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  • 4:32 AM

    Violin Concerto

    James Newton Howard

    Kernis, Howard, Tovey

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Cristian Macelaru, conductor

    James Ehnes, violin

    26:33
  • 4:16 AM

    From Grandmother's Garden

    Amy Beach

    Beach: Fire-flies: The Solo Piano Music of Amy Beach Vol. 3

    Joanne Polk, piano

    14:02
  • 4:06 AM

    There is a Willow Grows Aslant a Brook

    Frank Bridge

    Finzi; Parry; Bridge

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    9:23
  • 4:01 AM

    Black Anemones

    Joseph Schwantner

    Ransom Wilson, flute

    Brian Zeger, piano

    4:43
  • 3:47 AM

    Solo Flute Partita

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Air on a G String

    David Russell, guitar

    11:20
  • 3:18 AM

    Les Sylphides Ballet

    Frederic Chopin

    Delibes: Coppelia; Chopin: Les Sylphides; Gounod: Faust

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    27:20
  • 3:12 AM

    Tjonneblomen (Water Lily)

    Gjermund Haugen

    Danish String Quartet

    3:51
  • 3:06 AM

    Song for Orchestra

    Ruth Gipps

    Gipps: Symphonies Nos 2 and 4, etc.

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    5:58
  • 3:01 AM

    Bassoon Concerto: Adagio

    Carl Maria von Weber

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    Karen Geoghegan, bassoon

    4:44
  • 2:39 AM

    Fantasy Pieces

    Robert Schumann

    Horszowski Trio

    18:44
  • 2:21 AM

    Printemps (Spring)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images, Etc

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    16:36
  • 2:11 AM

    Plain Song, Fantastic Dances: St. Botolph's Fantasia

    Michael Gandolfi

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    7:54
  • 2:06 AM

    Hansel and Gretel: Dream Pantomime

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    New York Pops

    Skitch Henderson, conductor

    4:52
  • 2:01 AM

    The Jane Pickering Lute Book

    Anonymous

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    4:36
  • 1:53 AM

    Song of Jean Racine (Cantique de Jean Racine)

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure Requiem

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    Stephen Cleobury, conductor

    Tom Etheridge, organ

    5:36
  • 1:19 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 26 "Coronation"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 26 & 27

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    32:40
  • 1:06 AM

    Roscatha

    Arnold Bax

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    10:49
  • 1:01 AM

    Court Sonata No. 2

    Heinrich Biber

    Purcell Quartet

    4:31
  • 12:42 AM

    Concertino for Clarinet and Bassoon

    Franz Danzi

    New Era

    Potsdam Chamber Academy

    Andreas Ottensamer, clarinet

    15:56
  • 12:21 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

    20:16
  • 12:15 AM

    Invocation

    Amy Beach

    Tasmin Little, violin

    John Lenehan, piano

    3:49
  • 12:06 AM

    Mignon: Overture

    Ambroise Thomas

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    8:21
  • 12:01 AM

    Mlada: Procession of the Nobles

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    4:45
  • 11:53 PM

    Miniatures

    William Grant Still

    Vintage America

    Calico Winds

    12:22
  • 11:43 PM

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    14:56
  • 11:37 PM

    The Lark Ascending

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    15:55
  • 11:24 PM

    An Irish Symphony: Twelfth of July

    Hamilton Harty

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    10:10
  • 11:11 PM

    Les Eolides

    Cesar Franck

    Franck: Symphony in D minor; Les �olides

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    11:20
  • 10:44 PM

    Nocturnes

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Nocturnes; Le Martyre de Saint Sebastien

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    24:29
  • 10:36 PM

    March Militaire No. 1

    Franz Schubert

    Haydn, Schubert: Piano Sonatas

    Evgeny Kissin, piano

    5:53
  • 9:57 PM

    Grand Canyon Suite

    Ferde Grofe

    Grofe: Grand Canyon / Gershwin: Porgy & Bess

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    35:57
  • 9:47 PM

    O Magnum Mysterium (O Great Mystery)

    Morten Lauridsen

    Lux Aeterna - The Choral Music of Morten Lauridsen

    Chamber Choir of Europe

    Nicol Matt, conductor

    6:47
  • 9:41 PM

    Cello Suite No. 1: Allemande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    4:35
  • 9:19 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Virtuoso Trumpet: Bach, Mozart, Telemann

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jahja Ling, conductor

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    18:35
  • 9:10 PM

    Peer Gynt: Solveig's Song

    Edvard Grieg

    100 Best Classics

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    Camilla Tilling, soprano

    4:50
  • 9:06 PM

    Wiegenlied (Lullaby)

    Johannes Brahms

    100 Best Classics

    London Sinfonia

    Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, conductor

    Victoria de los Angeles, soprano

    2:21
  • 9:00 PM

    HMS Pinafore Overture

    Arthur Sullivan

    Gilbert & Sullivan: Overtures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:19
  • 8:48 PM

    The Mission: Gabriel's Oboe

    Ennio Morricone

    Best Film Classics 100

    Studio Orchestra

    Ennio Morricone, conductor

    2:13
  • 8:32 PM

    Lincoln Portrait

    Aaron Copland

    Portraits of Freedom: Copland, Harris

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    James Earl Jones, narrator

    14:29
  • 8:25 PM

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers Awake)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Christopher Parkening: The Great Recordings

    Christopher Parkening, guitar

    4:31
  • 8:06 PM

    Double-bass Concerto

    Serge Koussevitzky

    Koussevitzky, Dragonetti, Paganini

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Uros Lajovic, conductor

    Gary Karr, double bass

    17:19
  • 8:00 PM

    American Salute (When Johnny Comes Marching Home)

    Morton Gould

    American Variations

    University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Wind

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    4:20
  • 5:52 PM

    O Magnum Mysterium (O Great Mystery)

    Morten Lauridsen

    Mirror in Mirror

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Kristjan Jarvi, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    6:41
  • 5:12 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, Piano Sonata No. 28

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Vladimir Jurowski, conductor

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    38:09
  • 5:06 PM

    Jubilate Deo

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Canadian Brass

    Robert Moody, conductor

    3:52
  • 5:01 PM

    Aleko: Women's Dance

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45, etc.

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    4:36
  • 4:54 PM

    Algerian Suite: French Military March

    Camille Saint-Saens

    French Bon Bons

    Grimethorpe Colliery Band

    Major Peter Parkes, conductor

    4:28
  • 4:27 PM

    Symphony No. 102

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    25:41
  • 4:12 PM

    Concerto for 2 Orchestras No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, Concerti a due cori

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    13:31
  • 4:06 PM

    The Valkyrie: Ride of the Valkyries

    Richard Wagner

    Leonard Bernstein: The Encore Collection Vol. 3

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    4:48
  • 4:01 PM

    Romance No. 2

    Robert Schumann

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe

    Markus Becker, piano

    4:38
  • 3:52 PM

    Sylvia: Procession of Bacchus

    Leo Delibes

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    5:54
  • 3:08 PM

    Danza Brasilera

    Jorge Morel

    Milos: Pasion

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    3:11
  • 3:06 PM

    Swan Lake: Neapolitan Dance

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    2:09
  • 3:01 PM

    Liti Kersti: Bjorgulv the Fiddler

    Arne Eggen

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    4:33
  • 2:47 PM

    Trio Sonata No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Palladian Ensemble

    12:33
  • 2:47 PM

    Trio Sonata No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Palladian Ensemble

    12:33
  • 2:46 PM

    Trio Sonata No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Palladian Ensemble

    12:33
  • 2:40 PM

    Jeux d'eau (Fountains)

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Das Klavierwerk

    Heidi Lowy, piano

    6:01
  • 2:22 PM

    Symphony No. 4: 1st movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    17:25
  • 2:09 PM

    String Symphony No. 6

    Felix Mendelssohn

    London Festival Orchestra

    Ross Pople, conductor

    12:22
  • 2:02 PM

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

    Franz Liszt

    Susann McDonald, harp

    5:34
  • 1:52 PM

    Suite "Water Piece"

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    7:18
  • 1:48 PM

    Impromptu No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    3:31
  • 1:41 PM

    Aria in Classic Style

    Marcel Grandjany

    Stockholm Chamber Orchestra

    Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor

    Christine Muhlbach, harp

    5:58
  • 1:31 PM

    String Quartet No. 17 "Hunt": 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Emerson String Quartet

    8:23
  • 1:25 PM

    Midnight Polka

    Emil Waldteufel

    Waldteufel: Bal au second Empire

    Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra

    Theodor Guschlbauer, conductor

    4:24
  • 1:19 PM

    Karelia Suite: Alla Marcia

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphony No. 1, 'Karelia' Suite

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    4:53
  • 1:08 PM

    A Fugal Concerto

    Gustav Holst

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Kathryn Greenbank, oboe

    Julia Bogorad-Kogan, flute

    7:22
  • 1:04 PM

    Miniature Viennese March

    Fritz Kreisler

    Joshua Bell, violin

    Paul Coker, piano

    3:11
  • 12:53 PM

    The Olympiad: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Cimarosa: Overtures, Vol. 5

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice

    Patrick Gallois, conductor

    6:03
  • 12:47 PM

    The Merchant of Venice: Suite Anglaise No. 2: 3rd movement

    Henri Rabaud

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    2:20
  • 12:37 PM

    Novelette "In Eastern Style"

    Alexander Glazunov

    Saint Petersburg String Quartet

    8:06
  • 12:26 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1: Overture

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Ouvertures

    Zefiro

    Alfredo Bernardini, conductor

    9:16
  • 12:21 PM

    Serenade for Winds: Moderato

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenades

    Vienna Philharmonic Winds

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    3:57
  • 12:18 PM

    L'Eventail de Jeanne (Jeanne's Fan): Pastorale

    Francis Poulenc

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    1:57
  • 12:14 PM

    Galop

    Alexander Mosolov

    Jouer, chanter, danser/Play, sing, dance

    Manon Le Comte, harp

    2:14
  • 12:08 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 1, Overtures

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    4:52
  • 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
  • 11:52 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 11: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn & Ligeti Concertos & Capriccios

    Danish National Symphony Orchestra

    Shai Wosner, piano

    7:28
  • 11:45 AM

    The Spanish Lady: Suite

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Music for Strings

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    5:50
  • 11:41 AM

    Lieutenant Kije: Troika

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Hovhaness, Prokofiev, Stravinsky

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    2:38
  • 11:30 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 5

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Edition Vol. 2

    I Musici

    Severino Gazzelloni, flute

    10:02
  • 11:24 AM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1: Carillon

    Georges Bizet

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    4:18
  • 11:20 AM

    Martha: M'appari tutt'amor

    Friedrich von Flotow

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    Luciano Pavarotti, tenor

    3:26
  • 11:17 AM

    Sorochinsky Fair: Gopak

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Moussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    1:40
  • 11:11 AM

    JFK: Theme

    John Williams

    John Williams at the Movies

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    5:07
  • 11:04 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 3

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    5:44
  • 10:49 AM

    Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Greatest Hits

    New York Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    8:57
  • 10:34 AM

    Ballet Suite No. 1

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Dmitri Kitayenko, conductor

    13:42
  • 10:21 AM

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    12:58
  • 10:17 AM

    Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo

    Pietro Mascagni

    The Last Dance: Music for a Vanishing Era

    I Salonisti

    2:50
  • 10:09 AM

    Black Swan

    Bright Sheng

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    6:45
  • 10:06 AM

    Preludes, Book 1: La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair)

    Claude Debussy

    The World of the Harp

    Susann McDonald, harp

    2:35
  • 10:01 AM

    Czech Suite: Sousedska

    Antonin Dvorak

    Padua Chamber Orchestra

    David Golub, conductor

    4:35
  • 9:52 AM

    Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball

    Hector Berlioz

    Symphonie Fantastique

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    6:24
  • 9:30 AM

    English Suite No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Andras Schiff, piano

    19:58
  • 9:25 AM

    Cinema Paradiso

    Ennio Morricone

    Cinema

    Brussels Philharmonic

    Stephane Deneve, conductor

    Renaud Capucon, violin

    3:24
  • 9:06 AM

    Petite Symphony

    Charles Gounod

    Romantic Wind

    Norwegian Winds

    Gerard Oskamp, conductor

    18:23
  • 9:01 AM

    Schindler's List: Theme

    John Williams

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    Alexander Kerr, violin

    4:38
  • 8:39 AM

    Otello: Ballet Music

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    19:30
  • 8:16 AM

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    21:38
  • 8:06 AM

    Variations on a Popular Tune

    A.J. Potter

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Robert Houlihan, conductor

    8:54
  • 8:01 AM

    Mazurka No. 13

    Frederic Chopin

    Mirian Conti, piano

    4:33
  • 7:50 AM

    Le Corsaire: Pas de Deux

    Riccardo Drigo

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    7:56
  • 7:41 AM

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    Gemma Rosefield, cello

    8:17
  • 7:27 AM

    Divertimento No. 14

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenata Notturna, Divertimenti

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    12:37
  • 7:06 AM

    Spirituals for Strings

    Morton Gould

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Klein, conductor

    20:32
  • 7:01 AM

    Boulder Brass

    4:38
  • 6:35 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    William Banfield

    Childs, B: The Distant Land, etc.

    Akron Symphony Orchestra

    Alan Balter, conductor

    22:51
  • 6:30 AM

    Epilogue for Strings

    Donald Fraser

    English Symphony Orchestra

    Donald Fraser, conductor

    4:17
  • 6:06 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra

    Dennis Burkh, conductor

    Elizabeth Rich, piano

    22:31
  • 6:01 AM

    The Wedding Waltz

    Heikki Aaltoila

    Scandinavian Rhapsody, A Selection of Orchestral Favourites

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:38
  • 5:31 AM

    Come in!

    Vladimir Martynov

    Silencio

    Kremerata Baltica

    Gidon Kremer, conductor

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    26:57
  • 5:24 AM

    Yao Dance

    Liu Tieshan

    Chinasong | Shanghai Quartet

    Shanghai Quartet

    6:33
  • 5:06 AM

    Guitar Concerto

    Ferdinando Carulli

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    16:17
  • 5:01 AM

    Symphony No. 1: 2nd movement

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Symphonies 1

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Marc Soustrot, conductor

    4:41
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