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  • 5:28 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Antonin Dvorak

    Tchaikovsky, Dvorak: String Serenades

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    30:43
  • 5:21 AM

    Nocturne No. 1

    Charles Alkan

    Michael Landrum, piano

    6:04
  • 5:06 AM

    Bassoon Concerto No. 2

    Francois Devienne

    Devienne: Bassoon Concertos

    Slovak Chamber Orchestra

    Bohdan Warchal, conductor

    Eckart Hubner, bassoon

    14:19
  • 5:01 AM

    The Running Set

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Elgar and Vaughan Williams

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    George Hurst, conductor

    4:43
  • 4:46 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    12:03
  • 4:19 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    25:24
  • 4:17 AM

    On the banks of the Helicon

    Andro Blackhall

    Baltimore Consort

    1:27
  • 4:06 AM

    In Spring Overture

    Karl Goldmark

    Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andras Korodi, conductor

    10:31
  • 3:23 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Santtu-Matias Rouvali, conductor

    35:00
  • 2:36 AM

    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Santtu-Matias Rouvali, conductor

    Behzod Abduraimov, piano

    23:00
  • 2:08 AM

    Romeo and Juliet Fantasy-Overture

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Santtu-Matias Rouvali, conductor

    21:00
  • 12:31 AM

    Symphony No. 90

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    La Petite Bande

    Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor

    27:10
  • 12:15 AM

    Missa Solemnis: Gloria

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Missa Solemnis

    Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    Lucy Crowe, soprano

    15:29
  • 12:09 AM

    James Bond Medley

    John Barry

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Stanley Black, conductor

    9:07
  • 12:04 AM

    Reincarnations: The Coolin'

    Samuel Barber

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    4:01
  • 11:56 PM

    Crown Imperial

    William Walton

    Walton: Symphony No. 1; Orb & Sceptre; Crown Imperial

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    6:25
  • 11:54 PM

    Messiah: Pastoral Symphony

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Messiah

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    1:11
  • 11:49 PM

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Twentieth Century Classics

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:48
  • 11:43 PM

    King Kong: Prelude and Love Theme

    John Barry

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    4:52
  • 11:36 PM

    Considering Matthew Shepard: All of Us

    Craig Hella Johnson

    Considering Matthew Shepard

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    6:07
  • 11:31 PM

    Summer Evening: Waltz

    Oscar Merikanto

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:35
  • 11:20 PM

    Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

    Aram Khachaturian

    Khachaturian: Spartacus Suites

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:50
  • 11:16 PM

    Mutterchen Russland (Mother Russia)

    Traditional

    The Very Best of Ivan Rebroff, Volume II

    Orchestra

    Ivan Rebroff, bass

    5:03
  • 11:10 PM

    Pictures at an Exhibition: The Great Gate of Kiev

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Pictures

    Conrad Tao, piano

    4:54
  • 11:02 PM

    Central Park in the Dark

    Charles Ives

    Ives: Holidays Symphony

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    7:25
  • 10:38 PM

    Appalachian Spring

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Appalachian Spring/Rodeo/Fanfare

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Louis Lane, conductor

    22:22
  • 10:21 PM

    Lincoln Portrait

    Aaron Copland

    Concert Recording

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    Alan C. Page, narrator

    15:57
  • 10:15 PM

    On Compassion

    Stephanie Andrews

    Concert Recording

    Vox Nova Chorale

    Vicki Peters, conductor

    4:31
  • 10:10 PM

    Lincoln: Elegy

    John Williams

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    2:34
  • 10:08 PM

    Lincoln: "With Malice Toward None"

    John Williams

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    1:51
  • 9:59 PM

    Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Cantata

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Mass in C Major

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    Henriette Schellenberg, soprano

    7:41
  • 9:57 PM

    Song: Why do I sing

    Oscar Merikanto

    Oskar Merikanto: The Most Beautiful Songs

    Jorma Hynninen, baritone

    1:08
  • 9:48 PM

    Andante Cantabile

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    The Essential Yo-Yo Ma

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    8:19
  • 9:40 PM

    Zadok the Priest

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Coronation Anthems

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Philip Ledger, conductor

    6:09
  • 9:35 PM

    Fugue "Little"

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Albert Schweitzer Plays Bach

    Albert Schweitzer, organ

    4:08
  • 9:30 PM

    Minuet

    Luigi Boccherini

    Promenade Concert

    I Solisti Italiani

    3:57
  • 9:18 PM

    Concerto for Two Cellos

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi & Friends - La Folia (Madness & Other Concertos) / Sorrell, Apollo's Fire

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    Rene Schiffer, cello

    10:36
  • 9:08 PM

    Alleluia

    Eric Whitacre

    Water Night

    Eric Whitacre Singers

    Eric Whitacre, conductor

    9:07
  • 9:00 PM

    Voices of Spring Waltz (Fruhlingsstimmen)

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Strauss

    Vienna Volksoper Orchestra

    Franz Bauer-Theussl, conductor

    7:05
  • 6:49 PM

    Grand Overture No. 2

    Johann Christian Bach

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    9:17
  • 6:28 PM

    Petite Symphony

    Charles Gounod

    French Flute Favorites

    Waterloo Chamber Orchestra

    Ulysse Waterlot, conductor

    19:44
  • 6:17 PM

    Danse Macabre

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Prokofiev, Liszt, Saint-Saens

    Behzod Abduraimov, piano

    8:35
  • 6:00 PM

    Horn Concerto

    Antonio Rosetti

    Kurpfalz Chamber Orchestra

    Johannes Moesus, conductor

    Sarah Willis, horn

    14:55
  • 5:48 PM

    School for Scandal: Overture

    Samuel Barber

    2016-2017 MMEA All-State Orchestra

    2016-2017 MMEA All-State Orchestra

    Douglas Droste, conductor

    9:41
  • 5:28 PM

    Music for the Royal Fireworks

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    17:54
  • 5:06 PM

    Trio for Clarinet, Violin and Piano

    Paul Schoenfield

    Concert Recording

    Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet

    21:18
  • 5:00 PM

    Les Huguenots: Gypsy Dance

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Meyerbeer: Ballet Music From The Operas / Nesterowicz

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    4:40
  • 4:35 PM

    Grand Concerto for Bassoon

    Johann Hummel

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Klaus Thunemann, bassoon

    23:10
  • 4:17 PM

    Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    16:45
  • 4:13 PM

    The King of Denmark's Galliard

    John Dowland

    Viva Italia

    Queen's Chamber Band

    1:44
  • 4:08 PM

    Road Movies: Relaxed Groove

    John Adams

    String Poetic

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    4:39
  • 4:00 PM

    Cantata No. 49: Sinfonia

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Dialogue Cantatas

    Berlin Baroque Soloists

    Rainer Kussmaul, conductor

    Raphael Alpermann, organ

    6:01
  • 3:56 PM

    Rule Brittania

    Thomas Arne

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    Edmund Barham, tenor

    5:00
  • 3:47 PM

    Variations on Arne's "Rule Britannia"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven, Schumann: Theme and Variations II

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    4:48
  • 3:37 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 2

    Arcangelo Corelli

    Corelli: Concerti Grossi Op.6 Nos. 1-6

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    9:18
  • 3:06 PM

    Symphony No. 5

    Franz Schubert

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    30:07
  • 3:00 PM

    Hansel and Gretel: Evening Prayer

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Opera without Words

    Andre Kostelanetz Orchestra

    Andre Kostelanetz, conductor

    3:08
  • 2:49 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 3: 1st movement

    Sergei Prokofiev

    RAI National Symphony Orchestra

    Juraj Valcuha, conductor

    Behzod Abduraimov, piano

    9:16
  • 2:45 PM

    Perpetual Motion

    Niccolo Paganini

    Perpetual Motion

    Bela Fleck, banjo

    3:39
  • 2:37 PM

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Bela Bartok

    Dancing For 100 Years

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    6:44
  • 2:33 PM

    Small River Flowing

    Traditional Chinese

    Pictures of the Floating World

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    2:32
  • 2:20 PM

    Second Suite

    Gustav Holst

    2016-2017 MMEA All-State Concert Band

    2016-2017 MMEA All-State Concert Band

    Jerry Luckhardt, conductor

    11:54
  • 2:16 PM

    Idomenee: Rigaudon

    Andre Campra

    Baroque Music for Brass and Organ

    Empire Brass

    William Kuhlman, organ

    2:35
  • 2:07 PM

    Minuet Antique

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Piano Concertos, Etc

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    6:15
  • 2:04 PM

    Nais: Rigaudons

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    2:17
  • 1:50 PM

    Four Seasons: Winter

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    Adrian Chandler, violin

    8:23
  • 1:46 PM

    The Hateful Eight: L'Inferno Bianco

    Ennio Morricone

    Czech National Symphony Orchestra

    Ennio Morricone, conductor

    3:32
  • 1:38 PM

    Das Rheingold: Entry of the Gods into Valhalla

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Highlights from "The Ring"

    New York Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    6:35
  • 1:30 PM

    String Quartet No. 9 "Razumovsky No. 3": 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Middle String Quartets

    Cypress String Quartet

    5:59
  • 1:18 PM

    Hillandale Waltzes

    Victor Babin

    Ebony Concerto

    DePaul University Wind Ensemble

    John Bruce Yeh, clarinet

    11:37
  • 1:10 PM

    Mediterranean

    Arnold Bax

    Bax: Garden of Fand, Tintagel, November Woods

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    3:11
  • 1:07 PM

    Liebesfreud (Love's Joy)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Patricia Zander, piano

    3:08
  • 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

    Serenade No. 12: 4th movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble

    6:19
  • 12:48 PM

    The Prince of Denmark's March

    Jeremiah Clarke

    Michael Laird Brass Ensemble

    Peter Hurford, organ

    3:00
  • 12:42 PM

    Dance of the Orange Blossoms

    Eric Coates

    Coates: Four Centuries

    East of England Orchestra

    Malcolm Nabarro, conductor

    4:32
  • 12:35 PM

    Brook Green Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    6:16
  • 12:32 PM

    Passamezzo moderno III

    Diego Ortiz

    Entremeneo Del Siglo Del Oro

    Hesperion XX

    2:08
  • 12:24 PM

    Oreste: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Cimarosa: Overtures, 2

    Toronto Chamber Orchestra

    Kevin Mallon, conductor

    6:40
  • 12:20 PM

    Sevillanas

    Traditional

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:07
  • 12:08 PM

    Voyevoda: Dance of the Hay Girls

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    5:32
  • 12:04 PM

    Bagatelles: Allegretto scherzando (3)

    Antonin Dvorak

    Takacs Quartet

    Gabor Ormai, harmonium

    3:01
  • 11:49 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 10 (after Corelli)

    Francesco Geminiani

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

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    9:44
  • 11:41 AM

    La Vida Breve: Interlude and Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    6:35
  • 11:30 AM

    Symphony No. 4: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 4

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    10:08
  • 11:26 AM

    English Suite No. 3: Gavotte

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Renaud Capucon, violin

    Gautier Capucon, cello

    3:18
  • 11:19 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    William Boyce

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    5:06
  • 11:10 AM

    Fuquoi in the Sugar Cane

    Henry Lissant-Collins

    South African Broadcast Orchestra

    Peter Marchbank, conductor

    8:39
  • 11:06 AM

    Trumpet Voluntary

    John Stanley

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    3:34
  • 11:01 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Andante

    Max Bruch

    Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra

    George Hanson, conductor

    4:34
  • 10:51 AM

    Egmont Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Gala Concert

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    7:31
  • 10:44 AM

    Ave Verum Corpus

    Karl Jenkins

    Karl Jenkins: Motets

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    4:18
  • 10:29 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 18

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mieczyslaw Horszowski, piano

    14:40
  • 10:16 AM

    Fair Maid of Perth: Suite

    Georges Bizet

    Paris Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    11:59
  • 10:06 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 6

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: 6 Concerti for Flauto traverso

    Tokyo Bach-Mozart Ensemble

    Masahiro Arita, baroque flute

    8:58
  • 10:01 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
  • 9:38 AM

    Pines of Rome

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Pines Of Rome, Fountains Of Rome, Feste Romane

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Dutoit, conductor

    20:15
  • 9:26 AM

    Quartet No. 4

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    11:54
  • 9:06 AM

    Overture, Scherzo and Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    17:50
  • 9:01 AM

    Symphony No. 5: 2nd movement

    Francois-Joseph Gossec

    Gossec: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    4:34
  • 8:41 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Jaime Laredo, violin

    Glenn Gould, piano

    17:30
  • 8:27 AM

    Henry V Suite

    William Walton

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Carl Davis, conductor

    13:20
  • 8:24 AM

    Marizapolos

    Gaspar Sanz

    Iberia!

    Waverly Consort

    Michael Jaffee, conductor

    2:01
  • 8:06 AM

    Gewandhaus Quartet

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    16:41
  • 8:01 AM

    Concierto en Flamenco: Alegrias de Cadiz

    Federico Torroba

    Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra

    Manuel Coves, conductor

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    4:42
  • 7:31 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Claus Peter Flor, conductor

    Sergei Edelmann, piano

    27:32
  • 7:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 63 "Sunrise"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Leipzig String Quartet

    22:51
  • 7:01 AM

    I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Capulets and Montagues): Sinfonia

    Vincenzo Bellini

    Orchestra of St. Cecilia

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    4:40
  • 6:39 AM

    Tam O'Shanter

    George Chadwick

    Thompson: Symphony No. 2/Chadwick: Overtures, etc.

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    19:32
  • 6:20 AM

    Violin Sonatina No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    Andrew Manze, violin

    Richard Egarr, fortepiano

    18:38
  • 6:16 AM

    Fantasia No. 8

    Luis de Milan

    Delphin

    Frank Wallace, vihuela

    2:26
  • 6:06 AM

    Oboe Concerto No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    City of London Sinfonia

    Nicholas Ward, conductor

    Anthony Camden, oboe

    8:40
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