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  • 5:44 AM

    Plow That Broke the Plains Suite

    Virgil Thomson

    Symphony of the Air

    Leopold Stokowski, conductor

    13:58
  • 5:41 AM

    David Russell, guitar

    2:39
  • 5:25 AM

    In a Summer Garden

    Frederick Delius

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    15:11
  • 5:06 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
  • 5:01 AM

    Bagatelles: Poco Allegro

    Antonin Dvorak

    National Chamber Players

    Lowell Graham, conductor

    4:44
  • 4:49 AM

    Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Chasson: Poeme; Massanet: Meditation de Thais

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    9:47
  • 4:15 AM

    Symphony No. 38 "Prague"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    32:14
  • 4:06 AM

    The Meaning of Water

    Andrew Schultz

    Bolmimerie

    Seven Harp Ensemble

    Alice Giles, conductor

    7:34
  • 4:01 AM

    Trio Sonata

    Willem de Fesch

    Ensemble of the Auvergne

    4:39
  • 3:40 AM

    Grand Duo Concertant

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Brahms/Schumann/Reger/Gade/Weber: The Art of the Romantic Clarinet

    Charles Stier, clarinet

    18:10
  • 3:26 AM

    Kol Nidrei

    Max Bruch

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Mstislav Rostropovich, conductor

    Han-Na Chang, cello

    12:32
  • 3:17 AM

    Bachianas Brasileiras No. 7: Prelude

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    New World Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    7:37
  • 3:06 AM

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    10:53
  • 3:01 AM

    A Lady in Her Tower

    Gabriel Faure

    Sivan Magen, harp

    4:38
  • 2:50 AM

    La Stravaganza: Violin Concerto No. 3

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Monica Huggett, violin

    8:35
  • 2:27 AM

    The Isle of the Dead

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances; The Isle of the Dead; The Rock

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    20:58
  • 2:13 AM

    Symphony No. 16

    Carlos Baguer

    Baguer: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    13:17
  • 2:10 AM

    Tango en Skai

    Roland Dyens

    Milos: Pasion

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    2:22
  • 2:06 AM

    Trumpet Voluntary

    John Stanley

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    3:34
  • 2:01 AM

    Carmen Symphony: Gypsy Dance

    Jose Serebrier (after Bizet)

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:38
  • 1:45 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 16

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart - The Piano Sonatas

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    13:33
  • 1:11 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Jean Sibelius

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    Viktoria Mullova, violin

    32:18
  • 1:06 AM

    The Ridiculous Prince Jodelet

    Reinhard Keiser

    Overturen: Music for the Hamburg Opera

    Academy of Ancient Music Berlin

    4:13
  • 1:01 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Maria Bergmann, piano

    4:37
  • 12:51 AM

    Lakme: Flower Duet

    Leo Delibes

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    Natalie Dessay, soprano

    Delphine Haidan, mezzo-soprano

    4:49
  • 12:32 AM

    Overture, Scherzo and Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    17:50
  • 12:10 AM

    Holberg Suite

    Edvard Grieg

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    19:51
  • 12:06 AM

    Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle

    Jacques Offenbach

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    3:36
  • 12:01 AM

    The Man Who Cried: Close Your Eyes

    Osvaldo Golijov

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:01
  • 11:37 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Sinfonia da Camera

    Ian Hobson, conductor

    Ian Hobson, piano

    21:55
  • 11:29 PM

    Concerto for Two Trumpets

    Antonio Vivaldi

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Mark Bennett, trumpet

    Michael Harrison, trumpet

    7:21
  • 11:18 PM

    The Skaters Waltz

    Emil Waldteufel

    Waldteufel Waltzes, Polkas and Galops

    Gulbenkian Orchestra

    Michel Swierczewski, conductor

    9:03
  • 11:11 PM

    Das Rheingold: Entry of the Gods into Valhalla

    Richard Wagner

    New York Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    6:35
  • 11:02 PM

    Serenade No. 9 "Posthorn": 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Camerata Academica Salzburg

    Sandor Vegh, conductor

    8:13
  • 10:54 PM

    Serenity (O Magnum Mysterium)

    Ola Gjeilo

    Ola Gjeilo

    Tenebrae

    Matthew Sharp, cello

    5:05
  • 10:24 PM

    Symphony No. 6

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies 1-6

    Menuhin Festival Orchestra

    Yehudi Menuhin, conductor

    29:43
  • 10:17 PM

    Julia Florida

    Agustin Barrios

    From The Jungles Of Paraguay: John Williams Plays Barrios

    John Williams, guitar

    4:29
  • 10:12 PM

    El Amor Brujo: Ritual Fire Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    Nina Kotova, cello

    3:06
  • 10:03 PM

    8 Variations on a Theme by Count Waldstein

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Amy Hamann, piano

    Sara Hamann, piano

    8:23
  • 9:41 PM

    American Suite

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 7; American Suite

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    19:42
  • 9:34 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Air on the G String

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Pachelbel Canon and Other Favorites

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    5:36
  • 9:26 PM

    Cradle Hymn

    Kim Andre Arnesen

    Regional Recording

    Great River Chorale

    Mary Kay Geston, conductor

    5:40
  • 9:23 PM

    Ah, Bleak the Chill the Wintry Wind

    Alfred Burt

    Regional Recording

    Steve Anderson, piano

    3:01
  • 9:17 PM

    O Magnum Mysterium

    Daniel Elder

    Regional Recording

    Choral Arts Ensemble

    Rick Kvam, conductor

    5:32
  • 9:05 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection": 2nd movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    10:07
  • 9:00 PM

    La Precieuse

    Fritz Kreisler

    Music of Fritz Kreisler

    James Ehnes, violin

    3:32
  • 6:54 PM

    Calme des nuits (Nocturnal Calm)

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Tafelmusik Chamber Choir

    Ivars Taurins, conductor

    3:59
  • 6:45 PM

    Lohengrin: Prelude to Act I

    Richard Wagner

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    9:18
  • 6:11 PM

    Serenade for Strings

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto

    Utah Symphony Orchestra

    Joseph Silverstein, conductor

    33:14
  • 6:01 PM

    Homestead Dances: Quilters' Dance

    Don Ray

    Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra

    Derek Gleeson, conductor

    7:59
  • 5:58 PM

    Where We'll Never Grow Old

    Traditional

    Gloryland

    Anonymous 4

    3:30
  • 5:40 PM

    Printemps (Spring)

    Claude Debussy

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    16:36
  • 5:36 PM

    She is as beautiful as noon

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninov Romances

    Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone

    3:06
  • 5:17 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Stephen Shingles, viola

    Roger Best, viola

    Dennis Nesbitt, viola da gamba

    Marilyn Samson, viola da gamba

    16:43
  • 5:07 PM

    My Home Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 5, etc.

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Istvan Kertesz, conductor

    9:31
  • 4:58 PM

    Barcarolle No. 3

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: The Complete Music for Piano

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    7:09
  • 4:07 PM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenade "Gran Partita"

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    49:28
  • 3:59 PM

    Brook Green Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    6:16
  • 3:55 PM

    Fair Maid of Perth: Suite

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet Orchestral Works Vol. 2

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    13:19
  • 3:44 PM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Lisa Batiashvili, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    10:01
  • 3:26 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Muzio Clementi

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    16:33
  • 3:22 PM

    Waltz No. 4 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Warsaw Recital

    Daniel Barenboim, piano

    2:42
  • 3:06 PM

    Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel, Ein Heldenleben / Barenboim

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    15:22
  • 2:59 PM

    Linde Consort

    6:05
  • 2:54 PM

    Gymnopedie No. 2

    Erik Satie

    Satie: Gymnopedies, Gnossiennes

    Hakon Austbo, piano

    3:17
  • 2:48 PM

    I'm Always Chasing Rainbows

    Harry Carroll / Frederic Chopin

    Debbie Reynolds, vocal

    :00
  • 2:43 PM

    Fantasy-Impromptu

    Frederic Chopin

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    4:54
  • 2:34 PM

    Symphony No. 1: Finale

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Three Symphonies, Petite Suite, Polovetsian Dances

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:24
  • 2:24 PM

    L'assedio di Corinto (Siege of Corinth): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:53
  • 2:18 PM

    London Again Suite: Mayfair

    Eric Coates

    The Music of Eric Coates

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    4:54
  • 2:10 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3: 3rd movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Concerts Brandebourgeois Nos. 1, 3, 4

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    4:45
  • 2:04 PM

    Grand Canyon Suite: Sunrise

    Ferde Grofe

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    William Stromberg, conductor

    5:20
  • 1:49 PM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Les Preludes, Mazeppa, Hungarian Rhapsodies

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    7:53
  • 1:47 PM

    Six Songs: Der Minnesanger (Minnesingers)

    Robert Schumann

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    1:31
  • 1:38 PM

    The Royal Children: Overture

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Humperdinck: Fairy-Tale Music

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    7:49
  • 1:31 PM

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Bela Bartok

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    6:02
  • 1:26 PM

    The Three-Cornered Hat: Neighbor's Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Spain

    Vanessa Perez, piano

    3:30
  • 1:20 PM

    Symphony No. 97: Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 96 & 97

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    5:10
  • 1:17 PM

    Highland Memories: Harvest Dance

    Hamish MacCunn

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    John Wilson, conductor

    3:08
  • 1:10 PM

    Swan Lake: Russian Dance

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto, Etc

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    4:27
  • 1:04 PM

    The Generous Enemies: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Sinfonia Finlandia Jyvaskyla

    Patrick Gallois, conductor

    Denitsa Laffchieva, clarinet

    5:26
  • 12:49 PM

    Symphony: Finale

    Georges Bizet

    French National Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    8:56
  • 12:46 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 9

    Johannes Brahms

    Moskowski

    Esther Budiardjo, piano

    2:13
  • 12:39 PM

    Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Symphony No. 1; "Pomp and Circumstance" Marches Nos. 1 & 4

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor

    5:19
  • 12:30 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Concertos 1, 3 & 4

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    Viktoria Mullova, conductor

    Viktoria Mullova, violin

    7:49
  • 12:23 PM

    Symphony after the Grand Duo: Scherzo

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished" ; Grand Duo

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    5:42
  • 12:20 PM

    Scaramouche: Brazileira

    Darius Milhaud

    Milhaud: Creation du Monde, and other works

    Ian Hobson, piano

    2:37
  • 12:08 PM

    Sinfonia

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi Discoveries

    Milan Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    5:12
  • 12:04 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3: Italiana

    Ottorino Respighi

    Meditations at Sunset

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    3:18
  • 11:48 AM

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    9:58
  • 11:40 AM

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    6:41
  • 11:31 AM

    Quiet City

    Aaron Copland

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Michael Laird, trumpet

    Celia Nicklin, English horn

    8:40
  • 11:21 AM

    Concerto No. 8 "In Imitation of Hunting Horns"

    Pietro Locatelli

    Locatelli: Introduttioni Teatralli and Concerti, Op. 4

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, conductor

    8:46
  • 11:12 AM

    Morning Papers Waltz

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss Waltzes

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    8:00
  • 11:06 AM

    Canon and Gigue

    Johann Pachelbel

    Daniel Hope: Air

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe Soloists

    Daniel Hope, violin

    5:09
  • 11:01 AM

    I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Capulets and Montagues): Sinfonia

    Vincenzo Bellini

    Italian Overtures

    Orchestra of St. Cecilia

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    4:41
  • 10:47 AM

    Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

    Alexander Borodin

    The Power and the Majesty: Essential Choral Classics

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    11:39
  • 10:29 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 26 "Les adieux"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Mikhail Pletnev: Hommage A Rachmaninoff

    Mikhail Pletnev, piano

    16:01
  • 10:15 AM

    Suite of Cotswold Folkdances

    Philip Lane

    British Light Music Discoveries

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    11:53
  • 10:06 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    8:27
  • 10:01 AM

    Cello Suite No. 6: Gavotte

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Pierre Fournier, cello

    4:37
  • 9:34 AM

    CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra

    Hartmut Haenchen, conductor

    Eckart Haupt, flute

    24:15
  • 9:24 AM

    Robert le Diable: Pas de cinq

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    9:19
  • 9:19 AM

    Nocturne "Parting"

    Mikhail Glinka

    Alexei Lubimov, piano

    4:19
  • 9:06 AM

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    11:38
  • 9:01 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 2: Allegro

    Pietro Locatelli

    Locatelli: Violin Sonatas, Op. 6

    Locatelli Trio

    4:31
  • 8:44 AM

    Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky

    Anton Arensky

    Orchestral Favourites Volume Ii

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    14:09
  • 8:23 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 6

    Francesco Veracini

    Veracini Sonatas

    John Holloway, violin

    20:35
  • 8:19 AM

    Rodeo: Corral Nocturne

    Aaron Copland

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Louis Lane, conductor

    3:42
  • 8:06 AM

    Africa Fantasie

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Jean-Philippe Collard, piano

    10:47
  • 8:01 AM

    Novelette (Interlude in Olden Style)

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: String Quartets Vol. 4

    Utrecht String Quartet

    4:45
  • 7:47 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Summer Adagio

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    11:26
  • 7:45 AM

    Fantasia No. 3

    Esteban Daza

    Delphin

    Frank Wallace, vihuela

    1:18
  • 7:15 AM

    Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    28:19
  • 7:06 AM

    Trio No. 1 "London"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    Isaac Stern, violin

    Mstislav Rostropovich, cello

    8:01
  • 7:01 AM

    Suite of Dances No. 6

    Johann Ernst Rieck

    Stradivaria

    4:45
  • 6:51 AM

    Eight Miniatures

    Igor Stravinsky

    Berg: Kammerkonzert; Stravinsky: Ebony Concerto

    Ensemble Intercontemporain

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    7:16
  • 6:33 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 10

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    17:45
  • 6:25 AM

    Sospiri (Sighs)

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar and Vaughan Williams

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    George Hurst, conductor

    5:34
  • 6:06 AM

    Variations on a Rococo Theme

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Concert Recording

    Prague National Theater Symphony Orchestra

    Rastislav Stur, conductor

    Sergei Nakariakov, flugelhorn

    18:42
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