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  • 4:25 AM

    String Quartet No. 13 "Rosamunde"

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Quartets D804 Rosamunde, D87 and Quartettsatz

    Borodin Quartet

    33:10
  • 4:14 AM

    The Winter's Tale

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Lars-Erik Larsson: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    10:10
  • 4:06 AM

    St. Matthew Passion: Erbarme dich

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Anderson & Roe Piano Duo

    6:06
  • 4:01 AM

    Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune (Moonlight)

    Claude Debussy

    12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic

    4:37
  • 3:49 AM

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Schneider, conductor

    Isaac Stern, violin

    8:55
  • 3:15 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 1

    New York Philharmonic

    Alan Gilbert, conductor

    33:19
  • 3:06 AM

    Lipman Harp Duo

    Sayo Lipman, harp

    6:45
  • 3:01 AM

    Veni, dilecte mi

    Sebastian de Vivanco

    Desires: A Song of Songs Collection

    ORA

    Suzi Digby, conductor

    4:40
  • 2:57 AM

    El Colibri (The Hummingbird)

    Julio Sagreras

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    1:16
  • 2:52 AM

    Doce de coco

    Jaco do Bandolim

    Appassionato

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    5:12
  • 2:35 AM

    English Suite No. 3

    J.S. Bach

    Murray Perahia

    17:47
  • 2:33 AM

    English Suite No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Murray Perahia, piano

    17:47
  • 12:46 AM

    MN Opera LIVE

    60:00
  • 12:29 AM

    Sonata No. 18

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Gabrieli and St. Marks: Venetian Brass Music

    Wallace Collection

    Simon Wright, conductor

    5:09
  • 12:24 AM

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

    Claude Debussy

    Stephen Hough, piano

    4:56
  • 12:22 AM

    Intermezzo: Happy End

    Richard Strauss

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Andre Previn, conductor

    2:18
  • 12:00 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Concertos

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    David Theodore, oboe

    20:06
  • 11:54 PM

    Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus

    George Frideric Handel

    Dies Irae: The Essential Choral Collection

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Karl Richter, conductor

    4:00
  • 11:42 PM

    Zampa Overture

    Ferdinand Herold

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    8:22
  • 11:37 PM

    String Quartet No. 12 "American": 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    The American Album

    Cypress String Quartet

    5:19
  • 11:29 PM

    Swan Lake: Theme

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Thomas R. Forrester, conductor

    3:09
  • 11:23 PM

    Canon and Gigue

    Johann Pachelbel

    Daniel Hope: Air

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe Soloists

    Daniel Hope, violin

    5:09
  • 11:10 PM

    Bourree Fantasque

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Chabrier: Espana

    French National Orchestra

    Armin Jordan, conductor

    7:02
  • 11:00 PM

    Rondo a Capriccio (Rage Over a Lost Penny)

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    James Levine: Live at Carnegie Hall

    Evgeny Kissin, piano

    5:41
  • 10:53 PM

    Pomp and Circumstance March No. 2

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Pomp & Circumstance Marches, Enigma Variations

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    5:53
  • 10:42 PM

    Carousel Waltz

    Richard Rodgers

    My Favorite Things: A Richard Rogers Celebration

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    7:49
  • 10:35 PM

    Fantasy-Impromptu

    Frederic Chopin

    Daniil Trifonov, piano

    5:35
  • 10:25 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 2: 2nd movement

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss, Weber: Horn Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Concertino For Horn

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    5:22
  • 10:17 PM

    Symphony No. 101 "The Clock": 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos 101 The Clock and 104 London

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    6:47
  • 10:09 PM

    The Birds: Prelude

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances I & Iii, Etc

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    2:49
  • 10:01 PM

    Procession of the Sardar

    Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov

    Sir Charles' Precious Music Box Ii

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    4:33
  • 9:52 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 1, 2, 3

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    7:06
  • 9:40 PM

    School for Scandal Overture

    Samuel Barber

    New York Philharmonic

    Thomas Schippers, conductor

    7:33
  • 9:33 PM

    The Tic-Toc-Choc (or the mallets)

    Francois Couperin

    Virtuoso Harp

    Marion Hofmann, harp

    2:31
  • 9:25 PM

    String Quartet: 2nd movement

    Maurice Ravel

    Debussy, Ravel, Dutilleux: Quartets

    Juilliard String Quartet

    6:32
  • 9:18 PM

    Fur Elise

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Famous Piano Pieces by Great Masters

    Jorg Demus, piano

    3:50
  • 9:08 PM

    Nocturnes: Fetes (Festivals)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Trois Nocturnes, Jeux

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    6:17
  • 9:01 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Jewels of the Classics

    Philharmonia Virtuosi

    Richard Kapp, conductor

    3:45
  • 8:55 PM

    Four Seasons: Spring: 1st movement

    Antonio Vivaldi

    The Best Classical Album in the World...Ever!

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Nigel Kennedy, violin

    3:05
  • 8:42 PM

    Sigurd Jorsalfar: Homage March

    Edvard Grieg

    Sibelius: Finlandia

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    8:52
  • 8:33 PM

    Novelette (Orientale)

    Alexander Glazunov

    Saint Petersburg String Quartet

    4:57
  • 8:26 PM

    Carmen: Gypsy Dance

    Georges Bizet

    Grieg: Carmen - Peer Gynt

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:41
  • 8:09 PM

    Symphony No. 4: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Complete Symphonies

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    5:54
  • 8:00 PM

    Snow Maiden: Dance of the Tumblers

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:45
  • 5:48 PM

    Benvenuto Cellini: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    10:07
  • 5:37 PM

    The Temple of Glory: Three Airs

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    7:54
  • 5:29 PM

    Salut d'amour (Love's Greeting)

    Edward Elgar

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    3:15
  • 5:24 PM

    French Suite No. 5: Sarabande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Murray Perahia, piano

    4:09
  • 5:09 PM

    Symphony No. 25: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies 25 & 31, Etc

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    10:40
  • 5:01 PM

    The Merrymakers

    Eric Coates

    The Music of Eric Coates

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    4:28
  • 4:51 PM

    Die Fledermaus: Overture

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Fanfare for the Common Man

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Carl Davis, conductor

    8:36
  • 4:40 PM

    Giselle: Pas de deux of the young peasants

    Adolphe Adam

    Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    6:50
  • 4:37 PM

    Gymnopedie No. 2

    Erik Satie

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    2:46
  • 4:25 PM

    Symphony No. 98: Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: 12 London Symphonies

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    7:55
  • 4:14 PM

    Strike Up the Band: Overture

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin: Overtures

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    7:08
  • 4:10 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 29 "Hammerklavier": Scherzo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Late Piano Sonatas

    Igor Levit, piano

    2:31
  • 4:01 PM

    Bagatelles: Poco Allegro

    Antonin Dvorak

    National Chamber Players

    Lowell Graham, conductor

    4:44
  • 3:56 PM

    Symphony No. 10: 2nd movement

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    4:05
  • 3:41 PM

    Symphony No. 4

    Johann Christian Bach

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Simon Standage, conductor

    10:52
  • 3:35 PM

    Symphonie Fantastique: March to the Scaffold

    Hector Berlioz

    Chiller

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:04
  • 3:26 PM

    A Welcome March

    Charles Stanford

    Stanford | A Song of Agincourt & other works

    Ulster Orchestra

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    5:15
  • 3:22 PM

    Sinfonietta: Fanfare

    Leos Janacek

    Dvorak: Legends, Op. 59; Janacek: Sinfonietta

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    2:29
  • 3:09 PM

    Invitation to the Dance

    Carl Maria von Weber

    With Love from Vienna

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:39
  • 3:01 PM

    Contredanse and Tarantelle

    Frederic Chopin

    Malcolm Frager, piano

    4:35
  • 2:49 PM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto

    Russian National Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    10:11
  • 2:37 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 1 "La Tempesta di Mare" ("Storm at Sea")

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Patrick Gallois, flute

    6:48
  • 2:24 PM

    Il turco in Italia (The Turk in Italy): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    8:20
  • 2:15 PM

    Passaggio

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Ludovico Einaudi: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    5:07
  • 2:10 PM

    Turkish Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Sonatas KV 331 & 457

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    3:40
  • 2:01 PM

    Starlight Express: Waltz

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar and Vaughan Williams

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    George Hurst, conductor

    4:30
  • 1:55 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 2: 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Cello Concertos In C Major & D Major

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jose-Luis Garcia, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:23
  • 1:49 PM

    Klezmer Dance No. 3 "Let's Be Happy"

    Goran Frost

    Frost and Friends

    Martin Frost, clarinet

    3:27
  • 1:40 PM

    Orb and Sceptre

    William Walton

    Walton: In Honour of the City of London, etc.

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    David Willcocks, conductor

    7:52
  • 1:33 PM

    Rigoletto: La donna e mobile

    Giuseppe Verdi

    The #1 Opera Album

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    Luciano Pavarotti, tenor

    2:20
  • 1:27 PM

    The Harmonious Blacksmith

    George Frideric Handel

    London Brass

    4:30
  • 1:18 PM

    Piano Trio No. 9: 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: 11 Trios

    Beaux Arts Trio

    3:28
  • 1:09 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish": 3rd movement

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: The Symphonies

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    5:35
  • 1:04 PM

    Appalachian Dreams: Darling Cora

    John Duarte

    Dreams of a World

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    1:33
  • 12:52 PM

    Rodeo: Buckaroo Holiday

    Aaron Copland

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

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    6:58
  • 12:48 PM

    Hofbrauhaus Polka

    Traditional German

    Apollo Chamber Players

    2:21
  • 12:40 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    6:14
  • 12:30 PM

    Symphony No. 3: 4th movement

    Marcel Tyberg

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    6:34
  • 12:24 PM

    Algerian Suite: French Military March

    Camille Saint-Saens

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    4:20
  • 12:17 PM

    Etude No. 12 "Revolutionary"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin Etudes

    Jan Lisiecki, piano

    2:35
  • 12:09 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: Brandenburg Concerto

    Academy of Ancient Music Berlin

    5:37
  • 12:04 PM

    Music for Children: March

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Brodsky Unlimited

    Brodsky Quartet

    1:04
  • 11:51 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Polish": Scherzo

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky Symphonies

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    6:22
  • 11:45 AM

    El Cid: Love Theme

    Miklos Rozsa

    Escape To Paradise: The Hollywood Album

    Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alexander Shelley, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    4:21
  • 11:33 AM

    Symphony No. 1: 1st movement

    Franz Schubert

    Franz Schubert: Symphonies 1-8

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    9:25
  • 11:29 AM

    Peer Gynt: Anitra's Dance

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Peer Gynt

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    3:21
  • 11:20 AM

    Horn Quintet: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Chicago Chamber Musicians

    6:18
  • 11:16 AM

    Mysterious Barricades

    Francois Couperin

    Couperin: Keyboard Music

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    2:26
  • 11:04 AM

    Chineser-Galopp (Chinese Galop)

    Johann Strauss, Sr.

    Ensemble Wien

    1:35
  • 10:41 AM

    Children's Corner

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Petite Suite, etc

    Ulster Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    17:09
  • 10:38 AM

    Flight of the Bumblebee

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rhythm Song

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    Evelyn Glennie, percussion

    1:20
  • 10:23 AM

    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

    Jerome Moross

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    14:23
  • 10:20 AM

    Liu Yang River

    Bi-Guang Tang

    Shanghai Quartet

    2:42
  • 10:13 AM

    Oboe Concerto No. 9

    Tomaso Albinoni

    I Musici

    Heinz Holliger, oboe

    6:15
  • 10:06 AM

    Berceuse (Lullaby)

    Frederic Chopin

    The Complete Piano Works of Chopin, Vol 5: Masterpieces & Miniatures

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    5:58
  • 10:01 AM

    Bees and Bumblebees

    Eugene Arcade Dede

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    4:33
  • 9:45 AM

    Suite No. 7

    Kurt Atterberg

    ATTERBERG: Sinfonia for Strings

    Camerata Nordica

    Ulf Wallin, conductor

    13:13
  • 9:26 AM

    Carmen Suite No. 2

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Suites, Carmen 1 & 2, L'Arlesienne 1 & 2

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:39
  • 9:14 AM

    Kanon Pokajanen (Canon of Repentance): Prayer

    Arvo Part

    The Deer's Cry: Music by Arvo Part

    Vox Clamantis

    Jaan-Eik Tulve, conductor

    Jaanika Kuusik, soprano

    10:20
  • 9:06 AM

    Prelude and Fugue No. 10

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Preludes and Fugues

    Alexander Melnikov, piano

    7:17
  • 9:01 AM

    The Rain

    Joe Hisaishi

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:47
  • 8:38 AM

    Danses Concertantes

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky: Orpheus, Danses Concertantes

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    20:22
  • 8:30 AM

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

    Maurice Ravel

    Mad About Romance

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor

    6:58
  • 8:10 AM

    Shotgun Houses

    Valerie Coleman

    Harlem Quartet

    David Shifrin, clarinet

    19:07
  • 8:06 AM

    Songs My Mother Taught Me

    Antonin Dvorak

    Anderson & Roe Piano Duo

    2:59
  • 8:01 AM

    Titilayo

    Jeff Scott

    Imani Winds

    Imani Winds

    4:16
  • 7:20 AM

    Piano Quartet No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Guarneri Quartet

    Artur Rubinstein, piano

    38:20
  • 7:14 AM

    Ambre

    Nils Frahm

    The Glass Effect: The Music of Philip Glass

    Lavinia Meijer, harp

    3:53
  • 7:06 AM

    October

    Eric Whitacre

    Passions

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    7:28
  • 7:01 AM

    Yesterday

    John Lennon/Paul McCartney

    Revolution

    Janoska Ensemble

    4:39
  • 6:43 AM

    Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise

    Frederic Chopin

    Lang Lang, piano

    15:16
  • 6:13 AM

    Variations on a Hungarian Folksong

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Hary Janos Suite; Dances Of Galanta; Peacock Variations

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    28:26
  • 6:06 AM

    The River

    William Blezard

    British Light Music Discoveries

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    6:11
  • 6:01 AM

    Three Chinese Folk Songs

    Zhou Long

    The Flowing Stream

    Shanghai Quartet

    4:44
  • 5:47 AM

    And the Bridge is Love

    Howard Goodall

    And the Bridge is Love: English Music for Strings

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Julian Lloyd Webber, conductor

    Julian Lloyd Webber, cello

    11:34
  • 5:31 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Complete Sonatas

    Richard Goode, piano

    14:50
  • 5:01 AM

    Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune (Moonlight)

    Claude Debussy

    Horizons

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    4:39
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