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  • 4:28 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: The Complete Symphonies

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    30:33
  • 4:11 AM

    Variations on an Ancient Theme

    Carlos Salzedo

    Salzedo's Harp: Music Of Carlos Salzedo

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    14:56
  • 4:06 AM

    Rinaldo: Let me weep (Lascia ch'io pianga)

    George Frideric Handel

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    Harry Bicket, conductor

    Renee Fleming, soprano

    4:26
  • 4:01 AM

    Intermezzo No. 4

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    4:39
  • 3:52 AM

    Introduction No. 2

    Pietro Locatelli

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, conductor

    6:18
  • 3:14 AM

    Triple Concerto

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    Ralph Kirshbaum, cello

    John Browning, piano

    36:13
  • 3:06 AM

    Debra Wendells-Cross, flute

    Robert Alemany, clarinet

    JoAnn Falletta, guitar

    6:09
  • 3:01 AM

    Madame Butterfly: Un bel di vedremo (One fine day)

    Giacomo Puccini

    The #1 Opera Album

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    Mirella Freni, soprano

    4:33
  • 2:44 AM

    Prelude and Bourree

    Wilhelm Stenhammar

    Stenhammar: Serenade In F Major

    Gavle Symphony Orchestra

    Hannu Koivula, conductor

    14:46
  • 2:21 AM

    Symphony No. 88

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    21:05
  • 2:17 AM

    Violin Partita No. 3: Bourree

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Testament: Complete Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin - See more at: http://www.avie-records.com/releases/testament-complete-sonatas-and-partitas-by-j-s-bach/#sthash.upnoelV6.dpuf

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    1:38
  • 2:06 AM

    Trumpet Concerto No. 1

    Johann Molter

    Trumpet Concertos

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Elgar Howarth, conductor

    Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet

    10:50
  • 2:01 AM

    Scottish Rondo

    John Field

    Field: 16 Piano Pieces

    Miceal O'Rourke, piano

    4:35
  • 1:51 AM

    Edmonton Symphony Orchestra

    Uri Mayer, conductor

    7:31
  • 1:12 AM

    Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies No. 40 & 41

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    37:29
  • 1:06 AM

    Spanish Galliard

    Giovanni Trabaci

    Harp Music of the Italian Renaissance

    Andrew-Lawrence King, harp

    4:23
  • 1:01 AM

    Les Troyens (The Trojans): Trojan March

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Hungarian & Trojan Marches; Corsair & Roman Carnival Overtures

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    4:32
  • 12:49 AM

    Euterpe Overture

    George Chadwick

    Nashville Symphony Orchestra

    Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor

    8:59
  • 12:26 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 23 "Appassionata"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Fazil Say, piano

    21:37
  • 12:19 AM

    Shingashi Song

    Traditional Japanese

    Silk Road Ensemble

    Kaoru Watanabe, taiko drums

    5:05
  • 12:06 AM

    Serenade No. 1: Allegro molto

    Johannes Brahms

    Weekend Serenade: Brahms - Serenade 1 & 2

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Istvan Kertesz, conductor

    12:38
  • 12:01 AM

    Lyric Quartet: The Quiet One

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    4:35
  • 11:54 PM

    London Suite: Knightsbridge March

    Eric Coates

    European Light Music Classics

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    4:34
  • 11:33 PM

    Symphony No. 73 "La Chasse" (The Hunt)

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    21:40
  • 11:26 PM

    Easter Oratorio: Sinfonia No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Empire Brass

    Douglas Major, organ

    3:40
  • 11:19 PM

    Sure on this Shining Night

    Morten Lauridsen

    Morten Lauridsen: Mid-Winter Songs

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    4:57
  • 11:16 PM

    Lyric Pieces: Homeward

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Lyric Pieces

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    2:46
  • 11:00 PM

    Les Preludes

    Franz Liszt

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Liszt - Solti

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    15:04
  • 10:54 PM

    Cello Suite No. 4: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Overtures to Bach

    Matt Haimovitz, cello

    3:07
  • 10:45 PM

    Overture

    Philip Glass

    Overtures to Bach

    Matt Haimovitz, cello

    5:35
  • 10:36 PM

    Carmina Burana: In taberna quando sumus

    Carl Orff

    Orff: Carmina Burana

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra and Chorus

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    3:12
  • 10:26 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement (selection)

    Jean Sibelius

    Concert Recording

    Duluth-Superior Symphony Orchestra

    Dirk Meyer, conductor

    8:23
  • 10:12 PM

    Harp Concerto: 3rd movement

    Alberto Ginastera

    Gliere, Ginastera: Harp Concertos, etc.

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Rachel Masters, harp

    7:50
  • 10:06 PM

    Old and Lost Rivers

    Tobias Picker

    Picker: Keys to the City - Works for Piano

    Ursula Oppens, piano

    5:05
  • 9:59 PM

    Melodie russe

    Theodore Akimenko

    Theodore Akimenko: Music for Violin and Piano

    Tatiana Chulochnikova, violin

    3:18
  • 9:51 PM

    Vocalise

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Canteloube, Villa-Lobos, Rachmaninoff

    American Symphony Orchestra

    Leopold Stokowski, conductor

    Anna Moffo, soprano

    7:08
  • 9:44 PM

    The Gadfly: Romance

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Film Music of Dmitri Shostakovich, Vol. 2

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vassily Sinaisky, conductor

    6:33
  • 9:34 PM

    String Quintet "American": Finale

    Antonin Dvorak

    Old World, New World

    Emerson String Quartet

    Paul Neubauer, viola

    8:17
  • 9:27 PM

    Ashokan Farewell

    Jay Ungar

    Harvest Home - Jay Ungar and Molly Mason

    Nashville Chamber Orchestra

    Paul Gambill, conductor

    5:06
  • 9:19 PM

    I Go Among Trees

    Giselle Wyers

    Concert Recording

    Twin Ports Choral Project

    Bret Amundson, conductor

    6:06
  • 9:13 PM

    Music of Living

    Dan Forrest

    Concert Recording

    Twin Ports Choral Project

    Bret Amundson, conductor

    2:58
  • 9:02 PM

    Symphony No. 7: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 7

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    8:46
  • 8:55 PM

    Spanish Dance No. 5 "Andaluza"

    Enrique Granados

    Guitarra: The Guitar in Spain

    Julian Bream, guitar

    4:14
  • 8:37 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas

    Yundi Li, piano

    15:47
  • 8:32 PM

    The Mission: Gabriel's Oboe

    Ennio Morricone

    Appassionato

    Roma Sinfonietta

    Ennio Morricone, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    2:24
  • 8:19 PM

    Concert Piece for Four Horns: 1st movement

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Overture, Scherzo & Finale; Konzertstuck; Symphony No. 1

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    7:17
  • 8:05 PM

    St. Paul's Suite

    Gustav Holst

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    12:50
  • 8:00 PM

    The Prince of Denmark's March

    Jeremiah Clarke

    Empire Brass

    William Kuhlman, organ

    2:51
  • 5:50 PM

    A Lotus on Irish Streams

    John McLaughlin

    Matt Haimovitz, cello

    Christopher O'Riley, piano

    8:47
  • 5:24 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    25:15
  • 5:20 PM

    The Lark in the Clear Air

    Traditional

    The Lark in the Clear Air

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    Duke Dobing, flute

    3:50
  • 4:59 PM

    Symphonic Poem No. 6 "Mazeppa"

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Mazeppa, Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    15:25
  • 4:58 PM

    Prelude & Fugue No. 17 in A-flat

    J.S. Bach

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    3:11
  • 4:39 PM

    Symphony No. 5

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    17:50
  • 4:06 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    Concert Recording

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Zacharias, conductor

    Christian Zacharias, piano

    32:15
  • 4:02 PM

    Humoresque No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Concert A La Carte

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    3:02
  • 3:55 PM

    Mlada: Procession of the Nobles

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Orchestral Suites

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    4:52
  • 3:44 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 3 (after Corelli)

    Francesco Geminiani

    Geminiani: 12 Concerti Grossi

    I Musici

    9:53
  • 3:24 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Johann Hummel

    Jolivet, Tomasi, Hummel, Haydn: Trumpet Concertos

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    Sergei Nakariakov, trumpet

    17:38
  • 3:21 PM

    La Boheme: Musetta's Waltz ("Quando m'en vo")

    Giacomo Puccini

    Puccini Gold

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

    Anna Netrebko, soprano

    2:42
  • 3:09 PM

    Parsifal: Good Friday Music

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Orchestral Music

    Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

    James Levine, conductor

    9:52
  • 3:02 PM

    Waltzes and Landler

    Franz Schubert

    Bonbons aus Wien

    Boskovsky Ensemble

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    6:04
  • 3:02 PM

    Waltzes and Landler

    Franz Schubert

    Bonbons aus Wien

    Boskovsky Ensemble

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    6:04
  • 2:46 PM

    Three Spanish Pieces

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Julian Bream, guitar

    14:39
  • 2:23 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 9

    Luigi Boccherini

    Haydn, C.P.E. Bach, Boccherini: Cello Concertos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    Matt Haimovitz, cello

    21:00
  • 2:06 PM

    Simple Symphony

    Benjamin Britten

    Works by Britten, Tippett, Walton

    Guildhall Strings

    15:54
  • 2:01 PM

    Chaconne

    Jean-Baptiste Lully

    Chaconne

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    4:21
  • 1:51 PM

    School for Scandal Overture

    Samuel Barber

    Barber/Schippers

    New York Philharmonic

    Thomas Schippers, conductor

    7:34
  • 1:44 PM

    Sonorous Table Suite (Mensa sonora): Part 2

    Heinrich Biber

    Baroque Band

    Garry Clarke, conductor

    6:10
  • 1:30 PM

    Symphony No. 48 "Maria Theresia": 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies No 48 & 49

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    5:04
  • 1:25 PM

    Algerian Suite: French Military March

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Marches Celebres

    Orchestra de Liege

    Paul Strauss, conductor

    4:08
  • 1:18 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Heinrich von Herzogenberg

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    Frank Beermann, conductor

    6:14
  • 1:09 PM

    Hungarian March

    Hector Berlioz

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:01
  • 1:05 PM

    Peer Gynt: Morning Mood

    Edvard Grieg

    Minnesota Orchestra At One Hundred

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    3:23
  • 12:54 PM

    Iberia: Malaga

    Isaac Albeniz

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    5:45
  • 12:36 PM

    Symphony No. 8: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 8

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    7:16
  • 12:29 PM

    Easter Cantata: My Spirit be Joyful

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Vol I

    Philharmonia Virtuosi

    Richard Kapp, conductor

    6:01
  • 12:22 PM

    Blumenstuck (Flower Piece)

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Davidsblundertanze, Symphonische Etuden

    Andras Schiff, piano

    6:05
  • 12:18 PM

    Thurber's Dogs: Dog and Butterfly

    Peter Schickele

    Voices from the Gallery: Stephen Paulus/Thurber's Dogs: Peter Schickele

    Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra

    Timothy Russell, conductor

    2:47
  • 12:07 PM

    Festive Overture

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra: Portrait

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    6:13
  • 12:05 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:56
  • 11:55 AM

    String Quartet No. 1 "Accordion": 2nd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    2013-2014 Class Notes: Classical MPR Presents A Musical History Tour

    Artaria Quartet

    3:49
  • 11:47 AM

    Suite of Old Lettish Dances

    Andrejs Jansons

    Blue Skies

    USAF Band of Flight

    7:36
  • 11:38 AM

    Symphony No. 38 "Prague": Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies No. 36 & 38

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    7:19
  • 11:30 AM

    Sonata for 3 Violins

    Johann Heinrich Schmelzer

    A Tre Violini

    Stradivaria

    6:58
  • 11:30 AM

    Symphony No. 38 "Prague": Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies No. 36 & 38

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    7:19
  • 11:24 AM

    Concertino Pastorale: Finale

    John Ireland

    Ireland: A Downland Suite Etc.

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:26
  • 11:20 AM

    Miniature Viennese March

    Fritz Kreisler

    Inventions

    Renaud Capucon, violin

    3:14
  • 11:10 AM

    Schwanengesang, Book 1: Standchen (Serenade)

    Franz Schubert

    Le Romantique

    David Leisner, guitar

    4:22
  • 11:05 AM

    Voyevoda: Trust me, my dear

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    4:24
  • 10:38 AM

    Suite

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Telemann: Music of the Nations

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    20:28
  • 10:29 AM

    If I Were King: Overture

    Adolphe Adam

    Great Comedy Overtures

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    7:15
  • 10:28 AM

    Courante No. 20

    Marco Uccellini

    Romanesca

    1:10
  • 10:12 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    14:28
  • 10:06 AM

    Polonaise No. 3 "Military"

    Frederic Chopin

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    5:07
  • 10:01 AM

    The Desert of Roses: 3rd movement

    Robert Moran

    Piano Circus Band

    Craig Smith, conductor

    4:33
  • 9:51 AM

    Nocturnes: Nuages (Clouds)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images, Nocturnes

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Dutoit, conductor

    7:48
  • 9:40 AM

    Les caracteres de la danse

    Jean-Fery Rebel

    The Sun King's Paradise

    Palladian Ensemble

    9:19
  • 9:26 AM

    Symphony No. 9 "Choral": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonien 1-9

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    13:26
  • 9:16 AM

    Concert No. 41 "Le Retour" (The Return)

    Sainte-Colombe

    Spectre de la Rose

    7:58
  • 9:06 AM

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Murray Perahia, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    9:26
  • 9:01 AM

    Il Signor Bruschino: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    G. Rossini: Early Sinfonias

    Haydn Orchestra

    Alun Francis, conductor

    4:43
  • 8:44 AM

    Phantasy Quintet

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Violin Sonata, String Quartet No. 2 Etc.

    Nash Ensemble

    14:23
  • 8:23 AM

    The Firebird (L'oiseau de feu): Suite

    Igor Stravinsky

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    19:59
  • 8:06 AM

    Concerto for Strings

    Nino Rota

    Rota: La Strada Ballet Suite

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    15:27
  • 8:01 AM

    Les Brises d'Orient: Souvenir d'Occident

    Felicien David

    David: Les Brises d'Orient, Les Minarets

    Daniel Blumenthal, piano

    4:36
  • 7:46 AM

    Norwegian Rhapsody No. 1

    Johan Halvorsen

    Halvorsen, J.: Norwegian Rhapsodies Nos. 1 and 2 / Svendsen, J.: Norwegian Rhapsodies Nos. 1-4

    Trondheim Symphony Orchestra

    Ole Kristian Ruud, conductor

    12:41
  • 7:33 AM

    Summer Music

    Samuel Barber

    Marlboro Music Festival - 40th Anniversary: Barber, Nielsen, Hindemith

    Marlboro Festival Ensemble

    12:04
  • 7:20 AM

    Fratres (Brothers)

    Arvo Part

    MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Kristjan Jarvi, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    10:49
  • 7:05 AM

    Ports of Call (Escales)

    Jacques Ibert

    Ports of Call

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    14:01
  • 7:00 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 2: Allegro

    Pietro Locatelli

    Locatelli: Violin Sonatas, Op. 6

    Locatelli Trio

    4:31
  • 6:31 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 23

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos 9 & 23

    Northern Sinfonia

    Thomas Zehetmair, conductor

    Imogen Cooper, piano

    27:19
  • 6:27 AM

    Andante Cantabile

    Robert Schumann

    The Artistry of Christopher Parkening

    Christopher Parkening, guitar

    2:55
  • 6:06 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Symphonies 1 & 3, etc.

    Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor

    19:40
  • 6:01 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1: Gavotte

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    4:40
  • 5:41 AM

    Wind Quintet

    Franz Danzi

    Danzi: Wind Quintets Op. 76 Nos. 1-3, Piano Quintet Op. 53

    Berlin Philharmonic Winds

    17:10
  • 5:37 AM

    Dance of the Gnomes

    Franz Liszt

    William Wolfram, piano

    3:12
  • 5:24 AM

    Suite for Strings

    John Rutter

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Rutter, conductor

    12:23
  • 5:06 AM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances I & Iii, Etc

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    16:34
  • 5:01 AM

    String Poetic: Nocturne

    Jennifer Higdon

    String Poetic

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    4:46
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