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  • 4:06 AM

    From Foreign Lands

    Moritz Moszkowski

    From Foreign Lands

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    26:27
  • 4:01 AM

    Moths and Butterflies and Wild Bears

    Edward Elgar

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    4:33
  • 3:46 AM

    Poema concertante

    Xavier Montsalvatge

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    Celso Antunes, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    12:29
  • 3:20 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 16

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Rudolf Serkin, piano

    24:30
  • 3:11 AM

    La mia Barbara

    John Dowland

    Dowland: Musicke for the Lute

    Paul O'Dette, lute

    5:43
  • 3:06 AM

    The Wedding at Dovre

    Johan Svendsen

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    5:33
  • 3:01 AM

    Overture No. 2 "La Calamita de Cuori"

    Johann Christian Bach

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    4:40
  • 2:48 AM

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    9:58
  • 2:26 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Orchestral Suites

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Philip Ledger, conductor

    21:25
  • 2:20 AM

    All Through the Night

    Traditional Welsh

    London Mozart Players

    Stuart Morley, conductor

    Claire Jones, harp

    4:21
  • 2:06 AM

    Concert Rondo "Krakowiak"

    Frederic Chopin

    Paris Conservatoire Orchestra

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

    Alexis Weissenberg, piano

    14:10
  • 2:01 AM

    Waltz after Lasse in Lyby

    Traditional

    Danish String Quartet

    4:37
  • 1:49 AM

    May Night Overture

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    9:02
  • 1:14 AM

    Triple Concerto

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    34:12
  • 1:06 AM

    Passacaglia

    George Frideric Handel

    Entendre

    duoW

    6:59
  • 1:01 AM

    Ballo detto Pollicio/La Cattarina

    Tarquinio Merula

    Ensemble Fitzwilliam

    4:45
  • 12:53 AM

    8 1/2: Walking the Gangplank

    Nino Rota

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    5:31
  • 12:27 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 6

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    24:49
  • 12:23 AM

    Small River Flowing

    Traditional Chinese

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    2:31
  • 12:06 AM

    Fountains of Rome

    Ottorino Respighi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    16:55
  • 12:01 AM

    Prelude

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    The Fantastic Stokowski

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:36
  • 11:55 PM

    Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus

    George Frideric Handel

    Choral Masterpieces

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    3:42
  • 11:47 PM

    Sonatine: Minuet

    Maurice Ravel

    Rachmaninoff, Ravel

    Lise de la Salle, piano

    3:13
  • 11:41 PM

    Rondo a Capriccio (Rage Over a Lost Penny)

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Evgeny Kissin, piano

    5:29
  • 11:30 PM

    The Valkyrie: Ride of the Valkyries

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Highlights from "The Ring"

    New York Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    5:29
  • 11:23 PM

    Magic Flute: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures - Eine kleine Nachtmusik

    Tafelmusik

    Bruno Weil, conductor

    6:28
  • 11:10 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
  • 10:59 PM

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers Awake)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Stokowski Transcriptions

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    4:24
  • 10:51 PM

    Light Cavalry Overture

    Franz von Suppe

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    6:26
  • 10:43 PM

    Scenes from Childhood: Dreaming

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Kinderszenen, Kriesleriana

    Martha Argerich, piano

    2:55
  • 10:31 PM

    Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    6:51
  • 10:22 PM

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:42
  • 10:08 PM

    Clarinet Concerto: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart 250 - A Celebration

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    Robert Marcellus, clarinet

    8:49
  • 9:59 PM

    Masques and Bergamasques: Overture

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: L'Oeuvre D'Orchestre, Vol. I

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    3:39
  • 9:52 PM

    Donna Diana Overture

    Emil von Reznicek

    Great Comedy Overtures

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    6:00
  • 9:44 PM

    Waltz No. 8

    Frederic Chopin

    Beethoven: Sonatas; Chopin: Waltzes, Etc

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    2:56
  • 9:35 PM

    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
  • 9:25 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: 9 Symphonien

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Rafael Kubelik, conductor

    8:05
  • 9:18 PM

    Fanfare for the Common Man

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: The Music Of America 

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:03
  • 9:08 PM

    Guitar Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Mad About Vivaldi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    7:28
  • 9:00 PM

    Te Deum: Prelude

    Marc-Antoine Charpentier

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    1:43
  • 8:53 PM

    Symphony breve: Rondo

    Louis Theodore Gouvy

    Gouvy: Symphony 4; Fantasie symphonique

    German Radio Philharmonic

    Jacques Mercier, conductor

    5:38
  • 8:42 PM

    Eugene Onegin: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    France Radio Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    6:00
  • 8:34 PM

    Prelude for Christmas

    Ola Gjeilo

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 7

    South Dakota Chorale

    2:59
  • 8:24 PM

    Euryanthe Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    German Overtures

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    8:31
  • 8:09 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 21 "Waldstein": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Alice Sara Ott: Beethoven Piano Sonatas

    Alice Sara Ott, piano

    9:59
  • 8:00 PM

    The Gadfly: Romance

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    Janine Jansen, violin

    2:33
  • 5:51 PM

    Carousel Waltz

    Richard Rodgers

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    7:32
  • 5:38 PM

    L'Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jaime Laredo, conductor

    7:57
  • 5:33 PM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin: Rigaudon

    Maurice Ravel

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    3:02
  • 5:20 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 5 "Turkish": 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Hilary Hahn: Mozart 5, Vieuxtemps 4

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    8:47
  • 5:07 PM

    English Folk Song Suite

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: A Serenade to Music, etc.

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    8:51
  • 5:01 PM

    Nais: Rigaudons

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    2:17
  • 4:51 PM

    Rodeo: Buckaroo Holiday

    Aaron Copland

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    8:35
  • 4:45 PM

    Noel Provencal

    Jean Bouvard

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 7

    Ancia Saxophone Quartet

    1:21
  • 4:43 PM

    Noel Berger

    Jean Bouvard

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 7

    Ancia Saxophone Quartet

    1:48
  • 4:36 PM

    Intermezzo No. 2 "Klavierstucke"

    Johannes Brahms

    Motherland

    Khatia Buniatishvili, piano

    5:12
  • 4:25 PM

    A Fugal Concerto

    Gustav Holst

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Kathryn Greenbank, oboe

    Julia Bogorad-Kogan, flute

    7:22
  • 4:09 PM

    Rienzi: Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Orchestral Favorites

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Georg Solti, conductor

    11:33
  • 4:01 PM

    Ave Verum Corpus

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    A Hymn For The World

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    3:34
  • 3:53 PM

    Orb and Sceptre

    William Walton

    Pops on the March

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    6:49
  • 3:45 PM

    Je te veux (I want you)

    Erik Satie

    Humbert Lucarelli, oboe

    Susan Jolles, harp

    Frank Morelli, bassoon

    4:14
  • 3:35 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Max Bruch

    Mendelssohn, Bruch: Violin Concertos

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    Midori, violin

    7:32
  • 3:23 PM

    Carnival Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: 9 Symphonien

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Kubelik, conductor

    9:00
  • 3:16 PM

    Halling (Norwegian Dance)

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Lyric Pieces

    Emil Gilels, piano

    1:34
  • 3:13 PM

    Lyric Pieces: Homeward

    Edvard Grieg

    Emil Gilels, piano

    2:43
  • 3:11 PM

    Lyric Pieces: Sommerfugl (Butterfly)

    Edvard Grieg

    Emil Gilels, piano

    1:41
  • 3:01 PM

    Concerto for Two Oboes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    6:02
  • 2:55 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Scherzo

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Mozartiana Suites Nos. 3 & 4

    Radio Symphony of Stuttgart

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:34
  • 2:41 PM

    Symphony: Finale

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Symphony in C; Carmen - Suites Nos 1 & 2; Jeux d'enfants - Suite; Overture: Patrie

    French National Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    8:56
  • 2:34 PM

    Demetrio e Polibio: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    6:30
  • 2:28 PM

    Waltz No. 6 "Minute"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    1:57
  • 2:23 PM

    Concerto for Two Violins: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Air: The Bach Album

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Steven Mercurio, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    3:38
  • 2:10 PM

    Sigurd Jorsalfar: Homage March

    Edvard Grieg

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    8:45
  • 2:01 PM

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Klauspeter Seibel, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    4:27
  • 1:55 PM

    Jazz Suite No. 2: March

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    3:06
  • 1:45 PM

    Consolation No. 3

    Franz Liszt

    Lang Lang, piano

    4:18
  • 1:37 PM

    Symphony No. 104 "London": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 99 & 104 'London'

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    6:38
  • 1:25 PM

    Kunstler-Leben Walzer (Artist's Life)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss Waltzes

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    6:47
  • 1:18 PM

    The Love for Three Oranges: March

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Classic Marches

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    1:52
  • 1:11 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Violin Concertos; Sinfonia concertante

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    3:58
  • 1:04 PM

    Prelude No. 3

    Alexander Scriabin

    Septura

    1:11
  • 12:54 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 9

    Antonin Dvorak

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    4:22
  • 12:45 PM

    Sonatina: Scherzo

    Antonin Dvorak

    Josef Suk, violin

    Alfred Holecek, piano

    2:48
  • 12:37 PM

    Bartered Bride: Overture

    Bedrich Smetana

    Popular Operatic Overtures

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    6:50
  • 12:29 PM

    What You Gonna Call

    Traditional

    Classical MPR Taste of the Holidays Volume 7

    National Lutheran Choir

    2:23
  • 12:23 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    4:42
  • 12:15 PM

    Rigoletto: La donna e mobile

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Tenor Arias

    Milan Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Joseph Calleja, tenor

    2:08
  • 12:10 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    3:48
  • 12:04 PM

    Saul: Sinfonia

    George Frideric Handel

    The Handel Collection

    City of London Sinfonia

    John Rutter, conductor

    1:22
  • 11:55 AM

    Piano Quintet "Trout": Scherzo

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Trout Quintet, Mozart: Piano Quartet

    Yefim Bronfman, piano

    4:14
  • 11:45 AM

    Cantata No. 156: Arioso

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Strauss, Bach, Marcello: Oboe Concertos

    Academy of London

    Richard Stamp, conductor

    Ray Still, oboe

    2:50
  • 11:41 AM

    Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Orchestral Favorites

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    2:55
  • 11:27 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Robert Schumann

    Orchestra of the Swan

    Orchestra of the Swan

    Kenneth Woods, conductor

    7:46
  • 11:19 AM

    Etude No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Boris Berezovsky, piano

    2:00
  • 11:11 AM

    Hungarian Dance No. 5

    Johannes Brahms

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Walter Weller, conductor

    2:09
  • 11:04 AM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3: Italiana

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances, Etc

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    3:12
  • 10:48 AM

    Symphony No. 5: Adagietto

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler: Symphony No. 5

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    9:45
  • 10:35 AM

    Symphony No. 5

    Georg Anton Benda

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    12:09
  • 10:23 AM

    Little Serenade

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    11:09
  • 10:13 AM

    Rondo for Piano and Orchestra

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    8:23
  • 10:06 AM

    Minuet of the Will-o'-the-Wisps

    Hector Berlioz

    Opera Intermezzi and Ballet Music

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    6:05
  • 10:01 AM

    Sonatina: 2nd movement

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    Serenade to the Dawn

    Andrea Lieberknecht, flute

    4:32
  • 9:44 AM

    Belshazzar's Feast Suite

    Jean Sibelius

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    14:13
  • 9:36 AM

    Pavane for a Dead Princess (Pavane pour une infante defunte)

    Maurice Ravel

    Mad About Romance

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor

    6:58
  • 9:25 AM

    Four Seasons: Spring

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Gil Shaham, violin

    9:48
  • 9:17 AM

    The Spanish Lady: Suite

    Edward Elgar

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    5:49
  • 9:06 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 46

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn, Rachmaninoff, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Balakirev

    Lang Lang, piano

    10:41
  • 9:01 AM

    Procession of the Sardar

    Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov

    Empire Brass

    4:37
  • 8:45 AM

    The Garden of Cosmic Speculation: Garden of the Senses Suite

    Michael Gandolfi

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    12:55
  • 8:19 AM

    West Side Story: Symphonic Dances

    Leonard Bernstein

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    24:01
  • 8:15 AM

    Ricercar No. 3

    Domenico Gabrielli

    Matteo: 300 Years Of An Italian Cello

    Matt Haimovitz, cello

    3:43
  • 8:06 AM

    L'Africaine: Indian March

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    8:44
  • 8:01 AM

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:40
  • 7:44 AM

    Romantic Pieces

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends, Prague Waltzes

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    14:18
  • 7:21 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 17

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    23:04
  • 7:06 AM

    Divertissement on Russian Songs

    Henri Rabaud

    Rabaud: Marouf, Eglogue, Etc.

    Loire Valley Philharmonic

    Pierre Dervaux, conductor

    12:38
  • 7:01 AM

    Pavane and Gigue

    William Byrd

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:32
  • 6:44 AM

    Harp Concerto

    George Frideric Handel

    Pachelbel, Bach, Handel, Purcell

    Taverner Players

    Andrew Parrott, conductor

    Andrew Lawrence-King, harp

    13:53
  • 6:42 AM

    Recercada segunda "sobre canto llano"

    Diego Ortiz

    Armada

    Fretwork

    1:31
  • 6:24 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Tragic": Andante

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler: Symphony No. 6 "Tragic"

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    15:57
  • 6:06 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 45 & 94; Horn Concerto No. 1

    London Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Warren-Green, conductor

    Michael Thompson, horn

    17:51
  • 6:01 AM

    Flowers from Froso: Entry to the Summer Meadow

    Wilhelm Peterson-Berger

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    4:43
  • 5:31 AM

    French National Radio and Television Orchestra

    Jean Martinon, conductor

    26:55
  • 5:14 AM

    Fairy Tale Pictures (Marchenbilder)

    Robert Schumann

    Brahms and Schumann

    Patricia McCarty, viola

    14:42
  • 5:14 AM

    French National Radio and Television Orchestra

    Jean Martinon, conductor

    26:55
  • 5:06 AM

    String Quartet Set: Rondeaux

    Lou Harrison

    Del Sol String Quartet

    7:45
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