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  • 4:36 AM

    Piano Trio No. 5 "Ghost"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beaux Arts Trio

    22:17
  • 4:25 AM

    The Happy Forest

    Arnold Bax

    Bax: 4 Tone Poems

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    10:15
  • 4:06 AM

    Tapiola

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphonies 6 & 7, Tapiola

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    17:23
  • 4:01 AM

    Pastoral and Reel

    Thomas C. Kelly

    Silver Apples of the Moon

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    4:39
  • 3:51 AM

    Two Icelandic Melodies

    Johan Svendsen

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    6:53
  • 3:16 AM

    Symphonie Espagnole

    Edouard Lalo

    Paris Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    33:17
  • 3:06 AM

    Thibaut Garcia, guitar

    8:20
  • 3:01 AM

    Trio for Piano, Oboe, and Horn: Adagio

    Carl Reinecke

    Carl Reinecke Trios

    Dallas Chamber Players

    4:39
  • 2:39 AM

    Tam O'Shanter

    George Chadwick

    Thompson: Symphony No. 2/Chadwick: Overtures, etc.

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    19:32
  • 2:24 AM

    Night on Bald Mountain

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition

    Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    12:50
  • 2:19 AM

    Tjonneblomen (Water Lily)

    Gjermund Haugen

    Danish String Quartet

    3:51
  • 2:07 AM

    Fair Melusina Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Bern Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Maag, conductor

    12:05
  • 2:01 AM

    Prelude No. 5

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

    Sergiu Comissiona, conductor

    4:32
  • 1:43 AM

    Symphony No. 9 "Choral": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonien 1-9

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    15:52
  • 1:13 AM

    Violin Sonata

    Cesar Franck

    Franck, Debussy, Poulenc

    Anne Gastinel, cello

    28:01
  • 1:06 AM

    Orchestral Study No. 3

    Arthur Bliss

    Bliss: Cello Concerto, Music for Strings

    English Northern Philharmonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    4:52
  • 1:01 AM

    Lux Aeterna

    Ivo Antognini

    Phoenix Chamber Choir

    4:40
  • 12:45 AM

    Japanese Folk Song Suite No. 2

    Hajime Komatsu

    Origins: Works for String Quartet

    Kontras Quartet

    13:01
  • 12:19 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Flute Concertos

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    25:19
  • 12:11 AM

    3 Dances

    William Byrd

    Gypsy's Round

    Buffalo Guitar Quartet

    5:17
  • 12:06 AM

    The Harmonious Blacksmith

    George Frideric Handel

    London Brass

    4:30
  • 12:01 AM

    Scottish Rondo

    John Field

    Field: 16 Piano Pieces

    Miceal O'Rourke, piano

    4:35
  • 11:25 PM

    Symphony No. 50 "Mount St. Helens"

    Alan Hovhaness

    Hovhaness: Sym. 50 "Mount St. Helens"; Sym. 22 "City of Light"

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    31:25
  • 11:08 PM

    Froissart Overture

    Edward Elgar

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    13:49
  • 11:06 PM

    It was a Lover and his Lass

    Gerald Finzi

    English Songs

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Stephen Varcoe, baritone

    2:30
  • 11:00 PM

    Ensemble Bella Musica Vienna

    4:55
  • 10:44 PM

    London Baroque

    13:46
  • 10:34 PM

    Andante Favori

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Sonata in B-Flat "Hammerklavier"

    Barry Douglas, piano

    9:07
  • 10:18 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 5

    Francois Devienne

    Devienne: 14 Concertos pour flute

    Munich Chamber Orchestra

    Hans Stadlmair, conductor

    Andras Adorjan, flute

    14:35
  • 10:09 PM

    The Cowboys: Overture

    John Williams

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    8:54
  • 10:04 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 8

    Antonin Dvorak

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    4:38
  • 9:57 PM

    Candide: Make Our Garden Grow

    Leonard Bernstein

    Bernstein: Candide

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    Jerry Hadley, tenor

    5:39
  • 9:52 PM

    Farewell to Stromness

    Peter Maxwell Davies

    L.A.G.Q.

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    4:18
  • 9:33 PM

    Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme: Suite

    Jean-Baptiste Lully

    Lully: L'orchestre Du Roi Soleil

    Le Concert Des Nations

    Jordi Savall, conductor

    17:15
  • 9:30 PM

    Gloria: Laudamus te

    Francis Poulenc

    Poulenc: Gloria; Stabat Mater

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    2:48
  • 9:23 PM

    Thais: Meditation

    Jules Massenet

    100 Best Classics

    German Chamber Philharmonic Bremen

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    Renaud Capucon, violin

    5:17
  • 9:19 PM

    Thunder and Lightning Polka

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss Waltzes

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    2:48
  • 9:08 PM

    The Nutcracker: Characteristic Dances

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Salute to Disney

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    9:33
  • 9:03 PM

    Semele: Where E'er You Walk

    George Frideric Handel

    Baroque Journey

    Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra

    Henk Rubingh, conductor

    Sumi Jo, soprano

    5:10
  • 8:44 PM

    The Lark Ascending

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    Nigel Kennedy, violin

    17:26
  • 8:39 PM

    Cantata No. 208: Sheep May Safely Graze

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Grace

    Studio Orchestra

    Robert Sadin, conductor

    Kathleen Battle, soprano

    4:06
  • 8:34 PM

    Ben Hur: Parade of the Charioteers

    Miklos Rozsa

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Alwyn, conductor

    3:37
  • 8:16 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 6

    Luigi Boccherini

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    16:59
  • 8:12 PM

    Exsultate, Jubilate: Alleluia

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart 250 - A Celebration

    Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Judith Blegen, soprano

    2:42
  • 8:10 PM

    Song without Words No. 3 "Hunting Song"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Haydn, Mendelssohn, Chopin

    Sang Mi Chung, piano

    2:00
  • 8:00 PM

    Symphony No. 8 "Sounds of Spring": 2nd movement

    Joachim Raff

    Raff: Sinfonie Nr. 8

    Basel Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Gyorgy Lehel, conductor

    8:30
  • 5:47 PM

    Cello Sonata: Finale

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Alisa Weilerstein, cello

    Inon Barnatan, piano

    10:35
  • 5:20 PM

    Symphony No. 85 "The Queen"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    La Harpe Reine: Musique a la cour de Marie-Antoinette

    Les Arts Florissants

    William Christie, conductor

    24:25
  • 5:04 PM

    Cockaigne Overture (In London Town)

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Complete Symphonies

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    14:47
  • 4:58 PM

    Skipping Stones

    Michael Fine

    Living Music

    Alice K. Dade, flute

    4:53
  • 4:41 PM

    Fantasy on Polish Airs

    Frederic Chopin

    The Complete Piano Works of Chopin, Vol 9: The Orchestral Works

    Warsaw Philharmonic

    Kazimierz Kord, conductor

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    14:59
  • 4:34 PM

    Aria in Classic Style

    Marcel Grandjany

    Classics for Chamber Orchestra

    Stockholm Chamber Orchestra

    Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor

    Christine Muhlbach, harp

    5:58
  • 4:27 PM

    Fast Blue Village 2

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Del Sol String Quartet

    5:16
  • 4:10 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concert Recording

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Eunice Kim, violin

    17:06
  • 4:01 PM

    The Royal Children: Overture

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Humperdinck: Fairy-Tale Music

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    7:49
  • 3:48 PM

    Norwegian Dances Nos. 2-4

    Edvard Grieg

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    11:40
  • 3:31 PM

    Wind Quintet

    Franz Danzi

    Danzi: Wind Quintets, Op. 56 Nos. 1 & 2, Op. 68 Nos. 1 & 2

    Academia Wind Quintet

    14:37
  • 3:27 PM

    Nocturne "The Stars are Twinkling"

    Selim Palmgren

    Nocturne

    Richard Saxel, piano

    2:40
  • 3:07 PM

    Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    19:39
  • 2:59 PM

    Florida Suite: By the River

    Frederick Delius

    Delius: Sea Drift, Florida Suite

    Welsh National Opera Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    6:40
  • 2:52 PM

    March Militaire No. 1

    Franz Schubert

    Sir Charles' Precious Music Box Ii

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    4:33
  • 2:37 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 9 after Scarlatti

    Charles Avison

    Avison: 12 Concerti Grossi

    Brandenburg Consort

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    13:15
  • 2:28 PM

    La Traviata Concert Waltz

    Giuseppe Verdi

    O Bell' Alma: Music from the Opera

    Bell' Alma Duo

    8:33
  • 2:03 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    23:33
  • 1:57 PM

    La clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus): Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Arias for Male Soprano

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    4:46
  • 1:45 PM

    Oboe Concerto

    Alessandro Marcello

    Florigelium Musicale: Vivaldi, Marcello, Quantz, J.Ch. Bach, Fasch

    Camerata Cologne

    Hans-Peter Westermann, oboe

    10:57
  • 1:37 PM

    A Little Night Music: Night Waltz

    Stephen Sondheim

    The Great Waltz

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    6:23
  • 1:31 PM

    The Prophet: Ballet of the Skaters: Quadrilles des patineurs

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Meyerbeer: Ballet Music From The Operas / Nesterowicz

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    4:46
  • 1:28 PM

    Three Spring Miniatures: Gossamer

    William S Lloyd Webber

    Lloyd Webber: Invocation

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    1:35
  • 1:21 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Heinrich von Herzogenberg

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    Frank Beermann, conductor

    6:14
  • 1:18 PM

    Estrellita (My little star)

    Manuel Ponce

    Sonidos Latinos

    David Russell, guitar

    2:36
  • 1:07 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Italian Concertos

    Scottish Ensemble

    Jonathan Morton, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    7:17
  • 1:04 PM

    Carmen: Prelude

    Georges Bizet

    The #1 Opera Album

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    2:21
  • 12:50 PM

    Otello: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    8:31
  • 12:47 PM

    Etude No. 10

    Frederic Chopin

    Louis Lortie, piano

    2:05
  • 12:38 PM

    String Symphony No. 6

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Camerata Bern

    Thomas Furi, conductor

    8:44
  • 12:33 PM

    Fugue "Little"

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Stokowski Transcriptions

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    3:34
  • 12:29 PM

    The Canadian set

    Traditional Canadian

    The Alehouse Sessions

    Barokksolistene

    Bjarte Eike, violin

    4:11
  • 12:21 PM

    Espana

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Chabrier: Espana, Etc / Gardiner, Wiener Philharmoniker

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    5:59
  • 12:15 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 6: Sicilienne

    Saverio Mercadante

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    4:49
  • 12:06 PM

    Zampa Overture

    Ferdinand Herold

    French Opera Highlights

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    7:26
  • 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

    Concert Piece for Clarinet and Basset Horn

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Wiener Virtuosen

    7:41
  • 11:47 AM

    A Moorside Suite: March

    Gustav Holst

    English String Miniatures, Vol. 4

    Northern Sinfonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    4:18
  • 11:36 AM

    Four Seasons: Winter

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni

    Brecon Baroque

    Rachel Podger, violin

    9:06
  • 11:31 AM

    Legend No. 8

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends, Prague Waltzes

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    3:36
  • 11:21 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1: Rondo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano

    8:55
  • 11:15 AM

    Suite: Festival

    Marcel Tournier

    French Flute Chamber Music - Pierne, Francaix, Roussel, Etc / Mirage Quintet

    Mirage Quintet

    4:47
  • 11:08 AM

    Symphony No. 101 "The Clock": 2nd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 101 & 102

    London Classical Players

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    6:21
  • 11:04 AM

    The Lark in the Clear Air

    Peter Hope

    British by Arrangement 2

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    3:05
  • 10:47 AM

    Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1

    Georges Enescu

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    11:30
  • 10:42 AM

    Violin Partita No. 2: Corrente

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Testament: Complete Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin - See more at: http://www.avie-records.com/releases/testament-complete-sonatas-and-partitas-by-j-s-bach/#sthash.upnoelV6.dpuf

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    2:44
  • 10:34 AM

    The Falconer's Bride Overture

    Heinrich Marschner

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alfred Walter, conductor

    7:45
  • 10:31 AM

    Rondeau

    Jean-Francois Dandrieu

    Wynton Marsalis: In Gabriel's Garden

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    1:59
  • 10:25 AM

    Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria (Cantilena)

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Milos: Cancion

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    5:42
  • 10:13 AM

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    11:20
  • 10:06 AM

    Polonaise No. 6 "Heroic"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: 26 Preludes, Scherzo No. 2

    Martha Argerich, piano

    6:16
  • 10:01 AM

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

    Vincenzo Bellini

    Orchestra of St. Cecilia

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    4:40
  • 9:51 AM

    Symphonic Scherzo

    Arnold Bax

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    7:25
  • 9:38 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: 6 Concerti Grossi, Op. 3

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    11:51
  • 9:31 AM

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    6:41
  • 9:16 AM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 1st movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 'From The New World'

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Istvan Kertesz, conductor

    12:28
  • 9:06 AM

    Flute Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    9:41
  • 9:01 AM

    Caprice viennois (Viennese Caprice)

    Fritz Kreisler

    The Kreisler Album

    Joshua Bell, violin

    4:35
  • 8:32 AM

    Idyll for String Orchestra

    Leos Janacek

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    26:28
  • 5:11 AM

    Kreisleriana No. 2

    Robert Schumann

    Andras Schiff, piano

    7:14
  • 5:06 AM

    The Lake at Evening

    Charles Tomlinson Griffes

    Griffes: Orchestral Music

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    3:33
  • 5:01 AM

    El cant dels ocells (Song of the Birds)

    Pablo Casals

    Romance: Lalo, Tchaikovsky, Casals, etc.

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Antonio Pappano, conductor

    Han-Na Chang, cello

    4:37
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