Prokofiev

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    4:50
  • 5:46 AM

    Trio Settecento

    13:02
  • 5:23 AM

    Symphony Concertante

    Carl Stamitz

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    Isaac Stern, violin

    21:16
  • 5:17 AM

    Kronos Quartet

    Soloists

    4:20
  • 5:13 AM

    Forest Murmurs

    Franz Liszt

    Nelson Freire, piano

    4:00
  • 5:06 AM

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    6:11
  • 5:00 AM

    Caprice Variations: Nos. 11, 12, 15

    George Rochberg

    Eliot Fisk, guitar

    4:30
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