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  • 5:36 AM

    Trio for Oboe, Horn, and Piano

    Heinrich von Herzogenberg

    Songs of the Reeds

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe

    22:17
  • 5:14 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Alexander Glazunov

    Mendelssohn, Glazunov: Violin Concertos

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Dutoit, conductor

    Leila Josefowicz, violin

    21:23
  • 5:07 AM

    Jeux d'eau (Fountains)

    Maurice Ravel

    Pierre-Laurent Aimard: The Liszt Project

    Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano

    6:03
  • 5:01 AM

    Les Cent Vierges: Je soupire et maudis le destin...O Paris, gai sejour

    Charles Lecocq

    Paris, Mon Amour

    Valencia Orchestra

    Frederic Chaslin, conductor

    Sonya Yoncheva, soprano

    4:41
  • 4:51 AM

    Concert Piece for Clarinet and Basset Horn

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Wiener Virtuosen

    7:41
  • 4:14 AM

    Symphony

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky: Symphony In E Flat, Firebird Suite

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    35:27
  • 4:06 AM

    Memories of the Alhambra

    Francisco Tarrega

    Dejan Ivanovic - Guitar Recital

    Dejan Ivanovic, guitar

    5:37
  • 4:01 AM

    Summer in the High Grassland

    Zhao Jiping

    Silk Road Ensemble

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:33
  • 3:49 AM

    Fuquoi in the Sugar Cane

    Henry Lissant-Collins

    South African Broadcast Orchestra

    Peter Marchbank, conductor

    8:39
  • 3:16 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 17

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Salzburg Mozarteum Camerata

    Sandor Vegh, conductor

    Andras Schiff, piano

    31:38
  • 3:06 AM

    Caprice and Elegy

    Frederick Delius

    The Delius Collection, Vol. 7

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Eric Fenby, conductor

    Julian Lloyd Webber, cello

    8:07
  • 3:01 AM

    Nursery Suite: Aubade and Merry Doll

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: The Wand of Youth (Suites No. 1 & 2)

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    4:26
  • 2:47 AM

    The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan

    Charles Tomlinson Griffes

    The Musical Fantasies of Charles Griffes and Deems Taylor

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    10:45
  • 2:39 AM

    Oboe Concerto No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    Sound The Trumpet: Royal Music of Purcell and Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    7:27
  • 2:34 AM

    Gnossienne No. 5

    Erik Satie

    The Magic of Satie

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    3:49
  • 2:29 AM

    Gnossienne No. 1

    Erik Satie

    The Magic of Satie

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    4:34
  • 2:06 AM

    The Wise Virgins Ballet Suite

    William Walton

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    19:41
  • 2:01 AM

    Raymonda: Grand Pas d'action

    Alexander Glazunov

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:25
  • 1:50 AM

    String Quartet No. 10

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: String Quartet D 87

    L'Archibudelli

    26:03
  • 1:32 AM

    String Quartet No. 10

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: String Quartet D 87

    L'Archibudelli

    26:03
  • 1:21 AM

    Scheherazade: The Sea and Sinbad's Ship

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    10:39
  • 1:06 AM

    Symphony No. 4: Andantino

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    12:04
  • 1:01 AM

    Detmold Horn Quartet

    4:45
  • 12:32 AM

    Symphony No. 82 "The Bear"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Christoph Perick, conductor

    24:49
  • 12:21 AM

    Concerto No. 7 "Teatrale"

    Lorenzo Zavateri

    Zavateri: Concerti Da Chiesa E Da Camera

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

    Gottfried von der Goltz, conductor

    9:02
  • 12:04 AM

    Serenade No. 2

    Robert Fuchs

    Cologne Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Ludwig, conductor

    16:03
  • 12:00 AM

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits

    Christoph Gluck

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    3:13
  • 11:45 PM

    Symphony No. 13

    Carlos Baguer

    Baguer: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    12:38
  • 11:28 PM

    Karelia Suite

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Tone Poems & Incidental Music

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    15:42
  • 11:26 PM

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    1:24
  • 11:17 PM

    My Life is Love and Laughter Waltz

    Josef Strauss

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    7:38
  • 11:03 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 7

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    James Judd, conductor

    Jean Louis Steuerman, piano

    12:50
  • 11:00 PM

    Schwanengesang, Book 2: Das Fischermadchen

    Franz Schubert

    Le Romantique

    David Leisner, guitar

    2:04
  • 10:30 PM

    Symphony No. 4 "Italian"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    28:24
  • 10:20 PM

    Four South African Folktunes

    Traditional

    South African Music

    National Symphony Orchestra of the S.A.B.C.

    Peter Marchbank, conductor

    7:43
  • 10:16 PM

    Puppets: The Puppets' Dance

    Bohuslav Martinu

    Motyli a rajky (Butterflies and Birds of Paradise)

    Emil Leichner, piano

    2:41
  • 10:05 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 3

    Francesco Geminiani

    Geminiani: Concerti Grossi Op. 7

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    8:28
  • 10:00 PM

    Swan Lake: Russian Dance

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto, Etc

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    4:27
  • 9:49 PM

    Capriol Suite

    Peter Warlock

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    9:56
  • 9:34 PM

    In the Fen Country

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Greensleeves/Tallis Fantasia

    New Queen's Hall Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    13:46
  • 9:26 PM

    L'Heure du berger (The Shepherd's Hour)

    Jean Francaix

    Francaix: Divertissement

    Gaudier Ensemble

    7:23
  • 9:02 PM

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    21:25
  • 9:00 PM

    Syncopation

    Fritz Kreisler

    James Ehnes, violin

    Eduard Laurel, piano

    1:58
  • 6:52 PM

    Scottish March (Marche ecossaise)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Works for Orchestra, Vol. II

    Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg

    Louis de Froment, conductor

    6:15
  • 6:46 PM

    Paganini Etude No. 3 "La Campanella"

    Franz Liszt

    Yundi Li: Liszt

    Yundi Li, piano

    4:39
  • 6:04 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven For All: Symphonies 1-9

    West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    41:05
  • 6:00 PM

    Lute Suite No. 4: Gavotte en Rondeau

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Joshua Bell, violin

    2:48
  • 5:54 PM

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

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi: Choruses

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    4:30
  • 5:33 PM

    American Suite

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 7; American Suite

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    19:42
  • 5:25 PM

    Three Preludes

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin: Piano Music

    William Bolcom, piano

    6:26
  • 5:09 PM

    Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Andre Previn, conductor

    14:48
  • 5:00 PM

    Il Cimento: Violin Concerto No. 5 "La tempesta di Mare" ("Storm at Sea")

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    Fabio Biondi, violin

    8:06
  • 4:55 PM

    Six Pieces: Scherzo

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Music For Brass Septet 3

    Septura

    3:10
  • 4:20 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    33:47
  • 4:07 PM

    Etude pour la main gauche seule (Etude for the left hand alone)

    Charles Alkan

    Ronald Smith, piano

    10:33
  • 4:00 PM

    Land of Hope and Glory

    Edward Elgar

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    5:53
  • 3:55 PM

    Estampes: Jardins sous la pluie (Gardens in the Rain)

    Claude Debussy

    Steven Osborne, piano

    3:20
  • 3:43 PM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Maurice Ravel

    Scintillation

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    11:07
  • 3:35 PM

    Impromptu

    Ronn Yedidia

    Yedidia: Impromptu, Nocturne And World Dance, Concertino

    Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet

    5:46
  • 3:05 PM

    Symphony No. 4

    Franz Krommer

    Krommer: Symphonies Opp. 40 & 102

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    29:27
  • 3:00 PM

    The Prophet: Coronation March

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Classic Marches

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    3:41
  • 2:54 PM

    Yeomen of the Guard: Overture

    Arthur Sullivan

    Gilbert & Sullivan: Overtures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    5:06
  • 2:47 PM

    Minuet of the Will-o'-the-Wisps

    Hector Berlioz

    Opera Intermezzi and Ballet Music

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    6:05
  • 2:36 PM

    Il Convegno (The Meeting)

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    The Clarinotts

    Wiener Virtuosen

    9:48
  • 2:24 PM

    Concerto for Mixed Instruments

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Philharmonia Virtuosi

    Richard Kapp, conductor

    10:42
  • 2:18 PM

    Peer Gynt: Arabian Dance

    Edvard Grieg

    Minnesota Orchestra At One Hundred

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    4:15
  • 2:10 PM

    Serenade

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Tchaikovsky, Glazunov, Cui, Rimsky-Korsakov

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    4:24
  • 2:04 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 7: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas

    Fazil Say, piano

    5:56
  • 1:51 PM

    Symphony No. 2: Finale

    David Diamond

    David Diamond: Symphonies 2 & 4; Concerto for Small Orchestra

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    8:11
  • 1:45 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4: Minuets

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: 4 Ouverturen-Suites, Ouverture Bwv 1070

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    3:41
  • 1:35 PM

    Artemisia, Queen of Caria: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Sinfonia Finlandia Jyvaskyla

    Patrick Gallois, conductor

    8:52
  • 1:28 PM

    Octet: Finale

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets

    Emerson String Quartet

    5:40
  • 1:21 PM

    Die Meistersinger von Nurmberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg): Dance; Finale

    Richard Wagner

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    6:17
  • 1:16 PM

    Molly on the Shore

    Percy Grainger

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

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:06
  • 1:06 PM

    The Skaters Waltz

    Emil Waldteufel

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    7:49
  • 1:04 PM

    Humoresque

    Francis Poulenc

    Poulenc: Piano Music

    Pascal Roge, piano

    1:55
  • 12:52 PM

    Light Cavalry Overture

    Franz von Suppe

    New Year's Concert 2013

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Franz Welser-Most, conductor

    7:06
  • 12:47 PM

    Liebesfreud (Love's Joy)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Viennese Violin

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    Robert McDuffie, violin

    3:27
  • 12:41 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 35: Rondo

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    4:26
  • 12:31 PM

    An Outdoor Overture

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Appalachian Spring Suite

    Pacific Symphony Orchestra

    Keith Clark, conductor

    8:57
  • 12:24 PM

    Sonorous Table Suite (Mensa sonora): Part 5

    Heinrich Biber

    Baroque Band

    Garry Clarke, conductor

    6:16
  • 12:20 PM

    Lauda Jerusalem

    Gabriel Diaz

    Music of Gabrieli

    Empire Brass

    3:00
  • 12:08 PM

    Voyevoda: Dance of the Hay Girls

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Queen Of Spades Suite; Voyevoda Suite / Breiner, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    5:32
  • 12:04 PM

    The Ruins of Athens: Turkish March

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Rachmaninoff Performs Chopin, Tchaikovsky, and others

    Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano

    3:05
  • 11:45 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    3:44
  • 11:38 AM

    Namouna: Cigarette Waltz

    Edouard Lalo

    French National Orchestra

    Jean Martinon, conductor

    5:23
  • 11:30 AM

    Concerto for Two Cellos

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concertos For Two Cellos

    European Union Chamber Orchestra

    Hans-Peter Hofmann, conductor

    Julian Lloyd Webber, cello

    7:25
  • 11:27 AM

    Hungarian Dance No. 19

    Johannes Brahms

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    2:26
  • 11:22 AM

    Arabesque No. 2

    Claude Debussy

    Richard Stoltzman, clarinet

    Nancy Allen, harp

    3:30
  • 11:13 AM

    Serenade No. 5: 2nd movement

    Robert Fuchs

    Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alun Francis, conductor

    8:37
  • 11:06 AM

    Tancredi: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    6:02
  • 11:01 AM

    Orphee Suite: Orphee and the Princess

    Philip Glass

    Paul Barnes, piano

    4:36
  • 10:40 AM

    Suite Lyrique

    John Rutter

    Blessing

    Sinfonia Cymru

    John Rutter, conductor

    Catrin Finch, harp

    17:22
  • 10:23 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Kahane, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    16:29
  • 10:14 AM

    Sarnia: In a May Morning

    John Ireland

    Ireland: Music for String Orchestra

    Orchestra of the Swan

    David Curtis, conductor

    6:56
  • 10:06 AM

    Deep Summer Music

    Libby Larsen

    Colorado Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    7:16
  • 10:01 AM

    Symphony No. 5: Scherzo

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Symphonies 1 & 5

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:33
  • 9:26 AM

    Piano Concerto

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin: Concerto In F

    Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jeff Tyzik, conductor

    Jon Nakamatsu, piano

    32:26
  • 9:22 AM

    Lute Suite: Bouree

    Silvius Weiss

    L'infidele

    Eduardo Eguez, lute

    2:40
  • 9:06 AM

    Four Characteristic Pieces

    William Hurlstone

    Music for Clarinet and Piano 1

    Thea King, clarinet

    14:42
  • 9:01 AM

    La verita in cimento (The Truth Contested): Sinfonia

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi

    The King's Violins

    Mathieu Lussier, conductor

    4:44
  • 8:47 AM

    From Italy (Aus Italien): In Rome's Ruins

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Aus Italien, Don Juan

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    11:29
  • 8:43 AM

    Jasspodspolska (Banquet Polska)

    Traditional

    Wood Works

    Danish String Quartet

    2:50
  • 8:26 AM

    Romeo and Juliet: Love Scene

    Hector Berlioz

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    16:41
  • 8:06 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 12

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Andras Schiff, piano

    18:35
  • 8:01 AM

    Egyptian March

    Johann StraussJr.

    J Strauss: An der Schonen Blauen Donau and others

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    4:45
  • 7:31 AM

    Serenade

    Carl Reinecke

    Robert Volkmann, Carl Reinecke: Serenades

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    27:23
  • 7:26 AM

    Dido and Aeneas: When I am laid in earth (Dido's Lament)

    Henry Purcell

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:20
  • 7:07 AM

    Artik

    Alan Hovhaness

    Music of Alan Hovhaness

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alan Hovhaness, conductor

    Meir Rimon, horn

    17:57
  • 7:01 AM

    Waltz No. 3

    Frederic Chopin

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    4:37
  • 6:29 AM

    Swanwhite Suite

    Jean Sibelius

    Turku Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    29:24
  • 6:24 AM

    Cancion de Cuna (Afro-Cuban Lullaby)

    Leo Brouwer

    Modern Mandolin Quartet

    3:58
  • 6:06 AM

    In the Tatra Mountains

    Vitezslav Novak

    Novak, V.: In the Tatra Mountains; Lady Godiva; Eternal Longing

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    16:21
  • 6:01 AM

    Sonata

    Domenico Scarlatti

    Scarlatti: Sonatas

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    4:44
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