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  • 4:27 AM

    Through the Looking Glass

    Deems Taylor

    The Musical Fantasies of Charles Griffes and Deems Taylor

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    31:17
  • 4:21 AM

    Reflections from a Plain

    Tonu Korvits

    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

    Tonu Kaljuste, conductor

    Anja Lechner, cello

    5:03
  • 4:06 AM

    Plow That Broke the Plains Suite

    Virgil Thomson

    The Stokowski Collection, Vol. 3

    Symphony of the Air

    Leopold Stokowski, conductor

    13:58
  • 4:01 AM

    Song and Dance No. 9

    Federico Mompou

    Stephen Hough, piano

    4:33
  • 3:42 AM

    Pastorales

    Lou Harrison

    Brooklyn Philharmonic

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    16:14
  • 3:22 AM

    Violin Sonata

    Aaron Copland

    Romuald Tecco, violin

    Dennis Russell Davies, piano

    19:30
  • 1:49 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Gustav Mahler

    Minnesota Orchestra Live from Orchesdtra Hall with the Minnesota Chorale

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    Ruby Hughes, soprano

    Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano

    90:00
  • 1:06 AM

    Piano Concerto in D

    Joseph Haydn

    Minnesota Orchestra Live from Orchesdtra Hall Osmo Vanska

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    17:00
  • 12:57 AM

    Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano

    Bengt Forsberg, piano

    5:15
  • 12:50 AM

    William Albright, piano

    6:16
  • 12:44 AM

    Treemonisha: finale

    Scott Joplin

    Houston Grand Opera

    Gunther Schuller, conductor

    Carmen Balthrop, soprano

    5:33
  • 12:38 AM

    The Nonpareil

    Scott Joplin

    William Albright, piano

    3:59
  • 12:34 AM

    Candide Overture

    Leonard Bernstein

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    4:10
  • 12:23 AM

    Symphony No. 4: IV

    Gustav Mahler

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    Reri Grist, soprano

    8:32
  • 12:16 AM

    Symphony No. 4: IV

    Gustav Mahler

    Gustav Mahler, piano

    8:05
  • 12:08 AM

    Ruckert Lieder: If You Love For Beauty

    Gustav Mahler

    North German Radio Symphony Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano

    2:27
  • 12:04 AM

    Prelude and Fugue No. 23 in F

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    6:25
  • 11:47 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos - Harpsichord and Violin Concertos

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    11:28
  • 11:43 PM

    All You Need is Love

    John Lennon/Paul McCartney

    The Best of Beatles Baroque

    Les Boreades

    3:35
  • 11:32 PM

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    Martin Jones, piano

    9:45
  • 11:28 PM

    Faust: Alerte! .. Anges purs (Finale)

    Charles Gounod

    Golden Opera

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    Joan Sutherland, soprano

    5:21
  • 11:16 PM

    The Wasps: Overture

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams and Delius

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    10:12
  • 11:09 PM

    Songs of the Auvergne: Three Bourrees

    Joseph Canteloube

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    Dawn Upshaw, soprano

    6:57
  • 11:05 PM

    Parting Friends

    Social Harp Book

    New Britain: The Roots of American Folksong

    Boston Camerata

    Joel Cohen, conductor

    3:21
  • 11:02 PM

    National Emblem March

    Edwin Bagley

    March World Vol 2

    Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    3:11
  • 10:49 PM

    An American Elegy

    Frank Ticheli

    Composer's Collection: Frank Ticheli

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    10:33
  • 10:31 PM

    Rhapsody in Blue

    George Gershwin

    New World Jazz

    New World Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    Michael Tilson Thomas, piano

    17:14
  • 10:25 PM

    Waltzing with Bears

    David Marxen

    Keepers 1

    Priscilla Herdman

    3:59
  • 10:21 PM

    Maple Leaf Rag

    Scott Joplin

    Thompson Plays Joplin

    Butch Thompson, piano

    2:58
  • 10:06 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances, Etc

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    14:53
  • 9:51 PM

    Leonore Overture No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    12:44
  • 9:22 PM

    Romance

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninov, S.: Violin and Piano Transcriptions by Mikhailovsky, Kreisler, Heifetz, Press and Dushkin

    Hideko Udagawa, violin

    4:18
  • 9:19 PM

    Ill Wind

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    At the Drop of Another Hat

    Flanders and Swann

    2:54
  • 9:04 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 23: 1st movement

    Giovanni Battista Viotti

    Viotti: Violin Concerto No. 23/Sinfonie Concertanti

    Accademia I Filarmonici

    Aldo Sisillo, conductor

    Mauro Ranieri, violin

    12:18
  • 8:50 PM

    Celebration

    Philip Sparke

    Standards

    Gustavus Band

    Douglas Nimmo, conductor

    10:47
  • 8:41 PM

    Lord, Thou Hast Been Our Refuge

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    English Hymn Anthems

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    Stephen Cleobury, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    7:37
  • 8:35 PM

    Organ Symphony No. 5: Toccata

    Charles-Marie Widor

    Organ Odyssey

    Mary Preston, organ

    4:57
  • 8:22 PM

    Second Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Music for Wind Band

    Cleveland Symphonic Winds

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    11:30
  • 8:21 PM

    The Big Brown Bear

    Mana-Zucca

    On Wings of Song

    Lester Lynch, baritone

    1:29
  • 8:15 PM

    Widdershins: En Amours

    Kirk Elliott

    Widdershins: The Legend of Tristan Shoute

    Orchestra of Unmitigated Gaul

    Kirk Elliott, conductor

    4:01
  • 8:04 PM

    Cuban Overture

    George Gershwin

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    10:34
  • 8:00 PM

    Loire June Evening

    Stanley Woolner

    blue horizon

    Ivan Konev, piano

    3:01
  • 5:25 PM

    Piano Concerto

    Friedrich Kuhlau

    Kuhlau, Grieg: Piano Concertos

    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Schonwandt, conductor

    Amalie Malling, piano

    33:15
  • 5:14 PM

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin

    8:58
  • 5:06 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 9

    Bruce Haynes

    J.S. Bach: Nouveaux "Brandebourgeois" Nos. 7-12

    Montreal Baroque Orchestra

    Eric Milnes, conductor

    6:29
  • 5:01 PM

    A este Sol peregrino

    Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco

    Seraphic Fire

    Seraphic Fire

    Patrick Dupre Quigley, conductor

    Alvaro Andres Bermudez, guitar

    4:32
  • 4:29 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "The Great National"

    Muzio Clementi

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Francesco d'Avalos, conductor

    29:39
  • 4:17 PM

    Marche Slave

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    10:27
  • 4:12 PM

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    2:57
  • 4:06 PM

    Waltz No. 1 "Grand Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: 4 Ballades / Murray Perahia

    Murray Perahia, piano

    5:03
  • 4:01 PM

    Aleko: Women's Dance

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45, etc.

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    4:36
  • 3:41 PM

    The Ball of Beatrice d'Este

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Harmonie Ensemble

    Steven Richman, conductor

    16:56
  • 3:20 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Jeanne Lamon, violin

    19:24
  • 3:13 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 1

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    5:08
  • 3:06 PM

    Piano Concerto "The Circle and the Child": Circles

    Philip Lasser

    MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Kristjan Jarvi, conductor

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    6:36
  • 3:01 PM

    Four Etudes

    Fernando Sor

    Sor: 24 Progressive Etudes; 6 Little Pieces

    Norbert Kraft, guitar

    4:37
  • 2:54 PM

    Concerto No. 1

    Lorenzo Zavateri

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

    Gottfried von der Goltz, conductor

    4:18
  • 2:42 PM

    Fair Melusina Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Dutoit, conductor

    11:11
  • 2:22 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 4

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 82

    Handel and Haydn Society

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    Aisslinn Nosky, violin

    18:24
  • 2:04 PM

    Cockaigne Overture (In London Town)

    Edward Elgar

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Owain Arwel Hughes, conductor

    16:33
  • 2:00 PM

    Downton Abbey: Theme

    John Lunn

    Claire Jones: Royal Harp Strings

    Claire Jones, harp

    3:33
  • 1:53 PM

    German Arias: Flammende Rose

    George Frederic Handel

    Dorothea Roschmann, soprano

    4:11
  • 1:44 PM

    Petite Symphony: Finale

    Charles Gounod

    Gounod, Milhaud, Debussy-Faldner

    Sinfonia Orchestra of Chicago

    Barry Faldner, conductor

    5:04
  • 1:35 PM

    Sinfonia Varsovia

    Emmanuel Krivine, conductor

    8:20
  • 1:22 PM

    A Fugal Concerto

    Gustav Holst

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Imogen Holst, conductor

    William Bennett, flute

    Peter Graeme, oboe

    8:04
  • 1:19 PM

    Nais: Rigaudons

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    2:17
  • 1:09 PM

    Giannina and Bernardone: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Cimarosa: Overtures, 2

    Toronto Chamber Orchestra

    Kevin Mallon, conductor

    6:40
  • 1:04 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 1

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic Dances Opp. 46 & 72

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Kubelik, conductor

    3:38
  • 12:51 PM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos. 1-6

    Vienna State Opera Orchestra

    Anatole Fistoulari, conductor

    8:31
  • 12:46 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 2: Rustic Dance

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances, Etc

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    3:56
  • 12:37 PM

    String Quartet No. 5: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Cypress String Quartet

    6:46
  • 12:30 PM

    Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Overtures: Beatrice e Benedict, Le corsaire

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yuri Temirkanov, conductor

    6:21
  • 12:19 PM

    Symphony

    Leopold Mozart

    Leopold Mozart: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    9:30
  • 12:07 PM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky & Mendelssohn Concertos

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    Jascha Heifetz, violin

    8:15
  • 12:04 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:56
  • 11:53 AM

    Symphony No. 7 "Pastoral": Scherzo

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Symphonies 4 And 7

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:10
  • 11:45 AM

    Concerto for Two Trumpets

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Banff Festival Strings

    Thomas Rolston, conductor

    David Hickman, trumpet

    7:20
  • 11:37 AM

    Espana

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Portraits in Sound

    Concert Arts Orchestra

    Erich Leinsdorf, conductor

    6:07
  • 11:30 AM

    Rapsodia Cubana

    Isaac Albeniz

    Boston Cello Quartet

    5:49
  • 11:24 AM

    Symphony No. 100 "Military": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 99 & 100

    London Classical Players

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    5:10
  • 11:20 AM

    Cantata No. 29: Sinfonia

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    3:34
  • 11:07 AM

    Overture

    Alexander Reinagle

    The 18th Century American Overture

    Sinfonia Finlandia Jyvaskyla

    Patrick Gallois, conductor

    6:27
  • 11:04 AM

    Etude No. 10

    Frederic Chopin

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    2:03
  • 10:45 AM

    The Red Pony Suite

    Aaron Copland

    Copland, Williams: Music for the Stage and Screen

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    13:13
  • 10:38 AM

    Demetrio e Polibio: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    6:30
  • 10:33 AM

    The Gadfly: Romance

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: The Film Album

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Alexander Kerr, violin

    3:50
  • 10:19 AM

    Quintet

    Franz Danzi

    Ensemble Wien-Berlin

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    13:36
  • 10:16 AM

    Hear my prayer

    Henry Purcell

    Royal Funeral Music

    Vox Luminis

    Lionel Meunier, conductor

    2:12
  • 10:10 AM

    Sonata No. 25

    Niccolo Paganini

    Dale Kavanagh, guitar

    4:26
  • 10:06 AM

    Pelleas and Melisande: Sicilienne

    Gabriel Faure

    Music for Flute & Harp

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    3:29
  • 10:01 AM

    Starlight Express: Waltz

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar and Vaughan Williams

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    George Hurst, conductor

    4:30
  • 9:45 AM

    Symphony No. 5: 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 5 Czech Suite

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    13:20
  • 9:37 AM

    Thais: Meditation

    Jules Massenet

    Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto; Saint-Saens: Havanaise

    New York Chamber Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    7:26
  • 9:27 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    8:27
  • 9:12 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Complete Piano Concertos, Vol. I

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Murray Perahia, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    13:39
  • 9:06 AM

    Air and Dance for Strings

    Frederick Delius

    Vaughan Williams and Delius

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    5:03
  • 9:01 AM

    Concert Suite No. 6: La Poule (The Hen)

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Rameau: Une Symphonie Imaginaire

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    4:31
  • 8:43 AM

    Three Idylls

    Frank Bridge

    Coull Quartet

    15:03
  • 8:31 AM

    Concerto Italiano

    Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor

    11:32
  • 8:07 AM

    Pines of Rome

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Roman Festival, Pines of Rome, Fountains of Rome

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Daniele Gatti, conductor

    23:07
  • 8:01 AM

    Festival Coronation March for Alexander III

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:39
  • 7:39 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1, 2 & 3

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    18:58
  • 7:33 AM

    Suite of Brawles

    Matthew Locke

    Parley of Instruments

    Peter Holman, conductor

    5:51
  • 7:26 AM

    Sarnia: In a May Morning

    John Ireland

    Orchestra of the Swan

    David Curtis, conductor

    6:56
  • 7:06 AM

    Guitar Quintet No. 6

    Luigi Boccherini

    Artaria Quartet

    Richard Savino, guitar

    17:28
  • 7:01 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Jubilee March

    Erkki Melartin

    Scandinavian Rhapsody, A Selection of Orchestral Favourites

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:33
  • 6:24 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Robert Schumann

    Saint-Saens & Schumann: Piano Concertos

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    Israela Margalit, piano

    34:14
  • 6:18 AM

    Jane Eyre: My Edward and I

    Dario Marianelli

    The Silver Violin

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Kirill Karabits, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    4:57
  • 6:06 AM

    Caprice on Danish and Russian Tunes

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Ensemble Villa Musica

    10:35
  • 6:01 AM

    Notre Dame: Intermezzo

    Franz Schmidt

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    4:43
  • 5:55 AM

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    2:56
  • 5:40 AM

    Horn Concerto

    Antonio Rosetti

    Kurpfalz Chamber Orchestra

    Johannes Moesus, conductor

    Sarah Willis, horn

    14:55
  • 5:32 AM

    Eternity and A Day: Suite

    Eleni Karaindrou

    La Camerata Athens

    Loukas Karytinos, conductor

    6:02
  • 5:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 13

    Nikolay Myaskovsky

    Pacifica String Quartet

    25:36
  • 5:01 AM

    String Poetic: Nocturne

    Jennifer Higdon

    String Poetic

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    4:46
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