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  • 5:33 AM

    Symphony No. 9

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Symphonies 5 & 9

    Kirov Orchestra

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    25:39
  • 5:27 AM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin: Menuet

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: L'oeuvre Pour Piano Seul

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    5:18
  • 5:19 AM

    Da pacem Domine

    Arvo Part

    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

    Paul Hillier, conductor

    5:45
  • 5:06 AM

    Be Kind to One Another (Rag)

    Terry Riley

    Sarah Cahill, piano

    12:39
  • 5:01 AM

    Happy Xmas (War is Over)

    John Lennon/Yoko Ono

    Songs Of Joy And Peace

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:39
  • 4:51 AM

    Aurora Orchestra

    Nicholas Collon, conductor

    7:26
  • 4:46 AM

    Perpetual Motion

    Niccolo Paganini

    Carmen Fantasy

    Sergei Nakariakov, trumpet

    4:28
  • 4:18 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Philip Glass

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    Robert McDuffie, violin

    26:02
  • 4:12 AM

    Chaconne

    Jean-Baptiste Lully

    Chaconne

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    4:21
  • 4:06 AM

    Perpetual Motion Pieces

    Francis Poulenc

    Poulenc: Piano Music

    Pascal Roge, piano

    5:25
  • 4:01 AM

    Perpetuum Mobile

    Jurgis Juozapaitis

    Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra

    Juha Kangas, conductor

    4:29
  • 3:41 AM

    Scenes from Childhood

    Robert Schumann

    Children's World

    Mirian Conti, piano

    17:38
  • 3:14 AM

    String Quartet No. 6

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Early String Quartets

    Cypress String Quartet

    24:41
  • 3:09 AM

    Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo

    Pietro Mascagni

    Karajan Forever: The Greatest Classical Hits

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    3:29
  • 3:06 AM

    Serenade No. 1: Scherzo

    Johannes Brahms

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    2:41
  • 3:01 AM

    Waltz after Lasse in Lyby

    Traditional

    Danish String Quartet

    4:37
  • 2:42 AM

    Horn Concerto

    Antonio Rosetti

    Rosetti: Horn Concertos

    Kurpfalz Chamber Orchestra

    Johannes Moesus, conductor

    Klaus Wallendorf, horn

    16:21
  • 2:30 AM

    Polonaise No. 5 "Tragic"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Complete Piano Works of Chopin, Vol 5: Polonaises & Impromptus

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    10:33
  • 2:20 AM

    Minuet in Fandango Style

    Salvador Castro de Gistau

    Artemandoline

    8:23
  • 2:06 AM

    Bavarian Dances

    Edward Elgar

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    12:47
  • 2:01 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4 "Mozartiana": Preghiera (Prayer)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Suites Nos. 1-4

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    4:37
  • 1:36 AM

    String Quartet

    Gabriel Faure

    Saint-Saens/Faure: The String Quartets

    Miami String Quartet

    22:05
  • 1:18 AM

    Symphony No. 9: 2nd movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    16:11
  • 1:08 AM

    La Juive (The Jewish Girl): Passover scene

    Jacques Halevy

    Jacques Halevy: La Juive (The Jewish Girl)

    Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden

    Anton Guadagno, conductor

    Richard Tucker, tenor

    7:02
  • 1:06 AM

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

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Perchance To Dream: A Lullaby Album For Children And Adults

    Carol Rosenberger, piano

    1:59
  • 1:01 AM

    Court Sonata No. 2

    Heinrich Biber

    Purcell Quartet

    4:31
  • 12:10 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique"

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky/Dvorak/Honeck/PSO

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    46:31
  • 12:06 AM

    Mazurka No. 45

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    2:26
  • 12:01 AM

    Prelude on Rhosymedre

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Country Gardens

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:03
  • 11:28 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonien 1-9

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    30:51
  • 11:24 PM

    Grandmother's Minuet

    Edvard Grieg

    Albeniz, Piazzolla, Weill, Grieg, Mozart, Koetsier, Bizet

    tenThing

    2:03
  • 11:21 PM

    Si do Mhamo i (She is your granny)

    Traditional Irish

    Invisible Stars - Choral Works of Ireland and Scotland

    The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin

    Desmond Earley, conductor

    Oisin O'Callaghan, baritone

    1:58
  • 11:06 PM

    Overture di Ballo

    Arthur Sullivan

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    9:53
  • 11:02 PM

    Mysterious Barricades

    Francois Couperin

    Nancy Allen: A Celebration for Harp

    Nancy Allen, harp

    2:47
  • 10:26 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 20

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 10 & 21

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    33:26
  • 10:17 PM

    Brooklyn Rider

    7:14
  • 10:06 PM

    Symphony No. 7: 4th movement

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:10
  • 10:00 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 3

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dancing For 100 Years

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    4:35
  • 9:50 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 4

    Arcangelo Corelli

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    9:00
  • 9:38 PM

    Der fliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman): Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Georg Solti, conductor

    10:37
  • 9:31 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Sinfonia

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    6:33
  • 9:05 PM

    Harp Concerto

    Nino Rota

    Nino Rota

    Montreal Metropolitan Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Jennifer Swartz, harp

    24:21
  • 9:00 PM

    Etude No. 3 "Tristesse"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin Etudes

    Jan Lisiecki, piano

    3:49
  • 6:52 PM

    String Quartet No. 4: Andante

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets

    Emerson String Quartet

    6:06
  • 6:16 PM

    Requiem

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Requiem, op. 48; Durufle: Requiem, op. 9

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    35:43
  • 6:11 PM

    La Visionaire

    Francois Couperin

    Couperin: Keyboard Music Vol. 2

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    3:43
  • 6:02 PM

    Snow Maiden Suite (selections)

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Great Orchestral Works

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    Roberta Alexander, soprano

    8:16
  • 5:43 PM

    Symphony No. 64 "Changed Times"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 50, 64 & 65

    Tafelmusik

    Bruno Weil, conductor

    17:00
  • 5:37 PM

    Creatures of Prometheus: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski - The Minnesota Orchestra: The Vox Recordings

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

    5:03
  • 5:18 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 2

    I Musici Montreal

    Maxim Shostakovich, conductor

    Dmitri Shostakovich, piano

    18:12
  • 5:08 PM

    Serenade for Winds: 1st movement

    Julius Rontgen

    The Romantic Era in the Netherlands

    Viotta Ensemble

    8:37
  • 5:02 PM

    4 Calata (Italian Dances)

    Joan Ambrosio Dalza

    la Spagna - 15th, 16th and 17th Centuries: Atruim Musicae de Madrid

    Atrium Musicae of Madrid

    5:14
  • 4:40 PM

    Symphony No. 35 "Haffner"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    19:49
  • 4:34 PM

    Os Justi (The Mouth of the Righteous)

    Anton Bruckner

    Cathedrals to Mountains - Choral Music of the Alps

    Kantorei

    Axel Theimer, conductor

    4:34
  • 4:16 PM

    Wand of Youth Suite No. 2

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: The Wand of Youth (Suites No. 1 & 2)

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    16:46
  • 4:07 PM

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits

    Christoph Gluck

    Karl Richter Edition: Mozart/Haydn/Gluck

    Munich Bach Orchestra

    Karl Richter, conductor

    Aurele Nicolet, flute

    7:47
  • 4:00 PM

    Shepherd's Song

    Han-Kun Sha

    Chinasong | Shanghai Quartet

    Shanghai Quartet

    4:46
  • 3:48 PM

    The Magic Harp Overture (Rosamunde)

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphony in C Major

    Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    10:00
  • 3:41 PM

    L'Isle joyeuse (Joyous Isle)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Preludes, Book 1; Images, First Series

    Sergey Schepkin, piano

    5:43
  • 3:15 PM

    Concerto for Two Clarinets

    Franz Krommer

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Kenneth Sillito, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    Julian Bliss, clarinet

    23:41
  • 3:04 PM

    Marche Slave

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Symphonic Spectacular

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    9:09
  • 3:00 PM

    The Birds: Prelude

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Les Pins De Rome, Les Fontaines De Rome, Les Oiseaux

    San Francisco Symphony

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    2:46
  • 2:53 PM

    Images oubliees (Forgotten Images): Souvenir du Louvre

    Claude Debussy

    Zoltan Kocsis, piano

    4:52
  • 2:48 PM

    Danny Boy (Irish Tune from County Derry)

    Traditional Irish

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Nigel Kennedy, violin

    4:10
  • 2:31 PM

    Fantasy on Polish Airs

    Frederic Chopin

    Warsaw Philharmonic

    Kazimierz Kord, conductor

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    14:58
  • 2:24 PM

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    6:14
  • 2:18 PM

    The Tick-Tock Clock

    Richard Strauss

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    3:54
  • 2:08 PM

    Rondo for Violin and Orchestra

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Cho-Liang Lin, violin

    7:05
  • 2:04 PM

    Lilacs

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    At the Break

    Christopher O'Riley, piano

    2:07
  • 1:56 PM

    Side by Side by Sondheim: "The Boy From..."

    Mary Rodgers/Stephen Sonheim

    Millicent Martin, vocal

    :00
  • 1:47 PM

    Septet: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Sextet and Septet

    Consortium Classicum

    7:38
  • 1:31 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    14:44
  • 1:25 PM

    Arion

    Stephen Stubbs, conductor

    5:12
  • 1:22 PM

    Geantrai

    Michael McGlynn

    Invisible Stars - Choral Works of Ireland and Scotland

    The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin

    Desmond Earley, conductor

    2:23
  • 1:10 PM

    Bartered Bride: Polka

    Bedrich Smetana

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    4:58
  • 1:04 PM

    Octet: Scherzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Octet in Eb Major

    Cleveland Quartet

    4:28
  • 12:55 PM

    Mlada: Procession of the Nobles

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Pops a la Russe

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:25
  • 12:46 PM

    Il viaggio a Reims (The Journey to Rheims): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: 7 Overtures

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    7:20
  • 12:38 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 3

    Johann Quantz

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Barry Tuckwell, horn

    7:10
  • 12:25 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Sibelius, Dvorak: Violin Concertos

    Berlin Philharmonic

    James Levine, conductor

    Shlomo Mintz, violin

    11:32
  • 12:20 PM

    The Secret of Susanna: Overture

    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

    Great Comedy Overtures

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    3:06
  • 12:09 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 20

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Cimarosa: Keyboard Sonatas, Vol. 2

    Victor Sangiorgio, piano

    5:19
  • 12:04 PM

    Appalachian Spring: Variations on a Shaker Melody

    Aaron Copland

    Jewels of the Classics

    Philharmonia Virtuosi

    Richard Kapp, conductor

    3:47
  • 11:46 AM

    Suite for Strings

    John Rutter

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Rutter, conductor

    12:23
  • 11:40 AM

    Sarabande: For Katharine in April

    Ron Nelson

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    4:53
  • 11:27 AM

    The Virtuous Wife: Suite

    Henry Purcell

    Parley of Instruments

    Peter Holman, conductor

    11:42
  • 11:20 AM

    Wedding Day at Troldhaugen

    Edvard Grieg

    Ballad for Edvard Grieg

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    6:17
  • 11:08 AM

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    10:07
  • 11:06 AM

    Musical Moment No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert For Two / Gil Shaham, Göran Söllscher

    Gil Shaham, violin

    2:01
  • 11:01 AM

    Flowers from Froso: Entry to the Summer Meadow

    Wilhelm Peterson-Berger

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    4:43
  • 10:39 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Johann Hummel

    Trumpet Concertos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Ole Edvard Antonsen, trumpet

    18:43
  • 10:34 AM

    Arabesque No. 1

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy's Harp

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    4:10
  • 10:25 AM

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    8:55
  • 10:17 AM

    Adagietto for Orchestra

    Erkki Salmenhaara

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ralf Sjoblom, conductor

    5:39
  • 10:07 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 3 "Il gardellino" ("The Goldfinch")

    Antonio Vivaldi

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Lisa Beznosiuk, flute

    9:57
  • 10:01 AM

    Three Late Love Songs: Tranquillo

    Kurt Schwertsik

    Christopher van Kampen, cello

    Nicola Meecham, piano

    4:32
  • 9:42 AM

    Masquerade Suite

    Aram Khachaturian

    Khachaturian: Piano Concerto, etc.

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    16:17
  • 9:38 AM

    Time For Three

    3:54
  • 9:31 AM

    Letter from Home

    Aaron Copland

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    6:38
  • 9:07 AM

    String Quartet No. 63 "Sunrise"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 76 4-6

    Takacs Quartet

    22:48
  • 9:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    Alexandre Tharaud: Journal Intime

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    4:34
  • 8:41 AM

    Hamlet: Ballet Music

    Ambroise Thomas

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    17:16
  • 8:33 AM

    Magnificat

    Arvo Part

    Arvo Part: Tintinnabuli

    Tallis Scholars

    Peter Phillips, conductor

    7:03
  • 8:29 AM

    Fantasia No. 16

    Luis de Milan

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    3:11
  • 8:06 AM

    Fantasie Symphonique

    Louis Theodore Gouvy

    German Radio Philharmonic

    Jacques Mercier, conductor

    21:40
  • 8:01 AM

    Sonata pian e forte

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    National Brass Ensemble

    4:44
  • 7:47 AM

    Piano Quartet

    Gustav Mahler

    Daniel Hope, violin

    Paul Neubauer, viola

    David Finckel, cello

    Wu Han, piano

    11:37
  • 7:21 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Flute Concertos

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    24:30
  • 7:06 AM

    Tarn Hows: A Cumbrian Rhapsody

    Maurice Johnstone

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    13:56
  • 7:01 AM

    Trio Sonata No. 10

    Arcangelo Corelli

    Purcell Quartet

    4:32
  • 6:36 AM

    Harp Concerto

    Francois Boieldieu

    The King's Violins

    Bernard Labadie, conductor

    Valerie Milot, harp

    22:02
  • 6:20 AM

    Five Pieces in Folk-Style

    Robert Schumann

    Martin Ostertag, cello

    Kalle Randalu, piano

    15:26
  • 6:10 AM

    Capriol Suite

    Peter Warlock

    Dances From Renaissance To Nutcracker

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    8:15
  • 6:06 AM

    Paduana and Galliard

    Johann Schein

    Royal Brass: Music from the Renaissance & Baroque

    Empire Brass

    3:43
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