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  • 4:33 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Complete Piano Concertos

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    25:40
  • 4:28 AM

    Louise Dubin, cello

    Julia Bruskin, cello

    3:53
  • 4:10 AM

    Philomena: Suite

    Alexandre Desplat

    Philomena: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    Alexandre Desplat, conductor

    16:06
  • 4:06 AM

    Danse noble

    Emile Paladilhe

    Illuminations

    Chamber Music Palm Beach

    3:41
  • 4:01 AM

    Six Short Pieces: selections

    Henriette Renie

    La Harpe Consolatrice

    Kyunghee Kim-Sutre, harp

    4:47
  • 3:44 AM

    Little Suite

    Carl Nielsen

    Grieg; Nielsen; Sibelius; Wiren

    Guildhall Strings

    14:44
  • 3:11 AM

    Fairy Tale

    Josef Suk

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    30:28
  • 3:06 AM

    Romance for Cello and Piano

    Gabriel Faure

    Themes and Variations

    Guy Johnston, cello

    3:38
  • 3:01 AM

    Lute Suite No. 3: Allemande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Vol. 1: Works for Lute

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    4:41
  • 2:53 AM

    Draw on, sweet night

    John Wilbye

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    4:57
  • 2:50 AM

    Vocalise

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Romances for Saxophone

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Branford Marsalis, saxophone

    5:57
  • 2:44 AM

    Nocturne No. 12

    Frederic Chopin

    The Chopin Collection: The Nocturnes

    Artur Rubinstein, piano

    6:54
  • 12:53 AM

    Piva and Canario

    Johannes Kapsberger

    Alla Luce: Music of Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger

    Chatham Baroque

    5:34
  • 12:20 AM

    Enigma Variations

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Cello Concerto

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yehudi Menuhin, conductor

    31:29
  • 12:16 AM

    Minuet on the Name of Haydn

    Maurice Ravel

    Tesla Quartet

    1:54
  • 12:06 AM

    Introduction and Polonaise

    Frederic Chopin

    Murasaki Duo

    9:19
  • 12:01 AM

    Wallom Green/Curtain Tune

    John Playford/Henry Purcell

    Barokksolistene

    Bjarte Eike, violin

    4:40
  • 11:47 PM

    Symphony No. 4 "Romantic": 3rd movement

    Anton Bruckner

    Bruckner: Symphony No. 4; Wagner: Lohengrin Prelude

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Andris Nelsons, conductor

    10:48
  • 11:27 PM

    String Quartet No. 5

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The String Quartets

    Emerson String Quartet

    26:25
  • 11:21 PM

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

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Perchance To Dream: A Lullaby Album For Children And Adults

    Carol Rosenberger, piano

    5:53
  • 11:15 PM

    My Wife Is a Most Knowing Woman

    Stephen Foster

    American Dreamer: Songs of Stephen Foster

    Thomas Hampson, baritone

    3:49
  • 11:05 PM

    Field of Dreams: The Place Where Dreams Come True

    James Horner

    Studio Orchestra

    James Horner, conductor

    9:07
  • 10:59 PM

    Song of Jean Racine (Cantique de Jean Racine)

    Gabriel Faure

    Chants sacres et profanes

    Tafelmusik Chamber Choir

    Ivars Taurins, conductor

    4:47
  • 10:49 PM

    The Planets: Jupiter

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    8:29
  • 10:40 PM

    Trio Sonata No. 2

    Jean Barriere

    Barriere: Cello sonatas

    Ivan Monighetti, cello

    8:58
  • 10:32 PM

    O Magnum Mysterium (O Great Mystery)

    Morten Lauridsen

    Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    6:32
  • 10:05 PM

    Symphony on a French Mountain Air

    Vincent d'Indy

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Munch, conductor

    Nicole Henriot-Schweitzer, piano

    25:17
  • 10:03 PM

    Rigoletto: Questa o quella

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Pavarotti's Greatest Hits

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    Luciano Pavarotti, tenor

    1:49
  • 9:58 PM

    Children's Corner: Golliwogg's Cakewalk

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images; Estampes; Children's Corner; Masques

    Steven Osborne, piano

    2:46
  • 9:54 PM

    Karelia Suite: Alla Marcia

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Karelia and Kuolema (complete versions)

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    4:07
  • 9:47 PM

    On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

    Frederick Delius

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    5:53
  • 9:39 PM

    Agnus Dei

    Samuel Barber

    Enchanted Isle

    Voces8

    7:38
  • 9:32 PM

    The Days (I giorni)

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Spheres

    German Chamber Orchestra Berlin

    Simon Halsey, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    5:38
  • 9:25 PM

    Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle

    Jacques Offenbach

    Souvenirs

    Prague Philharmonia

    Emmanuel Villaume, conductor

    Anna Netrebko, soprano

    3:42
  • 9:15 PM

    Allegro for Strings

    Douglas Lilburn

    Lilburn: Landfall In Unknown Seas, Diversions For String Orchestra

    New Zealand Chamber Orchestra

    10:06
  • 9:03 PM

    The Bells of St. Genevieve

    Marin Marais

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    7:51
  • 8:57 PM

    Madame Butterfly: Un bel di vedremo (One fine day)

    Giacomo Puccini

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Edward Downes, conductor

    Leontyne Price, soprano

    4:58
  • 8:48 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Organ": 4th movement

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    Virgil Fox, organ

    7:48
  • 8:43 PM

    Time For Three

    Jake Shimabukuro, ukulele

    Mathias Kunzli, percussion

    3:59
  • 8:39 PM

    Lotus Eaters

    Andrew York

    Air and Ground

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:27
  • 8:35 PM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Gran Partita

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    3:22
  • 8:25 PM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Theme and Variations

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Gran Partita

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    9:44
  • 8:18 PM

    From Light to Light: Water

    J. Aaron McDermid

    From Light to Light

    National Lutheran Choir

    David Cherwien, conductor

    5:17
  • 8:03 PM

    Le Journal de Printemps Suite No. 8

    Johann Fischer

    L'Orfeo Baroque Orchestra

    Michi Gaigg, conductor

    13:11
  • 8:00 PM

    Country Gardens

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger 'Country Gardens' and other Piano Favourites

    Martin Jones, piano

    1:59
  • 5:41 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet/Serebrier: Carmen Symphony

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    16:51
  • 5:24 PM

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    17:17
  • 5:17 PM

    Prelude No. 3

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Thibaut Garcia, guitar

    5:35
  • 5:07 PM

    Corsair: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    French Showpieces

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    8:05
  • 5:00 PM

    Colonial Song

    Percy Grainger

    Lincolnshire Posy

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    6:11
  • 4:39 PM

    The Wise Virgins Ballet Suite

    William Walton

    Walton: The Quest; The Wise Virgins

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    19:41
  • 4:34 PM

    Consolation No. 3

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Harmonies du Sor

    Nelson Freire, piano

    4:16
  • 4:15 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain"

    Alan Hovhaness

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    17:00
  • 3:59 PM

    Duettino

    Jan Dussek

    Gretchen Van Hoesen, harp

    Heidi van Hoesen Gorton, harp

    4:42
  • 3:47 PM

    Symphony No. 19

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    10:38
  • 3:40 PM

    Serenade No. 1: Rondo

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Serenade No. 1, etc.

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    5:27
  • 3:26 PM

    Romantic Pieces

    Antonin Dvorak

    Enescu Dvorak Schumann

    Caroline Goulding, violin

    13:13
  • 3:07 PM

    An American in Paris

    George Gershwin

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    17:37
  • 2:59 PM

    The Boatswain's Mate: Overture

    Ethel Smyth

    Overtures from the British Isles Volume 2

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    6:07
  • 2:53 PM

    Fantasy-Impromptu

    Frederic Chopin

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    4:52
  • 2:35 PM

    Eine kleine Nachtmusik

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    James Galway plays Mozart

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    James Galway, conductor

    16:39
  • 2:17 PM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Aaron Copland

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    Janet Hilton, clarinet

    17:14
  • 2:13 PM

    For the Beauty of the Earth

    Conrad Kocher

    Compositions by Paul Rudoi

    Cantus

    3:08
  • 2:08 PM

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Elgar: Introduction and Allegro, etc; Vaughan Williams

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    4:30
  • 1:59 PM

    Concerto for Two Trumpets

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Trumpet Concertos

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    Bibi Black, trumpet

    7:52
  • 1:51 PM

    Crown Imperial

    William Walton

    Walton: Belshazzar's Feast/ Henry V Suite

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    6:51
  • 1:48 PM

    Etude No. 8

    Frederic Chopin

    Louis Lortie, piano

    2:19
  • 1:43 PM

    Four Scottish Dances: Allegretto

    Malcolm Arnold

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    3:26
  • 1:32 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1: Overture

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suites

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Richard Egarr, conductor

    9:40
  • 1:27 PM

    Ave Maria

    Charles Gounod

    Christmas Favorites

    Rachel Van Voorhees, harp

    3:44
  • 1:21 PM

    David Starobin, guitar

    Amalia Hall, violin

    4:53
  • 1:12 PM

    Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Liszt - Solti

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    6:23
  • 1:04 PM

    Liebesfreud (Love's Joy)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Yevgeny Sudbin, piano

    6:42
  • 12:48 PM

    Symphony: 1st movement

    Georges Bizet

    French National Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    10:20
  • 12:46 PM

    Flight of the Bumblebee

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Canadian Brass

    1:22
  • 12:37 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 1st movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphony No. 5

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    7:15
  • 12:33 PM

    Serenade No. 7 "Haffner": 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenades 5 & 6

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    3:35
  • 12:29 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1: Gagliarda

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:26
  • 12:26 PM

    Four Dances: Gigue

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Music for Wind Quintet, Vol. 2

    Athena Ensemble

    1:59
  • 12:20 PM

    Enigma Variations: Nimrod

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Enigma Variations, Cockaigne & Froissart Overtures

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    5:04
  • 12:16 PM

    Mysterious Barricades

    Francois Couperin

    Couperin: Keyboard Music

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    2:26
  • 12:07 PM

    Italian Serenade

    Hugo Wolf

    The Emerson Encores

    Emerson String Quartet

    7:04
  • 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
  • 11:48 AM

    Concerto for Violin and Organ

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Music for the Chapel of the Pieta

    La Serenissima

    10:08
  • 11:45 AM

    Scaramouche: Brazileira

    Darius Milhaud

    Milhaud: Creation du Monde, and other works

    Ian Hobson, piano

    2:37
  • 11:38 AM

    Flute Quintet: Finale

    Franz Schubert

    New Schubert Works for Flute and Strings

    Martinu Quartet

    Robert Stallman, flute

    4:53
  • 11:34 AM

    L'Amico Fritz: Preludietto

    Pietro Mascagni

    Italian Overtures

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    3:41
  • 11:31 AM

    Shepherd's Hey

    Percy Grainger

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    2:02
  • 11:21 AM

    Symphonie Espagnole: Rondo

    Edouard Lalo

    Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole; Saint Saens: Violin Concerto No. 3

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Dutoit, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    8:01
  • 11:15 AM

    Symphony No. 100 "Military": Minuet

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 99 & 100

    London Classical Players

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    5:51
  • 11:07 AM

    Piano Concerto: Scherzo

    Amy Beach

    Beach, Chaminade, Howell: Piano Concertos

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Rebecca Miller, conductor

    Danny Driver, piano

    5:34
  • 11:04 AM

    Bagatelles: Allegretto scherzando (1)

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Quartets Opp. 96 & 105

    Takacs Quartet

    Gabor Ormai, harmonium

    2:56
  • 10:47 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Heinrich von Herzogenberg

    Herzogenberg: Symphonies opp. 50 & 70

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    Frank Beermann, conductor

    10:48
  • 10:42 AM

    Ground after the Scotch Humour

    Nicola Matteis

    Palladian Ensemble

    4:15
  • 10:26 AM

    Irish Rhapsody No. 2

    Charles Stanford

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    15:43
  • 10:22 AM

    Carnival of the Animals: The Swan

    Camille Saint-Saens

    The Sounds Of Remembered Dreams

    Susan Jolles, harp

    2:57
  • 10:10 AM

    CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra

    Hartmut Haenchen, conductor

    10:42
  • 10:06 AM

    Hungarian Dance No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Sarah Chang, violin

    Jonathan Feldman, piano

    3:19
  • 10:01 AM

    Concierto en Flamenco: Alegrias de Cadiz

    Federico Torroba

    Torroba: Guitar Concertos 1

    Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra

    Manuel Coves, conductor

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    4:43
  • 9:41 AM

    American Scene: The Southwest

    William Grant Still

    William Grant Still: The American Scene

    Manhattan Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Auldon Clark, conductor

    16:47
  • 9:23 AM

    Blackberry Winter

    Conni Ellisor

    Nashville Chamber Orchestra

    Paul Gambill, conductor

    Stephen Seifert, mountain dulcimer and Tennessee music box

    16:46
  • 9:18 AM

    F.C.'s Jig

    Mark O'Connor

    Mark O'Connor, violin

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Edgar Meyer, bass

    3:15
  • 9:06 AM

    Divertimento No. 14

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Berlin Philharmonic Winds

    11:30
  • 9:01 AM

    Ballo detto Pollicio/La Cattarina

    Tarquinio Merula

    Ensemble Fitzwilliam

    4:45
  • 8:31 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Antonin Dvorak

    Favourite Serenades for Orchestra

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    27:23
  • 8:21 AM

    Bassoon Sonatina

    Alexandre Tansman

    Knut Sonstevold, bassoon

    Eva Knardahl, piano

    8:52
  • 8:06 AM

    Symphonie Fantastique: Reveries

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, La Mort de Cleopatre

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    14:01
  • 8:01 AM

    Rome Symphony Orchestra

    Francesco La Vecchia, conductor

    4:30
  • 7:33 AM

    Radio City: Symphonic Fantasy on Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Daugherty

    Pacific Symphony Orchestra

    Carl St. Clair, conductor

    25:26
  • 7:29 AM

    Ellis Island

    Meredith Monk

    Meredith Monk: Piano Songs

    Ursula Oppens, piano

    3:01
  • 7:11 AM

    The Lark Ascending

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Elgar: Violin Concerto, Vaughan Williams: The Lark

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    16:11
  • 7:06 AM

    Abbywood Trail

    Dale Kavanagh

    Guitar Gala Night

    Dale Kavanagh, guitar

    4:44
  • 7:01 AM

    L'incoronazione di Poppea: Pur ti miro

    Claudio Monteverdi

    Axioms: Moments of Truth

    Axiom Quartet

    4:35
  • 6:32 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Edward MacDowell

    MacDowell Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    Donna Amato, piano

    26:00
  • 6:28 AM

    The Road Home

    Stephen Paulus

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    Stephen Cleobury, conductor

    3:25
  • 6:23 AM

    Falling Star

    Charlie Chaplin

    Philippe Quint, violin

    Marta Aznavoorian, piano

    3:36
  • 6:06 AM

    Chamber Dance

    Joan Tower

    Nashville Symphony Orchestra

    Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor

    16:15
  • 6:01 AM

    Dances from New England and Ireland

    Traditional

    Come to the River: An Early American Gathering

    Jeannette Sorrell, harpsichord

    4:41
  • 5:29 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    29:45
  • 5:20 AM

    Eight Miniatures

    Igor Stravinsky

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    8:10
  • 5:10 AM

    Bukoolika (Bucolic)

    Ester Magi

    Ester Magi: Orchestral Music

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Arvo Volmer, conductor

    8:08
  • 5:06 AM

    Prelude to a Song

    John Williams

    John Williams, guitar

    3:20
  • 5:01 AM

    Etude No. 11: for arpeggios

    Claude Debussy

    Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano

    4:39
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