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  • 4:23 AM

    Anthology of Fantastic Zoology

    Mason Bates

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    34:41
  • 4:18 AM

    Carnival of the Animals: The Swan

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Salut Salon

    3:27
  • 4:14 AM

    Duetto buffo di due gatti (Cats' Duet)

    Gioacchino Rossini

    On Wings Of Song

    Felicity Lott, soprano

    3:15
  • 4:06 AM

    A Musical Joke (Ein musikalischer Spass): Adagio

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    English Concert

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    6:48
  • 4:01 AM

    Roadshow for Otto: The Clown Mandeville; Camel and Monkey

    Carl Schimmel

    Alex Sopp, flute

    Romie de Guise-Langlois, clarinet

    Sumire Kudo, cello

    Steven Beck, piano

    4:43
  • 3:42 AM

    In a Summer Garden

    Frederick Delius

    Delius: A Walk in a Paradise Garden

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    15:31
  • 3:36 AM

    Solstice: Garden of the Sun

    Lou Harrison

    Lou Harrison: A Portrait

    California Symphony

    Barry Jekowsky, conductor

    4:21
  • 3:32 AM

    When Will the Acacia Bloom?

    Zhou Long

    Shanghai Quartet

    2:27
  • 3:27 AM

    Red Flowers in Bloom

    Qi Liu

    Shanghai Quartet

    4:22
  • 3:17 AM

    Blumine (Flowers)

    Gustav Mahler

    Florida Philharmonic Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    8:14
  • 3:06 AM

    Three Flower Songs

    Eric Whitacre

    Brigham Young University Singers

    Ronald Staheli, conductor

    9:53
  • 3:01 AM

    Dance of the Flowers

    Amy Beach

    Joanne Polk, piano

    4:41
  • 2:42 AM

    Irish Rhapsody

    Victor Herbert

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    15:46
  • 2:31 AM

    Symphony No. 23

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonien Nos 21, 22, 23, 24

    Vienna Philharmonic

    James Levine, conductor

    8:55
  • 2:15 AM

    Songs of the Roses

    Morten Lauridsen

    Romancero Gitano

    Los Angeles Chamber Singers

    14:41
  • 2:06 AM

    Wiener Blut (Vienna Blood)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss Waltzes

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    8:50
  • 2:01 AM

    Octet: 2nd movement

    Jean Francaix

    Gaudier Ensemble

    4:36
  • 1:45 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 35

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    12:54
  • 1:18 AM

    Symphony No. 9 "Choral": 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 "Choral"

    Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

    Annette Dasch, soprano

    25:31
  • 1:11 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 4

    Alessandro Scarlatti

    A & D Scarlatti: Concerti & Sinfonie

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    Fabio Biondi, violin

    5:07
  • 1:06 AM

    Four Waltzes

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms on Brass

    Canadian Brass

    4:53
  • 1:01 AM

    Total Tango

    David Matthews

    Orchestra Nova

    George Vass, conductor

    4:40
  • 12:44 AM

    Five Bagatelles

    Gerald Finzi

    FINZI: Clarinet Concerto / Five Bagatelles / Three Soliloquies / Romance

    Northern Sinfonia

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    Robert Plane, clarinet

    14:32
  • 12:39 AM

    Rustle of Spring

    Christian Sinding

    Christian Sinding: Music For Piano

    Jerome Lowenthal, piano

    2:42
  • 12:25 AM

    Six Short Pieces

    Fernando Sor

    Sor: 24 Progressive Etudes; 6 Little Pieces

    Jeffrey McFadden, guitar

    12:29
  • 12:06 AM

    An American in Paris

    George Gershwin

    Seattle Symphony

    Ludovic Morlot, conductor

    18:35
  • 12:01 AM

    La Verneuille

    Francois Couperin

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    4:33
  • 11:54 PM

    Spring in Buenos Aires (Primavera Portena)

    Astor Piazzolla

    Philip Hansen, cello

    Mika Sunago, piano

    Erin Furbee, violin

    4:49
  • 11:41 PM

    Pastoral Suite

    Gunnar De Frumerie

    Stockholm Chamber Ensemble

    Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor

    Gunilla von Bahr, flute

    11:28
  • 11:22 PM

    Variations on a Rococo Theme

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    18:42
  • 11:14 PM

    Villanelle

    Paul Dukas

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    6:03
  • 11:04 PM

    Les caracteres de la danse

    Jean-Fery Rebel

    The Sun King's Paradise

    Palladian Ensemble

    9:19
  • 10:59 PM

    In Praise of Music: For the Saint, Cecilia

    Dominick Argento

    Casa Gudi - Frederica Von Stade Sings Dominick Argento

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    4:34
  • 10:36 PM

    Fantasy on French Folk Themes

    Vincent d'Indy

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic

    Jean-Marc Burfin, conductor

    Philippe Cousu, oboe

    13:38
  • 10:31 PM

    Dreams of Love No. 3 (Liebestraum)

    Franz Liszt

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    4:05
  • 10:25 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Cyril Scott

    Scott: Concerto For Cello, Symphony No 1 / Watkins, Brabbins

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    4:57
  • 10:18 PM

    Chacony (Chaconne)

    Henry Purcell

    Emerson String Quartet

    5:49
  • 10:04 PM

    Rondo

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Cello Concerto

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    8:07
  • 10:00 PM

    Europa Galante

    3:40
  • 9:55 PM

    Sonata

    Domenico Scarlatti

    Scarlatti's Harp

    Victoria Drake, harp

    3:07
  • 9:44 PM

    On the Town: Three Dance Episodes

    Leonard Bernstein

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    10:52
  • 9:26 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances, La Boutique Fantasque

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    16:37
  • 9:20 PM

    Nunc dimittis

    Karl Jenkins

    Karl Jenkins: Motets

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    4:12
  • 9:17 PM

    Etude No. 9

    Frederic Chopin

    Boris Berezovsky, piano

    2:11
  • 9:11 PM

    Hungarian Dances Nos. 20 and 21

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 2, Hungarian Dances

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    4:04
  • 9:00 PM

    Organ Concerto No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Richard Egarr, conductor

    Richard Egarr, organ

    9:41
  • 8:49 PM

    Concerto for Two Cellos

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Jonathan Manson, cello

    9:06
  • 8:36 PM

    Flute Quartet No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    11:58
  • 8:31 PM

    Cherry Ripe

    Frank Bridge

    Finzi; Parry; Bridge

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    3:15
  • 8:02 PM

    Pas de Deux

    James Horner

    James Horner: Pas de Deux

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    27:41
  • 8:00 PM

    Swan Lake: Dance of the Little Swans

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Earl Wild, piano

    1:26
  • 5:56 PM

    Romeo and Juliet: The Young Juliet

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Romeo And Juliet

    Helen Callus, viola

    2:48
  • 5:48 PM

    Carnival Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: New World Symphony,

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    8:55
  • 5:35 PM

    Concerto Armonico No. 2

    Wilhelm van Wassenaer

    Wassebaer: Concerti Armonici

    Brandenburg Consort

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    10:53
  • 5:02 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 9 "Jeunehomme"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 8 & 9

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    31:31
  • 4:59 PM

    Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth): On Youth

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    Jon Vickers, tenor

    2:42
  • 4:37 PM

    Suite Concertino

    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

    CBC Vancouver Orchestra

    Mario Bernardi, conductor

    Christopher Millard, bassoon

    20:04
  • 4:30 PM

    Rusalka: Song to the Moon

    Antonin Dvorak

    The Knights

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    5:23
  • 4:16 PM

    Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsummer Vigil"

    Hugo Alfven

    Ports of Call

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    12:55
  • 4:11 PM

    Sunburst

    Andrew York

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    4:17
  • 3:59 PM

    Oberon Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    German Overtures

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    10:09
  • 3:55 PM

    Juramento (Bolero from Cuba)

    Miguel Matamoros

    El Canto Quiere Ser Luz: Cuban Choral Music

    Cuban National Chorus

    Digna Guerra, conductor

    2:59
  • 3:31 PM

    Sleeping Beauty Ballet Suite

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky | Sleeping Beauty & Swan Lake

    Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra

    Aleksander Lazarev, conductor

    23:18
  • 3:28 PM

    Come Again, Sweet Love

    John Dowland

    Canadian Brass

    2:02
  • 3:10 PM

    Flowers from Froso

    Wilhelm Peterson-Berger

    Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra

    Mikhail Jurowski, conductor

    17:00
  • 3:02 PM

    Concerto for Two Flutes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academia Montis Regalis

    Barthold Kuijken, conductor

    Barthold Kuijken, flute

    6:44
  • 2:19 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 6

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    41:34
  • 2:11 PM

    Louise: Depuis le jour ou je me suis donnee (Since the day)

    Gustave Charpentier

    Soprano

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    Nicole Cabell, soprano

    5:19
  • 1:51 PM

    Prague Waltzes

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Czech Suite, Prague Waltzes, etc.

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    8:55
  • 1:48 PM

    Waltz No. 6 "Minute"

    Frederic Chopin

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    2:24
  • 1:41 PM

    Symphony No. 8 "Evening": 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn Symphonies 1761-63

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    5:28
  • 1:21 PM

    Semiramide: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    12:05
  • 1:18 PM

    The Age of Gold: Polka

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Waltzes

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    2:15
  • 1:10 PM

    Divertimento after Couperin: Le Tic-Toc-Choc and La Lutine

    Richard Strauss

    Schoenberg: Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra (after Handel); R. Strauss: Divertimento, Op. 86 (after Couperin)

    New York Chamber Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    4:31
  • 1:04 PM

    Chaconne

    Jean-Baptiste Lully

    Chaconne

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    4:21
  • 12:51 PM

    Harp Concerto No. 5: 3rd movement

    Jean-Baptiste Krumpholtz

    La Harpe Reine: Musique a la cour de Marie-Antoinette

    Les Arts Florissants

    William Christie, conductor

    Xavier de Maistre, harp

    7:14
  • 12:46 PM

    L'Amico Fritz: Preludietto

    Pietro Mascagni

    Italian Overtures

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    3:41
  • 12:36 PM

    Capriol Suite

    Peter Warlock

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    George Hurst, conductor

    9:44
  • 12:31 PM

    Mazeppa: Gopak

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    4:13
  • 12:24 PM

    The Generous Enemies: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Sinfonia Finlandia Jyvaskyla

    Patrick Gallois, conductor

    Denitsa Laffchieva, clarinet

    5:26
  • 12:20 PM

    Fantasia No. 11

    Henry Purcell

    Chaconnes and Fantasias: Music of Britten and Purcell

    Emerson String Quartet

    3:03
  • 12:09 PM

    Hungarian March

    Hector Berlioz

    Pomp & Pizazz

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:02
  • 12:04 PM

    Sinfonia turchesca: Minuet

    Franz Xaver Sussmayr

    Dream of the Orient

    Concerto Koln

    Werner Ehrhardt, conductor

    3:11
  • 11:51 AM

    Serenade No. 7 "Haffner": Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    WA Mozart: Symphony in D Major after "Haffner Serenade" KV 250 etc.

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Otmar Suitner, conductor

    7:28
  • 11:46 AM

    Ladies in Lavender

    Nigel Hess

    Claire Jones: Royal Harp Strings

    London Mozart Players

    Stuart Morley, conductor

    Claire Jones, harp

    4:42
  • 11:40 AM

    Impromptu No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    4:35
  • 11:33 AM

    Kamarinskaya

    Mikhail Glinka

    Kabalevsky, Prokofiev, Glinka, Tchaikovsky

    San Diego Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Barra, conductor

    6:09
  • 11:24 AM

    Suite of Old Lettish Dances

    Andrejs Jansons

    Blue Skies

    USAF Band of Flight

    7:36
  • 11:20 AM

    Pelleas and Melisande: Intermezzo

    Jean Sibelius

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    2:51
  • 11:08 AM

    Ballet Scenes: Polonaise

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: From the Middle Ages; Scenes de Ballet

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:10
  • 11:04 AM

    Gymnopedie No. 2

    Erik Satie

    Melodies

    Chen Yi, violin

    3:11
  • 10:50 AM

    Mignon: Overture

    Ambroise Thomas

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    8:06
  • 10:42 AM

    Serenade No. 1: Rondo

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    6:05
  • 10:32 AM

    Keyboard Suite No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Keyboard Suites I

    Sviatoslav Richter, piano

    9:56
  • 10:17 AM

    For Aaron

    Lukas Foss

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    13:43
  • 10:07 AM

    Sacred and Profane Dances

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Orchestral Works

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    Alice Chalifoux, harp

    10:06
  • 10:01 AM

    Capriccio No. 3: Allemande

    Jan Zelenka

    Zelenka: The Capriccios

    Bach Sinfonia

    Daniel Abraham, conductor

    4:33
  • 9:46 AM

    Rienzi: Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    11:42
  • 9:33 AM

    Scaramouche

    Darius Milhaud

    Creation

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Branford Marsalis, saxophone

    11:20
  • 9:25 AM

    Jota de Pamplona

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Sarasate: Violin and Orchestra Music, Vol. 4

    Navarra Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Martinez Izquierdo, conductor

    Tianwa Yang, violin

    6:43
  • 9:06 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 11 "Turkish"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Sonatas and Variations

    Fazil Say, piano

    18:32
  • 9:01 AM

    Rome Symphony Orchestra

    Francesco La Vecchia, conductor

    4:30
  • 8:48 AM

    Concerto for Two Violins and Two Cellos

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concerti per Mandolini

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    10:05
  • 8:41 AM

    Larghetto

    Neil McKay

    Music For Quiet Listening

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    6:30
  • 8:34 AM

    Chatham Baroque

    6:36
  • 8:06 AM

    Symphony No. 76

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Hanover Band

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    26:10
  • 8:01 AM

    Suite from Esclarmonde: Hymenee

    Jules Massenet

    Massenet: Orchestral Suites

    Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Jean, conductor

    4:34
  • 7:28 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    York Bowen

    Bowen: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 / Davis, Bbc Philharmonic

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    29:44
  • 7:27 AM

    Eight Memories in Watercolor: Blue Nun

    Tan Dun

    Beijing Guitar Duo

    1:09
  • 7:07 AM

    Duet-Concertino

    Richard Strauss

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Kenneth Munday, bassoon

    David Shifrin, clarinet

    18:33
  • 7:01 AM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Johan Svendsen

    Svendsen: Symphonies 1 & 2

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    4:45
  • 6:31 AM

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Emmanuel Krivine, conductor

    27:37
  • 6:26 AM

    Nocturne No. 5

    Frederic Chopin

    Therese Motard, cello

    Louise-Andree Baril, piano

    4:02
  • 6:06 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin

    Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

    Bramwell Tovey, conductor

    18:08
  • 6:01 AM

    Symphony: Larghetto

    Joseph Martin Kraus

    Kraus: Complete Symphonies, Vol. 4

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Petter Sundkvist, conductor

    4:34
  • 5:46 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    12:15
  • 5:30 AM

    Concerto da Camera

    Howard Hanson

    Ying String Quartet

    Adam Neiman, piano

    15:16
  • 5:11 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suites 1-4

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    18:00
  • 5:06 AM

    O Mistress Mine

    Thomas Morley

    Corona Guitar Quartet

    Corona Guitar Quartet

    3:44
  • 5:01 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1: Gavotte

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    4:40
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