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  • 4:21 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Hans Vonk, conductor

    Christian Zacharias, piano

    37:00
  • 4:17 AM

    Simple Gifts

    Traditional

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Alison Krauss, vocals

    2:29
  • 4:06 AM

    Morning Papers Waltz

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    10:17
  • 4:01 AM

    Sonata Concertante: Rondo

    Louis Spohr

    Marielle Nordmann, harp

    Andras Adorjan, flute

    4:48
  • 3:48 AM

    Der fliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman): Overture

    Richard Wagner

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Otto Klemperer, conductor

    10:44
  • 3:32 AM

    Concertino

    Josef Myslivecek

    Myslivecek: Symphonies

    Concerto Koln

    14:39
  • 3:22 AM

    Suite of Scottish Dances

    William Alwyn

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    7:51
  • 3:06 AM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    David Fray, piano

    15:07
  • 3:01 AM

    Dance

    Vinzens Stelzmueller

    Vienne 1850: Danses

    Ensemble Bella Musica Vienna

    4:48
  • 2:44 AM

    In a Summer Garden

    Frederick Delius

    Halle Orchestra

    John Barbirolli, conductor

    14:53
  • 2:28 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    London Sinfonietta

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Richard Watkins, horn

    14:25
  • 2:11 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Tragic": Andante

    Gustav Mahler

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    15:13
  • 2:06 AM

    Water Music: Andantino

    Malcolm Arnold

    Arnold for Band

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    3:39
  • 2:01 AM

    Sonata No. 12

    Johann Schmelzer

    Biber: Missa Christi Resurgentis

    English Concert

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    4:38
  • 1:47 AM

    Fantasy Pieces

    Robert Schumann

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    10:47
  • 1:43 AM

    Rodeo: Hoe-Down

    Aaron Copland

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:24
  • 1:22 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Nikolai Demidenko, piano

    19:30
  • 1:10 AM

    The Happy Forest

    Arnold Bax

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    10:14
  • 1:06 AM

    Snow Maiden: Dance of the Tumblers

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    3:38
  • 1:01 AM

    Serenade for Strings: 1st movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenades Op 22 & 44

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    4:53
  • 12:40 AM

    The Birds of Aristophanes

    Hubert Parry

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    19:04
  • 12:26 AM

    Transylvanian Symphony for Strings

    Kurt Schwertsik

    Schwertsik: House and Court Music

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    HK Gruber, conductor

    11:55
  • 12:14 AM

    First Suite

    Gustav Holst

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    10:34
  • 12:06 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 1 "La Tempesta di Mare" ("Storm at Sea")

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Stephen Preston, flute

    6:45
  • 12:01 AM

    Waltz No. 3

    Agustin Barrios

    Possession

    Lily Afshar, guitar

    4:26
  • 11:43 PM

    Tales from the Vienna Woods

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    King Keyes, zither

    10:59
  • 11:32 PM

    Alexander in India: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Cimarosa: Overtures, 2

    Toronto Chamber Orchestra

    Kevin Mallon, conductor

    9:38
  • 11:24 PM

    Symphony No. 4: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Complete Symphonies

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    5:54
  • 11:21 PM

    Etude No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    John Browning, piano

    1:15
  • 11:09 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1: Overture

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Works For Orchestra

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    5:39
  • 11:01 PM

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    5:44
  • 10:51 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1; Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3

    RAI National Symphony Orchestra

    Juraj Valcuha, conductor

    Behzod Abduraimov, piano

    6:55
  • 10:37 PM

    El Salon Mexico

    Aaron Copland

    Bernstein: Reaching For The Note

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    11:58
  • 10:29 PM

    Abduction from the Seraglio: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Late Romantics

    Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mario Bernardi, conductor

    5:11
  • 10:29 PM

    Porgy and Bess: Summertime

    George Gershwin

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    3:49
  • 10:09 PM

    Crown Imperial

    William Walton

    Walton: Belshazzar's Feast/ Henry V Suite

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    6:51
  • 10:01 PM

    Samson: Let the Bright Seraphim

    George Frideric Handel

    Philharmonia Virtuosi

    Richard Kapp, conductor

    5:23
  • 9:49 PM

    Hary Janos Suite: Intermezzo and Entrance

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Kodaly: Hary Janos, Dances of Galanta, etc.

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Dutoit, conductor

    7:57
  • 9:44 PM

    Berceuse (Lullaby)

    Frederic Chopin

    Orli Shaham, piano

    4:58
  • 9:32 PM

    Peter Schmoll Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Hanover Band

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    8:36
  • 9:24 PM

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Bela Bartok

    Bartok Orchestral Music

    Hungarian State Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    6:52
  • 9:18 PM

    Il Trovatore: Vedi, le fosche nottune (Anvil Chorus)

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    2:49
  • 9:09 PM

    Symphony No. 4 "Italian": Saltarello

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Symphonies No 3 & 4

    Berlin Philharmonic

    James Levine, conductor

    5:54
  • 9:00 PM

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers Awake)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    David Russell, guitar

    5:05
  • 8:53 PM

    The Dance of the Goblins (La ronde des Lutins)

    Antonio Bazzini

    Maxim Vengerov, violin

    Itamar Golan, piano

    5:22
  • 8:42 PM

    The Royal Children: Overture

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    7:53
  • 8:29 PM

    Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye): selections

    Maurice Ravel

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    10:51
  • 8:17 PM

    Samson and Delilah: Bacchanale

    Camille Saint-Saens

    French Opera Highlights

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    7:32
  • 8:00 PM

    Piano Duet Sonata

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Ingrid Haebler, piano

    Ludwig Hoffmann, piano

    12:55
  • 5:49 PM

    An Outdoor Overture

    Aaron Copland

    Wind Symphony

    University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    9:39
  • 5:38 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: 4th movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Emerson String Quartet

    David Shifrin, clarinet

    9:01
  • 5:32 PM

    The Armed Man: Benedictus

    Karl Jenkins

    German Chamber Orchestra Berlin

    Simon Halsey, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    5:45
  • 5:17 PM

    Euryanthe Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    German Overtures

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    8:31
  • 5:01 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3

    Ottorino Respighi

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    14:43
  • 4:48 PM

    Symphony No. 7: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Mad About Beethoven

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    6:24
  • 4:48 PM

    Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder; Preludes And Overtures

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Franz Welser-Most, conductor

    3:20
  • 4:31 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Bartok, Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    Augustin Hadelich, violin

    6:39
  • 4:21 PM

    Etude No. 3 "Un Sospiro" (A Sigh)

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Piano Sonata & 3 Concert Studies

    Louis Lortie, piano

    6:07
  • 4:09 PM

    Die Fledermaus: Overture

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alfred Walter, conductor

    7:33
  • 4:03 PM

    Pelleas and Melisande: Sicilienne

    Gabriel Faure

    Pavane

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Susan Palma, flute

    3:33
  • 3:53 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Complete Symphonies

    Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    7:42
  • 3:37 PM

    Petite Suite

    Claude Debussy

    Jean-Philippe Collard, piano

    Michel Beroff, piano

    12:00
  • 3:23 PM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    8:49
  • 3:11 PM

    Thais: Meditation

    Jules Massenet

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    5:48
  • 3:00 PM

    Concerto for Two Oboes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerti Virtuosi

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    6:04
  • 2:55 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Max Bruch

    Mendelssohn & Bruch: Violin Concertos

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Joseph Swensen, conductor

    Robert McDuffie, violin

    7:08
  • 2:41 PM

    Finnegan's Wake

    A.J. Potter

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Robert Houlihan, conductor

    2:49
  • 2:34 PM

    Dreams of Love No. 3 (Liebestraum)

    Franz Liszt

    Robert DeGaetano, piano

    5:27
  • 2:22 PM

    Grand Nonetto: Finale

    Louis Spohr

    Spohr, Martinu: Nonets / Ensemble Wien-Berlin

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    7:33
  • 2:07 PM

    William Tell: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    10:57
  • 2:01 PM

    Partita No. 1: Gigue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Essential Bach

    Eduardo Fernandez, guitar

    2:33
  • 1:48 PM

    Rodeo: Buckaroo Holiday

    Aaron Copland

    The Essence of America: Aaron Copland

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    7:31
  • 1:41 PM

    Lakme: Flower Duet

    Leo Delibes

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    Natalie Dessay, soprano

    Delphine Haidan, mezzo-soprano

    4:49
  • 1:38 PM

    Fidelity Rewarded Overture

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 96 and 102 (The Miracle)

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    3:50
  • 1:26 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 1: 4th Movement

    Camille Saint-Saens

    James Ehnes, violin

    Wendy Chen, piano

    5:35
  • 1:18 PM

    Also Sprach Zarathustra: Sunrise

    Richard Strauss

    Best Film Classics 100

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Klaus Tennstedt, conductor

    David Bell, organ

    1:45
  • 1:10 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 3rd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphony No. 5

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    4:51
  • 1:06 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 10

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Nine Hungarian Dances; Dvorak

    North German Radio Symphony

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    1:44
  • 12:55 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Mad About the Waltz

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    3:51
  • 12:47 PM

    Beautiful Dreamer

    Stephen Foster

    Sara Davis Buechner, piano

    3:33
  • 12:39 PM

    Norwegian Dance No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:01
  • 12:30 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    3:30
  • 12:16 PM

    The Mission: Gabriel's Oboe

    Ennio Morricone

    Serenade: The Love Album

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    4:52
  • 12:11 PM

    Impromptu No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Schzeri, Impromptus

    Yundi Li, piano

    4:01
  • 12:04 PM

    Nais: Rigaudons

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    2:17
  • 11:55 AM

    Impresario: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    3:56
  • 11:47 AM

    Children's Corner: Golliwogg's Cakewalk

    Claude Debussy

    Brodsky Unlimited

    Brodsky Quartet

    3:08
  • 11:40 AM

    Donna Diana Overture

    Emil von Reznicek

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    6:00
  • 11:34 AM

    Batucada

    Isaias Savio

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    2:59
  • 11:27 AM

    Le Prophete (The Prophet): Coronation March

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    4:15
  • 11:22 AM

    Humoresque

    Francis Poulenc

    Pascal Roge, piano

    1:58
  • 11:11 AM

    Concerto alla rustica (Rustic Concerto)

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi Concerti for Strings

    The King's Violins

    Bernard Labadie, conductor

    3:59
  • 11:04 AM

    Sorochinsky Fair: Gopak

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    1:50
  • 10:40 AM

    Symphony No. 63 "La Roxelane"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Northern Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas Ward, conductor

    18:51
  • 10:33 AM

    Jascha Heifetz, violin

    Emanuel Bay, piano

    5:24
  • 10:28 AM

    Legend No. 6

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends, Symphony No. 8

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:48
  • 10:17 AM

    In the Steppes of Central Asia

    Alexander Borodin

    Kabalevsky: The Comedians - Suite; Rimsky-Korsakov: Cappricio Espagnol; Glinka: Ruslan & Ludmilla Overture; Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia; Mussorgsky: A Night on the Bare Mountain; Prokofiev: The Love for Three Oranges

    Bavarian State Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    7:25
  • 10:06 AM

    Lincoln Green

    Malcolm Nabarro

    East of England Orchestra

    Malcolm Nabarro, conductor

    11:16
  • 10:01 AM

    String Poetic: Nocturne

    Jennifer Higdon

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    Reiko Uchida, piano

    4:44
  • 9:44 AM

    Bassoon Concerto No. 2

    Francois Devienne

    Slovak Chamber Orchestra

    Bohdan Warchal, conductor

    Eckart Hubner, bassoon

    14:18
  • 9:31 AM

    Orchestra-Symphony No. 4

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    English Concert

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    11:34
  • 9:12 AM

    Fantasia: Music Evolved: Suite

    Inon Zur/Michael Veloso

    Disney Fantasia: Music Evolved

    London Symphony Orchestra

    17:56
  • 9:06 AM

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Favourites

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    4:32
  • 9:01 AM

    Pieces from the Lumley Part Books (selections)

    Anonymous

    Birds on Fire

    Fretwork

    4:28
  • 8:52 AM

    The Enchanted Lake

    Anatol Liadov

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    7:04
  • 8:34 AM

    Variations

    Mauro Giuliani

    David Starobin, guitar

    Amalia Hall, violin

    17:05
  • 8:18 AM

    Cold Mountain

    Gabriel Yared

    Studio Orchestra

    Harry Rabinowitz, conductor

    15:25
  • 8:06 AM

    The Magic Harp Overture (Rosamunde)

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphony in C Major

    Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    10:00
  • 8:01 AM

    The Bear's Dance

    John Playford

    David Douglass, violin

    Paul O'Dette, lute

    Andrew Lawrence-King, harp

    4:25
  • 7:47 AM

    Fair Maid of Perth: Suite

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Carmen. L'Arlesienne, etc.

    Paris Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    11:59
  • 7:43 AM

    Table Grace

    Matthew Brown

    Antioch Chamber Ensemble

    Joshua Copeland, conductor

    2:42
  • 7:18 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Robert Volkmann

    Volkmann: Complete Orchestral Works

    North West German Philharmonic

    Werner Andreas Albert, conductor

    24:25
  • 7:06 AM

    Fantasy on Mozart's "La ci darem la mano"

    Franz Danzi

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Jorg Faerber, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    10:11
  • 7:01 AM

    Invitation to the Polka

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Slovak State Phiharmonic, Kosice

    Alfred Walter, conductor

    4:50
  • 6:50 AM

    Concerto Grosso

    Pietro Locatelli

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    8:32
  • 6:17 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 18

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Salzburg Mozarteum Camerata

    Sandor Vegh, conductor

    Andras Schiff, piano

    31:58
  • 6:06 AM

    Nocturne for violin and orchestra

    Joseph Joachim

    The Romantic Violinist: A Celebration Of Joseph Joachim

    Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    9:22
  • 6:01 AM

    Vera Beths, violin

    Gijs Beths, violin

    Anner Bylsma, cello

    4:49
  • 5:49 AM

    Sinfonia Concertante

    Michael Hurd

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    Robert Gibbs, violin

    9:40
  • 5:28 AM

    Guitar Concerto No. 1

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Luis Antonio Garcia Navarro, conductor

    Narciso Yepes, guitar

    20:03
  • 5:07 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    20:08
  • 5:05 AM

    German Dances

    William Brade

    Brass Ensemble

    Ludwig Guttler, trumpet

    4:50
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