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  • 5:28 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Robert Schumann

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    Lars Vogt, piano

    30:20
  • 5:11 AM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Johann Stamitz

    Johann & Carl Stamitz: Clarinet Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    15:40
  • 5:06 AM

    Piper's Pavan

    John Dowland

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    5:16
  • 5:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 4: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Early String Quartets

    Cypress String Quartet

    4:42
  • 4:39 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    19:15
  • 4:14 AM

    The Fairy's Kiss: Divertimento

    Igor Stravinsky

    London Sinfonietta

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    23:38
  • 4:06 AM

    Carolan's Harp

    Turlough O'Carolan

    Harp Consort

    6:49
  • 4:01 AM

    Overture No. 2 "La Calamita de Cuori"

    Johann Christian Bach

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    4:40
  • 3:45 AM

    Divertimento No. 14

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    12:37
  • 3:15 AM

    Violin Sonata

    Cesar Franck

    Renaud Capucon, violin

    Khatia Buniatishvili, piano

    28:16
  • 3:10 AM

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    3:22
  • 3:06 AM

    "Still Life" at the Penguin Cafe: Prelude and Yodel

    Simon Jeffes

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    3:59
  • 3:01 AM

    Divertimento: Lento Cantabile

    Gareth Walters

    Sea Sketches

    Manitoba Chamber Orchestra

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    4:28
  • 2:49 AM

    La Boite a Joujoux (The Toy Box): Conclusion

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Children's Corner, La Boite a Joujoux, etc.

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Dutoit, conductor

    9:52
  • 2:27 AM

    Grand Duo Concertante

    Mauro Giuliani

    Laurel Zucker, flute

    Richard Savino, guitar

    20:35
  • 2:14 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: 2nd movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Concerto No. 2; Ravel: Concerto in G

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    11:16
  • 2:06 AM

    King Stephen: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven" Symphonis Nos 4 and 8

    Hanover Band

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    6:39
  • 2:01 AM

    El pelele (The Straw Mannequin)

    Enrique Granados

    Jean-Francois Heisser, piano

    4:44
  • 1:43 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jahja Ling, conductor

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    15:45
  • 1:18 AM

    String Quartet No. 21 "Prussian"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Emerson String Quartet

    23:51
  • 1:11 AM

    Saturday Night at the Firehouse

    Henry Cowell

    Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

    Lukas Foss, conductor

    5:05
  • 1:06 AM

    Rhapsody

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: 7 Fantasies, Op. 116, 4 Piano Pieces, Op. 119, Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 2

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    5:16
  • 1:01 AM

    Shenandoah

    Traditional

    Out Of This World

    Chanticleer

    4:36
  • 12:54 AM

    Rolf Lislevand & Ensemble

    5:14
  • 12:53 AM

    The Mermaid Suite: Pas de deux of the Mermaid and the Hunter

    Wu Zuqiang/Du Mingxin

    China National Symphony Orchestra

    Zuohuang Chen, conductor

    4:29
  • 12:28 AM

    La Mer (The Sea)

    Claude Debussy

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    23:50
  • 12:25 AM

    Sea Murmurs

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    Escape To Paradise: The Hollywood Album

    Daniel Hope, violin

    2:16
  • 12:12 AM

    Fair Melusina Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Die erste Walpurgisnacht, Infalice, Trompeten-Ouverture

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    11:28
  • 12:01 AM

    Il Cimento: Violin Concerto No. 5 "La tempesta di Mare" ("Storm at Sea")

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Pinchas Zukerman: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon and Philips

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    9:29
  • 11:57 PM

    Minuet on the Name of Haydn

    Maurice Ravel

    Alan Feinberg, piano

    2:30
  • 11:40 PM

    The Leopard (Il Gattopardo): Dances

    Nino Rota

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    16:11
  • 11:28 PM

    Wedding Day at Troldhaugen

    Edvard Grieg

    Autograph

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    5:37
  • 11:21 PM

    Ruslan and Ludmila: Overture

    Mikhail Glinka

    Minnesota Orchestra At One Hundred

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Klaus Tennstedt, conductor

    5:42
  • 11:13 PM

    Sonata for 2 Trumpets

    Petronio Franceschini

    Trumpet Music from the Italian Baroque

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Christopher Warren-Green, conductor

    John Wallace, trumpet

    7:20
  • 10:59 PM

    Parsifal: Good Friday Music

    Richard Wagner

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    12:39
  • 10:31 PM

    Symphony No. 4 "Italian"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4, Hebrides Overture

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    27:05
  • 10:20 PM

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Eric Whitacre, conductor

    9:02
  • 10:17 PM

    We Shall Overcome

    Spiritual

    Mark O'Connor, violin

    Rieko Aizawa, piano

    3:03
  • 10:09 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 12

    Antonin Dvorak

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    5:12
  • 10:01 PM

    Valse-Caprice No. 2

    Gabriel Faure

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    7:33
  • 9:41 PM

    Hamlet: Ballet Music

    Ambroise Thomas

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    17:16
  • 9:34 PM

    La Bergamasca

    Traditional

    Gathering/Hui

    Belladonna

    Gao Hong, pipa

    5:01
  • 9:06 PM

    Symphony No. 38 "Prague"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Dvorak: From the New World, etc.

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rafael Kubelik, conductor

    27:24
  • 9:00 PM

    La Campanella

    Niccolo Paganini

    Mister Paganini

    Laurent Korcia, violin

    4:56
  • 6:51 PM

    Iolanthe Overture

    Arthur Sullivan

    Gilbert & Sullivan: Overtures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    7:31
  • 6:37 PM

    Marosszek Dances

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Dutoit, conductor

    12:38
  • 6:33 PM

    Modern Times: Smile

    Charlie Chaplin

    Smile

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    3:17
  • 6:11 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American"

    William Grant Still

    African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. 1

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    21:10
  • 6:01 PM

    La Cenerentola (Cinderella): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    8:06
  • 5:48 PM

    Flute Quartet No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Emerson String Quartet

    Carol Wincenc, flute

    11:12
  • 5:39 PM

    Beatrice and Benedict: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Franck: Symphony in D Minor, Works by D'Indy and Berlioz

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Munch, conductor

    7:15
  • 5:19 PM

    Holberg Suite

    Edvard Grieg

    Scandinavian String Music

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Richard Studt, conductor

    19:02
  • 5:01 PM

    French Suite No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Peter Hill, piano

    16:13
  • 4:51 PM

    Moravian Dances

    Leos Janacek

    Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antoni Wit, conductor

    8:56
  • 4:35 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Gli Uccelli, Trittico Botticelliano

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    14:57
  • 4:20 PM

    Capriccio Sinfonico

    Giacomo Puccini

    Puccini, Catalani, Ponchielli: for orchestra

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    13:09
  • 4:16 PM

    Go Down, Moses

    Traditional

    Marian Anderson, contralto

    2:51
  • 4:10 PM

    Ave Maria

    Franz Schubert

    Marian Anderson: Bach, Brahms, Schubert

    Marian Anderson, contralto

    4:52
  • 4:01 PM

    Concerto No. 3

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    6:42
  • 3:53 PM

    Rodeo: Buckaroo Holiday

    Aaron Copland

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

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    6:58
  • 3:43 PM

    String Quartet No. 13: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Late Quartets Opp. 127, 130, 131, 132, 133, 135

    Guarneri Quartet

    8:17
  • 3:28 PM

    Ballade

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Orchestral Works

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    14:07
  • 3:08 PM

    Flute and Oboe Concerto

    Antonio Salieri

    Salieri, Cimarosa, Stamitz: Double Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Kenneth Sillito, conductor

    Aurele Nicolet, flute

    19:00
  • 3:00 PM

    Samson and Delilah: Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix (My heart at thy sweet voice)

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Golden Opera

    Vienna Orchestra

    Henry Lewis, conductor

    Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano

    6:26
  • 2:50 PM

    Symphonie Espagnole: Rondo

    Edouard Lalo

    Lalo: Symphonie espagnole/Saint-Saens: Violin Concerto No.3

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    Chee-Yun, violin

    8:27
  • 2:45 PM

    Circus Polka

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky, Martin

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Thierry Fischer, conductor

    3:34
  • 2:41 PM

    Alceste: Grand Entree

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Overtures

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    2:41
  • 2:31 PM

    Trumpet Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Overtures

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    9:02
  • 2:23 PM

    String Quartet: 2nd movement

    Maurice Ravel

    Debussy, Ravel, Dutilleux: Quartets

    Juilliard String Quartet

    6:32
  • 2:19 PM

    MLK

    U2

    On The Shoulders Of Giants

    Cantus

    2:58
  • 2:09 PM

    Polonaise No. 6 "Heroic"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: 24 Preludes, Sonata No. 2, Polonaise, Op. 53

    Evgeny Kissin, piano

    6:27
  • 2:04 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Morning": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Early Symphonies Nos. 1-12

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    3:31
  • 1:53 PM

    Algerian Suite: French Military March

    Camille Saint-Saens

    French Bon Bons

    Grimethorpe Colliery Band

    Major Peter Parkes, conductor

    4:28
  • 1:47 PM

    String Quintet No. 1: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Concert Recording

    Accordo

    5:19
  • 1:43 PM

    Zorbas Ballet Suite: Scene 23

    Mikis Theodorakis

    Theodorakis: Zorbas Suite-ballet, Adafio for Flute, 3 pieces from Canaval suite-Ballet

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Dutoit, conductor

    2:15
  • 1:38 PM

    Canzon Duodecimi Toni

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    The Antiphonal Music of Gabrieli

    Philadelphia Brass Ensemble

    3:57
  • 1:33 PM

    Concerto alla rustica (Rustic Concerto)

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Ombra Mai Fu; Pachelbel: Canon

    I Solisti Italiani

    3:47
  • 1:22 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: The Symphonies

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    9:10
  • 1:16 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Air on the G String

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Tokyo Concert Orchestra

    Shigenobu Yamaoka, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    5:18
  • 1:08 PM

    The Market of Malmantile: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Sinfonia Finlandia Jyvaskyla

    Patrick Gallois, conductor

    5:38
  • 1:04 PM

    Peer Gynt: Anitra's Dance

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Peer Gynt

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    3:21
  • 12:50 PM

    Wiener Blut (Vienna Blood)

    Johann StraussJr.

    International Salute

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    8:52
  • 12:46 PM

    Serenade

    Roman Hoffstetter

    Jewels of the Classics

    Philharmonia Virtuosi

    Richard Kapp, conductor

    3:39
  • 12:40 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    3:46
  • 12:32 PM

    Trumpet Sonata No. 1

    Giuseppe Torelli

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    Maurice Andre, trumpet

    7:14
  • 12:24 PM

    Bourree Fantasque

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    French National Orchestra

    Armin Jordan, conductor

    7:02
  • 12:20 PM

    Folk Suite No. 4: Anda buscanda de rosa en rosa

    William Grant Still

    2013-2014 Class Notes: Classical MPR Presents A Musical History Tour

    Dolce Wind Quintet

    2:57
  • 12:09 PM

    Souvenir of a Beloved Place: Scherzo

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Paganini, Sarasate, Kreisler, Wieniawski

    Maxim Vengerov, violin

    3:45
  • 12:04 PM

    Abduction from the Seraglio: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Dream of the Orient

    Concerto Koln

    Werner Ehrhardt, conductor

    4:39
  • 11:43 AM

    Fantastic Scherzo

    Josef Suk

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    14:50
  • 11:36 AM

    Symphonie Fantastique: March to the Scaffold

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique Op. 14 / Tristia

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    6:58
  • 11:21 AM

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    12:58
  • 11:18 AM

    English Suite No. 3: Gavotte

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Renaud Capucon, violin

    Gautier Capucon, cello

    3:18
  • 11:12 AM

    Serenade No. 1: Menuetto 1 and 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Serenade No. 1

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    3:57
  • 11:06 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 1 "La Tempesta di Mare" ("Storm at Sea")

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Rebel

    Jorg-Michael Schwarz, conductor

    Matthias Maute, recorder

    5:42
  • 11:01 AM

    Lyric Quartet: The Quiet One

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    4:35
  • 10:45 AM

    Piano Concerto: 1st movement

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg, Schumann: Piano Concertos

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    12:46
  • 10:28 AM

    A Faust Symphony: Gretchen

    Franz Liszt

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    14:55
  • 10:26 AM

    Romanesca VII

    Diego Ortiz

    Entremeneo Del Siglo Del Oro

    Hesperion XX

    1:59
  • 10:20 AM

    On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

    Frederick Delius

    Delius Miniatures

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    6:03
  • 10:06 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Mercury Baroque

    Antoine Plante, conductor

    11:59
  • 10:01 AM

    Waltz No. 3

    Frederic Chopin

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    4:37
  • 9:26 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    Franz Schubert

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Otmar Suitner, conductor

    32:25
  • 9:15 AM

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    Martin Jones, piano

    9:45
  • 9:06 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2 "I Profeti" (The Prophets): Elijah

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    Perlman Collection, Vol. 11

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    7:36
  • 9:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 62 "Emperor": Minuet

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Emerson String Quartet: Complete Recordings

    Emerson String Quartet

    4:36
  • 8:39 AM

    La Peri (The Fairy)

    Paul Dukas

    Dukas: La Peri, De Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat

    New York Philharmonic

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    19:13
  • 8:37 AM

    Chaconne

    Andrea Falconieri

    Ostinato

    Hesperion XX

    Jordi Savall, conductor

    1:48
  • 8:15 AM

    Otello: Ballet Music

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Ballet Music

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    19:31
  • 8:06 AM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Johann Fasch

    JF Fasch: Quartets and Concertos

    Ensemble Marsyas

    Peter Whelan, bassoon

    8:54
  • 8:01 AM

    Three Parts on a Ground

    Henry Purcell

    Stradivaria

    4:45
  • 7:26 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 18

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Piano Concertos Nos. 18 & 20 | Ashkenazy

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    31:33
  • 7:22 AM

    Farewell

    Sergio Assad

    Tempo do Brasil: solo and chamber works

    Marc Regnier, guitar

    2:59
  • 7:06 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Tragic": Andante

    Gustav Mahler

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    15:13
  • 7:01 AM

    El cant dels ocells (Song of the Birds)

    Pablo Casals

    Romance: Lalo, Tchaikovsky, Casals, etc.

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Antonio Pappano, conductor

    Han-Na Chang, cello

    4:37
  • 6:39 AM

    String Quintet No. 6 "L'ucceliera" (The Aviary)

    Luigi Boccherini

    Smithsonian Chamber Players

    18:57
  • 6:24 AM

    Symphonic Poem No. 6 "Mazeppa"

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt, Smetana: Les Preludes, Mazeppa, Ungarische Rhapsodie No. 4, Vysehrad, Die Moldau

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    15:18
  • 6:12 AM

    Ballade No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Krystian Zimerman, piano

    9:33
  • 6:06 AM

    At Dusk

    Arthur Foote

    Chamber Music with Flute

    Fenwick Smith, flute

    5:42
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