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  • 4:24 AM

    String Quartet No. 2

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: String Quartets and Sextet

    Ying String Quartet

    34:01
  • 4:11 AM

    Fall of the Leaf (Elegy for Orchestra)

    Gerald Finzi

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    10:57
  • 4:06 AM

    The Monaghan Jig; The Kid on the Mountain

    Traditional Irish

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    4:53
  • 4:01 AM

    Star Sonnet

    Daniel Elder

    Westminster Choir College

    Joe Miller, conductor

    4:49
  • 3:51 AM

    Lullaby and Doina

    Osvaldo Golijov

    Plain Song, Fantastic Dances

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    7:37
  • 3:23 AM

    Nights

    Florent Schmitt

    Florent Schmitt: Symphonie Concertante, Reves, Soirs

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Robertson, conductor

    26:36
  • 3:18 AM

    Nachtstuck

    Franz Schubert

    L'arpa notturna

    Elisabeth Plank, harp

    4:49
  • 3:06 AM

    Swan of Tuonela

    Jean Sibelius

    Reveries

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    Marni Hougham, English horn

    9:32
  • 3:01 AM

    Four Taiwanese Folk Songs: Rain Night Flower

    Wei-Chieh Lin

    Formosa Quartet

    4:22
  • 2:56 AM

    Cradle Song (Berceuse)

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Lyric Pieces

    Stephen Hough, piano

    2:29
  • 2:53 AM

    Lyric Pieces: Homeward

    Edvard Grieg

    Stephen Hough, piano

    3:01
  • 2:51 AM

    Lyric Pieces: At the Cradle

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Lyric Pieces

    Emil Gilels, piano

    3:17
  • 2:50 AM

    Nocturne

    Edvard Grieg

    Night Stories

    Jenny Lin, piano

    3:56
  • 12:45 AM

    Toccata

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Dances of Spain and Argentina

    Minneapolis Guitar Quartet

    12:47
  • 12:26 AM

    Variations on a Theme by Haydn "St. Antoni Chorale"

    Johannes Brahms

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    17:30
  • 12:12 AM

    Pastoral Suite

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    12:22
  • 12:06 AM

    Three Piano Pieces: Wiegenlied

    Zara Levina

    Maria Lettberg, piano

    5:22
  • 12:01 AM

    Pavane and Gigue

    William Byrd

    Stokowski's Symphonic Baroque

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    4:43
  • 11:56 PM

    Grandmother's Minuet

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Lyric Pieces

    Emil Gilels, piano

    2:06
  • 11:48 PM

    Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Plays Strauss 1929 - 1990

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Wilhelm Furtwangler, conductor

    9:27
  • 11:33 PM

    Symphony no. 61

    Haydn

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Schwatz, conductor

    22:52
  • 11:33 PM

    Scherzando No. 4

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn Ensemble Berlin

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    7:54
  • 11:11 PM

    Capriccio Espagnol

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade; Capriccio Espagnol

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    15:03
  • 11:03 PM

    Gymnopedie Nos. 1-3

    Erik Satie

    The Artistry

    7:00
  • 11:01 PM

    Old Irish Blessing

    Paul Brandvik

    European Souvenir

    Bemidji Choir

    Paul Brandvik, conductor

    1:13
  • 10:59 PM

    Danny Boy (Irish Tune from County Derry)

    Traditional Irish

    Westminster Choir at Spoleto Festival U.S.A.

    Westminster Choir

    Joseph Flummerfelt, conductor

    2:35
  • 10:54 PM

    The King and I: Hello, Young Lovers

    Richard Rodgers

    Stephen Hough, piano

    2:23
  • 10:47 PM

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Bela Bartok

    Danses Nobles et Sentimentales

    Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin

    6:23
  • 10:34 PM

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    12:13
  • 10:28 PM

    Barbara Allen

    Traditional

    Andreas Scholl: Wayfaring Stranger

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    5:25
  • 10:19 PM

    Deep Summer Music

    Libby Larsen

    Colorado Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    7:16
  • 10:06 PM

    William Tell: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Italian Overtures

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    11:03
  • 10:02 PM

    Fanfare for the Common Man

    Aaron Copland

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Aaron Copland, conductor

    3:15
  • 9:57 PM

    Arabesque No. 2

    Claude Debussy

    Richard Stoltzman, clarinet

    Nancy Allen, harp

    3:30
  • 9:52 PM

    Arabesque No. 1

    Claude Debussy

    Piano Classics: Popular Works for Solo Piano

    John O'Conor, piano

    4:37
  • 9:49 PM

    Norma: Casta diva

    Vincenzo Bellini

    100 Best Classics

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Tullio Serafin, conductor

    Maria Callas, soprano

    5:36
  • 9:23 PM

    Wind Quintet

    Carl Nielsen

    Bergen Wind Quintet

    25:54
  • 9:15 PM

    Winter in Buenos Aires (Invierno Porteno)

    Astor Piazzolla

    Eight Seasons

    Kremerata Baltica

    Gidon Kremer, conductor

    6:40
  • 9:00 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: 2nd movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    50 Best Relaxing Piano

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    11:56
  • 8:26 PM

    The Tic-Toc-Choc (or the mallets)

    Francois Couperin

    Couperin: Keyboard Music

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    2:06
  • 8:12 PM

    Pohjola's Daughter

    Jean Sibelius

    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    14:18
  • 8:05 PM

    Greensleeves to a Ground

    Anonymous

    Daniel Hope: Air

    Daniel Hope, violin

    4:41
  • 8:00 PM

    Danny Boy

    Traditional Irish

    Perpetual Twilight

    The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin

    Desmond Earley, conductor

    4:18
  • 5:26 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring"

    Robert Schumann

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    31:04
  • 5:15 PM

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    9:06
  • 5:05 PM

    Variations on "I Got Rhythm"

    George Gershwin

    George Gershwin: Complete Music For Piano And Orchestra

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Justin Brown, conductor

    Anne-Marie McDermott, piano

    8:40
  • 4:57 PM

    Concerto for 7 Trumpets and Timpani

    Johann Altenburg

    Trumpet Concertos and Fanfares

    Wallace Collection

    John Wallace, conductor

    6:06
  • 4:48 PM

    Concerto Koln

    8:01
  • 4:43 PM

    Shenandoah

    Traditional

    The Music of King's

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    Stephen Cleobury, conductor

    3:25
  • 4:05 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 5, "Emperor"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Jeremy Denk, piano

    :00
  • 3:59 PM

    Basse Danse

    Thoinot Arbeau

    Broadside Band

    4:33
  • 3:43 PM

    Comedy Overture

    Hamilton Harty

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    14:12
  • 3:30 PM

    Symphony No. 12

    Georg Anton Benda

    Benda: Sinfonias Nos. 7-12

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    11:28
  • 3:13 PM

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 2

    Edvard Grieg

    Minnesota Orchestra At One Hundred

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    15:26
  • 3:10 PM

    Chorale Prelude No. 4: My heart abounds with pleasure

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms on Brass

    Canadian Brass

    2:09
  • 2:59 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 50

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    9:30
  • 2:45 PM

    Pierrot of the Minute: Comedy Overture

    Granville Bantock

    Bridge, Bantock & Butterworth

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    11:03
  • 2:18 PM

    Symphony

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Symphonies 2

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Marc Soustrot, conductor

    26:17
  • 2:15 PM

    Tambourin

    Francois-Joseph Gossec

    Air: Works for Recorder and Guitar

    Michala Petri, recorder

    1:23
  • 2:09 PM

    Bartered Bride: Dance of the Comedians

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: The Bartered Bride & From My Life

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    5:39
  • 2:05 PM

    Dolly Suite: Kitty-Valse

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Pelleas Et Melisande, Dolly Suite, Etc

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    3:09
  • 1:39 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 8 "Pathetique": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas 8, 15, 27 & 30

    Jonathan Biss, piano

    4:23
  • 1:32 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 1, Sinfonia Concertante, etc.

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    6:07
  • 1:29 PM

    Prelude on "My Love's an Arbutus"

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Genetic Harps

    Gretchen Van Hoesen, harp

    2:00
  • 1:21 PM

    Rodeo: Buckaroo Holiday

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Billy The Kid; Rodeo Etc.

    Colorado Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    7:09
  • 1:17 PM

    Five O'Clock Foxtrot

    Maurice Ravel

    Sabre Dance

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Sergiu Comissiona, conductor

    2:23
  • 1:13 PM

    Etude No. 9 "Butterfly"

    Frederic Chopin

    Murray Perahia, piano

    1:00
  • 1:12 PM

    Etude No. 8 "Sixths"

    Frederic Chopin

    Murray Perahia, piano

    1:08
  • 1:10 PM

    Etude No. 6 "Thirds"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes Opus 10, Op. 25

    Murray Perahia, piano

    1:54
  • 1:04 PM

    Eugene Onegin: Polonaise

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Excerpts from Nutcracker, Swan Lake

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    4:46
  • 12:53 PM

    Namouna: Cigarette Waltz

    Edouard Lalo

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Robertson, conductor

    6:15
  • 12:48 PM

    Symphony No. 88: Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn Symphonies 88, 90 & 92

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    3:57
  • 12:43 PM

    I Wish It So

    Marc Blitzstein

    I Wish It So

    Dawn Upshaw, soprano

    3:21
  • 12:39 PM

    Memories of a Child's Sunday: Bells

    Roy Harris

    Albany Symphony Orchestra

    David Alan Miller, conductor

    3:19
  • 12:32 PM

    Serenade No. 2: Rondo

    Johannes Brahms

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    5:58
  • 12:19 PM

    Serenade for Strings

    Edward Elgar

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    12:32
  • 12:15 PM

    Mock Morris

    Percy Grainger

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    3:18
  • 12:07 PM

    Three Preludes

    George Gershwin

    Joshua Bell, violin

    John Williams, piano

    6:50
  • 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
  • 11:51 AM

    Rondo for Violin and Orchestra

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 And 2

    Capella Istropolitana

    Johannes Wildner, conductor

    Takako Nishizaki, violin

    7:41
  • 11:48 AM

    Scenes from Childhoold: Dreaming

    Robert Schumann

    Mieczyslaw Horszowski, piano

    :00
  • 11:43 AM

    Piano Trio No. 1: 3rd mvt

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Horszowski Trio

    :00
  • 11:35 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Titan": 2nd movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    7:12
  • 11:30 AM

    Out of Africa: Theme

    John Barry

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:47
  • 11:24 AM

    Serenade for Flute, Violin and Viola: 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven in New York

    Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

    5:01
  • 11:16 AM

    Symphony No. 1: 2nd movement

    Adolf Lindblad

    Uppsala Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Korsten, conductor

    7:08
  • 11:07 AM

    Alborada del Gracioso (Morning Song of the Jester)

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Bolero, Rapsodie Espagnole etc.

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Ernest Ansermet, conductor

    6:57
  • 11:04 AM

    Hesperion XX

    Jordi Savall, conductor

    2:42
  • 10:53 AM

    Polonaise for Violin and Strings

    Franz Schubert

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Thomas Zehetmair, conductor

    Thomas Zehetmair, violin

    5:36
  • 10:41 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Grand Pas de Deux

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    10:11
  • 10:38 AM

    Hungarian Dance No. 7

    Johannes Brahms

    Duo Turgeon

    1:53
  • 10:26 AM

    String Symphony No. 6

    Felix Mendelssohn

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    12:15
  • 10:22 AM

    I Walked out on a Summer's Day

    Emil Reesen

    Emil Reesen: Orchestral Works

    Aalborg Symphony Orchestra

    Bo Holten, conductor

    2:46
  • 10:18 AM

    Bagatelles: Allegretto scherzando (3)

    Antonin Dvorak

    Takacs Quartet

    Gabor Ormai, harmonium

    3:01
  • 10:06 AM

    Symphony No. 14

    William Herschel

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    11:19
  • 10:01 AM

    Quintet for Glass and Strings: Brisk

    Garry Eister

    Cristal: Glass Music Through The Ages

    Emerson String Quartet

    Dennis James, Armonica

    4:53
  • 9:44 AM

    The Plain (La Vega)

    Isaac Albeniz

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Elmer Bernstein, conductor

    Christopher Parkening, guitar

    14:12
  • 9:26 AM

    Suite for Strings

    Arthur Foote

    American Stringbook

    do.gma chamber orchestra

    Mikhail Gurewitsch, conductor

    16:08
  • 9:16 AM

    Oboe Concerto No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    David Reichenberg, oboe

    7:58
  • 9:06 AM

    Memories of the Straw Brook Waltz

    Joseph Lanner

    Vienna String Ensemble

    9:35
  • 9:01 AM

    The Upas Tree

    Anton Arensky

    Ravishingly Russian

    Houston Chamber Choir

    Robert Simpson, conductor

    4:45
  • 8:28 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 18

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos 18 & 22

    Northern Sinfonia

    Imogen Cooper, conductor

    Imogen Cooper, piano

    30:11
  • 8:17 AM

    Norwegian Rhapsody No. 1

    Johan Svendsen

    South Jutland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    9:09
  • 8:07 AM

    Tzigane

    Maurice Ravel

    Midori Live At Carnegie Hall

    Midori, violin

    10:36
  • 8:01 AM

    Hopkinson Smith, lute

    4:30
  • 7:26 AM

    Symphony No. 8

    Ferdinand Ries

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    32:36
  • 7:20 AM

    Violin Partita No. 3: Loure

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Partitas Nos. 2 and 3; Sonata No. 3

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    4:48
  • 7:06 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 4

    Pieter Hellendaal

    Combattimento Consort Amsterdam

    Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor

    12:40
  • 7:01 AM

    On Distant Waves (Sur les flots lointains)

    Charles Koechlin

    Koechlin: Le boisson ardent; Sur les flots lointains

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:46
  • 6:38 AM

    Gaspard de la Nuit

    Maurice Ravel

    Chopin, Liszt, Ravel

    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    20:20
  • 6:32 AM

    London Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    5:18
  • 6:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Cleveland Quartet

    23:42
  • 6:01 AM

    Irmelin Prelude

    Frederick Delius

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:46
  • 5:29 AM

    Ruin and Memory

    Howard Shore

    China Philharmonic Orchestra

    Long Yu, conductor

    Lang Lang, piano

    29:49
  • 5:24 AM

    Rumores de la Caleta (Murmurs from the Bay)

    Isaac Albeniz

    Turibio Santos, guitar

    4:01
  • 5:11 AM

    Summer Music

    Samuel Barber

    Barber: Chamber Music

    Jeanne Baxtresser, flute

    11:32
  • 5:06 AM

    La Source (The Spring)

    Alphonse Hasselmans

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    3:47
  • 5:01 AM

    Music for Symphony Orchestra: Andante

    Yasushi Akutagawa

    Japanese Orchestral Favourites

    Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra

    Ryusuke Numajiri, conductor

    4:42
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