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  • 5:46 AM

    blue cathedral

    Jennifer Higdon

    Rainbow Body

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    12:16
  • 5:21 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 32

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ligeti, Beethoven

    Jeremy Denk, piano

    25:18
  • 5:06 AM

    Oboe d'Amore Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Concerts Avec Plusiers Instruments I

    Cafe Zimmermann

    Antoine Torunczyk, oboe d'amore

    12:33
  • 5:01 AM

    Hassan: Intermezzo and Serenade

    Frederick Delius

    Delius Miniatures

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:37
  • 4:52 AM

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits

    Christoph Gluck

    Gluck: Orfeo Ed Euridice

    Insula Orchestra

    Laurence Equilbey, conductor

    6:11
  • 4:26 AM

    Intermezzo: Interludes

    Richard Strauss

    Zarathustra, Dance Of The Seven Veils, Intermezzo

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    24:34
  • 4:10 AM

    Elegy for Violin and Strings

    Keith Jarrett

    Fairfield Orchestra

    Thomas Crawford, conductor

    Michelle Makarski, violin

    14:43
  • 3:59 AM

    Crisantemi (Chrysanthemums)

    Giacomo Puccini

    Puccini: Chrisantemi/3 Minuetti, etc.

    Orchestra of the Auvergne

    Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    5:41
  • 3:45 AM

    Capriccio Sinfonico

    Giacomo Puccini

    Puccini, Catalani, Ponchielli: for orchestra

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    13:09
  • 1:59 AM

    Oboe Concerto: 2nd movement

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Six Concertos

    I Musici Montreal

    Yuli Turovsky, conductor

    Theodore Baskin, oboe

    2:24
  • 1:40 AM

    Dolly Suite

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Pelleas Et Melisande, Dolly Suite, Etc

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    17:56
  • 1:36 AM

    Praying Mantis Rag

    Terry Riley

    ZOFO Duet

    3:27
  • 1:10 AM

    Symphony No. 43 "Mercury"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    24:12
  • 1:00 AM

    Trumpet Concerto No. 1

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Virtuoso Trumpet: Bach, Mozart, Telemann

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jahja Ling, conductor

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    9:30
  • 12:26 AM

    Double Concerto

    Johannes Brahms

    Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto; Brahms: Double Concerto

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    32:01
  • 12:18 AM

    Trio in c minor: III

    Johannes Brahms

    Sequenza

    4:55
  • 12:05 AM

    Hail to the Chief

    Civil War Music

    The Civil War: its music and its sounds

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    1:18
  • 11:59 PM

    Maskarade: Overture

    Carl Nielsen

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    4:46
  • 11:54 PM

    Gaude Virgo Mater Christi

    Josquin des Prez

    A Mother's Love: Music for Mary

    The Sixteen

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    2:41
  • 11:39 PM

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    12:23
  • 11:33 PM

    The Gartan Mother's Lullaby

    Traditional Irish

    Invisible Stars - Choral Works of Ireland and Scotland

    The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin

    Desmond Earley, conductor

    Hazel Conway, soprano

    4:53
  • 11:19 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2 "Characteristic": Scherzo burlesque

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Suites Nos. 1-4

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    5:02
  • 11:18 PM

    Cavalleria Rusticana: Easter Hymn

    Pietro Mascagni

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    Christine Brewer, soprano

    6:12
  • 10:40 PM

    Symphony No. 7

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Hans Vonk, conductor

    35:40
  • 10:35 PM

    Spring in Buenos Aires (Primavera Portena)

    Astor Piazzolla

    Sergio and Odair Assad play Piazzolla

    Sergio & Odair Assad, guitars

    4:07
  • 10:20 PM

    Symphony of Psalms: 3rd movement

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky: Symphonies

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    12:31
  • 10:16 PM

    The Fountain: First Snow

    Clint Mansell

    The Fountain: Music from the Motion Picture

    Kronos Quartet

    3:10
  • 10:09 PM

    Peer Gynt: In The Hall Of The Mountain King

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Peer Gynt

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    2:31
  • 10:04 PM

    Cinema Paradiso: Love Theme

    Ennio Morricone

    Escape To Paradise: The Hollywood Album

    Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alexander Shelley, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    3:21
  • 10:01 PM

    The Mission: Gabriel's Oboe

    Ennio Morricone

    Appassionato

    Roma Sinfonietta

    Ennio Morricone, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    2:24
  • 9:52 PM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi

    Venice Baroque Orchestra

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    7:33
  • 9:46 PM

    Imagine

    John Lennon

    Ofra Harnoy: Imagine

    Armin String Quartet

    Ofra Harnoy, cello

    3:25
  • 9:36 PM

    Fantaisie

    Georges Hue

    Celebration for Flute and Orchestra

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Steuart Bedford, conductor

    William Bennett, flute/piccolo

    7:53
  • 9:32 PM

    Bist du bei mir (If Thou art Near)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ave Maria

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Barry Rose, conductor

    Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano

    2:52
  • 9:26 PM

    Quo Vadis: Ave Caesar March

    Miklos Rozsa

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:12
  • 9:13 PM

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    11:07
  • 9:04 PM

    Landkjenning (Land-Sighting)

    Edvard Grieg

    GRIEG, E.: Orchestral Music, Vol. 7 - Olav Trygvason / Landkjenning / Sigurd Jorsalfar (excerpts)

    Malmo Chamber Choir

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    6:34
  • 9:00 PM

    Anna Karenina: Overture

    Dario Marianelli

    Anna Karenina: OriginalMusic from the Motion Picture

    Studio Orchestra

    Benjamin Wallfisch, conductor

    3:17
  • 6:50 PM

    Cello Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Collegium Musicum Zurich

    Paul Sacher, conductor

    Mstislav Rostropovich, cello

    8:11
  • 6:44 PM

    Andrea Chenier: La mamma morta

    Umberto Giordano

    Anna Netrebko: Verismo

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Antonio Pappano, conductor

    Anna Netrebko, soprano

    4:55
  • 6:08 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Concerto No. 1; Rachmaninoff: Concerto No. 2

    RCA Symphony Orchestra

    Kirill Kondrashin, conductor

    Van Cliburn, piano

    34:34
  • 6:03 PM

    Anna Karenina: Anna's Last Train

    Dario Marianelli

    Anna Karenina: OriginalMusic from the Motion Picture

    Studio Orchestra

    Benjamin Wallfisch, conductor

    3:50
  • 6:00 PM

    Anna Karenina: Overture

    Dario Marianelli

    Anna Karenina: OriginalMusic from the Motion Picture

    Studio Orchestra

    Benjamin Wallfisch, conductor

    3:17
  • 5:40 PM

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:56
  • 5:24 PM

    Tragic Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    15:01
  • 5:17 PM

    O Magnum Mysterium (O Great Mystery)

    Morten Lauridsen

    A Robert Shaw Christmas

    Robert Shaw Chamber Singers

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    6:15
  • 5:05 PM

    Langsamer Satz (Slow Movement)

    Anton Webern

    Concert Recording

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Patricia Kopatchinskaja, conductor

    Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin

    10:40
  • 5:00 PM

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers Awake)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Trios

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:42
  • 4:45 PM

    Papillons (Butterflies)

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann

    Nelson Freire, piano

    13:00
  • 4:33 PM

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    10:54
  • 4:29 PM

    St. Paul's Suite: Jig

    Gustav Holst

    Orchestral Favourites Vol I

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    3:14
  • 4:09 PM

    Violin and Viola Concerto

    Max Bruch

    Walton: Viola Concerto; Bruch: Violin & Viola Concerto

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    Yuri Bashmet, viola

    18:28
  • 4:01 PM

    Water Music Suite No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Water Music, Il Pastor Fido

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    6:48
  • 3:52 PM

    Symphonic Sketches: Jubilee

    George Chadwick

    Chadwick

    Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    8:11
  • 3:44 PM

    Handelian Rhapsody

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger: Piano Transcriptions

    Piers Lane, piano

    6:18
  • 3:29 PM

    Quartet No. 3

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    13:37
  • 3:04 PM

    Symphony No. 91

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    23:40
  • 3:00 PM

    Etude No. 12 "Revolutionary"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    2:48
  • 2:49 PM

    Capriol Suite

    Peter Warlock

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    9:11
  • 2:46 PM

    Awake, Sweet Love

    John Dowland

    Sweet was the Song: Lute Songs Revisited

    New World Renaissance Band

    2:24
  • 2:38 PM

    Das Rheingold: Entry of the Gods into Valhalla

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner Without Words

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    6:34
  • 2:32 PM

    Serenade for Flute, Violin and Viola: 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Serenade for flute, violin & viola in D major, Op. 25

    James Galway, flute

    5:09
  • 2:22 PM

    Dance of the Hours

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Wagner: Siegfried Idyll, Boccherini, Dvorak, Faure, Grieg, Nicolai, Ponchielli, Suppe, Tchaikovsky

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    9:12
  • 2:19 PM

    Nais: Rigaudons

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    2:17
  • 2:07 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, Carnival Overture

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    7:59
  • 2:04 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 3: Allegro assai

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Paul Galbraith, guitar

    2:28
  • 1:52 PM

    Zampa Overture

    Ferdinand Herold

    French Opera Highlights

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    7:26
  • 1:49 PM

    A Moorside Suite: March

    Gustav Holst

    English String Miniatures, Vol. 4

    Northern Sinfonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    4:18
  • 1:41 PM

    Wedding Cake

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint Saens

    Banff Camerata

    Audrey Andrist, piano

    6:26
  • 1:33 PM

    The Fanatic for Ancient Romans: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Cimarosa: Overtures, 2

    Toronto Chamber Orchestra

    Kevin Mallon, conductor

    7:32
  • 1:25 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Vincenzo Bellini

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jahja Ling, conductor

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    6:55
  • 1:18 PM

    Festive Overture

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Ballet Suites; Festive Overture

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:51
  • 1:14 PM

    Dance Intermezzo

    Jean Sibelius

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    2:44
  • 1:10 PM

    Sekstur from Vensyssel/The Peat Dance

    Traditional

    Danish String Quartet

    3:57
  • 1:07 PM

    Candide: Oh, Happy We

    Leonard Bernstein

    The Bernstein Songbook

    Original Broadway Cast

    1:52
  • 1:04 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Arias

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    Harry Bicket, conductor

    Ian Bostridge, tenor

    2:38
  • 12:53 PM

    Symphony No. 3: 3rd movement

    David Diamond

    DIAMOND: Symphony No. 3 / Psalm / Kaddish

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    5:54
  • 12:50 PM

    Suite from the Ballet TOM: Dance of New England and New Orleans

    David Diamond

    DIAMOND: TOM Suite / Symphony No. 8 / This Sacred Ground

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    2:18
  • 12:45 PM

    Three Preludes

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin: Piano Music

    William Bolcom, piano

    6:26
  • 12:40 PM

    Liebesfreud (Love's Joy)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Viennese Violin

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    Robert McDuffie, violin

    3:27
  • 12:32 PM

    Harp Concerto No. 5: 3rd movement

    Jean-Baptiste Krumpholtz

    La Harpe Reine: Musique a la cour de Marie-Antoinette

    Les Arts Florissants

    William Christie, conductor

    Xavier de Maistre, harp

    7:14
  • 12:27 PM

    The Queen of Spades: They met on an unhappy day

    Peter Tchaikovsky

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

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    3:27
  • 12:15 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 8

    Bruce Haynes

    Montreal Baroque Orchestra

    Eric Milnes, conductor

    11:05
  • 12:09 PM

    Flute Quartet No. 1: 2nd movement

    Francois-Joseph Gossec

    Milliere String Trio

    Patrice Bocquillon, flute

    4:42
  • 12:04 PM

    Peer Gynt: Morning Mood

    Edvard Grieg

    Scandinavian Rhapsody, A Selection of Orchestral Favourites

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:30
  • 11:52 AM

    Il barbiere di Siviglia (Barber of Seville): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Favorite Overtures

    Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Gianluigi Gelmetti, conductor

    6:39
  • 11:42 AM

    La Cetra: Violin Concerto No. 9

    Antonio Vivaldi

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    Adrian Chandler, violin

    Sara Deborah Struntz, violin

    9:29
  • 11:36 AM

    Legend No. 8

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends, Symphony No. 8

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    3:47
  • 11:31 AM

    La finta giardiniera (The Pretend Gardener): Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: 11 Overtures

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Hans Vonk, conductor

    4:45
  • 11:26 AM

    Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune (Moonlight)

    Claude Debussy

    Together Again

    Julian Bream, guitar

    5:06
  • 11:11 AM

    Overture

    Christoph Nichelmann

    Musik am Berliner Hof

    Academy of Ancient Music Berlin

    13:22
  • 11:06 AM

    Variations on Arne's "Rule Britannia"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Olli Mustonen, piano

    4:07
  • 11:01 AM

    Rondo Amoroso

    Harald Saeverud

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Per Dreier, conductor

    4:35
  • 10:46 AM

    Panamanian Dances

    William Grant Still

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    12:36
  • 10:39 AM

    Minuet of the Will-o'-the-Wisps

    Hector Berlioz

    Opera Intermezzi and Ballet Music

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    6:05
  • 10:29 AM

    Oboe Concerto No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    Robin Miller, oboe

    8:52
  • 10:24 AM

    Midnight Polka

    Emil Waldteufel

    Waldteufel Waltzes, Polkas and Galops

    Gulbenkian Orchestra

    Michel Swierczewski, conductor

    4:04
  • 10:15 AM

    Graceful Ghost Rag

    William Bolcom

    Gil Shaham, violin

    Jonathan Feldman, piano

    8:26
  • 10:06 AM

    Serenade No. 2: 1st movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    7:43
  • 10:01 AM

    Miniatures: Brecolada and Copla

    Joan Manen

    Turina 'La Oracion del Torero' Spanish Works for String Orchestra

    National Chamber Orchestra of Andorra

    Gerard Claret, conductor

    4:31
  • 9:18 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    40:34
  • 9:06 AM

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    9:58
  • 9:01 AM

    Barcarolle No. 3

    Ned Rorem

    Ruskin Cooper, piano

    4:32
  • 8:27 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Alan Hovhaness

    Hovhaness: Symphony No. 22

    Seattle Symphony

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    Janos Starker, cello

    31:03
  • 8:18 AM

    From a Chinese Waterfall

    Anthony Sidney

    Miguel Bonachea, guitar

    Gretchen Chell Cover, harp

    8:16
  • 8:06 AM

    Andante and Hungarian Rondo

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Bassoon Concerti

    London Mozart Players

    Nicholas Cleobury, conductor

    Yoshiyuki Nakanishi, bassoon

    10:34
  • 8:01 AM

    From Foreign Lands: Germany

    Moritz Moszkowski

    From Foreign Lands

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    4:38
  • 7:52 AM

    Love Song "Pisen Lasky"

    Josef Suk

    Suk: Piano Works

    Margaret Fingerhut, piano

    6:20
  • 7:06 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    London Classical Players

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    43:43
  • 7:01 AM

    Schindler's List: Theme

    John Williams

    Beautiful Hollywood

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    Alexander Kerr, violin

    4:39
  • 6:45 AM

    String Quartet No. 8

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Amadeus Quartet

    13:33
  • 6:38 AM

    Walk Music Four

    Henrik Schwarz

    Instruments

    Tokio Secret Orchestra

    Emi Akiyama, conductor

    6:31
  • 6:06 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Jules Massenet

    French Piano Concertos

    Westphalian Symphony Orchestra

    Siegfried Landau, conductor

    Marylene Dosse, piano

    30:06
  • 6:01 AM

    Paul's Steeple and Stingo

    John Playford

    Apollo's Banquet

    4:42
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