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  • 4:43 AM

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    14:44
  • 4:25 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Franz Liszt

    Great Pianists of the 20th Century: Martha Argerich I

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Martha Argerich, piano

    17:36
  • 4:06 AM

    Tristan and Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod (Love Death)

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner for Orchestra

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    17:26
  • 4:01 AM

    Nachtstuck

    Franz Schubert

    L'arpa notturna

    Elisabeth Plank, harp

    4:49
  • 3:52 AM

    A Severn Rhapsody

    Gerald Finzi

    FINZI: Clarinet Concerto / Five Bagatelles / Three Soliloquies / Romance

    Northern Sinfonia

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    6:43
  • 3:10 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Violin Concerto, Double Concerto

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Vadim Repin, violin

    39:50
  • 3:06 AM

    Minuet

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: Short Orchestral Pieces

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Stankovsky, conductor

    2:13
  • 3:01 AM

    Symphony No. 6: Largo-Allegro

    William Boyce

    Boyce: The Eight Symphonies / Boughton, English String Orch

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    4:38
  • 2:50 AM

    Six Studies in English Folk Song

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Janet Hilton, clarinet

    Keith Swallow, piano

    8:33
  • 2:20 AM

    String Quartet

    Maurice Ravel

    Emerson String Quartet

    28:03
  • 2:06 AM

    Norwegian Rhapsody No. 4

    Johan Svendsen

    South Jutland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    12:08
  • 2:01 AM

    Katrina Szederkenyi, harp

    4:48
  • 1:50 AM

    Festina Lente

    Arvo Part

    MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Kristjan Jarvi, conductor

    7:41
  • 1:43 AM

    In a Summer Garden

    Frederick Delius

    Delius: Paris; In A Summer Garden; Brigg Fair Etc.

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    15:10
  • 1:41 AM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos. 1-6

    Vienna State Opera Orchestra

    Anatole Fistoulari, conductor

    8:31
  • 1:33 AM

    Oboe Concerto No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Heinz Holliger, oboe

    8:16
  • 11:59 PM

    Minnesota Beethoven Festival concert

    48:17
  • 11:34 PM

    Ballet Suite No. 2

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    19:39
  • 11:21 PM

    Divertimento No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    New York Philomusica

    12:17
  • 11:12 PM

    Jean de Paris: Overture

    Francois Boieldieu

    Francois-Adrien Boieldieu: Piano Concerto; Six Overtures

    Swiss Italian Orchestra

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    7:50
  • 11:04 PM

    Dances With Wolves: Themes

    John Barry

    Hollywood's Greatest Hits Volume II

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:18
  • 10:59 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 4

    Johannes Brahms

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    4:08
  • 10:49 PM

    Solemn Overture

    Alexander Glazunov

    Russian Overtures

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    9:05
  • 10:39 PM

    Rondo

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Piano Music for Four Hands, Vol. 1

    Yaara Tal, piano

    8:46
  • 10:29 PM

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    9:47
  • 10:21 PM

    Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

    London Classical Players

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    6:02
  • 10:14 PM

    Prince Igor: Polovtsian March

    Alexander Borodin

    White Nights: Romantic Russian Showpieces

    Kirov Orchestra

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    5:25
  • 10:03 PM

    L'assedio di Corinto (Siege of Corinth): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures (Complete), Vol. 1

    Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    9:34
  • 9:59 PM

    Bourree alla Polacca

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    John Williams, guitar

    3:04
  • 9:34 PM

    Symphony No. 1

    Carl Maria von Weber

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    23:34
  • 9:30 PM

    Thunder and Lightning Polka

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss Waltzes

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    2:48
  • 9:21 PM

    String Quartet No. 13: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Late Quartets Opp. 127, 130, 131, 132, 133, 135

    Guarneri Quartet

    8:17
  • 9:17 PM

    Lilacs

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Preludes and Melodies

    Alessio Bax, piano

    2:37
  • 9:05 PM

    Carnival Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Overtures; Symphonic Poems; Symphonic Variations, etc.

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Kubelik, conductor

    8:53
  • 8:58 PM

    Sine Nomine

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Composer's Collection: Vaughan Williams

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    4:43
  • 8:47 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection": 2nd movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    9:57
  • 8:42 PM

    Love Is Here to Stay

    George Gershwin

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    3:45
  • 8:31 PM

    Concerto for Two Oboes

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Albinoni and Vivaldi Wind Concertos

    King's Consort

    Robert King, conductor

    Paul Goodwin, oboe

    10:23
  • 8:05 PM

    Serenade No. 9 "Posthorn": 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenades K320 & K239, Divertimento K136

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Yehudi Menuhin, conductor

    9:03
  • 8:00 PM

    Ruslan and Ludmila: Overture

    Mikhail Glinka

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    4:39
  • 5:43 PM

    Spanish Dances

    Moritz Moszkowski

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    14:18
  • 5:15 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 11

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Volume IX

    John O'Conor, piano

    26:07
  • 5:06 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Carl Friedrich Abel

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    8:17
  • 5:01 PM

    String Quartet: 3rd movement

    Johan Svendsen

    Oslo String Quartet

    4:41
  • 4:43 PM

    Capriccio Espagnol

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade, Capricco Espagnol

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    14:46
  • 4:15 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Eugenia Zukerman, flute

    26:25
  • 4:06 PM

    Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna

    Franz von Suppe

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    7:32
  • 4:01 PM

    Violin Sonata: 3rd movement

    Frantisek Jiranek

    Il Violino Boemo

    Lenka Torgersen, violin

    4:40
  • 3:49 PM

    Marche Slave

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    9:09
  • 3:26 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Orchestra of Opera North

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    Howard Shelley, piano

    22:25
  • 3:06 PM

    Guitar Quintet No. 6

    Luigi Boccherini

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    17:22
  • 3:01 PM

    Lyric Waltz

    Jean Sibelius

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:49
  • 2:48 PM

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    10:00
  • 2:47 PM

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    10:00
  • 2:37 PM

    String Quartet No. 63 "Sunrise": 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 76, Nos. 4 & 6

    Orlando Quartet

    8:39
  • 2:20 PM

    Les Preludes

    Franz Liszt

    Encore!

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    16:41
  • 2:17 PM

    Waltz No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Lullabies For Mila

    Alessio Bax, piano

    1:08
  • 2:16 PM

    Waltz No. 15

    Johannes Brahms

    Lullabies For Mila

    Alessio Bax, piano

    1:20
  • 2:07 PM

    Double Concerto: 2nd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    For the Love of Brahms

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Joshua Bell, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    7:35
  • 1:58 PM

    In the Steppes of Central Asia

    Alexander Borodin

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Loris Tjeknavorian, conductor

    8:00
  • 1:49 PM

    Tafelmusik III: Overture (selections)

    Georg Philip Telemann

    Musica Antiqua Koln

    10:00
  • 1:37 PM

    Symphony No. 8: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Essential Beethoven

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    7:48
  • 1:31 PM

    Peer Gynt: Arabian Dance

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2, etc.

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    4:45
  • 1:24 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: 3rd movement

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Concertos Nos 1 & 2, Piano Quintet

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Yefim Bronfman, piano

    5:16
  • 1:17 PM

    Novelette (Valse)

    Alexander Glazunov

    Saint Petersburg String Quartet

    5:58
  • 1:07 PM

    Dance Suite

    Tielman Susato

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

    Ludwig Guttler Brass Ensemble

    Ludwig Guttler, conductor

    7:12
  • 1:04 PM

    The Love for Three Oranges: March

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Classic Marches

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    1:52
  • 12:45 PM

    Concerto Grosso "Alexander's Feast"

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    12:49
  • 12:41 PM

    Swedish Polka

    Hugo Alfven

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    2:25
  • 12:38 PM

    The Winter's Tale: Pastoral

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    1:54
  • 12:33 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 3rd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 5 and 8; Overture "Die Zauberharfe"

    Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    4:20
  • 12:17 PM

    Arabesque No. 2

    Claude Debussy

    Maria Graf, harp

    3:29
  • 12:08 PM

    La Vida Breve: Interlude and Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat, La Vida Breve, Homenajas

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    6:59
  • 12:04 PM

    Molly on the Shore

    Percy Grainger

    The Grainger Edition, Vol.5 - Works for Chorus and Orchestra 2

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:06
  • 11:51 AM

    Symphonie Espagnole: Rondo

    Edouard Lalo

    Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole; Saint Saens: Violin Concerto No. 3

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Dutoit, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    8:01
  • 11:47 AM

    Tafelmusik I: Overture (selections)

    Georg Philip Telemann

    Musica Antiqua Koln

    4:00
  • 11:38 AM

    Picturesque Pieces: Pompous Minuet

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    6:25
  • 11:33 AM

    L'Amico Fritz: Preludietto

    Pietro Mascagni

    Italian Overtures

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    3:41
  • 11:28 AM

    Italian Concerto: Presto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Baroque Moments

    Amadeus Guitar Duo

    4:28
  • 11:20 AM

    The Secret Marriage: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Great Comedy Overtures

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    6:43
  • 11:15 AM

    Nice Work If You Can Get It

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin Fantasy

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    3:41
  • 11:08 AM

    The Two Widows: Prelude and Polka

    Bedrich Smetana

    Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic

    Robert Stankovsky, conductor

    6:05
  • 11:04 AM

    Impromptu No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    3:31
  • 10:47 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Titan": 3rd movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    11:01
  • 10:29 AM

    Wand of Youth Suite No. 2

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: The Wand of Youth (Suites No. 1 & 2)

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    16:46
  • 10:18 AM

    Three Romances for Violin and Piano

    Clara Schumann

    Romance: The Music of Clara Schumann

    Elena Urioste, violin

    10:03
  • 10:11 AM

    Rondo a Capriccio (Rage Over a Lost Penny)

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Rudolf Buchbinder, piano

    5:57
  • 10:06 AM

    Serenade for Strings: 1st movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenades Opp. 22 & 24

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    4:24
  • 10:01 AM

    Trio Sonata

    Willem de Fesch

    Ensemble of the Auvergne

    4:39
  • 9:52 AM

    Symphonic Dance No. 2

    Edvard Grieg

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    6:11
  • 9:22 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Niccolo Paganini

    Michael Rabin

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Lovro von Matacic, conductor

    Michael Rabin, violin

    27:54
  • 9:15 AM

    Lyric for Strings

    George Walker

    Serenely Cedille: Relaxing Rarities From Chicago's Classical Label

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    5:18
  • 9:06 AM

    Variations on "Early One Morning"

    Jean-Michel Damase

    Duos for Flute & Harp

    Shigenori Kudo, flute

    8:34
  • 9:01 AM

    Barcarolle No. 3

    Ned Rorem

    Ruskin Cooper, piano

    4:32
  • 8:26 AM

    Enigma Variations

    Edward Elgar

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    32:37
  • 8:13 AM

    Lincoln Green

    Malcolm Nabarro

    East of England Orchestra

    Malcolm Nabarro, conductor

    11:16
  • 8:06 AM

    Suite for Violin and Piano: Mother and Child

    William Grant Still

    Violin Lullabies / Rachel Barton Pine

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    6:19
  • 8:01 AM

    Lullaby for Natalie

    John Corigliano

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    Akira Eguchi, piano

    4:48
  • 7:27 AM

    An Irish Symphony

    Hamilton Harty

    Harty: An Irish Symphony / With the Wild Geese / In Ireland

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Prionnsias O'Duinn, conductor

    30:59
  • 7:22 AM

    Two Rags

    Scott Joplin

    Calico Winds

    4:42
  • 7:06 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Sonatas K. 281, 282, 284, 545

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    14:24
  • 7:01 AM

    Pastoral and Reel

    Thomas C. Kelly

    Silver Apples of the Moon

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    4:39
  • 6:25 AM

    Concerto de Toronto

    Leo Brouwer

    London Sinfonietta

    Steve Mercurio, conductor

    John Williams, guitar

    32:58
  • 6:21 AM

    Pelleas and Melisande: Sicilienne

    Gabriel Faure

    Romances for Saxophone

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Branford Marsalis, saxophone

    3:34
  • 6:06 AM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar Orchestral Favourites Volume 4

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    13:11
  • 6:01 AM

    Lute Suite No. 4: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    A Distant Show

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    4:37
  • 5:45 AM

    Prince of Clouds

    Anna Clyne

    Curtis 20/21 Ensemble

    Vinay Parameswaran, conductor

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    Jaime Laredo, violin

    13:30
  • 5:42 AM

    Slumber Song

    Howard Hanson

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:32
  • 5:34 AM

    Intermezzo: Dreaming by the Fireside

    Richard Strauss

    Zarathustra, Dance Of The Seven Veils, Intermezzo

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    7:58
  • 5:01 AM

    Summer Evening

    John Ireland

    Eric Parkin, piano

    4:46
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