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  • 5:19 AM

    The Mermaid

    Alexander von Zemlinsky

    Zemlinsky: Die Seejungfrau, Psalm 8

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    40:11
  • 5:10 AM

    Prince and the Mermaid Suite

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    7:24
  • 5:08 AM

    Trois Chansons de la Petite Sirene: The Mermaid's Lullaby

    Arthur Honegger

    Un Frisson Francais: A Century Of French Song

    Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano

    1:00
  • 5:07 AM

    Trois Chansons de la Petite Sirene: Song of the Mermaids

    Arthur Honegger

    Un Frisson Francais: A Century Of French Song

    Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano

    1:33
  • 5:01 AM

    The Mermaid Suite: Pas de deux of the Mermaid and the Hunter

    Wu Zuqiang/Du Mingxin

    China National Symphony Orchestra

    Zuohuang Chen, conductor

    4:29
  • 4:34 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert; Zuckerman

    National Arts Centre Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    24:16
  • 4:19 AM

    Pohadka (Fairy Tale)

    Leos Janacek

    Matt Haimovitz, cello

    Christopher O'Riley, piano

    13:08
  • 4:06 AM

    Symphonie Fantastique: Reveries

    Hector Berlioz

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    11:26
  • 4:01 AM

    The Upas Tree

    Anton Arensky

    Ravishingly Russian

    Houston Chamber Choir

    Robert Simpson, conductor

    4:45
  • 3:46 AM

    Trio Sonata No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    James Galway: Bach Vol. 2

    James Galway, flute

    12:23
  • 3:24 AM

    Tale of Tsar Saltan Suite

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    20:46
  • 3:06 AM

    Sextet for Two Horns and Strings

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Septet Op. 20; Sextet Op. 81b

    Consortium Classicum

    15:35
  • 3:01 AM

    Sinfonietta: Arioso

    Alexander Arutiunian

    Arutiunian: Violin Concerto, etc.

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    4:27
  • 2:52 AM

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

    Richard Wagner

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    6:17
  • 2:36 AM

    Fairy Tale Pictures (Marchenbilder)

    Robert Schumann

    Brahms and Schumann

    Patricia McCarty, viola

    14:42
  • 2:26 AM

    Kunstler-Leben Walzer (Artist's Life)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss: Gala IV

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    8:21
  • 2:06 AM

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    17:17
  • 2:01 AM

    English Idyll No. 2

    George Butterworth

    English Rhapsody: Delius & Butterworth

    Halle Orchestra

    Mark Elder, conductor

    4:37
  • 1:38 AM

    Rusalka Fantasy

    Antonin Dvorak

    Tchaikovsky/Dvorak/Honeck/PSO

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    20:01
  • 1:34 AM

    La Belle et la Bete: Overture

    Philip Glass

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    3:29
  • 1:30 AM

    Snow White and the Seven Dwarves: Heigh-Ho!

    Larry Morey/Frank Churchill

    Shanghai Quartet

    Eugenia Zukerman, flute

    2:42
  • 1:28 AM

    Snow White and the Seven Dwarves: With a Smile and a Song

    Larry Morey/Frank Churchill

    Heigh-Ho! Mozart

    Carol Rosenberger, piano

    2:36
  • 1:23 AM

    La Cenerentola (Cinderella): Non piu mesta

    Gioacchino Rossini

    The Ultimate Divas Album

    Bologna Theater Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano

    3:05
  • 1:11 AM

    Scheherazade: The Festival at Baghdad

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    World Orchestra For Peace: The Credit Suisse Tour 2005

    World Orchestra for Peace

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    11:46
  • 1:06 AM

    Abu Hassan: Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber Overtures

    Hanover Band

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    3:34
  • 1:01 AM

    Cinderella: End of the Fairy Tale

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:32
  • 12:30 AM

    Swan Lake Ballet Suite

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    23:10
  • 12:28 AM

    Winter Was Hard

    Aulis Sallinen

    Winter Was Hard

    Kronos Quartet

    1:45
  • 12:17 AM

    Sinfonietta: last movement

    E.J. Moeran

    Moeran; Finzi

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    6:04
  • 12:03 AM

    Harp Concerto

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Organ Concertos Op. 4

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Ursula Holliger, harp

    13:07
  • 12:00 AM

    Down a Country Lane

    Aaron Copland

    Home For The Harvest

    New England Conservatory Wind Ensemble

    Frank Battisti, conductor

    2:58
  • 11:52 PM

    Cello Sonata: Andante

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff, Shostakovich, Prokofiev

    David Finckel, cello

    6:09
  • 11:37 PM

    The Fairy Tale: Overture

    Stanislaw Moniuszko

    Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antoni Wit, conductor

    13:22
  • 11:27 PM

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    9:00
  • 11:18 PM

    Athalia: Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn Overtures

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Claus Peter Flor, conductor

    8:26
  • 11:04 PM

    Guitar Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    11:37
  • 10:59 PM

    Bartered Bride: Dance of the Comedians

    Bedrich Smetana

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    3:36
  • 10:49 PM

    Adagio and Allegro

    Robert Schumann

    Martin Ostertag, cello

    Kalle Randalu, piano

    8:53
  • 10:29 PM

    Duet Concertino

    Richard Strauss

    Debussy/Strauss/Francaix - Sinfonia Iuventus

    Sinfonia Iuventas

    Gabriel Chmura, conductor

    Waldemar Zarow, clarinet

    18:13
  • 10:22 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Waltz

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenades Opp. 22 & 24

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    6:51
  • 10:16 PM

    Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair

    Traditional

    Sugarloaf Mountain: An Appalachian Gathering

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    Ross Hauck, tenor

    4:35
  • 10:05 PM

    Symphony No. 1: Finale

    Alexander Borodin

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Jun'ichi Hirokami, conductor

    7:54
  • 9:59 PM

    The Ruins of Athens: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Overtures

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    4:54
  • 9:42 PM

    Piano Duet Sonata

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Sonatas for Piano Duet, K 381 & 521; Sonata for 2 Pianos, K 448; Andante and Variations, K 501

    Martha Argerich, piano

    15:47
  • 9:35 PM

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

    Antonin Dvorak

    Concert Recording (Accordo)

    Accordo

    5:37
  • 9:06 PM

    Hansel and Gretel Fantasy

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Rudolf Kempe, conductor

    26:12
  • 9:00 PM

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Pure Classics

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    5:12
  • 6:08 PM

    Concerto for 2 Orchestras No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Concerti a due cori

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    15:40
  • 6:06 PM

    Fairy Tale

    Josef Suk

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    30:28
  • 6:01 PM

    Handel in the Strand

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger, Leighton: Chamber Works

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    4:24
  • 5:41 PM

    Partita No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Partitas

    Igor Levit, piano

    18:54
  • 5:18 PM

    Sleeping Beauty Ballet Suite

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Ballet Suites

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    21:34
  • 5:16 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Butterfly Waltz

    Erkki Melartin

    Jenny Lin, piano

    1:46
  • 5:08 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Three Pictures

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Humperdinck: Orchestral Works

    Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic

    Martin Fischer-Dieskau, conductor

    7:38
  • 5:01 PM

    A Life for the Tsar: Glory, glory

    Mikhail Glinka

    Russian Opera Choruses

    Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra

    Aleksander Lazarev, conductor

    3:33
  • 4:51 PM

    Symphony No. 5

    Johann Christian Bach

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:09
  • 4:47 PM

    Venezuelan Dance (Seis por derecho)

    Antonio Lauro

    David Russell, guitar

    3:04
  • 4:18 PM

    Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye): Ballet

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Bolero

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    28:09
  • 4:10 PM

    Suite for Violin and Piano: Mother and Child

    William Grant Still

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    Matthew Hagle, piano

    6:18
  • 4:02 PM

    Coppelia: Waltz of The Hours

    Leo Delibes

    Delibes: Coppelia/ Chopin: Les Sylphides

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Heinz Fricke, conductor

    6:18
  • 3:48 PM

    Symphony after the Grand Duo: Finale

    Franz Schubert

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    12:34
  • 3:43 PM

    Pelleas and Melisande: Sicilienne

    Gabriel Faure

    The Sounds Of Remembered Dreams

    Humbert Lucarelli, oboe

    3:52
  • 3:18 PM

    Symphony No. 82 "The Bear"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Stockholm Chamber Ensemble

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    23:34
  • 3:07 PM

    The Three Bears Phantasy

    Eric Coates

    Coates: The Three Elizabeths Suite

    East of England Orchestra

    Malcolm Nabarro, conductor

    9:40
  • 3:01 PM

    Fileuse

    Cecile Chaminade

    Chaminade: The Flatterer

    Joanne Polk, piano

    5:05
  • 2:49 PM

    Academic Festival Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 3, Academic Festival Overture

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    10:33
  • 2:45 PM

    Swedish Polka

    Hugo Alfven

    European Light Music Classics

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    2:25
  • 2:35 PM

    Concerto for Two Horns

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Timothy Brown, horn

    Nicolas Hill, horn

    7:37
  • 2:24 PM

    Fairy Tales (Feen-Marchen) Waltz

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Alfred Eschwe, conductor

    9:45
  • 2:18 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Air on the G String

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Encore

    The King's Violins

    Bernard Labadie, conductor

    Nicole Trotier, violin

    4:54
  • 2:08 PM

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    6:33
  • 2:04 PM

    Carnival of the Animals: The Swan

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Philippe Entremont, piano

    Gaby Casadesus, piano

    3:08
  • 1:50 PM

    Roman Carnival Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Halle Orchestra

    John Barbirolli, conductor

    9:43
  • 1:46 PM

    Little David Play on Your Harp

    Traditional

    Umoja

    Imani Winds

    2:41
  • 1:42 PM

    The Gadfly: Folk Festival

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Waltzes

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    2:41
  • 1:37 PM

    Carmen: Habanera

    Georges Bizet

    Opera Without Words

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    4:22
  • 1:29 PM

    Symphony No. 4

    William Boyce

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    6:28
  • 1:20 PM

    Snow Maiden Suite (selections)

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Great Orchestral Works

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    Roberta Alexander, soprano

    8:16
  • 1:17 PM

    Mattinata

    Ruggero Leoncavallo

    Pavarotti's Greatest Hits

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Piero Gamba, conductor

    Luciano Pavarotti, tenor

    1:59
  • 1:12 PM

    Lyric Pieces: Homeward

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Lyric Pieces

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    2:46
  • 1:04 PM

    Concerto for Two Flutes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academia Montis Regalis

    Barthold Kuijken, conductor

    Barthold Kuijken, flute

    6:44
  • 12:51 PM

    True Constancy: Sinfonia

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Opera Overtures

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    8:24
  • 12:46 PM

    Children's Corner: Golliwogg's Cakewalk

    Claude Debussy

    Canadian Brass

    2:45
  • 12:39 PM

    La Scala di Seta (Silken Ladder): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    5:57
  • 12:32 PM

    Aladdin: Dances

    Ernest Tomlinson

    British Light Music: Ernest Tomlinson

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    6:36
  • 12:28 PM

    Aladdin Suite: Dream and Dance of the Mist

    Carl Nielsen

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    3:01
  • 12:20 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: Rondo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The 5 Piano Concertos

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    Rudolf Serkin, piano

    6:45
  • 12:16 PM

    Paul O'Dette, guitar

    Andrew Lawrence-King, harp

    Pedro Estevan, percussion

    Pat O'Brien, guitar

    Steve Player, guitar

    2:30
  • 12:10 PM

    Arion

    Stephen Stubbs, conductor

    5:12
  • 12:04 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Scottish": 2nd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: 'Scottish' and 'Italian' Symphonies

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jaime Laredo, conductor

    4:27
  • 11:51 AM

    Adagio

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Haydn, Mozart, Schubert: Works for Violin and Orchestra

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Arthur Grumiaux, violin

    7:25
  • 11:38 AM

    The Elf's Hill: Overture

    Friedrich Kuhlau

    Kuhlau: Overtures

    Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Schonwandt, conductor

    11:13
  • 11:26 AM

    Tanzwalzer

    Ferruccio Busoni

    Strauss, Liszt, Korngold, Busoni, Schreker

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Kazuki Yamada, conductor

    11:56
  • 11:23 AM

    Etude No. 5 "Black Keys"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes / John Browning

    John Browning, piano

    1:30
  • 11:10 AM

    Four Dances

    Edward Elgar

    Athena Ensemble

    11:38
  • 11:06 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 1

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic Dances

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    3:58
  • 11:01 AM

    Dardanus: Overture

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Rameau: Suites

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    4:45
  • 10:49 AM

    Symphony No. 5: Adagietto

    Gustav Mahler

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    9:00
  • 10:32 AM

    Marchenerzahlungen (Fairy Tales)

    Robert Schumann

    Rivka Golani, viola

    Bernadene Blaha, piano

    Joaquin Valdepenas, clarinet

    14:59
  • 10:26 AM

    The Planets: Mercury

    Gustav Holst

    G. Holst: The Planets; E. Elgar: Serenade op. 20

    Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    4:19
  • 10:06 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1, 2, & 3

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    19:50
  • 10:01 AM

    Suite Mignonne: Polka and Epilogue

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Spring Song, The Bard, etc.

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:36
  • 9:33 AM

    The Fairy's Kiss: Divertimento

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky: L'Ouiseau de Feu, Pulcinella, Le Baser de la Fee

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yuri Temirkanov, conductor

    25:55
  • 9:25 AM

    Forgotten Fairy Tales

    Edward MacDowell

    James Barbagallo, piano

    6:47
  • 9:06 AM

    Suite Lyrique

    John Rutter

    Sinfonia Cymru

    John Rutter, conductor

    Catrin Finch, harp

    17:22
  • 9:01 AM

    Introduction and Tarantella

    Pablo de Sarasate

    A La Carte

    Abbey Road Ensemble

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    4:32
  • 8:46 AM

    Divertimento No. 14

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Wind Divertimenti

    Amadeus Winds

    12:04
  • 8:43 AM

    Silver Clouds Chasing the Moon

    Ren Guang

    Jie Chen, piano

    3:10
  • 8:07 AM

    Divertimento after Couperin

    Richard Strauss

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

    New York Chamber Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    34:25
  • 8:01 AM

    Nocturne

    Alan Hovhaness

    Harp Spectacular

    Susann McDonald, harp

    4:39
  • 7:34 AM

    Violin Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Violin Sonatas

    Andrew Manze, violin

    23:43
  • 7:28 AM

    Six Variations on a Swiss Song

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Virtuose Harfenmusik

    Jutta Zoff, harp

    5:20
  • 7:06 AM

    Eternal Longing

    Vitezslav Novak

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    20:25
  • 7:01 AM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin: Menuet

    Maurice Ravel

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:40
  • 6:54 AM

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    3:56
  • 6:40 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Complete Mozart Edition, Vol. 17: Piano Sonatas

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    13:51
  • 6:16 AM

    Swanwhite Suite

    Jean Sibelius

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Pekka Kuusisto, conductor

    23:06
  • 6:06 AM

    Blades of Grass

    Romeo Cascarino

    To the Point

    Orchestra 2001

    James Freeman, conductor

    Dorothy Freeman, English horn

    8:41
  • 6:01 AM

    Terpsichore: Chaconne

    George Frideric Handel

    The Power Of Love: Arias From Handel Operas

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    4:43
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