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  • 4:22 AM

    Falstaff

    Edward Elgar

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    36:00
  • 4:12 AM

    Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude and Fugue No. 21

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Andras Schiff, piano

    8:59
  • 4:06 AM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor: O susser Mond (Moon chorus)

    Otto Nicolai

    Otto Nicolai: The Merry Wives of Windsor

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Bernhard Klee, conductor

    4:42
  • 4:01 AM

    The Mission: Gabriel's Oboe

    Ennio Morricone

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    4:51
  • 3:54 AM

    Shakespearean Suite

    Medley

    Come, Gentle Night: Music of Shakespeare's World

    Ensemble Galilei

    4:01
  • 3:33 AM

    Shakespeare's Tempest

    John Knowles Paine

    John Knowles Paine: Orchestral Works

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    20:00
  • 3:06 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 17 "The Tempest"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Paul Lewis, piano

    24:31
  • 3:01 AM

    The Tempest: Banquet Dance

    Arthur Sullivan

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:39
  • 2:35 AM

    Symphony No. 33

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 31, 33 & 34

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    23:25
  • 2:29 AM

    Sunburst

    Andrew York

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    4:17
  • 2:19 AM

    The Winter's Tale

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Lars-Erik Larsson: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    10:10
  • 2:11 AM

    O ignis spiritus (O fire of the Paraclete)

    Hildegard von Bingen

    Vox Clamantis

    Jaan-Eik Tulve, conductor

    6:19
  • 2:06 AM

    Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle

    Jacques Offenbach

    Opera Without Words

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    3:34
  • 2:01 AM

    Piano Quintet: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn Trio Eisenstadt

    Martin Brambock, horn

    Dominik Taschler, horn

    4:30
  • 1:46 AM

    Richard III

    Bedrich Smetana

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vaclav Neumann, conductor

    12:58
  • 12:34 AM

    The Merchant of Venice: Suite Anglaise No. 2

    Henri Rabaud

    Rabaud: Orchestral Works

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    7:11
  • 12:23 AM

    Serenade to Music

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    10:38
  • 12:06 AM

    Don Juan

    Richard Strauss

    R Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    15:51
  • 12:01 AM

    VocalEssence 50th anniversary season concert

    59:00
  • 12:01 AM

    The Garden of Eden: Through Eden's Gates

    William Bolcom

    American Grab Bag

    Logan Skelton, piano

    4:33
  • 11:51 PM

    Concerto for Two Flutes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academia Montis Regalis

    Barthold Kuijken, conductor

    Barthold Kuijken, flute

    6:44
  • 11:48 PM

    Concerto for Two Flutes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academia Montis Regalis

    Barthold Kuijken, conductor

    Barthold Kuijken, flute

    6:44
  • 11:38 PM

    Romance No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Violin Concerto; Romance No. 1; Romance No. 2

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    John Pritchard, conductor

    Yehudi Menuhin, violin

    9:12
  • 11:13 PM

    Shakespeare Suite No. 1

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    23:05
  • 11:05 PM

    Danzon Cubano

    Aaron Copland

    New World Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    7:00
  • 10:59 PM

    Concert Suite No. 6: La Poule (The Hen)

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Rameau: Une Symphonie Imaginaire

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    4:31
  • 10:44 PM

    Bartered Bride: Overture, Furiant and Skocna

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: Mein Vaterland

    Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Eliahu Inbal, conductor

    13:27
  • 10:33 PM

    Twelve German Dances

    Franz Schubert

    Bertrand Chamayou, piano

    9:54
  • 10:26 PM

    String Quartet No. 5: 4th movement

    Alexander Glazunov

    Saint Petersburg String Quartet

    6:56
  • 10:16 PM

    Das Liebesverbot (The Ban on Love): Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    8:22
  • 10:13 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 10

    Johannes Brahms

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    1:38
  • 10:06 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 6

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    6:30
  • 10:00 PM

    The Capricious One

    Edward Elgar

    Sarah Chang, violin

    Sandra Rivers, piano

    4:44
  • 9:49 PM

    As You Like It: Suite

    Roger Quilter

    British Light Music: Roger Quilter

    Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    9:17
  • 9:38 PM

    Overture to Shakespeare's "As You Like It"

    John Knowles Paine

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:23
  • 9:24 PM

    Scherzo Capriccioso

    Antonin Dvorak

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    12:41
  • 9:17 PM

    Movement for Clarinet and Strings

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Clarinet Quintets

    Leopold Quartet

    Dieter Klocker, clarinet

    5:50
  • 9:00 PM

    The Fairy Queen: Suite

    Henry Purcell

    New York Chamber Musicians

    Ilonna Pederson, conductor

    13:26
  • 8:52 PM

    Steal Away

    William Dawson

    The Spirituals of William Dawson

    St. Olaf Choir

    Anton Armstrong, conductor

    6:35
  • 8:49 PM

    Clair de Lune

    Gabriel Faure

    Gil Shaham, violin

    Akira Eguchi, piano

    2:58
  • 8:26 PM

    West Side Story: Symphonic Dances

    Leonard Bernstein

    Bernstein: Selections From Candide, West Side Story, On The Waterfront, Fancy Free

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    20:59
  • 8:06 PM

    Romeo and Juliet: Act I Selections

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet, Op. 64

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    18:14
  • 8:00 PM

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

    Vincenzo Bellini

    Orchestra of St. Cecilia

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    4:40
  • 5:54 PM

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Mark O'Connor, violin

    Edgar Meyer, double bass

    4:00
  • 5:36 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 9

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    16:52
  • 5:17 PM

    Hamlet: Ballet Music

    Ambroise Thomas

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    17:16
  • 5:06 PM

    Hamlet Overture

    Niels Gade

    Gade: Symphony No. 1; Echoes of Ossian Overture; Hamlet Overture

    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Dmitri Kitayenko, conductor

    10:03
  • 5:01 PM

    Symphonic Dance No. 1

    Cyril Scott

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    4:40
  • 4:44 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn, Hummel, Etc.: Trumpet Concertos

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    14:38
  • 4:27 PM

    Henry V Suite

    William Walton

    Walton: Belshazzar's Feast; Suite from Henry V

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    15:48
  • 4:23 PM

    Henry V: The Day is Yours

    Patrick Doyle

    Henry V: Original Soundtrack Recording

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    2:35
  • 4:06 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 2

    Zara Levina

    Maria Lettberg, piano

    15:06
  • 4:01 PM

    Peer Gynt: Arabian Dance

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 And 2

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    4:55
  • 3:45 PM

    Concerto for Oboe and Violin

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Hilary Hahn: Bach Violin Concertos

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Kahane, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    13:01
  • 3:35 PM

    Otello: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures, Vol. 2

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    7:57
  • 3:21 PM

    Othello Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    13:40
  • 3:16 PM

    Otello: Ave Maria

    Giuseppe Verdi

    The Ultimate Divas Album

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    Renee Fleming, soprano

    4:55
  • 3:06 PM

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    8:07
  • 3:01 PM

    Trumpet Concerto: 2nd movement

    Franz Richter

    Trumpet Concertos

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Elgar Howarth, conductor

    Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet

    4:52
  • 2:48 PM

    King Lear Overture

    Mily Balakirev

    Balakirev: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2, etc.

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vassily Sinaisky, conductor

    10:39
  • 2:47 PM

    King Lear Overture

    Mily Balakirev

    Balakirev: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2, etc.

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vassily Sinaisky, conductor

    10:39
  • 2:43 PM

    Raindrop Polka

    Johann StraussJr.

    Johann Strauss

    King's Singers

    3:37
  • 2:34 PM

    Omphale's Spinning Wheel

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Marc Soustrot, conductor

    8:03
  • 2:34 PM

    Raindrop Polka

    Johann StraussJr.

    Johann Strauss

    King's Singers

    3:37
  • 2:05 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 19

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos 18, K456 & 19, K459

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Mitsuko Uchida, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    28:25
  • 1:59 PM

    King Lear: Overture and Fanfare

    Claude Debussy

    Radio Luxembourg Orchestra

    Louis de Froment, conductor

    4:38
  • 1:54 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Ye Spotted Snakes

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Otto Klemperer, conductor

    Heather Harper, soprano

    4:14
  • 1:44 PM

    String Quintet No. 1: 4th movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Octet; Quintet No. 1

    Hausmusik

    6:24
  • 1:39 PM

    Macbeth: Tre volte miagola (Witches Scene)

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi: Choruses

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    4:02
  • 1:32 PM

    A Voluntary, for My Lady Nevell

    William Byrd

    c. 1300-c. 2000

    Jeremy Denk, piano

    3:36
  • 1:21 PM

    William Shakespeare Overture

    Friedrich Kuhlau

    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Schonwandt, conductor

    9:59
  • 1:18 PM

    The Tic-Toc-Choc (or the mallets)

    Francois Couperin

    Home

    Elizabeth Hainen, harp

    1:59
  • 1:08 PM

    Aranjuez Concerto: 1st movement

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Villa-Lobos: Concerto for Guitar, Five Preludes

    Monteverdi Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    Julian Bream, guitar

    5:55
  • 1:04 PM

    Symphony No. 85 "The Queen": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 85 & 86

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    3:04
  • 12:52 PM

    Solemn March for Shakespeare Celebration

    Bedrich Smetana

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vaclav Neumann, conductor

    6:58
  • 12:47 PM

    Indian Queen: Trumpet Overture

    Henry Purcell

    Baroque Music for Trumpet

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    3:29
  • 12:36 PM

    Carnival Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 3, etc.

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:59
  • 12:33 PM

    Straw Hat Dance

    Du Mingxin

    Lang Lang, piano

    1:59
  • 12:29 PM

    The Merchant of Venice: Suite: Finale

    Arthur Sullivan

    Ruddigore

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Vivian Dunn, conductor

    3:16
  • 12:24 PM

    The Merchant of Venice: Suite: A la Valse

    Arthur Sullivan

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Vivian Dunn, conductor

    4:55
  • 12:15 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies 1 & 4

    Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

    8:19
  • 12:07 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Concerts Brandebourgeois Nos. 2, 5, 6

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    6:14
  • 12:04 PM

    Carmen: Aragonaise

    Georges Bizet

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

    French National Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    2:25
  • 11:51 AM

    Taming of the Shrew Overture

    Hermann Goetz

    Goetz: Orchestral Works, Concertos

    Hannover Radio Philharmonic Orchestra

    Werner Andreas Albert, conductor

    5:49
  • 11:46 AM

    Slava

    Leonard Bernstein

    Leonard Bernstein: Marin Alsop The Complete Naxos Recordings

    Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    4:10
  • 11:41 AM

    Impromptu No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Shai Wosner, piano

    3:40
  • 11:36 AM

    Handel in the Strand

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger Edition Vol. 6: Orchestral Works

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:03
  • 11:30 AM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    The Four Seasons: A Musical Calendar Of Favorite Classics

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Kubelik, conductor

    4:43
  • 11:22 AM

    L'Estro Armonico: Concerto No. 6 for Violin

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Brecon Baroque

    Rachel Podger, violin

    7:14
  • 11:18 AM

    Serenade for Winds: 2nd movement

    Emil Hartmann

    Consortium Classicum

    3:29
  • 11:08 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 3: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Four Horn Concertos

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Janos Rolla, conductor

    Dale Clevenger, horn

    8:02
  • 11:04 AM

    Three Latin-American Sketches: Dance from Jalisco

    Aaron Copland

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    3:25
  • 10:50 AM

    Invitation to the Dance

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Karajan Conducts Orchestral Favorites I

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    8:35
  • 10:44 AM

    Cleopatra: Antony and Cleopatra

    Alex North

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    3:58
  • 10:33 AM

    Concerto for Two Oboes

    Tomaso Albinoni

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    Gail Hennessy, oboe

    Rachel Chaplin, oboe

    11:00
  • 10:27 AM

    Perpetuum mobile

    Simon Jeffes

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    4:29
  • 10:19 AM

    String Quartet No. 67: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: String Quartets Opp. 77 &103

    Takacs Quartet

    7:32
  • 10:06 AM

    Norwegian Dances Nos. 2-4

    Edvard Grieg

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    11:40
  • 10:01 AM

    Three Etudes

    Fernando Sor

    Sor: 24 Progressive Etudes; 6 Little Pieces

    Norbert Kraft, guitar

    4:42
  • 9:49 AM

    Cantilena and Finale

    Carlos Guastavino

    "Impresiones"

    Camerata Bariloche

    9:43
  • 9:31 AM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Ramin Bahrami, piano

    15:30
  • 9:27 AM

    Out of Africa: I Had a Farm in Africa

    John Barry

    Cinema

    Brussels Philharmonic

    Stephane Deneve, conductor

    Renaud Capucon, violin

    3:31
  • 9:06 AM

    Macbeth

    Richard Strauss

    Kempe Conducts Richard Strauss - 3

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Rudolf Kempe, conductor

    19:35
  • 9:01 AM

    Sarabanda

    Nino Rota

    Elisabeth Plank, harp

    4:51
  • 8:31 AM

    Love's Labours Lost Suite

    Gerald Finzi

    Finzi: Suite From "Love's Labours Lost", Clarinet Concerto, Prelude, Romance

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    27:02
  • 8:06 AM

    Nelson Freire, piano

    23:10
  • 8:01 AM

    Connemara Suite: Evening Ceili

    Bill Whelan

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    David Jones, conductor

    4:46
  • 7:38 AM

    Sextet for Winds

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Consortium Classicum

    20:05
  • 7:21 AM

    Romeo and Juliet: Love Scene

    Hector Berlioz

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    16:41
  • 7:06 AM

    Suite No. 7

    Kurt Atterberg

    ATTERBERG: Sinfonia for Strings

    Camerata Nordica

    Ulf Wallin, conductor

    13:13
  • 7:01 AM

    Four Preludes for Guitar

    Manuel Ponce

    Victoria Drake, harp

    4:45
  • 6:50 AM

    La Tempete (The Tempest)

    Ernest Chausson

    Chausson: Symphony in B flat, Op. 20; Soir de Fete, Op. 32; The Tempest, Op. 18: Two Scenes

    Belgian Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    8:13
  • 6:40 AM

    Four Shakespeare Songs

    Erich Korngold

    Rendevous with Korngold: Songs and Chamber Music

    Anne Sofie von Otter, alto

    9:43
  • 6:18 AM

    La Peri (The Fairy)

    Paul Dukas

    French National Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    20:13
  • 6:06 AM

    Sonata No. 3

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini String Sonatas

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    (Selected members), conductor

    11:09
  • 6:01 AM

    Cello Suite No. 5: Gavottes

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Christopher Parkening, guitar

    4:46
  • 5:30 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Edouard Lalo

    French Cello Concertos

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Scott Yoo, conductor

    Hee-Young Lim, cello

    28:12
  • 5:27 AM

    An Sylvia (Who is Sylvia?)

    Franz Schubert

    Bryn Terfel, baritone

    Malcolm Martineau, piano

    2:39
  • 5:06 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Night in the Tropics"

    Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    Utah Symphony Orchestra

    Maurice Abravanel, conductor

    18:57
  • 5:01 AM

    Octet: 3rd movement

    Jean Francaix

    Gaudier Ensemble

    4:49
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