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  • 4:29 AM

    Orchestra of the Auvergne

    Leopold Hager, conductor

    Jean-Jacques Kantorow, violin

    29:12
  • 4:17 AM

    5 Variants of Dives and Lazarus

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickhox, conductor

    10:35
  • 4:14 AM

    Portraits in Jazz: Waltz for Miles

    Valerie Capers

    Maria Corley, piano

    1:56
  • 4:06 AM

    Pearl Fishers: Temple Duet

    Georges Bizet

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Dutoit, conductor

    Gregory Cross, tenor

    Gino Quilico, baritone

    7:32
  • 4:01 AM

    Sonata for Two Violins: Gigue and Presto

    Johann Goldberg

    Musica Alta Ripa

    4:34
  • 3:58 AM

    String Quartet No. 1: 1st movement

    Charles Ives

    Emerson String Quartet

    2:00
  • 3:47 AM

    Dances with Wolves: Farewell and Finale

    John Barry

    Royal Philharmonic

    John Barry, conductor

    9:50
  • 3:42 AM

    Concord Sonata: 3rd movement

    Charles Ives

    Herbert Henck, piano

    5:32
  • 3:31 AM

    Hard Times Come Again No More

    Stephen Foster

    American Dreamer: Songs of Stephen Foster

    Thomas Hampson, baritone

    5:14
  • 3:23 AM

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Howard Shelley, piano

    9:58
  • 3:17 AM

    Fear no more the heat o' the sun

    Gerald Finzi/Shakespeare

    Bryn Terfel, baritone

    Malcolm Martineau, piano

    5:51
  • 2:34 AM

    Harold in Italy

    Hector Berlioz

    Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    Gerard Causse, viola

    41:15
  • 2:27 AM

    All the Things You Are

    Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein II

    Sylvia McNair, soprano

    Andre Previn, piano

    4:26
  • 2:12 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    13:47
  • 2:04 AM

    Children's March: Over the Hills and Far Away

    Percy Grainger

    Penelope Thwaites, piano

    John Lavender, piano

    6:48
  • 1:40 AM

    Son of Chamber Symphony

    John Adams

    University of Minnesota Symphony Orchestra

    Mark Russell Smith, conductor

    24:05
  • 1:28 AM

    Spiegel im Spiegel (Mirror in the Mirror)

    Arvo Paert

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    10:30
  • 1:27 AM

    Wanda Landowska, harpsichord

    2:15
  • 1:21 AM

    English Suite No. 2: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wanda Landowska, harpsichord

    3:55
  • 1:14 AM

    College Hornpipe

    Mark O'Connor

    Mark O'Connor, violin

    3:30
  • 12:46 AM

    Symphony No. 8

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    25:42
  • 12:42 AM

    Pallido il sole

    Johann Hasse

    Andreas Scholl, counter-tenor

    4:00
  • 12:21 AM

    Suite Francaise

    Darius Milhaud

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    16:00
  • 12:17 AM

    Renaissance Rip

    Diego Ortiz

    New London Consort

    Philip Pickett, conductor

    3:15
  • 12:13 AM

    Los Bilbilikos Kantan (The Nightingales Sing)

    Traditional

    Miriam Meghnagi, vocal

    3:55
  • 12:11 AM

    Piers Lane, piano

    3:39
  • 11:37 PM

    Butterfly Lover's Concerto

    Gang Chen/Zhanhao He

    Singapore Symphony Orchestra

    Lan Shui, conductor

    Gil Shaham

    27:12
  • 11:23 PM

    Immersion

    Alex Shapiro

    University of Minnesota Symphonic Wind Band

    Jerry Luckhardt, conductor

    21:52
  • 11:12 PM

    Firebird: Suite

    Igor Stravinsky

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    19:57
  • 11:04 PM

    Thrum: With easy movement

    David Evan Thomas

    Minneapolis Guitar Quartet

    5:04
  • 10:41 PM

    Isle of the Dead

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    21:09
  • 10:26 PM

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    31:53
  • 10:01 PM

    Irish Rhapsody No. 4

    Charles Stanford

    An Irish Rhapsody

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    18:30
  • 9:53 PM

    Swimming into Winter

    Jocelyn Hagen

    North Dakota State University Concert Choir

    19:00
  • 9:34 PM

    Trout Quintet

    Franz Schubert

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    Pamela Frank, violin

    Rebecca Young, viola

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Edgar Meyer, bass

    37:50
  • 9:17 PM

    Fantastic Scherzo

    Josef Suk

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    15:06
  • 9:14 PM

    Hard Times Come Again No More

    Stephen Foster

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    1:22
  • 9:09 PM

    English Chamber Orchestra Brass

    Donald Fraser, conductor

    Crispian Steele-Perkins, trumpet

    1:55
  • 9:02 PM

    Orchestra of Paris

    Jean-Pierre Jacquillat, conductor

    6:37
  • 8:47 PM

    Salve Regina

    Arvo Part

    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

    Paul Hillier, conductor

    Christopher Bowers-Broadbent, organ

    12:51
  • 8:40 PM

    Symphonie Fantastique

    Hector Berlioz

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    54:39
  • 8:35 PM

    Stars and Stripes Forever

    John Philip Sousa

    Vladimir Horowitz, piano

    3:50
  • 8:18 PM

    Victory At Sea: Guadalcanal March

    Richard Rodgers

    Cincinnati Pops

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:13
  • 8:15 PM

    U.S. Field Artillery

    John Philip Sousa

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    2:20
  • 8:11 PM

    Candide: Make Our Garden Grow

    Leonard Bernstein

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:45
  • 8:05 PM

    Jason Vieux, guitar

    3:12
  • 8:00 PM

    Karelia Suite: Alla Marcia

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Karelia and Kuolema (complete versions)

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    4:07
  • 5:55 PM

    Wind River (I Am)

    Joseph Curiale

    The Music of Life

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Joseph Curiale, conductor

    14:56
  • 5:48 PM

    German Radio Chamber Orchestra

    Jacques Ammon, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    4:00
  • 5:46 PM

    German Chamber Orchestra Berlin

    Simon Halsey, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    Jacques Ammon, piano

    2:10
  • 5:13 PM

    Variations on an Orignal Theme "Enigma"

    Edward Elgar

    Kansas City Symphony

    Michael Stern, conductor

    :00
  • 5:10 PM

    St. John's Day Songs (Jaanilaulud): St. John's Horse

    Veljo Tormis

    Baltic Runes

    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

    Paul Hillier, conductor

    1:28
  • 4:53 PM

    Capriccio Espagnol

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    15:50
  • 4:27 PM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin

    Maurice Ravel

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    24:44
  • 4:22 PM

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    3:12
  • 4:03 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Minneosta Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    :00
  • 4:00 PM

    The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    2:00
  • 3:53 PM

    James Ehnes, violin

    Eduard Laurel, piano

    :00
  • 3:49 PM

    Cantus

    3:00
  • 3:34 PM

    Polonaise-Fantasie

    Frederic Chopin

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    14:15
  • 3:07 PM

    Radio City: Symphonic Fantasy on Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Daugherty

    Pacific Symphony Orchestra

    Carl St. Clair, conductor

    25:36
  • 3:01 PM

    Suite

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Royal Brass: Music from the Renaissance & Baroque

    Empire Brass

    5:17
  • 2:48 PM

    Impromptu in Bb, D. 935

    Franz Schubert

    Andre Watts, piano

    9:00
  • 2:39 PM

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Lajos Lencses, oboe

    5:39
  • 2:16 PM

    Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Gustavo Dudamel / Tchaikovsky & Shakespeare

    Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    22:15
  • 2:13 PM

    Shenendoah

    Traditional

    Thomas Hampson, bar

    Craig Rutenberg, p

    2:22
  • 2:01 PM

    Old Hungarian Dances

    Ferenc Farkas

    Favourite Music for Wind Quintet

    Frosunda Wind Quintet

    9:35
  • 1:51 PM

    CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra

    Hartmut Haenchen, conductor

    8:49
  • 1:45 PM

    Julia Florida

    Agustin Barrios

    Sharon Isbin, g

    4:00
  • 1:41 PM

    Mass: Simple Song

    Leonard Bernstein

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andreas Delfs, conductor

    Renee Fleming, s

    3:44
  • 1:33 PM

    Harp Concerto: 3rd mvt

    Nino Rota

    I Virtuosi Italiani

    Luisa Prandina, hp

    6:11
  • 1:24 PM

    Suite Mignonne

    Jean Sibelius

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    Gerard Schaub, flute

    Kenneth Wihlborg, flute

    7:30
  • 1:18 PM

    Ruslan and Ludmilla: Overture

    Mikhail Glinka

    Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lawrence Leighton Smith, conductor

    5:04
  • 1:11 PM

    Serenata

    Enrico Toselli

    Serenata

    I Salonisti

    3:28
  • 1:04 PM

    Voices of Spring

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    6:00
  • 12:59 PM

    Oboe Quartet: 3rd mvt

    Jan Vanhal

    Auer Quartet

    Lajos Lences, ob

    2:00
  • 12:50 PM

    Pavane; Galliard; The King's Hunting Jig

    John Bull

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    5:55
  • 12:38 PM

    Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter": Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies No. 40 & No. 41

    English Baroque Soloists

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    11:37
  • 12:31 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 48: 2nd mvt

    Franz Josef Haydn

    Andre Watts, p

    :00
  • 12:16 PM

    Concerto for Oboe and Violin

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Kahane, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    Allan Vogel, oboe

    13:06
  • 12:11 PM

    Symphony No. 82 "The Bear": 3rd mvt

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor

    5:48
  • 12:06 PM

    String Quartet No. 12 "American": 3rd mvt

    Antonin Dvorak

    Takacs Quartet

    3:33
  • 12:04 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We

    George Frideric Handel

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:52
  • 11:49 AM

    String Quartet No. 9: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Shanghai Quartet

    10:11
  • 11:43 AM

    Varre-Vento (Swept by the Wind)

    Gaudencio Thiago de Mello

    Quintet of the Americas

    Gaudencio Thiago de Mello, percussion

    Blair McMillen, piano

    2:39
  • 11:32 AM

    First Suite

    Gustav Holst

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    10:34
  • 11:23 AM

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Bela Bartok

    Dancing For 100 Years

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    6:44
  • 11:20 AM

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

    Alphonse Hasselmans

    Susann McDonald, harp

    2:13
  • 11:09 AM

    Octet: 3rd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    5:06
  • 11:04 AM

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    4:10
  • 9:45 AM

    Lady Radnor's Suite

    Hubert Parry

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    13:15
  • 9:28 AM

    Don Quixote Suite

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    15:00
  • 9:23 AM

    Manon Lescaut: Prelude to Act 2

    Giacomo Puccini

    Puccini Discoveries

    Milan Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    4:28
  • 9:07 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 13

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Gerhard Oppitz, piano

    15:34
  • 9:01 AM

    Divertissement: 2nd movement

    Emile Bernard

    Sylvan Winds

    4:40
  • 8:28 AM

    String Quartet

    Ottorino Respighi

    Cremona Quartet

    30:51
  • 8:19 AM

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    Gemma Rosefield, cello

    8:25
  • 8:16 AM

    March of the Little Lead Soldiers

    Gabriel Pierne

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Paul Tortelier, conductor

    3:09
  • 8:06 AM

    Nocturne No. 4

    Gabriel Faure

    Jean-Philippe Collard, piano

    7:00
  • 8:01 AM

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    4:42
  • 7:38 AM

    Firebird: Suite

    Igor Stravinsky

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    20:41
  • 7:31 AM

    Bell' Alma Duo

    5:15
  • 7:19 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 1

    Francesco Veracini

    Veracini Sonatas

    John Holloway, violin

    11:51
  • 7:06 AM

    Japanese Suite

    Gustav Holst

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    11:33
  • 7:01 AM

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    4:49
  • 6:45 AM

    Water Music Suite No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    19:26
  • 6:28 AM

    Leopold Quartet

    Dieter Klocker, clarinet

    11:03
  • 6:12 AM

    Pohjola's Daughter

    Jean Sibelius

    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    14:18
  • 6:06 AM

    A este Sol peregrino

    Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco

    Seraphic Fire

    Patrick Dupre Quigley, conductor

    Alvaro Andres Bermudez, guitar

    4:31
  • 6:01 AM

    Sursum Corda

    Edward Elgar

    Lyricism

    Catherine Manoukian, violin

    4:33
  • 5:39 AM

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    18:53
  • 5:25 AM

    Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite No. 1

    Ottorino Respighi

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    14:56
  • 5:20 AM

    Hear my prayer

    Henry Purcell

    Royal Funeral Music

    Vox Luminis

    Lionel Meunier, conductor

    2:12
  • 5:06 AM

    Serenade No. 1: Allegro molto

    Johannes Brahms

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    13:13
  • 5:01 AM

    Leone Buyse, flute

    Martin Amlin, piano

    4:36
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