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  • 5:37 AM

    Symphony No. 87

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphony No.86, in D (1786)

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    21:13
  • 5:26 AM

    Improvisations on Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring"

    Noam Sivan

    Yael Weiss, piano

    10:47
  • 5:07 AM

    Artik

    Alan Hovhaness

    Music of Alan Hovhaness

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alan Hovhaness, conductor

    Meir Rimon, horn

    17:57
  • 5:01 AM

    Mazurka No. 13

    Frederic Chopin

    Mirian Conti, piano

    4:33
  • 4:49 AM

    Rosen aus dem Suden (Roses from the South) Waltz

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Linos Ensemble

    9:10
  • 4:14 AM

    Triple Concerto

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    34:12
  • 4:06 AM

    Fennimore and Gerda: Intermezzo

    Frederick Delius

    Delius: Miniatures

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    5:28
  • 4:01 AM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Johan Svendsen

    Svendsen: Symphonies 1 & 2

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    4:45
  • 3:51 AM

    Behold, the Beautiful Light of the Sun

    Traditional Norwegian

    Strid

    Oslo Chamber Choir

    Hakon Daniel Nystedt, conductor

    Helga Gunnes, soprano

    6:52
  • 3:19 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 24

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Justus Frantz: Mozart: Klavierkonzerte Nr. 20 und 24

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Claus Peter Flor, conductor

    Justus Frantz, piano

    30:38
  • 3:06 AM

    Quartet No. 1

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Six Wind Quartets

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    11:02
  • 3:01 AM

    Lament

    Frank Bridge

    Finzi; Parry; Bridge

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    4:41
  • 2:52 AM

    Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

    Aram Khachaturian

    Serenade

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    6:27
  • 2:39 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Leonardo Leo

    Southwest German Chamber Orchestra

    Vladislav Czarnecki, conductor

    Julius Berger, cello

    11:25
  • 2:09 AM

    String Quartet

    Maurice Ravel

    Emerson String Quartet: Complete Recordings

    Emerson String Quartet

    28:03
  • 2:06 AM

    Rondeau

    Jean-Joseph Mouret

    Royal Brass: Music from the Renaissance & Baroque

    Empire Brass

    1:29
  • 2:01 AM

    Pavane and Gigue

    William Byrd

    Bach Transcriptions, 2

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:33
  • 1:42 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Gerhard Oppitz, piano

    16:21
  • 1:16 AM

    Symphony

    Ignaz Pleyel

    Pleyel: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    24:25
  • 1:06 AM

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    Gabriel Castagna, conductor

    8:03
  • 1:01 AM

    Concerto for Viola and Orchestra: Finale

    Carl Stamitz

    Cologne Chamber Orchestra

    Helmut Muller-Bruhl, conductor

    Wolfram Christ, viola

    4:34
  • 12:21 AM

    The Bourgeois Gentleman Suite

    Richard Strauss

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    33:00
  • 12:12 AM

    Oboe Concerto No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    David Reichenberg, oboe

    8:47
  • 12:04 AM

    Norwegian Dance No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg, Svendsen: Orchestral Works

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    6:15
  • 12:00 AM

    Mazurka No. 36

    Frederic Chopin

    Mirian Conti, piano

    3:45
  • 11:43 PM

    Simple Symphony

    Benjamin Britten

    Works by Britten, Tippett, Walton

    Guildhall Strings

    15:54
  • 11:35 PM

    Concert Paraphrase of Verdi's "Rigoletto"

    Franz Liszt

    The Sisters' Version: Cinderella

    Irina Elkina, piano

    7:05
  • 11:26 PM

    Images for Orchestra: Iberia: On Highways and Byways

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images, Etc

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    6:50
  • 11:16 PM

    Trumpet Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Overtures

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    9:11
  • 11:09 PM

    Espana

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    International Salute

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:37
  • 11:00 PM

    String Quintet "American": Finale

    Antonin Dvorak

    Old World, New World

    Emerson String Quartet

    Paul Neubauer, viola

    8:17
  • 10:23 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3, Mass in C Major

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    36:03
  • 10:17 PM

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    3:26
  • 10:15 PM

    My Spirit Sang All Day

    Gerald Finzi

    My Spirit Sang All Day

    King's Singers

    1:26
  • 9:59 PM

    Rob Roy: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Harold in Italy

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Dutoit, conductor

    13:02
  • 9:49 PM

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, conductor

    8:17
  • 9:42 PM

    Strange Days (Giorni dispari)

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Ludovico Einaudi: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    5:30
  • 9:24 PM

    Lincolnshire Posy

    Percy Grainger

    Lincolnshire Posy

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    17:16
  • 9:08 PM

    Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2, Krakowiak, Andante spainato

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Eliahu Inbal, conductor

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    15:10
  • 8:59 PM

    Trumpet Sonata No. 1

    Giuseppe Torelli

    Wynton Marsalis: In Gabriel's Garden

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    7:08
  • 6:47 PM

    Overture di Ballo

    Arthur Sullivan

    Gilbert & Sullivan: Overtures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    11:25
  • 6:39 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Georg Anton Benda

    Benda: Sinfonias Nos. 1-6

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    7:48
  • 6:06 PM

    String Quartet No. 10

    Antonin Dvorak

    Prague Quartet

    31:33
  • 6:00 PM

    Alleluia

    Randall Thompson

    tidings

    Cantus

    5:18
  • 5:56 PM

    La Commere (The Tattletale)

    Francois Couperin

    Couperin: Keyboard Music

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    1:49
  • 5:53 PM

    La Bersan (The Lord of Bersan)

    Francois Couperin

    Couperin: Keyboard Music

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    2:47
  • 5:52 PM

    Le Gazouillement

    Francois Couperin

    Couperin: Keyboard Music

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    1:52
  • 5:29 PM

    Symphony No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

    Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor

    21:25
  • 5:19 PM

    Pavane, Idyll and Bacchanal

    Edgar Bainton

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    9:08
  • 5:05 PM

    Papillons (Butterflies)

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann

    Nelson Freire, piano

    13:00
  • 4:59 PM

    Butterfly's Day Out

    Mark O'Connor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Mark O'Connor, mandolin

    Edgar Meyer, double bass

    4:40
  • 4:44 PM

    Harp Concerto

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Organ Concertos Op. 4

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Ursula Holliger, harp

    13:07
  • 4:09 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    33:38
  • 4:00 PM

    Three Preludes

    George Gershwin

    Joshua Bell, violin

    John Williams, piano

    6:50
  • 3:50 PM

    A Fugal Concerto

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: St. Paul's Suite, etc.

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Duke Dobing, flute

    8:25
  • 3:40 PM

    Dance of the Hours

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Essential Ballet

    Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden

    Georg Solti, conductor

    8:40
  • 3:20 PM

    The Birds of Aristophanes

    Hubert Parry

    Parry: Works for Chorus and Orchestra

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    19:05
  • 3:03 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Keyboard Concertos Nos. 3, 5, 6, 7

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Murray Perahia, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    15:37
  • 3:00 PM

    Suite of Eight Dances: Tango

    Carlos Salzedo

    The Romantic Harp

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    2:25
  • 2:54 PM

    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
  • 2:43 PM

    Gloriana: Courtly Dances

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten 'The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra'

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    9:56
  • 2:38 PM

    Dance a Little Closer: There's Always One You Can't Forget

    Alan Jay Lerner & Charles Strouse

    English Northern Philharmonia

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    Bryn Terfel, baritone

    4:33
  • 2:31 PM

    Symphony No. 104, "London": 3rd mvt

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    5:00
  • 2:22 PM

    Serenade No. 12: 4th movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Wind Serenades of Mozart

    New York Philomusica

    Robert Johnson, conductor

    6:17
  • 2:18 PM

    Jazz Suite No. 2: Dance No. 1

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    2:58
  • 2:11 PM

    Gotterdammerung: Closing Scene

    Richard Wagner

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Georg Solti, conductor

    4:33
  • 2:10 PM

    Gotterdammerung: Closing Scene

    Richard Wagner

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Georg Solti, conductor

    4:33
  • 1:54 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    5:26
  • 1:46 PM

    Quartet Sonata No. 2

    Gottfried Heinrich Stolzel

    Gottfried Heinrich Stolzel: Quadri de Dresda e Bruxelle

    Epoca Barocca

    6:28
  • 1:38 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1: Finale

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint Saens: Piano Concertos 1-5

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Charles Dutoit, conductor

    Pascal Roge, piano

    6:32
  • 1:35 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 3rd mvt

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    St. Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pekka Kuusisto, violin

    3:33
  • 1:32 PM

    Caprice No. 24

    Niccolo Paganini

    Virtuoso Guitar Transcriptions

    Nicola Hall, guitar

    4:46
  • 1:22 PM

    Symphony No. 98: Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: 12 London Symphonies

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    7:55
  • 1:17 PM

    Orchestral Study No. 3

    Arthur Bliss

    Bliss: Cello Concerto, Music for Strings

    English Northern Philharmonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    4:52
  • 1:06 PM

    Carnival Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 3, etc.

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:59
  • 1:04 PM

    Six Songs: Etude

    Jean Sibelius

    Horizons

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    1:15
  • 12:49 PM

    Esther: Overture

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: 10 Overtures

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    8:16
  • 12:45 PM

    Rodeo: Hoe-Down

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Appalachian Spring, Rodeo, Billy The Kid, Fanfare For The Common Man

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    3:05
  • 12:43 PM

    Jewett

    Traditional

    That Eternal Day

    Cantus

    1:28
  • 12:32 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 5 "Turkish": 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Hilary Hahn: Mozart 5, Vieuxtemps 4

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    10:06
  • 12:25 PM

    Serenade No. 2: Rondo

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Serenades

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    5:59
  • 12:20 PM

    Canzon Duodecimi Toni

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    The Glory of Gabrieli

    Empire Brass & Friends

    3:29
  • 12:08 PM

    La Scala di Seta (Silken Ladder): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: 7 Overtures

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    5:56
  • 12:04 PM

    Pastorale

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky, Bach, Stokowski

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    3:10
  • 11:48 AM

    Concerto No. 4

    John Hebden

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    9:50
  • 11:40 AM

    Nocturnes: Nuages (Clouds)

    Claude Debussy

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    7:45
  • 11:29 AM

    Bachianas Brasileiras No. 9

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras

    Nashville Symphony Orchestra

    Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor

    9:58
  • 11:25 AM

    Years of Pilgrimage: Au lac de Wallenstadt (At the Lake)

    Franz Liszt

    Jerome Lowenthal, piano

    2:32
  • 11:10 AM

    Symphony breve

    Louis Theodore Gouvy

    Gouvy: Symphony 4; Fantasie symphonique

    German Radio Philharmonic

    Jacques Mercier, conductor

    14:00
  • 11:06 AM

    Fugue "Little"

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Canadian Brass Takes Flight

    Canadian Brass

    3:16
  • 11:01 AM

    Prelude No. 5

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

    Sergiu Comissiona, conductor

    4:32
  • 10:48 AM

    Romance No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Mad About Violins

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor

    Shlomo Mintz, violin

    10:16
  • 10:37 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 5

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Flute Concertos

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    8:31
  • 10:28 AM

    Ave Maria

    Felix Mendelssohn

    A Mother's Love: Music for Mary

    The Sixteen

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    Mark Dobell, tenor

    7:15
  • 10:13 AM

    Allegro for Piano Four-Hands "Lebenssturme"

    Franz Schubert

    Evgeny Kissin, piano

    James Levine, piano

    15:17
  • 10:06 AM

    Aida: Triumphal March

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Classic Marches

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    6:21
  • 10:01 AM

    Kasia Kadlubowska, percussion

    Dominik Bukowski, percussion

    4:36
  • 9:44 AM

    Fratres (Brothers)

    Arvo Part

    MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Kristjan Jarvi, conductor

    14:23
  • 9:33 AM

    Fall of the Leaf (Elegy for Orchestra)

    Gerald Finzi

    Moeran; Finzi

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    10:58
  • 9:06 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 2

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Cello Concertos In C Major & D Major

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jose Luis Garcia, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    24:43
  • 9:01 AM

    Bassoon Concerto: Allegro

    Christoph Graupner

    Graupner: Instrumental and Vocal Music, Vol. 1

    L'Ensemble des Idees heureuses

    Genevieve Soly, conductor

    Mathieu Lussier, bassoon

    4:43
  • 8:42 AM

    Concentus Musicus Vienna

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    15:41
  • 8:22 AM

    Responses, Hosanna and Fugue

    Arnold Rosner

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    David Amos, conductor

    20:06
  • 8:18 AM

    Suite No. 2: Prelude

    Leo Brouwer

    Manuel Barrueco, guitar

    2:29
  • 8:06 AM

    Rondo Brilliant

    Felix Mendelssohn

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    10:45
  • 8:01 AM

    Sonata No. 16

    Giovanni Fontana

    Stradivaria

    4:31
  • 7:34 AM

    La Mer (The Sea)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images, Prelude, La Mer

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    24:22
  • 7:30 AM

    Angry Birds Theme

    Ari Pulkkinen

    Angele Dubeau & La Pieta: Game Music

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    3:11
  • 7:06 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Sonatas for Piano & Violin

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    22:00
  • 7:01 AM

    Tale of Tsar Saltan Suite: March

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    4:43
  • 6:41 AM

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 2

    Edvard Grieg

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    17:03
  • 6:22 AM

    Duet-Concertino

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss, Honegger

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Kenneth Munday, bassoon

    18:34
  • 6:11 AM

    Four Seasons: Spring

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi - The Four Seasons

    Amsterdam Guitar Trio

    9:53
  • 6:06 AM

    Aladdin: Birdcage Dance

    Ernest Tomlinson

    British Light Music: Ernest Tomlinson

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    4:08
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