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  • 4:27 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    Edmund Rubbra

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    32:27
  • 4:20 AM

    String Quartet No. 3: Andante

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn Quartets, Vol. 2

    Eroica Quartet

    5:31
  • 4:06 AM

    From Italy (Aus Italien): On the Beach at Sorrento

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Aus Italien, Don Juan

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    11:50
  • 4:01 AM

    From Foreign Lands: Germany

    Moritz Moszkowski

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    4:37
  • 3:56 AM

    Carmen: Seguedilla

    Georges Bizet

    Cantabile

    Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Olivieri-Munroe, conductor

    Sol Gabetta, cello

    2:46
  • 3:38 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 8

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Sonatas for Piano & Violin

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    17:40
  • 3:19 AM

    Tuba Concerto

    John Williams

    Singapore Symphony Orchestra

    Anne Manson, conductor

    Oystein Baadsvik, tuba

    17:03
  • 3:13 AM

    O sacrum convivium

    Olivier Messiaen

    Twentieth-Century Masters Vol 1 - Poulenc & His French Contemporaries

    Choir of New College, Oxford

    Edward Higginbottom, conductor

    David Newsholme, organ

    4:40
  • 2:52 AM

    On the Waterfront

    Leonard Bernstein

    Minnesota Orchestra - Live from Orchestra Hall

    Osmo Vänskä, conductor

    20:00
  • 2:20 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Samuel Barber

    Minnesota Orchestra - Live from Orchestra Hall

    Osmo Vänskä, conductor

    Susie Park, violin

    20:00
  • 1:32 AM

    Flute Concerto

    Jeff Beal

    Minnesota Orchestra - Live from Orchestra Hall

    Osmo Vänskä, conductor

    Sharon Bezaly, flute

    20:00
  • 1:06 AM

    Suite from Billy the Kid

    Aaron Copland

    Minnesota Orchestra - Live from Orchestra Hall

    Osmo Vänskä, conductor

    30:00
  • 1:00 AM

    Live from Orchestra Hall

    Minnesota Orchestra - Live from Orchestra Hall

    Osmo Vänskä, conductor

    5:00
  • 12:42 AM

    Fairy Tale Pictures (Marchenbilder)

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Chamber Music

    Nobuko Imai, viola

    15:47
  • 12:19 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Complete Piano Concertos

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    21:32
  • 12:12 AM

    Waltz for Debby

    Bill Evans

    Music of Bill Evans

    Kronos Quartet

    Eddie Gomez, bass

    5:43
  • 12:03 AM

    Four Seasons: Winter

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Nigel Kennedy, conductor

    Nigel Kennedy, violin

    8:46
  • 11:55 PM

    Andante for Flute and Orchestra

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra

    Juha Kangas, conductor

    Sharon Bezaly, flute

    6:28
  • 11:08 PM

    Symphony No. 5

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 9

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    45:45
  • 11:01 PM

    The Sacred War

    Alexander Alexandrov

    The Sacred War: The Alexandrov Red Army Choir Today, Vol. 2

    Red Army Chorus

    3:29
  • 10:35 PM

    Concerto Andaluz

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    Celedonio Romero, guitar

    Angel Romero, guitar

    Celin Romero, guitar

    23:57
  • 10:25 PM

    The Days (I giorni)

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Ludovico Einaudi: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    5:44
  • 10:11 PM

    Piano Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Andras Schiff, piano

    12:27
  • 10:06 PM

    Man of La Mancha: The Impossible Dream

    Mitch Leigh

    Showtime!: Music of Broadway and Hollywood

    Mormon Tabernacle Choir

    Craig Jessop, conductor

    3:46
  • 9:50 PM

    Summer Music

    Samuel Barber

    Wind Quintets by Barber, Saeverud, Jolivet and Hindemith

    Bergen Wind Quintet

    11:27
  • 9:44 PM

    Litanies

    Jehan Alain

    Hans Fagius plays Organ Favorites

    Hans Fagius, organ

    4:35
  • 9:38 PM

    Star Wars: The Phantom Menace: Duel of the Fates

    John Williams

    Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace: Duel of the Fates: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:14
  • 9:28 PM

    The Planets: Jupiter

    Gustav Holst

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    8:28
  • 9:20 PM

    Quintett N.1

    Dustin O'Halloran

    Lumiere

    American Contemporary Music Ensemble

    Dustin O'Halloran, piano

    5:10
  • 9:15 PM

    I Know My Time Ain't Long

    Spiritual, arr. J. David Moore

    Lumina Women's Ensemble

    4:32
  • 8:59 PM

    Forgotten Melodies: Sonata tragica

    Nikolai Medtner

    Medtner: Piano Music

    Nikolai Demidenko, piano

    11:47
  • 8:53 PM

    Exsultate, Jubilate: Alleluia

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart 250 - A Celebration

    Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Judith Blegen, soprano

    2:42
  • 8:34 PM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin

    Maurice Ravel

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    17:53
  • 8:29 PM

    Waltz in Valparaiso

    Evert Taube

    Varen ar kommen: Traditional Swedish Songs of Spring and Summer

    Orphei Drangar

    Robert Sund, conductor

    2:54
  • 8:05 PM

    Victory at Sea Suite

    Richard Rodgers

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    21:36
  • 8:00 PM

    Fur Elise

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Music for a Rainy Day

    Roland Pontinen, piano

    3:22
  • 5:35 PM

    Guitar Concerto No. 1

    Mauro Giuliani

    Giuliani: Guitar concerto No. 1, Villa-Lobos: Guitar Concerto, Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Guitar Concerto No. 1

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Luis Antonio Garcia Navarro, conductor

    Narciso Yepes, guitar

    23:08
  • 5:18 PM

    Capriccio Italien

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    16:27
  • 5:09 PM

    Gavotte No. 2

    David Popper

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    Stephen Hough, piano

    4:40
  • 4:58 PM

    L'Hotellerie portugaise: Overture

    Luigi Cherubini

    Cherubini: Overtures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    9:45
  • 4:47 PM

    Divertimento No. 8

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    New York Philomusica

    9:35
  • 4:29 PM

    The Garden of Fand

    Arnold Bax

    Bax: Tone Poems

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    17:27
  • 4:08 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concert Recording

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Elizabeth Koch, oboe

    20:36
  • 4:00 PM

    Aida: Triumphal March

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Great Opera Choruses

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    6:58
  • 3:53 PM

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

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    5:06
  • 3:47 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 6

    Antonin Dvorak

    Genevieve Chinn, piano

    Allen Brings, piano

    4:31
  • 3:21 PM

    Symphony No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 6

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Otmar Suitner, conductor

    24:11
  • 3:13 PM

    Bluestone

    Chris Marshall

    Claire Jones: Royal Harp Strings

    London Mozart Players

    Stuart Morley, conductor

    Claire Jones, harp

    5:50
  • 2:59 PM

    Capriccio Sinfonico

    Giacomo Puccini

    Puccini, Catalani, Ponchielli: for orchestra

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    13:09
  • 2:45 PM

    Helios Overture

    Carl Nielsen

    Danish National Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    11:55
  • 2:41 PM

    La Precieuse

    Fritz Kreisler

    Joshua Bell, violin

    Paul Coker, piano

    3:08
  • 2:38 PM

    A Chloris

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Ailyn Perez, soprano

    2:00
  • 2:12 PM

    String Quartet No. 6

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Early String Quartets

    Cypress String Quartet

    24:41
  • 2:01 PM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

    Franz Liszt

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    10:03
  • 1:54 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Johan Svendsen

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    4:46
  • 1:50 PM

    String Sextet No. 1: Scherzo

    Johannes Brahms

    The Sunday Sessions: Master Play

    Concertante

    3:19
  • 1:42 PM

    Three Shanties

    Malcolm Arnold

    Malcolm Arnold Chamber Music 3

    Nash Ensemble

    6:59
  • 1:21 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Six Brandenburg Concertos

    Dunedin Consort

    John Butt, conductor

    10:41
  • 1:18 PM

    Las Dos Hermanitas (Two Sisters)

    Francisco Tarrega

    Celedonio Romero, guitar

    2:38
  • 1:09 PM

    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Hedwig's Theme

    John Williams

    Studio Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    5:03
  • 1:04 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Entry of the Fairies

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    4:25
  • 12:51 PM

    Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Showpieces

    RCA Symphony Orchestra

    William Steinberg, conductor

    Jascha Heifetz, violin

    8:26
  • 12:42 PM

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    8:07
  • 12:36 PM

    West Side Story: One Hand, One Heart

    Leonard Bernstein

    BBC Symphony

    Patrick Summers, conductor

    Ailyn Perez, soprano

    Stephen Costello, tenor

    :00
  • 12:31 PM

    Marriage of Figaro: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphony No. 38 "Prague"

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    4:25
  • 12:27 PM

    Scaramouche: Brazileira

    Darius Milhaud

    Milhaud: Creation du Monde, and other works

    Ian Hobson, piano

    2:37
  • 12:18 PM

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

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Tokyo Bach-Mozart Ensemble

    Masahiro Arita, baroque flute

    7:11
  • 12:15 PM

    Wand of Youth: Moths and Butterflies

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: The Wand of Youth (Suites No. 1 & 2)

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    2:19
  • 12:06 PM

    Fra Diavolo: Overture

    Daniel Auber

    William Tell and Other Favorite Overtures

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    7:48
  • 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
  • 11:52 AM

    Symphony No. 1: Scherzo

    Charles Gounod

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    6:27
  • 11:45 AM

    Trumpet Sonata No. 1

    Pietro Baldassare

    Italian Trumpet Concertos

    New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig

    Max Pommer, conductor

    Ludwig Guttler, trumpet

    5:28
  • 11:37 AM

    Son and Stranger Overture (Die Heimkehr aus der Fremde)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Heimkehr aus dem Fremde

    Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Helmuth Rilling, conductor

    7:11
  • 11:32 AM

    Liebesfreud (Love's Joy)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Pinchas Zukerman: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon and Philips

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    3:29
  • 11:24 AM

    Symphony No. 85 "The Queen": 2nd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Mozart Coronation Mass

    Handel and Haydn Society

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    7:11
  • 11:15 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 6

    John Stanley

    Stanley: Concertos, Op. 2

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    7:50
  • 11:08 AM

    Aria in Classic Style

    Marcel Grandjany

    Classics for Chamber Orchestra

    Stockholm Chamber Orchestra

    Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor

    Christine Muhlbach, harp

    5:58
  • 11:04 AM

    Hansel and Gretel: Evening Prayer

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Wiener Waldhorn Verein

    :00
  • 10:49 AM

    Norwegian Rhapsody No. 2

    Johan Svendsen

    South Jutland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    8:45
  • 10:41 AM

    Prelude No. 15 "Raindrop"

    Frederic Chopin

    Ivo Pogorelich, piano

    7:22
  • 10:33 AM

    La Cenerentola (Cinderella): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Famous Overtures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    7:53
  • 10:28 AM

    English Suite No. 3: Gavotte

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Renaud Capucon, violin

    Gautier Capucon, cello

    3:18
  • 10:16 AM

    Luisa Miller: Highlights

    Giuseppe Verdi

    I Solisti Italiani

    10:20
  • 10:08 AM

    Karelia Overture

    Jean Sibelius

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    7:59
  • 10:06 AM

    The Ruins of Athens: Turkish March

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Philharmonia Virtuosi

    Richard Kapp, conductor

    1:37
  • 10:01 AM

    Harp Consort No. 3

    William Lawes

    Les Voix Humaines

    Maxine Eilander, harp

    4:39
  • 9:51 AM

    Oboe Concerto No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    Sound The Trumpet: Royal Music of Purcell and Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    7:27
  • 9:40 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 2nd movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2

    Kirov Orchestra

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    9:32
  • 9:31 AM

    Impromptu No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    .Such Stuff As Dreams...

    Carol Rosenberger, piano

    8:24
  • 9:25 AM

    Meath Pastoral

    Arthur Duff

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    4:14
  • 9:06 AM

    Flute Quartet No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Flute Quartets

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    18:25
  • 9:01 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

    4:35
  • 8:47 AM

    The Cider House Rules: Suite

    Rachel Portman

    Studio Orchestra

    David Snell, conductor

    11:04
  • 8:19 AM

    Ballet Scenes

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: The Seasons, Scenes de Ballet

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    28:21
  • 8:07 AM

    Lyris Quartet

    10:24
  • 8:01 AM

    Forest Clearing

    Sigurd Islandsmoen

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    4:26
  • 7:40 AM

    Variations on "La ci darem la mano"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Works for Piano and Orchestra

    North German Radio Elbphilharmonie Orchestra

    Krzysztof Urbanski, conductor

    Jan Lisiecki, piano

    17:28
  • 7:37 AM

    The Holy Boy

    John Ireland

    Music of John Ireland and Frank Bridge

    English Chamber Orchestra

    David Garforth, conductor

    2:47
  • 7:07 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Alexander Borodin

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    29:30
  • 7:01 AM

    A Lady in Her Tower

    Gabriel Faure

    Sivan Magen, harp

    4:38
  • 6:30 AM

    Piano Quartet

    Robert Schumann

    Emotion Unbound

    Gilbert Kalish, piano

    27:58
  • 6:24 AM

    Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria (Cantilena)

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Trio Concertante

    5:35
  • 6:06 AM

    Tabula Rasa

    Arvo Part

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Richard Studt, conductor

    Tasmin Little, violin

    Richard Studt, violin

    16:15
  • 6:01 AM

    From Foreign Lands: Italy

    Moritz Moszkowski

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    4:43
  • 5:33 AM

    African Suite

    Fela Sowande

    National Arts Centre Orchestra

    Mario Bernardi, conductor

    24:52
  • 5:21 AM

    Flute Sonata

    Francis Poulenc

    Nicole Esposito, flute

    Alan Huckleberry, piano

    11:22
  • 5:14 AM

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    5:09
  • 5:06 AM

    Mediodia en el Llano (Noon on the Plain)

    Antonio Estevez

    Fiesta

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    7:52
  • 5:01 AM

    La Boheme: Si, mi chiamano Mimi (They call me Mimi)

    Giacomo Puccini

    The #1 Opera Album

    Orchestra of the Royal Theater, Torino

    John Mauceri, conductor

    Angela Gheorghiu, soprano

    4:43
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