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  • 4:27 AM

    String Quartet No. 16

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: String Quartets Op. 131 & 135

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    31:22
  • 4:23 AM

    Violin Partita No. 3: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    3:34
  • 4:13 AM

    Quiet City

    Aaron Copland

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:45
  • 4:06 AM

    The Philosopher's Hand

    Terry Riley

    Riley

    Terry Riley, piano

    5:46
  • 4:01 AM

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    4:46
  • 3:39 AM

    Siegfried Idyll

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Siegfried-Idyll/Sibelius: Valse Triste/etc.

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    18:50
  • 3:29 AM

    Suite for Piano Trio

    Horatio Parker

    Toledo Trio

    9:18
  • 3:12 AM

    Little Suite

    Carl Nielsen

    Grieg; Nielsen; Sibelius; Wiren

    Guildhall Strings

    14:44
  • 3:06 AM

    Canon

    Johann Pachelbel

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    London Chamber Orchestra

    5:17
  • 3:01 AM

    David of the White Rock

    John Thomas

    Sebastien Lipman, harp

    4:29
  • 2:44 AM

    Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams; Elgar

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    15:57
  • 2:30 AM

    Old American Songs

    Aaron Copland

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Carl Davis, conductor

    Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano

    12:16
  • 2:24 AM

    What Shall We Remember?

    Ricky Ian Gordon

    Lara Downes, piano

    4:08
  • 2:06 AM

    Suite in the Ancient Style

    Vincent d'Indy

    Vincent D'Indy

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    16:19
  • 2:01 AM

    Lute Suite No. 3: Allemande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    4:40
  • 1:56 AM

    Sinfonia Concertante

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Marieke Blankestijn, violin

    William Conway, cello

    Douglas Boyd, oboe

    Matthew Wilkie, bassoon

    20:26
  • 1:38 AM

    Sinfonia Concertante

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Cello Concertos in C & D, Sinfonia Concertante

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    Marieke Blankestijn, violin

    20:25
  • 1:22 AM

    Second Rhapsody

    George Gershwin

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    15:11
  • 1:18 AM

    The Mission: Gabriel's Oboe

    Ennio Morricone

    Appassionato

    Roma Sinfonietta

    Ennio Morricone, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    2:24
  • 1:07 AM

    Adagio for Strings

    Samuel Barber

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    8:54
  • 1:01 AM

    Reverie

    Claude Debussy

    The Impressionists: A Windham Hill Sampler

    Turtle Island String Quartet

    4:32
  • 12:00 AM

    Dreams of the Fallen

    59:00
  • 11:50 PM

    The Patriot

    Arthur Pryor

    The Golden Age of Brass, Vol. II

    American Serenade Band

    Henry Charles Smith, conductor

    4:51
  • 11:34 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Gli Uccelli, Trittico Botticelliano

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    14:57
  • 11:31 PM

    Down a Country Lane

    Aaron Copland

    Home For The Harvest

    New England Conservatory Wind Ensemble

    Frank Battisti, conductor

    2:58
  • 11:10 PM

    Piano Concerto

    Leroy Anderson

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Jeffrey Biegel, piano

    19:29
  • 11:01 PM

    La Cenerentola (Cinderella): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jaime Laredo, conductor

    7:50
  • 10:55 PM

    Silent Woods

    Antonin Dvorak

    Alisa Weilerstein, cello

    Anna Polonsky, piano

    4:58
  • 10:42 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": Largo

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphonies Nos. 7, 8 and 9

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    11:51
  • 10:31 PM

    American Fantasia

    Victor Herbert

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    10:01
  • 10:26 PM

    Treemonisha: Real Slow Drag

    Scott Joplin

    Joplin: Treemonisha

    Studio Orchestra

    Gunther Schuller, conductor

    Carmen Balthrop, soprano

    5:29
  • 10:19 PM

    String Quartet No. 4: Andante

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Cecilia String Quartet

    5:44
  • 10:11 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "The Camp Meeting": Children's Day

    Charles Ives

    Ives: Symphony No. 4; The Unanswered Question

    Seattle Symphony

    Ludovic Morlot, conductor

    6:47
  • 10:01 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    9:05
  • 9:58 PM

    Waltz No. 4 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    2:46
  • 9:38 PM

    Miss Sally's Party

    William Grant Still

    Plymouth Music Series Orchestra

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    19:05
  • 9:30 PM

    Vladimir Horowitz, piano

    6:21
  • 9:15 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Classical"

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Classical Symphony and Symphony No. 5

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    13:42
  • 9:04 PM

    In Memoriam

    Arnold Bax

    Leslie Reed, English horn

    Ensemble

    7:53
  • 8:59 PM

    Cantata No. 208: Sheep May Safely Graze

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:36
  • 8:56 PM

    Divertimento: Waltz

    Leonard Bernstein

    Bernstein: Candide Suite, etc.

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    2:14
  • 8:29 PM

    Symphony No. 82 "The Bear"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Paris Symphonies Nos. 82, 83, 84

    Tafelmusik

    Bruno Weil, conductor

    25:20
  • 8:24 PM

    The Garden of Eden: Through Eden's Gates

    William Bolcom

    Logan Skelton, piano

    4:33
  • 8:06 PM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Aaron Copland

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    Martin Frost, clarinet

    Lucy Reeves, harp

    Benjamin Martin, piano

    16:05
  • 7:59 PM

    Dreams of Love No. 3 (Liebestraum)

    Franz Liszt

    Jutta Zoff, harp

    5:14
  • 5:50 PM

    Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna

    Franz von Suppe

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    8:07
  • 5:43 PM

    Variations on a Theme by Handel

    Mauro Giuliani

    Celedonio Romero, guitar

    7:04
  • 5:23 PM

    Piano Concerto for the Left Hand

    Maurice Ravel

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    18:29
  • 5:06 PM

    Rondo for Violin and Strings

    Franz Schubert

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    14:39
  • 5:01 PM

    Symphony

    Francesco Uttini

    The Gustavian Symphony

    Orchestra of the Royal Swedish Opera

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    4:35
  • 4:37 PM

    American Suite

    Antonin Dvorak

    Janacek: Lachian Dances; Dvorak: Suite in A, Op. 98b "American", Festival March

    Rochester Philharmonic

    David Zinman, conductor

    21:24
  • 4:22 PM

    Quintettino "La musica notturna di Madrid"

    Luigi Boccherini

    Luigi Boccherini

    Quinteto Boccherini

    13:10
  • 4:10 PM

    Family Album: Homage to Alfred, Emil and Lionel Newman

    Randy Newman

    Gloria Cheng, piano

    10:31
  • 4:06 PM

    Fanfare for the Common Man

    Aaron Copland

    The Copland Collection 1936-1948

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Aaron Copland, conductor

    3:16
  • 4:01 PM

    Cello Suite No. 4: Bourrees

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Paul Galbraith performs Mozart, Bach, Britten

    Paul Galbraith, guitar

    4:31
  • 3:53 PM

    Namouna: Cigarette Waltz

    Edouard Lalo

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yondani Butt, conductor

    5:31
  • 3:30 PM

    West Side Story: Symphonic Dances

    Leonard Bernstein

    Bernstein: Selections From Candide, West Side Story, On The Waterfront, Fancy Free

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    20:59
  • 3:23 PM

    Enigma Variations: Nimrod

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Enigma Variations, Cockaigne & Froissart Overtures

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    5:04
  • 3:06 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    16:55
  • 3:01 PM

    Sine Nomine

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Composer's Collection: Vaughan Williams

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    4:43
  • 2:54 PM

    Algerian Suite: French Military March

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    4:29
  • 2:41 PM

    Octet: 1st movement

    Franz Schubert

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    11:43
  • 2:30 PM

    Sonata No. 4

    Jean-Joseph Mondonville

    Mondonville: Six Sonatas Op. 3

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    10:23
  • 2:04 PM

    Porgy and Bess Suite

    George Gershwin

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    24:45
  • 2:00 PM

    Old American Songs: Long Time Ago

    Aaron Copland

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    Thomas Hampson, baritone

    3:04
  • 1:53 PM

    Cello Concerto: 3rd movement

    Josef Myslivecek

    Haydn and Myslivecek

    Camerata Chicago

    Drostan Hall, conductor

    Wendy Warner, cello

    5:32
  • 1:46 PM

    Grand Tarantelle

    Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    Sakiko Ohashi, piano

    Gary Hammond, piano

    6:18
  • 1:38 PM

    Concerto for Two Oboes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerti Virtuosi

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    6:04
  • 1:30 PM

    Overture

    Alexander Reinagle

    The 18th Century American Overture

    Sinfonia Finlandia Jyvaskyla

    Patrick Gallois, conductor

    6:27
  • 1:25 PM

    Arabesque No. 2

    Claude Debussy

    Maria Graf, harp

    3:29
  • 1:18 PM

    Variations on America

    Charles Ives

    Schuman: Vatiations on America, New England Triptich, Symphony for Strings

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    7:02
  • 1:10 PM

    The Fisherwomen: Sinfonia

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Opera Overtures

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    4:17
  • 1:04 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 7: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas

    Fazil Say, piano

    5:56
  • 12:49 PM

    Bright Blue Music

    Michael Torke

    Michael Torke's Color Music

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    9:07
  • 12:44 PM

    Petite Symphony: Scherzo

    Charles Gounod

    Bizet: L'Arlesienne; Gounod: Symphonies

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    4:08
  • 12:35 PM

    Nameday (Namensfeier) Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Overtures and Incidental Music

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

    6:52
  • 12:26 PM

    Concert Waltz No. 1

    Alexander Glazunov

    The Moscow Sessions

    Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lawrence Leighton Smith, conductor

    8:31
  • 12:21 PM

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers Awake)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Essential Yo-Yo Ma

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    3:49
  • 12:15 PM

    Taps/America

    Traditional

    The American Album

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:44
  • 12:09 PM

    Overture "Water Music": Bourree; Harlequinade; Der sturmende Aeolus

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Telemann: Water Music; Three Concertos

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    5:14
  • 12:04 PM

    Hungarian Dances Nos. 20 and 21

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 2, Hungarian Dances

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    4:04
  • 11:54 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 2nd movement

    George Chadwick

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:56
  • 11:46 AM

    Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

    Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Eliahu Inbal, conductor

    6:34
  • 11:40 AM

    Sinfonia

    Johan Roman

    J.H. Roman: Sinfonias & Violin Concertos

    Orpheus Chamber Ensemble

    4:13
  • 11:35 AM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonien Nos. 1 & 2

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    4:07
  • 11:25 AM

    Siegfried: Forest Murmurs

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen (Excerpts)

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    8:25
  • 11:18 AM

    Letter from Home

    Aaron Copland

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    6:38
  • 11:16 AM

    Anniversary for Aaron Copland

    Leonard Bernstein

    For Lenny

    Lara Downes, piano

    1:16
  • 11:10 AM

    Garden of Roses (Il giardino di rose): Overture

    Alessandro Scarlatti

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Simon Wright, conductor

    John Wallace, trumpet

    4:26
  • 11:04 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Grand Pas de Deux

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    4:58
  • 10:43 AM

    Concert Piece for Harp and Orchestra

    Gabriel Pierne

    L. Laskine Joue Boieldieu, Mozart, Pierne

    French National Radio and Television Orchestra

    Jean Martinon, conductor

    Lily Laskine, harp

    15:31
  • 10:39 AM

    Xerxes: Largo

    George Frideric Handel

    Ombra Mai Fu; Pachelbel: Canon

    I Solisti Italiani

    3:31
  • 10:21 AM

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    15:58
  • 10:19 AM

    Daphne

    John Playford

    Galante Kurzweyl: Dances from Renaissance, Baroqu and Rococo

    Ensemble Buon Tempo

    1:51
  • 10:11 AM

    Sarnia: In a May Morning

    John Ireland

    Ireland: Music for String Orchestra

    Orchestra of the Swan

    David Curtis, conductor

    6:56
  • 10:06 AM

    Nocturne No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    Yundi Li: Chopin

    Yundi Li, piano

    4:21
  • 10:01 AM

    The Seawall Song

    Tamezo Narita

    Paillard Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Francois Paillard, conductor

    4:33
  • 9:48 AM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel, Debussy, Saint-Saens, Roussel

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    Skaila Kanga, harp

    10:30
  • 9:18 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Romantic"

    Howard Hanson

    Howard Hanson Symphonies 1, 2; Elegy in Memory of Serge Koussevitky

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    28:19
  • 9:13 AM

    Gymnopedie No. 3

    Erik Satie

    Reveries

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    3:01
  • 9:06 AM

    Spring Soiree No. 6

    Felicien David

    Les Quatre Saisons

    Limoges Baroque Ensemble

    6:26
  • 9:01 AM

    Ave Maria

    Franz Schubert

    The Ultimate Classical Christmas

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    4:39
  • 8:52 AM

    Twilight

    Heino Eller

    Music from Estonia, Vol. 2

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:00
  • 8:19 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 20

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    MOZART: PIANO CONCERTOS – JARRETT/DAVIES

    Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    Keith Jarrett, piano

    32:10
  • 8:06 AM

    And the Bridge is Love

    Howard Goodall

    And the Bridge is Love: English Music for Strings

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Julian Lloyd Webber, conductor

    Julian Lloyd Webber, cello

    11:34
  • 8:01 AM

    Songs of the Auvergne: Two Songs

    Joseph Canteloube

    Dawn Upshaw sings Canteloube

    Lyon National Opera Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    Dawn Upshaw, soprano

    4:36
  • 7:40 AM

    Ballad Without Words

    Kurt Atterberg

    Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra

    Jun'ichi Hirokami, conductor

    18:26
  • 7:22 AM

    Lute Suite No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Eduardo Fernandez, guitar

    16:52
  • 7:19 AM

    Valse Lente

    Henrique Oswald

    Brasileiro - Villa-Lobos & Friends / Nelson Freire

    Nelson Freire, piano

    3:04
  • 7:06 AM

    Petite Suite

    Claude Debussy

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    11:22
  • 7:01 AM

    Minuet

    Andre Gretry

    Gretry: Suites and Overtures

    Bretagne Orchestra

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    4:26
  • 6:50 AM

    'Til Human Voices Wake Us

    Don Davis

    Debussy Trio

    8:00
  • 6:39 AM

    Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes

    Grace Williams

    Grace Williams: Sea Sketches

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    10:54
  • 6:15 AM

    Carnival of the Animals

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Philippe Entremont, conductor

    Philippe Entremont, piano

    Gaby Casadesus, piano

    Alain Marion, flute

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Soloists

    22:00
  • 6:06 AM

    Music for a Young Prince: Dreams

    Godfrey Ridout

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Victor Feldbrill, conductor

    8:32
  • 6:01 AM

    Nacht und Traume (Night and Dreams)

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Song Without Words, Arpeggione Sonata

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    4:26
  • 5:41 AM

    Divertimento No. 7

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    17:50
  • 5:10 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Emil Mlynarski

    Polish Chamber Orchestra

    Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor

    Nigel Kennedy, violin

    28:47
  • 5:06 AM

    Mazurka No. 38

    Frederic Chopin

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    3:17
  • 5:01 AM

    Waltz after Lasse in Lyby

    Traditional

    Danish String Quartet

    4:37
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