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  • 4:35 AM

    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    23:27
  • 4:20 AM

    Trio Sonata No. 15

    William Boyce

    Boyce: Trio Sonatas

    Parley of Instruments

    Peter Holman, conductor

    13:23
  • 4:06 AM

    Two Nordic Melodies

    Edvard Grieg

    Edvard Grieg: Works For String Orchestra

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    13:02
  • 4:01 AM

    Edgar: Act I Prelude

    Giacomo Puccini

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor

    4:37
  • 3:42 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 2

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Horn Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    16:00
  • 3:32 AM

    Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

    Aram Khachaturian

    Essential Ballet

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Aram Khachaturian, conductor

    9:09
  • 3:17 AM

    Toccata

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Dances of Spain and Argentina

    Minneapolis Guitar Quartet

    12:47
  • 3:06 AM

    Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    10:35
  • 3:01 AM

    Ave Maria mater dei

    Robert Hunt

    Blue Heron

    Scott Metcalfe, conductor

    4:34
  • 2:46 AM

    Symphony No. 4: Andantino

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    12:04
  • 2:27 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Fazil Say, piano

    18:11
  • 2:12 AM

    Suite No. 7

    Kurt Atterberg

    ATTERBERG: Sinfonia for Strings

    Camerata Nordica

    Ulf Wallin, conductor

    13:13
  • 2:07 AM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Seraph Brass

    4:46
  • 2:01 AM

    Symphony No. 5: Scherzo

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Symphonies 1 & 5

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:33
  • 1:41 AM

    Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye): Suite

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Ballet And Dance Music

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    16:57
  • 1:17 AM

    Clarinet Trio

    Louise Farrenc

    Farrenc, L.: Piano Trio, Op. 33 / Clarinet Trio, Op. 44 / Sextet, Op. 40

    Linos Ensemble

    22:52
  • 1:06 AM

    Concert Suite No. 4

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Rameau: Six Concerts en sextuor

    Les Talens Lyriques

    Christophe Rousset, conductor

    9:10
  • 1:01 AM

    I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Capulets and Montagues): Sinfonia

    Vincenzo Bellini

    Orchestra of St. Cecilia

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    4:40
  • 12:48 AM

    The Magic Harp Overture (Rosamunde)

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphony No. 2, etc.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    10:32
  • 12:43 AM

    Intermezzo; Shine you no more

    Fredrik Sjolin; Rune Sorensen

    Last Leaf

    Danish String Quartet

    4:59
  • 12:19 AM

    Symphony No. 96 "Miracle"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    22:13
  • 12:07 AM

    Family Album: Homage to Alfred, Emil and Lionel Newman

    Randy Newman

    Gloria Cheng, piano

    10:31
  • 12:01 AM

    Sonatina No. 2 "Happy Workshop": 2nd movement

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Music for Wind Ensemble

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    4:32
  • 11:28 PM

    Flute and Harp Concerto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Flute & Harp Concerto

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    29:42
  • 11:18 PM

    Agnus Dei

    Samuel Barber

    Cathedral Classics

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    8:34
  • 10:59 PM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin

    Maurice Ravel

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    17:53
  • 10:53 PM

    Ubi Caritas

    Ola Gjeilo

    Lux

    Voces8

    3:43
  • 10:38 PM

    The Fairy Queen: Suite

    Henry Purcell

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    14:06
  • 10:32 PM

    The Valkyrie: Ride of the Valkyries

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder; Preludes And Overtures

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Franz Welser-Most, conductor

    5:11
  • 10:16 PM

    Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Elgar: Introduction and Allegro, etc; Vaughan Williams

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    14:10
  • 10:12 PM

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    4:11
  • 10:07 PM

    The Prophet: Coronation March

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Leonard Bernstein: The Encore Collection Vol. 1

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    3:38
  • 9:51 PM

    Russian Easter Festival Overture

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: 3 Symphonies / Jarvi, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    14:59
  • 9:43 PM

    Lamentations of Jeremiah I

    Thomas Tallis

    Music for Holy Week

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    Philip Ledger, conductor

    7:31
  • 9:34 PM

    Swan of Tuonela

    Jean Sibelius

    Reveries

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    Marni Hougham, English horn

    9:32
  • 9:25 PM

    Don Pasquale: Quel guardo il cavaliere..So anch'io la virtu magica

    Gaetano Donizetti

    The Art of Beverly Sills

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Sarah Caldwell, conductor

    Beverly Sills, soprano

    6:24
  • 9:16 PM

    I'll Bid My Heart Be Still

    Rebecca Clarke

    Rebecca Clarke: Portrait of the Viola

    Helen Callus, viola

    3:44
  • 9:06 PM

    Le preux (The valiant knight)

    Charles Alkan

    Alkan: Etudes Opp. 12 and 76

    Laurent Martin, piano

    7:41
  • 9:00 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Mozart & Brahms

    Pacifica String Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    4:34
  • 8:55 PM

    Italian Concerto: Presto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Adventures in Early Music

    Andreas Staier, harpsichord/fortepiano

    3:36
  • 8:19 PM

    Ma vlast (My Country): Vltava (The Moldau)

    Bedrich Smetana

    Dvorak: New World Symphony

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Istvan Kertesz, conductor

    11:05
  • 8:00 PM

    Piano Concerto: 1st movement

    Amy Beach

    Beach: Gaelic Symphony, Piano Concerto

    Nashville Symphony Orchestra

    Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor

    Alan Feinberg, piano

    17:40
  • 5:31 PM

    Sinfonietta

    Francis Poulenc

    French Orchestral Music

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    27:18
  • 5:22 PM

    Fidelio Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Overtures

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    7:11
  • 5:13 PM

    In the Mountain Suite: In the wind

    Joseph Canteloube

    Violin Music Of Canteloube And Breville

    Philippe Graffin, violin

    8:19
  • 5:06 PM

    Castor and Pollux: Overture

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Rameau: Castor et Pollux; Purcell: 3 Fantasias

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    5:02
  • 5:01 PM

    Sextet: Rondo

    Luigi Gatti

    Gatti: Chamber Music

    Calamus Ensemble

    4:44
  • 4:51 PM

    Symphony No. 1: Finale

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Symphonies Nos. 1-3

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    7:08
  • 4:39 PM

    By the Beautiful Blue Danube (An der schonen, blauen Donau)

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    11:04
  • 4:27 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 5

    Francesco Veracini

    Veracini Sonatas

    John Holloway, violin

    10:44
  • 4:06 PM

    Bull on the Roof (Le boeuf sur le toit)

    Darius Milhaud

    French National Orchestra

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    19:33
  • 4:01 PM

    Abbywood Trail

    Dale Kavanagh

    Guitar Gala Night

    Dale Kavanagh, guitar

    4:44
  • 3:44 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 11

    Giovanni Punto

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Barry Tuckwell, horn

    14:21
  • 3:38 PM

    Ruslan and Ludmila: Overture

    Mikhail Glinka

    Tchaikovsky, Smetana, Glinka, Moussorgsky

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    4:52
  • 3:11 PM

    Arpeggione Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert, Schumann, Bruch, Enesco

    Yuri Bashmet, viola

    25:43
  • 3:06 PM

    Don Giovanni: La ci darem la mano

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The #1 Opera Album

    Vienna Haydn Orchestra

    Istvan Kertesz, conductor

    Lucia Popp, soprano

    3:20
  • 3:01 PM

    Overture No. 2 "La Calamita de Cuori"

    Johann Christian Bach

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    4:40
  • 2:43 PM

    Tannhauser: Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Tannhauser, Parsifal, Tristan Und Isolde

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    14:17
  • 2:36 PM

    The Mission: Gabriel's Oboe

    Ennio Morricone

    Appassionato

    Roma Sinfonietta

    Ennio Morricone, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    2:24
  • 2:08 PM

    Symphony No. 1

    Charles Gounod

    Bizet: L'Arlesienne; Gounod: Symphonies

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    26:41
  • 2:03 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Gavottes

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Orchestral Suites

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    3:28
  • 1:50 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: 2nd mvt

    Sergei Rachmaninof

    MInneapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    Byron Janis, piano

    :00
  • 1:42 PM

    The Wasps: Overture

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    8:41
  • 1:32 PM

    Piano Trio No. 5 "Ghost": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Trios - Archduke & Geister-Trio

    Beaux Arts Trio

    8:12
  • 1:21 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    8:53
  • 1:11 PM

    Carmen: Bohemian Song

    Georges Bizet

    Debra Wendells-Cross, flute

    Robert Alemany, clarinet

    JoAnn Falletta, guitar

    4:12
  • 1:04 PM

    Toward a New Life

    Josef Suk

    Pomp & Pizazz

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:48
  • 12:56 PM

    Wand of Youth: Sun Dance

    Edward Elgar

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

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    2:48
  • 12:47 PM

    The Fanatic for Ancient Romans: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Cimarosa: Overtures, 2

    Toronto Chamber Orchestra

    Kevin Mallon, conductor

    7:32
  • 12:39 PM

    Rodeo: Buckaroo Holiday

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Appalachian Spring, Rodeo, Billy The Kid, Fanfare For The Common Man

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    6:58
  • 12:33 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Polacca

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    4:25
  • 12:27 PM

    Graceful Ghost Rag

    William Bolcom

    Four Hands

    Leon Fleisher, piano

    4:58
  • 12:16 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 2nd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Franz Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Jonathan Nott, conductor

    8:29
  • 12:11 PM

    Thurber's Dogs: Dog Asleep

    Peter Schickele

    Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra

    Timothy Russell, conductor

    3:00
  • 12:06 PM

    Columbus Triptich: 3rd movement

    Stephen Main

    American Premieres

    Cosmos Trio

    4:08
  • 12:04 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:56
  • 11:51 AM

    Sinfonia for Strings

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concert for the Prince of Poland

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    6:57
  • 11:45 AM

    Symphony No. 88: 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 88 & 89, etc.

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    4:33
  • 11:37 AM

    Nocturnes: Fetes (Festivals)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Orchestral Works

    Paris Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    6:56
  • 11:32 AM

    Minuet

    Vincent d'Indy

    French Chamber Music

    Pascal Roge, piano

    3:32
  • 11:26 AM

    New Vienna Landler

    Joseph Lanner

    Ensemble Bella Musica Vienna

    Michael Dittrich, conductor

    5:34
  • 11:21 AM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    London Classical Players

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    4:16
  • 11:15 AM

    Wind Quintet: 2nd movement

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Wind Chamber Music

    Bergen Wind Quintet

    4:45
  • 11:06 AM

    The Gordian Knot Untied

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell: Ayres for the Theatre

    Parley of Instruments

    Peter Holman, conductor

    7:40
  • 11:04 AM

    Capriol Suite: Basse Dance

    Peter Warlock

    Orchestral Favourites Vol I

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    1:26
  • 10:49 AM

    Scottish Highlands Overture

    Frederic Lamond

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    9:17
  • 10:42 AM

    Polonaise No. 6 "Heroic"

    Frederic Chopin

    Maurizio Pollini, Chopin ?� Concerto No. 1 In E Minor

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    6:53
  • 10:32 AM

    Symphonie Espagnole: Rondo

    Edouard Lalo

    Lalo: Symphonie espagnole/Saint-Saens: Violin Concerto No.3

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    Chee-Yun, violin

    8:27
  • 10:16 AM

    Overture burlesque

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Collegium Musicum 90

    14:53
  • 10:14 AM

    Cello Suite No. 1: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Christopher Parkening, guitar

    2:20
  • 10:08 AM

    Serenade No. 9 "Posthorn": Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Classics for All Seasons: Spring

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    3:57
  • 10:06 AM

    Hungarian Dance No. 18

    Johannes Brahms

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    1:28
  • 10:01 AM

    Sonatine for Bassoon and Harp

    Joseph Lauber

    Rachel Talitman, harp

    Pierre Martens, bassoon

    4:31
  • 9:52 AM

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

    Richard Wagner

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    6:17
  • 9:41 AM

    Overture for Wind Instruments

    Felix Mendelssohn

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    9:42
  • 9:26 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 7

    George Frideric Handel

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    14:12
  • 9:12 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 47

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Rudolf Buchbinder, piano

    11:30
  • 9:06 AM

    Vocalise

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    A La Carte

    Abbey Road Ensemble

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    5:48
  • 9:01 AM

    Romance No. 1

    Johann StraussJr.

    J. Strauss, Jr. Edition: Vol. 14

    Czech State Symphony Orchestra, Kosice

    Alfred Walter, conductor

    4:39
  • 8:21 AM

    Florida Suite

    Frederick Delius

    Vaughan Williams And Delius

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    36:58
  • 8:17 AM

    Isabelle Perrin, harp

    Baltazar Juarez, harp

    3:20
  • 8:06 AM

    Barcarolle venetienne

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Navarra Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Martinez Izquierdo, conductor

    Tianwa Yang, violin

    9:49
  • 8:01 AM

    Mazurka No. 13

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: The Mazurkas

    Mirian Conti, piano

    4:33
  • 7:46 AM

    Trio Sonata No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Palladian Ensemble

    12:33
  • 7:41 AM

    A Chloris (To Chloris)

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Bonjour Paris

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Mathias Monius, conductor

    Albrecht Mayer, English horn

    4:04
  • 7:06 AM

    The Bourgeois Gentleman Suite

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Divertimento After Couperin

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    32:41
  • 7:01 AM

    The Wedding Waltz

    Heikki Aaltoila

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:37
  • 7:00 AM

    The Bourgeois Gentleman Suite

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Divertimento After Couperin

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    32:41
  • 6:41 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Kabalevsky: Piano Concertos

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    Alun Francis, conductor

    Michael Korstick, piano

    17:29
  • 6:31 AM

    The Planets: Saturn

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Colin Davis, conductor

    8:52
  • 6:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 22 "Prussian"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Shanghai Quartet

    23:07
  • 6:01 AM

    Pastoral Suite: Villagers' Dance

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:43
  • 5:45 AM

    Keyboard Suite No. 8

    George Frideric Handel

    Sviatoslav Richter, piano

    12:53
  • 5:42 AM

    Subvenite

    Gregorian Chant

    Chant

    Cistercian Monks of Stift Heiligenkreuz

    2:27
  • 5:06 AM

    Symphonic Dances

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Symphonic Dances

    Utah Symphony

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    34:27
  • 5:01 AM

    Bassoon Concerto: Allegro

    Christoph Graupner

    Graupner: Instrumental and Vocal Music, Vol. 1

    L'Ensemble des Idees heureuses

    Genevieve Soly, conductor

    Mathieu Lussier, bassoon

    4:43
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