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  • 4:16 AM

    Don Quixote

    Richard Strauss

    Dvorak: Cello Concerto / Strauss, R.: Don Quixote

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    42:17
  • 4:06 AM

    Variations on a Theme by Handel

    Mauro Giuliani

    Romance Guitar

    Lars Hannibal, guitar

    8:50
  • 4:01 AM

    Orphee Suite: Orphee and the Princess

    Philip Glass

    Paul Barnes, piano

    4:36
  • 3:36 AM

    String Quartet No. 2

    Robert Schumann

    Melos Quartet

    21:55
  • 3:18 AM

    Imagenes

    Candelario Huizar

    Mi Alma Mexicana

    Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas

    Alondra de la Parra, conductor

    16:46
  • 3:14 AM

    Preludes, Book 1: La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair)

    Claude Debussy

    .Such Stuff As Dreams...

    Carol Rosenberger, piano

    3:03
  • 3:06 AM

    To Become (Divenire)

    Ludovico Einaudi

    James Horner: Pas de Deux

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Clark Rundell, conductor

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    7:01
  • 3:01 AM

    Divertimento No. 1: 2nd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Auer Quartet

    Lajos Lencses, oboe

    4:41
  • 12:49 AM

    L'Etoile du Nord: Overture

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Darrell Ang, conductor

    9:04
  • 12:22 AM

    String Sextet

    Louis Spohr

    Spohr: String Sextet, etc.

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    25:49
  • 12:17 AM

    Morceaux de Fantaisie: Melodie

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    3:47
  • 12:06 AM

    Capriol Suite

    Peter Warlock

    Warlock: The Curlew

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alan Barlow, conductor

    10:54
  • 12:01 AM

    Minuet No. 1

    Giacomo Puccini

    Puccini: Chrisantemi/3 Minuetti, etc.

    Orchestra of the Auvergne

    Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    4:38
  • 11:55 PM

    Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

    George Frideric Handel

    Pachelbel Canon and Other Favorites

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    3:05
  • 11:38 PM

    An American in Paris

    George Gershwin

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    17:14
  • 11:31 PM

    Village Dances

    Michael Praetorius

    Praetorius: Dances from Terpischore, 1612

    New London Consort

    Philip Pickett, conductor

    4:02
  • 11:24 PM

    Symphony "The Cotswolds": 4th movement

    Gustav Holst

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    5:56
  • 11:09 PM

    Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1

    Georges Enescu

    Liszt and Enesco Rhapsodies

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    11:55
  • 11:02 PM

    Serenade: 4th movement

    Arthur Bird

    North Texas Chamber Players

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    5:25
  • 10:55 PM

    The Valkyrie: Ride of the Valkyries

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Overtures and Preludes

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    5:21
  • 10:48 PM

    Six Pieces: Slava

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Music For Brass Septet 3

    Septura

    5:39
  • 10:33 PM

    Double Keyboard Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Piano Concertos

    Hamburg Philharmonic

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    Christoph Eschenbach, piano

    13:45
  • 10:25 PM

    Die Frau ohne Schatten (Woman without a Shadow): Watchmen's chorus

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss, R: Die Frau ohne Schatten

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor

    Hans-Joachim Ketelseng, baritone

    5:22
  • 10:18 PM

    Trumpet Concerto: 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concertos

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jahja Ling, conductor

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    5:28
  • 10:08 PM

    Rodeo: Buckaroo Holiday

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Billy the Kid, Rodeo; Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite

    Morton Gould Orchestra

    7:42
  • 10:01 PM

    Por Una Cabeza/La Cumparsita

    Carlos Gardel/Gerardo H. Matos Rodriguez

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    3:47
  • 9:56 PM

    Wand of Youth: Overture and Dance

    Edward Elgar

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    4:19
  • 9:38 PM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin

    Maurice Ravel

    Pavane

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    15:49
  • 9:30 PM

    French Suite No. 6: Gavotte; Polonaise; Bourree

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The French Suites

    Murray Perahia, piano

    4:57
  • 9:22 PM

    Danse Macabre

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Camille Saint-Saens: Organ Symphony; Tone Poems

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    6:16
  • 9:18 PM

    Ballet de Cour: La Canarie

    Gabriel Pierne

    Chamber Music Palm Beach

    2:08
  • 9:06 PM

    Artaserse: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Cimarosa: Overtures, 2

    Toronto Chamber Orchestra

    Kevin Mallon, conductor

    9:06
  • 9:00 PM

    The Three-Cornered Hat: Miller's Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    De Falla, Ponce, Rodrigo

    Manuel Barrueco, guitar

    2:46
  • 8:44 PM

    Capriccio Espagnol

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade, Capricco Espagnol

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    14:46
  • 8:37 PM

    The Virgin Queen set

    John Playford

    The Alehouse Sessions

    Barokksolistene

    Bjarte Eike, violin

    4:44
  • 8:28 PM

    German Requiem: Wie lieblich (How lovely are thy dwelling places)

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Ein Deutches Requiem

    Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    5:27
  • 8:23 PM

    The Firebird (L'oiseau de feu): Finale

    Igor Stravinsky

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

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    2:59
  • 8:17 PM

    Yann's Flight

    Shawn Conley

    Sybarite5

    5:54
  • 8:06 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 9 "Jeunehomme": 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos No. 9, K271 & 21, K467

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Mitsuko Uchida, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    10:19
  • 8:00 PM

    Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III

    Richard Wagner

    Mad About The Orchestra

    New York Philharmonic

    Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor

    3:13
  • 5:51 PM

    Walt Whitman Overture

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: Symphony, "The Cotswolds" / Walt Whitman, Overture / Indra / Japanese Suite / A Winter Idyll

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    7:17
  • 5:41 PM

    Wedding Cake

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint Saens

    Banff Camerata

    Audrey Andrist, piano

    6:26
  • 5:31 PM

    Symphony No. 98: 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 93, 96, & 98

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    5:11
  • 5:23 PM

    Sunburst

    Andrew York

    Play

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    4:17
  • 5:13 PM

    By the Beautiful Blue Danube (An der schonen, blauen Donau)

    Johann StraussJr.

    1995 New Year's Concert

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    9:19
  • 5:01 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: Concertos for Violin

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    Monica Huggett, violin

    7:42
  • 4:51 PM

    Symphony No. 1: Finale

    Charles Gounod

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    8:59
  • 4:44 PM

    The Red Pony Suite: Happy Ending

    Aaron Copland

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:18
  • 4:38 PM

    Berceuse (Lullaby)

    Frederic Chopin

    Rachmaninoff, Chopin: Piano Sonatas etc.

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    4:50
  • 4:29 PM

    Go, lovely Rose

    Eric Whitacre

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    3:59
  • 4:18 PM

    Symphony No. 1

    William Boyce

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    7:58
  • 4:14 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Hungarian Dances

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    Andras Keller, violin

    3:21
  • 4:01 PM

    Oboe Concerto No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Heinz Holliger, oboe

    8:16
  • 3:56 PM

    The Red Poppy: Russian Sailor's Dance

    Reinhold Gliere

    Greatest Hits: The Ballet, Vol. II

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    3:24
  • 3:47 PM

    Villanelle

    Paul Dukas

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    6:03
  • 3:40 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: Rondo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano

    6:28
  • 3:24 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    11:04
  • 3:17 PM

    Two pieces from Temple Fair

    Zu-Xin Jiang

    Chinasong | Shanghai Quartet

    Shanghai Quartet

    3:42
  • 3:10 PM

    Cantata No. 49: Sinfonia

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Dialogue Cantatas

    Berlin Baroque Soloists

    Rainer Kussmaul, conductor

    Raphael Alpermann, organ

    6:01
  • 3:02 PM

    El Amor Brujo: Ritual Fire Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    4:16
  • 2:56 PM

    Raymonda: Entr'acte

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Raymonda

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:20
  • 2:46 PM

    Aranjuez Concerto: 1st movement

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez, etc.

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Christopher Parkening, guitar

    6:04
  • 2:39 PM

    Luiza Borac, piano

    5:30
  • 2:30 PM

    String Quartet No. 38: 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    HAYDN: String Quartets Nos. 36-38

    Kodaly Quartet

    4:26
  • 2:23 PM

    Don Pasquale: Sinfonia

    Gaetano Donizetti

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    6:43
  • 2:08 PM

    Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    9:51
  • 2:00 PM

    Walking Tune

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger: Vol. 1 - Orchestral Works 1

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    3:55
  • 1:51 PM

    Symphony No. 33: Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Orchestra Mozart

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    7:56
  • 1:45 PM

    Four Fancies: Folk Dance

    Gordon Jacob

    Arcata String Quartet

    Don Bailey, flute

    1:11
  • 1:36 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Violin Concerto; Schumann: Fantasy op. 131

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    8:04
  • 1:27 PM

    Overture "Water Music": Bourree; Harlequinade; Der sturmende Aeolus

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    5:10
  • 1:23 PM

    Waltz No. 4 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    2:02
  • 1:17 PM

    String Quartet No. 13: 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Late String Quartets

    Juilliard String Quartet

    2:01
  • 1:10 PM

    Cherry Ripe

    Frank Bridge

    Finzi; Parry; Bridge

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    3:15
  • 1:04 PM

    Four Seasons: Spring: 1st movement

    Antonio Vivaldi

    The Best Classical Album in the World...Ever!

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Nigel Kennedy, violin

    3:05
  • 12:51 PM

    Il turco in Italia (The Turk in Italy): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    8:20
  • 12:48 PM

    Prince Igor: Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens

    Alexander Borodin

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    2:33
  • 12:39 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 10: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27; Concerto for Two Pianos

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Karl Bohm, conductor

    Emil Gilels, piano

    7:09
  • 12:31 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish": Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    5:39
  • 12:21 PM

    The Planets: Jupiter

    Gustav Holst

    Varese: Arcana, Holst: The Planets

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    8:00
  • 12:16 PM

    Sonatina: Scherzo

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak For Two

    Gil Shaham, violin

    2:57
  • 12:10 PM

    Supposed Treasure: Overture

    Etienne Mehul

    Mehul: The Complete Symphonies

    Gulbenkian Orchestra

    Michel Swierczewski, conductor

    4:25
  • 12:04 PM

    Symphony No. 88: 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 88-92, etc.

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    3:57
  • 11:51 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 9

    Bruce Haynes

    Montreal Baroque Orchestra

    Eric Milnes, conductor

    6:29
  • 11:46 AM

    Gayane: Dance of the Young Maidens

    Aram Khachaturian

    Pops a la Russe

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    2:08
  • 11:37 AM

    Mignon: Overture

    Ambroise Thomas

    Offenbach: Gaite Parisienne; Gounod, Thomas, Chabrier

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    8:07
  • 11:33 AM

    Piece in the Old Style

    Henryk Gorecki

    I Fiamminghi

    Rudolf Werthen, conductor

    1:31
  • 11:25 AM

    Images for Orchestra: Iberia: On Highways and Byways

    Claude Debussy

    Iberia: Music of Rimsky-Korsakov, Debussy, Turina

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    6:49
  • 11:20 AM

    Die Forelle (The Trout)

    Franz Schubert

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    Daria Hovora, piano

    2:08
  • 11:15 AM

    Die Forelle (The Trout)

    Franz Schubert

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    Daria Hovora, piano

    2:08
  • 11:08 AM

    William Tell: Pas de six

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Concert Arts Orchestra

    Erich Leinsdorf, conductor

    5:36
  • 11:04 AM

    Serenade No. 1: Scherzo

    Johannes Brahms

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    2:37
  • 10:51 AM

    Egmont Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Gala Concert

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    7:31
  • 10:39 AM

    Overture No. 3

    Jean-Marie Leclair

    Rare Fruits Council

    10:34
  • 10:34 AM

    Handel in the Strand

    Percy Grainger

    The Grainger Edition, Vol.5 - Works for Chorus and Orchestra 2

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:13
  • 10:23 AM

    Six Italian Dance Tunes

    Peter Warlock

    London Festival Orchestra

    Ross Pople, conductor

    10:39
  • 10:17 AM

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

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures

    Zurich Operahouse Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    4:47
  • 10:06 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Slavyanskaya": 1st movement

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 3, & 9

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    9:58
  • 10:01 AM

    Rondo Amoroso

    Harald Saeverud

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Per Dreier, conductor

    4:35
  • 9:44 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 53

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Piano Sonatas No 32, 47, 53 & 59

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    13:56
  • 9:30 AM

    Oboe Concerto No. 2

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Baroque Oboe Concertos

    Guildhall Strings

    Malcolm Messiter, oboe

    12:25
  • 9:25 AM

    Le Rossignol

    Anonymous

    Journey To The New World

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    3:40
  • 9:06 AM

    Variations on a Rococo Theme

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Music for Cello and Orchestra

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    Raphael Wallfisch, cello

    18:17
  • 9:01 AM

    La verita in cimento (The Truth Contested): Sinfonia

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    4:38
  • 8:46 AM

    Chimney of King Rene

    Darius Milhaud

    Reykjavik Wind Quintet

    12:21
  • 8:40 AM

    In Memory - H.H.L.

    Dan Locklair

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Kirk Trevor, conductor

    5:12
  • 8:07 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    Edmund Rubbra

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    32:27
  • 8:01 AM

    Violin Sonata: 3rd movement

    Frantisek Jiranek

    Il Violino Boemo

    Lenka Torgersen, violin

    4:40
  • 7:23 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The 5 Piano Concertos

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    34:54
  • 7:06 AM

    The Garden of Adonis

    Alan Hovhaness

    Music of Hovhaness

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    15:29
  • 7:01 AM

    Sonata No. 16

    Giovanni Fontana

    Stradivaria

    4:31
  • 6:46 AM

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    12:13
  • 6:16 AM

    Waltz Suite

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6; Waltz Suite

    Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    29:07
  • 6:06 AM

    Introduction and Polonaise

    Frederic Chopin

    Zuill Bailey

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    8:21
  • 6:01 AM

    Tanguori

    Jeremy Cohen

    Quartet San Francisco

    4:33
  • 5:36 AM

    Nursery Suite

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: The Wand of Youth, Suites I & II; Dream Children; Nursery Suite; Starlight Express

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    22:00
  • 5:25 AM

    Variations on a Swedish Air

    Bernhard Crusell

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    Emma Johnson, clarinet

    11:07
  • 5:16 AM

    In the Well: The Rising of the Moon

    Vilem Blodek

    Small Czech Musical Gems

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Vaclav Smetacek, conductor

    6:26
  • 5:06 AM

    Romanza and Scherzoso

    Ferruccio Busoni

    Kirill Gerstein, piano

    9:35
  • 5:01 AM

    Bibo No Aozora (Beauty of a Blue Sky)

    Ryuichi Sakamoto

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:41
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