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  • 4:20 AM

    Concerto for Orchestra

    Bela Bartok

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    39:12
  • 4:06 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 6

    Arcangelo Corelli

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    11:09
  • 4:01 AM

    Waltz after Lasse in Lyby

    Traditional

    Danish String Quartet

    4:37
  • 3:49 AM

    Grand Canyon Suite: Cloudburst

    Ferde Grofe

    Great American Landscapes

    Utah Symphony Orchestra

    Maurice Abravanel, conductor

    8:53
  • 3:14 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Mahler Chamber Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Yuja Wang, piano

    33:08
  • 3:06 AM

    Novelette "In Spanish Style"

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Five Novelettes; String Quartet No. 5

    Saint Petersburg String Quartet

    6:42
  • 3:01 AM

    Gotterdammerung: Closing Scene

    Richard Wagner

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Georg Solti, conductor

    4:33
  • 2:36 AM

    Symphony "The Cotswolds"

    Gustav Holst

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    23:07
  • 2:18 AM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Murray Perahia plays Bach Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Murray Perahia, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    15:37
  • 2:07 AM

    Harp Sonata

    Paul Hindemith

    Elinor Bennett, harp

    10:00
  • 2:06 AM

    Harp Sonata

    Paul Hindemith

    Mathias Santa Fe Suite

    Elinor Bennett, harp

    10:16
  • 2:01 AM

    Minnesota Orchestra in South Africa; Minnesota Chorale; Gauteng Choristers

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    3:00
  • 1:55 AM

    Usilethela uxolo (Nelson Mandela)

    Mavi, arr. Mxadana; orch. Kuusisto

    Minnesota Orchestra in South Africa; Minnesota Chorale; Gauteng Choristers

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    4:00
  • 1:51 AM

    Minnesota Orchestra in South Africa; Minnesota Chorale; Gauteng Choristers

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    5:00
  • 1:44 AM

    Bawo Thixo Somandla

    Matyila, arr. Khumalo

    Minnesota Chorale in South Africa; Gauteng Choristers

    3:00
  • 1:39 AM

    Akhala Amakhude Amabili

    Trad. arr. Khumalo; orch. Van Dijk

    Minnesota Orchestra in South Africa; Minnesota Chorale

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    5:00
  • 1:12 AM

    Symphony No. 9 in d minor, "Choral": IV

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Minnesota Orchestra in South Africa; Minnesota Chorale

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    25:00
  • 12:52 AM

    Candide Overture

    Leonard Bernstein

    Minnesota Orchestra in South Africa

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    :00
  • 12:39 AM

    Harmonia Ubutu

    Bongani Ndodana-Breen

    Minnesota Orchestra in South Africa

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    Goitsemang Lehobye, soprano

    15:00
  • 12:18 AM

    Minnesota Orchestra in South Africa

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    17:00
  • 12:06 AM

    Minnesota Orchestra in South Africa

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    120:00
  • 11:50 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 5

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    8:43
  • 11:46 PM

    The Magic Harp Overture (Rosamunde)

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphony No 9, Rosamunde Overture

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    10:11
  • 11:29 PM

    Rapsodie espagnole

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Orchestral Works, Saint-Saens: Organ Symphony

    Seattle Symphony

    Ludovic Morlot, conductor

    15:23
  • 11:23 PM

    A New Satiesfaction

    Stephan Koncz

    Made in Berlin

    4:31
  • 11:05 PM

    "La Follia" Variations for String Orchestra

    Michi Wiancko

    East Coast Chamber Orchestra

    12:38
  • 10:45 PM

    Mladi (Youth)

    Leos Janacek

    Bartok: Divertimento, Romanian Folk Dances; Janacek: Mladi

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    17:25
  • 10:12 PM

    Piano Concerto

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Symphonic Dances, Piano Concerto Op. 16, Wedding Day at Troldhaugen

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    30:21
  • 9:49 PM

    Pastoral Suite

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    12:22
  • 9:30 PM

    Sextet for Two Horns and Strings

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Mozart, Beethoven, Reicha, J Haydn, M Haydn

    Gewandhaus Quartet

    (Selected members), conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    16:48
  • 9:08 PM

    Carmen Suite No. 2

    Georges Bizet

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:39
  • 9:05 PM

    West Side Story: Somewhere

    Leonard Bernstein

    Bernstein: West Side Story

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    Julia Bullock, soprano

    2:27
  • 8:53 PM

    Piano Concerto: 3rd movement

    Aram Khachaturian

    Khachaturian: Piano Concerto, etc.

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    Constantine Orbelian, piano

    9:16
  • 8:49 PM

    Whup! Jamboree

    Traditional

    Sea Shanties

    Men of the Robert Shaw Chorale

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:52
  • 8:48 PM

    Haul Away, Joe

    Traditional

    Sea Shanties

    Men of the Robert Shaw Chorale

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:52
  • 8:43 PM

    Trumpet Tune

    David Johnson

    Organ Fireworks 1

    Christopher Herrick, organ

    2:36
  • 8:38 PM

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sacred Songs

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andreas Delfs, conductor

    Renee Fleming, soprano

    2:45
  • 8:25 PM

    Summer Music

    Samuel Barber

    Bergen Wind Quintet

    11:26
  • 8:21 PM

    Porgy and Bess: Summertime

    George Gershwin

    Honey and Rue

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Kathleen Battle, soprano

    2:34
  • 8:08 PM

    Adagio for Strings

    Samuel Barber

    The Bernstein Century: Barber & Schuman

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    9:52
  • 8:01 PM

    Two Elegiac Melodies: Last Spring (Varen)

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Norwegian Dances

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    5:38
  • 5:50 PM

    Four Seasons: Winter

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Joshua Bell, violin

    8:23
  • 5:15 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 9 "Jeunehomme"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 6, 8, And 9

    Mantova Chamber Orchestra

    Carlo Fabiano, conductor

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    32:41
  • 5:12 PM

    Canadian Brass

    1:56
  • 5:11 PM

    Callino Casturame

    William Byrd

    English Renaissance Music

    Canadian Brass

    1:41
  • 5:00 PM

    Academic Festival Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    9:59
  • 4:43 PM

    Afro-Cuban Concerto

    Valerie Coleman

    Imani Winds: The Classical Underground

    Imani Winds

    15:32
  • 4:37 PM

    Souvenirs: Waltz

    Samuel Barber

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Schenck, conductor

    4:28
  • 4:07 PM

    Serenade for Strings

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenades

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    29:45
  • 4:02 PM

    A Promise of Love

    Antonin Dvorak

    Song of a Czech: Dvorak and Janacek for Men's Voices

    Cantus

    3:54
  • 3:51 PM

    Dance of the Hours

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Dances from the Opera

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    8:47
  • 3:42 PM

    Kreisleriana No. 2

    Robert Schumann

    Anton Kuerti, piano

    8:21
  • 3:10 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 2

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn & Boccherini: Cello Concertos

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Barbirolli, conductor

    Jacqueline Du Pre, cello

    29:42
  • 3:00 PM

    Studio Orchestra

    Claire Jones, harp

    5:29
  • 2:46 PM

    Mephisto Waltz No. 1 "Dance in the Village Inn" (first ending)

    Franz Liszt

    Mephisto & Co. (Minnesota Orchestra feat. conductor: Eiji Oue)

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    11:56
  • 2:09 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 5

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    Rudolf Serkin, piano

    35:54
  • 2:02 PM

    Periodical Overture

    Niccolo Jommelli

    El Maestro Farinelli

    Concerto Koln

    Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor

    5:45
  • 1:49 PM

    Scheherazade: The Festival at Baghdad

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    World Orchestra for Peace

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    11:45
  • 1:42 PM

    Rhapsody

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: 7 Fantasies, Op. 116, 4 Piano Pieces, Op. 119, Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 2

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    5:16
  • 1:35 PM

    Symphony No. 8: 3rd movement

    Kurt Atterberg

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:31
  • 1:22 PM

    Scottish March (Marche ecossaise)

    Claude Debussy

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    6:44
  • 1:18 PM

    The Dancing Doll

    Ede Poldini

    Sir Charles' Precious Music Box Ii

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    3:45
  • 1:07 PM

    Serenade No. 7 "Haffner": Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    WA Mozart: Symphony in D Major after "Haffner Serenade" KV 250 etc.

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Otmar Suitner, conductor

    7:28
  • 1:04 PM

    Romeo and Juliet: Morning Dance

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet - Suites 1 - 3 (complete)

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    2:23
  • 12:48 PM

    Mignon: Overture

    Ambroise Thomas

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    8:18
  • 12:43 PM

    Symphony No. 88: Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 88-92, etc.

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    3:35
  • 12:34 PM

    Orb and Sceptre

    William Walton

    Classical Favorites

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    7:25
  • 12:31 PM

    The King's Hunting Jig

    John Bull

    Music for the Courts of Europe

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    2:02
  • 12:26 PM

    The Queen's Jig

    John Playford

    Apollo's Banquet

    David Douglass, violin

    3:55
  • 12:20 PM

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Bela Bartok

    Dorati Conducts Kodaly and Bartok

    Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    6:03
  • 12:16 PM

    The Tic-Toc-Choc (or the mallets)

    Francois Couperin

    Home

    Elizabeth Hainen, harp

    1:59
  • 12:07 PM

    Rhapsodie d'Auvergne

    Camille Saint-Saens

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    8:54
  • 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
  • 11:54 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    William Boyce

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    5:06
  • 11:46 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2 "Characteristic": Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Suites Nos. 1 And 2

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    6:28
  • 11:38 AM

    Octet: 3rd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Gaudier Ensemble

    6:15
  • 11:32 AM

    Serenade

    Roman Hoffstetter

    Promenade Concert

    I Solisti Italiani

    5:29
  • 11:28 AM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1: Balletto

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances, Etc

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    2:57
  • 11:20 AM

    Flute Concerto: 3rd movement

    Wilhelm Molique

    Nice Philharmonic Orchestra

    Maximiano Valdez, conductor

    Alain Marion, flute

    6:50
  • 11:16 AM

    March of the Little Lead Soldiers

    Gabriel Pierne

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    3:05
  • 11:07 AM

    Serenade No. 3: 3rd movement

    Robert Fuchs

    Cologne Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Ludwig, conductor

    7:34
  • 11:04 AM

    Our Town: The Story of Our Town

    Aaron Copland

    James Tocco, piano

    2:27
  • 10:39 AM

    Otello: Ballet Music

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Ballet Music

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    19:31
  • 10:28 AM

    Overture (Sinfonia)

    Giovanni Sammartini

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    Fabio Biondi, violin

    9:04
  • 10:17 AM

    Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Winterthur Music Collegium

    Douglas Boyd, conductor

    10:03
  • 10:10 AM

    The Apothecary: Sinfonia

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Opera Overtures

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    6:06
  • 10:06 AM

    The Three-Cornered Hat: Neighbor's Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Slaughter on 10th Avenue

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    3:01
  • 10:01 AM

    Morceaux de Fantaisie: Elegie

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Yuja Wang, piano

    4:44
  • 9:40 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Kenneth Sillito, conductor

    John Williams, guitar

    17:55
  • 9:28 AM

    Three Pieces for Orchestra

    Edgar Bainton

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    10:27
  • 9:21 AM

    Symphonie Fantastique: March to the Scaffold

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    6:52
  • 9:15 AM

    Ballet Royal de Flore: Four Dances

    Jean-Baptiste Lully

    A French Soiree

    Trio Settecento

    4:11
  • 9:06 AM

    London Mozart Players

    Jane Glover, conductor

    8:35
  • 9:01 AM

    Prelude: 2nd movement

    William Grant Still

    William Grant Still: Summerland

    New Zealand String Quartet

    Alexa Still, flute

    4:31
  • 8:27 AM

    String Quartet No. 10 "Harp"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven Quartets Op. 59 & 74

    Takacs Quartet

    31:30
  • 8:06 AM

    Brazilian Impressions

    Ottorino Respighi

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    18:55
  • 8:01 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 2: Allegro

    Pietro Locatelli

    Locatelli: Violin Sonatas, Op. 6

    Locatelli Trio

    4:31
  • 7:46 AM

    Salve Regina

    Arvo Part

    Arvo Part: Adam's Lament

    Latvian Radio Choir

    Tonu Kaljuste, conductor

    12:12
  • 7:34 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
  • 7:06 AM

    Concierto Antillano

    Ernesto Cordero

    Sofia Soloists

    Plamen Djurov, conductor

    Carlos Barbosa-Lima, guitar

    25:58
  • 7:01 AM

    Oboe Quintet: Canzonetta

    Theodore Dubois

    Trio Hochelaga

    Jean-Luc Plourde, viola

    Philippe Magnan, oboe

    4:40
  • 6:35 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Samuel Barber

    Two Souls

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Kristjan Jarvi, conductor

    Mikhail Simonyan, violin

    22:59
  • 6:27 AM

    Fantasy on a Theme of Haydn

    Marcel Grandjany

    Scintillation

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    7:52
  • 6:06 AM

    Grand Serenade No. 2

    Johann Hummel

    Gragnagi: Quartet, op. 8

    Consortium Classicum

    18:52
  • 6:01 AM

    Fantasia Suite No. 8

    John Jenkins

    Locke Consort

    4:36
  • 5:33 AM

    String Quartet No. 13

    Nikolay Myaskovsky

    Pacifica String Quartet

    25:36
  • 5:28 AM

    Eduardo Fernandez, guitar

    2:32
  • 5:06 AM

    Concerto After Handel

    Arnold Schoenberg

    Schoenberg: Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra (after Handel); R. Strauss: Divertimento, Op. 86 (after Couperin)

    New York Chamber Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    21:38
  • 5:01 AM

    Noble and Sentimental Waltzes: No. 8

    Maurice Ravel

    Stephen Kovacevich, piano

    4:40
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