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  • 5:39 AM

    Suite for Cello and Orchestra (after C. Debussy)

    Sally Beamish

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Gabor Takacs-Nagy, conductor

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    20:01
  • 5:31 AM

    Images, Book 1: Hommage a Rameau (Homage to Rameau)

    Claude Debussy

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    7:07
  • 5:07 AM

    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    Simon Trpceski, piano

    22:54
  • 5:01 AM

    Bow thine ear, O Lord

    William Byrd

    Nico Muhly: Seeing is Believing

    Aurora Orchestra

    Nicholas Collon, conductor

    4:32
  • 4:51 AM

    Phantom Waltz

    Meredith Monk

    Double Edge

    Edmund Niemann, piano

    Nurit Tilles, piano

    6:52
  • 4:21 AM

    Waltz Suite

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6; Waltz Suite

    Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    29:07
  • 4:18 AM

    Erla's Waltz

    Olafur Arnalds

    The Glass Effect: The Music of Philip Glass

    Lavinia Meijer, harp

    1:56
  • 4:15 AM

    Tomorrow's Song

    Olafur Arnalds

    The Glass Effect: The Music of Philip Glass

    Lavinia Meijer, harp

    3:07
  • 4:06 AM

    To Become (Divenire)

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Clark Rundell, conductor

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    Hakon Samuelsen, cello

    7:01
  • 4:02 AM

    Miniatures: Russian Waltz

    Frank Bridge

    Romeo And Juliet

    Helen Callus, viola

    2:51
  • 4:01 AM

    Waltz

    Leo Tolstoy

    Tolstoy's Waltz

    Lera Auerbach, piano

    1:33
  • 3:40 AM

    Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme: Suite

    Jean-Baptiste Lully

    Comedie et Tragedie, Vol. 1

    Tempesta di Mare

    Gwyn Roberts/Richard Stone, conductor

    18:01
  • 3:19 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 132

    Johann Quantz

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Jorg Faerber, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    19:05
  • 3:11 AM

    Suite on Galician Songs: Allegro moderato

    Enrique Granados

    Granados: Orchestral Works Vol. 1

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Pablo Gonzalez, conductor

    6:52
  • 3:06 AM

    Nocturne No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    Philip Hii, guitar

    4:02
  • 3:01 AM

    Symphony: Finale

    Juan Arriaga

    Algarve Orchestra

    Alvaro Cassuto, conductor

    4:37
  • 2:50 AM

    Transcendental Etude No. 11 "Harmonies du soir" (Evening Harmonies)

    Franz Liszt

    Nelson Freire, piano

    8:27
  • 2:24 AM

    Symphony No. 93

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    24:12
  • 2:15 AM

    From Foreign Lands: Spain

    Moritz Moszkowski

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    7:03
  • 2:06 AM

    Siegfried: Forest Murmurs

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Orchestral Music

    Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

    James Levine, conductor

    8:22
  • 2:01 AM

    Tanguori

    Jeremy Cohen

    Quartet San Francisco

    4:33
  • 1:33 AM

    African Suite

    Fela Sowande

    National Arts Centre Orchestra

    Mario Bernardi, conductor

    24:52
  • 1:26 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 24

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Cimarosa: Keyboard Sonatas, Vol. 2

    Victor Sangiorgio, piano

    4:49
  • 1:15 AM

    Symphony No. 7

    Georg Anton Benda

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    10:44
  • 1:10 AM

    Minuet

    Luigi Boccherini

    Stokowski Transcriptions

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    3:43
  • 1:06 AM

    Pelleas and Melisande: Sicilienne

    Gabriel Faure

    The Swan

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Han-Na Chang, cello

    3:37
  • 1:01 AM

    Two Aquarelles

    Frederick Delius

    Delius: Miniatures

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    4:35
  • 12:15 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    43:52
  • 12:05 AM

    Three Spirituals

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Virginia Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    8:08
  • 12:01 AM

    Ricercar del sesto tuono

    Andrea Gabrieli

    American Brass Quintet

    2:44
  • 11:50 PM

    Africa Fantasie

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Complete Piano Concertos

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    9:35
  • 11:36 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Brandenburgische Konzerte Nr. 1-3

    Bath Festival Chamber Orchestra

    Yehudi Menuhin, conductor

    12:27
  • 11:29 PM

    Symphony No. 11 "Winter": 2nd movement

    Joachim Raff

    Basel Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Mario Venzago, conductor

    6:10
  • 11:22 PM

    The Fruits of Silence

    Peteris Vasks

    Winter

    Voces8

    5:29
  • 11:06 PM

    El Salon Mexico

    Aaron Copland

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    10:10
  • 11:02 PM

    Lieutenant Kije: Troika

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije, Dukas: The Sourcerer's Apprentice

    Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yuri Temirkanov, conductor

    2:35
  • 10:49 PM

    Concerto No. 6

    Lorenzo Zavateri

    Zavateri: Concerti Da Chiesa E Da Camera

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

    Gottfried von der Goltz, conductor

    11:05
  • 10:39 PM

    Student Concerto

    Friedrich Seitz

    Concertos from My Childhood

    Juilliard Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    9:23
  • 10:24 PM

    The Three-Cornered Hat: Suite

    Manuel de Falla

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    12:11
  • 10:19 PM

    The Return of Maxim: Waltz

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    3:03
  • 10:15 PM

    Wand of Youth: Overture

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: The Wand of Youth, Suites I & II; Dream Children; Nursery Suite; Starlight Express

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    1:29
  • 10:01 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 16

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Sonatas K. 281, 282, 284, 545

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    10:40
  • 9:48 PM

    Miniatures

    William Grant Still

    Vintage America

    Calico Winds

    12:22
  • 9:40 PM

    O Magnum Mysterium (O Great Mystery)

    Morten Lauridsen

    A Robert Shaw Christmas

    Robert Shaw Chamber Singers

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    6:15
  • 9:04 PM

    Symphony No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    34:06
  • 9:00 PM

    Salut d'amour (Love's Greeting)

    Edward Elgar

    German Chamber Orchestra Berlin

    Daniel Hope, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    Jacques Ammon, piano

    3:06
  • 6:41 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Johann Hummel

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jahja Ling, conductor

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    17:47
  • 6:32 PM

    Suite Mignonne

    Jean Sibelius

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    7:02
  • 6:25 PM

    Zaide: Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Heroines

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    Louis Langree, conductor

    Natalie Dessay, soprano

    6:19
  • 6:05 PM

    Burleske

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Don Juan; Burleske

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    19:13
  • 6:00 PM

    Serenata burlesca

    Federico Torroba

    Concert Recording

    Jeffrey Van, guitar

    3:01
  • 5:46 PM

    Concerto for 2 Orchestras No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    13:31
  • 5:20 PM

    Colorado Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    24:13
  • 5:17 PM

    Suite: Cowboy Song

    Robert Russell Bennett

    Barn Dances

    Shannon Scott, clarinet

    1:44
  • 5:01 PM

    Symphony No. 20

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 3, 11, 18, 19 & 20

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    14:20
  • 4:49 PM

    Twelve German Dances

    Franz Schubert

    Bertrand Chamayou, piano

    9:54
  • 4:44 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 2

    Antonin Dvorak

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Kubelik, conductor

    4:43
  • 4:24 PM

    Oboe Concerto

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Phoenix

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Benjamin Wallfisch, conductor

    Emily Pailthorpe, oboe

    19:18
  • 4:21 PM

    The Sky in Winter

    J. David Moore

    Classical MPR Taste of the Holidays Volume 7

    Lumina Women's Ensemble

    1:43
  • 4:11 PM

    Four Seasons: Winter

    Antonio Vivaldi

    The Four Seasons: A Musical Calendar Of Favorite Classics

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Gil Shaham, violin

    8:36
  • 4:07 PM

    King Arthur: Chorus of Cold People

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell: King Arthur

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    3:20
  • 4:00 PM

    Fantasy-Impromptu

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    5:39
  • 3:48 PM

    Elizabethan Suite

    Jacques Ibert

    Ibert: Orchestral Works

    Manhattan Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Auldon Clark, conductor

    10:54
  • 3:42 PM

    Cosi fan tutte: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Overtures

    Norwegian National Opera Orchestra

    Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor

    4:31
  • 3:36 PM

    Four Seasons: Winter

    Antonio Vivaldi

    The Four Seasons: A Musical Calendar Of Favorite Classics

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Gil Shaham, violin

    8:36
  • 3:34 PM

    Sonata for 3 Violins

    Johann Heinrich Schmelzer

    A Tre Violini

    Stradivaria

    6:58
  • 3:10 PM

    Swan Lake: excerpts

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    22:58
  • 3:01 PM

    Piano Trio No. 1: 4th movement

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint Saens, Debussy, Faure: French Piano Trios

    David Golub, piano

    7:23
  • 2:51 PM

    Raymond Overture

    Ambroise Thomas

    Fete a la Francaise

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Dutoit, conductor

    8:06
  • 2:46 PM

    A Moorside Suite: March

    Gustav Holst

    English String Miniatures, Vol. 4

    Northern Sinfonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    4:18
  • 2:38 PM

    Giannina and Bernardone: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Cimarosa: Overtures, 2

    Toronto Chamber Orchestra

    Kevin Mallon, conductor

    6:40
  • 2:32 PM

    Suite: Festival

    Marcel Tournier

    Mirage Quintet

    4:46
  • 2:28 PM

    Humoreske

    David Popper

    Wendy Warner plays Popper and Piatigorsky

    Wendy Warner, cello

    2:44
  • 2:19 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    8:44
  • 2:10 PM

    Czech Suite: Finale

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Czech Suite; Legends

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    5:29
  • 2:04 PM

    Cantata No. 78: Jesu, der du meine Seele: Duet: Wir eilen mit schwachen

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Baroque Duets

    Philharmonia Virtuosi

    Richard Kapp, conductor

    4:45
  • 1:49 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Titan": 2nd movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    8:54
  • 1:45 PM

    Hopes and Dreams

    R.J. Mitchell

    A Wedding By the Lake

    Four Voices String Quartet

    2:47
  • 1:35 PM

    Symphony No. 79: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 78-81

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    9:10
  • 1:30 PM

    Impromptu No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Horizons

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    3:32
  • 1:25 PM

    El Amor Brujo: Ritual Fire Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Sabre Dance

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Sergiu Comissiona, conductor

    4:12
  • 1:20 PM

    Sacred Heart (Ubi Caritas III)

    Ola Gjeilo

    Voces8

    Ben Hancox, violin

    Hannah Dawson, violin

    Simone Van Der Giessen, viola

    Matthew Sharp, cello

    4:36
  • 1:08 PM

    Das Rheingold: Entry of the Gods into Valhalla

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Orchestral Works

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Klaus Tennstedt, conductor

    4:46
  • 1:04 PM

    Abu Hassan: Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber Overtures

    Hanover Band

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    3:34
  • 12:48 PM

    Overture for Wind Instruments

    Felix Mendelssohn

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    9:42
  • 12:45 PM

    Musical Moment No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Moments Musicaux; Impromptus

    David Fray, piano

    2:10
  • 12:36 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    WA Mozart: The Violin Concertos

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    7:57
  • 12:31 PM

    Perpetual Motion

    Niccolo Paganini

    Perpetual Motion

    Bela Fleck, banjo

    3:39
  • 12:24 PM

    The Running Set

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto / The Wasps / English Folk Song Suite / The Running Set

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    6:15
  • 12:19 PM

    Nordic Folk Dances: The Elf-Maids and the Hunters

    Emil Hartmann

    Hartmann: Nordic Folk Dances; Hakon Jarl; A Carnival Feast

    Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bo Holten, conductor

    3:46
  • 12:09 PM

    Funeral March of a Marionette

    Charles Gounod

    European Light Music Classics

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    4:20
  • 12:04 PM

    Trumpet Sonata No. 1

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell: Miscellany

    Purcell Quartet

    Mark Bennett, trumpet

    4:09
  • 11:47 AM

    Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    10:50
  • 11:40 AM

    Variations on Arne's "Rule Britannia"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    John Ogdon, piano

    5:59
  • 11:30 AM

    Swan of Tuonela

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Four Legends From The Kalevala, Etc.

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    9:03
  • 11:18 AM

    Orchestra-Symphony No. 4

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    English Concert

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    11:34
  • 11:13 AM

    The Seasons: November (Troika)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Lang Lang, piano

    2:55
  • 11:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 2: Nocturne

    Alexander Borodin

    Bartok, Borodin, Smetana: String Quartets

    Takacs Quartet

    7:03
  • 11:01 AM

    Introduction and Tarantella

    Pablo de Sarasate

    A La Carte

    Abbey Road Ensemble

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    4:32
  • 10:46 AM

    Gayane Ballet Suite

    Aram Khachaturian

    Royal Scottish Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    12:20
  • 10:32 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 37

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    11:27
  • 10:18 AM

    Aeolian Suite

    John Williams

    Studio Orchestra

    William Goodchild, conductor

    John Williams, guitar

    12:51
  • 10:06 AM

    Bavarian Dances

    Edward Elgar

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    11:35
  • 10:01 AM

    Sonata No. 3

    Giovanni Fontana

    John Holloway, violin

    Lars Ulrik Mortensen, harpsichord

    4:31
  • 9:50 AM

    Il turco in Italia (The Turk in Italy): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: 7 Overtures

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    8:21
  • 9:42 AM

    Pearl Fishers: Au fond du temple saint (Temple Duet)

    Georges Bizet

    The #1 Opera Album

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Dutoit, conductor

    Gregory Cross, tenor

    7:27
  • 9:37 AM

    A Cotswold Hill Tune

    Charles Wilfrid Orr

    Green And Pleasant Land

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    5:00
  • 9:07 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 13

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    28:38
  • 9:01 AM

    Bagatelles: Poco Allegro

    Antonin Dvorak

    National Chamber Players

    Lowell Graham, conductor

    4:44
  • 8:46 AM

    Serenade No. 1: Allegro molto

    Johannes Brahms

    Weekend Serenade: Brahms - Serenade 1 & 2

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Istvan Kertesz, conductor

    12:38
  • 8:23 AM

    Swedish Dances

    Max Bruch

    Bruch: Orchestral Works

    Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra

    George Hanson, conductor

    22:53
  • 8:18 AM

    Princess Royal

    Traditional

    Tina Chancey: The Versatile Viol: Scottish & Irish Music

    Tina Chancey, viola da gamba

    3:29
  • 8:06 AM

    Clarinet Concertino

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Kirk Trevor, conductor

    Richard Stoltzman, clarinet

    10:28
  • 8:01 AM

    Lohengrin: Treulich gefuhrt (Bridal Chorus)

    Richard Wagner

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    4:46
  • 7:47 AM

    Andante Favori

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    11:44
  • 7:23 AM

    Symphony No. 100 "Military"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    23:31
  • 7:07 AM

    Elegy for Violin and Strings

    Keith Jarrett

    Fairfield Orchestra

    Thomas Crawford, conductor

    Michelle Makarski, violin

    14:43
  • 7:01 AM

    Postludium No. 4

    Valentin Silvestrov

    Ustvolskaya, Silvestrov, Kancheli: Works for Piano and Orchestra

    Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

    Thomas Sanderling, conductor

    Elisaveta Blumina, piano

    4:33
  • 6:50 AM

    Mignon: Overture

    Ambroise Thomas

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    8:06
  • 6:34 AM

    String Quartet No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozarteum Quartet

    15:28
  • 6:09 AM

    Bold Island Suite

    Howard Hanson

    Symphonic Music of Howard Hanson

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    23:43
  • 6:06 AM

    Lute Suite "L'Infidele": Menuet

    Silvius Weiss

    L'infidele

    Eduardo Eguez, lute

    1:49
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