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  • 4:32 AM

    Lauda concertata

    Akira Ifukube

    Romanian National Symphony Orchestra

    Cristian Mandeal, conductor

    Bogdan Bacanu, marimba

    26:31
  • 4:14 AM

    Voodoo Spells and Gris-gris

    Brett William Dietz

    Johanna Cox Pennington, oboe

    Brett William Dietz, vibraphone

    Daniel Leichuk, cello

    Willis Delony, piano

    15:48
  • 4:06 AM

    Polish Requiem: Chaconne

    Krzysztof Penderecki

    Penderecki: Music for Chamber Orchestra

    Sinfonia Varsovia

    Krzysztof Penderecki, conductor

    6:40
  • 4:01 AM

    On Behalf of Nature: Memory Zone

    Meredith Monk

    Meredith Monk: On Behalf of Nature

    Meredith Monk Ensemble

    4:21
  • 3:49 AM

    Prospero's Rooms

    Christopher Rouse

    New York Philharmonic

    Adam Gilbert, conductor

    9:22
  • 3:35 AM

    Metamorphosis I

    Philip Glass

    Uakti

    12:34
  • 3:27 AM

    Ghosts

    Valgeir Sigurdsson

    Ghosts

    Crash Ensemble

    6:04
  • 3:19 AM

    National Arts Centre Orchestra

    Alain Trudel, conductor

    Jonathan Crow, violin

    7:07
  • 3:11 AM

    Lua Descolorida (Colorless Moon)

    Osvaldo Golijov

    There's a Place for Us

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    Nadine Sierra, soprano

    6:15
  • 3:06 AM

    Vocalise

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    The Art of the Theremin

    Clara Rockmore, theremin

    3:46
  • 3:01 AM

    Corpse Bride: Into the Forest

    Danny Elfman

    Tim Burton's Corpse Bride: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    Nick Ingman, conductor

    4:35
  • 2:28 AM

    Piano Trio No. 5 "Ghost"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Trios - Archduke & Geister-Trio

    Beaux Arts Trio

    29:59
  • 2:19 AM

    Kiki-Mora

    Anatol Liadov

    Liadov: The Enchanted Lake, and other orchestral works.

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    8:33
  • 2:13 AM

    Bohemian Forest: Witches' Sabbath

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: From The Bohemian Forest; Dumky

    Artur Pizarro, piano

    4:09
  • 2:06 AM

    Suite No. 1: In a Haunted Forest

    Edward MacDowell

    Recordings Of The Society For The Preservation Of The American Musical Heritage

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Karl Krueger, conductor

    5:44
  • 2:03 AM

    The Devil's Reel

    Traditional

    Angele Dubeau & La Pieta: Infernal Violins

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    2:44
  • 2:01 AM

    El Amor Brujo: Danse de la frayeur

    Manuel de Falla

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    2:09
  • 1:48 AM

    Night on Bald Mountain

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    10:42
  • 1:38 AM

    Hansel and Gretel: Hokus pokus

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Hansel and Gretel

    Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Kurt Eichhorn, conductor

    Christa Ludwig, mezzo-soprano

    8:21
  • 1:26 AM

    Mephisto Waltz No. 1 "Dance in the Village Inn"

    Franz Liszt

    Mephisto and Co.

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    11:58
  • 1:20 AM

    Funeral March of a Marionette

    Charles Gounod

    European Light Music Classics

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    4:20
  • 1:09 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 2: Funeral March

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Sonata No. 2

    Mikhail Pletnev, piano

    9:22
  • 1:06 AM

    Carmina Burana: O Fortuna

    Carl Orff

    Summon the Heroes

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    2:34
  • 1:01 AM

    Der Erlkonig (The Elf King)

    Franz Schubert

    Valerie Tryon, piano

    4:36
  • 12:52 AM

    Symphonie Fantastique: March to the Scaffold

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    6:38
  • 11:55 PM

    Der Erlkonig (The Elf King)

    Franz Schubert

    Valerie Tryon, piano

    4:36
  • 11:46 PM

    Toccata and Fugue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Great Organ Works

    Virgil Fox, organ

    8:44
  • 11:28 PM

    The Accursed Huntsman

    Cesar Franck

    Franck: Symphony; Symphonic Variations etc.

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    15:21
  • 11:16 PM

    Der fliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman): Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Georg Solti, conductor

    10:37
  • 11:10 PM

    Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl: selections

    Klaus Badelt

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:51
  • 11:05 PM

    La Misterieuse

    Francois Couperin

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    4:52
  • 10:52 PM

    Children's Games (Jeux d'enfants)

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Carmen Suite, L'arlesienne Suites Etc.

    Orchestre de la Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    11:21
  • 10:43 PM

    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Prologue and Harry's Wondrous World

    John Williams

    Studio Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    7:31
  • 10:29 PM

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    11:47
  • 10:23 PM

    Lullaby for Natalie

    John Corigliano

    Mirror in Mirror

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    4:48
  • 10:09 PM

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits

    Christoph Gluck

    Music for My Little Friends

    London Mozart Players

    James Galway, flute

    7:15
  • 10:03 PM

    Graceful Ghost Rag

    William Bolcom

    Richard Dowling, piano

    4:32
  • 9:58 PM

    Masquerade: Waltz

    Aram Khachaturian

    Dance!: The World's Favourite Ice-Skating Music

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Efrem Kurtz, conductor

    4:19
  • 9:55 PM

    Skazka (Tale)

    Nikolai Medtner

    Hamish Milne, piano

    2:26
  • 9:35 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 2

    Ottorino Respighi

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    18:50
  • 9:24 PM

    Wish You Were Here

    Nico Muhly

    Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra

    Edwin Outwater, conductor

    8:48
  • 9:18 PM

    Dances of the Dolls: Lyric Waltz

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Lisa Batiashvili: Echoes Of Time

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    3:23
  • 9:08 PM

    The Fairy Queen: Overture

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell: Dido and Aeneas

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    7:35
  • 9:02 PM

    Legend No. 6

    Antonin Dvorak

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:47
  • 8:53 PM

    The Valkyrie: Magic Fire Music

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leopold Stokowski, conductor

    7:11
  • 8:38 PM

    Violin Sonata

    Claude Debussy

    Echoes of Paris

    Augustin Hadelich, violin

    13:10
  • 8:19 PM

    Faust Ballet Music

    Charles Gounod

    Gounod: Faust

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    16:23
  • 8:11 PM

    Narnia Suite

    Marisa Robles

    Marisa Robles Harp Ensemble

    Marisa Robles, harp

    Christopher Hyde-Smith, flute

    7:23
  • 8:00 PM

    Invitation to the Dance

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2, Bassoon Concerto

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    10:02
  • 5:50 PM

    Orpheus in the Underworld: Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    Offenbach Romantique

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    8:40
  • 5:47 PM

    Devil's Polka

    Vitezslav Novak

    Small Czech Musical Gems

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Vaclav Smetacek, conductor

    3:00
  • 5:24 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Philip Ledger, conductor

    20:45
  • 5:20 PM

    Song: Hexenlied (Witch's Song)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Gil Shaham, violin

    Jonathan Feldman, piano

    2:16
  • 5:06 PM

    The Noonday Witch

    Antonin Dvorak

    Great American Showpieces

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    13:21
  • 5:01 PM

    Daphne

    John Playford

    Nobody's Jig

    Les Witches

    4:51
  • 4:51 PM

    The Haunted Ballroom

    Geoffrey Toye

    British Light Music: Miniatures

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    7:01
  • 4:48 PM

    Ruddigore: When the night wind howls (The Ghosts' High Noon)

    Arthur Sullivan

    Bryn Terfel: Bad Boys

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    Bryn Terfel, baritone

    2:27
  • 4:22 PM

    String Quartet No. 21 "Prussian"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Quartetto Italiano

    24:50
  • 4:14 PM

    Dracula: Night Journeys

    John Williams

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    5:38
  • 4:06 PM

    The Vampire: Overture

    Heinrich Marschner

    Marschner: Der Vampyr

    Cologne Radio Orchestra

    Helmut Froschauer, conductor

    7:44
  • 4:01 PM

    Nursery Suite: Aubade and Merry Doll

    Edward Elgar

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

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    4:26
  • 3:50 PM

    Mephistos Hollenrufe

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    1995 New Year's Concert

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    8:28
  • 3:17 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
  • 3:06 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 1 (after Corelli)

    Francesco Geminiani

    Geminiani: Concerti Grossi (After Corelli, Op. 5)

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    9:59
  • 3:01 PM

    Hansel and Gretel: Witch's Ride

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Fright Night

    Gurzenich Orchestra

    John Pritchard, conductor

    4:39
  • 2:53 PM

    Romeo and Juliet: Dance of the Knights

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Essential Ballet

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    5:07
  • 2:45 PM

    Transylvanian Dances

    Sandor Veress

    Camerata Bern

    Thomas Zehetmair, conductor

    13:21
  • 2:40 PM

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Paul Dukas

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    11:16
  • 2:21 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Johann Hummel

    Haydn, Hummel, Etc.: Trumpet Concertos

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    17:40
  • 2:18 PM

    Hexentanz

    Edward MacDowell

    The American Virtuoso

    Alan Feinberg, piano

    2:35
  • 2:10 PM

    Danse Macabre

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Mephisto and Co.

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    6:52
  • 2:00 PM

    Chamber Concerto "La Notte"

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Musica Pacifica

    8:22
  • 1:48 PM

    Aida: Triumphal March

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi: Requiem & Operatic Choruses

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    9:34
  • 1:42 PM

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

    John Williams

    Studio Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    5:03
  • 1:37 PM

    Le bourgeoise gentilhomme: Selections

    Jean-Baptiste Lully

    La Petite Bande

    :00
  • 1:34 PM

    Le bourgeoise gentilhomme: The Fencing Master

    Richard Strauss

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    :00
  • 1:22 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    10:10
  • 1:17 PM

    Witches of Eastwick: The Devil's Dance

    John Williams

    Gil Shaham, violin

    Jonathan Feldman, piano

    4:11
  • 1:10 PM

    Symphonie gothique: Finale

    Benjamin Godard

    Godard: Orchestral Works

    Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

    David Reiland, conductor

    3:56
  • 1:04 PM

    Rusalka: Polonaise

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Cello Concerto

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vaclav Neumann, conductor

    4:43
  • 12:48 PM

    Symphony No. 36 "Linz": Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Symphonies 35 Haffner, 26 Linz, and 32

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    11:15
  • 12:45 PM

    Mysterious Barricades

    Francois Couperin

    Couperin: Tic Toc Choc

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    1:39
  • 12:40 PM

    The Haunted Manor: Overture

    Stanislaw Moniuszko

    Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antoni Wit, conductor

    4:04
  • 12:32 PM

    Creatures of Prometheus Ballet Music

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    6:23
  • 12:30 PM

    Night Music of the Mountain Goblin

    Heino Kaski

    Piano Phantoms

    Michael Lewin, piano

    1:32
  • 12:21 PM

    O Magnum Mysterium (O Great Mystery)

    Morten Lauridsen

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Kristjan Jarvi, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    6:40
  • 12:09 PM

    Symphony No. 97: Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: The London Symphonies, Vol. II

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    5:37
  • 12:04 PM

    Symphonic Metamorphosis: March

    Paul Hindemith

    American Maestros

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    4:35
  • 11:48 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 1st movement

    Kurt Atterberg

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    10:02
  • 11:44 AM

    The Devil's Beauties

    Francois Dompierre

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    3:10
  • 11:33 AM

    Water Music Suite No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Water Music

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    9:30
  • 11:30 AM

    Lyric Pieces: Smatrold (Puck)

    Edvard Grieg

    Stephen Hough, piano

    1:52
  • 11:18 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": 1st movement

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphonies 1 & 4

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    11:13
  • 11:14 AM

    Minuet

    Luigi Boccherini

    The Fantastic Stokowski

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:11
  • 11:06 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

    Swan Lake: Dance of the Little Swans

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky | Sleeping Beauty & Swan Lake

    Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra

    Aleksander Lazarev, conductor

    1:45
  • 10:51 AM

    Fidelio Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Overtures

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    7:11
  • 10:50 AM

    The King's March

    Jeremiah Clarke

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    1:12
  • 10:45 AM

    The Phantom Melody

    Albert Ketelbey

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Eric Rogers, conductor

    3:54
  • 10:38 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": Andante

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Romance Of The Violin

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    6:16
  • 10:27 AM

    Concerto Koln

    9:53
  • 10:16 AM

    Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

    Claude Debussy

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    10:10
  • 10:11 AM

    Andante with Variations

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Consortium Classicum

    3:59
  • 10:06 AM

    Concerto alla rustica (Rustic Concerto)

    Antonio Vivaldi

    The Italian Job

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    4:10
  • 10:01 AM

    The Ruins of the Tower

    Sergei Taneyev

    Ravishingly Russian

    Houston Chamber Choir

    Robert Simpson, conductor

    4:51
  • 9:32 AM

    A Faust Symphony: Faust

    Franz Liszt

    A Faust Symphony/Liszt

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    26:37
  • 9:24 AM

    A Morning in the Woods

    Leo Ornstein

    Janice Weber, piano

    6:16
  • 9:10 AM

    Etude for "The Haunted Palace"

    Florent Schmitt

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Georges Pretre, conductor

    12:12
  • 9:06 AM

    Danse des Lutins

    Henriette Renie

    Caprice: French Music For Harp

    Susann McDonald, harp

    3:11
  • 9:01 AM

    Requiebros

    Gaspar Cassado

    I Musici Montreal

    Yuli Turovsky, conductor

    Yuli Turovsky, cello

    4:48
  • 8:48 AM

    Hamlet: The Ghost

    Patrick Doyle

    Hamlet Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    9:56
  • 8:37 AM

    Theme and Variations "Geistervariationen" (Ghost Variations)

    Robert Schumann

    Piotr Anderszewski, piano

    11:09
  • 8:15 AM

    La Peri (The Fairy)

    Paul Dukas

    French National Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    20:13
  • 8:06 AM

    Flute Concertino

    Cecile Chaminade

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Susan Milan, flute

    8:03
  • 8:01 AM

    Lyric Quartet: The Quiet One

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    4:35
  • 7:25 AM

    The Spider's Feast

    Albert Roussel

    Paris Orchestra

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    33:14
  • 7:21 AM

    Will-o'-the-Wisps

    Alphonse Hasselmans

    Masterworks for the Harp

    Marisa Robles, harp

    2:23
  • 7:06 AM

    Phantasy Quintet

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Violin Sonata, String Quartet No. 2 Etc.

    Nash Ensemble

    14:23
  • 7:01 AM

    Scherzo-Tarantelle

    Henryk Wieniawski

    The Perlman Sound

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    4:28
  • 6:37 AM

    The Water Goblin

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony 7 etc.

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    21:21
  • 6:21 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas - Mondschein, Pastorale

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    15:45
  • 6:06 AM

    Two Nordic Melodies

    Edvard Grieg

    Edvard Grieg: Works For String Orchestra

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    13:02
  • 6:01 AM

    Tango

    Erik Marchelie

    Nota Del Sol

    Duo Similia

    4:38
  • 5:24 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Scottish"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    34:10
  • 5:21 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 1: Siciliano

    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

    2:33
  • 5:06 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 6

    Pieter Hellendaal

    Combattimento Consort Amsterdam

    Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor

    13:10
  • 5:01 AM

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    4:25
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