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  • 4:42 AM

    Children's Corner

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Engulfed Cathedral

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    16:37
  • 4:26 AM

    French Suite No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: The French Suites

    Peter Hill, piano

    14:43
  • 4:06 AM

    Pelleas and Melisande

    Jean Sibelius

    Schoenberg, Sibelius, Faure: Pelleas et Melisande

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    18:46
  • 4:01 AM

    Butterfly's Day Out

    Mark O'Connor

    The Essential Yo-Yo Ma

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:41
  • 3:43 AM

    Cape Breton Concerto

    Brian Packham

    Highlands

    Camerata Bariloche

    Chris Norman, flute

    14:54
  • 3:32 AM

    Night on Bald Mountain

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Stokowski Transcriptions

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    9:10
  • 3:19 AM

    Sonata for Harp and Guitar

    Anthony Sidney

    Miguel Bonachea, guitar

    Gretchen Chell Cover, harp

    13:00
  • 3:06 AM

    Quartet No. 1

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Six Wind Quartets

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    11:03
  • 3:01 AM

    L'incoronazione di Poppea: Pur ti miro

    Claudio Monteverdi

    Axiom Quartet

    4:35
  • 2:32 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 4

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Sonatas for Piano & Violin

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    23:08
  • 2:14 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain"

    Alan Hovhaness

    Hovhaness, Prokofiev, Stravinsky

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    19:05
  • 2:06 AM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Adagio

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Marlboro Wind Ensemble

    6:35
  • 2:01 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
  • 1:48 AM

    Benvenuto Cellini: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Pictures at a Gallery

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:12
  • 1:28 AM

    Terzetto

    Antonin Dvorak

    Music@Menlo 2008: The Unfolding Of Music Ii, Vol. 3

    Arnaud Sussmann, violin

    17:51
  • 1:01 AM

    Lute Suite No. 4: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    A Distant Show

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    4:37
  • 12:43 AM

    Symphonic Poem No. 6 "Mazeppa"

    Franz Liszt

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    15:25
  • 12:17 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Max Bruch

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Gourlay, conductor

    Charlie Siem, violin

    24:57
  • 12:06 AM

    Yaara Tal, piano

    Andreas Groethuysen, piano

    8:45
  • 12:01 AM

    Divertissement: 2nd movement

    Emile Bernard

    Sylvan Winds

    4:40
  • 11:30 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "Choral": 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Bavarian Radio Chorus

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    June Anderson, soprano

    Sarah Walker, mezzo-soprano

    Klaus Konig, tenor

    Jan-Hendrik Rootering, bass

    28:42
  • 11:13 PM

    Serenade for Strings

    Hans Gal

    Symphony Nova Scotia

    Georg Tintner, conductor

    15:11
  • 11:07 PM

    Canon

    Johann Pachelbel

    Pure Classics

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:55
  • 11:01 PM

    Caprice viennois (Viennese Caprice)

    Fritz Kreisler

    The Kreisler Album

    Joshua Bell, violin

    4:35
  • 10:39 PM

    Siegfried Idyll

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Siegfried-Idyll/Sibelius: Valse Triste/etc.

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    18:50
  • 10:12 PM

    Symphony No. 97

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 95, 97, 101

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    25:39
  • 10:06 PM

    Intermezzo No. 2

    Vasily Kalinnikov

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:22
  • 10:01 PM

    Il delirio amoroso: Introduction

    George Frideric Handel

    Le Concert d'Astree

    Emmanuelle Haim, conductor

    4:50
  • 9:44 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 18

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mieczyslaw Horszowski, piano

    14:40
  • 9:20 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 2

    Saverio Mercadante

    Mercadante: Flute Concertos

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    21:46
  • 9:13 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2 "Characteristic": Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    6:28
  • 9:06 PM

    Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria (Cantilena)

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Trio Concertante

    5:35
  • 9:01 PM

    Sinfonia in Classic Mode: Minuet

    Joseph Marx

    Marx: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

    Bochum Symphony Orchestra

    Steven Sloane, conductor

    4:42
  • 8:49 PM

    Fantasy on Themes from Verdi's Rigoletto

    Franz & Karl Doppler

    Wiener Virtuosen

    9:53
  • 8:14 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 4

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 4 Op. 40 (Original 1926 version); Scriabin: Prometheus-The Poem of Fire, Op. 60

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    Alain Lefevre, piano

    33:16
  • 8:10 PM

    Carmina Burana: Dance

    Carl Orff

    Classics for All Seasons: Spring

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:44
  • 8:07 PM

    Downton Abbey: Theme

    John Lunn

    Claire Jones: Royal Harp Strings

    Claire Jones, harp

    3:33
  • 8:01 PM

    Sarabande with variations

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Susato, Moritz von Hessen, Bach, Franke, Sammartini, Mendelssohn, Ewald

    Ludwig Guttler Brass Ensemble

    Ludwig Guttler, conductor

    4:35
  • 7:50 PM

    Der Rosenkavalier: Waltzes

    Richard Strauss

    Invitation To The Waltz

    Stadium Symphony Orchestra of New York

    Raoul Poliakin, conductor

    8:39
  • 7:17 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Jean Sibelius

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    31:05
  • 7:06 PM

    Introduction, Theme, and Variations

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

    David Shifrin, clarinet

    8:49
  • 7:01 PM

    A Country Woman

    Bedrich Smetana

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Stankovsky, conductor

    4:34
  • 6:50 PM

    "Twinkle, Twinkle" Variations (Ah, vous dirais-je, Maman)

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Great Mozart Piano Workds

    John Novacek, piano

    8:04
  • 6:12 PM

    Symphony No. 8

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 8, Scherzo Capriccioso, Notturno

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    36:22
  • 6:06 PM

    Clyde Suite

    Ron Moore

    Message of the Sea: Celtic Music for Guitar

    David Russell, guitar

    4:18
  • 6:01 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Alla marcia

    Dag Wiren

    Strings of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Magnus Ericsson, conductor

    4:45
  • 5:41 PM

    Music for the Royal Fireworks

    George Frideric Handel

    Cleveland Symphonic Winds

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    15:57
  • 5:19 PM

    Piano Trio No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Piano Trios

    Beaux Arts Trio

    20:15
  • 5:14 PM

    Scherzetto

    Jacques Ibert

    Kyunghee Kim-Sutre, harp

    3:47
  • 5:06 PM

    Capriccio Burlesco

    William Walton

    Walton: Orchestral Works

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    7:28
  • 5:01 PM

    Festival Coronation March for Alexander III

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Pops on the March

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:39
  • 4:51 PM

    Tancredi: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Schippers, conductor

    7:14
  • 4:43 PM

    I Was Glad

    Hubert Parry

    Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    7:00
  • 4:09 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 22

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    National Arts Centre Orchestra

    Hannu Lintu, conductor

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    32:20
  • 4:06 PM

    Trumpet Tune

    Jeremiah Clarke

    Empire Brass

    William Kuhlman, organ

    1:14
  • 4:01 PM

    Lute Sonata: 1st movement

    Bernhard Joachim Hagen

    John Schneiderman, lute

    Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin

    William Skeen, cello

    4:39
  • 3:54 PM

    The Age of Innocence

    Elmer Bernstein

    Cinema Serenade

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    4:10
  • 3:50 PM

    Batman Returns: Cat Suite

    Danny Elfman

    Studio Orchestra

    Jonathan Sheffer, conductor

    5:44
  • 3:43 PM

    Ghost: End Credits

    Maurice Jarre

    Doctor Zhivago: The Classic Film Music Of Maurice Jarre

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    4:27
  • 3:38 PM

    The Color Purple: Main Theme

    Quincy Jones

    Cinema Serenade

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    4:30
  • 3:30 PM

    Legends of the Fall: The Ludlows

    James Horner

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Arnold, conductor

    6:19
  • 3:27 PM

    A River Runs Through It: Main Theme

    Mark Isham

    Beautiful Hollywood

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    2:54
  • 3:17 PM

    Forrest Gump: Suite

    Alan Silvestri

    Forrest Gump Original Motion Picture Score

    Studio Orchestra

    Alan Silvestri, conductor

    6:34
  • 3:10 PM

    Saving Private Ryan: Hymn to the Fallen

    John Williams

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    6:10
  • 3:06 PM

    Big: Opening

    Howard Shore

    20th Century Fox: 75 Years of Great Film Music

    Studio Orchestra

    2:52
  • 3:01 PM

    Hook: Flight to Neverland

    John Williams

    Williams on Williams

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:43
  • 2:42 PM

    Capriccio Italien

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Ports of Call

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    15:53
  • 2:31 PM

    Violin Concerto "Eleven Eleven": 3rd movement

    Danny Elfman

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    Sandy Cameron, violin

    9:32
  • 2:13 PM

    Piano Trio

    Johann Hummel

    Hummel: Piano Trios

    Beaux Arts Trio

    16:06
  • 2:06 PM

    The Planets: Mars

    Gustav Holst

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    6:26
  • 1:51 PM

    Overture "In the Italian Style"

    Franz Schubert

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:33
  • 1:39 PM

    Capriccio for Bassoon and Orchestra

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi Discoveries

    Milan Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Andrea Magnani, bassoon

    10:24
  • 1:34 PM

    Waldesrauschen (Forest Murmurs)

    Franz Liszt

    William Wolfram, piano

    4:23
  • 1:22 PM

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    11:54
  • 1:13 PM

    Summer Shimmers

    Jennifer Higdon

    Jennifer Higdon: Summer Shimmers

    Susan Glaser, flute

    6:22
  • 1:06 PM

    The Banks of Green Willow

    George Butterworth

    Butterworth Parry Bridge

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    5:58
  • 1:01 PM

    Mrs Anne Grene her Leaves be Green

    John Danyel

    Nocturnal

    Jakob Lindberg, lute

    4:52
  • 12:50 PM

    Sigurd Jorsalfar: Homage March

    Edvard Grieg

    Sibelius: Finlandia, Valse Triste; Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfar

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    8:46
  • 12:27 PM

    String Quartet No. 53 "The Lark"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Doric String Quartet

    21:23
  • 12:24 PM

    Mystic Flute

    Alan Hovhaness

    Marvin Rosen, piano

    1:30
  • 12:06 PM

    Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    Benjamin Britten

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    16:44
  • 12:01 PM

    The Grumpy Old Bear

    Julius Fucik

    The Moldau

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    Alan Pendlebury, bassoon

    4:36
  • 11:46 AM

    Tales from the Vienna Woods

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    12:01
  • 11:35 AM

    Double Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Gli Incogniti

    Giuliano Carmignola, violin

    Amandine Beyer, violin

    9:59
  • 11:28 AM

    Ave Maria

    Franz Biebl

    introit

    Cantus

    5:53
  • 11:11 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 13

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    16:21
  • 11:06 AM

    Legend No. 3

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends, Prague Waltzes

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    3:57
  • 11:01 AM

    Etude No. 8

    Giulio Regondi

    Music to My Ears: A Collection of Music for Children of All Ages

    David Starobin, guitar

    4:49
  • 10:47 AM

    From Italy (Aus Italien): In Rome's Ruins

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Aus Italien, Don Juan

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    11:29
  • 10:30 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Dale Clevenger, horn

    16:01
  • 10:23 AM

    The Last Emperor: Theme

    Ryuichi Sakamoto

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:58
  • 10:06 AM

    Papillons (Butterflies)

    Robert Schumann

    Bach: French Suite; Schumann: Papillons, Op.2; Chopin: Two Preludes, Mazurka

    Mieczyslaw Horszowski, piano

    16:10
  • 10:01 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Entry of the Fairies

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    4:50
  • 9:49 AM

    Spring Song

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Lemminkainen Suite; Spring Song; Belshazzar's Feast Suite

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    9:05
  • 9:20 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    National Arts Centre Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    27:56
  • 9:13 AM

    Two Rags

    Scott Joplin

    Calico Winds

    4:42
  • 9:06 AM

    L'Isle joyeuse (Joyous Isle)

    Claude Debussy

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    6:54
  • 9:01 AM

    Scotch Strathspey and Reel

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger: Piano Music

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    4:40
  • 8:46 AM

    Andean Folk Dances

    Celso Garrido-Lecca

    Garrido-Lecca: Peruvian Suite; Symphonic Tableaux; Andean Folk Dances; Laudes II

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    12:59
  • 8:27 AM

    12 German Dances for Orchestra

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: 11 Modlinger Dances; 12 German Dances; 12 Minuets

    Capella Istropolitana

    Oliver Dohnanyi, conductor

    18:42
  • 8:13 AM

    Jeromita Linares

    Carlos Guastavino

    "Impresiones"

    Camerata Bariloche

    Pablo Cohen, guitar

    11:43
  • 8:06 AM

    Inspiration Waltzes

    Nathaniel Dett

    My Cup Runneth Over: The Complete Piano Works of R. Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    6:05
  • 8:01 AM

    Trio Sonata No. 10

    Arcangelo Corelli

    Purcell Quartet

    4:32
  • 7:24 AM

    Symphony No. 38 "Prague"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    34:22
  • 7:21 AM

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Branford Marsalis, saxophone

    2:42
  • 7:06 AM

    Hypnotized

    Gary Schocker

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    12:58
  • 7:01 AM

    Bibo No Aozora (Beauty of a Blue Sky)

    Ryuichi Sakamoto

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:41
  • 6:37 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American"

    William Grant Still

    African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. 1

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    21:10
  • 6:30 AM

    Nocturne for the Left Hand

    Alexander Scriabin

    Michael Landrum, piano

    5:54
  • 6:06 AM

    Symphonic Variations

    Antonin Dvorak

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    22:47
  • 6:01 AM

    Wind Quintet: 2nd movement

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Wind Chamber Music

    Bergen Wind Quintet

    4:45
  • 5:28 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Richard Strauss

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    Sarah Chang, violin

    30:41
  • 5:19 AM

    Ballade No. 4

    Johannes Brahms

    Awadagin Pratt: A Long Way from Normal

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    7:32
  • 5:06 AM

    Pastoral Suite

    Gunnar De Frumerie

    Stockholm Chamber Ensemble

    Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor

    Gunilla von Bahr, flute

    11:28
  • 5:01 AM

    Kasia Kadlubowska, percussion

    Dominik Bukowski, percussion

    4:36
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