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  • 4:26 AM

    Billy the Kid

    Aaron Copland

    Colorado Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    32:23
  • 4:06 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 30

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Paul Lewis, piano

    17:52
  • 4:01 AM

    The Desert of Roses: 3rd movement

    Robert Moran

    Piano Circus Band

    Craig Smith, conductor

    4:33
  • 3:50 AM

    Suite on Galician Songs: La fiesta

    Enrique Granados

    Granados: Orchestral Works Vol. 1

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Pablo Gonzalez, conductor

    8:37
  • 3:14 AM

    Symphonie Espagnole

    Edouard Lalo

    Lalo; Saint-Saens; Ravel

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Antonio Pappano, conductor

    Maxim Vengerov, violin

    34:26
  • 3:06 AM

    The Spanish Lady: Suite

    Edward Elgar

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    5:49
  • 3:01 AM

    Four Spanish Pieces: Montanesa

    Manuel de Falla

    Javier Perianes, piano

    4:37
  • 2:40 AM

    La Peri (The Fairy)

    Paul Dukas

    Dukas: La Peri, De Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat

    New York Philharmonic

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    19:13
  • 2:40 AM

    La Peri (The Fairy)

    Paul Dukas

    Dukas: La Peri, De Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat

    New York Philharmonic

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    19:13
  • 2:24 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 7

    George Frideric Handel

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    14:12
  • 2:18 AM

    Prelude No. 15 "Raindrop"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: The Complete Preludes

    Vanessa Perez, piano

    5:36
  • 2:13 AM

    Dances in the Canebrakes: Tropical Noon

    Florence Price

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    3:38
  • 2:09 AM

    Dances in the Canebrakes: Silk Hat and Walking Cane

    Florence Price

    Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    3:15
  • 2:07 AM

    Dances in the Canebrakes: Nimble Feet

    Florence Price

    Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    2:34
  • 2:01 AM

    Sextet: Rondo

    Luigi Gatti

    Gatti: Chamber Music

    Calamus Ensemble

    4:44
  • 1:49 AM

    La Belle Helene (Beautiful Helene): Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    8:40
  • 1:41 AM

    La Stravaganza: Violin Concerto No. 9

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Monica Huggett, violin

    7:33
  • 1:23 AM

    Rhapsody in Blue

    George Gershwin

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    16:51
  • 1:06 AM

    In the Fen Country

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Favourites

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    15:26
  • 1:01 AM

    Let My Love Be Heard

    Jake Runestad

    Enchanted Isle

    Voces8

    4:45
  • 12:47 AM

    Second Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Howard Dunn, conductor

    11:20
  • 12:42 AM

    Hen Ferchetan (Old Maid)

    Traditional Welsh

    Avi Avital: Between Worlds

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    3:56
  • 12:16 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 2

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Cello Concertos In C Major & D Major

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jose Luis Garcia, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    24:43
  • 12:06 AM

    La Procession del Rocio

    Joaquin Turina

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    8:19
  • 12:01 AM

    The Overturned Carriages: Overture

    Francois Boieldieu

    Swiss Italian Orchestra

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    4:52
  • 11:55 PM

    Air and Rondo

    Handel

    London Sinfonia

    Nicholas Ward, conductor

    3:32
  • 11:52 PM

    Vladimir Horowitz, piano

    6:21
  • 11:51 PM

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

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    4:33
  • 11:45 PM

    Symphony No. 4: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 4

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    6:16
  • 11:38 PM

    Vladimir Horowitz, piano

    6:21
  • 11:14 PM

    Sleeping Beauty Ballet Suite

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky | Sleeping Beauty & Swan Lake

    Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra

    Aleksander Lazarev, conductor

    23:18
  • 11:08 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Air on the G String

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Encore

    The King's Violins

    Bernard Labadie, conductor

    Nicole Trotier, violin

    4:54
  • 11:02 PM

    Arabesque No. 2

    Claude Debussy

    Claude Debussy Arranged for Ten-String Guitar

    Anders Miolin, guitar

    4:54
  • 10:55 PM

    Namouna: Cigarette Waltz

    Edouard Lalo

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yondani Butt, conductor

    5:31
  • 10:42 PM

    The Red Pony Suite

    Aaron Copland

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    13:12
  • 10:28 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    12:08
  • 10:17 PM

    Il Convegno (The Meeting)

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    The Clarinotts

    Wiener Virtuosen

    9:48
  • 10:12 PM

    Joke Polka (Scherz-Polka)

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Biedermeier Ensemble Vienna

    3:15
  • 10:07 PM

    La verita in cimento (The Truth Contested): Sinfonia

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi

    The King's Violins

    Mathieu Lussier, conductor

    4:44
  • 9:32 PM

    Divertimento No. 6

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    New York Philomusica

    9:15
  • 9:16 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    14:43
  • 9:02 PM

    Double Concerto: 3rd movement

    Ethel Smyth

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Odaline de la Martinez, conductor

    Sophie Langdon, violin

    Richard Watkins, horn

    10:24
  • 8:58 PM

    Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle

    Jacques Offenbach

    Sir Charles' Precious Music Box Ii

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    2:40
  • 8:49 PM

    Gold and Silver Waltz

    Franz Lehar

    Famous Waltzes: Gold und Silber

    Vienna Volksoper Orchestra

    Franz Bauer-Theussl, conductor

    7:51
  • 8:41 PM

    The Coolin

    Traditional Irish

    Celtic Reflections

    Barry Douglas, piano

    7:17
  • 8:14 PM

    Symphony No. 104 "London"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    25:34
  • 8:06 PM

    Trio Sonata No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    London Baroque

    7:20
  • 8:00 PM

    Etude No. 11: for arpeggios

    Claude Debussy

    Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano

    4:39
  • 5:47 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos - Harpsichord and Violin Concertos

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    11:28
  • 5:16 PM

    Symphony No. 3

    Florence Price

    Women's Philharmonic

    Apo Hsu, conductor

    29:20
  • 5:06 PM

    Impromptu No. 4

    Franz Schubert

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    8:06
  • 5:01 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 2: 1st movement

    William Alwyn

    Alwyn: Concerti Grossi Nos. 2 and 3

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    4:36
  • 4:48 PM

    Dance of the Hours

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Opera Intermezzi and Ballet Music

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    10:24
  • 4:33 PM

    In Nature's Realm Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    13:50
  • 4:27 PM

    Prelude

    Gerald Finzi

    Music for Brass Septet, Vol. 6

    Septura

    4:38
  • 4:06 PM

    Three Botticelli Pictures

    Ottorino Respighi

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    19:20
  • 4:01 PM

    The Garden of Eden: Through Eden's Gates

    William Bolcom

    American Grab Bag

    Logan Skelton, piano

    4:33
  • 3:38 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 3-5

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Olli Mustonen, conductor

    Pekka Kuusisto, violin

    20:39
  • 3:27 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection": 2nd movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    9:57
  • 3:20 PM

    Debra Wendells-Cross, flute

    Robert Alemany, clarinet

    JoAnn Falletta, guitar

    6:09
  • 3:06 PM

    Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1

    Georges Enescu

    Enescu: Rhapsodies Roumaines Poeme

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    11:45
  • 3:01 PM

    Symphony: 4th movement

    Johan Zander

    Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    4:44
  • 2:47 PM

    French Suite No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Glenn Gould, piano

    10:57
  • 2:44 PM

    French Suite No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Glenn Gould, piano

    10:57
  • 2:25 PM

    Don Juan

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Don Juan; Death and Transfiguration; Dance of the Seven Veils; Rosenkavelier Suite

    New York Philharmonic

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    17:57
  • 2:06 PM

    Don Quichotte Suite

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    TELEMANN: Don Quixote / La Lyra / Ouverture in D Minor

    Northern Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas Ward, conductor

    17:50
  • 2:03 PM

    Shepherd's Hey

    Percy Grainger

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    2:02
  • 1:32 PM

    Scheherazade: The Sea and Sinbad's Ship

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    10:39
  • 1:25 PM

    German Requiem: Wie lieblich (How lovely are thy dwelling places)

    Johannes Brahms

    MDR Radio Chorus Leipzig

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    4:52
  • 1:17 PM

    The Prisoner: Overture

    Francois Boieldieu/Luigi Cherubini

    Francois-Adrien Boieldieu: Piano Concerto; Six Overtures

    Swiss Italian Orchestra

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    6:39
  • 1:08 PM

    Variations on Arne's "Rule Britannia"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    John Ogdon, piano

    5:59
  • 1:04 PM

    Bagatelles: Allegretto scherzando (1)

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Quartets Opp. 96 & 105

    Takacs Quartet

    Gabor Ormai, harmonium

    2:56
  • 1:04 PM

    Estancia: Malambo

    Alberto Ginastera

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    3:23
  • 12:56 PM

    Alcina: Sta nell'ircana pietrosa tana

    George Frederic Handel

    Les Violons du Roy

    Bernard Labadie, conductor

    Vivica Genaux, mezzo-soprano

    5:00
  • 12:46 PM

    Alcina Overture

    George Frideric Handel

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    7:26
  • 12:39 PM

    Intrada

    Aarre Merikanto

    Aarre Merikanto

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    5:17
  • 12:31 PM

    Prague Sinfonia

    Christian Benda, conductor

    6:40
  • 12:23 PM

    Three Short Pieces

    Jacques Ibert

    Printemps

    Berlin Philharmonic Winds

    6:59
  • 12:20 PM

    Portland Cello Project

    1:37
  • 12:20 PM

    Prague Sinfonia

    Christian Benda, conductor

    6:40
  • 12:15 PM

    Hungarian March

    Hector Berlioz

    Fiedler's Greatest Hits

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    4:11
  • 12:11 PM

    Appalachian Spring: Variations on a Shaker Melody

    Aaron Copland

    American Salute

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    3:04
  • 12:04 PM

    Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter": Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart 250 - A Celebration

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    5:59
  • 11:54 AM

    Colas Breugnon Overture

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    4:46
  • 11:46 AM

    The Prophet: Ballet of the Skaters: Redowa

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    7:05
  • 11:42 AM

    Un Ballo in Maschera (A Masked Ball): Act II Prelude

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi: Overtures and Preludes, Vol. II

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    2:40
  • 11:33 AM

    Sinfonia for Four Trumpets

    Giuseppe Torelli

    The Italian Job

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    7:42
  • 11:28 AM

    Piano Quartet: Scherzo

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann and Brahms Piano Quartets

    Ames Piano Quartet

    3:35
  • 11:20 AM

    Grand Canyon Suite: On the Trail

    Ferde Grofe

    Gershwin: An American in Paris, Porgy and Bess

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    7:53
  • 11:15 AM

    Highland Fancy

    Marcus Dods

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    John Wilson, conductor

    Alaster Bentley, oboe

    3:12
  • 11:10 AM

    Maskarade: Overture

    Carl Nielsen

    Danish National Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    4:21
  • 11:04 AM

    Symphony No. 100 "Military": Minuet

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Seven London Symphonies

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    4:47
  • 10:44 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    John Marsh

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    14:46
  • 10:34 AM

    Il viaggio a Reims (The Journey to Rheims): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: 7 Overtures

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    7:20
  • 10:26 AM

    Don Quixote: Grand Pas de Deux

    Leon Minkus

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    8:07
  • 10:21 AM

    String Quartet No. 4: Scherzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn Op. 44 Nos. 1, 2

    Cecilia String Quartet

    3:58
  • 10:16 AM

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    Samuel Sanders, piano

    3:47
  • 10:06 AM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Potsdam Chamber Academy

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    Shalev Ad-El, harpsichord

    9:34
  • 10:01 AM

    Flute Quartet: Minuet

    Franz Schubert

    New Schubert Works for Flute and Strings

    Martinu Quartet

    Robert Stallman, flute

    4:43
  • 9:49 AM

    Symphony No. 2: Finale

    Otto Nicolai

    Nicolai: 4 Overtures, Symphony in D Major

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacker, conductor

    9:03
  • 9:38 AM

    Concert Waltz No. 2

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Symphony No. 3; Concert Walzes Nos. 1 & 2

    Russian State Symphony Orchestra

    Valery Polyansky, conductor

    9:23
  • 9:28 AM

    Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

    Aram Khachaturian

    Russian Ballet Suites

    Russian National Orchestra

    Alexander Vedernikov, conductor

    9:12
  • 9:10 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 10

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas

    Mari Kodama, piano

    16:30
  • 9:06 AM

    Oregon String Quartet

    3:30
  • 9:01 AM

    Vento Chiaro

    4:33
  • 8:25 AM

    Souvenir of Florence

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations, etc.

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    33:43
  • 8:16 AM

    Introduction No. 5

    Pietro Locatelli

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, conductor

    6:34
  • 8:06 AM

    Mathis der Maler (Mathis the Painter): Angel's Concert

    Paul Hindemith

    Hindemith: Mathis der Maler, Symphonic Metamorphosis

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    9:35
  • 8:01 AM

    Bassoon Concerto: Adagio

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2, Bassoon Concerto

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    Karen Geoghegan, bassoon

    4:45
  • 7:34 AM

    Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra

    Claude Debussy

    DEBUSSY, C.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 7 (Markl) - Fantaisie / 2 Danses / Rhapsodies

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    24:15
  • 7:27 AM

    Vespers: Blessed is the Man

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil

    Phoenix Chorale

    Charles Bruffy, conductor

    6:37
  • 7:06 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 132

    Johann Quantz

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Jorg Faerber, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    19:05
  • 7:01 AM

    Ca'azapa (Popular Paraguayan Song)

    Agustin Barrios

    Intimate Barrios

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    4:36
  • 6:29 AM

    String Quartet

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss, Verdi, Puccini: String Quartets

    Enso String Quartet

    28:55
  • 6:21 AM

    Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 10

    Henry Cowell

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Celia Nicklin, oboe

    6:50
  • 6:06 AM

    Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky

    Anton Arensky

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    14:07
  • 6:01 AM

    Songs of Farewell: There is an old belief

    Hubert Parry

    Septura

    4:40
  • 5:25 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Friedrich Kuhlau

    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Schonwandt, conductor

    Amalie Malling, piano

    33:15
  • 5:10 AM

    Fantasy on French Folk Themes

    Vincent d'Indy

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic

    Jean-Marc Burfin, conductor

    Philippe Cousu, oboe

    13:38
  • 5:06 AM

    Tu es Petrus (Thou art Peter)

    Giovanni Palestrina

    New York Polyphony

    3:06
  • 5:01 AM

    Concert Study

    Felix Godefroid

    Valerie Milot, harp

    4:46
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