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  • 4:46 AM

    Last Hour Story

    Julia Kent

    Julia Kent, cello

    12:15
  • 4:40 AM

    A Thousand Words: Within

    Michael Kurth

    Michael Kurth: Everything Lasts Forever

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    5:10
  • 4:12 AM

    String Quartet No. 5 "Bel Canto"

    Elena Ruehr

    Elena Ruehr: Six String Quartets

    Cypress String Quartet

    26:20
  • 4:06 AM

    Hear us in Heaven

    Anna Thorvaldsdottir

    Skylark Vocal Ensemble

    4:23
  • 4:01 AM

    The Walled Garden

    John Zorn

    In Lambeth: Visions from the Walled Garden of William Blake

    Bill Frisell, guitar

    4:33
  • 3:51 AM

    Bladed Stance

    Marcos Balter

    yMusic

    5:46
  • 3:17 AM

    Murder Ballads: Omie Wise

    Bryce Dessner

    eighth blackbird

    3:17
  • 3:06 AM

    her eastern light amid a cavernous dusk

    Jeffrey Mumford

    Aspen Wind Quintet

    8:21
  • 3:01 AM

    Roadshow for Otto: The Clown Mandeville; Camel and Monkey

    Carl Schimmel

    Alex Sopp, flute

    Romie de Guise-Langlois, clarinet

    Sumire Kudo, cello

    Steven Beck, piano

    4:43
  • 2:47 AM

    Divertissement on a Pastoral Theme

    Gabriel Pierne

    Pierne: Orchestral Works

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    11:49
  • 2:47 AM

    Divertissement on a Pastoral Theme

    Gabriel Pierne

    Pierne: Orchestral Works

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    11:49
  • 2:18 AM

    String Quartet

    Maurice Ravel

    Debussy and Ravel: String Quartets

    Emerson String Quartet

    28:03
  • 2:06 AM

    Symphony No. 3: 3rd movement

    Marcel Tyberg

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    9:19
  • 2:01 AM

    Nachtstuck

    Franz Schubert

    L'arpa notturna

    Elisabeth Plank, harp

    4:49
  • 1:33 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 10

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 etc.

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Radu Lupu, piano

    25:22
  • 1:16 AM

    In the Fen Country

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Favourites

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    15:26
  • 1:09 AM

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    Johanna Novom, violin

    4:53
  • 1:06 AM

    Songs My Mother Taught Me

    Antonin Dvorak

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Eivind Aadland, conductor

    Tine Thing Helseth, trumpet

    2:24
  • 1:01 AM

    The Rain

    Joe Hisaishi

    Blanc

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:48
  • 12:46 AM

    Children's Games (Jeux d'enfants)

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Carmen, L'Arlesienne, etc.

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    11:49
  • 12:34 AM

    Concerto No. 5

    John Hebden

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    11:03
  • 12:22 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection": 2nd movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    9:57
  • 12:06 AM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Keyboard Concertos Nos. 3, 5, 6, 7

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Murray Perahia, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    15:34
  • 12:01 AM

    Morning on the Water

    Jacques Ibert

    La Harpe Consolatrice

    Kyunghee Kim-Sutre, harp

    4:33
  • 11:56 PM

    Minuet No. 3

    Giacomo Puccini

    Enso String Quartet

    2:41
  • 11:53 PM

    Minuet No. 2

    Giacomo Puccini

    R. Strauss, Verdi, Puccini: String Quartets

    Enso String Quartet

    2:37
  • 11:49 PM

    Minuet No. 1

    Giacomo Puccini

    R. Strauss, Verdi, Puccini: String Quartets

    Enso String Quartet

    3:44
  • 11:49 PM

    An Outdoor Overture

    Aaron Copland

    Wind Symphony

    University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    9:39
  • 11:28 PM

    Symphony No. 1

    Carl Maria von Weber

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    23:34
  • 11:24 PM

    Scenes from Childhood: Dreaming

    Robert Schumann

    The Magic Of Lang Lang

    Lang Lang, piano

    3:14
  • 10:58 PM

    An Outdoor Overture

    Aaron Copland

    Wind Symphony

    University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    9:39
  • 10:48 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique": 3rd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    8:03
  • 10:42 PM

    Liza/Promenade

    George Gershwin

    Tashi

    4:45
  • 10:33 PM

    La Belle Helene (Beautiful Helene): Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    8:40
  • 10:19 PM

    Carmen Fantasy

    Franz Waxman

    Ascent

    Matthew Lipman, viola

    12:01
  • 10:08 PM

    Symphony No. 5 "Reformation": 2nd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: The 5 Symphonies

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    5:28
  • 10:00 PM

    L'Heure du berger (The Shepherd's Hour)

    Jean Francaix

    Gaudier Ensemble

    7:22
  • 9:33 PM

    String Quartet No. 12 "American"

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Quartet No. 14, No. 12 American

    Cleveland Quartet

    24:59
  • 9:17 PM

    Symphony

    Frederick the Great

    Frederick the Great: Flotenkonzerte & Sinfonien

    CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra

    Hartmut Haenchen, conductor

    11:03
  • 9:05 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Slavyanskaya": Finale

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Symphonies 1 & 5

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:58
  • 9:00 PM

    Semele: Where E'er You Walk

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Arias

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Bryn Terfel, baritone

    4:32
  • 8:55 PM

    To the Point

    Jennifer Higdon

    To the Point

    Orchestra 2001

    James Freeman, conductor

    3:54
  • 8:36 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 17

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Andreas Haefliger, piano

    17:19
  • 8:32 PM

    Out of Africa: I Had a Farm in Africa

    John Barry

    Cinema

    Brussels Philharmonic

    Stephane Deneve, conductor

    Renaud Capucon, violin

    3:31
  • 8:08 PM

    Pines of Rome

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Pines of Rome, Fountains of Rome, Roman Festivals

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    22:00
  • 8:00 PM

    Sinfonia

    Johann Graun

    Moderntimes_1800

    Ilia Korol, conductor

    6:54
  • 5:49 PM

    Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Janine Jansen

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    Janine Jansen, violin

    8:58
  • 5:32 PM

    Karelia Suite

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Tone Poems & Incidental Music

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    15:42
  • 5:06 PM

    Triple Concerto

    Eric Ewazen

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Jonathan Lombardo, trombone

    Timothy Smith, trombone

    Jeffrey Dee, bass trombone

    24:25
  • 5:01 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 11: 1st movement

    Pietro Locatelli

    Locatelli Trio

    4:48
  • 4:33 PM

    Symphony No. 4

    Etienne Mehul

    Gulbenkian Orchestra

    Michel Swierczewski, conductor

    25:36
  • 4:22 PM

    Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

    Aram Khachaturian

    Essential Ballet

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Aram Khachaturian, conductor

    9:09
  • 4:14 PM

    Concertino for Oboe and Orchestra

    Gaetano Donizetti

    Donizetti, Lindpaintner: Concerti for Wind

    RIAS Sinfonietta

    Jiri Starek, conductor

    Gunther Passin, oboe

    7:20
  • 4:09 PM

    Bourree alla Polacca

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    John Williams, guitar

    3:04
  • 4:06 PM

    Minuet No. 2

    Giacomo Puccini

    R. Strauss, Verdi, Puccini: String Quartets

    Enso String Quartet

    2:37
  • 4:01 PM

    Concerto for Viola and Orchestra: Finale

    Carl Stamitz

    Cologne Chamber Orchestra

    Helmut Muller-Bruhl, conductor

    Wolfram Christ, viola

    4:34
  • 3:40 PM

    Music for the Royal Fireworks

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    17:54
  • 3:14 PM

    Serenade No. 11

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenades K375 & K388, etc.

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    23:49
  • 3:06 PM

    Comedy Overture

    Ferruccio Busoni

    Rome Symphony Orchestra

    Francesco La Vecchia, conductor

    7:01
  • 3:01 PM

    Cello Sonata: Scherzo

    Frederic Chopin

    Alisa Weilerstein, cello

    Inon Barnatan, piano

    4:40
  • 2:52 PM

    Eugene Onegin: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5; March Slav

    Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    5:49
  • 2:42 PM

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    Martin Jones, piano

    9:45
  • 2:10 PM

    Symphony No. 5

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonien 1-9

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    30:32
  • 2:01 PM

    Sonata Natalis

    Johann Schmelzer

    Frohlich soll mein

    Ludwig Guttler Brass Ensemble

    Ludwig Guttler, conductor

    6:32
  • 1:57 PM

    Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    Benjamin Britten

    Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    17:06
  • 1:50 PM

    Don Giovanni Overture

    Wolfgang Mozart

    Mostly Mozart Overture

    Antonia Brico, conductor

    6:00
  • 1:47 PM

    Souvenirs: Two-Step and Galop

    Samuel Barber

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Schenck, conductor

    4:20
  • 1:37 PM

    Symphony No. 3: 2nd movement

    Marcel Tyberg

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    6:13
  • 1:32 PM

    Schwanengesang, Book 1: Standchen (Serenade)

    Franz Schubert

    Romance Of The Violin

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    3:42
  • 1:25 PM

    Grand Concert Polka

    Homer Bartlett

    Ivan Davis, piano

    5:17
  • 1:18 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: Rondo

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Eddie Daniels and the Composers Quartet

    Composers String Quartet

    Eddie Daniels, clarinet

    5:58
  • 1:10 PM

    Hugo and Adelheid Overture

    Friedrich Kuhlau

    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Schonwandt, conductor

    5:31
  • 1:04 PM

    Algerian Suite: French Military March

    Camille Saint-Saens

    French Bon Bons

    Grimethorpe Colliery Band

    Major Peter Parkes, conductor

    4:28
  • 12:50 PM

    Concerto Andaluz: 1st movement

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Delaware Symphony Orchestra

    David Amado, conductor

    8:06
  • 12:45 PM

    Scherzo a la Russe

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky in America

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    3:59
  • 12:37 PM

    Blumenstuck (Flower Piece)

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Bunte Blatter, Blumenstuck, etc.

    Louis Lortie, piano

    7:02
  • 12:32 PM

    Molly on the Shore

    Percy Grainger

    Pops Britannia

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:23
  • 12:24 PM

    May-Day Overture

    Haydn Wood

    British Light Music: Haydn Wood, Vol. 2

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    6:55
  • 12:21 PM

    Matthew Lipman, viola

    Henry Kramer, piano

    1:55
  • 12:11 PM

    Entr'acte

    Jacques Ibert

    French Chamber Music for Harp

    Markus Klinko, harp

    3:15
  • 12:04 PM

    Serenade No. 1: Rondo

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    6:05
  • 11:55 AM

    Etudes-tableaux, Op. 33 Nos. 2 & 7

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Boris Giltburg, piano

    :00
  • 11:47 AM

    Il barbiere di Siviglia (Barber of Seville): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures, Vol. 2

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    7:05
  • 11:37 AM

    If I Were King: Overture

    Adolphe Adam

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    7:15
  • 11:33 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Gavottes

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Greatest Hits: Trumpet

    Marlboro Festival Orchestra

    Pablo Casals, conductor

    3:34
  • 11:30 AM

    Violin Partita No. 2: Corrente

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Testament: Complete Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin - See more at: http://www.avie-records.com/releases/testament-complete-sonatas-and-partitas-by-j-s-bach/#sthash.upnoelV6.dpuf

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    2:44
  • 11:21 AM

    Double Violin Concerto

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Telemann: Sinfonia Melodica

    Berlin Baroque Soloists

    Rainer Kussmaul, conductor

    Rainer Kussmaul, violin

    7:47
  • 11:16 AM

    Legend No. 3

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends, Symphony No. 8

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:02
  • 11:08 AM

    Concerto for Two Trumpets

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi, Scarlatti, Torelli, Stradella

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Simon Wright, conductor

    John Wallace, trumpet

    6:12
  • 11:04 AM

    "Twinkle, Twinkle" Variations (Ah, vous dirai-je, maman)

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Jenny Lin, piano

    2:53
  • 10:44 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    William Boyce

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    7:20
  • 10:39 AM

    Procession of the Sardar

    Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    3:43
  • 10:31 AM

    Viennese Ladies Landler

    Franz Schubert

    Ensemble Wien

    7:00
  • 10:26 AM

    The Red Pony Suite: The Gift

    Aaron Copland

    A Copland Portrait

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    5:00
  • 10:18 AM

    Ode for St. Cecilia's Day: Overture; March

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Famous Overtures & Marches

    Concentus Musicus Vienna

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    7:08
  • 10:15 AM

    Rondo for Dancing

    Grace Williams

    Madeleine Mitchell, violin

    Gordon Mackay, violin

    Joseph Spooner, cello

    1:52
  • 10:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 2: Nocturne

    Alexander Borodin

    Mad About Romance

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:19
  • 10:01 AM

    Waltz-Impromptu

    Franz Liszt

    Les Bis de Alexis Weissenberg

    Alexis Weissenberg, piano

    4:35
  • 9:47 AM

    Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1

    Georges Enescu

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    11:30
  • 9:21 AM

    Symphony No. 79

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 78-81

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    23:55
  • 9:14 AM

    Turandot: Nessun dorma

    Giacomo Puccini

    The Academy Plays Opera

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    5:21
  • 9:06 AM

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Bela Bartok

    Bartok

    The King's Violins

    Jean-Marie Zeitouni, conductor

    7:12
  • 9:01 AM

    Caprice No. 24

    Niccolo Paganini

    Nicola Hall, guitar

    4:46
  • 8:42 AM

    Horn Concerto

    Antonio Rosetti

    Rosetti: Horn Concertos

    Kurpfalz Chamber Orchestra

    Johannes Moesus, conductor

    Klaus Wallendorf, horn

    16:21
  • 8:37 AM

    Spanish Dance No. 12 "Arabesque"

    Enrique Granados

    Borrowed Treasures

    Debra Wendells-Cross, flute

    4:11
  • 8:12 AM

    Violin Sonata

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Sonatas for Piano and Violin

    Lars Vogt, piano

    22:55
  • 8:06 AM

    On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

    Frederick Delius

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    5:53
  • 8:01 AM

    Valse Triste

    Jean Sibelius

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    4:37
  • 7:53 AM

    Suite for Strings

    Arnold Schoenberg

    Schoenberg in Hollywood

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    5:40
  • 7:48 AM

    A Teardrop (Une larme)

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    4:00
  • 7:10 AM

    Symphonic Dances

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    36:58
  • 7:06 AM

    Claremont Duo

    2:57
  • 7:01 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 6: Sicilienne

    Saverio Mercadante

    Mercadante: Flute Concertos

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    4:49
  • 6:26 AM

    Symphony

    Alice Mary Smith

    Smith, A.M.: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    32:29
  • 6:18 AM

    Nocturne No. 8

    Frederic Chopin

    Carol Rosenberger, piano

    6:54
  • 6:06 AM

    Swiss Italian Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    10:44
  • 6:01 AM

    Rondo for Horn and Orchestra

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart, Strauss: Horn Concertos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Radovan Vlatkovic, horn

    4:36
  • 5:38 AM

    Celtic Symphony

    Granville Bantock

    Bantock: Symphonies

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    19:56
  • 5:18 AM

    Nocturnes

    Francis Poulenc

    Poulenc: Piano Music

    Pascal Roge, piano

    19:31
  • 5:06 AM

    Harmonielehre: Meister Eckhardt and Quackie

    John Adams

    San Francisco Symphony

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    10:33
  • 5:01 AM

    Summer Evening: Waltz

    Oscar Merikanto

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:35
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