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  • 5:30 AM

    Symphony No. 5 "Reformation"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    28:08
  • 5:25 AM

    Ricercar No. 3

    Domenico Gabrielli

    Matteo: 300 Years Of An Italian Cello

    Matt Haimovitz, cello

    3:43
  • 5:06 AM

    3 Argentinian Cantilenas and Finale

    Carlos Guastavino

    Camerata Bariloche

    18:07
  • 5:01 AM

    Quintet for Glass and Strings: Brisk

    Garry Eister

    Cristal: Glass Music Through The Ages

    Emerson String Quartet

    Dennis James, Armonica

    4:53
  • 4:40 AM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2

    Georges Bizet

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    18:32
  • 4:10 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Carl Maria von Weber

    C. Schumann: Concerto, Op. 7; Weber: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2

    Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra

    Dennis Burkh, conductor

    Elizabeth Rich, piano

    27:31
  • 4:06 AM

    Gymnopedie No. 3

    Erik Satie

    Reveries

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    3:01
  • 4:01 AM

    Concert Suite No. 3: La La Popliniere

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Baroque Nouveau

    4:39
  • 3:46 AM

    Fantaisie on Themes from Weber's Der Freischutz

    Paul Taffanel

    Cavatina At The Opera / Cavatina Duo

    Cavatina Duo

    11:58
  • 3:27 AM

    Three Botticelli Pictures

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    18:02
  • 3:17 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    8:15
  • 3:06 AM

    Summer Music

    Arnold Bax

    Bax: 4 Tone Poems

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    9:48
  • 3:01 AM

    Requiem: The Lord is My Shepherd

    John Rutter

    Rutter Requiem

    City of London Sinfonia

    Stephen Cleobury, conductor

    4:43
  • 2:39 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 30

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Late Piano Sonatas

    Igor Levit, piano

    18:21
  • 2:24 AM

    Festival Suite

    Robin Milford

    Guildhall Strings

    14:15
  • 2:14 AM

    The Planets: Jupiter

    Gustav Holst

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Colin Davis, conductor

    8:06
  • 2:06 AM

    Serenade No. 2: Rondo

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    5:58
  • 2:01 AM

    Tianwa Yang, violin

    Markus Hadulla, piano

    4:35
  • 1:39 AM

    London Mozart Players

    Jane Glover, conductor

    18:45
  • 1:13 AM

    Horn Concerto

    Reinhold Gliere

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Werner Andreas Albert, conductor

    Marie Luise Neunecker, horn

    24:34
  • 1:06 AM

    Chen Yi, violin

    Lars Hannibal, guitar

    5:30
  • 1:01 AM

    Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens: Adagio

    John Williams

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    4:31
  • 12:38 AM

    The Firebird (L'oiseau de feu): Suite

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky, Petrouchka: Scherzo a la Russe, The Firebird Suite

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    19:59
  • 12:38 AM

    The Firebird (L'oiseau de feu): Suite

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky, Petrouchka: Scherzo a la Russe, The Firebird Suite

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    19:59
  • 12:27 AM

    Pictures from Bashu (Six Sichuan Folk Songs)

    Hu-Wei Huang

    Shanghai Quartet

    Eugenia Zukerman, flute

    9:32
  • 12:23 AM

    The Unexpected Encounter: Sinfonia

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Opera Overtures

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    6:59
  • 12:06 AM

    Joyous March

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    3:38
  • 11:56 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 2, Tragic Overture

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    8:42
  • 11:49 PM

    In the Garden

    Max Richter

    Pulsations

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    5:20
  • 11:41 PM

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:42
  • 11:38 PM

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    1:58
  • 11:27 PM

    Orpheus in the Underworld: Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    William Tell and Other Favorite Overtures

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    9:59
  • 11:11 PM

    Quintettino "La musica notturna di Madrid"

    Luigi Boccherini

    Luigi Boccherini

    Quinteto Boccherini

    13:10
  • 11:03 PM

    Minuet Antique

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Works For Solo Piano

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    6:22
  • 10:57 PM

    Will There Really Be a "Morning"?

    Ricky Ian Gordon

    There's a Place for Us

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    Nadine Sierra, soprano

    4:59
  • 10:23 PM

    Symphony No. 4

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    31:45
  • 10:20 PM

    Lilliburlero

    Traditional

    Grand March

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    Elgar Howarth, conductor

    1:45
  • 10:08 PM

    Introduction and Polonaise

    Frederic Chopin

    Edgar Moreau, cello

    Pierre-Yves Hodique, piano

    9:01
  • 10:02 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Polacca

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:33
  • 9:37 PM

    String Quartet No. 2

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens/Faure: The String Quartets

    Miami String Quartet

    23:24
  • 9:23 PM

    Mephisto Waltz No. 1 "Dance in the Village Inn"

    Franz Liszt

    Mephisto and Co.

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    11:58
  • 9:18 PM

    Graceful Ghost Rag

    William Bolcom

    Richard Dowling, piano

    4:32
  • 9:07 PM

    Beatrice and Benedict: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Overtures

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    8:03
  • 9:00 PM

    Carol Wincenc, flute

    Kevin Lawrence, violin

    Carolyn Stuart, violin

    Sheila Brown, viola

    Brooks Whitehouse, cello

    5:00
  • 6:46 PM

    Aida: Triumphal March

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi: Choruses

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    11:49
  • 6:24 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Stefan Jackiw | Brahms | Complete Violin Sonatas

    Stefan Jackiw, violin

    21:11
  • 6:15 PM

    Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna

    Franz von Suppe

    Vienna Soiree

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    8:08
  • 6:06 PM

    Gondoliers Overture

    Arthur Sullivan

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    6:53
  • 6:01 PM

    String Quartet "For Art": 4th movement

    Eduardo Toldra

    Andorra National Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Claret, conductor

    4:42
  • 5:44 PM

    Spanish Dances

    Moritz Moszkowski

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    14:18
  • 5:22 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Marieke Blankestijn, violin

    William Conway, cello

    Douglas Boyd, oboe

    Matthew Wilkie, bassoon

    20:26
  • 5:14 PM

    Six Children's Pieces (Kinderstucke)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Complete Piano Works

    Martin Jones, piano

    7:29
  • 5:06 PM

    Crown Imperial

    William Walton

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass - Live

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass

    Jay Friedman, conductor

    6:11
  • 5:01 PM

    Choro No. 1 "Tipico Brasileiro"

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    David Russell, guitar

    4:30
  • 4:38 PM

    In The South Overture (Alassio)

    Edward Elgar

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    19:55
  • 4:24 PM

    Italian Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: 6 French Suites/Italian Concerto

    Andras Schiff, piano

    12:15
  • 4:06 PM

    Rapsodie espagnole

    Maurice Ravel

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    16:32
  • 4:01 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Johan Svendsen

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    4:46
  • 3:51 PM

    Preziosa: Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Overtures

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:52
  • 3:50 PM

    Preziosa: Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Overtures

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:52
  • 3:46 PM

    La Vida Breve: Dance No. 1

    Manuel de Falla

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    3:25
  • 3:30 PM

    Les Preludes

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Symphonic Poems

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    15:00
  • 3:23 PM

    The Boatswain's Mate: Overture

    Ethel Smyth

    Overtures from the British Isles Volume 2

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    6:07
  • 3:03 PM

    Flute Quartet No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Emerson String Quartet: Complete Recordings

    Emerson String Quartet

    Carol Wincenc, flute

    18:34
  • 3:00 PM

    Etude No. 10

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: The Complete Etudes

    Louis Lortie, piano

    2:06
  • 2:47 PM

    Der fliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman): Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    11:04
  • 2:42 PM

    The Road Home

    Stephen Paulus

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    Stephen Cleobury, conductor

    3:25
  • 2:33 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 1st movement

    Franz Schubert

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    7:50
  • 2:23 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 1st movement

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    9:12
  • 2:17 PM

    Farewell to Stromness

    Peter Maxwell Davies

    Mississippi Guitar Quartet

    4:19
  • 2:09 PM

    Piano Trio No. 6: Allegretto

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Florestan Trio

    4:44
  • 2:04 PM

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers Awake)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    A Bach Festival

    Empire Brass

    Douglas Major, organ

    4:28
  • 1:49 PM

    Carnival Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: 9 Symphonien

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Kubelik, conductor

    9:00
  • 1:43 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2 "Characteristic": Scherzo burlesque

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Orchestra Suites

    USSR Symphony Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    4:46
  • 1:38 PM

    String Quartet No. 4: Scherzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn Op. 44 Nos. 1, 2

    Cecilia String Quartet

    3:58
  • 1:32 PM

    Symphony No. 93: Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    5:16
  • 1:28 PM

    The Merchant of Venice: Suite Anglaise No. 2: 3rd movement

    Henri Rabaud

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    2:20
  • 1:19 PM

    Three Preludes

    George Gershwin

    Modern Mandolin Quartet

    8:00
  • 1:16 PM

    Carnival of the Animals: Aquarium

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Utah Symphony

    Thierry Fischer, conductor

    2:25
  • 1:08 PM

    Festive Overture

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 6 and 7; King Lear

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Andris Nelsons, conductor

    6:12
  • 1:04 PM

    Canzon No. 15

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Empire Brass

    4:00
  • 12:58 PM

    Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 19

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Trios

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    1:33
  • 12:48 PM

    La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    8:52
  • 12:40 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish": Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: The Symphonies

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    5:58
  • 12:36 PM

    Piano Sonata: 3rd movement

    Clara Schumann

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    2:50
  • 12:33 PM

    Schwanda the Bagpiper: Polka

    Jaromir Weinberger

    Karajan Conducts Orchestral Favorites II

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    2:22
  • 12:26 PM

    Novelette (Valse)

    Alexander Glazunov

    Saint Petersburg String Quartet

    5:58
  • 12:19 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 14: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Anne-Marie Mcdermott Performs Mozart: Piano Concertos

    Calder Quartet

    Anne-Marie McDermott, piano

    5:46
  • 12:16 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 19

    Johannes Brahms

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    2:26
  • 12:16 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 14: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Anne-Marie Mcdermott Performs Mozart: Piano Concertos

    Calder Quartet

    Anne-Marie McDermott, piano

    5:46
  • 12:08 PM

    In the Steppes of Central Asia

    Alexander Borodin

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:21
  • 12:04 PM

    The Birds: Prelude

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: The Birds, Three Boticelli Pictures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:06
  • 11:40 AM

    Children's Corner

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Complete Orchestral Works III

    French National Radio and Television Orchestra

    Jean Martinon, conductor

    18:01
  • 11:28 AM

    Clarinet Concertino

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Phoenix in Flight

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Kirk Trevor, conductor

    Richard Stoltzman, clarinet

    10:29
  • 11:23 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 1

    Antonin Dvorak

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    4:20
  • 11:19 AM

    Seraph Brass

    3:33
  • 11:08 AM

    Vienna 3/4 Time - Waltz Cycle

    Johann Wagenaar

    Wagenaar: Saul En David, Amphitrion, Etc / Riccardo Chailly

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    9:37
  • 11:06 AM

    Waltz No. 6 "Minute"

    Frederic Chopin

    Richard Raymond, piano

    1:49
  • 11:01 AM

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    4:42
  • 10:50 AM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    8:26
  • 10:26 AM

    String Quartet

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Italian Journey

    Cremona Quartet

    22:43
  • 10:11 AM

    Gotterdammerung: Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey

    Richard Wagner

    Mad About Wagner

    Paris Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    13:22
  • 10:06 AM

    Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo

    Pietro Mascagni

    The Most Relaxing Classical Album In The World...Ever!

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    3:39
  • 10:01 AM

    Song and Dance No. 9

    Federico Mompou

    Stephen Hough, piano

    4:33
  • 9:27 AM

    Gavle Symphony Orchestra

    Gerard Korsten, conductor

    31:19
  • 9:23 AM

    Baba-Yaga

    Anatol Liadov

    The Enchanted Kingdom

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    3:28
  • 9:06 AM

    Sonata for Clarinet and Piano

    Camille Saint-Saens

    French Music for Clarinet and Piano

    Gervase de Peyer, clarinet

    15:02
  • 9:01 AM

    London Festival Orchestra

    Josef Sakonov, violin

    4:35
  • 8:34 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 1

    Ernest Bloch

    Bloch, Barber, etc.

    Israel Chamber Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    24:10
  • 8:22 AM

    Sonata for Harp

    Alan Hovhaness

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    12:09
  • 8:10 AM

    Overture for Wind Instruments

    Felix Mendelssohn

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    9:42
  • 8:06 AM

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:26
  • 8:01 AM

    From Olden Times: Gigue

    Johan Halvorsen

    Halvorsen: Suite ancienne, Mascarade Suite

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Ari Rasilainen, conductor

    4:35
  • 7:33 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Erich Korngold

    Residentie Orchestra of the Hague

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    Vadim Gluzman, violin

    24:59
  • 7:30 AM

    Korobeiniki (Song of the Peddler)

    Traditional Russian

    Apollo Chamber Players

    2:18
  • 7:06 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 18 "The Hunt"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano

    22:29
  • 7:01 AM

    Herbstlied (Autumn Song)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Phoenix in Flight

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Kirk Trevor, conductor

    Richard Stoltzman, clarinet

    4:41
  • 6:33 AM

    Concierto del Sur

    Manuel Ponce

    New York Philharmonic

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    25:41
  • 6:21 AM

    A Spring Garland

    Armstrong Gibbs

    Armstrong Gibbs: Dale and Fell

    Guildhall Strings

    Robert Salter, conductor

    11:14
  • 6:06 AM

    Serenade No. 6 "Serenata Notturna"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Jeffrey Tate / English Chamber Orchestra

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    12:59
  • 6:01 AM

    Edgar: Act I Prelude

    Giacomo Puccini

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor

    4:37
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