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  • 5:35 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 23 "Appassionata"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    23:14
  • 5:17 AM

    November Woods

    Arnold Bax

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    16:48
  • 5:11 AM

    Nocturne and Allegro Scherzando

    Philippe Gaubert

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Steuart Bedford, conductor

    William Bennett, flute

    5:43
  • 5:06 AM

    The Woods so Wild

    William Byrd

    David Russell, guitar

    4:11
  • 5:01 AM

    London Festival Orchestra

    Josef Sakonov, violin

    4:35
  • 4:30 AM

    Piano Quartet in E-flat

    Robert Schumann

    Beaux Arts Trio; Samuel Rhodes, viola

    28:17
  • 4:17 AM

    notturno incantato

    David Hertzberg

    Steven Lin, piano

    11:57
  • 4:12 AM

    The Road Home

    Stephen Paulus

    Concert Recording

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    3:41
  • 3:40 AM

    Divertimento from The Fairy’s Kiss

    Igor Stravinsky

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Courtney Lewis, conductor

    20:00
  • 3:20 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Courtney Lewis, conductor

    Kirill Gerstein, piano

    15:00
  • 2:38 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Courtney Lewis, conductor

    Kirill Gerstein, piano

    20:00
  • 2:11 AM

    Selections from the Snow Maiden

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Courtney Lewis, conductor

    25:00
  • 2:05 AM

    Veil of Tears, Interlude from To Be Certain of the Dawn

    Stephen Paulus

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Courtney Lewis, conductor

    7:00
  • 1:55 AM

    Symphony No. 4: IV

    Gustav Mahler

    Gustav Mahler, piano

    5:00
  • 1:46 AM

    Concerto for Double String Orchestra: II

    Michael Tippett

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Michael Tippett, conductor

    9:25
  • 1:43 AM

    Zog nit keynmol (Song of the Warsaw Ghetto)

    Trad./Hirsch Glick

    Paul Robeson, bass-baritone

    Lawrence Brown, piano

    2:06
  • 1:21 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 1

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens, Lalo: Cello Concertos; Bruch: Kol Nidrei

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    James Levine, conductor

    Matt Haimovitz, cello

    19:31
  • 1:15 AM

    Oboe Sonata: 2nd movement

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Sarrah Bushara, oboe

    Kerri LeJeune, piano

    5:27
  • 12:59 AM

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    14:12
  • 12:44 AM

    Recorder Sonata

    Roberto Valentini

    Concerti di Napoli

    Rebel

    Matthias Maute, recorder

    13:57
  • 12:38 AM

    Star Wars: Princess Leia

    John Williams

    John Williams' Classic Film Scores Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Star Wars

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    5:06
  • 12:29 AM

    Jupiter the Bringer of Jollity

    Gustav Holst

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    8:00
  • 12:22 AM

    Carmen: Gypsy Dance

    Georges Bizet

    French Opera Highlights

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    4:34
  • 12:11 AM

    Norma: Casta diva

    Vincenzo Bellini

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Tullio Serafin, conductor

    Maria Callas, soprano

    5:34
  • 12:00 AM

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    Janine Jansen, violin

    9:54
  • 12:00 AM

    Vocalise

    Rachmaninov

    Clara Rockmore. theramin

    4:00
  • 11:51 PM

    Duo from Don Carlo

    Verdi

    Jonas Kaufmann, tenor

    Franco Vassallo, baritone

    5:00
  • 11:44 PM

    Kokopelli

    Katherine Hoover

    Minnesota Varsity 2011 Featured Round Recordings

    Joshua Weinberg, flute

    4:36
  • 11:34 PM

    If Music Be the Food of Love

    David Dickau

    Choral Arts Ensemble

    Michael Culloton, conductor

    4:58
  • 11:23 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs": 2nd movement

    Henryk Gorecki

    London Sinfonietta

    David Zinman, conductor

    Dawn Upshaw, soprano

    9:25
  • 11:04 PM

    West Side Story Suite

    Leonard Bernstein

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    19:01
  • 10:56 PM

    Je te veux (I want you)

    Erik Satie

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    5:09
  • 10:50 PM

    Abide with Me

    Traditional

    Choir of King's College

    4:26
  • 10:35 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Alexander Arutiunian

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Lawrence Renes, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    15:08
  • 10:21 PM

    Recorder Concerto

    Vivaldi

    Camerata of Cologne

    10:53
  • 10:17 PM

    Marriage of Figaro: Sull'aria...Che soave zeffiretto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Barbara Hendricks, soprano

    Lucia Popp, soprano

    2:55
  • 10:07 PM

    The Wizard of Oz Fantasy

    William Hirtz

    Jon Kimura Parker, piano

    7:24
  • 10:01 PM

    Ashokan Farewell

    Jay Ungar

    Fiddle Fever

    4:07
  • 9:53 PM

    Quintet for Piano and Winds: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble

    Christian Zacharias, piano

    5:41
  • 9:47 PM

    Song of Cherubim

    Krzysztof Penderecki

    December Stillness

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    6:34
  • 9:33 PM

    Violin Concerto No 3 (Finale)

    Saint-Saens

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Antonio Pappano, conductor

    Maxim Vengerov, violin

    11:42
  • 9:29 PM

    Musetta's Waltz

    Puccini

    Kiri te Kanawa, soprano

    2:36
  • 9:07 PM

    Pines of Rome

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Pines Of Rome, Fountains Of Rome, Feste Romane

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Dutoit, conductor

    20:15
  • 9:03 PM

    Hymn to the Fallen

    John Williams

    Voce8

    4:00
  • 6:52 PM

    La vergine del sole: Agitata in tante pene

    Domenico Cimarosa

    I Barocchisti

    Diego Fasolis, conductor

    Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano

    Corrado Giuffreddi, clarinet

    8:04
  • 6:47 PM

    Lullaby for Natalie

    John Corigliano

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    5:00
  • 6:42 PM

    The Pasture

    Randall Thompson

    Cantus

    2:53
  • 6:37 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 15 "Pastoral"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    John O'Conor, piano

    22:44
  • 6:26 PM

    Concerto for Trombone

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    Christian Lindberg, trombone

    10:03
  • 6:15 PM

    String Quartet No. 2: Presto acciacato

    Ernst von Dohnanyi

    Guearneri Quartet

    4:00
  • 6:10 PM

    Triple Concerto: Largo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Beaux Arts Trio

    4:00
  • 6:00 PM

    Double Concerto: Allegro

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bavarian Radio Chamber Orchestra

    Radoslav Szulic, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvilli, violin

    Francois Leleux, oboe

    4:31
  • 5:16 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Jean Sibelius

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    42:20
  • 5:13 PM

    Simple Gifts

    Joseph Brackett

    A Thanksgiving of American Folk Hymns

    Brigham Young University Women's Chorus

    Amy Dalton, conductor

    1:34
  • 5:08 PM

    Flute Concerto: Anhran

    Christopher Rouse

    Houston Symphony

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    Carol Wincenc, flute

    5:35
  • 4:59 PM

    Piano Concertro No. 25: Andante

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Orchestra Mozart

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Martha Argerich, piano

    7:00
  • 4:39 PM

    Ballade on a Norwegian Folk Song

    Julius Rontgen

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    David Porcelijn, conductor

    16:41
  • 4:34 PM

    Over the Rainbow

    Harold Arlen

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    4:37
  • 4:11 PM

    Flute Sonata

    Francis Poulenc

    Paula Robison, flute

    Ruth Laredo, piano

    12:20
  • 4:01 PM

    Thais: Meditation

    Jules Massenet

    New York Chamber Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    7:26
  • 3:53 PM

    Three Pieces for Orchestra

    Edgar Bainton

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    10:27
  • 3:42 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 3rd mvt

    Nicolo Paganini

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Michael Rabin, v

    6:55
  • 3:38 PM

    Tosca: Vissi d'arte

    Giacomo Puccini

    Montserrat Caballe, s

    3:33
  • 3:25 PM

    Prelude, Fugue, and Variation

    Cesar Franck

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    10:20
  • 3:20 PM

    The Day is Done

    Stephen Paulus

    Concert Recording

    VocalEssence Ensemble Singers

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    3:55
  • 3:01 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven Symphonies

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    12:36
  • 2:43 PM

    Concerto for 2 Orchestras No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    16:40
  • 2:33 PM

    Rondo in C for glass harmonica and strings, K. 617

    Wolfgang Mozart

    Emerson Quartet

    Dennis James, glass harmonica

    :00
  • 2:26 PM

    Escales: Valencia

    Jacques Ibert

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    5:22
  • 2:22 PM

    Noble Waltz No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    Gil Shaham, violin

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    2:35
  • 2:18 PM

    Waltz No. 5 "Grande Valse"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Waltzes; Ravel: Valses Nobles

    Stephen Kovacevich, piano

    3:45
  • 2:11 PM

    Phaeton: Dances for the Four Seasons

    Jean-Baptiste Lully

    The Galileo Project: Music of the Spheres

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    5:37
  • 2:04 PM

    Fall River Legend: Cotillion

    Morton Gould

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Sedares, conductor

    3:36
  • 1:53 PM

    Symphony No. 2, "Romantic": 2nd mvt

    Howard Hanson

    Eastman Rochester Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    6:22
  • 1:49 PM

    O'Carolan Medley

    Traditional

    Celtic Grace

    Aureole Trio

    3:01
  • 1:41 PM

    Oboe Concerto: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Ray Still, oboe

    7:37
  • 1:37 PM

    Das Veilchen

    Wolfgang Mozart

    Dawn Upshaw, s

    Richard Goode, p

    2:22
  • 1:33 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 5

    Johannes Brahms

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    Lambert Orkis, piano

    2:41
  • 1:23 PM

    Impressions from the Countryside: Village Dance

    Zdenek Fibich

    Czech National Symphony Orchestra

    Marek Stilec, conductor

    7:46
  • 1:19 PM

    Pictures at an Exhibition: Selections

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Kirill Gerstein, p

    3:33
  • 1:07 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:56
  • 1:07 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No 1; Erno Dohnanyi Variations On A Nursery Song

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    Andras Schiff, piano

    6:53
  • 12:45 PM

    Canarios

    Gaspar Sanz

    Constantinople

    3:31
  • 12:38 PM

    Grandmother's Minuet

    Edvard Grieg

    Albeniz, Piazzolla, Weill, Grieg, Mozart, Koetsier, Bizet

    tenThing

    2:03
  • 12:33 PM

    Quintet for Piano and Winds: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Murray Perahia, piano

    Neil Black, oboe

    Thea King, clarinet

    Anthony Halstead, horn

    Graham Sheen, bassoon

    5:43
  • 12:23 PM

    In the Steppes of Central Asia

    Alexander Borodin

    Ports of Call

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    6:09
  • 12:20 PM

    Children's Games (Jeux d'enfants): Petit mari, petite femme

    Georges Bizet

    Samuel Sanders, piano

    Charles Wadsworth, piano

    2:30
  • 12:09 PM

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Lajos Lencses, oboe

    5:39
  • 12:05 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Joshua Bell, violin

    3:18
  • 11:47 AM

    Bavarian Dances

    Edward Elgar

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    11:35
  • 11:37 AM

    O ignis spiritus (O fire of the Paraclete)

    Hildegard von Bingen

    A Far Cry Orchestra

    8:25
  • 11:10 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 6

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    24:49
  • 11:06 AM

    I Solisti Italiani

    3:25
  • 11:01 AM

    Guitar Sonata: 3rd movement

    Ferdinando Carulli

    Richard Savino, guitar

    4:39
  • 10:42 AM

    Bull on the Roof (Le boeuf sur le toit)

    Darius Milhaud

    Ulster Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    16:15
  • 10:22 AM

    Images for Orchestra: Iberia

    Claude Debussy

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    18:35
  • 10:11 AM

    Orca Quintet

    Laurel Zucker

    Laurel Zucker, flute

    Roman Fukshansky, clarinet

    Deb Schidler, oboe

    David Rufus Olivier, bassoon

    Eric Aichen, horn

    8:48
  • 10:06 AM

    I Musici Montreal

    Yuli Turovsky, conductor

    Yuli Turovsky, cello

    4:35
  • 10:01 AM

    Romance No. 2

    Robert Schumann

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe

    Markus Becker, piano

    4:41
  • 9:39 AM

    Cello Suite No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Peter Bruns, cello

    19:45
  • 9:36 AM

    A Fancy

    John Dowland

    My favorite Dowland

    Paul O'Dette, lute

    2:28
  • 9:14 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Niels Gade

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    20:35
  • 9:06 AM

    Introduction and Passacaglia

    William Wallace

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Boris Brott, conductor

    6:49
  • 9:01 AM

    Scottish Rondo

    John Field

    Miceal O'Rourke, piano

    4:34
  • 8:25 AM

    Pictures at an Exhibition

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    33:33
  • 8:11 AM

    Norwegian Rhapsody No. 2

    Johan Halvorsen

    Trondheim Symphony Orchestra

    Ole Kristian Ruud, conductor

    11:55
  • 8:06 AM

    Ensemble Kapsberger

    Rolf Lislevand, conductor

    4:18
  • 8:01 AM

    Sursum Corda

    Edward Elgar

    Catherine Manoukian, violin

    Satoshi Sando, piano

    4:34
  • 7:34 AM

    String Quartet No. 6

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Tokyo String Quartet

    24:29
  • 7:13 AM

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Otto Klemperer, conductor

    19:16
  • 7:09 AM

    Diferencias sobre La Dama le demanda

    Antonio de Cabezon

    Hesperion XX

    3:19
  • 7:06 AM

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Louis Fremaux, conductor

    2:34
  • 7:01 AM

    Caprice-Burlesque

    Ossip Gabrilowitsch

    Stephen Hough, piano

    4:26
  • 6:47 AM

    Four Seasons: Autumn

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Jeanne Lamon, violin

    11:08
  • 6:22 AM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 2

    Bernhard Crusell

    Crusell: Clarinet Concertos

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Alun Francis, conductor

    Thea King, clarinet

    24:34
  • 6:16 AM

    Saving Private Ryan: Hymn to the Fallen

    John Williams

    Eventide

    Voces8

    4:40
  • 6:06 AM

    Sonorous Table Suite (Mensa sonora): Part 4

    Heinrich Biber

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    Baroque Band

    Garry Clarke, conductor

    8:58
  • 6:01 AM

    Etude No. 8

    Giulio Regondi

    Music to My Ears: A Collection of Music for Children of All Ages

    David Starobin, guitar

    4:49
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