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  • 5:45 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 9

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    12:59
  • 5:20 AM

    African Suite

    Fela Sowande

    National Arts Centre Orchestra

    Mario Bernardi, conductor

    24:52
  • 5:06 AM

    Viola da gamba Sonata No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Kim Kashkashian, viola

    Keith Jarrett, harpsichord

    11:54
  • 5:01 AM

    Flute Concerto: 1st movement

    Jacques Ibert

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Susan Milan, flute

    4:38
  • 4:46 AM

    Serenade No. 2

    Robert Volkmann

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    12:25
  • 4:15 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 27

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos Vol 1

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Christian Zacharias, conductor

    Christian Zacharias, piano

    29:45
  • 4:07 AM

    El mestre (The Schoolmaster)

    Traditional Catalan

    Chants du Sud et du Nord

    Arianna Savall, mezzo-soprano

    6:26
  • 4:01 AM

    Symphony No. 7: Moderato and Jigg

    William Boyce

    Boyce: The Eight Symphonies / Boughton, English String Orch

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    4:35
  • 3:42 AM

    Blackberry Winter

    Conni Ellisor

    Nashville Chamber Orchestra

    Paul Gambill, conductor

    Stephen Seifert, mountain dulcimer and Tennessee music box

    16:46
  • 3:32 AM

    Karelia Overture

    Jean Sibelius

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    7:53
  • 3:24 AM

    Don Pasquale: Sogno soave e casto

    Gaetano Donizetti

    Montreal Metropolitan Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Rolando Villazon, tenor

    Ildar Abdrazakov, bass

    5:58
  • 3:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 53 "The Lark"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Danish String Quartet

    17:31
  • 3:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 19

    Frederic Chopin

    Ivan Moravec, piano

    4:45
  • 2:51 AM

    Dancing Folk

    Oliver Davis

    Oliver Davis: Dance

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    Kerenza Peacock, violin

    7:01
  • 2:12 AM

    Symphony No. 8

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphonies Nos. 7 and 8

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    37:09
  • 2:06 AM

    Sonata No. 16

    Giovanni Fontana

    Stradivaria

    4:31
  • 2:01 AM

    Clarinet Trio: 3rd movement

    Nino Rota

    Rota: Chamber Music

    Ensemble Nino Rota

    4:41
  • 1:45 AM

    Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    13:03
  • 1:24 AM

    Symphony No. 35 "Haffner"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies 34, 35, 39

    London Mozart Players

    Jane Glover, conductor

    20:07
  • 1:20 AM

    Cello Suite No. 1: Gigue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Allemande

    Paul Galbraith, guitar

    2:00
  • 1:06 AM

    Chimney of King Rene

    Darius Milhaud

    Printemps

    Berlin Philharmonic Winds

    12:54
  • 1:01 AM

    Noble and Sentimental Waltzes: No. 8

    Maurice Ravel

    Stephen Kovacevich, piano

    4:40
  • 12:26 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn and Shostakovich: Violin Concertos

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    26:07
  • 12:21 AM

    Fidelity Rewarded: Sinfonia

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Opera Overtures

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    3:48
  • 12:04 AM

    Student Music: Suite

    Johann Rosenmuller

    Rosenmuller: 17th Century Instrumental and Vocal Music

    King's Noyse

    David Douglass, conductor

    12:26
  • 11:57 PM

    Impromptu No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    Marie-Pierre Langlamet, harp

    6:10
  • 11:45 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Bruch, Dvorak: Violin Concertos

    Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    10:09
  • 11:32 PM

    In Italy Overture

    Karl Goldmark

    Goldmark: Overtures

    Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andras Korodi, conductor

    12:40
  • 11:29 PM

    Etude No. 1 "Aeolian Harp"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin Etudes

    Jan Lisiecki, piano

    2:25
  • 11:13 PM

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    14:12
  • 10:37 PM

    The Wise Virgins Ballet Suite

    William Walton

    Walton: The Quest; The Wise Virgins

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    19:41
  • 10:23 PM

    Tannhauser: Overture

    Richard Wagner

    World Orchestra For Peace: The Solti Memorial Tour 2007

    World Orchestra for Peace

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    12:58
  • 10:20 PM

    Gavotte

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Kodaly: String Quartets No. 1 and 2; Gavotte

    Kontra Quartet

    2:32
  • 10:15 PM

    Images, Book 2: Poissons d'or (Goldfish)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Piano Music

    Stephen Hough, piano

    3:57
  • 10:09 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Gavottes

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Ouvertures

    Zefiro

    Alfredo Bernardini, conductor

    3:46
  • 9:58 PM

    Flower Festival in Genzano: Pas de deux

    Eduard Helsted

    Ballet Gala: Pas De Deux

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    9:04
  • 9:51 PM

    L'Estro Armonico: Concerto No. 3 for Violin

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Brecon Baroque

    Rachel Podger, violin

    6:33
  • 9:40 PM

    Sigurd Jorsalfar: Homage March

    Edvard Grieg

    Sibelius: Finlandia

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    8:52
  • 9:35 PM

    Ave Maria

    Philip van Wilder

    Lobo Requiem, Van Wilder Motets

    Rose Ensemble

    4:11
  • 9:06 PM

    Symphony No. 104 "London"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    26:49
  • 8:59 PM

    Solo de concours

    Andre Messager

    Frost and Friends

    Martin Frost, clarinet

    5:44
  • 6:40 PM

    Danses Concertantes

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky Vol. 3

    20th Century Classics Ensemble

    Robert Craft, conductor

    18:40
  • 6:27 PM

    Irena Grafenauer, flute

    Maria Graf, harp

    David Geringas, cello

    11:44
  • 6:05 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 4

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn & Ligeti Concertos & Capriccios

    Danish National Symphony Orchestra

    Shai Wosner, piano

    20:56
  • 6:00 PM

    Pilgrims' Hymn

    Stephen Paulus

    Concert Recording

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    3:24
  • 5:46 PM

    Gayane Ballet Suite

    Aram Khachaturian

    Khachaturian: Symphony No. 2; Gayanah Suite

    Royal Scottish Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    12:21
  • 5:35 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 9

    Arcangelo Corelli

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    8:55
  • 5:32 PM

    The Cowherd's Flute

    He Luting

    Lang Lang: Dragon Songs

    Lang Lang, piano

    2:41
  • 5:08 PM

    Pulcinella Suite

    Igor Stravinsky

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    22:34
  • 5:00 PM

    Letter from Home

    Aaron Copland

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    6:38
  • 4:53 PM

    Luisa Miller: Sinfonia

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi: Overtures and Preludes

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    5:52
  • 4:38 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 16

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Complete Mozart Edition, Vol. 17: Piano Sonatas

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    13:37
  • 4:34 PM

    Maranoa Lullaby

    Peter Sculthorpe

    Brodsky Quartet

    Anne Sofie von Otter, alto

    2:29
  • 4:09 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Florence Price

    Janacek Philharmonic

    Ryan Cockerham, conductor

    Er-Gene Kahng, violin

    24:05
  • 4:01 PM

    The Valkyrie: Ride of the Valkyries

    Richard Wagner

    Karajan Spectacular

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    6:16
  • 3:48 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    L'Art de Maurice Andre

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Maurice Andre, trumpet

    12:11
  • 3:43 PM

    Downton Abbey: Theme

    John Lunn

    Claire Jones: Royal Harp Strings

    Claire Jones, harp

    3:33
  • 3:29 PM

    Symphonic Dances: 1st movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    12:54
  • 3:07 PM

    Harp Concerto

    Francois Boieldieu

    Harp Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Marisa Robles, harp

    20:15
  • 3:00 PM

    Fantasy-Impromptu

    Frederic Chopin

    My Gift To You

    Antonin Kubalek, piano

    5:19
  • 2:53 PM

    Polonaise

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Czech Suite, Prague Waltzes, etc.

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    5:21
  • 2:46 PM

    Romeo and Juliet: Selections

    Sergei Prokofiev

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    8:22
  • 2:39 PM

    Wand of Youth: Overture, Serenade, and Sun Dance

    Edward Elgar

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    6:42
  • 2:29 PM

    La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    8:53
  • 2:22 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: Rondo

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Eddie Daniels and the Composers Quartet

    Composers String Quartet

    Eddie Daniels, clarinet

    5:58
  • 2:18 PM

    David Russell, guitar

    2:42
  • 2:11 PM

    Symphony No. 2: Scherzo

    Niels Gade

    Gade: Symphonies 2 & 7

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    3:47
  • 2:04 PM

    Schwanengesang, Book 1: Standchen (Serenade)

    Franz Schubert

    Leslie Howard, piano

    6:23
  • 1:51 PM

    Sinfonia for 3 Trumpets No. 3

    Johann Christian Hertel

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Wolfgang Bauer, conductor

    Wolfgang Bauer, trumpet

    7:23
  • 1:48 PM

    Pictures at an Exhibition: Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Kirill Gerstein, piano

    :00
  • 1:42 PM

    Mlada: Procession of the Nobles

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Orchestral Spectaculars

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:30
  • 1:35 PM

    The Carpenter: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Cimarosa: Overtures, Vol. 1

    Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia

    Alessandro Amoretti, conductor

    5:25
  • 1:20 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "Choral": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No 9

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Franz Welser-Most, conductor

    13:54
  • 1:16 PM

    Alleluia

    Gregorian and Liturgical

    Seasons of Angels: Harmony of the Spheres

    Rose Ensemble

    Jordan Sramek, conductor

    2:39
  • 1:09 PM

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

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Chabrier: Espana

    French National Orchestra

    Armin Jordan, conductor

    5:03
  • 1:04 PM

    The Harmonious Blacksmith

    George Frideric Handel

    Earl Wild - The Romantic Master

    Earl Wild, piano

    4:26
  • 12:48 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Early Symphonies Nos. 1-12

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    9:47
  • 12:44 PM

    Mock Morris

    Percy Grainger

    Music of Percy Grainger

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Kenneth Montgomery, conductor

    3:33
  • 12:34 PM

    Oboe Concerto No. 3

    Tomaso Albinoni

    I Musici

    Heinz Holliger, oboe

    8:10
  • 12:28 PM

    Czech Suite: Polka

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Czech Suite, Prague Waltzes, etc.

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    5:31
  • 12:22 PM

    Novelette (Orientale)

    Alexander Glazunov

    Saint Petersburg String Quartet

    4:57
  • 12:16 PM

    Abduction from the Seraglio: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Late Romantics

    Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mario Bernardi, conductor

    5:11
  • 12:09 PM

    The Spanish Lady: Suite

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Music for Strings

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    5:50
  • 12:04 PM

    Waltz No. 5 "Grande Valse"

    Frederic Chopin

    Stephen Kovacevich, piano

    3:49
  • 11:52 AM

    Aida: Triumphal March

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Leonard Bernstein: The Encore Collection Vol. 2

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    6:32
  • 11:39 AM

    Dance Rhapsody No. 1

    Frederick Delius

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    11:36
  • 11:31 AM

    Concerto for Two Trumpets

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Andre: Baroque Trumpet Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Maurice Andre, trumpet

    7:16
  • 11:23 AM

    Siegfried: Forest Murmurs

    Richard Wagner

    WAGNER 3: Tristan Suite; Music from Siegfried, Lohengrin, Walkure; Faust Overture

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    7:48
  • 11:19 AM

    The Coast of Galicia

    Bill Whelan

    Geraldine O'Doherty, harp

    3:01
  • 11:12 AM

    Serenade No. 1: Rondo

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Serenade No. 1, Variations on a Theme by Haydn

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    5:26
  • 11:06 AM

    Thais: Meditation

    Jules Massenet

    Violin for Relaxation

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    5:21
  • 11:01 AM

    The Desert of Roses: 3rd movement

    Robert Moran

    Piano Circus Band

    Craig Smith, conductor

    4:33
  • 10:52 AM

    Linde Consort

    6:05
  • 10:45 AM

    Etude No. 3 "Un Sospiro" (A Sigh)

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Piano Sonata & 3 Concert Studies

    Louis Lortie, piano

    6:07
  • 10:25 AM

    Three Botticelli Pictures

    Ottorino Respighi

    Long Beach Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    19:04
  • 10:16 AM

    Three Shanties

    Malcolm Arnold

    Bergen Wind Quintet

    6:36
  • 10:06 AM

    William Shakespeare Overture

    Friedrich Kuhlau

    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Schonwandt, conductor

    9:59
  • 10:01 AM

    Scottish Rondo

    John Field

    Field: 16 Piano Pieces

    Miceal O'Rourke, piano

    4:35
  • 9:36 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Peter Schickele

    Strauss, Vaughan Williams, Schikele

    Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    Pamela Pecha, oboe

    22:30
  • 9:23 AM

    Unst Boat Song; Fastan; Hur var du i aftes sa sildig; The Dromer

    Traditional; Eva Saether

    Last Leaf

    Danish String Quartet

    12:32
  • 9:17 AM

    Louise: Depuis le jour ou je me suis donnee (Since the day)

    Gustave Charpentier

    Soprano

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    Nicole Cabell, soprano

    5:19
  • 9:06 AM

    L'Etoile du Nord: Dance Suite

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    9:06
  • 9:01 AM

    Four Medieval Dances: Galliarde

    Joseph Lauber

    Rachel Talitman, harp

    Marcos Fregnani-Martins, flute

    4:38
  • 8:52 AM

    Dream Children

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: The Wand of Youth, Suites I & II; Dream Children; Nursery Suite; Starlight Express

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    6:22
  • 8:23 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Yegor Dyachkov, cello

    Jean Saulnier, piano

    28:24
  • 8:06 AM

    Knoxville: Summer of 1915

    Samuel Barber

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    David Zinman, conductor

    Dawn Upshaw, soprano

    15:11
  • 8:01 AM

    Tarantella

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    Guitar Recital: Olsen, Stein-Erik - DYENS, R. / BARRIOS MANGORE, A. / SAINZ DE LA MAZA, E. / PIAZZOLLA, A. / RUIZ-PIPO, A. / KOSHKIN, N. / DUARTE, J.

    Stein-Erik Olsen, guitar

    4:34
  • 7:38 AM

    Celtic Symphony

    Granville Bantock

    Bantock: Symphonies

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    19:56
  • 7:22 AM

    Cold Mountain

    Gabriel Yared

    Studio Orchestra

    Harry Rabinowitz, conductor

    15:24
  • 7:06 AM

    Ninerias

    Joaquin Turina

    Children's World

    Mirian Conti, piano

    14:21
  • 7:01 AM

    Court Sonata No. 4

    Heinrich Biber

    Biber: Sonatae tam aris quam aulis servientes

    Purcell Quartet

    Michael Laird, trumpet

    4:45
  • 6:30 AM

    String Quartet No. 5

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Cypress String Quartet

    28:06
  • 6:21 AM

    IRIS Orchestra

    Michael Stern, conductor

    7:56
  • 6:06 AM

    Music in Four Sharps (on Dowland's Frog Galliard)

    Ian Krouse

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    13:58
  • 6:01 AM

    Piano Trio: Finale

    Johann Hummel

    Hummel: Piano Trios

    Beaux Arts Trio

    4:42
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