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  • 5:39 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 12

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven Piano Sonatas 2

    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano

    19:48
  • 5:35 AM

    Radetzky March

    Johann Strauss, Sr.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Carlos Kleiber, conductor

    3:16
  • 5:24 AM

    By the Beautiful Blue Danube (An der schonen, blauen Donau)

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Carlos Kleiber, conductor

    10:02
  • 5:06 AM

    Symphony

    Antonio Rosetti

    Rosetti: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    17:24
  • 5:01 AM

    Quintet No. 2: 1st movement

    Jean Francaix

    Mobius

    4:39
  • 4:01 AM

    Symphony No. 4 in G

    Gustav Mahler

    Boston Symphony

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano

    54:30
  • 3:52 AM

    Symphony No. 4: IV

    Gustav Mahler

    Gustav Mahler, piano

    8:10
  • 3:14 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "A Pastoral Symphony"

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    36:09
  • 3:07 AM

    Marietta's Lied

    Erich Korngold

    Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano

    5:30
  • 2:16 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    49:45
  • 2:09 AM

    Four Sacred Pieces: Laudi alla Vergine Maria

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Angels of Ecstasy Vol. 2

    Choir of Trinity Church

    Richard Marlow, conductor

    5:04
  • 2:02 AM

    Acrostic Song

    David Del Tredici

    Carol Wincenc, flute

    David del Tredici, piano

    5:00
  • 1:57 AM

    Cos'e'uno

    Riccardo Tesi

    Riccardo Tesi, vocal

    3:27
  • 1:48 AM

    To Kill a Mockingbird

    Elmer Bernstein

    Royal Philharmonic Pops

    Elmer Bernstein, conductor

    8:20
  • 1:43 AM

    Hallelujah

    Leonard Cohen

    Copper Street Brass Quintet

    4:00
  • 1:34 AM

    Clarinet Concertino

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Arturo Tamayo, conductor

    Dieter Klocker, clarinet

    9:37
  • 1:18 AM

    Duo for Flute and Piano

    Aaron Copland

    Carol Wincenc, flute

    Samuel Sanders, piano

    14:30
  • 1:14 AM

    Alleluya, A New Work

    Anonymous

    Trio Mediaeval

    4:47
  • 1:01 AM

    Music for a Garden

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    11:16
  • 12:43 AM

    Trio on Irish Folktunes

    Frank Martin

    Grieg Trio

    16:02
  • 12:33 AM

    Marche Slave

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    10:10
  • 12:26 AM

    Two Carols

    Traditional

    Robert Shaw Chamber Singers

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    Victor Ledbetter, baritone

    Katherine Murray, mezzo-soprano

    4:25
  • 12:20 AM

    Joshua Bell, violin

    Chick Corea, piano

    4:14
  • 12:10 AM

    The Pearl Fishers: Au fond de temple saint

    Georges Bizet

    Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

    James Levine, conductor

    Roberto Alagna, tenor

    Bryn Terfel, baritone

    6:12
  • 12:05 AM

    Leon Fleisher, piano

    2:58
  • 11:59 PM

    The Road Home

    Stephen Paulus

    The Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    3:24
  • 11:48 PM

    Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    London Philharmonic

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    11:21
  • 11:38 PM

    Hamlet: Mad Scene

    Ambroise Thomas

    Orchestra of the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden

    Joan Sutherland, soprano

    8:45
  • 11:17 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1: Romance & Rondo

    Frederic Chopin

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Martha Argerich, piano

    18:55
  • 11:09 PM

    When Christ was Born

    Traditional Polish

    Posnan Nightengales

    5:53
  • 11:06 PM

    Bugler's Holiday

    Leroy Anderson

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    2:41
  • 10:45 PM

    Brother Heinrich's Christmas

    John Rutter

    City of London Sinfonia & Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    Brian Kay, narrator

    19:00
  • 10:41 PM

    Go, Tell it on the Mountain

    Traditional

    Richard Elliott, organ

    1:55
  • 10:38 PM

    Bethlehem Down

    Peter Warlock

    Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford

    Stephen Darlington, conductor

    4:15
  • 10:25 PM

    Variations on Twinke, Twinkle

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Fazil Say, piano

    11:41
  • 10:17 PM

    "American" Quartet: Finale

    Antonin Dvorak

    Hagen Quartet

    5:15
  • 10:09 PM

    Three Old American Songs

    Aaron Copland

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    Thomas Hampson, baritone

    7:07
  • 9:43 PM

    Flute Sonata

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    Stephen Kovacevich, piano

    23:31
  • 9:38 PM

    Funeral March of a Marionette

    Charles Gounod

    BBC Philharmonic

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    4:22
  • 9:34 PM

    City-Scape May-June Evening

    Stanley Woolner

    Stanley Woolner, piano

    3:15
  • 9:32 PM

    Dona nobis pacem

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    1:59
  • 9:22 PM

    Mass in b minor: Sanctus & Dona nobis pacem

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    9:08
  • 9:12 PM

    Solo Violin Sonata No. 3: Largo & Allegro assai

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    8:35
  • 9:06 PM

    Wanting Memories

    Ysaye M. Barnwell

    That Eternal Day

    Cantus

    4:53
  • 9:01 PM

    Sleigh Ride

    Leroy Anderson

    Cincinnati Pops

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    2:52
  • 6:48 PM

    Bolero Tartare

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Stefan Irmer, piano

    9:47
  • 6:30 PM

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 2

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2, etc.

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    17:03
  • 6:20 PM

    Concerto Armonico No. 3

    Wilhelm van Wassenaer

    Wassebaer: Concerti Armonici

    Brandenburg Consort

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    9:32
  • 6:17 PM

    Bemidji Choir

    Paul Brandvik, conductor

    2:32
  • 6:01 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Alessio Bax, piano

    14:10
  • 5:53 PM

    Trio for Piano, Clarinet & Cello, 3rd movement

    Alexander von Zemlinsky

    Richard Stoltzman, clarinet

    Judith Lynn Stillman, piano

    5:51
  • 5:48 PM

    Lo, How a Rose e'er Blooming; Oh Magnum Mysterium

    Michael Praetorius, Tomas Luis de Victoria

    The Boston Camerata

    Joel Cohen, conductor

    5:10
  • 5:42 PM

    Swedish Dance No. 1

    Max Bruch

    German Radio Philharmonic

    Werner Andreas Albert, conductor

    11:35
  • 5:27 PM

    Capriccio Sinfonico

    Giacomo Puccini

    Puccini, Catalani, Ponchielli: for orchestra

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    13:09
  • 5:24 PM

    German Dance No. 3 "Sleigh Ride"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Day Concert 1991

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    2:39
  • 5:15 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Three Piano Concerti

    Old Fairfield Academy Orchestra

    Thomas Crawford, conductor

    Malcolm Bilson, fortepiano

    8:10
  • 5:00 PM

    Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis; Fantasia on Greensleeves; The Lark Ascending; Five Variants of "Dives and Lazarus"

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    15:16
  • 4:53 PM

    Noel nouvelet, I Saw Three Ships, When Christmas Comes

    Traditional, MA Charpetier

    Apollo's Fire

    Jeanette Sorrell, conductor

    4:30
  • 4:45 PM

    Harp Sonata

    Jan Dussek

    Erica Goodman, harp

    7:03
  • 4:41 PM

    Shepherd's Pipe Carol

    John Rutter

    St. Olaf Choirs & Orchestra

    Anton Armstrong, conductor

    2:35
  • 4:10 PM

    Symphony No. 91

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    La Petite Bande

    Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor

    30:45
  • 4:05 PM

    Andante and Rondo Capriccioso

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Lydia Artymiw plays Mendelssohn

    Lydia Artymiw, piano

    6:20
  • 3:49 PM

    Florida Suite: Daybreak

    Frederick Delius

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    11:44
  • 3:17 PM

    Serenade for Strings

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky & Dvorak Serenades

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    30:19
  • 3:17 PM

    Ave maris stella

    Andrew Smith

    Trio Mediaeval

    2:32
  • 3:01 PM

    Carmen Fantasy

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy; Chausson: Poème; Saint-Saëns: Havanaise

    New York Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    11:07
  • 2:57 PM

    A Thousand Beautiful Things

    Annie Lennox

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    2:22
  • 2:51 PM

    Symphony No. 8: 2nd mvt

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    4:00
  • 2:41 PM

    The Bourgeois Gentleman: Courante

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Der Burger als Edelmann

    Winterthur Music Collegium

    Douglas Boyd, conductor

    2:22
  • 2:32 PM

    Impromptu No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    11th Van Cliburn Piano Competition

    Olga Kern, piano

    6:59
  • 2:28 PM

    La Traviata: Libiamo, ne'lieti calici (Brindisi)

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Milan Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano

    Luciano Pavarotti, tenor

    2:52
  • 2:18 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Concerts Avec Plusiers Instruments Ii

    Cafe Zimmermann

    9:25
  • 2:10 PM

    A Canadian Brass Christmas Card

    Howard Cable

    Canadian Brass

    4:12
  • 2:04 PM

    Tale of Tsar Saltan Suite: March

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    4:43
  • 1:57 PM

    Jingle Bells

    James Pierpont

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    2:00
  • 1:54 PM

    See Amid the Winter Snow

    Robert Sieving

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    3:33
  • 1:45 PM

    Symphony No. 1, "Winter Dreams": 3rd mvt

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    8:33
  • 1:42 PM

    The Sussex Mummers' Carol

    Traditional

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 3

    Medalist Concert Band

    Jerry Luckhardt, conductor

    3:47
  • 1:34 PM

    Sonata No. 4

    Johann Rosenmuller

    King's Noyse

    David Douglass, conductor

    5:56
  • 1:21 PM

    Trumpet Concerto: 1st movement

    Johann Hummel

    Classic Trumpet Concerti

    New York Chamber Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Gerard Schwarz, trumpet

    9:54
  • 1:18 PM

    Etude No. 5 "Black Keys"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes Opus 10, Op. 25

    Murray Perahia, piano

    1:40
  • 1:09 PM

    Bartered Bride: Overture

    Bedrich Smetana

    Vienna Philharmonic

    James Levine, conductor

    6:33
  • 1:04 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:56
  • 12:51 PM

    Good King Wenceslas/Peer Gynt: Anitra's Dance

    Edvard Grieg

    Classical Carols

    Jeffrey Biegel, piano

    2:03
  • 12:51 PM

    Symphony No. 8: 1st Movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    9:06
  • 12:39 PM

    Flute Concertino

    Cecile Chaminade

    French Flute Concertos

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Philippe Auguin, conductor

    Manuela Wiesler, flute

    8:25
  • 12:33 PM

    Ruslan and Ludmila: Overture

    Mikhail Glinka

    Russian Overtures

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    4:39
  • 12:30 PM

    Trio Sonata No. 15: 2nd movement (Vivace)

    William Boyce

    Boyce: Trio Sonatas

    Parley of Instruments

    Peter Holman, conductor

    2:15
  • 12:24 PM

    Siegfried: Forest Murmurs

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner Without Words

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    6:55
  • 12:09 PM

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    5:10
  • 12:04 PM

    Holberg Suite: Rigaudon

    Edvard Grieg

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:00
  • 11:40 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    19:18
  • 11:17 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Flute Concertos, Flute and Harp Concerto

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Yehudi Menuhin, conductor

    Samuel Coles, flute

    20:13
  • 11:12 AM

    O Christmas Tree

    Traditional German

    A Classical Guitar Christmas

    Eva Beneke, guitar

    3:45
  • 11:06 AM

    Spanish Dance No. 2 "Oriental"

    Enrique Granados

    Granados: Goyescas; Danzas espanolas; Escenas romanticas

    Jean-Francois Heisser, piano

    5:01
  • 11:01 AM

    Octet: Scherzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Seattle Chamber Music Society

    James Ehnes, violin

    4:28
  • 10:49 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 2 (after Corelli)

    Francesco Geminiani

    Geminiani: Concerti Grossi (After Corelli, Op. 5)

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    9:12
  • 10:22 AM

    Piano Trio

    Maurice Ravel

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    Lynn Harrell, cello

    25:45
  • 10:16 AM

    Three Carols for Harp

    Christmas Music

    O Holy Night: Christmas Favorites

    Emily Mitchell, harp

    3:51
  • 10:06 AM

    Morning Papers Waltz

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Vienna State Opera Orchestra

    Jascha Horenstein, conductor

    9:22
  • 10:01 AM

    Per Flemstrom, flute

    Mats Bergstrom, guitar

    4:34
  • 9:33 AM

    Symphony No. 60 "Il Distratto"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    25:10
  • 9:30 AM

    Lute Suite No. 4: Gavotte en Rondeau

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Joshua Bell, violin

    2:47
  • 9:15 AM

    Harp Concerto

    George Frideric Handel

    Concertos pour Harpe

    Paillard Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Francois Paillard, conductor

    Lily Laskine, harp

    13:13
  • 9:06 AM

    Christmas Medley

    Traditional

    Monteverdi Choir

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    8:16
  • 9:01 AM

    Sinfonia

    Antonio Leal Moreira

    Spanish and Portuguese Orchestral Music

    Algarve Orchestra

    Alvaro Cassuto, conductor

    4:36
  • 8:42 AM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Klaus Thunemann, bassoon

    17:09
  • 8:36 AM

    Arabian Caprice

    Francisco Tarrega

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    5:07
  • 8:22 AM

    Gayane Ballet Suite

    Aram Khachaturian

    Khachaturian: Symphony No. 2; Gayanah Suite

    Royal Scottish Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    12:21
  • 8:17 AM

    Quelle est cette odeur agreable?

    Traditional French

    Sing We Christmas

    Chanticleer

    4:26
  • 8:06 AM

    Variations on Mozart's "Bei Mannern"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Cellosonaten Op 5, Variationen

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    9:42
  • 8:01 AM

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Vaclav Smetacek, conductor

    4:48
  • 7:27 AM

    Chilingirian Quartet

    31:44
  • 7:16 AM

    Fantasy on a Hymn by Justin Morgan

    Thomas Canning

    American Dreams: Barber's Adagio and Other American Romantic Masterpieces

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    10:14
  • 7:10 AM

    The Little Drummer Boy's Bolero

    Maurice Ravel/Katherine K. Davis

    University of Texas at El Paso Symphonic Winds

    Ron Hufstader, conductor

    3:36
  • 7:06 AM

    Pastoral

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    3:39
  • 7:01 AM

    Paganini Etude No. 3 "La Campanella"

    Franz Liszt

    Yundi Li: Liszt

    Yundi Li, piano

    4:39
  • 6:35 AM

    Symphony No. 7

    Jean Sibelius

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    23:28
  • 6:19 AM

    Recorder Concerto

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Telemann & Vivaldi: Concertos for Recorder, Baroque Bassoon & Strings

    Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble

    Clas Pehrsson, recorder

    15:58
  • 6:12 AM

    A Carol Fantasy

    John Alexander

    Pacific Chorale

    John Alexander, conductor

    5:03
  • 6:06 AM

    Brooklyn Rider

    4:53
  • 6:01 AM

    Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune (Moonlight)

    Claude Debussy

    Horizons

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    4:39
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