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  • 5:48 AM

    Alexa Still, flute

    Susan DeWitt Smith, piano

    10:36
  • 5:41 AM

    Lyric for Strings

    George Walker

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    Damon Gupton, conductor

    5:32
  • 5:36 AM

    Of Blues and Dreams

    Anthony Davis

    Of Blues and Dreams

    Anthony Davis, piano

    4:58
  • 5:29 AM

    Red Clay and Mississippi Delta

    Valerie Coleman

    Imani Winds

    5:19
  • 5:07 AM

    The River Suite

    Duke Ellington

    Duke Ellington: Black, Brown, and Beige Suite

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    21:04
  • 5:01 AM

    Troubled Water

    Margaret Bonds

    William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    4:51
  • 4:52 AM

    her eastern light amid a cavernous dusk

    Jeffrey Mumford

    Aspen Wind Quintet

    8:21
  • 4:51 AM

    her eastern light amid a cavernous dusk

    Jeffrey Mumford

    Aspen Wind Quintet

    8:21
  • 4:21 AM

    Negro Folk Symphony

    William Dawson

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    28:28
  • 4:15 AM

    Soon Ah Will Be Done

    William Dawson

    St. Olaf Choir

    Anton Armstrong, conductor

    5:21
  • 4:07 AM

    Catalyst Quartet

    6:52
  • 4:01 AM

    The Entertainer

    Scott Joplin

    Euphonic Sounds: The Scott Joplin Album

    William Bolcom, piano

    4:36
  • 3:47 AM

    A Shropshire Lad

    George Butterworth

    English Rhapsody: Delius & Butterworth

    Halle Orchestra

    Mark Elder, conductor

    11:31
  • 3:20 AM

    Clarinet Quartet

    Johann Hummel

    L'Archibudelli

    Charles Neidich, clarinet

    25:11
  • 3:14 AM

    Vocalise

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Kathleen Battle at Carnegie Hall

    Kathleen Battle, soprano

    3:57
  • 3:06 AM

    Adagio on Celtic Themes

    Max Bruch

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Ofra Harnoy, cello

    7:26
  • 3:01 AM

    Symphony: 2nd movement

    Johan Zander

    The Gustavian Symphony

    Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    4:30
  • 2:51 AM

    Five Variations on "I am still in my spring"

    Louis Spohr

    Virtuoso Harp

    Marion Hoffman, harp

    6:36
  • 2:27 AM

    Pines of Rome

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Pini di Roma, Fontane di Roma, etc.

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    22:26
  • 2:06 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Sonatas Vol. 6: Sonata in A Major, KV 331; Sonata in C Major KV 279; Sonata in G Major KV 283

    Aldo Ciccolini, piano

    19:35
  • 2:01 AM

    Old and Lost Rivers

    Tobias Picker

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:34
  • 1:35 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    Hanover Band

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    22:42
  • 1:30 AM

    Creatures of Prometheus: Terzetti

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Creatures Of Prometheus

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    4:14
  • 1:15 AM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Edward Elgar

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    14:19
  • 1:10 AM

    Caprice d'Adieu

    Niccolo Paganini

    Bel Canto Paganini

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    3:06
  • 1:06 AM

    Pelleas and Melisande: Sicilienne

    Gabriel Faure

    Romances for Saxophone

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Branford Marsalis, saxophone

    3:34
  • 1:01 AM

    The Seawall Song

    Tamezo Narita

    Paillard Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Francois Paillard, conductor

    4:33
  • 12:30 AM

    Symphony No. 99

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    28:19
  • 12:22 AM

    American Serenade: Dance

    Antal Dorati

    Aalborg Symphony Orchestra

    Moshe Atzmon, conductor

    7:01
  • 12:09 AM

    Piano Trio: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov: Piano Trios

    Lang Lang, piano

    11:43
  • 12:02 AM

    Ruslan and Ludmila: Overture

    Mikhail Glinka

    Minnesota Orchestra At One Hundred

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Klaus Tennstedt, conductor

    5:42
  • 11:50 PM

    CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra

    Hartmut Haenchen, conductor

    10:57
  • 11:44 PM

    Simpson's Gap

    Padma Newsome

    The Brooklyn Rider Almanac

    Brooklyn Rider

    4:45
  • 11:28 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Horn Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Britten: Serenade Op. 31

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Ingo Metzmacher, conductor

    Marie Luise Neunecker, horn

    15:35
  • 11:23 PM

    The Gumsuckers March

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger Edition Vol. 4: Works for Wind Orchestra

    Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra

    Timothy Reynish, conductor

    3:46
  • 11:04 PM

    Italian Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    13:04
  • 10:52 PM

    Academic Festival Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    10:20
  • 10:34 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 6

    Luigi Boccherini

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    16:59
  • 10:19 PM

    Overture "In the Italian Style"

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: The Symphonies

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Istvan Kertesz, conductor

    7:18
  • 10:11 PM

    Shakespearean Suite

    Medley

    Come, Gentle Night: Music of Shakespeare's World

    Ensemble Galilei

    4:01
  • 10:00 PM

    Capriol Suite

    Peter Warlock

    Parkening Plays Vivaldi, Warlock & Praetorius

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Christopher Parkening, guitar

    10:51
  • 9:57 PM

    The Winter's Tale: Pastoral

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    1:54
  • 9:47 PM

    Die Fledermaus: Overture

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Strauss

    Vienna Volksoper Orchestra

    Franz Bauer-Theussl, conductor

    8:29
  • 9:37 PM

    Sonorous Table Suite (Mensa sonora): Part 4

    Heinrich Biber

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    Baroque Band

    Garry Clarke, conductor

    8:58
  • 9:33 PM

    Tosca: Vissi d'arte

    Giacomo Puccini

    Aria: A Passion for Opera

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Montserrat Caballe, soprano

    3:36
  • 9:03 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 18

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Complete Piano Concertos, Vol. I I

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Murray Perahia, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    29:05
  • 9:00 PM

    Curtain Tune on a Ground

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell: Masques

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    2:16
  • 6:48 PM

    Oberon Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    German Overtures

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    10:09
  • 6:35 PM

    12 Variations on Handel's "See, The Conquering Hero Comes" from Judas Maccabaeus

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    Martha Argerich, piano

    11:47
  • 6:12 PM

    Images for Orchestra: Iberia

    Claude Debussy

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    20:59
  • 6:02 PM

    Wind Quintet: 1st movement

    Carl Nielsen

    Carion: Nielsen's Footsteps

    Carion Wind Quintet

    8:46
  • 5:58 PM

    Gymnopedie No. 1

    Erik Satie

    Christopher Parkening: The Great Recordings

    Christopher Parkening, guitar

    2:49
  • 5:45 PM

    Concert Overture

    Karol Szymanowski

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Edward Gardner, conductor

    12:07
  • 5:31 PM

    String Quartet No. 6

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Early String Quartets

    Hagen Quartet

    12:49
  • 5:26 PM

    Three Chorales

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    A Bach Festival

    Empire Brass

    3:44
  • 5:05 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Helen Huang

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Helen Huang, piano

    19:26
  • 4:59 PM

    Rinaldo: Let me weep (Lascia ch'io pianga)

    George Frideric Handel

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano

    4:46
  • 4:47 PM

    Wedding Scenes

    Bedrich Smetana

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Stankovsky, conductor

    10:59
  • 4:33 PM

    Symphony No. 9

    Georg Anton Benda

    Benda: Sinfonias Nos. 7-12

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    12:31
  • 4:28 PM

    Sonata No. 2 "L'Henriette": Finale

    Michel Blavet

    Allume

    Brian Luce, flute

    3:49
  • 4:08 PM

    Variations on a Rococo Theme

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations, etc.

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    18:59
  • 4:00 PM

    Norwegian Dance No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:01
  • 3:49 PM

    Dance of the Hours

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Opera Intermezzi and Ballet Music

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    10:24
  • 3:40 PM

    Toccata

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Toccatas

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    7:21
  • 3:32 PM

    Concerto for Two Trumpets

    Francesco Manfredini

    New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig

    Max Pommer, conductor

    Ludwig Guttler, trumpet

    Kurt Sandau, trumpet

    6:26
  • 3:06 PM

    Symphony No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    25:31
  • 3:01 PM

    Young Soldier's Joy

    Qi-Ming Lu

    Shanghai Quartet

    2:54
  • 2:57 PM

    Four Last Songs: September

    Richard Strauss

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Donald Runnicles, conductor

    Christine Brewer, soprano

    3:33
  • 2:46 PM

    The Red Pony Suite: selections

    Aaron Copland

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    8:32
  • 2:42 PM

    Song without Words No. 30 "Spring Song"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    Sergio Tiempo, piano

    2:27
  • 2:33 PM

    The Skaters Waltz

    Emil Waldteufel

    With Love from Vienna

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:04
  • 2:23 PM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concerti & Other Works

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Eliot Fisk, guitar

    8:15
  • 2:17 PM

    Idomeneo: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Arias for Male Soprano

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    4:28
  • 2:07 PM

    Bartered Bride: Overture

    Bedrich Smetana

    Popular Operatic Overtures

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    6:50
  • 2:04 PM

    March

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Claudio Abbado: Marce E Danze

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    2:27
  • 1:49 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Overture, Scherzo and Finale, Op. 52

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    8:28
  • 1:45 PM

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    2:51
  • 1:35 PM

    String Symphony No. 6

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra

    Hartmut Haenchen, conductor

    8:49
  • 1:31 PM

    Tosca: And the stars were shining

    Giacomo Puccini

    The #1 Opera Album

    Rome Opera Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Placido Domingo, tenor

    2:28
  • 1:22 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Violin Concerto; Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante

    Radio Philharmonic Orchestra of France

    Otto Klemperer, conductor

    David Oistrakh, violin

    8:26
  • 1:19 PM

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    1:22
  • 1:09 PM

    Abu Hassan: Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber Overtures

    Hanover Band

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    3:34
  • 1:04 PM

    Symphony No. 100 "Military": Minuet

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: 12 London Symphonies

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    4:42
  • 12:52 PM

    Le Roi malgre lui (The King in Spite of Himself): Danse slave

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    5:06
  • 12:45 PM

    String Quartet No. 9 "Razumovsky No. 3": 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    The Kernis Project: Beethoven

    Jasper String Quartet

    6:20
  • 12:36 PM

    Symphony No. 1

    William Boyce

    Boyce: Symphonies I-VIII

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    7:32
  • 12:33 PM

    An Italian Rant

    John Playford

    Toronto Consort

    2:21
  • 12:25 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2 "Characteristic": Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Suites Nos. 1 And 2

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    6:28
  • 12:18 PM

    Nocturnes: Fetes (Festivals)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: La Mer, Nocturnes, Etc

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    6:26
  • 12:15 PM

    Die Forelle (The Trout)

    Franz Schubert

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    Daria Hovora, piano

    2:08
  • 12:08 PM

    Tancredi: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jaime Laredo, conductor

    5:46
  • 12:04 PM

    Fairy Tale: Folk Dance

    Josef Suk

    Suk: Fairy Tale / Fantasy in G Minor / Fantasticke scherzo

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    3:19
  • 11:44 AM

    L'elisir d'amore: Udite, udite, o rustici

    Gaetano Donizetti

    Bryn Terfel: Bad Boys

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    Bryn Terfel, baritone

    7:12
  • 11:40 AM

    Waltz No. 7

    Frederic Chopin

    Zoltan Kocsis, piano

    3:00
  • 11:27 AM

    Trumpet Concerto No. 2

    Johann Molter

    Baroque Music for Trumpet

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    12:15
  • 11:12 AM

    Fantasy on French Folk Themes

    Vincent d'Indy

    D'Indy: Orchestral Works

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic

    Jean-Marc Burfin, conductor

    Philippe Cousu, oboe

    13:38
  • 11:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 12 "American": 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Smetana, Dvorak: String Quartets

    Guarneri Quartet

    5:12
  • 11:01 AM

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:40
  • 10:46 AM

    Snow Maiden Suite

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    12:28
  • 10:33 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Simon Wright, conductor

    John Anderson, oboe

    10:30
  • 10:22 AM

    Land of the Mountain and the Flood

    Hamish MacCunn

    Scottish Light Music

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    John Wilson, conductor

    9:11
  • 10:06 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 5

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    15:55
  • 10:01 AM

    Two Bagatelles

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Bagatelles

    John O'Conor, piano

    4:33
  • 9:35 AM

    String Quartet No. 2

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens/Faure: The String Quartets

    Miami String Quartet

    23:23
  • 9:28 AM

    The Sea: Moonlight

    Frank Bridge

    Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    5:49
  • 9:06 AM

    Oboe Concerto No. 2

    Ludwig Lebrun

    Radio Chamber Orchestra

    Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor

    Bart Schneemann, oboe

    20:33
  • 9:01 AM

    Lute Suite No. 3: Allemande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    4:40
  • 8:44 AM

    Fantasie for Piano and Orchestra

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: L'Oeuvre D'Orchestre, Vol. II

    Toulouse Chamber Orchestra

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    Jean-Philippe Collard, piano

    14:53
  • 8:40 AM

    Five Meditations: The Lord bless you and keep you

    John Rutter

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Rutter, conductor

    2:39
  • 8:06 AM

    Billy the Kid

    Aaron Copland

    Colorado Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    32:23
  • 8:01 AM

    Romantic Waltz

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy's Harp

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    4:34
  • 7:37 AM

    Concerto After Handel

    Arnold Schoenberg

    Schoenberg: Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra (after Handel); R. Strauss: Divertimento, Op. 86 (after Couperin)

    New York Chamber Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    21:38
  • 7:34 AM

    The Truman Show: Truman Sleeps

    Philip Glass

    Valentina Lisitsa, piano

    2:35
  • 7:07 AM

    A Child's Reliquary

    Richard Danielpour

    Vermont Symphony Orchestra

    Sarah Hicks, conductor

    Jaime Laredo, violin

    Sharon Robinson, cello

    25:43
  • 7:01 AM

    Ca'azapa (Popular Paraguayan Song)

    Agustin Barrios

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    4:35
  • 6:40 AM

    Keyboard Suite No. 14

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Keyboard Suites II

    Sviatoslav Richter, piano

    18:41
  • 6:35 AM

    On the Waterfront: Love Theme

    Leonard Bernstein

    Bernstein: Reaching For The Note

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    3:23
  • 6:06 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Friedrich Ernst Fesca

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    Frank Beermann, conductor

    27:53
  • 6:01 AM

    Keltic Lament

    John Foulds

    Foulds: Dynamic Triptych, Music-Pictures Iii

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    4:31
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