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  • 4:28 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    York Bowen

    Bowen: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 / Davis, Bbc Philharmonic

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    29:44
  • 4:23 AM

    Chiquilin de Bachin

    Astor Piazzolla

    Ann Hobson Pilot, harp

    Lucia Lin, violin

    4:18
  • 4:06 AM

    Ports of Call (Escales)

    Jacques Ibert

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    15:22
  • 4:01 AM

    Court Sonata No. 4

    Heinrich Biber

    Biber: Sonatae tam aris quam aulis servientes

    Purcell Quartet

    Michael Laird, trumpet

    4:45
  • 3:51 AM

    Nocturne No. 17

    Frederic Chopin

    Artur Rubinstein, piano

    6:50
  • 3:10 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    39:22
  • 3:06 AM

    Evening

    Sergei Taneyev

    Ravishingly Russian

    Houston Chamber Choir

    Robert Simpson, conductor

    2:40
  • 12:26 AM

    By the Cradle

    Moritz Moszkowski

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    2:10
  • 12:25 AM

    Ye Banks and Braes o' Bonnie Doon

    Percy Grainger

    Percy Grainger: Symphonic Band Music

    Michigan State University Band

    Keith Brion, conductor

    2:59
  • 12:17 AM

    Symphony No. 26

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies, Vol. 6

    Danish National Chamber Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    8:01
  • 12:04 AM

    Snow Maiden Suite

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    12:28
  • 12:00 AM

    String Quartet: 3rd movement

    Giuseppe Verdi

    R. Strauss, Verdi, Puccini: String Quartets

    Enso String Quartet

    3:19
  • 11:54 PM

    Trumpet Concerto: 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn, Hummel: Trumpet Concertos

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    Niklas Eklund, trumpet

    4:39
  • 11:43 PM

    Gondoliers Overture

    Arthur Sullivan

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    6:53
  • 11:33 PM

    Etude No. 3 "Un Sospiro" (A Sigh)

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Piano Sonata & 3 Concert Studies

    Louis Lortie, piano

    6:07
  • 11:25 PM

    Saul and David: Prelude to Act II

    Carl Nielsen

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    4:56
  • 11:19 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Scherzo

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenades Op 22 & 44

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    5:13
  • 11:07 PM

    Grand Canyon Suite: On the Trail

    Ferde Grofe

    Grofe: Grand Canyon / Gershwin: Porgy & Bess

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    8:02
  • 11:00 PM

    Rumba

    Carlos Salzedo

    Solo Harp: The Best of Yolanda Kondonassis

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    1:38
  • 10:49 PM

    Symphony No. 4: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 4, Etc

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    9:44
  • 10:41 PM

    E.T.: Bicycle Chase (Flying Theme)

    John Williams

    By Request: The Best of John Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:45
  • 10:30 PM

    Kunstler-Leben Walzer (Artist's Life)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss: Gala IV

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    8:21
  • 10:20 PM

    Piano Sonata: Scherzo

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Piano Sonatas D958 and D 959

    Inon Barnatan, piano

    4:54
  • 10:17 PM

    Shepherd's Hey

    Percy Grainger

    Cleveland Symphonic Winds

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    1:59
  • 10:07 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 5 "Spring": 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Essential Beethoven

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    6:55
  • 10:00 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    2:52
  • 9:50 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: The Symphonies

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    8:11
  • 9:43 PM

    La Traviata: Sempre libera (Always free I must pass from joy)

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Violetta

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Carlo Rizzi, conductor

    Anna Netrebko, soprano

    3:54
  • 9:34 PM

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Pachelbel: Canon / Albinoni: Adagio / Bach / Molter / Bonporti

    Paillard Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Francois Paillard, conductor

    3:57
  • 9:24 PM

    Die Meistersinger von Nurmberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg): Dance; Finale

    Richard Wagner

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    6:17
  • 9:17 PM

    Highland Fancy

    Marcus Dods

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    John Wilson, conductor

    Alaster Bentley, oboe

    3:12
  • 9:07 PM

    Eine kleine Nachtmusik: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures - Eine kleine Nachtmusik

    Tafelmusik

    Bruno Weil, conductor

    7:30
  • 9:00 PM

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    2:58
  • 8:52 PM

    Crown Imperial

    William Walton

    Walton: Symphony No. 1; Orb & Sceptre; Crown Imperial

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    6:25
  • 8:42 PM

    Violin Sonata: 4th movement

    Cesar Franck

    Franck, Kurtag, Previn, Schumann

    Augustin Hadelich, violin

    5:58
  • 8:35 PM

    The Prophet: Coronation March

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Classic Marches

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    3:41
  • 8:27 PM

    The Road Home

    Stephen Paulus

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    3:55
  • 8:16 PM

    Four Seasons: Spring

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    Richard Tognetti, violin

    9:32
  • 8:09 PM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin: Rigaudon

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Sheherazade; Le Tombeau De Couperin/Debussy: Ballades de Villon

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    3:16
  • 8:00 PM

    Philemon und Baucis: Overture

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    4:44
  • 5:49 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 1st movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 "New World", Serenade for Strings

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    9:13
  • 5:36 PM

    Samson: Sinfonia to Act I

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Overtures

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    7:53
  • 5:29 PM

    Wedding Day at Troldhaugen

    Edvard Grieg

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    5:51
  • 5:19 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 12: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Complete Mozart Edition, Vol. 17: Piano Sonatas

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    6:35
  • 5:10 PM

    The Kiss Overture

    Bedrich Smetana

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vaclav Neumann, conductor

    6:03
  • 5:02 PM

    La Boheme: O soave fanciulla

    Giacomo Puccini

    Pavarotti's Opera Made Easy: My Favorite Puccini

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    Mirella Freni, soprano

    4:13
  • 4:49 PM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12

    Franz Liszt

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    11:32
  • 4:39 PM

    Flute Concerto: 3rd movement

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    C.P.E. Bach Concertos

    Lyra Baroque Orchestra

    Jacques Ogg, conductor

    Wilbert Hazelzet, flute

    6:14
  • 4:34 PM

    Serenade No. 1: Menuetto 1 and 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    4:13
  • 4:25 PM

    Thais: Meditation

    Jules Massenet

    100 Best Classics

    German Chamber Philharmonic Bremen

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    Renaud Capucon, violin

    5:17
  • 4:15 PM

    Walt Whitman Overture

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: Symphony, "The Cotswolds" / Walt Whitman, Overture / Indra / Japanese Suite / A Winter Idyll

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    7:17
  • 4:09 PM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart13Berg

    Ensemble Intercontemporain

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    3:15
  • 4:04 PM

    Greensleeves

    Traditional

    The World of the Harp

    Susann McDonald, harp

    2:18
  • 3:56 PM

    Piano Concerto: 3rd movement

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Andrew Litton, piano

    6:57
  • 3:48 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Scherzo

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Suites Nos. 1-4

    Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    5:04
  • 3:45 PM

    La Traviata: De' miei bollenti spiriti

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Arias, Songs and Tangos

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Carlos Kleiber, conductor

    Placido Domingo, tenor

    1:50
  • 3:37 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1: Passo mezzo e mascherada

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:03
  • 3:27 PM

    Trumpet Sinfonia "Il Barcheggio"

    Alessandro Stradella

    Baroque Duet

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    John Nelson, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    5:57
  • 3:20 PM

    Colas Breugnon Overture

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Russian Overtures

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    5:30
  • 3:13 PM

    Sextet for Winds: Rondo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Sextet and Septet

    Consortium Classicum

    3:24
  • 3:02 PM

    L'Isle joyeuse (Joyous Isle)

    Claude Debussy

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    6:54
  • 2:51 PM

    Bright Blue Music

    Michael Torke

    Corigliano, Torke, Copland: Orchestral Works

    National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic

    David Alan Miller, conductor

    9:00
  • 2:46 PM

    Elizabethan Dance No. 3

    William Alwyn

    Alwyn: Symphony No. 4/Elizabethan Dances Etc

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    1:42
  • 2:43 PM

    Amelie: Amelie's Waltz

    Yann Tiersen

    Piano Book

    Lang Lang, piano

    2:49
  • 2:29 PM

    Concerto for Two Mandolins

    Antonio Vivaldi

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    James Tyler, mandolin

    Robin Jeffrey, mandolin

    10:05
  • 2:20 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1: Carillon

    Georges Bizet

    Leonard Bernstein: The Encore Collection Vol. 1

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    4:27
  • 2:17 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1: Menuet

    Georges Bizet

    Leonard Bernstein: The Encore Collection Vol. 2

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    3:04
  • 2:07 PM

    Pavane for a Dead Princess (Pavane pour une infante defunte)

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    5:59
  • 2:01 PM

    Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III

    Richard Wagner

    Heavy Classix

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Klaus Tennstedt, conductor

    3:00
  • 1:54 PM

    Prince Igor: Polovtsian March

    Alexander Borodin

    White Nights: Romantic Russian Showpieces

    Kirov Orchestra

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    5:25
  • 1:48 PM

    Evening Party

    He Luting

    Shanghai Philharmonic

    Cao Peng, conductor

    1:47
  • 1:38 PM

    Clarinet Concerto: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart 250 - A Celebration

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    Robert Marcellus, clarinet

    8:49
  • 1:30 PM

    Waltz No. 1 "Grand Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: 4 Ballades / Murray Perahia

    Murray Perahia, piano

    5:03
  • 1:24 PM

    La Traviata: Libiamo, ne'lieti calici (Brindisi)

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Pavarotti's Opera Made Easy: My Favorite Verdi

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    Joan Sutherland, soprano

    2:51
  • 1:19 PM

    Enigma Variations: G.R.S.

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Enigma Variations, In the South, Serenades

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    1:00
  • 1:10 PM

    Overture "Water Music": Bourree; Harlequinade; Der sturmende Aeolus

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    5:10
  • 1:04 PM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman: Dance

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    2:01
  • 12:53 PM

    Festive Overture

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Classics at the Pops

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:46
  • 12:47 PM

    A Chloris (To Chloris)

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Olivieri-Munroe, conductor

    Sol Gabetta, cello

    2:26
  • 12:44 PM

    Schwanda the Bagpiper: Polka

    Jaromir Weinberger

    Edmonton Wind Ensemble

    Harry Pinchin, conductor

    2:24
  • 12:35 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Scottish": 2nd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Symphonies 3 & 4

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    4:18
  • 12:28 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 11: 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn & Ligeti Concertos & Capriccios

    Danish National Symphony Orchestra

    Shai Wosner, piano

    4:17
  • 12:22 PM

    This Marriage

    Eric Whitacre

    Elora Festival Singers

    Noel Edison, conductor

    2:33
  • 12:17 PM

    Mock Morris

    Percy Grainger

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Kenneth Montgomery, conductor

    3:29
  • 12:11 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Sibelius: Pelleas et Melisande, Valse Triste, Rakastava

    Edmonton Symphony Orchestra

    Uri Mayer, conductor

    4:39
  • 12:04 PM

    Symphony No. 3: 3rd movement

    Franz Schubert

    A Second of Silence

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    3:33
  • 11:51 AM

    King Stephen: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    6:51
  • 11:45 AM

    Fugue "Little"

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Canadian Brass

    3:16
  • 11:40 AM

    Radetzky March

    Johann Strauss Sr.

    100 Best Classics

    Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    2:51
  • 11:30 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Titan": 2nd movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    8:31
  • 11:23 AM

    String Quartet No. 50: Minuet

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Leipzig String Quartet

    4:53
  • 11:16 AM

    Trumpet Symphony

    Giuseppe Torelli

    Wynton Marsalis: In Gabriel's Garden

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    4:59
  • 11:10 AM

    The Planets: Mercury

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    4:15
  • 11:04 AM

    Humoresque No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Encore

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    3:49
  • 10:52 AM

    Canon

    Johann Pachelbel

    Pachelbel: Canon / Albinoni: Adagio / Bach / Molter / Bonporti

    Paillard Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Francois Paillard, conductor

    6:17
  • 10:31 AM

    Flute Quartet No. 3

    Ferdinand Ries

    RIES: 3 Flute Quartets, Op. 145

    John Herrick Littlefield, flute

    19:28
  • 10:22 AM

    L'assedio di Corinto (Siege of Corinth): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures, Vol. 2

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    8:38
  • 10:18 AM

    Down a Country Lane

    Aaron Copland

    Home For The Harvest

    New England Conservatory Wind Ensemble

    Frank Battisti, conductor

    2:58
  • 10:09 AM

    Symphony No. 5

    William Boyce

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    7:55
  • 10:06 AM

    Song without Words No. 25 "May Breezes"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    2:18
  • 10:01 AM

    Two Pastorales

    Lou Harrison

    Lou Harrison: Seven Pastorales

    Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    4:36
  • 9:45 AM

    Petite Suite

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Petite Suite, etc

    Ulster Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    12:51
  • 9:28 AM

    Polonaise-Fantasie

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: 4 Impromptus, 3 Walzer, Etc

    Stanislav Bunin, piano

    15:46
  • 9:23 AM

    Frog Galliard

    John Dowland

    Soundscapes

    Mississippi Guitar Quartet

    3:00
  • 9:06 AM

    Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    Benjamin Britten

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    16:30
  • 9:01 AM

    Four Contredances

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

    Hans Graf, conductor

    4:34
  • 8:47 AM

    Wedding Scenes

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: Short Orchestral Pieces

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Stankovsky, conductor

    10:59
  • 8:43 AM

    Set Me as a Seal

    Nico Muhly

    Essential Voices USA

    Judith Clurman, conductor

    4:15
  • 8:26 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 34

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Piano Sonatas 29, 31, 34, 35, 49

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    14:30
  • 8:06 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Ernst von Dohnanyi

    Dohnanyi: String Quartet, Serenade, and Sextet

    Nash Ensemble

    19:50
  • 8:01 AM

    Keltic Lament

    John Foulds

    Foulds: Dynamic Triptych, Music-Pictures Iii

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    4:31
  • 7:26 AM

    Symphony No. 5

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphony No 5, En Saga, Tapiola

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    32:20
  • 7:21 AM

    Tropical Sonatina: Song of the Dawn

    Jose Lezcano

    Laura Gilbert, flute

    Antigoni Goni, guitar

    3:49
  • 7:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 14 "Death and the Maiden": 2nd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Death and the Maiden

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    13:41
  • 7:01 AM

    Liti Kersti: Bjorgulv the Fiddler

    Arne Eggen

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    4:33
  • 6:46 AM

    Tanzwalzer

    Ferruccio Busoni

    Strauss, Liszt, Korngold, Busoni, Schreker

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Kazuki Yamada, conductor

    11:56
  • 6:25 AM

    Suite No. 2 for Two Pianos

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Duo Piano Extravaganza

    Martha Argerich, piano

    20:45
  • 6:06 AM

    Danish National Chamber Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    17:06
  • 6:01 AM

    Rondo

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    C.P.E. Bach: Sonatas And Rondos

    Mikhail Pletnev, piano

    4:36
  • 5:31 AM

    Pas de Deux

    James Horner

    James Horner: Pas de Deux

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    27:41
  • 5:27 AM

    Juliet of the Spirits

    Nino Rota

    Severino Gazelloni plays Nino Rota

    Severino Gazzelloni, flute

    2:37
  • 5:21 AM

    Adagetto

    Giacomo Puccini

    Puccini Discoveries

    Milan Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    4:17
  • 5:01 AM

    Serenade for Guitar and Strings

    Malcolm Arnold

    English Guitar Concertos

    Northern Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Craig Ogden, guitar

    4:31
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