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  • 5:36 AM

    Ornamental Air

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Mozart, Copland, Kats-Chernin: Works for Clarinet and Orchestra

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Michael Collins, conductor

    Michael Collins, basset clarinet

    21:59
  • 5:30 AM

    Canticles of the Holy Wind: Dream of the Hermit Thrush

    John Luther Adams

    John Luther Adams: Canticles of the Holy Wind

    The Crossing

    Donald Nally, conductor

    John Grecia, piano

    5:22
  • 5:23 AM

    New Morse Code

    Katie Hyun, violin

    6:21
  • 5:11 AM

    Vivaldi: Autumn

    Max Richter

    Berlin Chamber Orchestra

    Andre de Ridder, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    Max Richter, electronics

    10:33
  • 5:06 AM

    Tango for November

    Fumio Yasuda

    European Art Orchestra

    Bernd Ruf, conductor

    3:43
  • 5:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 12

    Nick Peros

    Michael Kolk, guitar

    4:40
  • 4:45 AM

    Musica Celestis

    Aaron Jay Kernis

    Kernis: Colored Field, Musica Celestis, Air

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    12:22
  • 4:24 AM

    The Big Bang and Creation of the Universe

    Nimrod Borenstein

    Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    19:42
  • 4:17 AM

    Petroushskates

    Joan Tower

    Da Capo Chamber Players

    5:40
  • 4:07 AM

    Wish You Were Here

    Nico Muhly

    Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra

    Edwin Outwater, conductor

    8:48
  • 4:01 AM

    White

    Graham Fitkin

    Graham Fitkin: Circuit

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    4:35
  • 3:48 AM

    Festival Overture

    Shi Wanchun

    China National Symphony Orchestra

    Zuohuang Chen, conductor

    10:31
  • 3:18 AM

    String Quartet

    Maurice Ravel

    Emerson String Quartet: Complete Recordings

    Emerson String Quartet

    28:03
  • 3:12 AM

    Six Pieces: Slava

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Works for Two Pianos

    Elizabeth and Marcel Bergmann, piano duo

    4:52
  • 3:07 AM

    Lament

    Frank Bridge

    Bridge: The Sea, etc.

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    4:30
  • 3:01 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 6: Sicilienne

    Saverio Mercadante

    Mercadante: Flute Concertos

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    4:49
  • 2:48 AM

    Cuban Overture

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin: Concerto In F

    Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jeff Tyzik, conductor

    10:30
  • 2:44 AM

    Cancion de Cuna (Afro-Cuban Lullaby)

    Leo Brouwer

    William Kanengiser, guitar

    2:46
  • 2:16 AM

    Symphony No. 99

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    London Classical Players

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    26:43
  • 2:06 AM

    Polonaise No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    The Complete Piano Works of Chopin, Vol 5: Polonaises & Impromptus

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    8:05
  • 2:01 AM

    Lute Sonata: 1st movement

    Bernhard Joachim Hagen

    Sonatas for Lute and Strings

    John Schneiderman, lute

    4:40
  • 1:47 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Ocean": 1st movement

    Anton Rubinstein

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Stephen Gunzenhauser, conductor

    11:46
  • 1:29 AM

    Capriccio Italien

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    16:27
  • 1:24 AM

    Epilogue for Strings

    Donald Fraser

    English Symphony Orchestra

    Donald Fraser, conductor

    4:17
  • 1:07 AM

    Piano Duet Sonata

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Sonatas for Piano Duet, K 381 & 521; Sonata for 2 Pianos, K 448; Andante and Variations, K 501

    Martha Argerich, piano

    15:47
  • 1:01 AM

    Gondoliera

    Moritz Moszkowski

    From Foreign Lands

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    4:46
  • 12:43 AM

    Bull on the Roof (Le boeuf sur le toit)

    Darius Milhaud

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    James Ehnes, violin

    15:14
  • 12:38 AM

    Lieutenant Kije Suite

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije, Love for Three Oranges: Suites; Stravinsky: Suites Nos 1 and 2 for Small Orchestra

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    19:21
  • 12:23 AM

    Oboe d'Amore Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Strauss, Bach, Marcello: Oboe Concertos

    Academy of London

    Richard Stamp, conductor

    Ray Still, oboe

    15:03
  • 12:09 AM

    St. Paul's Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    12:28
  • 12:01 AM

    Mayflower Overture

    Ron Nelson

    Ron Nelson: To The Airborne, Mayflower Overture, Etc / Stamp, Keyston Wind Ensemble

    Keystone Wind Ensemble

    Jack Stamp, conductor

    6:36
  • 11:54 PM

    Pomp and Circumstance March No. 2

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance, etc.

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    5:17
  • 11:39 PM

    Introduction and Allegro appassionato

    Robert Schumann

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    14:10
  • 11:32 PM

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:56
  • 11:21 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven 5 And 7

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    8:58
  • 11:07 PM

    Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

    Alexander Borodin

    Dies Irae: The Essential Choral Collection

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:33
  • 11:01 PM

    Canzon Duodecimi Toni

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass

    4:27
  • 10:51 PM

    Spitfire Prelude and Fugue

    William Walton

    Walton: Battle of Britain Suite, Etc

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:35
  • 10:28 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Sinfonia da Camera

    Ian Hobson, conductor

    Ian Hobson, piano

    21:55
  • 10:16 PM

    Symphony No. 4: 2nd movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    9:15
  • 10:03 PM

    Divertimento

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Ensemble Wien-Berlin

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    10:58
  • 10:00 PM

    Rondeau

    Jean-Joseph Mouret

    The Bells of St. Genevieve and other Baroque delights

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Fraser, conductor

    Crispian Steele-Perkins, trumpet

    1:55
  • 9:48 PM

    Sigurd Jorsalfar: Homage March

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Symphonic Dances/Sigurd Jorsalfar/Peer Gynt

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    9:09
  • 9:42 PM

    String Trio: Rondo

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Complete Trios

    Grumiaux Trio

    5:46
  • 9:05 PM

    English Baroque Soloists

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    35:00
  • 9:00 PM

    Amadigi di Gaula: Sento la gioia (I feel the joy)

    George Frideric Handel

    Sound The Trumpet: Royal Music of Purcell and Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    4:34
  • 6:46 PM

    The Seasons: Autumn

    Alexander Glazunov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade, Arensky: Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky, Glazunov: The Seasons, Concert Waltzes

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    12:29
  • 6:42 PM

    Spanish Dance No. 5 "Andaluza"

    Enrique Granados

    Xavier de Maistre, harp

    Lucero Tena, castanets

    3:26
  • 6:16 PM

    Symphony No. 98

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    24:59
  • 6:06 PM

    Prelude No. 15 "Raindrop"

    Frederic Chopin

    Ivo Pogorelich, piano

    7:22
  • 6:01 PM

    Two Romances

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33, etc.

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    Alexander Kniazev, cello

    4:44
  • 5:57 PM

    Sweet William

    John Playford

    Mariners and Milkmaids: Ballads and Dances from 17th Century England

    Toronto Consort

    1:11
  • 5:41 PM

    Masques and Bergamasques

    Gabriel Faure

    French Impressions

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    Jean-Bernard Pommier, conductor

    15:34
  • 5:31 PM

    Athalia: Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn Overtures

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Claus Peter Flor, conductor

    8:26
  • 5:26 PM

    Suite

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Royal Brass: Music from the Renaissance & Baroque

    Empire Brass

    5:17
  • 5:06 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: Keyboard Concertos Nos. 1, 2 & 4

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Murray Perahia, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    18:53
  • 5:01 PM

    Grande Serenade: Finale

    Mauro Giuliani

    Louise Schulman, viola

    Bill Zito, guitar

    4:49
  • 4:52 PM

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Bela Bartok

    Mephisto Magic

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    6:04
  • 4:47 PM

    Go, lovely Rose

    Eric Whitacre

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    3:59
  • 4:26 PM

    American Suite

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 7; American Suite

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    19:42
  • 4:17 PM

    Bourree Fantasque

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Chabrier: Espana

    French National Orchestra

    Armin Jordan, conductor

    7:02
  • 4:06 PM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Maurice Ravel

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    11:04
  • 4:01 PM

    Divertimento after Couperin: Le Tic-Toc-Choc and La Lutine

    Richard Strauss

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

    New York Chamber Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    4:31
  • 3:46 PM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 9

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos. 1-6

    Vienna State Opera Orchestra

    Anatole Fistoulari, conductor

    13:33
  • 3:45 PM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 9

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos. 1-6

    Vienna State Opera Orchestra

    Anatole Fistoulari, conductor

    13:33
  • 3:40 PM

    Fantasy-Impromptu

    Frederic Chopin

    Yundi Li: Chopin

    Yundi Li, piano

    4:58
  • 3:15 PM

    Serenade for Strings

    Josef Suk

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    23:46
  • 3:08 PM

    The Banks of Green Willow

    George Butterworth

    Vaughan Williams/Butterworth

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    6:12
  • 3:02 PM

    Koanga: La Calinda

    Frederick Delius

    Halle Orchestra

    John Barbirolli, conductor

    4:31
  • 2:52 PM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Ports of Call

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    7:48
  • 2:44 PM

    Dance Suite

    Tielman Susato

    Ludwig Guttler Brass Ensemble

    Ludwig Guttler, conductor

    7:12
  • 2:32 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 26 "Coronation": 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 26 & 27

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    10:38
  • 2:24 PM

    Symphony No. 3: 4th movement

    Marcel Tyberg

    TYBERG: Symphony No. 3 | Piano Trio

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    6:34
  • 2:17 PM

    String Quintet "American": 2nd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: String Quintet in E Flat, Op. 97; String Sextet in A, Op. 48

    Raphael Ensemble

    5:52
  • 2:08 PM

    Grand Canyon Suite: Sunrise

    Ferde Grofe

    An American Salute

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    William Stromberg, conductor

    5:21
  • 2:04 PM

    Carmen: Intermezzo

    Georges Bizet

    Orchestra of the Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    2:42
  • 1:52 PM

    Conga del Fuego nuevo

    Arturo Marquez

    Gustavo Dudamel: Discoveries

    Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    4:54
  • 1:45 PM

    Octet: 3rd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Chamber Players of Canada

    6:27
  • 1:32 PM

    Harp Concerto

    George Frideric Handel

    Harp Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Marisa Robles, harp

    10:57
  • 1:27 PM

    Jewels of the Madonna: Intermezzo

    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

    Leonard Bernstein: The Encore Collection Vol. 2

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    2:56
  • 1:21 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    5:36
  • 1:10 PM

    French Suite No. 6: Allemande; Courante

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Murray Perahia, piano

    4:24
  • 1:04 PM

    Symphony No. 93: 2nd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: The London Symphonies, Vol. II

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    4:55
  • 12:54 PM

    Il Signor Bruschino: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    4:20
  • 12:47 PM

    Rapsodia Cubana

    Isaac Albeniz

    The Latin Project

    Boston Cello Quartet

    5:49
  • 12:39 PM

    Symphony No. 1: Scherzo

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Symphonies No 1 & 2, Etc

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Jun'ichi Hirokami, conductor

    6:27
  • 12:30 PM

    Gold and Silver Waltz

    Franz Lehar

    Famous Waltzes: Gold und Silber

    Vienna Volksoper Orchestra

    Franz Bauer-Theussl, conductor

    7:51
  • 12:25 PM

    Four Dances: Menuetto

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Music for Wind Quintet, Vol. 2

    Athena Ensemble

    4:13
  • 12:18 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Violin Concertos; Sinfonia concertante

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    6:11
  • 12:16 PM

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    1:16
  • 12:10 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Polacca

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    4:35
  • 12:04 PM

    Etude No. 3 "Tristesse"

    Frederic Chopin

    Janina Fialkowska, piano

    4:49
  • 11:47 AM

    The Fairies: Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Philharmonia Zurich

    Fabio Luisi, conductor

    11:20
  • 11:34 AM

    A Spring Garland

    Armstrong Gibbs

    Guildhall Strings

    Robert Salter, conductor

    11:13
  • 11:25 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 19

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Paul Lewis, piano

    8:26
  • 11:16 AM

    Overture "In the Italian Style"

    Franz Schubert

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Istvan Kertesz, conductor

    7:17
  • 11:06 AM

    Old Hungarian Dances

    Ferenc Farkas

    Favourite Music for Wind Quintet

    Frosunda Wind Quintet

    9:35
  • 11:01 AM

    Suite Mignonne: Polka and Epilogue

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Spring Song, The Bard, etc.

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:36
  • 10:38 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 8 "In the Form of a Vocal Scene"

    Louis Spohr

    Paganini, Spohr: Violin Concertos

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    19:46
  • 10:20 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 48

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano

    16:16
  • 10:06 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 4

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Concerti Grossi Op. 3

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    12:35
  • 10:01 AM

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    4:47
  • 9:46 AM

    Plow That Broke the Plains Suite

    Virgil Thomson

    Virgil Thompson: Music for Film, "The River" & "Plow That Broke the Plains"

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    12:37
  • 9:24 AM

    Loren Kitt, clarinet

    Miles Hoffman, viola

    Lambert Orkis, piano

    20:24
  • 9:06 AM

    Noble and Sentimental Waltzes

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Ballet And Dance Music

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    16:37
  • 9:01 AM

    From Olden Times: Gigue

    Johan Halvorsen

    Halvorsen: Suite ancienne, Mascarade Suite

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Ari Rasilainen, conductor

    4:35
  • 8:31 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Friedrich Ernst Fesca

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    Frank Beermann, conductor

    27:53
  • 8:29 AM

    Saudades do Brazil: Sorocaba

    Darius Milhaud

    The Roaring 20s

    Windscape

    1:14
  • 8:06 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Violin Sonatas

    Pamela Frank, violin

    21:04
  • 8:01 AM

    Aleko: Women's Dance

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45, etc.

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    4:36
  • 7:40 AM

    Symphony No. 5

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    17:50
  • 7:27 AM

    From Italy (Aus Italien): On the Beach at Sorrento

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Don Juan; Aus Italien

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    12:35
  • 7:06 AM

    Nocturnes

    Francis Poulenc

    Poulenc: Piano Music

    Pascal Roge, piano

    19:31
  • 7:01 AM

    Reverie

    Claude Debussy

    Classical Jukebox, Vol. 2

    Andre Kostelanetz Orchestra

    Andre Kostelanetz, conductor

    4:37
  • 6:27 AM

    Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra

    Michael Hankinson, conductor

    Philippe Graffin, violin

    31:25
  • 6:17 AM

    Sinfonia

    Johann Scheibe

    Scheibe: Sinfonias

    Concerto Copenhagen

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    8:29
  • 6:06 AM

    A Colour Symphony: Blue

    Arthur Bliss

    English Northern Philharmonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    10:07
  • 6:01 AM

    Paris Quartet No. 6: 6th movement

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Telemann: Paris Quartets

    Trio Sonnerie

    Wilbert Hazelzet, flute

    4:35
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