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  • 4:21 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Sinfonia Espansiva"

    Carl Nielsen

    New York Philharmonic

    Alan Gilbert, conductor

    Erin Morley, soprano

    Joshua Hopkins, baritone

    36:57
  • 4:06 AM

    Change

    Judd Greenstein

    Awake

    Now Ensemble

    13:23
  • 4:01 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Air on the G String

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    4:41
  • 3:51 AM

    Barcarolle No. 3

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Piano Music (Complete Works)

    Jean-Philippe Collard, piano

    7:21
  • 3:12 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Cello Concerto / Strauss, R.: Don Quixote

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    37:06
  • 3:06 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Grand Pas de Deux

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Greatest Hits: The Ballet, Vol. III

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    4:02
  • 3:01 AM

    La Bergamasca: Sonata No. 21

    Marco Uccellini

    Arcadian Academy

    4:41
  • 2:49 AM

    Keyboard Suite No. 13

    George Frideric Handel

    Andrei Gavrilov, piano

    9:10
  • 2:19 AM

    Flute and Harp Concerto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    Joshua Smith, flute

    Lisa Wellbaum, harp

    29:15
  • 2:06 AM

    Festival Overture

    Shi Wanchun

    China National Symphony Orchestra

    Zuohuang Chen, conductor

    10:31
  • 2:01 AM

    Torre Bermeja (Vermillion Tower)

    Isaac Albeniz

    Stephen Marchionda, guitar

    4:40
  • 1:33 AM

    Horn Concerto

    Reinhold Gliere

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Werner Andreas Albert, conductor

    Marie Luise Neunecker, horn

    24:34
  • 1:21 AM

    Concert Variations for Violin and Piano

    Louise Farrenc

    Brigitte Engerer, piano

    Guillaume Sutre, violin

    9:41
  • 1:15 AM

    Spring Soiree No. 2

    Felicien David

    Les Quatre Saisons

    Limoges Baroque Ensemble

    5:09
  • 1:06 AM

    Nocturnes: Nuages (Clouds)

    Claude Debussy

    Paris Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    8:31
  • 1:01 AM

    The Moon

    William S Lloyd Webber

    And the Bridge is Love: English Music for Strings

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Julian Lloyd Webber, conductor

    4:26
  • 12:51 AM

    Lipman Harp Duo

    Sayo Lipman, harp

    6:45
  • 12:16 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    33:38
  • 12:06 AM

    Philharmonia

    Francesco d'Avalos, conductor

    8:22
  • 12:01 AM

    Flute Quartet: Minuet

    Franz Schubert

    New Schubert Works for Flute and Strings

    Martinu Quartet

    Robert Stallman, flute

    4:43
  • 11:53 PM

    Four English Country Dances

    John Playford

    Early American Roots

    Hesperus

    4:50
  • 11:29 PM

    Symphony No. 102

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    24:25
  • 11:18 PM

    Introduction and Allegro "Grand Solo"

    Fernando Sor

    Brouwer, Villa-Lobos, Orbon

    Manuel Barrueco, guitar

    8:48
  • 11:02 PM

    Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise

    Frederic Chopin

    Warsaw Philharmonic

    Kazimierz Kord, conductor

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    14:10
  • 10:50 PM

    Helios Overture

    Carl Nielsen

    Songs of the Earth

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    10:08
  • 10:29 PM

    New England Triptych

    William Schuman

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    15:20
  • 10:22 PM

    A Breathing Peace

    Daniel Elder

    Westminster Choir College

    Joe Miller, conductor

    Mark Foster, percussion

    Jeffrey Grubbs, percussion

    5:10
  • 10:11 PM

    La Stravaganza: Violin Concerto No. 5

    Antonio Vivaldi

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Simon Standage, violin

    8:47
  • 10:01 PM

    Benvenuto Cellini: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Overtures

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    10:00
  • 9:35 PM

    Serenade for Strings

    Josef Suk

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    23:46
  • 9:22 PM

    Theme Varie

    Francis Poulenc

    Eric Parkin, piano

    11:53
  • 9:16 PM

    The Russian Seasons: Fertilizing Song

    Leonid Desyatnikov

    Kremerata Baltica

    Gidon Kremer, conductor

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    3:10
  • 9:08 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Heinrich von Herzogenberg

    Herzogenberg: Symphonies opp. 50 & 70

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    Frank Beermann, conductor

    6:15
  • 9:01 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 4, 5, 6

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    6:11
  • 8:46 PM

    Snow Maiden Suite

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    12:28
  • 8:44 PM

    Plum Blossoms in the Snow

    Huang Zi

    40 Degrees North

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    2:08
  • 8:23 PM

    Les Boreades Suite

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Rameau: Suites

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    18:55
  • 8:13 PM

    Bumble Boogie

    Jack Fina

    Melody's Mostly Musical Day

    Jenny Lin, piano

    2:27
  • 8:00 PM

    Carmen Fantasy

    Franz Waxman

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    10:59
  • 5:56 PM

    Country Tune

    Arnold Bax

    The Irish Piano

    Michael McHale, piano

    2:09
  • 5:47 PM

    Morning Song "Maytime in Sussex"

    Arnold Bax

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    Margaret Fingerhut, piano

    8:10
  • 5:10 PM

    Symphony No. 7

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    36:10
  • 5:07 PM

    The Dream

    Bohuslav Martinu

    Martinu Madrigals

    Martinu Voices

    Lukas Vasilek, conductor

    2:02
  • 4:58 PM

    Overture to Gwendoline

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    8:31
  • 4:37 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 6

    Saverio Mercadante

    Mercadante: Flute Concertos

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    19:25
  • 4:30 PM

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Stuart Duncan, fiddle

    Chris Thile, fiddle

    Edgar Meyer, double bass

    5:28
  • 4:07 PM

    Carnival of the Animals

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Academy of London

    Richard Stamp, conductor

    22:12
  • 3:59 PM

    Solace (A Mexican Serenade)

    Scott Joplin

    Richard Dowling, piano

    6:42
  • 3:46 PM

    In Spring Overture

    Karl Goldmark

    Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andras Korodi, conductor

    10:31
  • 3:39 PM

    Phidyle

    Henri Duparc

    Guilty Pleasures

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Sebastian Lang-Lessing, conductor

    Renee Fleming, soprano

    6:00
  • 3:07 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto; Saint-Saens: Havanaise

    New York Chamber Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    31:10
  • 2:59 PM

    Berceuse (Lullaby)

    Frederic Chopin

    The Complete Piano Works of Chopin, Vol 5: Masterpieces & Miniatures

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    5:57
  • 2:47 PM

    Carnival Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Violin Concerto

    New York Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    9:48
  • 2:40 PM

    Solemn Processional (Feierlicher Einzug)

    Richard Strauss

    Music for Organ, Brass & Percussion

    Empire Brass

    Robert Woods, conductor

    Michael Murray, organ

    5:43
  • 2:11 PM

    Symphony No. 100 "Military"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    23:31
  • 2:02 PM

    Finlandia Hymn

    Jean Sibelius

    Jean Sibelius: Kullervo, Op. 7 - Olli Kortekangas: Migrations

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    8:21
  • 1:57 PM

    Shimmeree

    Peter Togni

    CBC Vancouver Orchestra

    Arthur Polson, conductor

    4:00
  • 1:50 PM

    The Ballerina in Love: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Patrick Gallois, conductor

    6:36
  • 1:45 PM

    Norma: Casta diva

    Vincenzo Bellini

    Orchestra La Scintilla

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano

    5:00
  • 1:40 PM

    Jewels of the Madonna: Intermezzo

    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

    Leonard Bernstein: The Encore Collection Vol. 2

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    2:56
  • 1:33 PM

    Je te veux (I want you)

    Erik Satie

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    5:39
  • 1:23 PM

    Invitation to the Dance

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    8:49
  • 1:18 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 6

    Johannes Brahms

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    Andras Keller, violin

    Kalman Balogh, cimbalom

    2:51
  • 1:08 PM

    Pearl Fishers: Au fond du temple saint (Temple Duet)

    Georges Bizet

    Montreal Metropolitan Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Rolando Villazon, tenor

    Ildar Abdrazakov, bass

    6:02
  • 1:04 PM

    Salut d'amour (Love's Greeting)

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Enigma Variations, Cockaigne Overture

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    3:11
  • 12:50 PM

    Sicilian Vespers: Four Seasons: Spring

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi: Ballet Music

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    8:02
  • 12:47 PM

    Song without Words No. 30 "Spring Song"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    Andre Previn, piano

    2:19
  • 12:42 PM

    String Quartet: Allegretto

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Felix & Fanny

    Ebene Quartet

    3:35
  • 12:34 PM

    Cantata No. 42: Sinfonia

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Sinfonia

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    6:22
  • 12:31 PM

    Small River Flowing

    Traditional Chinese

    Pictures of the Floating World

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    2:32
  • 12:20 PM

    Consecration of the House: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Complete Overtures

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    9:30
  • 12:15 PM

    From Olden Times: Bouree

    Johan Halvorsen

    Halvorsen: Suite ancienne, Mascarade Suite

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Ari Rasilainen, conductor

    4:21
  • 12:08 PM

    Quintet for Piano and Winds: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Returning to Mozart, 6: Mozart and Britten

    Gilbert Kalish, piano

    6:06
  • 12:04 PM

    Sylvia: Pizzicati

    Leo Delibes

    Delibes: Coppelia / Gounod: Faust

    Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra

    Janos Sandor, conductor

    2:49
  • 11:51 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 2nd movement

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Complete Symphonies

    Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardner, conductor

    6:56
  • 11:42 AM

    Siegfried: Forest Murmurs

    Richard Wagner

    WAGNER 3: Tristan Suite; Music from Siegfried, Lohengrin, Walkure; Faust Overture

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    7:48
  • 11:33 AM

    The Italian Girl in London: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Cimarosa: Overtures, 2

    Toronto Chamber Orchestra

    Kevin Mallon, conductor

    7:37
  • 11:27 AM

    String Quartet No. 6: 1st movement

    Luigi Boccherini

    Italian Journey

    Cremona Quartet

    5:03
  • 11:20 AM

    Brook Green Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    6:16
  • 11:15 AM

    Piano Trio No. 1: 3rd movement

    Cecile Chaminade

    Trios by Ravel: Saint-Saens, Chaminade

    Rembrandt Trio

    3:51
  • 11:11 AM

    Pelleas and Melisande: Intermezzo

    Jean Sibelius

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    2:51
  • 11:04 AM

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits

    Christoph Gluck

    Gluck: Orfeo Ed Euridice

    Insula Orchestra

    Laurence Equilbey, conductor

    6:11
  • 10:44 AM

    Symphony breve

    Louis Theodore Gouvy

    Gouvy: Symphony 4; Fantasie symphonique

    German Radio Philharmonic

    Jacques Mercier, conductor

    14:00
  • 10:35 AM

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

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Tokyo Bach-Mozart Ensemble

    Masahiro Arita, baroque flute

    7:11
  • 10:21 AM

    Symphony No. 9 "Great": 2nd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert

    Vienna Symphony

    Philippe Jordan, conductor

    13:50
  • 10:16 AM

    Cancion de Cuna (Afro-Cuban Lullaby)

    Leo Brouwer

    Marco Tamayo, guitar

    4:04
  • 10:09 AM

    Rondo for Horn and Orchestra

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Peter Damm, horn

    5:45
  • 10:06 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 13

    Antonin Dvorak

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    2:32
  • 10:01 AM

    The Old Church

    Stephen Paulus

    Provenance

    Kinnara Ensemble

    J.D. Burnett, conductor

    4:31
  • 9:48 AM

    Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Day Concert 1991

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    10:38
  • 9:42 AM

    Eastern Promises: Concertino

    Howard Shore

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Kirill Karabits, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    5:12
  • 9:30 AM

    Camerata Bern

    Thomas Furi, conductor

    10:59
  • 9:18 AM

    Fantasy on Themes from Verdi's Rigoletto

    Franz & Karl Doppler

    The Clarinotts

    Wiener Virtuosen

    9:53
  • 9:06 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 9

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Stefan Litwin, piano

    11:20
  • 9:01 AM

    Schnofler-Dance

    Johann Mayer

    Vienne 1850: Danses

    Ensemble Bella Musica Vienna

    4:36
  • 8:30 AM

    Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    28:19
  • 8:26 AM

    Bucimis (Folk Dance)

    Traditional Bulgarian

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    Itamar Doari, percussion

    2:57
  • 8:06 AM

    French Suite No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: The French Suites

    Peter Hill, piano

    18:29
  • 8:01 AM

    Bassoon Concerto: Adagio

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2, Bassoon Concerto

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    Karen Geoghegan, bassoon

    4:45
  • 7:27 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Violin Concerto

    New York Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Midori, violin

    31:33
  • 7:13 AM

    Sonata for Flute and Harp

    Jean-Baptiste Krumpholtz

    Duos for Flute & Harp

    Shigenori Kudo, flute

    12:16
  • 7:06 AM

    The White Peacock

    Charles Tomlinson Griffes

    The Musical Fantasies of Charles Griffes and Deems Taylor

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    6:06
  • 7:01 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Maria Bergmann plays Joseph Haydn

    Maria Bergmann, piano

    4:38
  • 6:36 AM

    Tamara

    Mily Balakirev

    Danse Macabre

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    22:01
  • 6:28 AM

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    8:03
  • 6:06 AM

    Wind Quintet

    Franz Danzi

    Danzi & Lachner: Wind Quintets

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    19:34
  • 6:01 AM

    Dr. Case's Pavan

    John Dowland

    Lute Music of Dowland

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    4:41
  • 5:35 AM

    String Quartet No. 21 "Prussian"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    American String Quartet

    23:42
  • 5:21 AM

    Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    11:36
  • 5:06 AM

    Overture burlesque

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concert Recording

    Kore Ensemble

    Aira Maria Lehtipu, violin

    14:43
  • 5:01 AM

    Gold Dust Waltz

    Erik Satie

    Satie: Piano Works

    Pascal Roge, piano

    4:34
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