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  • 5:40 AM

    Variations on a Rococo Theme

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Music for Cello and Orchestra

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    Raphael Wallfisch, cello

    18:17
  • 5:25 AM

    Quintettino "La musica notturna di Madrid"

    Luigi Boccherini

    Luigi Boccherini

    Quinteto Boccherini

    13:10
  • 5:06 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Telemann, Babell, Bach

    Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble

    Penelope Evison, flute

    18:36
  • 5:01 AM

    All Dreams Begin With the Horizon: noble

    Christopher Theofanidis

    American Lyricism

    Christopher Atzinger, piano

    4:44
  • 4:46 AM

    Tales from the Vienna Woods

    Johann StraussJr.

    New Year's Concert 2014

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    Wilfrid Scharf, zither

    11:45
  • 4:21 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Cello Concertos

    Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Truls Mork, cello

    23:55
  • 4:13 AM

    Carnaval: Love Dance

    Mikis Theodorakis

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Charles Dutoit, conductor

    6:38
  • 4:06 AM

    Four Song Transcriptions: Chabrier's "Song for Jeanne"

    Robert Helps

    Naomi Niskala, piano

    5:48
  • 4:01 AM

    L'Arlesiana: E la solita storia (Federico's Lament)

    Francesco Cilea

    Jonas Kaufmann: Verismo Arias

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Antonio Pappano, conductor

    Jonas Kaufmann, tenor

    4:30
  • 3:33 AM

    String Symphony No. 8

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Symphonies For Strings No 8, 9, 10

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    25:54
  • 3:21 AM

    Hungarian Pastoral Fantasy

    Franz Doppler

    Tokyo Concert Orchestra

    Shigenobu Yamaoka, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    10:10
  • 3:15 AM

    Lakme: Flower Duet

    Leo Delibes

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    Natalie Dessay, soprano

    Delphine Haidan, mezzo-soprano

    4:49
  • 3:06 AM

    Minuet Antique

    Maurice Ravel

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    7:24
  • 3:01 AM

    Miniatures: Brecolada and Copla

    Joan Manen

    National Chamber Orchestra of Andorra

    Gerard Claret, conductor

    4:31
  • 2:50 AM

    Impromptu No. 4

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Moments Musicaux; Impromptus

    David Fray, piano

    8:33
  • 2:18 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann, Dvorak: Symphonies

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    30:39
  • 2:06 AM

    I Palpiti

    Niccolo Paganini

    Mister Paganini

    Paris Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    Laurent Korcia, violin

    9:49
  • 2:01 AM

    Keyboard Suite No. 5: Allemande

    George Frideric Handel

    Philip Edward Fisher, piano

    4:40
  • 1:50 AM

    Symphony No. 23

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 19, 20, 21, 22, 23

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    8:14
  • 1:28 AM

    Symphonic Metamorphosis

    Paul Hindemith

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    20:01
  • 1:25 AM

    Ballo detto Pollicio

    Tarquinio Merula

    Magdalena Kozena: Monteverdi

    La Cetra

    Andrea Marcon, conductor

    2:04
  • 1:06 AM

    Double Keyboard Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Hamburg Philharmonic

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    Christoph Eschenbach, piano

    Justus Frantz, piano

    17:48
  • 1:01 AM

    Beyond the Fog: Mist

    Gary Schocker

    Emily Mitchell, harp

    Gary Schocker, flute

    4:31
  • 12:31 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Erich Korngold

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Kirill Karabits, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    25:33
  • 12:26 AM

    Gymnopedie No. 2

    Erik Satie

    The Magic of Satie

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    3:23
  • 12:17 AM

    Le Corsaire: Pas de Deux

    Riccardo Drigo

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    7:56
  • 12:07 AM

    Whimsical Symphony (Grillensymphonie)

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Suites and Concertos by Telemann

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    8:32
  • 12:01 AM

    Les Huguenots: Gypsy Dance

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    4:39
  • 11:57 PM

    Pomp and Circumstance March No. 2

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Enigma Variations, Pomp and Circumstance, Marches

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    3:03
  • 11:35 PM

    Symphony No. 89

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Philharmonia Hungarica

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    21:40
  • 11:28 PM

    Octet: 3rd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Gaudier Ensemble

    6:15
  • 11:20 PM

    Piano Concerto: 3rd movement

    Avner Dorman

    DORMAN, A.: Mandolin Concerto / Piccolo Concerto / Concerto Grosso / Piano Concerto

    Metropolis Ensemble

    Andrew Cyr, conductor

    Eliran Avni, piano

    5:26
  • 11:06 PM

    Dance Poem

    Frank Bridge

    Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    13:59
  • 11:01 PM

    Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

    George Frideric Handel

    For Thy Pleasure

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:24
  • 10:57 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 49: 2nd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    2:49
  • 10:39 PM

    Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    Benjamin Britten

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    16:44
  • 10:36 PM

    Syncopation

    Fritz Kreisler

    James Ehnes, violin

    Eduard Laurel, piano

    1:58
  • 10:21 PM

    Panamanian Dances

    William Grant Still

    Berlin Symphony Orchestra

    Isaiah Jackson, conductor

    14:00
  • 10:14 PM

    Kamarinskaya

    Mikhail Glinka

    Kabalevsky, Prokofiev, Glinka, Tchaikovsky

    San Diego Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Barra, conductor

    6:09
  • 10:04 PM

    Trio Sonata

    Sebastian de Brossard

    Sacrifices

    La Nuova Musica

    David Bates, conductor

    7:06
  • 9:58 PM

    Waltz No. 2 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Opp. 33-36, 38

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    4:57
  • 9:37 PM

    12 German Dances for Orchestra

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Complete Overtures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    20:05
  • 9:31 PM

    Two pieces from Temple Fair

    Zu-Xin Jiang

    Shanghai Quartet

    3:42
  • 9:02 PM

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    28:22
  • 8:59 PM

    Flight of the Bumblebee

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Trumpet Works

    Sergei Nakariakov, trumpet

    1:02
  • 6:48 PM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    Halle Orchestra

    John Barbirolli, conductor

    8:18
  • 6:38 PM

    Concerto No. 1

    John Hebden

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    9:07
  • 6:04 PM

    Piano Concerto

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin: Concerto In F

    Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jeff Tyzik, conductor

    Jon Nakamatsu, piano

    32:26
  • 5:58 PM

    First Hungarian Gypsy Romance

    Traditional

    Far Behind I Left My Country: Klezmer And East European Folk Music

    UCalgary String Quartet

    4:06
  • 5:31 PM

    The Nations: Spain

    Francois Couperin

    Francois Couperin: Les Nations

    European Baroque Soloists

    Wolfgang Schulz, flute

    25:25
  • 5:27 PM

    Rob Roy: O'Sullivan's March

    Traditional

    The Celtic Album

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    3:01
  • 5:10 PM

    Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    James Levine, conductor

    15:42
  • 5:00 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 19

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Paul Lewis, piano

    8:26
  • 4:23 PM

    Double Concerto

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Double Concerto, Academic Festival Overture

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    35:20
  • 4:17 PM

    Xerxes: Largo

    George Frideric Handel

    Ombra Mai Fu; Pachelbel: Canon

    I Solisti Italiani

    3:32
  • 4:07 PM

    A Winter Idyll

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: Symphony, "The Cotswolds" / Walt Whitman, Overture / Indra / Japanese Suite / A Winter Idyll

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    8:59
  • 4:00 PM

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Bela Bartok

    Avi Avital: Between Worlds

    Potsdam Chamber Academy

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    6:05
  • 3:49 PM

    Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Chasson: Poeme; Massanet: Meditation de Thais

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    9:47
  • 3:38 PM

    Trianon

    Emil Reesen

    Emil Reesen: Orchestral Works

    Aalborg Symphony Orchestra

    Bo Holten, conductor

    9:17
  • 3:03 PM

    Symphony No. 31 "Hornsignal"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    33:54
  • 3:00 PM

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

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    A New Baroque

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    2:10
  • 2:55 PM

    Die Walkure: Magic Fire Music

    Richard Wagner

    Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

    James Levine, conductor

    James Morris, baritone

    4:11
  • 2:45 PM

    Nameday (Namensfeier) Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Overtures

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    6:51
  • 2:35 PM

    English Dances: First Set

    Malcolm Arnold

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    8:41
  • 2:31 PM

    Romeo and Juliet: L'amour, l'amour! ... Ah! leve-toi, soleil!

    Charles Gounod

    The Romantic Hero

    RAI National Symphony Orchestra

    Evelino Pido, conductor

    Vittorio Grigolo, tenor

    4:16
  • 2:22 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Maurice Andre plays Telemann

    Paillard Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Francois Paillard, conductor

    Maurice Andre, trumpet

    7:16
  • 2:18 PM

    Fancy Free Ballet: Danzon

    Leonard Bernstein

    The Joy Of Bernstein

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    2:50
  • 2:11 PM

    Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Tango Song and Dance

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    4:20
  • 2:05 PM

    The Immovable Do

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger Edition Vol. 5: Works for Chorus & Orchestra 2

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:56
  • 1:51 PM

    Schwanda the Bagpiper: Polka and Fugue

    Jaromir Weinberger

    Orchestral Spectaculars

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    8:27
  • 1:46 PM

    The Harmonious Blacksmith

    George Frideric Handel

    Sotto Voce: Consequences

    Sotto Voce Quartet

    4:22
  • 1:35 PM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenade KV 361 "Gran Partita"

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    9:13
  • 1:30 PM

    Wand of Youth: March

    Edward Elgar

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    4:16
  • 1:24 PM

    Winter Morning Walks: Walking by Flashlight

    Maria Schneider

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Dawn Upshaw, soprano

    Jay Anderson, bass

    Frank Kimbrough, piano

    Scott Robinson, clarinets

    3:51
  • 1:15 PM

    Flute Concertino

    Cecile Chaminade

    Concierto Pastoral

    CBC Vancouver Orchestra

    Mario Bernardi, conductor

    Timothy Hutchins, flute

    7:37
  • 1:10 PM

    Hungarian Dances Nos. 20 and 21

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 2, Hungarian Dances

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    4:04
  • 1:04 PM

    Concert Suite No. 6: La Poule (The Hen)

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Rameau: Une Symphonie Imaginaire

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    4:31
  • 12:52 PM

    Brook Green Suite

    Gustav Holst

    New Zealand Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor

    7:07
  • 12:45 PM

    Oboe Concerto: Rondo

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Concertos for Trumpet, Oboe & Harpsichord

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Paul Goodwin, oboe

    5:07
  • 12:35 PM

    Symphony No. 1

    Thomas Arne

    Arne: Four Symphonies / Adrian Shepherd, Cantilena

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    8:36
  • 12:30 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    East Coast Chamber Orchestra

    East Coast Chamber Orchestra

    4:11
  • 12:24 PM

    The Ruins of Athens: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    5:03
  • 12:20 PM

    Maids of Cadiz

    Leo Delibes

    Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Olivieri-Munroe, conductor

    Sol Gabetta, cello

    3:04
  • 12:09 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "In the Forest": 3rd movement

    Joachim Raff

    Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic

    Urs Schneider, conductor

    4:46
  • 12:04 PM

    Hansel and Gretel: Evening Prayer

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Opera Breve

    Philippe Quint, violin

    3:51
  • 11:48 AM

    The Winter's Tale

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    A Swedish Pastorale

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor

    10:28
  • 11:40 AM

    Appalachian Spring: Variations on a Shaker Melody

    Aaron Copland

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    6:47
  • 11:30 AM

    Zigeunerliebe (Gypsy Love)

    Franz Lehar

    Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    8:36
  • 11:26 AM

    Prelude No. 5

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Villa-Lobos: Concerto for Guitar, Five Preludes

    Julian Bream, guitar

    3:44
  • 11:15 AM

    Concerto for Three Oboes

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    8:54
  • 11:10 AM

    Die schone Mullerin: Des Baches Wiegenlied (The Brook's Lullaby)

    Franz Schubert

    A Second of Silence

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    4:23
  • 11:06 AM

    Etude No. 3 "Tristesse"

    Frederic Chopin

    Richter: The Authorised Recordings - Chopin, Liszt

    Sviatoslav Richter, piano

    4:08
  • 11:01 AM

    La Bergamasca: Sonata No. 21

    Marco Uccellini

    Arcadian Academy

    4:41
  • 10:50 AM

    Oboe Concerto No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Oboe Concertos Nos. 1-3

    City of London Sinfonia

    Nicholas Ward, conductor

    Anthony Camden, oboe

    7:47
  • 10:34 AM

    Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

    Richard Strauss

    Kempe Conducts Richard Strauss - 1

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Rudolf Kempe, conductor

    14:44
  • 10:26 AM

    Fantasia

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Nocturne

    Gerhard Oppitz, piano

    6:03
  • 10:18 AM

    Ruy Blas Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Overtures | Walpurgisnacht

    Winterthur Music Collegium

    Douglas Boyd, conductor

    8:07
  • 10:06 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 12 (after Corelli "La Folia")

    Francesco Geminiani

    Geminiani: Concerti Grossi (After Corelli, Op. 5)

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    11:13
  • 10:01 AM

    Symphony: 2nd movement

    Johan Zander

    The Gustavian Symphony

    Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    4:30
  • 9:49 AM

    Javelin

    Michael Torke

    Summon the Heroes

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    8:49
  • 9:41 AM

    There Were Three Ravens

    Thomas Ravenscroft

    Watkins Ale

    Baltimore Consort

    7:44
  • 9:35 AM

    Grant Park Orchestra

    Carlos Kalmar, conductor

    David Schrader, organ

    5:19
  • 9:07 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Carl Maria von Weber

    C. Schumann: Concerto, Op. 7; Weber: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2

    Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra

    Dennis Burkh, conductor

    Elizabeth Rich, piano

    27:31
  • 9:01 AM

    La Boheme: Che gelida manina

    Giacomo Puccini

    The #1 Opera Album

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    Luciano Pavarotti, tenor

    4:41
  • 8:47 AM

    Introduction and Variations

    Elias Parish-Alvars

    Catrin Finch, harp

    11:06
  • 8:24 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    Hanover Band

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    22:42
  • 8:06 AM

    Sinfonia "Le campane di Roma" ("Bells of Rome")

    Giuseppe Demachi

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    Fabio Biondi, violin

    16:02
  • 8:01 AM

    Choro No. 1 "Tipico Brasileiro"

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    David Russell, guitar

    4:30
  • 7:46 AM

    "Twinkle, Twinkle" Variations (Ah, vous dirai-je, maman)

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Janina Fialkowska, piano

    12:14
  • 7:29 AM

    Tristan and Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod (Love Death)

    Richard Wagner

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    16:28
  • 7:07 AM

    Idillio-Concertino

    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

    Wolf-Ferrari: Idillio Concertino, Op. 15; Concertino, Op. 34

    Folkwang Chamber Orchestra

    Robert Maxym, conductor

    Omar Zoboli, oboe

    21:15
  • 7:01 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Andante

    Max Bruch

    Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra

    George Hanson, conductor

    4:34
  • 6:50 AM

    Waiting in the Rain for Snow

    David Crowell

    Awake

    Now Ensemble

    8:40
  • 6:25 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 1

    Gabriel Faure

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    24:41
  • 6:08 AM

    Prelude and Bourree

    Wilhelm Stenhammar

    Stenhammar: Serenade In F Major

    Gavle Symphony Orchestra

    Hannu Koivula, conductor

    14:46
  • 6:06 AM

    Eight Memories in Watercolor: Blue Nun

    Tan Dun

    Beijing Guitar Duo

    1:09
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