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  • 5:15 AM

    Symphony "Urbs Roma"

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 2; Danse Macabre; Urbs Roma

    Utah Symphony

    Thierry Fischer, conductor

    43:01
  • 5:06 AM

    Farfalla (Butterfly)

    Emile Sauret

    Sauret: Violin and Piano Music - Scenes villageoises / Souvenir d'Orient / Souvenir de Los Angeles

    Michi Wiancko, violin

    7:05
  • 5:01 AM

    L'incoronazione di Poppea: Pur ti miro

    Claudio Monteverdi

    Axioms: Moments of Truth

    Axiom Quartet

    4:35
  • 4:45 AM

    Into the Twilight

    Arnold Bax

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    12:52
  • 4:25 AM

    Suite Bergamasque

    Claude Debussy

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Emil de Cou, conductor

    18:30
  • 4:16 AM

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Antonio Pappano, conductor

    Han-Na Chang, cello

    8:11
  • 4:06 AM

    Fantasia on "Un Ballo in Maschera"

    Giuseppe Martucci

    Pietro Spada, piano

    Giorgio Cozzolino, piano

    8:33
  • 4:01 AM

    Suite of Dances No. 6

    Johann Ernst Rieck

    Stradivaria

    4:45
  • 3:45 AM

    From Italy (Aus Italien): On the Beach at Sorrento

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Don Juan; Aus Italien

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    12:35
  • 3:25 AM

    Symphony No. 31 "Paris"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies No. 33 & 31

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    18:32
  • 3:07 AM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Aaron Copland

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    Janet Hilton, clarinet

    17:14
  • 3:01 AM

    Songs of the Auvergne: Shepherd's Song

    Joseph Canteloube

    Lyon Opera Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    Dawn Upshaw, soprano

    4:41
  • 2:43 AM

    Rapsodie espagnole

    Maurice Ravel

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    16:32
  • 2:42 AM

    Rapsodie espagnole

    Maurice Ravel

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    16:32
  • 2:16 AM

    Catfish Row

    George Gershwin

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    24:30
  • 2:07 AM

    Dance Card: Celestial Blue

    Jennifer Higdon

    Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    7:58
  • 2:01 AM

    Hopkinson Smith, lute

    4:35
  • 1:49 AM

    Rhapsodie d'Auvergne

    Camille Saint-Saens

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    8:54
  • 1:14 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish"

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphony No. 3, Manfred Overture

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor

    33:49
  • 1:06 AM

    Ballade "About Olden Times"

    Anatol Liadov

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    5:52
  • 1:01 AM

    Piano Trio No. 6: Allegretto

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Florestan Trio

    4:44
  • 12:52 AM

    Festive Overture

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Summon the Heroes

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    6:17
  • 12:50 AM

    And So I Go On

    Jake Runestad

    The Hope of Loving: Choral Music of Jake Runestad

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    Mela Sarajane Dailey, soprano

    6:54
  • 12:27 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Concertos for Flute and Oboe

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Janos Rolla, conductor

    Pierre Pierlot, oboe

    22:57
  • 12:24 AM

    Cello Suite No. 1: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    2:16
  • 12:16 AM

    Festive Overture

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Summon the Heroes

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    6:17
  • 12:06 AM

    A Winter Idyll

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: Orchestral Works, Vol. 4

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    9:26
  • 12:04 AM

    Etude No. 5 "Black Keys"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes / John Browning

    John Browning, piano

    1:30
  • 11:47 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Horn Concertos, Rondo

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Peter Damm, horn

    15:50
  • 11:41 PM

    In the Mountains: Sunny Day

    Josef Foerster

    Foerster: Symphony No. 5 & In den Bergen

    Osnabruck Symphony Orchestra

    Hermann Baumer, conductor

    4:29
  • 11:32 PM

    String Quartet: 4th movement

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss, Verdi, Puccini: String Quartets

    Enso String Quartet

    7:41
  • 11:29 PM

    Carmen: Aragonaise

    Georges Bizet

    Dance!: The World's Favourite Ice-Skating Music

    French National Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    2:25
  • 11:17 PM

    Concerto No. 12

    Pietro Locatelli

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, conductor

    10:31
  • 11:09 PM

    Il barbiere di Siviglia (Barber of Seville): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jaime Laredo, conductor

    7:19
  • 11:03 PM

    El pelele (The Straw Mannequin)

    Enrique Granados

    Jean-Francois Heisser, piano

    4:44
  • 10:51 PM

    Gloriana: Courtly Dances

    Benjamin Britten

    Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    10:19
  • 10:31 PM

    Guitar Quintet No. 1

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: The Guitar Quintets

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    17:47
  • 10:18 PM

    Academic Festival Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony 1, Academic Festival Overture

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    11:04
  • 10:08 PM

    Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude and Fugue No. 22

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Andras Schiff, piano

    7:33
  • 10:02 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Entry of the Fairies

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    4:49
  • 9:44 PM

    Capriccio Espagnol

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Bergen Symphony Orchestra

    Dmitri Kitayenko, conductor

    16:18
  • 9:33 PM

    Beatles Concerto Grosso No. 4

    Peter Breiner

    Peter Breiner Chamber Orchestra

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    9:57
  • 9:29 PM

    Hofbrauhaus Polka

    Traditional German

    European Folkscapes

    Apollo Chamber Players

    2:21
  • 9:06 PM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 3

    Bernhard Crusell

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    Martin Frost, clarinet

    23:08
  • 9:00 PM

    Semele: Where E'er You Walk

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Arias

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Bryn Terfel, baritone

    4:32
  • 6:49 PM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Finlandia

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    9:31
  • 6:41 PM

    Serenade for Winds: Scherzo

    Julius Rontgen

    Viotta Ensemble

    6:40
  • 6:15 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 2

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Eurasian Soloists Chamber Orchestra

    Sherniyaz Mussakhan, conductor

    Christoph Croise, cello

    24:52
  • 6:06 PM

    Impressions from the Countryside: Village Dance

    Zdenek Fibich

    Fibich: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 - Symphony No. 1 / Impressions from the Countryside

    Czech National Symphony Orchestra

    Marek Stilec, conductor

    7:46
  • 6:01 PM

    Waltz-Impromptu

    Franz Liszt

    Les Bis de Alexis Weissenberg

    Alexis Weissenberg, piano

    4:35
  • 5:45 PM

    Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz)

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    12:13
  • 5:20 PM

    Serenade for Strings

    Josef Suk

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    23:46
  • 5:06 PM

    Trio Sonata No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Palladian Ensemble

    12:33
  • 5:01 PM

    Csardas

    Vittorio Monti

    In a Monastery Garden

    London Festival Orchestra

    Josef Sakonov, violin

    4:36
  • 4:37 PM

    Rossiniana Suite

    Ottorino Respighi

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    20:59
  • 4:20 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 13

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas - Mondschein, Pastorale

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    15:05
  • 4:16 PM

    Caprice viennois (Viennese Caprice)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    Robert McDuffie, violin

    3:59
  • 4:06 PM

    Clarinet Concerto: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Hans Vonk, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    8:16
  • 4:01 PM

    Sonata No. 16

    Giovanni Fontana

    Stradivaria

    4:31
  • 3:49 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    8:53
  • 3:37 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 1st movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    20:06
  • 3:31 PM

    Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria (Cantilena)

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Trio Concertante

    5:35
  • 3:09 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos 1 & 2

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    20:48
  • 3:01 PM

    Colonial Song

    Percy Grainger

    Lincolnshire Posy

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    6:11
  • 2:55 PM

    Maggio di Maresca

    Traditional Italian

    Acqua foco e vento

    Riccardo Tesi

    4:25
  • 2:49 PM

    Chaconne

    Jean-Baptiste Lully

    Chaconne

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    4:21
  • 2:44 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 4

    Johannes Brahms

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    4:08
  • 2:31 PM

    Aida: Triumphal March

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi: Choruses

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    11:49
  • 2:21 PM

    String Quartet No. 14 "Death and the Maiden": Presto

    Franz Schubert

    Death and the Maiden

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    8:48
  • 2:16 PM

    Dolly Suite: Le Pas Espagnol

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Pelleas Et Melisande, Dolly Suite, Etc

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    2:42
  • 2:10 PM

    Dance of the Gnomes

    Franz Liszt

    William Wolfram, piano

    3:12
  • 2:04 PM

    Symphony No. 103 "Drum Roll": 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies No. 100 Military and No. 103 Drimroll

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    5:11
  • 1:49 PM

    Toccata and Fugue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Stravinsky, Bach, Stokowski

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    10:07
  • 1:45 PM

    Serenade No. 11: 4th movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenades K.375 & 388

    Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble

    3:02
  • 1:38 PM

    Andersen: Entr'acte

    Oskar Nedbal

    Dvorak Chamber Orchestra

    Miroslav Homolka, conductor

    5:28
  • 1:29 PM

    Double Violin Concerto

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Telemann: Sinfonia Melodica

    Berlin Baroque Soloists

    Rainer Kussmaul, conductor

    Rainer Kussmaul, violin

    7:47
  • 1:19 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 3: Rondo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 3

    Mahler Chamber Orchestra

    Leif Ove Andsnes, conductor

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    8:50
  • 1:15 PM

    Walking Tune

    Percy Grainger

    Music of Percy Grainger

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Kenneth Montgomery, conductor

    3:35
  • 1:08 PM

    Minuet Antique

    Maurice Ravel

    Tesla Quartet

    5:44
  • 1:08 PM

    Walking Tune

    Percy Grainger

    Music of Percy Grainger

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Kenneth Montgomery, conductor

    3:35
  • 1:04 PM

    Appalachian Spring: Variations on a Shaker Melody

    Aaron Copland

    American Salute

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    3:04
  • 12:50 PM

    Roman Carnival Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: 5 Overtures

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    9:10
  • 12:46 PM

    Bagatelles: Allegretto scherzando (1)

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Quartets Opp. 96 & 105

    Takacs Quartet

    Gabor Ormai, harmonium

    2:56
  • 12:38 PM

    Orb and Sceptre

    William Walton

    Pops on the March

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    6:49
  • 12:29 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "A London Symphony": Scherzo

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    7:37
  • 12:24 PM

    Three Latin-American Sketches: Dance from Jalisco

    Aaron Copland

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    3:25
  • 12:19 PM

    El Amor Brujo: Ritual Fire Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    L.A. Guitar Quartet

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:33
  • 12:16 PM

    Holberg Suite: Prelude

    Edvard Grieg

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

    Oslo Symphony Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    2:44
  • 12:10 PM

    Symphony No. 10

    Georg Anton Benda

    Benda: Sinfonias Nos. 7-12

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    4:15
  • 12:04 PM

    Bartered Bride: Dance of the Comedians

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: The Bartered Bride & From My Life

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    5:39
  • 11:49 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique": 3rd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    9:02
  • 11:34 AM

    Suite for Strings

    Armstrong Gibbs

    Guildhall Strings

    Robert Salter, conductor

    14:02
  • 11:28 AM

    Impromptu No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    Marie-Pierre Langlamet, harp

    5:10
  • 11:24 AM

    Violin Partita No. 3: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    3:33
  • 11:11 AM

    The Seasons: Autumn

    Alexander Glazunov

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    12:30
  • 11:06 AM

    Turkish Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Classics: Popular Works for Solo Piano

    John O'Conor, piano

    3:17
  • 11:01 AM

    Characteristic Suite: Scherzo

    Henry Schoenefeld

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    4:51
  • 10:38 AM

    String Quartet No. 28

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Daedalus Quartet

    19:39
  • 10:23 AM

    Masques and Bergamasques

    Gabriel Faure

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    14:22
  • 10:16 AM

    Bethena

    Scott Joplin

    Magnetic Rags

    Avatar Brass Ensemble

    5:28
  • 10:06 AM

    12 Contredanses

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    8:51
  • 10:01 AM

    Quintet No. 2: 1st movement

    Jean Francaix

    Francaix: Chamber Music

    Mobius

    4:39
  • 9:37 AM

    Flute Concerto

    Franz Benda

    Benda, Quantz, Rampal

    Orchestra Ensemble of Paris

    Jean Pierre Wallez, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    21:39
  • 9:31 AM

    Summa

    Arvo Part

    Arvo Part: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    5:05
  • 9:08 AM

    Fantasie Symphonique

    Louis Theodore Gouvy

    German Radio Philharmonic

    Jacques Mercier, conductor

    21:40
  • 9:06 AM

    Pictures at an Exhibition: Tuileries

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Awadagin Pratt: Transformations

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    1:09
  • 9:01 AM

    From Foreign Lands: Italy

    Moritz Moszkowski

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    4:43
  • 8:28 AM

    Double Concerto

    Johannes Brahms

    SWR Baden-Baden and Freiburg Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Gielen, conductor

    Mark Kaplan, violin

    David Geringas, cello

    29:51
  • 8:22 AM

    Generations: Sinfonietta No. 2: Alla sarabande

    Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    Serenely Cedille: Relaxing Rarities From Chicago's Classical Label

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    5:36
  • 8:06 AM

    French Suite No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The French Suites

    Murray Perahia, piano

    14:11
  • 8:01 AM

    Tanguori

    Jeremy Cohen

    Quartet San Francisco

    4:33
  • 7:19 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    RACHMANINOV, S.: Symphony No. 3 / Symphonic Dances

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    39:52
  • 7:16 AM

    Miss Sally's Party: Introduction

    William Grant Still

    Witness, Vol. 2: The Music of William Grant Still

    Plymouth Music Series Orchestra

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    2:06
  • 7:06 AM

    Reverie and Caprice

    Hector Berlioz

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

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Guillermo Figueroa, violin

    7:53
  • 7:01 AM

    Petite Symphony: Finale

    Charles Gounod

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    4:47
  • 6:29 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Romantic"

    Howard Hanson

    RCA Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    28:47
  • 6:18 AM

    Quiet City

    Aaron Copland

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Donald Hunsberger, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    10:46
  • 6:06 AM

    Scherzo No. 4

    Frederic Chopin

    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    9:59
  • 6:01 AM

    Tale of Tsar Saltan Suite: March

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    4:43
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