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  • 5:22 AM

    Symphonic Dances

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninov: Symphonies/Symphonic Dances

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    36:11
  • 5:17 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 14

    Antonin Dvorak

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    4:05
  • 5:06 AM

    ZOFO Duet

    9:29
  • 5:01 AM

    Ballo detto Pollicio/La Cattarina

    Tarquinio Merula

    Ensemble Fitzwilliam

    4:45
  • 4:45 AM

    Fantaisie

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint Saens

    Banff Camerata

    Patricia Shih, violin

    12:49
  • 4:20 AM

    Symphony of the Air

    Leopold Stokowski, conductor

    23:57
  • 4:06 AM

    Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

    Aram Khachaturian

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    11:50
  • 4:01 AM

    Sure on this Shining Night

    Morten Lauridsen

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    4:32
  • 3:39 AM

    Serenade for Winds

    Emil Hartmann

    Romantic Wind Serenades

    Consortium Classicum

    19:39
  • 3:14 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 5 "Spring"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    Martha Argerich, piano

    23:36
  • 3:06 AM

    Suite No. 1: Nocturne

    Jules Massenet

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Jean-Yves Ossonce, conductor

    5:41
  • 3:01 AM

    Ballade No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms on Brass

    Canadian Brass

    4:43
  • 2:49 AM

    Fantasy on Themes from Verdi's Rigoletto

    Franz & Karl Doppler

    The Clarinotts

    Wiener Virtuosen

    9:53
  • 2:28 AM

    Lieutenant Kije Suite

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Leiutenant Kije Suite

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    19:03
  • 2:17 AM

    Poet and Peasant Overture

    Franz von Suppe

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    9:24
  • 2:01 AM

    Figure Humaine: Liberte

    Francis Poulenc

    12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic

    4:34
  • 1:46 AM

    St. Paul's Suite

    Gustav Holst

    English Music for Strings

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    George Hurst, conductor

    12:36
  • 1:24 AM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Avi Avital: Bach

    Potsdam Chamber Academy

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    20:26
  • 1:11 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Two Pictures

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    10:48
  • 1:06 AM

    From Meadow to Mayfair Suite: Evening in Town

    Eric Coates

    Boult conducts Coates

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    4:39
  • 1:01 AM

    Mazurka No. 13

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: The Mazurkas

    Mirian Conti, piano

    4:33
  • 12:42 AM

    Frank Lloyd, horn

    Marcia Crayford, violin

    Jeremy Williams,viola

    Roger Chase, viola

    Christopher van Kampen, cello

    15:53
  • 12:12 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Max Bruch

    Bruch: The 3 Symphonies, Swedish Dances

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    28:24
  • 12:06 AM

    Molly on the Shore

    Percy Grainger

    Pops Britannia

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:23
  • 12:01 AM

    Sonatina No. 2 "Happy Workshop": 2nd movement

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Music for Wind Ensemble

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    4:32
  • 11:49 PM

    Sigurd Jorsalfar: Homage March

    Edvard Grieg

    Sibelius: Finlandia

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    8:52
  • 11:12 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Jan Lisiecki, conductor

    Jan Lisiecki, piano

    35:24
  • 11:07 PM

    Norwegian Folk Tune

    Johan Svendsen

    Scandinavian String Music

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Richard Studt, conductor

    4:21
  • 11:01 PM

    Calling Home the Cattle

    Veljo Tormis

    Water Under Snow is Weary

    Tapiola Choir

    Erkki Pohjola, conductor

    4:43
  • 10:50 PM

    Das Rheingold: Entry of the Gods into Valhalla

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Overtures and Preludes

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    8:46
  • 10:22 PM

    Symphony No. 87

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    26:15
  • 10:19 PM

    Seconde Courante

    Francois Couperin

    Couperin: Keyboard Music

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    2:26
  • 10:07 PM

    Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes

    Grace Williams

    Grace Williams: Sea Sketches

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    10:54
  • 10:01 PM

    Carmen Symphony: Gypsy Dance

    Jose Serebrier (after Bizet)

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:38
  • 9:50 PM

    Snow Maiden Suite (selections)

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    Roberta Alexander, soprano

    8:15
  • 9:28 PM

    Symphony No. 33

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies 29 & 33

    English Baroque Soloists

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    20:31
  • 9:06 PM

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Oundjian, conductor

    Sarah Jeffrey, oboe

    19:56
  • 9:01 PM

    From Foreign Lands: Italy

    Moritz Moszkowski

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    4:43
  • 8:38 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    European Brandenburg Ensemble

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Katy Bircher, flute

    Beatrix Hulsemann, violin

    Trevor Pinnock, harpsichord

    20:40
  • 8:34 PM

    March of the Trolls

    Edvard Grieg

    Wonderland

    Alice Sara Ott, piano

    2:55
  • 8:18 PM

    Merry Mount Suite

    Howard Hanson

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    15:00
  • 8:06 PM

    Dance of the Hours

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    10:30
  • 8:01 PM

    Sinfonia in Classic Mode: Minuet

    Joseph Marx

    Bochum Symphony Orchestra

    Steven Sloane, conductor

    4:41
  • 7:42 PM

    Suite in the Ancient Style

    Vincent d'Indy

    Vincent D'Indy

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    16:19
  • 7:19 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Felix Mendelssohn

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    21:02
  • 7:06 PM

    Capriccio: String Sextet

    Richard Strauss

    Capriccio Quartet

    Gerard Causse, viola

    Yan Levionnois, cello

    11:12
  • 7:01 PM

    Philemon und Baucis: Overture

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    4:44
  • 6:50 PM

    Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

    Alexander Borodin

    Dies Irae: The Essential Choral Collection

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:33
  • 6:36 PM

    Flute Quartet No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Jasmine Choi, flute

    Florian Zwiauer, violin

    Vera Reigersberg, viola

    Attila Szekely, cello

    11:46
  • 6:18 PM

    Simple Symphony

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten: Lachrymae

    Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

    Iona Brown, conductor

    17:36
  • 6:06 PM

    Cuban Overture

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin: Concerto In F

    Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jeff Tyzik, conductor

    10:30
  • 6:01 PM

    Melody

    Vladimir Peskin

    Peskin: Complete Trumpet Music

    Giuliano Sommerhalder, trumpet

    4:46
  • 5:53 PM

    West Side Story: Cool

    Leonard Bernstein

    Modern Mandolin Quartet

    4:54
  • 5:51 PM

    Prelude No. 11

    Frederic Chopin

    The Complete Chopin Preludes

    Yundi Li, piano

    :35
  • 5:11 PM

    Symphony No. 7

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    39:31
  • 5:06 PM

    Etude No. 12 "Revolutionary"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes Opus 10, Op. 25

    Murray Perahia, piano

    2:30
  • 5:01 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 161: Presto

    Johann Quantz

    Dresden Chamber Soloists

    Johannes Walter, flute

    4:39
  • 4:55 PM

    Linus and Lucy/Christmas Time is Here

    Vince Guaraldi

    Christmas Spirit

    Mainstreet Brass Quintet

    3:39
  • 4:54 PM

    A Visit from Saint Nicholas

    Traditional

    Joy to the World

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    Robin Williams, narrator

    3:50
  • 4:51 PM

    A Christmas Story: The Bumper Hounds Make Their Rounds

    Paul Zaza/Carl Zittrer

    A Christmas Story Music from the Motion Picture

    Studio Orchestra

    Paul Zaza, conductor

    1:33
  • 4:47 PM

    The Snowman: Walking in the Air

    Howard Blake

    Christmas With The Pops: Traditional Christmas Favorites

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    Stephen Van Dyck, treble

    3:40
  • 4:37 PM

    The Lion in Winter Suite

    John Barry

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Alwyn, conductor

    8:11
  • 4:24 PM

    Miracle on 34th Street: Suite

    Cyril Mockridge

    It's A Wonderful Life, Miracle On 34th St. & A Christmas Carol

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Newman, conductor

    11:02
  • 4:19 PM

    You've Got Mail: Empty Store

    George Fenton

    You've Got Mail Original Film Score

    Studio Orchestra

    George Fenton, conductor

    2:51
  • 4:14 PM

    Ochi chernye (Dark Eyes)

    Florian Hermann

    Montreal Metropolitan Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Rolando Villazon, tenor

    Ildar Abdrazakov, bass

    3:23
  • 4:09 PM

    The Bishop's Wife: Mrs. Hamilton and Lost April

    Hugo Friedhofer

    The Bishop's Wife Soundtrack from the Motion Picture

    Studio Orchestra

    Hugo Friedhofer, conductor

    4:15
  • 4:07 PM

    The Bishop's Wife: Main Title

    Hugo Friedhofer

    The Bishop's Wife Soundtrack from the Motion Picture

    Studio Orchestra

    Hugo Friedhofer, conductor

    1:31
  • 4:01 PM

    Skating

    Vince Guaraldi

    Christmas On Copper Street

    Copper Street Brass Quintet

    4:28
  • 3:39 PM

    Oboe Quartet No. 48

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn/Mozart: Oboe Quartets

    Consortium Classicum

    Gernot Schmalfuss, oboe

    18:57
  • 3:25 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2/Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Fabio Bidini, piano

    12:58
  • 3:13 PM

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    9:49
  • 3:06 PM

    Tancredi: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures (Complete), Vol. 3

    Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    6:01
  • 2:31 PM

    Ensemble Appassionato

    Mathieu Herzog, conductor

    26:54
  • 2:23 PM

    Reflection of the Moon in the Er-Quan Spring

    Yan-Jun Hua

    Shanghai Quartet

    7:05
  • 2:18 PM

    Prelude No. 4

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Alessio Bax, piano

    4:29
  • 2:10 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Nocturne

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    5:55
  • 2:06 PM

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

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Essential Bach

    Marisa Robles, harp

    3:13
  • 2:01 PM

    Dance

    Vinzens Stelzmueller

    Vienne 1850: Danses

    Ensemble Bella Musica Vienna

    4:48
  • 1:40 PM

    Don Juan

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Don Juan; Death and Transfiguration; Dance of the Seven Veils; Rosenkavelier Suite

    New York Philharmonic

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    17:57
  • 1:23 PM

    Octet: 1st movement

    Franz Schubert

    Isabelle Faust, violin

    Anne-Katharina Schreiber, violin

    James Boyd, viola

    Kristin von der Goltz, cello

    James Munro, bass

    Lorenzo Coppola, clarinet

    15:02
  • 1:06 PM

    Capriccio Espagnol

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Kabalevsky: The Comedians - Suite; Rimsky-Korsakov: Cappricio Espagnol; Glinka: Ruslan & Ludmilla Overture; Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia; Mussorgsky: A Night on the Bare Mountain; Prokofiev: The Love for Three Oranges

    Bavarian State Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    15:39
  • 1:01 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Alla marcia

    Dag Wiren

    A Swedish Serenade

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    4:32
  • 12:43 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 13

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Andras Schiff, piano

    15:51
  • 12:29 PM

    Jeromita Linares

    Carlos Guastavino

    "Impresiones"

    Camerata Bariloche

    Pablo Cohen, guitar

    11:43
  • 12:16 PM

    Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1

    Georges Enescu

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    12:17
  • 12:12 PM

    Grandmother's Minuet

    Edvard Grieg

    tenThing

    2:03
  • 12:06 PM

    Cantata No. 49: Sinfonia

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Dialogue Cantatas

    Berlin Baroque Soloists

    Rainer Kussmaul, conductor

    Raphael Alpermann, organ

    6:01
  • 12:01 PM

    Caprice viennois (Viennese Caprice)

    Fritz Kreisler

    The Kreisler Album

    Joshua Bell, violin

    4:35
  • 11:41 AM

    Variations on a Theme by Haydn "St. Antoni Chorale"

    Johannes Brahms

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    17:30
  • 11:23 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 48

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano

    16:16
  • 11:09 AM

    Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Richard Studt, conductor

    12:18
  • 11:07 AM

    Aurora Borealis

    Laurel Zucker

    Laurel Zucker, flute

    Roman Fukshansky, clarinet

    Deb Schidler, oboe

    David Rufus Olivier, bassoon

    Eric Aichen, horn

    2:13
  • 11:01 AM

    Song of the Minstrel (Chant du menestrel)

    Alexander Glazunov

    The Swan

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Han-Na Chang, cello

    4:52
  • 10:48 AM

    Orchestra-Symphony No. 3

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    CPE Bach: 4 Symphonies

    English Concert

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    10:15
  • 10:20 AM

    Les Sylphides Ballet

    Frederic Chopin

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Heinz Fricke, conductor

    27:18
  • 10:11 AM

    Enigma Variations: Nimrod

    Edward Elgar

    The Artist's Album: Leonard Bernstein

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    6:14
  • 10:06 AM

    Lyric Quartet: The Quiet One

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    4:35
  • 10:01 AM

    Miniatures: Brecolada and Copla

    Joan Manen

    National Chamber Orchestra of Andorra

    Gerard Claret, conductor

    4:31
  • 9:50 AM

    Suite on Galician Songs: La fiesta

    Enrique Granados

    Granados: Orchestral Works Vol. 1

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Pablo Gonzalez, conductor

    8:37
  • 9:35 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2; Dances from Aleko

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    14:00
  • 9:06 AM

    Cello Sonata No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    27:17
  • 9:01 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Romanza

    Ernst von Dohnanyi

    English Sinfonia

    John Farrer, conductor

    4:37
  • 8:29 AM

    Harp Concerto

    Elias Parish-Alvars

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, conductor

    Marielle Nordmann, harp

    29:04
  • 8:23 AM

    Oboe Concerto: Chant

    Peter Schickele

    Strauss, Vaughan Williams, Schikele

    Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    Pamela Pecha, oboe

    5:56
  • 8:06 AM

    Idomeneo: Ballet Music: Selections

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Complete Mozart Edition, Vol. 25: Theatre and Ballet Music

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    15:01
  • 8:01 AM

    Bees and Bumblebees

    Eugene Arcade Dede

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    4:33
  • 7:28 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Josef Suk

    Suk: Fairy Tale, String Serenade

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    29:39
  • 7:24 AM

    In The Bottoms Suite: Barcarolle

    Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    4:48
  • 7:06 AM

    Lemminkainen and the Maidens of Saari

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Lemminkainen Suite, Op. 22 (original versions)

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    15:15
  • 7:01 AM

    Pavane and Gigue

    William Byrd

    Stokowski's Symphonic Baroque

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    4:43
  • 6:39 AM

    Trombone Concerto

    Derek Bourgeois

    Trombone Concerti

    Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra

    Chikara Imamura, conductor

    Christian Lindberg, trombone

    19:47
  • 6:34 AM

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    Matthew Hagle, piano

    3:53
  • 6:06 AM

    Symphony No. 63 "Loon Lake"

    Alan Hovhaness

    Hovhaness: Guitar Concerto No. 2

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Stewart Robertson, conductor

    26:15
  • 6:01 AM

    Stein-Erik Olsen, guitar

    4:34
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