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  • 5:49 AM

    Serenade for Winds

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Heldenleben; Macbeth; Serenade in Eb Major

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    9:21
  • 5:20 AM

    Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies 40 & 41

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Georg Solti, conductor

    28:42
  • 5:06 AM

    Quartet No. 5

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Six Wind Quartets

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    12:54
  • 5:01 AM

    La verita in cimento (The Truth Contested): Sinfonia

    Antonio Vivaldi

    The King's Violins

    Mathieu Lussier, conductor

    4:44
  • 4:45 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 37

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Rudolf Buchbinder, piano

    12:55
  • 4:22 AM

    Pulcinella Suite

    Igor Stravinsky

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    22:34
  • 4:19 AM

    Saudades do Brazil: Sorocaba

    Darius Milhaud

    The Roaring 20s

    Windscape

    1:14
  • 4:18 AM

    Saudades do Brazil: Corcovado

    Darius Milhaud

    The Roaring 20s

    Windscape

    1:47
  • 4:06 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Concentus Musicus Vienna

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    11:34
  • 4:01 AM

    Starlight Express: Waltz

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar and Vaughan Williams

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    George Hurst, conductor

    4:30
  • 3:28 AM

    Piano Trio No. 6

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Piano Trios

    Beaux Arts Trio

    29:36
  • 3:21 AM

    East of England Orchestra

    Malcolm Nabarro, conductor

    6:00
  • 3:06 AM

    Hypnotized

    Gary Schocker

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    12:58
  • 3:01 AM

    Total Tango

    David Matthews

    Orchestra Nova

    George Vass, conductor

    4:40
  • 2:50 AM

    Concerto for Two Horns, Flutes, Oboes, and Strings

    Johann Heinichen

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    8:34
  • 2:13 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring"

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Overture, Scherzo & Finale; Konzertstuck; Symphony No. 1

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    35:41
  • 2:06 AM

    8 1/2: Walking the Gangplank

    Nino Rota

    Nino Rota: Music For Film

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    5:31
  • 2:01 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 9

    Antonin Dvorak

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos

    4:37
  • 12:45 AM

    Keyboard Suite No. 5

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel Suites

    Lisa Smirnova, piano

    11:27
  • 12:12 AM

    Scottish Fantasy

    Max Bruch

    Homecoming

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Rory Macdonald, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    30:58
  • 12:02 AM

    Divertimento No. 6

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Virtuoso Trumpet Concertos

    Wallace Collection

    Simon Wright, conductor

    John Wallace, trumpet

    7:13
  • 11:58 PM

    The Mission: Gabriel's Oboe

    Ennio Morricone

    Morricone 60

    Czech National Symphony Orchestra

    Ennio Morricone, conductor

    2:06
  • 11:54 PM

    Music of Living

    Dan Forrest

    Concert Recording

    Twin Ports Choral Project

    Bret Amundson, conductor

    2:58
  • 11:43 PM

    Spem in Alium (Hope in all things)

    Thomas Tallis

    Tallis Scholars

    Peter Philips, conductor

    9:41
  • 11:32 PM

    Rhapsody in Blue

    George Gershwin

    Historic Gershwin Recordings

    Whiteman's Orchestra

    Paul Whiteman, conductor

    George Gershwin, piano

    9:09
  • 11:27 PM

    Ave Maria

    Charles Gounod

    O Holy Night: Christmas Favorites

    James Galway, flute

    2:41
  • 11:21 PM

    Bogoroditse Djevo (Rejoice, O Virgin Mary)

    Sergey Khvoshchinsky

    Fire of the Soul: Choral Virtuosity in 17th-Century Russia & Poland

    Rose Ensemble

    5:05
  • 11:14 PM

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Mark O'Connor, violin

    Edgar Meyer, double bass

    4:00
  • 11:07 PM

    Carmina Burana: Ave formosissima; O Fortuna

    Carl Orff

    Orff: Carmina Burana

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Andre Previn, conductor

    4:40
  • 11:03 PM

    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini: 18th Variation

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    The Most Relaxing Classical Album In The World...Ever!

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    Cecile Ousset, piano

    2:59
  • 10:53 PM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Finlandia, Valse Triste; Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfar

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    7:32
  • 10:46 PM

    Wild Songs: Rattle the Cage / Bend the Bars

    Steve Heitzeg

    Wild Songs

    Polly Butler Cornelius, soprano

    Heather Barringer and Patti Cudd, percussion

    4:00
  • 10:42 PM

    Farewell to Stromness

    Peter Maxwell Davies

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    4:00
  • 10:21 PM

    Scheherazade: The Sea and Sinbad's Ship

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade, etc.

    Kirov Orchestra

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    Sergei Levitin, violin

    10:24
  • 10:10 PM

    The Crimson Pirate: Overture

    William Alwyn

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    7:25
  • 10:02 PM

    Zadok the Priest

    George Frideric Handel

    The Sixteen

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    5:42
  • 9:57 PM

    Carol of the Stranger

    Abbie Betinis

    Concert Recording

    Vox Nova Chorale

    Vicki Peters, conductor

    2:46
  • 9:51 PM

    Sense and Sensibility: My Father's Favorite

    Patrick Doyle

    Sense And Sensibility Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    Robert Ziegler, conductor

    5:28
  • 9:45 PM

    Homo fugit velut umbra (Passacaglia della vita)

    Stefano Landi

    L'Arpeggiata

    Christina Pluhar, conductor

    Marco Beasley, tenor

    4:14
  • 9:39 PM

    La valse des lilas

    Michel Legrand

    Entre elle et lui: Natalie Dessay sings Michel Legrand

    Natalie Dessay, soprano

    4:08
  • 9:25 PM

    Sonata for Harp

    Alan Hovhaness

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    12:09
  • 9:07 PM

    Knoxville: Summer of 1915

    Samuel Barber

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    David Zinman, conductor

    Dawn Upshaw, soprano

    15:11
  • 9:01 PM

    Prelude on Rhosymedre

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Country Gardens

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:03
  • 6:58 PM

    Erla's Waltz

    Olafur Arnalds

    The Glass Effect: The Music of Philip Glass

    Lavinia Meijer, harp

    1:56
  • 6:56 PM

    Prelude on "The Willow Tree"

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Genetic Harps

    Gretchen Van Hoesen, harp

    1:36
  • 6:40 PM

    Divertimento No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    14:37
  • 6:34 PM

    Gondoliera

    Franz Liszt

    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    5:26
  • 6:04 PM

    Enigma Variations

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Enigma Variations, etc.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Georg Solti, conductor

    28:52
  • 6:00 PM

    Prince Igor: Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    2:19
  • 5:49 PM

    Dance Preludes

    Witold Lutoslawski

    Dances to a Black Pipe

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    Martin Frost, clarinet

    9:15
  • 5:31 PM

    Symphony No. 22 "Philosopher"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    16:50
  • 5:15 PM

    Fairy Tale Pictures (Marchenbilder)

    Robert Schumann

    Concert Recording

    Jeremy Denk, piano

    14:59
  • 5:04 PM

    Dance of the Hours

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Wagner: Siegfried Idyll, Boccherini, Dvorak, Faure, Grieg, Nicolai, Ponchielli, Suppe, Tchaikovsky

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    9:12
  • 4:59 PM

    Oculi Omnium

    Eric Whitacre

    Water Night

    Eric Whitacre Singers

    Eric Whitacre, conductor

    3:09
  • 4:07 PM

    Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony)

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    50:48
  • 4:00 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 20

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Cimarosa: Keyboard Sonatas, Vol. 2

    Victor Sangiorgio, piano

    5:19
  • 3:45 PM

    Symphony

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: Symphonies op. 21, Nos. 1-5

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    13:28
  • 3:09 PM

    Double Concerto

    Johannes Brahms

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paavo Berglund, conductor

    Yehudi Menuhin, violin

    Paul Tortelier, cello

    34:05
  • 3:03 PM

    Castor and Pollux: Overture

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Rameau: Castor et Pollux; Purcell: 3 Fantasias

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    5:02
  • 2:54 PM

    Carmen: Habanera

    Georges Bizet

    The Essential Leontyne Price

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    Leontyne Price, soprano

    4:36
  • 2:44 PM

    October Sky

    Mark Isham

    Studio Orchestra

    1:33
  • 2:34 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Giuseppe Tartini

    Italian Concertos

    Scottish Ensemble

    Jonathan Morton, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    9:40
  • 2:29 PM

    Bridal Waltz for Karin and Martin

    Goran Frost

    Frost and Friends

    Martin Frost, clarinet

    3:10
  • 2:23 PM

    The Ruins of Athens: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    4:59
  • 2:19 PM

    The Triumph of Bacchus (Le Triomphe de Bacchus)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Works for Orchestra, Vol. II

    Radio Luxembourg Orchestra

    Louis de Froment, conductor

    3:34
  • 2:08 PM

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

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Tokyo Bach-Mozart Ensemble

    Masahiro Arita, baroque flute

    7:11
  • 2:04 PM

    March

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Claudio Abbado: Marce E Danze

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    2:27
  • 1:49 PM

    Symphony No. 79: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 78-81

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    9:10
  • 1:45 PM

    Cinema Paradiso: Love Theme

    Ennio Morricone

    Morricone 60

    Czech National Symphony Orchestra

    Ennio Morricone, conductor

    3:30
  • 1:35 PM

    Symphony No. 1

    Thomas Arne

    Arne: Four Symphonies / Adrian Shepherd, Cantilena

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    8:36
  • 1:32 PM

    Musical Moment No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert For Two / Gil Shaham, Göran Söllscher

    Gil Shaham, violin

    2:01
  • 1:22 PM

    Invitation to the Dance

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    8:49
  • 1:18 PM

    Romance Without Words

    Gabriel Faure

    The Sounds Of Remembered Dreams

    Susan Jolles, harp

    2:40
  • 1:07 PM

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

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    4:02
  • 1:04 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:56
  • 12:51 PM

    Gold and Silver Waltz

    Franz Lehar

    Viennafest

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:34
  • 12:46 PM

    Hungarian Dances Nos. 20 and 21

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 2, Hungarian Dances

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    4:04
  • 12:42 PM

    Jurassic Park

    John Williams

    Vienna Horns

    3:22
  • 12:36 PM

    Canon

    Johann Pachelbel

    Mad About Baroque

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    4:10
  • 12:36 PM

    Hungarian Dances Nos. 20 and 21

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 2, Hungarian Dances

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    4:04
  • 12:30 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 4

    Tomaso Albinoni

    The Birth of the North Italian Violin Concerto: 1690-1740, Vol. 1: The Dawn of the Virtuoso

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    Adrian Chandler, violin

    5:30
  • 12:23 PM

    Quintet for Piano and Winds: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Quintett KV452; Beethoven: Quintett op. 16

    Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble

    Christian Zacharias, piano

    5:51
  • 12:20 PM

    The Age of Gold: Polka

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Waltzes

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    2:15
  • 12:09 PM

    Shakespearean Suite

    Medley

    Come, Gentle Night: Music of Shakespeare's World

    Ensemble Galilei

    4:01
  • 12:04 PM

    Handel in the Strand

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger, Leighton: Chamber Works

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    4:24
  • 11:43 AM

    Impressions d'ardennes

    Joseph Jongen

    Joseph Jongen: Impressions d'Ardennes Op. 44; Concerto pour Violoncelle et Orchestre Op. 18; Fantaisie sur Deuz Noels Populaires Wallons

    National Orchestra of Belgium

    Roman Kofman, conductor

    14:47
  • 11:35 AM

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits

    Christoph Gluck

    Pachelbel Canon

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Lisa Beznosiuk, flute

    7:36
  • 11:29 AM

    Prelude No. 1

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Manuel Barrueco, guitar

    4:21
  • 11:20 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 2nd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphony No. 2, etc.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    8:47
  • 11:08 AM

    Scintillation

    Carlos Salzedo

    Solo Harp: The Best of Yolanda Kondonassis

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    10:04
  • 11:06 AM

    Songs My Mother Taught Me

    Antonin Dvorak

    Songs From The Arc Of Life

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    1:54
  • 11:01 AM

    Pavane and Gigue

    William Byrd

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:32
  • 10:47 AM

    Japanese Suite

    Gustav Holst

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    11:33
  • 10:39 AM

    Recorder Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Giovanni Antonini, recorder

    7:39
  • 10:23 AM

    Capriccio Italien

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture

    Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    14:34
  • 10:13 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 24

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Wilhelm Kempff, piano

    8:05
  • 10:06 AM

    A Song Before Sunrise

    Frederick Delius

    Delius: Miniatures

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    5:48
  • 10:01 AM

    Carmen: Habanera

    Georges Bizet

    The Essential Leontyne Price

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    Leontyne Price, soprano

    4:36
  • 9:48 AM

    Castel del Monte

    Nino Rota

    Virtuosi Italiani

    Marzio Conti, conductor

    Guido Corti, horn

    10:09
  • 9:24 AM

    String Quartet No. 22 "Prussian"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Emerson String Quartet

    23:14
  • 9:06 AM

    Dances of Galanta

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    16:32
  • 9:01 AM

    Overture No. 5: Andante

    Carl Friedrich Abel

    Il Fondamento

    Paul Dombrecht, conductor

    4:44
  • 8:42 AM

    Symphony "The Fall of Phaeton"

    Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf

    Dittersdorf: Six Symphonies

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    16:53
  • 8:26 AM

    French Suite No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Fazil Say, piano

    15:03
  • 8:23 AM

    Recercada segunda "sobre canto llano"

    Diego Ortiz

    Armada

    Fretwork

    1:31
  • 8:06 AM

    Symphony No. 12

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    The Hidden Haydn

    Apollo Ensemble

    John Hsu, conductor

    15:52
  • 8:01 AM

    Woodland Sketches (selected)

    Edward MacDowell

    Paula Robison, flute

    Eliot Fisk, guitar

    4:33
  • 7:21 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, Choral Fantasy

    Mahler Chamber Orchestra

    Leif Ove Andsnes, conductor

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    37:43
  • 7:14 AM

    Prelude

    Marin Marais

    Marin Marais, Sainte-Colombe: The Greates Masterworks

    Spectre de la Rose

    5:03
  • 7:06 AM

    Distant Green Valley

    Zhao Jiping

    Silk Road Ensemble

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    7:02
  • 7:01 AM

    Gone with the Wind: Tara Theme

    Max Steiner

    Aisle Seat

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:41
  • 6:39 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Carl Maria von Weber

    London Classical Players

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    19:19
  • 6:31 AM

    Plain Song, Fantastic Dances: St. Botolph's Fantasia

    Michael Gandolfi

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    7:54
  • 6:10 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Felix Mendelssohn

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    19:30
  • 6:06 AM

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    Michael Murray, organ

    2:38
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