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  • 4:20 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Scottish"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    37:43
  • 4:18 AM

    Les surprises de l'Amour: Entrance of Venus

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    1:02
  • 4:06 AM

    Iris: Part 5

    James Horner

    Iris: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    James Horner, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    10:55
  • 4:01 AM

    Sleepsong

    Rolf Lovland

    Invisible Stars - Choral Works of Ireland and Scotland

    The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin

    Desmond Earley, conductor

    Emily Doyle, soprano

    4:37
  • 3:45 AM

    Two Pieces

    Frank Bridge

    English String Miniatures, Vol. 4

    Northern Sinfonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    12:41
  • 3:20 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 21 "Waldstein"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Stephen Kovacevich, piano

    23:21
  • 3:06 AM

    Rebel

    Jorg-Michael Schwarz, conductor

    Matthias Maute, flute

    12:45
  • 3:01 AM

    I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Capulets and Montagues): Sinfonia

    Vincenzo Bellini

    Orchestra of St. Cecilia

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    4:40
  • 2:52 AM

    Notturno No. 1

    Giuseppe Martucci

    Martucci: Symphony No. 1; Novelletta; Notturno; Tarantella

    Philharmonia

    Francesco d'Avalos, conductor

    6:42
  • 2:15 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich: Violin Concertos / Gringolts, Etc

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Itzhak Perlman, conductor

    Ilya Gringolts, violin

    34:52
  • 2:06 AM

    Capriccio No. 1

    Muzio Clementi

    Lilya Zilberstein, piano

    7:30
  • 2:01 AM

    Irmelin Prelude

    Frederick Delius

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:46
  • 1:40 AM

    The Cunning Little Vixen: Suite

    Leos Janacek

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    17:40
  • 1:21 AM

    Sonata No. 4

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: String Sonatas; Hoffmeister: Solo Quartets

    Minna Pensola, violin

    17:38
  • 1:11 AM

    The Planets: Jupiter

    Gustav Holst

    Dallas Space Spectacular

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    7:50
  • 1:06 AM

    Hush! Somebody's Callin' My Name

    Spiritual

    Spirituals

    Ambrosian Singers

    Willis Patterson, conductor

    Jessye Norman, soprano

    2:28
  • 1:01 AM

    Dowland in Armenia

    Loris Chobanian

    William Kanengiser, guitar

    4:50
  • 12:41 AM

    Eine kleine Nachtmusik

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies

    Prague Virtuosi

    Julius Rudel, conductor

    16:44
  • 12:14 AM

    Symphony No. 8

    Niels Gade

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    25:44
  • 12:07 AM

    Toward a New Life

    Josef Suk

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    5:53
  • 12:01 AM

    The Garden of Eden: Through Eden's Gates

    William Bolcom

    Logan Skelton, piano

    4:33
  • 11:40 PM

    Symphony No. 6

    Samuel Wesley

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    18:21
  • 11:34 PM

    Overture, Scherzo and Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    20:03
  • 11:26 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 38: 2nd movement

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    C.P.E. Bach Concertos

    Lyra Baroque Orchestra

    Jacques Ogg, conductor

    Jacques Ogg, harpsichord

    6:14
  • 11:21 PM

    Hamlet: Ballet Music: Valse-Mazurka

    Ambroise Thomas

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    3:46
  • 11:11 PM

    English Dances: First Set

    Malcolm Arnold

    Arnold for Band

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    9:30
  • 10:58 PM

    15 Original Dances

    Franz Schubert

    Gil Shaham, violin

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    11:45
  • 10:48 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 3: 1st movement

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Great Pianists of the 20th Century: Martha Argerich I

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Martha Argerich, piano

    9:00
  • 10:36 PM

    Recorder Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    Marion Verbruggen, recorder

    10:42
  • 10:26 PM

    L'Etoile du Nord: Overture

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Darrell Ang, conductor

    9:04
  • 10:22 PM

    Contemplation (Wie Melodien zieht es mir)

    Johannes Brahms

    Johannes Brahms: Lieder

    Jessye Norman, soprano

    2:30
  • 10:12 PM

    Trumpet Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Overtures

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    9:02
  • 10:07 PM

    Impromptu No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Yundi Li, piano

    4:00
  • 10:01 PM

    Apollo Chamber Players

    4:35
  • 9:52 PM

    Symphonie Fantastique: March to the Scaffold

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    6:52
  • 9:33 PM

    Symphony No. 35 "Haffner"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sinfonia Varsovia

    Emmanuel Krivine, conductor

    18:00
  • 9:17 PM

    Ballet Suite No. 1

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Dmitri Kitayenko, conductor

    13:42
  • 9:05 PM

    String Quartet No. 12: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Prism 1

    Danish String Quartet

    8:21
  • 9:00 PM

    Dance of the Orange Blossoms

    Eric Coates

    East of England Orchestra

    Malcolm Nabarro, conductor

    4:32
  • 8:50 PM

    Grande Overture

    Mauro Giuliani

    Reverie

    Dale Kavanagh, guitar

    8:00
  • 8:36 PM

    Spanish Folk Suite

    Manuel de Falla

    Alisa Weilerstein, cello

    Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, piano

    12:38
  • 8:17 PM

    Symphony No. 5

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    17:50
  • 8:05 PM

    Capriol Suite

    Peter Warlock

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    9:56
  • 8:00 PM

    Minuet No. 1

    Giacomo Puccini

    Orchestra of the Auvergne

    Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    4:38
  • 5:46 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 58

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    12:23
  • 5:22 PM

    Swan Lake: excerpts

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Ballet, Op. 71 (Excerpts), etc.

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    22:59
  • 5:16 PM

    Edward Scissorhands: The End

    Danny Elfman

    Studio Orchestra

    Shirley Walker, conductor

    4:45
  • 5:06 PM

    Air and Gavotte

    Arthur Foote

    American Romantics

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    8:31
  • 5:01 PM

    Spain

    Chick Corea

    Whirled Chamber Music

    Quartet San Francisco

    Jeremy Cohen, violin

    4:37
  • 4:51 PM

    Norwegian Rhapsody No. 1

    Johan Svendsen

    Svendsen: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

    Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:46
  • 4:24 PM

    Piano Quartet No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Faure Piano Quartet

    24:49
  • 4:14 PM

    L'Etoile du Nord: Dance Suite

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    9:06
  • 4:06 PM

    Giannina and Bernardone: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Cimarosa: Overtures, 2

    Toronto Chamber Orchestra

    Kevin Mallon, conductor

    6:40
  • 4:01 PM

    Choro de Saudade

    Agustin Barrios

    Aire Latino: Latin American Music for Guitar

    David Russell, guitar

    4:50
  • 3:50 PM

    Rodeo: Buckaroo Holiday

    Aaron Copland

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    8:35
  • 3:25 PM

    Symphony No. 7

    Jean Sibelius

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    23:28
  • 3:13 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Giuseppe Tartini

    Bavarian Radio Chamber Orchestra

    Radoslaw Szulc, conductor

    Gabor Tarkovi, trumpet

    10:34
  • 3:06 PM

    Polonaise for Violin and Strings

    Franz Schubert

    Beethoven, Dvorak, Schubert

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    5:59
  • 3:01 PM

    Maskarade: Overture

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Symphonies No 4 & 5

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    4:37
  • 2:47 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "In the Spring": 4th movement

    John Knowles Paine

    John Knowles Paine: Orchestral Works 2

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    11:09
  • 2:47 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "In the Spring": 4th movement

    John Knowles Paine

    John Knowles Paine: Orchestral Works 2

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    11:09
  • 2:43 PM

    Etude No. 6

    Frederic Chopin

    Jan Lisiecki, piano

    3:17
  • 2:25 PM

    An American in Paris

    George Gershwin

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    17:14
  • 2:18 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    Adrian Chandler, violin

    5:50
  • 2:05 PM

    Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1

    Georges Enescu

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    11:30
  • 2:00 PM

    Miao Mountain Morning

    Chen Gang

    Shanghai Quartet

    3:52
  • 1:47 PM

    Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

    Alexander Borodin

    White Nights: Romantic Russian Showpieces

    Kirov Orchestra

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    11:13
  • 1:44 PM

    Sweeney Todd: The Ballad of Sweeney Todd

    Stephen Sondheim

    Original Cast

    Len Cariou, vocal

    :00
  • 1:34 PM

    Israeli Melodies

    Julius Chajes

    Members of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Amos, conductor

    8:53
  • 1:30 PM

    Sonata

    Domenico Scarlatti

    Scarlatti, Cage: Sonatas

    David Greilsammer, piano

    3:21
  • 1:22 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 14: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 13 & 14

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    6:34
  • 1:17 PM

    La Source (The Spring)

    Alphonse Hasselmans

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    3:47
  • 1:09 PM

    Boston Chamber Music Society

    4:27
  • 1:04 PM

    Eugene Onegin: Polonaise

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:49
  • 12:44 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "Great": 3rd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Franz Schubert: Symphonies 1-8

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    15:17
  • 12:32 PM

    Invitation to the Dance

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2, Bassoon Concerto

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    10:02
  • 12:24 PM

    Three Short Pieces

    Jacques Ibert

    Reykjavik Wind Quintet

    6:51
  • 12:24 PM

    Invitation to the Dance

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2, Bassoon Concerto

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    10:02
  • 12:21 PM

    Minuet

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: Short Orchestral Pieces

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Stankovsky, conductor

    2:13
  • 12:16 PM

    CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra

    Hartmut Haenchen, conductor

    3:17
  • 12:11 PM

    Semele: Where E'er You Walk

    George Frideric Handel

    Lynn Harrell, cello

    Bruno Canino, piano

    4:13
  • 12:04 PM

    Festive Overture

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Gustavo Dudamel: Discoveries

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    5:55
  • 11:53 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    3:46
  • 11:49 AM

    Holberg Suite: Rigaudon

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Symphonic Dances, From Holberg's Time, Old Norwegian Melody

    Oslo Symphony Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    3:55
  • 11:39 AM

    Serenade No. 7 "Haffner": Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    8:40
  • 11:31 AM

    Appalachian Spring: Variations on a Shaker Melody

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Appalachian Spring, Rodeo, Billy The Kid, Fanfare For The Common Man

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    6:47
  • 11:19 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Brandenburg Concertos

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    10:37
  • 11:14 AM

    Waltz No. 5 "Grande Valse"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    4:34
  • 11:06 AM

    La Scala di Seta (Silken Ladder): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: 7 Overtures

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    5:56
  • 11:04 AM

    The Garden of Cosmic Speculation: Courante

    Michael Gandolfi

    Gandolfi: The Garden of Cosmic Spectacular

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    1:50
  • 10:49 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

    Helmuth Rilling, conductor

    Isabelle Faust, violin

    9:20
  • 10:34 AM

    Petite Suite Gauloise

    Louis Theodore Gouvy

    The Chamber Winds

    United States Air Force Band

    Lowell Graham, conductor

    13:43
  • 10:20 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 10

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Fazil Say, piano

    12:57
  • 10:17 AM

    Popular Brazilian Songs: Pacoca

    Celso Machado

    Charke-Cormier Duo

    3:10
  • 10:09 AM

    Five Preludes

    William Alwyn

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    5:58
  • 10:06 AM

    Hungarian Dance No. 19

    Johannes Brahms

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    2:26
  • 10:01 AM

    Symphony: 2nd movement

    Johann Vanhal

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    Celia Nicklin, oboe

    4:48
  • 9:43 AM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances, Etc

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    14:53
  • 9:31 AM

    Harp Sonata

    Paul Hindemith

    Elisabeth Plank, harp

    10:58
  • 9:14 AM

    Flight

    Oliver Davis

    Oliver Davis: Flight

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    Kerenza Peacock, violin

    15:30
  • 9:06 AM

    Black Swan

    Bright Sheng

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    6:45
  • 9:01 AM

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    4:36
  • 8:30 AM

    String Quartet

    Maurice Ravel

    Emerson String Quartet

    28:03
  • 8:19 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Oboe Italiano

    Stuttgart Arcata Chamber Orchestra

    Patrick Strub, conductor

    Lajos Lencses, oboe

    10:23
  • 8:06 AM

    Rondo Brilliant

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Works for Piano & Orchestra

    Sinfonia da Camera

    Ian Hobson, conductor

    Ian Hobson, piano

    11:24
  • 8:01 AM

    Rondo for Horn and Orchestra

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Radovan Vlatkovic, horn

    4:36
  • 7:39 AM

    Otello: Ballet Music

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    19:30
  • 7:28 AM

    William Shakespeare Overture

    Friedrich Kuhlau

    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Schonwandt, conductor

    9:59
  • 7:18 AM

    Two Nocturnal Impressions

    Manuel Ponce

    Musica Mexicana

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    8:35
  • 7:06 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 24

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas

    Mari Kodama, piano

    11:19
  • 7:01 AM

    Violin Sonata: 3rd movement

    Frantisek Jiranek

    Il Violino Boemo

    Lenka Torgersen, violin

    4:40
  • 6:50 AM

    Heroes Symphony: Sons of the Silent Age

    Philip Glass

    American Composers Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    8:20
  • 6:27 AM

    String Quartet No. 63 "Sunrise"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Leipzig String Quartet

    22:51
  • 6:07 AM

    Concert Piece for Four Horns

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphony No 2, Etc

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    18:47
  • 6:01 AM

    Miniatures: Brecolada and Copla

    Joan Manen

    National Chamber Orchestra of Andorra

    Gerard Claret, conductor

    4:31
  • 5:41 AM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Aaron Copland

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    Richard Stoltzman, clarinet

    16:45
  • 5:31 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    William S Lloyd Webber

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    9:59
  • 5:07 AM

    Nights in the Gardens of Spain

    Manuel de Falla

    Nights in the Garden of Spain

    Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra

    Hans Graf, conductor

    Angela Cheng, piano

    23:17
  • 5:01 AM

    Elegy, to Calvin Simmons

    Lou Harrison

    California Symphony

    Barry Jekowsky, conductor

    4:43
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