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  • 4:31 AM

    Metamorphosen

    Richard Strauss

    Mahler: Symphony No. 9, etc.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    27:31
  • 4:20 AM

    Metamorphosis II

    Philip Glass

    Dreaming Awake

    Bruce Levingston, piano

    10:20
  • 4:06 AM

    Autumn Legend

    William Alwyn

    William Alwyn: Lyra Angelica, Autumn Legend

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    William Alwyn, conductor

    Geoffrey Browne, English horn

    12:09
  • 4:01 AM

    Butterflying

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Nicola Sweeney, violin

    Sarah Nicolls, piano

    4:25
  • 3:50 AM

    Wamims

    Henrik Schwarz

    Instruments

    Tokio Secret Orchestra

    Emi Akiyama, conductor

    8:34
  • 3:13 AM

    Disguises

    Jon Lord

    Jon Lord: Boom Of The Tingling Strings

    Odense Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Mann, conductor

    35:29
  • 3:07 AM

    Bagatelles

    Malcolm Arnold

    Benjamin Frith, piano

    4:41
  • 3:01 AM

    Passaggio

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Spheres

    Daniel Hope, violin

    4:35
  • 2:33 AM

    Serenade for Winds

    Antonin Dvorak

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    25:40
  • 2:18 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
  • 2:09 AM

    Concert Piece for Clarinet and Basset Horn

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Wiener Virtuosen

    7:41
  • 2:06 AM

    Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    2:23
  • 2:01 AM

    Sonata No. 12

    Johann Schmelzer

    Biber: Missa Christi Resurgentis

    English Concert

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    4:38
  • 1:44 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    13:50
  • 1:18 AM

    Symphony No. 102

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    London Classical Players

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    24:30
  • 1:11 AM

    Bluestone

    Chris Marshall

    Claire Jones: Royal Harp Strings

    London Mozart Players

    Stuart Morley, conductor

    Claire Jones, harp

    5:50
  • 1:06 AM

    The Snow Maiden: Melodrama

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:01
  • 1:01 AM

    Nabucco: Va, pensiero (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves)

    Giuseppe Verdi

    The #1 Opera Album

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    4:34
  • 12:40 AM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 11

    Carl Stamitz

    Mannheimer Schule, Vol. 1-5

    Kurpfalz Chamber Orchestra

    Jan Malat, conductor

    Karl Schlechta, clarinet

    18:12
  • 12:28 AM

    Manfred Overture

    Robert Schumann

    Polish National Radio Orchestra

    Johannes Wildner, conductor

    10:48
  • 12:11 AM

    Rondo for Violin and Strings

    Franz Schubert

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    14:39
  • 12:06 AM

    Steven Osborne, piano

    4:48
  • 12:01 AM

    A Lady in Her Tower

    Gabriel Faure

    Sivan Magen, harp

    4:38
  • 11:47 PM

    Symphony No. 7: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Mad About Beethoven

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    6:24
  • 11:41 PM

    Rodeo: Saturday Night Waltz

    Aaron Copland

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Aaron Copland, conductor

    4:40
  • 11:35 PM

    The Market of Malmantile: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Sinfonia Finlandia Jyvaskyla

    Patrick Gallois, conductor

    5:38
  • 11:26 PM

    The Fairy Queen: Act IV Symphony

    Henry Purcell

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    6:26
  • 11:18 PM

    La Vida Breve: Interlude and Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat, La Vida Breve, Homenajas

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    6:59
  • 11:07 PM

    String Quartet No. 2: Nocturne

    Alexander Borodin

    Romantic Favorites

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    8:49
  • 11:00 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 4

    Johannes Brahms

    Yaara Tal, piano

    Andreas Groethuysen, piano

    4:03
  • 10:46 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Sibelius, Dvorak: Violin Concertos

    Berlin Philharmonic

    James Levine, conductor

    Shlomo Mintz, violin

    11:32
  • 10:41 PM

    Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle

    Jacques Offenbach

    Opera Without Words

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    3:34
  • 10:37 PM

    Etude No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    Louis Lortie, piano

    1:19
  • 10:29 PM

    Symphony No. 4

    William Boyce

    Boyce: Symphonies I-VIII

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    6:29
  • 10:20 PM

    String Quartet No. 2 "Intimate Letters": 2nd movement

    Leos Janacek

    Intimate Letters

    Lyris Quartet

    5:50
  • 10:09 PM

    Conga del Fuego

    Arturo Marquez

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    4:46
  • 10:01 PM

    The Ruins of Athens: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Overtures

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    5:00
  • 9:55 PM

    Concerto Grosso: March

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Works

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    4:30
  • 9:37 PM

    Fantasy on Polish Airs

    Frederic Chopin

    Warsaw Philharmonic

    Kazimierz Kord, conductor

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    14:58
  • 9:31 PM

    Coppelia: Waltz of The Hours

    Leo Delibes

    Delibes: Coppelia

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    3:11
  • 9:22 PM

    Serenade No. 7 "Haffner": Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    North German Radio Symphony

    Gunter Wand, conductor

    8:10
  • 9:17 PM

    Pictures at an Exhibition: Tuileries

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Minneapolis Guitar Quartet

    1:04
  • 9:08 PM

    Sinfonia Finlandia Jyvaskyla

    Patrick Gallois, conductor

    6:26
  • 8:59 PM

    Algerian Suite: French Military March

    Camille Saint-Saens

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    4:20
  • 8:51 PM

    Scherzando No. 5

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn Ensemble Berlin

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    7:08
  • 8:42 PM

    L'Isle joyeuse (Joyous Isle)

    Claude Debussy

    A Debussy Collection

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    5:51
  • 8:34 PM

    Octet: 3rd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    5:06
  • 8:25 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Romantic": Finale

    Howard Hanson

    Howard Hanson Symphonies 1, 2; Elegy in Memory of Serge Koussevitky

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    7:06
  • 8:06 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Violin Concertos

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Oscar Shumsky, violin

    15:06
  • 8:00 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 11

    Antonin Dvorak

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Kubelik, conductor

    3:16
  • 5:54 PM

    Ruslan and Ludmila: Overture

    Mikhail Glinka

    Russian Overtures

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    4:39
  • 5:44 PM

    Waltz Fantasy

    Mikhail Glinka

    Encore

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    9:32
  • 5:41 PM

    Il mondo della luna (Life on the Moon): Overture

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    4:16
  • 5:31 PM

    Samson and Delilah: Bacchanale

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Exotic Dances from the Opera

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    7:29
  • 5:24 PM

    Prelude No. 15 "Raindrop"

    Frederic Chopin

    Vanessa Perez, piano

    5:35
  • 5:15 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Cantata on the Death of Emperor Joseph II; Symphony No. 2

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    6:42
  • 5:02 PM

    Guitar Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Guitar Concertos

    Chamber Orchestra of Leos Janacek

    Kazuhito Yamashita, guitar

    10:44
  • 4:55 PM

    Lakme: Flower Duet

    Leo Delibes

    The Opera Album

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    Natalie Dessay, soprano

    4:49
  • 4:45 PM

    Piano Quintet: Finale

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak | Violin Concerto & Piano Quintet

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    7:48
  • 4:35 PM

    Danzon Cubano

    Aaron Copland

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Aaron Copland, conductor

    7:11
  • 4:28 PM

    Jurassic Park: Main Themes

    John Williams

    The Great Fantasy Adventure Album

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:23
  • 4:09 PM

    Symphony No. 31 "Paris"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 30, 31 "Paris" & 32

    Vienna Philharmonic

    James Levine, conductor

    16:24
  • 4:02 PM

    Standchen (Serenade)

    Franz Schubert

    Luiza Borac, piano

    5:38
  • 3:50 PM

    Poet and Peasant Overture

    Franz von Suppe

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    9:24
  • 3:45 PM

    Norwegian Dance No. 3

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Symphonic Dances, Norwegian Dances, Lyric Suite

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    3:10
  • 3:34 PM

    Whimsical Symphony (Grillensymphonie)

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    8:32
  • 3:15 PM

    Faust Ballet Music

    Charles Gounod

    Gounod: Faust

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    16:23
  • 3:05 PM

    Harold in Italy: Serenade

    Hector Berlioz

    Pinchas Zukerman: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon and Philips

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Dutoit, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, viola

    6:56
  • 3:00 PM

    Mysterious Barricades

    Francois Couperin

    Couperin: Keyboard Music

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    2:26
  • 2:50 PM

    Symphony No. 4: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    8:10
  • 2:41 PM

    Creatures of Prometheus: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Overtures; Piano Concerto No. 5

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Walter Weller, conductor

    5:13
  • 2:29 PM

    French Suite No. 4: Gavotte; Air; Menuet; Gigue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Peter Hill, piano

    6:41
  • 2:11 PM

    The Lark Ascending

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Pinchas Zukerman: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon and Philips

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    13:36
  • 2:01 PM

    The Gumsuckers March

    Percy Grainger

    Escapades

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    3:49
  • 1:55 PM

    Symphony No. 100 "Military": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: 12 London Symphonies

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    4:59
  • 1:48 PM

    Maple Leaf Rag

    Scott Joplin

    Richard Dowling, piano

    2:56
  • 1:39 PM

    Images for Orchestra: Iberia: On Highways and Byways

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images, Prelude, La Mer

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    7:01
  • 1:31 PM

    String Quartet No. 4: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Early String Quartets

    Cypress String Quartet

    3:41
  • 1:26 PM

    Symphonie Fantastique: March to the Scaffold

    Hector Berlioz

    Fright Night

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    4:07
  • 1:18 PM

    Cantata No. 142: Concerto and Alleluia

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    A Bach Festival

    Empire Brass

    Douglas Major, organ

    2:22
  • 1:12 PM

    Lieutenant Kije: Troika

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:01
  • 1:04 PM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin: Menuet

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Ma Mere L'Oye, Le Tombeau de Couperin

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    4:33
  • 12:55 PM

    Dance of the Shepherd Girl

    Hugo Alfven

    Alfven: Symphony No. 5 Etc.

    Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    3:57
  • 12:46 PM

    Polonaise No. 3 "Military"

    Frederic Chopin

    Artur Rubinstein, piano

    4:11
  • 12:41 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American": Animato

    William Grant Still

    African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. 1

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    3:19
  • 12:29 PM

    Rondo for Violin and Orchestra

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    6:23
  • 12:21 PM

    Pelleas and Melisande: Sicilienne

    Gabriel Faure

    London Mozart Players

    James Galway, flute

    4:00
  • 12:11 PM

    Ballet Scenes: Preambule

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: From the Middle Ages; Scenes de Ballet

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    3:21
  • 12:04 PM

    Shepherd's Hey

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger: Folk-Inspired Works for Piano Duet and Piano Duo

    Bilder Duo

    2:23
  • 11:52 AM

    Espana

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Chabrier: Espana, Etc / Gardiner, Wiener Philharmoniker

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    5:59
  • 11:46 AM

    Zorbas Ballet Suite: Scene 23

    Mikis Theodorakis

    Theodorakis: Zorbas Suite-ballet, Adafio for Flute, 3 pieces from Canaval suite-Ballet

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Dutoit, conductor

    2:15
  • 11:41 AM

    Serenade No. 2: Scherzo: Vivace

    Johannes Brahms

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    2:43
  • 11:34 AM

    Serenade

    Roman Hoffstetter

    Favourite Serenades for Orchestra

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:24
  • 11:29 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings, Op. 48; Elegy; Anton Arensky: Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky

    Saint Petersburg Camerata

    Saulius Sondeckis, conductor

    3:56
  • 11:21 AM

    Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Cello Adagios

    Heinrich Schiff, cello

    3:13
  • 11:10 AM

    Petite Symphony: Finale

    Charles Gounod

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    4:47
  • 11:04 AM

    Music for the Royal Fireworks: La Rejouissance

    George Frideric Handel

    Ultimate Handel

    Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

    Karl Munchinger, conductor

    1:21
  • 10:42 AM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin

    Maurice Ravel

    Pavane

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    15:49
  • 10:28 AM

    Fantasie

    Robert Schumann

    Brahms: Violin Concerto; Schumann: Fantasy op. 131

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    13:12
  • 10:21 AM

    Rusalka: Song to the Moon

    Antonin Dvorak

    Claire Jones: Royal Harp Strings

    London Mozart Players

    Stuart Morley, conductor

    Claire Jones, harp

    6:01
  • 10:08 AM

    Oboe Sonata

    Camille Saint-Saens

    French Music for Flute and Oboe

    Nicholas Daniel, oboe

    11:25
  • 10:06 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2: Badinerie

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Orchestal Suites

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    1:23
  • 10:01 AM

    Three Parts on a Ground

    Henry Purcell

    Stradivaria

    4:45
  • 9:41 AM

    Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    Benjamin Britten

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    16:37
  • 9:21 AM

    Variations on "La ci darem la mano"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Complete Piano Works of Chopin, Vol 9: The Orchestral Works

    Warsaw Philharmonic

    Kazimierz Kord, conductor

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    18:49
  • 9:16 AM

    Maids of Cadiz

    Leo Delibes

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    Nicole Cabell, soprano

    3:16
  • 9:06 AM

    La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    9:27
  • 9:01 AM

    Concerto for Viola and Orchestra: Finale

    Carl Stamitz

    Cologne Chamber Orchestra

    Helmut Muller-Bruhl, conductor

    Wolfram Christ, viola

    4:34
  • 8:45 AM

    Concerto for Recorder and Flute

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    13:24
  • 8:29 AM

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    14:56
  • 8:26 AM

    In Nomine No. 2

    Picforth

    Ariel Abramavich, lute

    Jacob Heringman, lute

    2:18
  • 8:06 AM

    Variations on a Theme by Haydn "St. Antoni Chorale"

    Johannes Brahms

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Kurt Sanderling, conductor

    18:38
  • 8:01 AM

    Robin Hood Suite: March of the Bowmen

    Frederic Curzon

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    4:44
  • 7:39 AM

    Choral Fantasy

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven In Berlin - 1991 New Year's Eve Concert

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Evgeny Kissin, piano

    18:38
  • 7:37 AM

    Sarabande

    Johann Pezel

    Empire Brass

    2:05
  • 7:24 AM

    Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Richard Studt, conductor

    12:18
  • 7:06 AM

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    16:10
  • 7:01 AM

    Csardas

    Vittorio Monti

    In a Monastery Garden

    London Festival Orchestra

    Josef Sakonov, violin

    4:36
  • 6:46 AM

    Sonata for Harp

    Alan Hovhaness

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    12:09
  • 6:10 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring"

    Robert Schumann

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    34:42
  • 6:06 AM

    Molly on the Shore

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger 'Country Gardens' and other Piano Favourites

    Martin Jones, piano

    3:02
  • 6:01 AM

    Prussian Sonata No. 5: 2nd movement

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Jon Mendle, archguitar

    4:30
  • 5:54 AM

    Legend No. 5

    Antonin Dvorak

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:12
  • 5:29 AM

    Harp Concerto

    Nino Rota

    Nino Rota

    Montreal Metropolitan Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Jennifer Swartz, harp

    24:21
  • 5:19 AM

    Ballade No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Agustin Anievas, piano

    8:16
  • 5:06 AM

    Romance for Violin and Orchestra

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Encore Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hege, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    12:37
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