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  • 5:35 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 23 "Appassionata"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Jonathan Biss, piano

    23:13
  • 5:30 AM

    O beloved (O bien aimee)

    Marcel Grandjany

    Voyage: American Works For Flute And Harp

    Jonathan Keeble, flute

    3:26
  • 5:12 AM

    Tristan and Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod (Love Death)

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Tannhauser, Parsifal, Tristan Und Isolde

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    16:55
  • 5:06 AM

    Vocalise

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    The Beautiful Voice

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Renee Fleming, soprano

    5:36
  • 5:01 AM

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Vaclav Smetacek, conductor

    4:48
  • 4:43 AM

    Pelleas and Melisande Suite

    William Wallace

    Wallace: Creation Symphony, Pelleas and Melisande

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    15:20
  • 4:14 AM

    Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto

    He Zhanhao/Chen Gang

    Singapore Symphony Orchestra

    Lan Shui, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    27:25
  • 4:06 AM

    Rakastava (The Lover)

    Jean Sibelius

    Baltic Runes

    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

    Paul Hillier, conductor

    6:23
  • 4:01 AM

    Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune (Moonlight)

    Claude Debussy

    Ray Chen: The Golden Age

    Made in Berlin

    4:35
  • 3:53 AM

    Three Late Love Songs: Allegretto grazioso

    Kurt Schwertsik

    Schwertsik: For Christa

    Christopher van Kampen, cello

    5:02
  • 3:17 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Robert Schumann

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    34:44
  • 3:06 AM

    Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann

    Clara Schumann

    Angela Cheng, piano

    9:02
  • 3:01 AM

    Thais: Meditation

    Jules Massenet

    The Perlman Sound

    Abbey Road Ensemble

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    4:37
  • 2:46 AM

    Romeo and Juliet

    Johan Svendsen

    Svendsen: Norwegian Rhapsodies

    South Jutland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    12:07
  • 2:39 AM

    Song for Athene

    John Tavener

    Vaughan Williams: Mass In G Minor, And Other A Cappella Works

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chamber Chorus

    Norman Mackenzie, conductor

    6:15
  • 2:11 AM

    Love's Labours Lost Suite

    Gerald Finzi

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    27:01
  • 2:06 AM

    Romance Without Words

    Gabriel Faure

    The Sounds Of Remembered Dreams

    Susan Jolles, harp

    2:40
  • 2:01 AM

    L'incoronazione di Poppea: Pur ti miro

    Claudio Monteverdi

    Axioms: Moments of Truth

    Axiom Quartet

    4:35
  • 1:54 AM

    Romance No. 5

    Johannes Brahms

    Murray Perahia, piano

    3:50
  • 1:20 AM

    Emerson String Quartet

    32:52
  • 1:10 AM

    Adagio amoroso

    Kurt Atterberg

    Camerata Nordica

    Ulf Wallin, conductor

    7:56
  • 1:06 AM

    My Love Is Like a Red Red Rose

    Robert Burns

    Homecoming

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Rory Macdonald, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    3:37
  • 1:01 AM

    Dreams of Love No. 3 (Liebestraum)

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: My Piano Hero

    Lang Lang, piano

    4:51
  • 12:43 AM

    The Good-humored Ladies

    Vincenzo Tommasini

    Concert Arts Orchestra

    Robert Irving, conductor

    14:56
  • 12:43 AM

    The Good-humored Ladies

    Vincenzo Tommasini

    Concert Arts Orchestra

    Robert Irving, conductor

    14:56
  • 12:29 AM

    Three Romances

    Robert Schumann

    Songs of the Reeds

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe

    13:28
  • 12:21 AM

    Samson and Delilah: Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix (My heart at thy sweet voice)

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Golden Opera

    Vienna Orchestra

    Henry Lewis, conductor

    Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano

    6:26
  • 12:11 AM

    Equus

    Eric Whitacre

    Water Night

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Eric Whitacre, conductor

    8:52
  • 12:03 AM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Romance

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart 250 - A Celebration

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Winds

    Colin Davis, conductor

    6:33
  • 11:52 PM

    Four Seasons: Winter

    Antonio Vivaldi

    the four seasons: The Vivaldi Album

    English Chamber Orchestra

    David Lockington, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    8:40
  • 11:49 PM

    Pleasant memories

    Paul Miersch

    American Romantics

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    2:05
  • 11:32 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 11

    George Frideric Handel

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    16:32
  • 11:18 PM

    Symphony No. 4: Andantino

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    12:04
  • 11:06 PM

    Sense and Sensibility: Suite

    Patrick Doyle

    Studio Orchestra

    Robert Ziegler, conductor

    10:54
  • 11:01 PM

    Somewhere in Time: Main Theme

    John Barry

    Cinematic Piano

    Michael Chertock, piano

    2:56
  • 10:25 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2; Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1

    Warsaw Philharmonic

    Stanislaw Wislocki, conductor

    Sviatoslav Richter, piano

    34:36
  • 10:17 PM

    Passacalle

    Andrea Falconieri

    Dances on Moveable Ground

    Ciaramella

    5:27
  • 10:07 PM

    Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria (Cantilena)

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Villa-Lobos: Alma Brasileira

    New World Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    Renee Fleming, soprano

    6:34
  • 10:00 PM

    Villanelle

    Paul Dukas

    Gliere, Saint-Saens, Dukas, Chabrier: Works For Horn

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    6:02
  • 9:43 PM

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    14:28
  • 9:02 PM

    Fair Melusina Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Italian Symphony, Three Overtures

    Bern Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Maag, conductor

    12:04
  • 9:00 PM

    The Love for Three Oranges: March

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Debut

    Sarah Chang, violin

    1:29
  • 6:52 PM

    Cantata No. 49: Sinfonia

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Dialogue Cantatas

    Berlin Baroque Soloists

    Rainer Kussmaul, conductor

    Raphael Alpermann, organ

    6:01
  • 6:22 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos No. 9, K271 & 21, K467

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Mitsuko Uchida, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    28:58
  • 6:15 PM

    Der Rosenkavalier: Trio "Hab mir's gelobt"

    Richard Strauss

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Kathleen Battle, soprano

    Renee Fleming, soprano

    Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano

    6:17
  • 6:10 PM

    An Evening Fragrant with Roses (Erev Shel Shoshanim)

    Josef Hadar

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestral Cellos

    Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, conductor

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    Oliver Janes, clarinet

    2:58
  • 6:06 PM

    Summer Evenings: Under the plane trees

    Bernard Andres

    Soirees d'ete

    Chicago Harp Quartet

    3:27
  • 6:01 PM

    Out of Africa: Love Theme

    John Barry

    Oscar And Tony: Award-Winning Music From The Stage And Screen

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    4:23
  • 5:49 PM

    Drottningholm Suite

    Johan Roman

    Uppsala Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Halstead, conductor

    9:33
  • 5:24 PM

    Czech Suite

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Czech Suite; Legends

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    22:40
  • 5:16 PM

    Concerto for Two Oboes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    Rachel Chaplin, oboe

    Mark Baigent, oboe

    6:30
  • 5:06 PM

    Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

    Aram Khachaturian

    Barber: Adagio, Sibelius: Valse Triste

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    9:49
  • 5:01 PM

    Unst Bridal March

    Traditional

    Barry Douglas, piano

    Catriona McKay, Scottish harp

    Chris Stout, Shetland fiddle

    4:32
  • 4:40 PM

    Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2/Romeo & Juliet

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    18:40
  • 4:19 PM

    Romeo and Juliet: Act II Selections

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet, Op. 64

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    19:21
  • 4:14 PM

    Romeo and Juliet: Ah! je veux vivre (Juliet's waltz song)

    Charles Gounod

    Dreams

    Giuseppe Verdi Orchestra of Milan

    Giacomo Sagripanti, conductor

    Pretty Yende, soprano

    3:31
  • 4:06 PM

    Romeo and Juliet: Queen Mab

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Romeo and Juliet, Les Nuits d'ete

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    7:18
  • 4:01 PM

    I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Capulets and Montagues): Sinfonia

    Vincenzo Bellini

    Orchestra of St. Cecilia

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    4:40
  • 3:41 PM

    Serenade for Strings "Nachtmusik"

    Richard Heuberger

    RIAS Sinfonietta

    Jiri Starek, conductor

    17:30
  • 3:38 PM

    Serenade for Strings "Nachtmusik"

    Richard Heuberger

    RIAS Sinfonietta

    Jiri Starek, conductor

    17:30
  • 3:33 PM

    Love Song for Lucy

    The OK Factor

    Love, The OK Factor

    The OK Factor

    3:42
  • 3:14 PM

    Rhapsody in Blue

    George Gershwin

    Broadway-Lafayette

    MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Kristjan Jarvi, conductor

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    17:42
  • 3:09 PM

    La Boheme: O soave fanciulla

    Giacomo Puccini

    Pavarotti's Opera Made Easy: My Favorite Puccini

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    Mirella Freni, soprano

    4:13
  • 3:02 PM

    La Scala di Seta (Silken Ladder): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures Vol 2 / Benda, Prague Sinfonia

    Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    6:02
  • 2:54 PM

    The Queen of Spades: Russian Dance and Romance

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Queen Of Spades Suite; Voyevoda Suite / Breiner, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    6:09
  • 2:49 PM

    La Vida Breve: Spanish Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Brodsky Quartet

    4:04
  • 2:43 PM

    The Kiss: Lullaby "Hajej, muj andilku"

    Bedrich Smetana

    Guilty Pleasures

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Sebastian Lang-Lessing, conductor

    Renee Fleming, soprano

    4:06
  • 2:34 PM

    Schwanda the Bagpiper: Polka and Fugue

    Jaromir Weinberger

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    8:26
  • 2:29 PM

    O Mistress Mine

    Thomas Morley

    Corona Guitar Quartet

    Corona Guitar Quartet

    3:44
  • 2:17 PM

    Scheherazade: The Young Prince and the Young Princess

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade, Russian Easter Overture

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    Cecylia Arzewski, violin

    10:17
  • 2:10 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1: Minuets

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suites

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Richard Egarr, conductor

    2:56
  • 2:04 PM

    Ruslan and Ludmila: Overture

    Mikhail Glinka

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    5:32
  • 1:54 PM

    Send in the Clowns

    Stephen Sondheim

    Sally Wingert, vocal

    :00
  • 1:49 PM

    Prelude and Fugue No. 7

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Keith Jarrett, piano

    3:11
  • 1:40 PM

    Symphony No. 38 "Prague": Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 38 & 39

    English Baroque Soloists

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    7:50
  • 1:35 PM

    Carmen: La fleur que tu m'avais jetee (Flower Song)

    Georges Bizet

    The #1 Opera Album

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    Placido Domingo, tenor

    3:54
  • 1:23 PM

    Rosen aus dem Suden (Roses from the South) Waltz

    Johann StraussJr.

    2018 New Year's Concerto

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    10:33
  • 1:17 PM

    El Cid: Love Theme

    Miklos Rozsa

    Escape To Paradise: The Hollywood Album

    Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alexander Shelley, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    4:21
  • 1:08 PM

    Covent Garden: Overture

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    London Classical Players

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    4:12
  • 1:04 PM

    Morning Song

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Music for Strings

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    2:52
  • 12:50 PM

    Flower Festival in Genzano: Pas de deux

    Eduard Helsted

    Ballet Gala: Pas De Deux

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    9:04
  • 12:46 PM

    Daisies

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff Transcriptions

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    2:21
  • 12:43 PM

    Les animaux modeles (The Model Animals): The Lion in Love

    Francis Poulenc

    Orchestra of the Society of Conservatory Concerts

    Georges Pretre, conductor

    1:41
  • 12:34 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 2nd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    8:21
  • 12:31 PM

    Curtain Tune on a Ground

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell: Masques

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    2:16
  • 12:25 PM

    Octet: Scherzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Octet in Eb Major

    Cleveland Quartet

    4:28
  • 12:18 PM

    Pavane

    Gabriel Faure

    Jewels of the Classics

    Philharmonia Virtuosi

    Richard Kapp, conductor

    6:14
  • 12:12 PM

    Je te veux (I want you)

    Erik Satie

    Humbert Lucarelli, oboe

    Susan Jolles, harp

    Frank Morelli, bassoon

    4:14
  • 12:04 PM

    String Quartet No. 2: Nocturne

    Alexander Borodin

    Strings by Starlight

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    Felix Slatkin, conductor

    7:39
  • 11:50 AM

    Images for Orchestra: Rondes de printemps (Spring Rounds)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images, etc.

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    8:20
  • 11:47 AM

    Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo

    Pietro Mascagni

    The Last Dance: Music for a Vanishing Era

    I Salonisti

    2:50
  • 11:35 AM

    The Merry Widow: Overture

    Franz Lehar

    Lehar: Overtures and Waltzes

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Mikhail Jurowski, conductor

    9:34
  • 11:19 AM

    Sinfonia No. 5

    Gaspard Fritz

    La Stagione Frankfurt

    Michael Schneider, conductor

    15:53
  • 11:17 AM

    Romantic Pieces: Romance

    Antonin Dvorak

    James Ehnes, violin

    Eduard Laurel, piano

    2:03
  • 11:10 AM

    Serenade No. 9 "Posthorn": 6th movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    5:09
  • 11:06 AM

    Morning Song

    Edward Elgar

    Vaughan Williams; Elgar

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    3:22
  • 11:01 AM

    Scarborough Fair

    Traditional English

    Claire Jones: Royal Harp Strings

    London Mozart Players

    Stuart Morley, conductor

    Claire Jones, harp

    4:49
  • 10:46 AM

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    12:44
  • 10:18 AM

    The Fairy's Kiss: Divertimento

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky: L'Ouiseau de Feu, Pulcinella, Le Baser de la Fee

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yuri Temirkanov, conductor

    25:55
  • 10:12 AM

    Lakme: Flower Duet

    Leo Delibes

    Guilty Pleasures

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Sebastian Lang-Lessing, conductor

    Renee Fleming, soprano

    3:45
  • 10:06 AM

    Romance

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Music for Flute & Harp

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    5:45
  • 10:01 AM

    Fantasia Suite No. 8

    John Jenkins

    Locke Consort

    4:36
  • 9:16 AM

    Rustic Wedding Symphony

    Karl Goldmark

    Goldmark, Enesco

    Utah Symphony Orchestra

    Maurice Abravanel, conductor

    42:23
  • 9:10 AM

    I'll Bid My Heart Be Still

    Rebecca Clarke

    Rebecca Clarke: Portrait of the Viola

    Helen Callus, viola

    3:44
  • 9:06 AM

    Prelude on Rhosymedre

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Soundscapes

    Mississippi Guitar Quartet

    3:59
  • 9:01 AM

    Four Contredances

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Dances and Minuets

    Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

    Hans Graf, conductor

    4:35
  • 8:46 AM

    La Valse

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 - Valses nobles et sentimentales / Gaspard de la nuit

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    12:38
  • 8:19 AM

    String Quartet No. 2 "Intimate Letters"

    Leos Janacek

    Intimate Letters

    Lyris Quartet

    25:34
  • 8:09 AM

    Andante Cantabile

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Romance: Lalo, Tchaikovsky, Casals, etc.

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Antonio Pappano, conductor

    Han-Na Chang, cello

    8:31
  • 8:06 AM

    Das alte Lied

    Henry Love

    Stephen Hough's Dream Album

    Stephen Hough, piano

    2:26
  • 8:01 AM

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Julian Lloyd Webber, conductor

    4:26
  • 7:51 AM

    The Meaning of Water

    Andrew Schultz

    Bolmimerie

    Seven Harp Ensemble

    Alice Giles, conductor

    7:34
  • 7:30 AM

    La Damoiselle Elue (The Blessed Damozel)

    Claude Debussy

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Dawn Upshaw, soprano

    Paula Rasmussen, mezzo-soprano

    20:13
  • 7:25 AM

    Princess Mononoke: Princess Mononoke

    Joe Hisaishi

    Fairy Tale

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:20
  • 7:06 AM

    Sinfonia Concertante

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Salieri, Cimarosa, Stamitz: Double Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Aurele Nicolet, flute

    17:04
  • 7:01 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Andante

    Max Bruch

    Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra

    George Hanson, conductor

    4:34
  • 6:51 AM

    Ballade No. 4

    Johannes Brahms

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    7:31
  • 6:38 AM

    To a Nordic Princess

    Percy Grainger

    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    12:33
  • 6:30 AM

    Asturias (Leyenda)

    Isaac Albeniz

    Reflections of Spain: Spanish Favorites for Guitar

    David Russell, guitar

    6:18
  • 6:01 AM

    Intermezzo for String Trio

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Dohnanyi, Kodaly, Martinu: String Trios

    Domus

    4:43
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