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  • 4:22 AM

    Boom of the Tingling Strings

    Jon Lord

    Jon Lord: Boom Of The Tingling Strings

    Odense Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Mann, conductor

    Nelson Goerner, piano

    36:21
  • 4:07 AM

    Little Buddha

    Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Ryuichi Sakamoto: Cinemage

    Studio Orchestra

    Ryuichi Sakamoto, conductor

    8:48
  • 4:01 AM

    High Life for Nine Instruments

    David Byrne

    David Byrne: High Life For Nine Instruments / Robert Moran: Music From The Towers Of The Moon / John Lurie: Stranger Than Paradise / Michael Torke: Chalk

    Balanescu String Quartet

    4:33
  • 3:39 AM

    There Will Be Blood: Suite

    Jonny Greenwood

    Bryce Dessner; Jonny Greenwood

    Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre de Ridder, conductor

    20:59
  • 3:33 AM

    Follow thy fair sun

    Tony Banks

    Amores Pasados

    John Potter, tenor

    3:36
  • 3:12 AM

    Kronos Quartet

    9:58
  • 3:07 AM

    Air "Dublinesque"

    Billy Joel

    Fantasies & Delusions

    Richard Joo, piano

    3:46
  • 3:01 AM

    Zarabanda Solitaria

    Jon Lord

    Dance

    Smith Quartet

    4:28
  • 2:46 AM

    Andante Favori

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    11:44
  • 2:43 AM

    Xerxes: Largo

    George Frideric Handel

    Ombra Mai Fu; Pachelbel: Canon

    I Solisti Italiani

    3:32
  • 2:21 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 2

    Ernest Bloch

    Ernest Bloch: Concerti Grossi 1 & 2

    Amadeus Chamber Orchestra

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    20:15
  • 2:09 AM

    Barcarolle venetienne

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Navarra Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Martinez Izquierdo, conductor

    Tianwa Yang, violin

    9:49
  • 2:06 AM

    Alessio Bax, piano

    2:37
  • 2:01 AM

    Summer Evening: Waltz

    Oscar Merikanto

    Scandinavian Rhapsody, A Selection of Orchestral Favourites

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:36
  • 1:54 AM

    Come, Gentle Night

    Ensemble Galilei

    Ensemble Galilei

    3:32
  • 1:15 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Robert Schumann

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    38:03
  • 1:06 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Vincenzo Bellini

    Ensemble Berlin

    Christoph Hartmann, oboe

    7:13
  • 1:01 AM

    Etude No. 11: for arpeggios

    Claude Debussy

    Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano

    4:39
  • 12:51 AM

    Variations on a Waltz for Orchestra

    Jerome Moross

    London Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    7:55
  • 12:46 AM

    John's Book of Alleged Dances: Rag the Bone

    John Adams

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    3:02
  • 12:19 AM

    String Quartet No. 12 "American"

    Antonin Dvorak

    Maps and Legends, 7

    Jupiter String Quartet

    27:54
  • 12:06 AM

    Three Latin-American Sketches

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Symphony No. 3

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    9:56
  • 12:01 AM

    Appalachia Waltz

    Mark O'Connor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:25
  • 11:19 PM

    Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    James Levine, conductor

    39:19
  • 11:14 PM

    Requiem: In Paradisum

    Gabriel Faure

    Choral Moods

    Choir of Trinity College

    Richard Marlow, conductor

    3:38
  • 11:09 PM

    Thais: Meditation

    Jules Massenet

    O Bell' Alma: Music from the Opera

    Bell' Alma Duo

    4:21
  • 11:01 PM

    Ramble on Love (from Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss)

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger: Piano Music

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    6:47
  • 10:47 PM

    Snow Maiden Suite

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    12:28
  • 10:42 PM

    Ukrainian Dance

    Traditional

    Far Behind I Left My Country: Klezmer And East European Folk Music

    UCalgary String Quartet

    4:07
  • 10:37 PM

    March of the Trolls

    Edvard Grieg

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yondani Butt, conductor

    3:53
  • 10:21 PM

    Trio Sonata No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Chris Thile, mandolin

    Edgar Meyer, bass

    12:15
  • 10:07 PM

    Ode for St. Cecilia's Day: Overture

    Henry Purcell

    Gabrieli Players

    Paul McCreesh, conductor

    8:42
  • 10:02 PM

    Berceuse (Lullaby)

    Frederic Chopin

    .les sons et les parfums

    Javier Perianes, piano

    4:19
  • 9:49 PM

    Partita No. 5

    Heinrich Biber

    Biber: Harmonia Artificiosa

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    10:51
  • 9:20 PM

    Symphony No. 4 "Italian"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4, Hebrides Overture

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    27:05
  • 9:17 PM

    An Italian Rant

    John Playford

    Toronto Consort

    2:21
  • 9:09 PM

    La clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus): Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Arias for Male Soprano

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    4:46
  • 9:00 PM

    Impressions from the Countryside: Village Dance

    Zdenek Fibich

    Czech National Symphony Orchestra

    Marek Stilec, conductor

    7:46
  • 8:52 PM

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Bela Bartok

    Bartok Orchestral Music

    Hungarian State Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    6:52
  • 8:44 PM

    Two Shandong Folk Songs

    Shi-Guang Cui

    Shanghai Quartet

    7:12
  • 8:10 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 3

    Mahler Chamber Orchestra

    Leif Ove Andsnes, conductor

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    32:47
  • 8:00 PM

    North West German Philharmonic

    Werner Albert, conductor

    8:48
  • 5:28 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 17

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Klavierkonzerte 13 & 17

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    29:38
  • 5:20 PM

    Elizabethan Dance Suite

    Anthony Holborne

    Empire Brass

    6:02
  • 5:05 PM

    Charterhouse Suite

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Israel Chamber Orchestra

    Dalia Atlas, conductor

    13:32
  • 5:01 PM

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bolmimerie

    Seven Harp Ensemble

    Alice Giles, conductor

    3:26
  • 4:44 PM

    The Accursed Huntsman

    Cesar Franck

    Franck: Symphony; Symphonic Variations etc.

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    15:21
  • 4:30 PM

    Semiramide: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Dutoit, conductor

    11:56
  • 4:07 PM

    String Quartet No. 62 "Emperor"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Amadeus Quartet

    21:12
  • 4:00 PM

    Scherzo

    Alfredo Catalani

    Catalani: Ero e Leandro / Contemplazione / Il Mattino

    Rome Symphony Orchestra

    Francesco La Vecchia, conductor

    5:24
  • 3:36 PM

    Harp Concerto No. 1

    Ernst Eichner

    Kurpfalz Chamber Orchestra

    Stefan Fraas, conductor

    Silke Aichhorn, harp

    22:41
  • 3:28 PM

    Schwanengesang, Book 1: Standchen (Serenade)

    Franz Schubert

    Leslie Howard, piano

    6:23
  • 3:10 PM

    Cockaigne Overture (In London Town)

    Edward Elgar

    London Pride

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Owain Arwel Hughes, conductor

    16:40
  • 3:01 PM

    Grand Nonetto: Finale

    Louis Spohr

    Spohr, Martinu: Nonets / Ensemble Wien-Berlin

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    7:33
  • 2:48 PM

    Concerto for Mixed Instruments

    Antonio Vivaldi

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    Ugo Orlandi, mandolin

    Dorina Frati, mandolin

    11:43
  • 2:34 PM

    Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsummer Vigil"

    Hugo Alfven

    The Four Seasons: A Musical Calendar Of Favorite Classics

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    12:44
  • 2:28 PM

    Nabucco: Va, pensiero (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves)

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi: Choruses

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    4:30
  • 2:07 PM

    The Little Trifles (Les petits riens)

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Complete Mozart Edition, Vol. 25: Theatre and Ballet Music

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    19:46
  • 2:01 PM

    Etude No. 3 "Tristesse"

    Frederic Chopin

    Les Bis de Alexis Weissenberg

    Alexis Weissenberg, piano

    4:25
  • 1:46 PM

    Rienzi: Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Overtures and Preludes

    Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

    James Levine, conductor

    13:20
  • 1:39 PM

    Symphony No. 35: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: The Sturm Und Drang Symphonies Vol 1

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    4:57
  • 1:35 PM

    Children's Circus: Little March

    Jan Koetsier

    Clowning Around

    London Brass

    2:45
  • 1:23 PM

    An Outdoor Overture

    Aaron Copland

    The Copland Collection 1936-1948

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Aaron Copland, conductor

    9:00
  • 1:18 PM

    Carmen Symphony: Gypsy Dance

    Jose Serebrier (after Bizet)

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:38
  • 1:08 PM

    Cello Sonata No. 3: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Cello Sonatas

    Lynn Harrell, cello

    6:45
  • 1:04 PM

    Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

    George Frideric Handel

    Mad About Movies (The Sequel)

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    2:57
  • 12:53 PM

    Periodical Overture

    Niccolo Jommelli

    El Maestro Farinelli

    Concerto Koln

    Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor

    5:45
  • 12:44 PM

    Beatrice and Benedict: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Overtures

    San Diego Symphony Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    7:45
  • 12:39 PM

    Symphony No. 10

    Georg Anton Benda

    Benda: Sinfonias Nos. 7-12

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    4:15
  • 12:31 PM

    Giselle: Pas de deux of the young peasants

    Adolphe Adam

    Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    6:50
  • 12:25 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Four Symphonies

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    5:04
  • 12:21 PM

    Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter (Come Down, Jesus, Now from Heaven)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Trios

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    2:51
  • 12:08 PM

    Symphony "The Cotswolds": 4th movement

    Gustav Holst

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    5:56
  • 12:04 PM

    The Three-Cornered Hat: Neighbor's Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Falla: Obras para Piano

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    3:17
  • 11:50 AM

    Minuet Antique

    Maurice Ravel

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski - The Minnesota Orchestra: The Vox Recordings

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

    7:44
  • 11:45 AM

    St. Cecilia: Overture

    Maurice Greene

    Baroque Band

    Garry Clarke, conductor

    3:45
  • 11:40 AM

    Procession of the Sardar

    Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov

    Stokowski Showcase / National Philharmonic Orchestra

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leopold Stokowski, conductor

    3:32
  • 11:36 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 4: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart, Strauss: Horn Concertos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Radovan Vlatkovic, horn

    3:46
  • 11:31 AM

    The Seasons: November (Troika)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonid Grin, conductor

    3:13
  • 11:23 AM

    Traditional Hornpipe Suite

    Adrian Cruft

    British Light Music Discoveries

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    7:09
  • 11:20 AM

    A Chloris (To Chloris)

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Olivieri-Munroe, conductor

    Sol Gabetta, cello

    2:26
  • 11:08 AM

    Clarinet Quintet: Rondo

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Clarinet Concertos

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Jean-Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    Martin Frost, clarinet

    6:01
  • 11:04 AM

    Madame Butterfly: Humming Chorus

    Giacomo Puccini

    The #1 Opera Album

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    2:57
  • 10:49 AM

    Waltz Fantasy

    Mikhail Glinka

    Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra

    Loris Tjeknavorian, conductor

    9:20
  • 10:42 AM

    King Stephen: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    6:39
  • 10:35 AM

    French Suite No. 5: Sarabande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Peter Hill, piano

    5:07
  • 10:24 AM

    Symphony No. 8

    William Boyce

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    10:39
  • 10:15 AM

    If I Were King: Overture

    Adolphe Adam

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    7:15
  • 10:09 AM

    Three Mexican Folk Songs

    Manuel Ponce

    Sonidos Latinos

    David Russell, guitar

    5:09
  • 10:06 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 13

    Antonin Dvorak

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    2:40
  • 10:01 AM

    A Lady in Her Tower

    Gabriel Faure

    Sivan Magen, harp

    4:38
  • 9:41 AM

    An American in Paris

    George Gershwin

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    James Levine, conductor

    17:33
  • 9:26 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 40

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    12:14
  • 9:16 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 10

    Arcangelo Corelli

    Trio Sonnerie

    8:45
  • 9:06 AM

    Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: La Damoiselle elue, L'Apres-midi d'un faune

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    9:38
  • 9:01 AM

    Flute Concerto: 1st movement

    Vilem Blodek

    Concertos brilliantes for flute

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Uros Lajovic, conductor

    Karl Bernhard Sebon, flute

    4:39
  • 8:38 AM

    Harp Concerto

    Nino Rota

    Virtuosi Italiani

    Marzio Conti, conductor

    Luisa Prandina, harp

    20:52
  • 8:30 AM

    Eight Miniatures

    Igor Stravinsky

    Berg: Kammerkonzert; Stravinsky: Ebony Concerto

    Ensemble Intercontemporain

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    7:16
  • 8:07 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Pamela Frank, violin

    Claude Frank, piano

    21:45
  • 8:01 AM

    Chaconne

    John Blow

    Chaconne

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    4:33
  • 7:24 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Itzak Perlman Live in Russia

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    34:12
  • 7:17 AM

    Written on the Sky II

    Max Richter

    Richter: Solo Piano Music

    Jeroen van Veen, piano

    5:14
  • 7:06 AM

    Hungarian Pastoral Fantasy

    Franz Doppler

    Tokyo Concert Orchestra

    Shigenobu Yamaoka, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    10:10
  • 7:01 AM

    Harp Consort No. 3

    William Lawes

    Les Voix Humaines

    Maxine Eilander, harp

    4:39
  • 6:18 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Jean Sibelius

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, Sibelius: Symphony No. 2

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    41:30
  • 6:13 AM

    From the Land of Sky-Blue Water

    Charles Wakefield Cadman

    Cadman: Chamber Music

    Peter Zazofsky, violin

    2:31
  • 6:06 AM

    Cantus in memory of Benjamin Britten

    Arvo Part

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Richard Studt, conductor

    6:06
  • 6:01 AM

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

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    4:31
  • 5:53 AM

    Romance for Violin and Piano

    Gabriel Faure

    Isabelle Faust, violin

    Florent Boffard, piano

    5:20
  • 5:18 AM

    Symphony No. 4 "Tragic"

    Franz Schubert

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    34:12
  • 5:09 AM

    String Quartet Set: Rondeaux

    Lou Harrison

    Del Sol String Quartet

    7:45
  • 5:06 AM

    La Comparsa (Carnival Procession)

    Ernesto Lecuona

    Cuba

    Manuel Barrueco, guitar

    2:14
  • 5:01 AM

    Divertimento No. 1: 2nd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Auer Quartet

    Lajos Lencses, oboe

    4:41
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