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  • 5:24 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor

    Haochen Zhang, piano

    33:57
  • 5:06 AM

    Sextet for Two Horns and Strings

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Mozart, Beethoven, Reicha, J Haydn, M Haydn

    Gewandhaus Quartet

    (Selected members), conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    16:48
  • 5:01 AM

    Old and Lost Rivers

    Tobias Picker

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:34
  • 4:44 AM

    Noble and Sentimental Waltzes

    Maurice Ravel

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    13:48
  • 4:11 AM

    Octet

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Octet in Eb Major

    Cleveland Quartet

    31:49
  • 4:06 AM

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:53
  • 4:01 AM

    Poem

    Zdenek Fibich

    Small Czech Musical Gems

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Vaclav Smetacek, conductor

    4:48
  • 3:32 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Richard Strauss

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    Heinz Holliger, oboe

    26:24
  • 3:20 AM

    Ballade No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Krystian Zimerman, piano

    9:33
  • 3:13 AM

    A Welcome March

    Charles Stanford

    Stanford | A Song of Agincourt & other works

    Ulster Orchestra

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    5:15
  • 3:06 AM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Music for Lute and Mandolin

    Parley of Instruments

    Paul O'Dette, lute

    7:03
  • 3:01 AM

    Irish Tune from County Derry

    Percy Grainger

    Lincolnshire Posy

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    4:47
  • 2:47 AM

    Carmen Fantasy

    Pablo de Sarasate

    New York Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    11:05
  • 2:43 AM

    Liu Yang River

    Bi-Guang Tang

    Jie Chen, piano

    3:49
  • 2:25 AM

    Wind Octet

    Franz Krommer

    Krommer: Octets for Wind Instruments

    Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble

    16:00
  • 2:06 AM

    Faust Ballet Music

    Charles Gounod

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:20
  • 2:01 AM

    Concert Suite No. 6: La Poule (The Hen)

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Rameau: Une Symphonie Imaginaire

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    4:31
  • 1:43 AM

    The Comedians

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    San Diego Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Barra, conductor

    15:28
  • 1:21 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 28

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 28, 29, 20, 31, 32

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    20:42
  • 1:15 AM

    The Three-Cornered Hat: Neighbor's Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Manuel de Falla: El sombrero de tres picos; El amor brujo

    Mahler Chamber Orchestra

    Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor

    3:27
  • 1:06 AM

    Rondo for Cello

    Antonin Dvorak

    Romance: Lalo, Tchaikovsky, Casals, etc.

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Antonio Pappano, conductor

    Han-Na Chang, cello

    8:45
  • 1:01 AM

    Views of the Sea: 1st movement

    Eduard Toldra

    Andorra National Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Claret, conductor

    4:38
  • 12:34 AM

    Symphony No. 88

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    24:26
  • 12:30 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Robert Schumann

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    24:19
  • 12:25 AM

    Carousel: You'll Never Walk Alone

    Richard Rodgers

    English Northern Philharmonia

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    Bryn Terfel, baritone

    3:03
  • 12:23 AM

    Moscow Nights

    Vasili Soloviov-Sedoi

    Red Army Choir: Russian Favourites

    Red Army Chorus

    2:21
  • 12:19 AM

    The Lamentation of Eoin O'Neill

    Turlough O'Carolan

    Celtic Reflections

    Barry Douglas, piano

    2:17
  • 12:09 AM

    Adagio

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Pachelbel: Canon / Albinoni: Adagio / Bach / Molter / Bonporti

    Paillard Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Francois Paillard, conductor

    9:40
  • 12:04 AM

    Nabucco: Va, pensiero (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves)

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Dies Irae: The Essential Choral Collection

    German Opera Orchestra

    Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor

    4:55
  • 11:26 PM

    Grand Canyon Suite

    Ferde Grofe

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    36:08
  • 11:20 PM

    Martha: M'appari tutt'amor

    Friedrich von Flotow

    Caruso 2000

    Vienna Radio Orchestra

    Gottfried Rabl, conductor

    Enrico Caruso, tenor

    3:48
  • 11:02 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Titan": 1st movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler: Symphony No. 1

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    16:01
  • 10:56 PM

    Christ on the Mount of Olives: Hallelujah

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Absolute Heaven

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    4:02
  • 10:28 PM

    Ensemble Appassionato

    Mathieu Herzog, conductor

    26:54
  • 10:19 PM

    Samson and Delilah: Bacchanale

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Gustavo Dudamel: Discoveries

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    6:44
  • 10:11 PM

    Alleluia

    Randall Thompson

    Gloria! Music Of Praise And Inspiration

    Robert Shaw Festival Singers

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    4:52
  • 9:59 PM

    Capriccio: String Sextet

    Richard Strauss

    Concertante

    10:12
  • 9:55 PM

    Lime Jello Marshmallow Cottage Cheese Surprise

    William Bolcom

    Serious Fun!

    Jody Karin Applebaum, soprano

    2:46
  • 9:51 PM

    The Nutcracker: Dance of the Reed Pipes

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    2:30
  • 9:46 PM

    Basse Danse

    Thoinot Arbeau

    Broadside Band

    4:33
  • 9:39 PM

    Danse Macabre

    Camille Saint-Saens

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    6:55
  • 9:33 PM

    Songs of the Auvergne: Shepherd's Song

    Joseph Canteloube

    Lyon Opera Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    Dawn Upshaw, soprano

    4:41
  • 9:28 PM

    Mazurka No. 13

    Frederic Chopin

    Memory

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    4:18
  • 9:18 PM

    Four Seasons: Winter

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Amsterdam Guitar Trio

    9:04
  • 9:13 PM

    Requiem: Pie Jesu

    Gabriel Faure

    The Classic Christmas Album

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor

    Kathleen Battle, soprano

    4:02
  • 9:07 PM

    Pavane

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Requiem

    Paris Orchestra Chorus

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    5:33
  • 9:03 PM

    Nun danket alle Gott

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Classic Hymns

    The King's Brass

    Tim Zimmerman, trumpet

    2:52
  • 9:00 PM

    The Ash Grove

    Traditional Welsh

    Folk Songs of the British Isles

    Maria Jette, soprano

    3:19
  • 6:29 PM

    Symphony No. 104 "London"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    29:43
  • 6:19 PM

    Three Pieces

    Arthur Foote

    Huntingdon Trio

    7:47
  • 6:10 PM

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Bela Bartok

    Bartok

    The King's Violins

    Jean-Marie Zeitouni, conductor

    7:12
  • 6:06 PM

    Song for St. Cecilia's Day: From harmony, from heav'nly harmony

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, Look Down, Harmonious Saint & Concerto grosso, Op. 6 No. 7

    Ludus Baroque

    Richard Neville-Towle, conductor

    3:47
  • 6:01 PM

    Rusalka: Polonaise

    Antonin Dvorak

    Exotic Dances from the Opera

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    4:30
  • 5:51 PM

    Rodeo: Buckaroo Holiday

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: The Music Of America 

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    7:43
  • 5:21 PM

    Arpeggione Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert, Schumann, Debussy

    Mstislav Rostropovich, cello

    28:37
  • 5:15 PM

    Dances in the Canebrakes: Tropical Noon

    Florence Price

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    3:38
  • 5:12 PM

    Dances in the Canebrakes: Silk Hat and Walking Cane

    Florence Price

    Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    3:15
  • 5:09 PM

    Dances in the Canebrakes: Nimble Feet

    Florence Price

    Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    2:34
  • 5:06 PM

    Trumpet Tune

    Henry Purcell

    Trumpet Voluntary - Music for Organ & Brass

    Laird Brass Ensemble

    Peter Hurford, organ

    2:36
  • 5:01 PM

    Iberia: Triana

    Isaac Albeniz

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    John Williams, guitar

    4:37
  • 4:46 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Winter Dreams": 1st movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Complete Symphonies

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    11:49
  • 4:13 PM

    Clarinet Quintet

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Joy and Desolation

    Tesla Quartet

    Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet

    32:18
  • 4:06 PM

    La Sampaguita (The Flower of Manila)

    Dolores Paterno

    Sally Pinkas, piano

    4:46
  • 4:01 PM

    Siciliano

    Harry Dexter

    RTE Concert Orchestra, Dublin

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    4:47
  • 3:52 PM

    Paulus (St. Paul): Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn in Birmingham, Vol. 5: Overtures

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Edward Gardner, conductor

    6:29
  • 3:46 PM

    Sonatina No. 1 "From an Invalid's Workshop": 1st movement

    Richard Strauss

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    12:00
  • 3:05 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Juilliard String Quartet

    Charles Neidich, clarinet

    5:03
  • 3:00 PM

    Serenade

    Roman Hoffstetter

    From Mozart to Ravel

    Blair String Quartet

    3:50
  • 2:52 PM

    Polonaise No. 6 "Heroic"

    Frederic Chopin

    Rafal Blechacz, piano

    6:14
  • 2:45 PM

    12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic

    6:06
  • 2:38 PM

    Aranjuez Concerto: 1st movement

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez, etc.

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Christopher Parkening, guitar

    6:04
  • 2:33 PM

    Piano Trio No. 8: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Piano Trios

    Beaux Arts Trio

    3:51
  • 2:29 PM

    Ode for St. Cecilia's Day: Overture

    Henry Purcell

    Gabrieli Players

    Paul McCreesh, conductor

    8:42
  • 2:19 PM

    Ode for St. Cecilia's Day: Overture; March

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Famous Overtures & Marches

    Concentus Musicus Vienna

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    7:08
  • 2:19 PM

    Piano Trio No. 8: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Piano Trios

    Beaux Arts Trio

    3:51
  • 2:17 PM

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    1:04
  • 2:07 PM

    Brook Green Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    6:16
  • 2:04 PM

    Liebst du um Schoenheit

    Gustav Mahler

    Vienna Horns

    2:44
  • 1:51 PM

    The Caliph of Bagdad: Overture

    Francois Boieldieu

    Francois-Adrien Boieldieu: Piano Concerto; Six Overtures

    Swiss Italian Orchestra

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    7:14
  • 1:48 PM

    By and By Thou Wilt Return (By and By, Ho'i Mai Oe)

    Queen Liliuokalani

    Songs Of Liliuokalani ?

    Galliard String Quartet

    2:25
  • 1:43 PM

    Up: Carl Goes Up

    Michael Giacchino

    Studio Orchestra

    Tim Simonec, conductor

    3:32
  • 1:35 PM

    Swan Lake: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky Nutcracker & Swan Lake Suite

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    6:58
  • 1:29 PM

    Danse (Tarantelle styrienne)

    Claude Debussy

    Ravel: Ma Mere L'Oye, Le Tombeau de Couperin

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    5:26
  • 1:19 PM

    Symphony No. 40: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mad About Mozart

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    8:32
  • 1:15 PM

    Piano Sonata: 3rd movement

    Clara Schumann

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    2:50
  • 1:07 PM

    Crown Imperial

    William Walton

    Walton: Symphony No. 1; Orb & Sceptre; Crown Imperial

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    6:25
  • 1:04 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:56
  • 12:47 PM

    Norwegian Dances Nos. 2-4

    Edvard Grieg

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    11:40
  • 12:39 PM

    Secret of Mana

    Hiroki Kikuta

    Angele Dubeau & La Pieta: Game Music

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    5:59
  • 12:35 PM

    St. Cecilia: Overture

    Maurice Greene

    Baroque Band

    Garry Clarke, conductor

    3:45
  • 12:30 PM

    John Peel

    Traditional, arr. Chris Hazell

    Greensleeves

    Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:00
  • 12:23 PM

    Symphony No. 82 "The Bear": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn Symphonies: No. 82 in C Major "The Bear"; No. 38 in C Major; No. 104 in D Major "London"

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Christof Perick, conductor

    5:50
  • 12:17 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    4:42
  • 12:15 PM

    Raymonda: Harp Solo

    Alexander Glazunov

    Sasha Boldachev, harp

    1:35
  • 12:10 PM

    Hamlet: Ballet Music: Valse-Mazurka

    Ambroise Thomas

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    3:46
  • 12:04 PM

    Berceuse (Lullaby)

    Frederic Chopin

    Artur Rubinstein, piano

    4:38
  • 11:47 AM

    Overture

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Boulanger, Tailleferre, Mendelssohn, Schumann

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:31
  • 11:31 AM

    Concerto for 2 Orchestras No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Complete Orchestral Works

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    15:23
  • 11:22 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish": 1st movement

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Complete Symphonies

    Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    8:50
  • 11:18 AM

    Elite Syncopations

    Scott Joplin

    Scott Joplin: The Easy Winners

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    3:13
  • 11:11 AM

    Serenade No. 2: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    5:25
  • 11:06 AM

    La clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus): Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Overtures

    Norwegian National Opera Orchestra

    Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor

    4:27
  • 11:01 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Andante

    Max Bruch

    Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra

    George Hanson, conductor

    4:34
  • 10:50 AM

    Chicago

    Edmond Dede

    DEDE: Mon pauvre coeur / Francoise et Tirtillard / Mefisto masque

    Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Rosenberg, conductor

    8:35
  • 10:27 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    20:31
  • 10:24 AM

    Waltz

    Maria Szymanowska

    As You Like It

    Patrizio Mazzola, piano

    1:51
  • 10:06 AM

    Concertino for Oboe and Strings

    Brenno Blauth

    Death of an Angel

    Camerata Bariloche

    Andres Spiller, oboe

    17:11
  • 10:01 AM

    Night and Day

    Cole Porter

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    Masao Kawasaki, viola

    Mats Lidstrom, cello

    4:33
  • 9:30 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    Jean Sibelius

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    28:11
  • 9:18 AM

    Hymn to St. Cecilia

    Charles Gounod

    Leslie Howard, piano

    11:21
  • 9:06 AM

    Concerto for Two Violins: 2nd movement; 3rd movement

    Bohuslav Martinu

    Martinu: Double Concertos

    Marseille Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Deborah Nemtanu, violin

    10:43
  • 9:01 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Scherzo

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Mozartiana Suites Nos. 3 & 4

    Radio Symphony of Stuttgart

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:34
  • 8:41 AM

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    17:23
  • 8:11 AM

    Verklarte Nacht (Transfigured Night)

    Arnold Schoenberg

    Schoenberg: Verklarte Nacht; Kammersymphonien

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    28:34
  • 8:06 AM

    Spring Breeze

    Yu-Xian Deng

    Romance de Amor

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    3:55
  • 8:01 AM

    Downton Abbey: A Royal Command

    John Lunn

    Downton Abbey Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Chamber Orchestra of London

    Alastair King, conductor

    4:50
  • 7:43 AM

    Yamekraw, A Negro Rhapsody

    James Price Johnson

    JOHNSON, J.P.: Yamekraw / RESER, H.: Suite / GERSHWIN, G.: Rhapsody in Blue

    Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Rosenberg, conductor

    Gary Hammond, piano

    15:31
  • 7:30 AM

    The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan

    Charles Tomlinson Griffes

    Griffes: Orchestral Music

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    12:19
  • 7:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Complete Beethoven Edition Vol. 11: The Early Quartets

    Amadeus Quartet

    21:56
  • 7:01 AM

    Ladies in Lavender

    Nigel Hess

    Claire Jones: Royal Harp Strings

    London Mozart Players

    Stuart Morley, conductor

    Claire Jones, harp

    4:42
  • 6:28 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: 6 Symphonies

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    30:04
  • 6:15 AM

    Winged Creatures

    Michael Abels

    Winged Creatures

    Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra

    Allen Tinkham, conductor

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    11:39
  • 6:06 AM

    Piano Trio

    Gayane Chebotaryan

    Levant

    Amici

    8:11
  • 6:01 AM

    Rome Symphony Orchestra

    Francesco La Vecchia, conductor

    4:30
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