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  • 4:54 AM

    In the Dark

    Bix Beiderbecke

    Free Range Saxophone Quartet

    3:59
  • 4:31 AM

    Gaspard de la Nuit

    Maurice Ravel

    Martha Argerich, piano

    22:01
  • 4:07 AM

    Intermezzo: Interludes

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Rosenkavalier Suite, Etc

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Andre Previn, conductor

    23:43
  • 4:01 AM

    Sure on this Shining Night

    Morten Lauridsen

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    4:32
  • 3:35 AM

    Horn Concerto

    Reinhold Gliere

    Gliere, Saint-Saens, Dukas, Chabrier: Works For Horn

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    22:58
  • 3:24 AM

    Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    10:35
  • 3:20 AM

    Nocturne No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    Philip Hii, guitar

    4:02
  • 3:07 AM

    Manfred Overture

    Robert Schumann

    Polish National Radio Orchestra

    Johannes Wildner, conductor

    10:48
  • 2:45 AM

    Flute Sonata

    Philippe Gaubert

    Susan Milan & Ian Brown

    Susan Milan, flute

    14:39
  • 2:45 AM

    The Girl from Corsica

    Trevor Duncan

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    4:39
  • 2:43 AM

    Flute Sonata

    Philippe Gaubert

    Susan Milan & Ian Brown

    Susan Milan, flute

    14:39
  • 2:24 AM

    Suite Bergamasque

    Claude Debussy

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Emil de Cou, conductor

    18:30
  • 2:12 AM

    Sinfonia

    Carlo Lonati

    Ensemble Giardino di Delizie

    9:23
  • 2:06 AM

    Minuet of the Will-o'-the-Wisps

    Hector Berlioz

    Lollipops

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Thomas Beecham, conductor

    5:39
  • 2:01 AM

    Pastoral Suite: Villagers' Dance

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Chabrier: Orchestral Works

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:47
  • 1:41 AM

    Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    Benjamin Britten

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    16:44
  • 1:15 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 5 "Spring"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos.9 "Kreutzer" & 5 "Spring"

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    24:23
  • 1:06 AM

    Bachianas Brasileiras No. 7: Prelude

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    New World Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    7:37
  • 1:01 AM

    Sarabanda

    Nino Rota

    Elisabeth Plank, harp

    4:51
  • 12:41 AM

    Imagenes

    Candelario Huizar

    Mi Alma Mexicana

    Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas

    Alondra de la Parra, conductor

    16:46
  • 12:20 AM

    Symphony No. 25

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Late Symphonies: 21-41

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    20:00
  • 12:13 AM

    An 18th Century Scherzo

    Haydn Wood

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    6:36
  • 12:06 AM

    Summa

    Arvo Part

    Arvo Part: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    5:05
  • 12:01 AM

    Two Poetic Waltzes

    Enrique Granados

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    4:39
  • 11:49 PM

    Variations on "I Got Rhythm"

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin: Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra

    Eos Orchestra

    Jonathan Sheffer, conductor

    Michael Boriskin, piano

    8:55
  • 11:36 PM

    Variations on a Theme by Haydn "St. Antoni Chorale"

    Johannes Brahms

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    17:06
  • 11:30 PM

    Divertimento

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn Trio Eisenstadt

    6:03
  • 11:14 PM

    Rounds for String Orchestra

    David Diamond

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    14:14
  • 11:09 PM

    Roaring Fork Quintet: Whitewater Rapids

    Eric Ewazen

    Borealis Wind Quintet

    4:54
  • 10:47 PM

    Old American Songs

    Aaron Copland

    Columbia Symphony Orchestra

    Aaron Copland, conductor

    William Warfield, baritone

    4:46
  • 10:28 PM

    Symphony No. 12

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    17:22
  • 10:05 PM

    Bolero

    Maurice Ravel

    RAVEL, M.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    15:05
  • 10:00 PM

    Gladiator Rhapsody

    Hans Zimmer

    Lang Lang, piano

    4:40
  • 9:43 PM

    1812 Overture

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture

    Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    14:49
  • 9:37 PM

    Rondo a Capriccio (Rage Over a Lost Penny)

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Evgeny Kissin, piano

    5:29
  • 9:33 PM

    O Magnum Mysterium (O Great Mystery)

    Tomas Luis de Victoria

    Night Moods: Distant Voices

    Gabrieli Consort

    Paul McCreesh, conductor

    3:51
  • 9:26 PM

    Ashokan Farewell

    Jay Ungar

    Harvest Home - Jay Ungar and Molly Mason

    Nashville Chamber Orchestra

    Paul Gambill, conductor

    5:06
  • 9:18 PM

    Rinaldo: Let me weep (Lascia ch'io pianga)

    George Frideric Handel

    Patricia Petibon: Rosso

    Venice Baroque Orchestra

    Andrea Marcon, conductor

    Patricia Petibon, soprano

    5:38
  • 9:04 PM

    Helios Overture

    Carl Nielsen

    Danish National Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    11:55
  • 9:00 PM

    Minuet

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: String Quintets

    Europa Galante

    3:40
  • 8:54 PM

    The Stars and Stripes Forever

    John Philip Sousa

    Encores

    Vladimir Horowitz, piano

    3:51
  • 8:45 PM

    The Planets: Venus

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Colin Davis, conductor

    8:02
  • 8:39 PM

    Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest: selections

    Hans Zimmer

    Masters And Commanders: Music From Seafaring Film Classics

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:30
  • 8:19 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Night in the Tropics"

    Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    Gottschalk, Vol. 2

    Utah Symphony Orchestra

    Maurice Abravanel, conductor

    18:58
  • 8:15 PM

    Foshay Tower (Washington Memorial)

    John Philip Sousa

    Sousa: Music for Wind Band, Vol. 1

    Royal Artillery Band

    Keith Brion, conductor

    3:07
  • 8:05 PM

    Variations on America

    Charles Ives

    Organ Odyssey

    Mary Preston, organ

    8:45
  • 8:00 PM

    Superman: Main Theme

    John Williams

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    4:26
  • 5:50 PM

    L'Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    8:16
  • 5:20 PM

    Flute and Harp Concerto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Handel, Boieldieu, Mozart: Concertos for Harp

    The King's Violins

    Bernard Labadie, conductor

    Valerie Milot, harp

    28:17
  • 5:06 PM

    Violin Sonata

    Frantisek Jiranek

    Lenka Torgersen, violin

    Vaclav Luks, harpsichord

    Libor Masek, cello

    12:04
  • 5:01 PM

    Les Huguenots: Gypsy Dance

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Meyerbeer: Ballet Music From The Operas / Nesterowicz

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    4:40
  • 4:43 PM

    Fantasy on Polish Airs

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Works for Piano and Orchestra

    North German Radio Elbphilharmonie Orchestra

    Krzysztof Urbanski, conductor

    Jan Lisiecki, piano

    14:51
  • 4:26 PM

    Serenade for Strings

    Hans Gal

    Symphony Nova Scotia

    Georg Tintner, conductor

    15:11
  • 4:18 PM

    Theme and Variations

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Capriccios

    Capriccio Quartet

    6:06
  • 4:06 PM

    Swan Lake: Act 1: Scene, Waltz, and Scene

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake - Highlights

    Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    12:18
  • 4:01 PM

    Madame Bovary: Waltz

    Miklos Rozsa

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Alwyn, conductor

    4:44
  • 3:49 PM

    Keyboard Suite No. 5

    George Frideric Handel

    Murray Perahia, piano

    8:55
  • 3:22 PM

    Symphony No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 5

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    25:46
  • 3:16 PM

    Requiem: Pie Jesu

    Andrew Lloyd Webber

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    Julian Lloyd Webber, cello

    5:18
  • 3:06 PM

    School for Scandal Overture

    Samuel Barber

    Barber: Adagio/Symphony No. 1, etc.

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    8:17
  • 3:01 PM

    Koanga: La Calinda

    Frederick Delius

    Halle Orchestra

    John Barbirolli, conductor

    4:31
  • 2:51 PM

    Carousel Waltz

    Richard Rodgers

    My Favorite Things: A Richard Rogers Celebration

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    7:49
  • 2:50 PM

    Siegfried: Forest Murmurs

    Richard Wagner

    WAGNER 3: Tristan Suite; Music from Siegfried, Lohengrin, Walkure; Faust Overture

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    7:48
  • 2:43 PM

    Letter from Home

    Aaron Copland

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    6:21
  • 2:25 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    16:18
  • 2:21 PM

    The Nuts be Brown

    John Johnson

    Two Lutes: Lute Duets from England's Golden Age

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    2:49
  • 2:06 PM

    Four Characteristic Pieces

    William Hurlstone

    Music for Clarinet and Piano 1

    Thea King, clarinet

    14:42
  • 2:00 PM

    Alzira Overture

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi: Overtures and Preludes, Vol. II

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    5:46
  • 1:44 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concertos

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    14:06
  • 1:39 PM

    Tritsch-Tratsch (Chit-Chat) Polka

    Johann StraussJr.

    With Love from Vienna

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    2:58
  • 1:34 PM

    Perpetual Motion

    Niccolo Paganini

    Philippe Quint, violin

    Dmitriy Cogan, piano

    4:13
  • 1:21 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "Great": 3rd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Northern Sinfonia

    Thomas Zehetmair, conductor

    12:50
  • 1:18 PM

    Mysterious Barricades

    Francois Couperin

    Home

    Elizabeth Hainen, harp

    2:36
  • 1:08 PM

    Demetrio e Polibio: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    6:30
  • 1:04 PM

    Bagatelles: Allegretto scherzando (3)

    Antonin Dvorak

    Takacs Quartet

    Gabor Ormai, harmonium

    3:01
  • 12:46 PM

    Piano Concerto: 1st movement

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg, Schumann: Piano Concertos

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    12:46
  • 12:37 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Winter Dreams": 3rd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    7:28
  • 12:26 PM

    Scheherazade: The Sea and Sinbad's Ship

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Tsar Saltan Suite etc.

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    10:39
  • 12:19 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
  • 12:16 PM

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Fraser, conductor

    Crispian Steele-Perkins, trumpet

    1:55
  • 12:10 PM

    Symphony No. 1: Scherzo

    Max Bruch

    Bruch: The 3 Symphonies, Swedish Dances

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    5:12
  • 12:06 PM

    Rag-Time Parade

    Erik Satie

    Satie: The Complete Solo Piano Music

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    2:05
  • 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
  • 11:50 AM

    Die Meistersinger von Nurmberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg): Prelude to Act I

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Orchestral Favorites

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    8:55
  • 11:46 AM

    The Good-humored Ladies: 5th movement

    Vincenzo Tommasini

    Irving: Glazunov, Scarlatti/Tommasini, Bach/Walton

    Concert Arts Orchestra

    Robert Irving, conductor

    3:19
  • 11:33 AM

    Four Seasons: Summer

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    10:50
  • 11:28 AM

    Suite: Finale

    Gordon Jacob

    In This Hid Clearing...

    University of Missouri Wind Ensemble

    Thomas O'Neal, conductor

    4:00
  • 11:19 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Essential Beethoven

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    7:31
  • 11:16 AM

    Ubi Caritas

    Ola Gjeilo

    The Music of King's

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    Stephen Cleobury, conductor

    3:01
  • 11:08 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Giuseppe Torelli

    Haydn, Hummel, Etc.: Trumpet Concertos

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    5:45
  • 11:04 AM

    Mock Morris

    Percy Grainger

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Kenneth Montgomery, conductor

    3:29
  • 10:47 AM

    Tales from the Vienna Woods

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss: Gala II

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    11:05
  • 10:36 AM

    As You Like It: Suite

    Roger Quilter

    Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    9:16
  • 10:19 AM

    Concerto for Two Violins

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Violin Concertos BWV 1041-1043

    Concentus Musicus Vienna

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    Alice Harnoncourt, violin

    16:34
  • 10:16 AM

    An English Suite: Frolic

    Hubert Parry

    Elgar: Seranade, etc./Parry: An English Suite, etc.

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    3:26
  • 10:12 AM

    The Frog Galliard: Dear if I do not return

    John Dowland

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    1:50
  • 10:06 AM

    Abduction from the Seraglio: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures

    Capella Istropolitana

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    5:36
  • 10:01 AM

    Intermezzo No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Klavierstucke Op. 119 / Fantasien op. 116 / 3 Intermezzi Op. 117

    Stephen Kovacevich, piano

    4:47
  • 9:52 AM

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

    Maurice Ravel

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    6:44
  • 9:42 AM

    Impromptu for Harp

    Gabriel Faure

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    8:25
  • 9:06 AM

    Prague Philharmonia

    Emmanuel Villaume, conductor

    33:41
  • 9:01 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1: Gavotte

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Suites Nos. 1 And 2

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    4:40
  • 8:51 AM

    Rustic Suite (Suite Champetre)

    Jean Sibelius

    Finland Sinfonietta

    Pekka Helasvuo, conductor

    7:09
  • 8:25 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn and Myslivecek

    Camerata Chicago

    Drostan Hall, conductor

    Wendy Warner, cello

    25:31
  • 8:06 AM

    Hamlet: Ballet Music

    Ambroise Thomas

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    17:16
  • 8:01 AM

    Images, Book 1: Reflets dans l'eau (Reflections in the Water)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images, Etudes

    Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano

    4:43
  • 7:32 AM

    From Foreign Lands

    Moritz Moszkowski

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    26:26
  • 7:26 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 4

    Alessandro Scarlatti

    A & D Scarlatti: Concerti & Sinfonie

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    Fabio Biondi, violin

    5:07
  • 7:10 AM

    English Pastoral Impressions

    Ernest Farrar

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Alasdair Mitchell, conductor

    14:13
  • 7:06 AM

    Renascence: Andante

    Lita Grier

    Serenely Cedille: Relaxing Rarities From Chicago's Classical Label

    Czech National Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    Mary Stolper, flute

    3:42
  • 7:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 11 "Serioso": 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Middle String Quartets

    Cypress String Quartet

    4:42
  • 6:34 AM

    Forest Scenes

    Robert Schumann

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    24:15
  • 6:30 AM

    Polonaise for Flute

    Johann Muthel

    Musica Alta Ripa

    3:24
  • 6:06 AM

    Symphony No. 31

    Alan Hovhaness

    Hovhaness Treasures

    Northwest Sinfonia

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    21:59
  • 6:01 AM

    Song of the Minstrel (Chant du menestrel)

    Alexander Glazunov

    Premieres of the Old and New

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Amos, conductor

    Meir Rimon, horn

    4:35
  • 5:41 AM

    Prometheus Bound: Overture

    Karl Goldmark

    Gurzenich Orchestra

    James Conlon, conductor

    17:26
  • 5:27 AM

    Quintet

    Franz Danzi

    Ensemble Wien-Berlin

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    13:36
  • 5:06 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Concertos Nos 1 & 2, Piano Quintet

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Yefim Bronfman, piano

    18:58
  • 5:01 AM

    Cinderella: Adagio

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Cinderella

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    4:47
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