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  • 4:33 AM

    String Quartet No. 6

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Pacifica String Quartet

    25:35
  • 4:21 AM

    Nocturnes: Sirenes

    Claude Debussy

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Dutoit, conductor

    10:56
  • 4:06 AM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar Orchestral Favourites Volume 4

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    13:11
  • 4:01 AM

    Bagatelles: Poco Allegro

    Antonin Dvorak

    National Chamber Players

    Lowell Graham, conductor

    4:44
  • 3:48 AM

    Summer Music

    Arnold Bax

    Bax: 4 Tone Poems

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    9:48
  • 3:14 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Jean Sibelius

    Tchaikovsky, Sibelius: Violin Concertos

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    33:15
  • 3:06 AM

    Nocturne and Allegro Scherzando

    Philippe Gaubert

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Steuart Bedford, conductor

    William Bennett, flute

    5:43
  • 3:01 AM

    Suite from Esclarmonde: Hymenee

    Jules Massenet

    Massenet: Orchestral Suites

    Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Jean, conductor

    4:34
  • 2:53 AM

    Rhapsody

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Piano Pieces Opp. 116-119

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    5:02
  • 2:23 AM

    Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    28:19
  • 2:12 AM

    Missa Solemnis: Benedictus

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    Lucy Crowe, soprano

    Jennifer Johnson, mezzo-soprano

    James Gilchrist, tenor

    Matthew Rose, bass

    9:23
  • 2:06 AM

    Dreams of Love No. 3 (Liebestraum)

    Franz Liszt

    Virtuose Harfenmusik

    Jutta Zoff, harp

    5:14
  • 2:01 AM

    Smoky Mountains Concerto: Valley Song

    Richard Addinsell

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Kenneth Alwyn, conductor

    Philip Martin, piano

    4:39
  • 1:47 AM

    Variations on "The Carnival of Venice"

    Wilhelm Posse

    L'arpa notturna

    Elisabeth Plank, harp

    11:01
  • 1:15 AM

    Symphony

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Carmen Suite, Symphony No. 1

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    30:54
  • 1:07 AM

    Brook Green Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: Works for Chamber Orchestra

    New Zealand Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor

    7:07
  • 1:01 AM

    The Seawall Song

    Tamezo Narita

    Paillard Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Francois Paillard, conductor

    4:33
  • 12:46 AM

    The Garden of Cosmic Speculation: Garden of the Senses Suite

    Michael Gandolfi

    Gandolfi: The Garden of Cosmic Spectacular

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    12:55
  • 12:17 AM

    Symphony No. 8

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    26:47
  • 12:06 AM

    Piano Trio No. 2: 2nd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Complete Trios

    Beaux Arts Trio

    8:56
  • 12:01 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1: Gavotte

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Suites Nos. 1 And 2

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    4:40
  • 11:50 PM

    Cantabile

    Peteris Vasks

    Vasks: Cantabile - Baltic Works For String Orchestra Vol 2

    Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra

    Juha Kangas, conductor

    8:55
  • 11:34 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Classical"

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev, Debussy, Milhaud

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Alberto Zedda, conductor

    14:21
  • 11:30 PM

    Bartered Bride: Dance of the Comedians

    Bedrich Smetana

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    3:36
  • 11:17 PM

    Tales from the Vienna Woods

    Johann StraussJr.

    New Year's Concert 2014

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    Wilfrid Scharf, zither

    11:45
  • 11:04 PM

    Chimney of King Rene

    Darius Milhaud

    Milhaud: Music for Wind Instruments

    Athena Ensemble

    12:53
  • 10:59 PM

    The Deer Hunter: Cavatina

    Stanley Myers

    Romance de Amor

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    3:30
  • 10:34 PM

    Symphony No. 43 "Mercury"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    24:12
  • 10:30 PM

    Prelude No. 1

    George Gershwin

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Nigel Kennedy, violin

    1:50
  • 10:18 PM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    Peter Whelan, bassoon

    11:02
  • 10:10 PM

    Aida: Triumphal March

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    7:38
  • 10:03 PM

    Waltz-Intermezzo

    Frank Bridge

    Showpieces and Encores

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    6:13
  • 9:35 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 12

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    Evgeny Kissin, piano

    26:12
  • 9:27 PM

    Son and Stranger Overture (Die Heimkehr aus der Fremde)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Heimkehr aus dem Fremde

    Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Helmuth Rilling, conductor

    7:11
  • 9:19 PM

    Abdelazer: Suite

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell: Dido and Aeneas

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    5:44
  • 9:11 PM

    Out of This World

    Ludovico Einaudi

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:58
  • 9:02 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique": 2nd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky/Dvorak/Honeck/PSO

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    7:53
  • 8:56 PM

    Kentucky Rondo

    Otto Luening

    Louisville Orchestra

    Lawrence Leighton Smith, conductor

    4:55
  • 8:39 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Gli Uccelli, Trittico Botticelliano

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    14:57
  • 8:36 PM

    Te Deum: Prelude

    Marc-Antoine Charpentier

    Empire Brass

    William Kuhlman, organ

    2:24
  • 8:07 PM

    Symphony

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Symphonies 2

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Marc Soustrot, conductor

    26:17
  • 8:00 PM

    Tannhauser: Pilgrims' Chorus

    Richard Wagner

    German Opera Choruses

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Silvio Varviso, conductor

    6:19
  • 5:48 PM

    Trumpet Concerto No. 2

    Johann Hertel

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Wolfgang Bauer, conductor

    Wolfgang Bauer, trumpet

    10:28
  • 5:42 PM

    Ave Maria

    Leos Janacek

    Song of a Czech: Dvorak and Janacek for Men's Voices

    Cantus

    4:27
  • 5:05 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev: Violin Concertos

    Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Vladimir Fedoseyev, conductor

    Kyoko Takezawa, violin

    35:40
  • 4:59 PM

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers Awake)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Parkening, guitar

    4:14
  • 4:44 PM

    Fair Maid of Perth: Suite

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet Orchestral Works Vol. 2

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    13:19
  • 4:28 PM

    Scherzo Capriccioso

    Antonin Dvorak

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    14:04
  • 4:05 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 21 "Waldstein"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas

    Fazil Say, piano

    21:53
  • 3:59 PM

    The Planets: Mercury

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:12
  • 3:49 PM

    La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: 7 Overtures

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    9:29
  • 3:43 PM

    Don Pasquale: Che interminabile andirivieni?

    Gaetano Donizetti

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    3:59
  • 3:16 PM

    String Quartet No. 17 "Hunt"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Hunt & Dissonance Quartets; Haydn

    Emerson String Quartet

    25:51
  • 3:06 PM

    Songs from Lake Ladoga

    Erkki Melartin

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Jorma Panula, conductor

    7:54
  • 3:00 PM

    Canon and Gigue

    Johann Pachelbel

    Pachelbel Canon

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    5:10
  • 2:43 PM

    Serenade to Music

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Serenade, Flos Campi, Five Mystical Songs

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Matthew Best, conductor

    Soloists

    13:31
  • 2:34 PM

    String Quartet No. 2 "Intimate Letters": 4th movement

    Leos Janacek

    Intimate Letters

    Lyris Quartet

    7:51
  • 2:04 PM

    Symphony No. 86

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    28:20
  • 2:00 PM

    Dolly Suite: Berceuse

    Gabriel Faure

    Silence Wakes My Song

    Julia Shaw, harp

    2:49
  • 1:55 PM

    Nordic Folk Dances: The Elf-Maids and the Hunters

    Emil Hartmann

    Hartmann: Nordic Folk Dances; Hakon Jarl; A Carnival Feast

    Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bo Holten, conductor

    3:46
  • 1:49 PM

    Grande Serenade: Finale

    Mauro Giuliani

    An Italian in Vienna: Duos by Mauro Giuliani

    Louise Schulman, viola

    4:56
  • 1:34 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "Great": 4th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphony No. 9 "The Great"

    Northern Sinfonia

    Thomas Zehetmair, conductor

    14:09
  • 1:30 PM

    March

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Claudio Abbado: Marce E Danze

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    2:27
  • 1:21 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 1: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: A Strange Beauty

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    8:04
  • 1:18 PM

    Sinfonietta: Fanfare

    Leos Janacek

    Janacek: Sinfonietta, Taras Bulba

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    2:19
  • 1:06 PM

    Oboe Concerto No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    Robin Miller, oboe

    8:52
  • 1:04 PM

    Grind the barley

    Francis Poulenc

    A Cappella

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    :47
  • 12:50 PM

    Academic Festival Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    9:19
  • 12:46 PM

    Down a Country Lane

    Aaron Copland

    Home For The Harvest

    New England Conservatory Wind Ensemble

    Frank Battisti, conductor

    2:58
  • 12:39 PM

    Voyevoda: Dance of the Hay Girls

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    5:32
  • 12:31 PM

    Italian Serenade

    Hugo Wolf

    Schubert: Trout Quintet, Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik, Hugo Wolf: Italian Serenade

    Takacs Quartet

    6:36
  • 12:22 PM

    Symphony No. 29: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart; Zuckerman

    National Arts Centre Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    8:18
  • 12:17 PM

    Funeral March of a Marionette

    Charles Gounod

    Tortelier's French Bonbons

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    4:27
  • 12:09 PM

    Donna Diana Overture

    Emil von Reznicek

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:00
  • 12:04 PM

    Fur Elise

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Classic Romance II / John Novacek

    John Novacek, piano

    3:40
  • 11:55 AM

    The Red Poppy: Russian Sailor's Dance

    Reinhold Gliere

    Pops a la Russe

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:38
  • 11:45 AM

    Symphony No. 5

    Johann Christian Bach

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:09
  • 11:36 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Max Bruch

    Mendelssohn, Bruch: Violin Concertos

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    Midori, violin

    7:32
  • 11:31 AM

    Orchestra of the Royal Swedish Opera

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    4:34
  • 11:24 AM

    Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

    London Classical Players

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    6:02
  • 11:20 AM

    Highland Fancy

    Marcus Dods

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    John Wilson, conductor

    Alaster Bentley, oboe

    3:12
  • 11:10 AM

    Trumpet Sonata No. 1

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell: Miscellany

    Purcell Quartet

    Mark Bennett, trumpet

    4:09
  • 11:04 AM

    Spanish Dance No. 5 "Andaluza"

    Enrique Granados

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    Fionnuala Hunt, violin

    4:32
  • 10:49 AM

    String Symphony No. 10

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn - String Symphonies 8-9-10

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    9:39
  • 10:45 AM

    Impresario: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenades and Overtures

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    4:03
  • 10:39 AM

    Polonaise No. 3 "Military"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Chopin Collection: 7 Polonaises

    Artur Rubinstein, piano

    4:11
  • 10:29 AM

    Vienna 3/4 Time - Waltz Cycle

    Johann Wagenaar

    Wagenaar: Saul En David, Amphitrion, Etc / Riccardo Chailly

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    9:37
  • 10:26 AM

    Violin Sonata: Siciliano

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Klauspeter Seibel, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    2:53
  • 10:17 AM

    Eugene Onegin: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    6:41
  • 10:09 AM

    Concerto No. 5

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Albinoni: 12 Concerti a cinque, Op.5

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    7:18
  • 10:06 AM

    Shepherd's Hey

    Percy Grainger

    Edmonton Wind Ensemble

    Harry Pinchin, conductor

    2:39
  • 10:01 AM

    Romantic Waltz

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy's Harp

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    4:34
  • 9:48 AM

    Symphony No. 4 "Romantic": 3rd movement

    Anton Bruckner

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    10:37
  • 9:39 AM

    String Quartet No. 2: Nocturne

    Alexander Borodin

    Mad About Romance

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:19
  • 9:28 AM

    Four Seasons: Winter

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    9:03
  • 9:15 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 38

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    John O'Conor, piano

    11:46
  • 9:06 AM

    A Fugal Concerto

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: St. Paul's Suite, etc.

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Duke Dobing, flute

    8:25
  • 9:01 AM

    Songs of the Auvergne: Two Songs

    Joseph Canteloube

    Dawn Upshaw sings Canteloube

    Lyon National Opera Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    Dawn Upshaw, soprano

    4:36
  • 8:41 AM

    Tuba Concerto

    John Williams

    20th-Century Tuba Concertos

    Singapore Symphony Orchestra

    Anne Manson, conductor

    Oystein Baadsvik, tuba

    17:02
  • 8:36 AM

    Steal Away

    Traditional

    Where the Sun Will Never Go Down

    Chanticleer

    5:24
  • 8:28 AM

    Romance for Violin and Orchestra

    Johan Svendsen

    Violin Romances

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Gil Shaham, violin

    6:49
  • 8:06 AM

    Variations for Piano and Orchestra

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi Discoveries

    Milan Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    20:17
  • 8:01 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 2: Allegro

    Pietro Locatelli

    Locatelli: Violin Sonatas, Op. 6

    Locatelli Trio

    4:31
  • 7:38 AM

    Grand Duo Concertante

    Mauro Giuliani

    Laurel Zucker, flute

    Richard Savino, guitar

    20:35
  • 7:13 AM

    The Red Pony Suite

    Aaron Copland

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    23:15
  • 7:06 AM

    Medley of Scots Tunes

    Rachel Barton Pine

    Scottish Fantasies for Violin & Orchestra

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Platt, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    5:58
  • 7:01 AM

    Concerto for Viola and Orchestra: Finale

    Carl Stamitz

    Cologne Chamber Orchestra

    Helmut Muller-Bruhl, conductor

    Wolfram Christ, viola

    4:34
  • 6:23 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Johannes Brahms: Symphonies Nos.1-4 (Gunter Wand Collection)

    North German Radio Symphony

    Gunter Wand, conductor

    35:23
  • 6:17 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
  • 6:06 AM

    Gymnopedies

    Erik Satie

    Miki Aoki, piano

    9:44
  • 6:01 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 2: 1st movement

    William Alwyn

    Alwyn: Concerti Grossi Nos. 2 and 3

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    4:36
  • 5:30 AM

    Ballet Scenes

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: From the Middle Ages; Scenes de Ballet

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    28:16
  • 5:27 AM

    Consolation

    Victor Kossenko

    Consolation: Forgotten Treasures of the Ukrainian Soul

    Natalya Pasichnyk, piano

    2:27
  • 5:14 AM

    Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    11:36
  • 5:06 AM

    Romance No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven, Dvorak, Schubert

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    7:14
  • 5:01 AM

    Divertissement: 2nd movement

    Emile Bernard

    Sylvan Winds

    4:40
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