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  • 4:30 AM

    Oboe Quintet

    Theodore Dubois

    Trio Hochelaga

    Jean-Luc Plourde, viola

    Philippe Magnan, oboe

    28:31
  • 4:28 AM

    Mr. Dowland's Midnight

    John Dowland

    Lute Music of Dowland

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    1:08
  • 4:08 AM

    The Isle of the Dead

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Pictures at a Gallery

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    19:28
  • 4:06 AM

    Ave Maria

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Requiem and other choral music

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    John Scott, organ

    1:55
  • 4:01 AM

    Sketchbook of a Journey: Night at Sea with Stars

    Anthony Sidney

    Miguel Bonachea, guitar

    Gretchen Chell Cover, harp

    4:24
  • 3:47 AM

    A Spring Garland

    Armstrong Gibbs

    Armstrong Gibbs: Dale and Fell

    Guildhall Strings

    Robert Salter, conductor

    11:14
  • 3:06 AM

    The Fairy Queen: Selections

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell: Instrumental Music

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

    Thomas Hengelbrock, conductor

    6:12
  • 3:04 AM

    Frauenliebe und Leben: An meinem Herzen, an meiner Brust

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Liederkreis, Op. 39

    Dorothea Roschmann, soprano

    1:30
  • 3:01 AM

    Frauenliebe und Leben: Du Ring am meinem Finger

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Liederkreis, Op. 39

    Dorothea Roschmann, soprano

    2:59
  • 2:47 AM

    Two Studies

    Arthur Bliss

    English Northern Philharmonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    11:27
  • 2:37 AM

    Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 8

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Till Fellner, piano

    9:39
  • 2:15 AM

    Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Daniele Gatti, conductor

    20:41
  • 2:06 AM

    Caprice and Elegy

    Frederick Delius

    The Delius Collection, Vol. 7

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Eric Fenby, conductor

    Julian Lloyd Webber, cello

    8:07
  • 2:01 AM

    Intermezzo for String Trio

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Dohnanyi, Kodaly, Martinu: String Trios

    Domus

    4:42
  • 1:54 AM

    Cantilene

    Louis Cahuzac

    French Portraits / Ricardo Morales, Michael Chertok

    Ricardo Morales, clarinet

    4:35
  • 1:15 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 8

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor

    38:18
  • 1:06 AM

    Vals Capricho

    Ricardo Castro Herrera

    Dances for Piano and Orchestra

    Northwest Sinfonietta

    Christophe Chagnard, conductor

    Joel Fan, piano

    7:56
  • 1:01 AM

    Cello Suite No. 6: Gavotte

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Suites For Solo Cello

    Pierre Fournier, cello

    4:37
  • 12:41 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Four Horn Concertos

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Janos Rolla, conductor

    Dale Clevenger, horn

    16:47
  • 12:24 AM

    Symphony No. 9: 2nd movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    16:11
  • 12:18 AM

    Mlada: Procession of the Nobles

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    4:52
  • 12:06 AM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Intimate Masterpieces

    Jupiter String Quartet

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    11:25
  • 12:01 AM

    Pastoral Suite: Villagers' Dance

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Ulster Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    4:42
  • 11:54 PM

    Waltz No. 10

    Frederic Chopin

    Stephen Kovacevich, piano

    4:09
  • 11:37 PM

    Don Juan

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Symphonic Poems

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    17:19
  • 11:24 PM

    Sinfonia No. 6

    Gaspard Fritz

    Fritz: 5 Sinfonias

    La Stagione Frankfurt

    Michael Schneider, conductor

    11:28
  • 11:16 PM

    This is why we sing

    Joshua Shank

    This Is Why We Sing

    The Summer Singers

    Russell Adrian, conductor

    7:36
  • 11:05 PM

    My Home Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    9:31
  • 10:51 PM

    Summer from The Seasons (highlights)

    Haydn

    Academy of St Martins-in-the field

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Siegfried Jerusalem, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Edith Mathis

    20:00
  • 10:05 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 4

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    Richard Goode, piano

    32:29
  • 10:00 PM

    Requiem: Pie Jesu

    Andrew Lloyd Webber

    Lloyd Webber: Requiem

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    3:56
  • 9:52 PM

    The Christmas Alleluias

    Kim Andre Arnesen

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 7

    Sarah Grudem, harp

    6:42
  • 9:50 PM

    Cello Suite No. 1: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Overtures to Bach

    Matt Haimovitz, cello

    2:13
  • 9:46 PM

    Sure on This Shining Night

    Samuel Barber

    Barber: An American Romantic

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    2:27
  • 9:35 PM

    Water Music Suite No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    10:11
  • 9:25 PM

    Symphony No. 4: 4th movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano

    9:02
  • 9:21 PM

    Finnegan's Wake

    A.J. Potter

    A.J. Potter: Orchestral Music

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Robert Houlihan, conductor

    2:40
  • 9:03 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas

    Emil Gilels, piano

    15:42
  • 8:40 PM

    The Firebird (L'oiseau de feu): Suite

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski - The Minnesota Orchestra: The Vox Recordings

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

    21:21
  • 8:27 PM

    Helios Overture

    Carl Nielsen

    Danish National Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    11:55
  • 8:21 PM

    Walking Tune

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger: Vol. 1 - Orchestral Works 1

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    3:55
  • 8:07 PM

    Vivaldi: Summer

    Max Richter

    Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Berlin Chamber Orchestra

    Andre de Ridder, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    13:10
  • 8:02 PM

    Beautiful Dreamer

    Stephen Foster

    Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano

    Antonio Pappano, piano

    3:56
  • 7:56 PM

    Symphony No. 11: 1st movement

    Michael Haydn

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    3:54
  • 6:51 PM

    Introduction No. 3

    Pietro Locatelli

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, conductor

    5:27
  • 5:33 PM

    Clarinet Quintet

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Hagen Quartet

    Eduard Brunner, clarinet

    25:02
  • 5:19 PM

    St. Paul's Suite

    Gustav Holst

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    12:32
  • 5:05 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    12:00
  • 4:59 PM

    Bogoroditse Djevo (Rejoice, O Virgin Mary)

    Sergey Khvoshchinsky

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

    Rose Ensemble

    5:05
  • 4:49 PM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    8:17
  • 4:21 PM

    Harp Concerto

    Reinhold Gliere

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Rachel Masters, harp

    26:59
  • 4:03 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 13

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Sonatas and Variations

    Fazil Say, piano

    16:45
  • 3:59 PM

    Elijah: Lift Thine Eyes to the Mountains

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Choral Masterpieces

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:54
  • 3:23 PM

    Petrushka

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky, Petrouchka: Scherzo a la Russe, The Firebird Suite

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    35:16
  • 2:59 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Philharmonia Hungarica

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    9:03
  • 2:46 PM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12

    Franz Liszt

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    11:32
  • 2:45 PM

    Song of the Partridge

    Gomidas Vartabed

    Gomidas Songs

    Chamber Players of the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra

    Eduard Topchjan, conductor

    Isabel Bayrakdarian, soprano

    :55
  • 2:37 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 1

    Alessandro Scarlatti

    I Musici

    William Bennett, flute

    Lenore Smith, flute

    6:23
  • 2:15 PM

    Piano Trio No. 4 "Gassenhauer"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Rudolf Buchbinder, piano

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    Heinrich Schiff, cello

    21:30
  • 2:03 PM

    Orchestra-Symphony No. 3

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    CPE Bach: 4 Symphonies

    English Concert

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    10:15
  • 1:55 PM

    Black Swan (after Brahms Intermezzo in A)

    Bright Sheng

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    :00
  • 1:50 PM

    Sounds from the Hudson

    Herbert L. Clarke

    Gerard Schwarz, cornet

    William Bolcom, piano

    4:44
  • 1:35 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring"

    Robert Schumann

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

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    35:41
  • 1:30 PM

    Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Silk Road

    Tan Dun

    Shanghai Symphony Orchestra

    Tan Dun, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    3:08
  • 1:25 PM

    Czech Suite: Sousedska

    Antonin Dvorak

    North German Radio Symphony

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    4:02
  • 1:19 PM

    Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Hungarian & Trojan Marches; Corsair & Roman Carnival Overtures

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    5:33
  • 1:08 PM

    Nocturnes: Fetes (Festivals)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Orchestral Works

    Paris Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    6:56
  • 1:04 PM

    Melody

    Anton Rubinstein

    The Maiden's Prayer

    Philip Martin, piano

    3:26
  • 12:50 PM

    The Last Rose of Summer

    Traditional Irish

    Barry Douglas, piano

    2:52
  • 12:41 PM

    Oboe Concerto: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Masters of the Oboe

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    John Mack, oboe

    7:42
  • 12:32 PM

    Concerto for Two Trumpets

    Antonio Vivaldi

    I Musici Montreal

    Yuli Turovsky, conductor

    James Thompson, trumpet

    Robert Early, trumpet

    7:17
  • 12:25 PM

    Symphony No. 4: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 4; Hungarian Dances

    Halle Orchestra

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

    6:12
  • 12:19 PM

    Tarantella

    David Popper

    Munich Chamber Orchestra

    Hans Stadlmair, conductor

    Werner Thomas, cello

    4:53
  • 12:07 PM

    Sinfonia

    Johann Hasse

    Moderntimes_1800

    Ilia Korol, conductor

    7:45
  • 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
  • 11:54 AM

    Eugene Onegin: Polonaise

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Excerpts from Nutcracker, Swan Lake

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    4:46
  • 11:47 AM

    String Quartet No. 67: 4th movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Parker Quartet

    Parker Quartet

    5:41
  • 11:39 AM

    Minuet Antique

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Piano Concertos, Etc

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    6:15
  • 11:31 AM

    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
  • 11:24 AM

    Serenade for Winds: Minuet

    Antonin Dvorak

    Romantic Wind Serenades

    Consortium Classicum

    5:43
  • 11:20 AM

    Etude No. 5

    Frederic Chopin

    Boris Berezovsky, piano

    3:20
  • 11:10 AM

    Ballet Scenes: Preambule

    Alexander Glazunov

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    3:21
  • 11:04 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Alla marcia

    Dag Wiren

    Grieg, Sibelius, Nielsen, Wiren

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    5:15
  • 10:46 AM

    Symphony No. 9 "Great": 3rd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Northern Sinfonia

    Thomas Zehetmair, conductor

    12:50
  • 10:38 AM

    Voices of Spring Waltz (Fruhlingsstimmen)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Wienerwaltzer Paprika

    Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    6:06
  • 10:30 AM

    Songs from Lake Ladoga

    Erkki Melartin

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Jorma Panula, conductor

    7:54
  • 10:28 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2: Badinerie

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Isabelle Perrin, harp

    Shigenori Kudo, flute

    1:27
  • 10:16 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1: Rondo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The 5 Piano Concertos

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    Rudolf Serkin, piano

    10:18
  • 10:06 AM

    La Circe: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Cimarosa: Overtures, 2

    Toronto Chamber Orchestra

    Kevin Mallon, conductor

    9:32
  • 10:01 AM

    Rondo Amoroso

    Harald Saeverud

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Per Dreier, conductor

    4:35
  • 9:52 AM

    Variations on a Theme by Handel

    Mauro Giuliani

    An Evening of Guitar Music

    Celedonio Romero, guitar

    7:04
  • 9:21 AM

    La Boite a Joujoux (The Toy Box)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Works for Orchestra, Vol. II

    Radio Luxembourg Orchestra

    Louis de Froment, conductor

    29:24
  • 9:06 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 50

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Andrew Rangell, piano

    12:49
  • 9:01 AM

    Orchestral Quartet No. 1: Poco presto

    Carl Stamitz

    Carl Stamitz: Orchestral Quartets, Op. 14

    NZSO Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Armstrong, conductor

    4:34
  • 8:41 AM

    Quintet

    Johann Christian Bach

    Florigelium Musicale: Vivaldi, Marcello, Quantz, J.Ch. Bach, Fasch

    Camerata Cologne

    17:23
  • 8:06 AM

    Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spake Zarathustra)

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Mahler: Totenfeier

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    33:12
  • 8:01 AM

    Liza/Promenade

    George Gershwin

    Tashi

    4:45
  • 7:36 AM

    English Suite No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: English Suites Nos. 1, 3 & 6

    Murray Perahia, piano

    22:27
  • 7:24 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Titan": 3rd movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    11:04
  • 7:06 AM

    Philomena: Suite

    Alexandre Desplat

    Philomena: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    Alexandre Desplat, conductor

    16:06
  • 7:01 AM

    Souvenirs: Waltz

    Samuel Barber

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Schenck, conductor

    4:28
  • 6:37 AM

    Symphonic Variations

    Antonin Dvorak

    Brahms: Nine Hungarian Dances; Dvorak

    North German Radio Symphony

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    21:15
  • 6:13 AM

    Clarinet Trio

    Johannes Brahms

    Jozsef Balogh, clarinet

    Jeno Jando, piano

    Csaba Onczay, cello

    22:35
  • 6:06 AM

    Summer Evening

    Frederick Delius

    Vaughan Williams and Delius

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    6:01
  • 6:01 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Pastoral": 1st movement

    Francois-Joseph Gossec

    Gossec: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    4:29
  • 5:17 AM

    Symphony

    Paul Dukas

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    41:20
  • 5:06 AM

    Harp Sonata

    Germaine Tailleferre

    Maria Graf � Recital: Debussy, Faure, Caplet, Tailleferre, Tournier, Roussel, Ravel

    Maria Graf, harp

    8:51
  • 5:01 AM

    Pieces from the Lumley Part Books (selections)

    Anonymous

    Fretwork

    4:27
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