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  • 5:14 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    Rudolf Serkin, piano

    44:32
  • 5:06 AM

    Nocturnes: Soneto de la Noche

    Morten Lauridsen

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    5:56
  • 5:01 AM

    A Gaelic Blessing: Meditation

    John Rutter

    Blessing

    Sinfonia Cymru

    John Rutter, conductor

    Catrin Finch, harp

    4:43
  • 4:51 AM

    Distant Green Valley

    Zhao Jiping

    Silk Road Ensemble

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    7:02
  • 4:19 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    30:35
  • 4:06 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 1

    Arcangelo Corelli

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    11:06
  • 4:01 AM

    Concierto en Flamenco: Alegrias de Cadiz

    Federico Torroba

    Torroba: Guitar Concertos 1

    Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra

    Manuel Coves, conductor

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    4:43
  • 3:50 AM

    Sevres of Ancient France

    Ottorino Respighi

    Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Adriano, conductor

    8:24
  • 3:44 AM

    Je te veux (I want you)

    Erik Satie

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    5:39
  • 3:25 AM

    An American in Paris

    George Gershwin

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    18:11
  • 3:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 30 "The Joke"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Spektral Quartet

    16:15
  • 3:01 AM

    Cantata No. 156: Arioso

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    4:29
  • 2:51 AM

    The Enchanted Lake

    Anatol Liadov

    Impressions Of The Sea

    Long Beach Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    7:37
  • 2:44 AM

    Ballade No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Paul Lewis, piano

    6:10
  • 2:15 AM

    Symphony No. 38 "Prague"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Dvorak: From the New World, etc.

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rafael Kubelik, conductor

    27:24
  • 2:06 AM

    Brook Green Suite

    Gustav Holst

    New Zealand Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor

    7:07
  • 2:01 AM

    Schindler's List: Theme

    John Williams

    Beautiful Hollywood

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    Alexander Kerr, violin

    4:39
  • 1:51 AM

    Monteverdiana

    Claudio Monteverdi

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    7:08
  • 1:17 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Piano Concerto No 2, 24 Preludes

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    32:19
  • 1:06 AM

    Solemn Overture

    Alexander Glazunov

    Russian Overtures

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    9:05
  • 1:01 AM

    Octet: 2nd movement

    Jean Francaix

    Gaudier Ensemble

    4:36
  • 12:53 AM

    Wiegenlied (Lullaby)

    Johannes Brahms

    Violin Lullabies / Rachel Barton Pine

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    2:21
  • 12:48 AM

    Two Elegiac Melodies: Last Spring (Varen)

    Edvard Grieg

    The Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Songbook

    Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano

    5:00
  • 12:25 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    22:05
  • 12:05 AM

    Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp

    Claude Debussy

    Marina Piccinini, flute

    Kim Kashkashian, viola

    Sivan Magen, harp

    18:04
  • 12:05 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    22:05
  • 12:00 AM

    O my vast steppe

    Traditional Russian

    Kalinka

    Saint Petersburg Chamber Choir

    Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone

    4:00
  • 11:34 PM

    Symphony No. 43 "Mercury"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    24:12
  • 11:26 PM

    Requiem: Agnus Dei

    Gabriel Faure

    Dies Irae: The Essential Choral Collection

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor

    7:05
  • 11:18 PM

    Impromptu No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Moments Musicaux; Impromptus

    David Fray, piano

    6:21
  • 11:14 PM

    Cosmos: Revelation of Immensity

    Alan Silvestri

    Cosmos: A SpaceTime Odyssey: Original Music from the TV Series

    Studio Orchestra

    Alan SIlvestri, conductor

    3:59
  • 11:11 PM

    Carnival of the Animals: Finale

    Camille Saint-Saens

    I Musici Montreal

    Yuli Turovsky, conductor

    David Owen Norris, piano

    Gregory Shaverdian, piano

    1:52
  • 11:05 PM

    Eine kleine Nachtmusik: Romance

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mad About Movies (The Sequel)

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    5:40
  • 11:01 PM

    Requiem

    Eliza Gilkyson

    A Company Of Voices: Conspirare In Concert

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    3:43
  • 10:47 PM

    Pastoral Suite

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    12:22
  • 10:43 PM

    The Canadian set

    Traditional Canadian

    The Alehouse Sessions

    Barokksolistene

    Bjarte Eike, violin

    4:11
  • 10:37 PM

    Mille Cherubini in Coro

    Alois Melichar

    Northwest Sinfonia

    Steven Mercurio, conductor

    Carl Tanner, tenor

    4:14
  • 10:30 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 10

    Antonin Dvorak

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    5:58
  • 10:26 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 8

    Antonin Dvorak

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    3:57
  • 10:21 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 3

    Antonin Dvorak

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    4:54
  • 9:59 PM

    Schwanda the Bagpiper: Polka and Fugue

    Jaromir Weinberger

    Retrospective

    United States Marine Band

    Timothy Foley, conductor

    8:12
  • 9:54 PM

    Bachianas Brasileiras No. 2: Little Train of the Caipira

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras

    Nashville Symphony Orchestra

    Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor

    4:19
  • 9:37 PM

    Romeo and Juliet: Five Pieces

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Romeo And Juliet

    Helen Callus, viola

    16:21
  • 9:25 PM

    Canon and Gigue

    Johann Pachelbel

    Daniel Hope: Air

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe Soloists

    Daniel Hope, violin

    5:09
  • 9:21 PM

    Prima Donna Waltz

    Louis Jullien

    Pastime with Good Company

    Chestnut Brass Company

    2:57
  • 9:18 PM

    President James K. Polk's Grand March and Quickstep

    John F. Goneke

    Tippecanoe and Tyler Too: A Collection of American Political Marches, Songs, and Dirges

    Chestnut Brass Company

    2:15
  • 9:17 PM

    Minnesota Polka

    Americana

    Listen to the Mocking Bird

    Chestnut Brass Company

    :56
  • 9:11 PM

    La Gioconda: Cielo e mar!

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Rolando Villazon: Cielo E Mar

    Giuseppe Verdi Orchestra of Milan

    Daniele Callegari, conductor

    Rolando Villazon, tenor

    5:10
  • 9:00 PM

    Scherzo No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    10:18
  • 6:45 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    13:33
  • 6:31 PM

    Summer Music

    Samuel Barber

    Bergen Wind Quintet

    11:26
  • 6:08 PM

    Symphonic Metamorphosis

    Paul Hindemith

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    21:02
  • 6:01 PM

    Waltz No. 1 "Grand Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano

    4:44
  • 5:54 PM

    The Wedding at Dovre

    Johan Svendsen

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    5:33
  • 5:45 PM

    Trio Sonata No. 2

    Dietrich Buxtehude

    Trio Sonatas, op. 1

    Arcangelo

    Jonathan Cohen, conductor

    8:01
  • 5:10 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 4

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Concert Recording

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Biss, piano

    34:14
  • 5:01 PM

    Images for Orchestra: Rondes de printemps (Spring Rounds)

    Claude Debussy

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    7:42
  • 4:53 PM

    Zaide: Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Heroines

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    Louis Langree, conductor

    Natalie Dessay, soprano

    6:19
  • 4:46 PM

    Voices of Spring Waltz (Fruhlingsstimmen)

    Johann StraussJr.

    The Four Seasons: A Musical Calendar Of Favorite Classics

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    5:58
  • 4:10 PM

    Clarinet Quintet

    Johannes Brahms

    Bruce: Gumboots

    Carducci Quartet

    Julian Bliss, clarinet

    34:48
  • 4:03 PM

    Kamarinskaya

    Mikhail Glinka

    Kabalevsky, Prokofiev, Glinka, Tchaikovsky

    San Diego Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Barra, conductor

    6:09
  • 3:50 PM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

    Franz Liszt

    Szeged Symphony Orchestra

    Tamas Pal, conductor

    10:36
  • 3:33 PM

    Symphony No. 12

    Carlos Baguer

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    15:07
  • 3:27 PM

    The Entertainer

    Scott Joplin

    Piano Rags By Scott Joplin

    Joshua Rifkin, piano

    5:02
  • 3:27 PM

    Symphony No. 12

    Carlos Baguer

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    15:07
  • 3:09 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Richard Strauss

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    16:14
  • 3:01 PM

    The Gordian Knot Untied

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell: Ayres for the Theatre

    Parley of Instruments

    Peter Holman, conductor

    7:40
  • 2:53 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Alla marcia

    Dag Wiren

    Grieg, Sibelius, Nielsen, Wiren

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    5:15
  • 2:46 PM

    Variations on Arne's "Rule Britannia"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    John Ogdon, piano

    5:59
  • 2:32 PM

    Semiramide: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures, Vol. 2

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    12:06
  • 2:28 PM

    Las Dos Hermanitas (Two Sisters)

    Francisco Tarrega

    An Evening of Guitar Music

    Celedonio Romero, guitar

    2:43
  • 2:22 PM

    Fantasie Symphonique: 3rd movement

    Louis Theodore Gouvy

    Gouvy: Symphony 4; Fantasie symphonique

    German Radio Philharmonic

    Jacques Mercier, conductor

    5:39
  • 2:18 PM

    Humoresque No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    The Romantic Violinist: A Celebration Of Joseph Joachim

    Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    2:58
  • 2:08 PM

    The Apothecary: Sinfonia

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Opera Overtures

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    6:06
  • 2:04 PM

    Mock Morris

    Percy Grainger

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Kenneth Montgomery, conductor

    3:29
  • 1:49 PM

    Concerto for Two Mandolins

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concerti per Mandolini

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    10:00
  • 1:45 PM

    Tahiti: Bora Bora

    Michael Torke

    Tahiti

    Ensemble of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

    Clark Rundell, conductor

    3:27
  • 1:35 PM

    Corsair: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    8:44
  • 1:27 PM

    Symphony No. 29: 4th movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    6:55
  • 1:24 PM

    Jubilation

    R.J. Mitchell

    A Wedding By the Lake

    Four Voices String Quartet

    3:04
  • 1:15 PM

    Oboe Concerto

    Vincenzo Bellini

    Bella Napoli: Oboe Concertos

    Ensemble Berlin

    Christoph Hartmann, oboe

    7:14
  • 1:09 PM

    Toss the Feathers

    Traditional

    Claire Jones: Royal Harp Strings

    London Mozart Players

    Stuart Morley, conductor

    Claire Jones, harp

    4:08
  • 1:06 PM

    Swan Lake: Dance of the Little Swans

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Behzod Abduraimov, piano

    1:30
  • 1:04 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:56
  • 12:52 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Il'ya Muromets": 3rd movement

    Reinhold Gliere

    Gliere: Symphony No. 3, Op. 42, "Il'ya Murometz"

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Leon Botstein, conductor

    7:04
  • 12:48 PM

    Bagatelles: Canon

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Quartets Opp. 96 & 105

    Takacs Quartet

    Gabor Ormai, harmonium

    3:12
  • 12:34 PM

    Orchestra-Symphony No. 4

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    English Concert

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    11:34
  • 12:30 PM

    Trio for Oboe, Horn, and Piano: 2nd movement

    Heinrich von Herzogenberg

    Songs of the Reeds

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe

    3:47
  • 12:20 PM

    12 Contredanses

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    8:48
  • 12:16 PM

    Two pieces from Temple Fair

    Zu-Xin Jiang

    Shanghai Quartet

    3:42
  • 12:08 PM

    Distant Land

    John Rutter

    Distant Land

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Rutter, conductor

    6:09
  • 12:04 PM

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

    Claude Debussy

    .Such Stuff As Dreams...

    Carol Rosenberger, piano

    3:04
  • 11:41 AM

    Pavane for a Dead Princess (Pavane pour une infante defunte)

    Maurice Ravel

    The Sounds Of Remembered Dreams

    Humbert Lucarelli, oboe

    6:07
  • 11:27 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff/Tchaikovsky

    Russian Federal Orchestra

    Vakhtang Jordania, conductor

    11:24
  • 11:21 AM

    Ensemble Clarimonia

    Charles Neidich, clarinet

    Ayako Oshima, clarinet

    5:41
  • 11:17 AM

    Violin Partita No. 3: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Partitas Nos. 2 and 3; Sonata No. 3

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    3:33
  • 11:10 AM

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    5:48
  • 11:06 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 15

    Antonin Dvorak

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    3:25
  • 11:01 AM

    Madame Bovary: Waltz

    Miklos Rozsa

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Alwyn, conductor

    4:44
  • 10:48 AM

    Highland Memories

    Hamish MacCunn

    Scottish Light Music

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    John Wilson, conductor

    9:57
  • 10:41 AM

    Asturias (Leyenda)

    Isaac Albeniz

    Albeniz, Granados, Tarrega, Turina Etc.

    Eduardo Fernandez, guitar

    6:58
  • 10:28 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 4

    George Frideric Handel

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    10:40
  • 10:16 AM

    Two Nordic Melodies

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Orchestral Music, Vol. 6 - From Holberg's Time / Lyric Suite / Melodies

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    11:03
  • 10:06 AM

    Divertimento

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Joseph Haydn: Piano Chamber Music

    Haydn Trio Eisenstadt

    9:19
  • 10:01 AM

    Court Sonata No. 2

    Heinrich Biber

    Purcell Quartet

    4:31
  • 9:28 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 7

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    30:43
  • 9:19 AM

    To Become (Divenire)

    Ludovico Einaudi

    James Horner: Pas de Deux

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Clark Rundell, conductor

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    7:01
  • 9:06 AM

    Ballade

    Gabriel Faure

    Ravel

    Yuja Wang, piano

    11:59
  • 9:01 AM

    Intermezzo No. 4

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    4:39
  • 8:35 AM

    Concert of Symphonies: Suite No. 5

    Jacques Aubert

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    23:05
  • 8:25 AM

    Fantasy on a Hymn by Justin Morgan

    Thomas Canning

    Into the Light: Symphonic Expressions of the Spirit

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    8:58
  • 8:06 AM

    Guitar Quintet No. 1

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: The Guitar Quintets

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    17:47
  • 7:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Cypress String Quartet

    26:06
  • 7:01 AM

    On Distant Waves (Sur les flots lointains)

    Charles Koechlin

    Koechlin: Le boisson ardent; Sur les flots lointains

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:46
  • 6:36 AM

    Rossiniana Suite

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Orchestral Works

    Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra

    George Hanson, conductor

    21:50
  • 6:27 AM

    Romance for Violin and Orchestra

    Johan Svendsen

    Johan Svendsen

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Oivin Fjeldstad, conductor

    Ornulf Boye Hansen, violin

    9:01
  • 6:06 AM

    Piano Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Piano Sonatas, D537 and D664, etc.

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    19:16
  • 6:01 AM

    Starlight Express: Waltz

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar and Vaughan Williams

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    George Hurst, conductor

    4:30
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