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  • 5:32 AM

    Symphonic Poem No. 12 "Die Ideale"

    Franz Liszt

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    25:54
  • 5:06 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 16

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Andras Schiff, piano

    24:39
  • 5:01 AM

    Ca'azapa (Popular Paraguayan Song)

    Agustin Barrios

    Intimate Barrios

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    4:36
  • 4:48 AM

    Recorder Sonata No. 7

    George Frideric Handel

    Amarillis

    10:21
  • 4:21 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Max Bruch

    Max Bruch: Concerto No. 2; Scottish Fantasy

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Mario Bernardi, conductor

    James Ehnes, violin

    25:05
  • 4:09 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Song of a New Race": 1st movement

    William Grant Still

    Still: Symphony No. 2/ Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    9:52
  • 2:03 AM

    Minnesota Orchestra - live!

    60:00
  • 1:58 AM

    Cello Suite No. 3: Courante

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Yo-Yo Ma Plays Bach

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    2:57
  • 1:29 AM

    L'Apotheose de Moliere

    Darius Milhaud

    Milhaud: Carnaval d'Aix; Carnaval de Londres, etc.

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    9:53
  • 1:06 AM

    Sinfonia Concertante

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Seven London Symphonies

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Marieke Blankestijn, violin

    20:27
  • 1:00 AM

    Hungarian Dance No. 4

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: 21 Hungarian Dances

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos

    4:29
  • 12:42 AM

    Variations on a Rococo Theme

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 7

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    Leonard Rose, cello

    16:51
  • 12:34 AM

    Adagio for Strings

    Samuel Barber

    Winter Was Hard

    Kronos Quartet

    7:12
  • 12:29 AM

    Songs of a Wayfarer: Ging heut Morgen ubers Feld (Morning Walk)

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler: Orchestral Songs

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Susanna Malkki, conductor

    Katarina Karneus, mezzo-soprano

    4:17
  • 12:24 AM

    Koanga: La Calinda

    Frederick Delius

    Delius Miniatures

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:06
  • 12:18 AM

    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
  • 12:12 AM

    Organ Symphony No. 5: Toccata

    Charles-Marie Widor

    Organ Odyssey

    Mary Preston, organ

    4:57
  • 12:00 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: 3rd movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff, Paganini Rhapsody, Piano Concerto No. 2

    Mahler Chamber Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Yuja Wang, piano

    11:27
  • 11:57 PM

    Il est bel et bon

    Pierre Passereau

    Love Songs for Madrigals and Madriguys

    New Swingle Singers

    Ward Swingle, conductor

    1:20
  • 11:52 PM

    The Day Thou Gavest (St Clement)

    C.C. Scholefield

    Polished Brass

    River City Brass Band

    4:04
  • 11:38 PM

    Bolero

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    13:24
  • 11:21 PM

    Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    15:57
  • 11:15 PM

    Ave Maria

    Franz Schubert

    Marian Anderson: Bach, Brahms, Schubert

    Marian Anderson, contralto

    4:52
  • 11:11 PM

    Polish National Dances: No. 1

    Xaver Scharwenka

    Seta Tanyel, piano

    3:23
  • 11:06 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 5

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concertos Op. 10; Sammartini: Concerto in F

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    Michala Petri, recorder

    7:46
  • 11:04 PM

    Gloria: Gloria in Excelsis

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Gloria! Vivaldi's Angels

    Ensemble Caprice

    Matthias Maute, conductor

    2:16
  • 10:58 PM

    Someone to Watch Over Me

    George Gershwin

    Philip Smith

    Philip Smith, trumpet

    3:42
  • 10:54 PM

    All Through the Night

    Traditional Welsh

    The Voice of Wales

    Tredegar Orpheus Male Choir

    3:10
  • 10:50 PM

    Cantata Memoria: Lament for the Valley

    Karl Jenkins

    Sinfonia Cymru

    Karl Jenkins, conductor

    Bryn Terfel, baritone

    Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano

    Joo Yeon Sir, violin

    4:36
  • 10:40 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 2 "La notte" ("The Night")

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Flute Concertos

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    8:50
  • 10:34 PM

    Intermezzo No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    5:49
  • 10:22 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9; Sibelius: Symphony No. 2

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    9:41
  • 10:17 PM

    Helen Callus, viola

    Robert McDonald, piano

    4:06
  • 10:12 PM

    Simple Gifts

    Traditional

    Harvest Home

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    Linda Chatterton, flute

    2:14
  • 10:02 PM

    Ballade No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    8:57
  • 9:56 PM

    Concerto for Mixed Instruments

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    9:11
  • 9:48 PM

    Variations on a Korean Folk Song

    John Barnes Chance

    Concert in the Park

    Edmonton Wind Ensemble

    Harry Pinchin, conductor

    7:02
  • 9:44 PM

    Requiem: Pie Jesu

    Gabriel Faure

    Stillness and Sweet Harmony

    City of London Sinfonia

    John Rutter, conductor

    Caroline Ashton, soprano

    3:28
  • 9:35 PM

    Crown Imperial

    William Walton

    Walton: Belshazzar's Feast/ Henry V Suite

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    6:51
  • 9:32 PM

    Preude to Act III of Parsifal

    Richard Wagner

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    7:00
  • 9:23 PM

    Young Frankenstein: A Transylvanian Lullaby

    John Morris

    Devil's Dance

    Gil Shaham, violin

    3:51
  • 9:19 PM

    Nola: A Silhouette for the Piano

    Felix Arndt

    Blake: Rhapsody In Ragtime, Etc; Joplin, Gershwin, Etc

    Richard Dowling, piano

    3:15
  • 9:04 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach

    Ensemble Caprice

    Matthias Maute, conductor

    13:17
  • 9:00 PM

    Water under Snow is Weary

    Harri Wessman

    Tapiola Choir

    Erkki Pohjola, conductor

    3:50
  • 6:40 PM

    12 German Dances for Orchestra

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: 11 Modlinger Dances; 12 German Dances; 12 Minuets

    Capella Istropolitana

    Oliver Dohnanyi, conductor

    18:42
  • 6:23 PM

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    17:35
  • 6:17 PM

    Walking Tune

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger: Piano Music

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    4:14
  • 6:01 PM

    Rounds for String Orchestra

    David Diamond

    David Diamond, Vol. 5: Rounds

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    14:17
  • 5:47 PM

    Divertimento No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Divertimenti KN 113, 137 & 251

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    12:55
  • 5:15 PM

    Symphonic Dances

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Symphonic Dances, Piano Concerto Op. 16, Wedding Day at Troldhaugen

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    30:45
  • 5:07 PM

    Il Signor Bruschino: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Concert Recording

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    6:00
  • 5:00 PM

    Trio No. 2 "In the Form of a Suite": Entrance

    Vincent d'Indy

    Faure, Saint-Saens, D'indy

    Horszowski Trio

    5:45
  • 4:50 PM

    Symphony No. 8

    Georg Anton Benda

    Benda: Sinfonias Nos. 7-12

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    7:24
  • 4:32 PM

    Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    Benjamin Britten

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    17:06
  • 4:27 PM

    Naja's Waltz

    Fredrik Sjolin

    Last Leaf

    Danish String Quartet

    3:16
  • 4:12 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    13:36
  • 4:06 PM

    My Lord, What a Mornin'

    Harry T. Burleigh

    Seraphic Fire

    Patrick Dupre Quigley, conductor

    4:06
  • 4:00 PM

    American Serenade: Spiritual

    Antal Dorati

    DORATI: Night Music

    Aalborg Symphony Orchestra

    Moshe Atzmon, conductor

    6:06
  • 3:48 PM

    The Magic Harp Overture (Rosamunde)

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies 5 & 8

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    10:20
  • 3:41 PM

    Trio No. 2 "London"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Laurel Zucker, flute

    Renee Siebert, flute

    Samuel Magill, cello

    6:54
  • 3:07 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Antonio Pappano, conductor

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    32:43
  • 3:00 PM

    Nordic Folk Dances: Old Memories

    Emil Hartmann

    Hartmann: Nordic Folk Dances; Hakon Jarl; A Carnival Feast

    Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bo Holten, conductor

    5:24
  • 2:53 PM

    Defiance: Survivors

    James Newton Howard

    Studio Orchestra

    James Newton Howard, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    :00
  • 2:41 PM

    Children's Games (Jeux d'enfants)

    Georges Bizet

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    11:30
  • 2:32 PM

    The Fairy Queen: Overture

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell: Dido and Aeneas

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    7:35
  • 2:26 PM

    Ruslan and Ludmila: Overture

    Mikhail Glinka

    Russian Overtures

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    4:39
  • 2:22 PM

    Better than One: That Perfect Afternoon

    Gary Schocker

    Genetic Harps

    Gretchen Van Hoesen, harp

    2:42
  • 2:22 PM

    Ruslan and Ludmila: Overture

    Mikhail Glinka

    Russian Overtures

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    4:39
  • 2:18 PM

    Idomenee: Rigaudon

    Andre Campra

    Empire Brass

    William Kuhlman, organ

    2:34
  • 2:08 PM

    King Stephen: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Overtures

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    6:38
  • 2:04 PM

    Sonata

    Mateo Albeniz

    Spanish Fireworks

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    2:55
  • 1:51 PM

    Concert Piece for Clarinet and Basset Horn

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Works for Clarinet and String Orchestra

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Jorg Faerber, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    8:27
  • 1:41 PM

    London Mozart Players

    Jane Glover, conductor

    8:25
  • 1:32 PM

    Piano Sonata in c, D. 958: 4th mvt

    Franz Schubert

    Imogen Cooper, piano

    9:00
  • 1:21 PM

    La Stravaganza: Violin Concerto No. 3

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Violin Concerti

    Arte Dei Suonatori Baroque Orchestra

    Rachel Podger, violin

    8:06
  • 1:17 PM

    Lieutenant Kije: Troika

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Troika

    Matt Haimovitz, cello

    3:01
  • 1:11 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 1, Overtures

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    4:52
  • 1:06 PM

    Memories of a Child's Sunday: Bells

    Roy Harris

    Roy Harris: Symphony No. 8, Symphony No. 9

    Albany Symphony Orchestra

    David Alan Miller, conductor

    3:19
  • 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
  • 12:54 PM

    Transcendental Etude No. 5 "Feux follets"

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Transcendental Etudes, S. 139

    Kirill Gerstein, piano

    4:00
  • 12:50 PM

    Peer Gynt: Anitra's Dance

    Edvard Grieg

    Minnesota Orchestra At One Hundred

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    3:25
  • 12:40 PM

    In the Steppes of Central Asia

    Alexander Borodin

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Loris Tjeknavorian, conductor

    8:00
  • 12:32 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 3

    Alessandro Scarlatti

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    Fabio Biondi, violin

    7:16
  • 12:23 PM

    Iolanthe Overture

    Arthur Sullivan

    Gilbert & Sullivan: Overtures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    7:31
  • 12:19 PM

    Bagatelles: Allegretto scherzando (1)

    Antonin Dvorak

    Takacs Quartet

    Gabor Ormai, harmonium

    2:56
  • 12:16 PM

    Curtain Tune on a Ground

    Henry Purcell

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    2:11
  • 12:08 PM

    The Dance of the Goblins (La ronde des Lutins)

    Antonio Bazzini

    Duo Recital

    Maxence Larrieu, flute

    6:47
  • 12:04 PM

    Carmen: Seguedilla

    Georges Bizet

    Cantabile

    Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Olivieri-Munroe, conductor

    Sol Gabetta, cello

    2:46
  • 11:44 AM

    Five Bagatelles

    Gerald Finzi

    FINZI: Clarinet Concerto / Five Bagatelles / Three Soliloquies / Romance

    Northern Sinfonia

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    Robert Plane, clarinet

    14:32
  • 11:35 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Introduction and March

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    7:53
  • 11:30 AM

    Impresario: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenades and Overtures

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    4:03
  • 11:23 AM

    The Planets: Mars

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Colin Davis, conductor

    6:53
  • 11:20 AM

    Prelude for Lute

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Eduardo Fernandez, guitar

    1:26
  • 11:12 AM

    Symphony No. 68: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 100 & 68

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    7:00
  • 11:06 AM

    Nocturne No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Nocturnes

    Maria Tipo, piano

    5:23
  • 11:01 AM

    Harp Consort No. 3

    William Lawes

    Lawes: Harp Consorts

    Les Voix Humaines

    Maxine Eilander, harp

    4:40
  • 10:50 AM

    Mignon: Overture

    Ambroise Thomas

    Offenbach: Gaite Parisienne; Gounod, Thomas, Chabrier

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    8:07
  • 10:42 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 1 "La Tempesta di Mare" ("Storm at Sea")

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Stephen Preston, flute

    6:45
  • 10:29 AM

    Concert Overture

    Karol Szymanowski

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Edward Gardner, conductor

    12:07
  • 10:20 AM

    Oboe Sonata

    George Frideric Handel

    G. F. Handel: Recorder & Oboe Sonatas

    Amarillis

    Heloise Gaillard, oboe

    8:07
  • 10:06 AM

    Norwegian Rhapsody No. 1

    Johan Halvorsen

    Halvorsen, J.: Norwegian Rhapsodies Nos. 1 and 2 / Svendsen, J.: Norwegian Rhapsodies Nos. 1-4

    Trondheim Symphony Orchestra

    Ole Kristian Ruud, conductor

    12:41
  • 10:01 AM

    Overture No. 2 "La Calamita de Cuori"

    Johann Christian Bach

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    4:40
  • 9:46 AM

    The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan

    Charles Tomlinson Griffes

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    12:18
  • 9:35 AM

    Carnaval de Venise

    Felix Godefroid

    Carnaval de Venise

    Catrin Finch, harp

    10:24
  • 9:07 AM

    Piano Quartet

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Piano Quintet & Quartet

    Emerson String Quartet

    (Selected members), conductor

    Menahem Pressler, piano

    27:21
  • 9:01 AM

    Cantabile

    Niccolo Paganini

    Paganini Duos

    Pekka Kuusisto, violin

    4:44
  • 8:21 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Vasily Kalinnikov

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    37:19
  • 8:11 AM

    Scherzando No. 3

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    FJ and JM Haydn: Flute Concertos

    Haydn Ensemble Berlin

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    8:07
  • 8:06 AM

    Collection Flores de Musica: Differenzias sobre la Gayta

    Anonymous

    Salsa Baroque

    Ensemble Caprice

    Matthias Maute, conductor

    4:15
  • 8:01 AM

    Pavane and Gigue

    William Byrd

    Bach Transcriptions, 2

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:33
  • 7:32 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Paul Creston

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    26:00
  • 7:29 AM

    Romance Without Words

    Gabriel Faure

    The Sounds Of Remembered Dreams

    Susan Jolles, harp

    2:40
  • 7:06 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Isaac Stern - A Life in Music - Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Double Concertos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Schneider, conductor

    Isaac Stern, violin

    21:10
  • 7:01 AM

    The Floating One Polka Mazurka

    Josef Strauss

    Josef Strauss: Edition, Vol. 16

    Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Arthur Kulling, conductor

    4:37
  • 6:11 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Anton Bruckner

    Bruckner: Symphony No. 1

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    46:57
  • 6:06 AM

    Waltz No. 10

    Frederic Chopin

    Richard Raymond, piano

    3:15
  • 6:01 AM

    Amazing Grace

    John Newton

    Esenvalds: Northern Lights and Other Choral Works

    Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    Anna Cavaliero, soprano

    4:43
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