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  • 5:31 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Great Pianists of the 20th Century: Martha Argerich I

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Martha Argerich, piano

    27:00
  • 5:12 AM

    A Downland Suite

    John Ireland

    Ireland: Music for String Orchestra

    Orchestra of the Swan

    David Curtis, conductor

    17:11
  • 5:06 AM

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    5:54
  • 5:01 AM

    Sonata pian e forte

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    National Brass Ensemble

    4:44
  • 4:52 AM

    Andante and Rondo Capriccioso

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Lieder Ohne Worte

    Javier Perianes, piano

    6:33
  • 4:13 AM

    String Sextet No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: String Sextets

    Cypress String Quartet

    Barry Shiffman, violin

    36:58
  • 4:06 AM

    Stars

    Eriks Esenvalds

    Wandering Heart

    Chor Leoni Men's Chorus

    Erick Lichte, conductor

    5:32
  • 4:01 AM

    Kasia Kadlubowska, percussion

    Dominik Bukowski, percussion

    4:36
  • 3:52 AM

    Portraits of Josephine: Paris 1925

    Valerie Coleman

    Imani Winds

    6:39
  • 3:29 AM

    Harp Concerto

    Nino Rota

    Virtuosi Italiani

    Marzio Conti, conductor

    Luisa Prandina, harp

    20:52
  • 3:14 AM

    Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise

    Frederic Chopin

    North German Radio Elbphilharmonie Orchestra

    Krzysztof Urbanski, conductor

    Jan Lisiecki, piano

    13:51
  • 3:06 AM

    Rondino for Winds

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Music for Winds

    David Shifrin, clarinet

    6:58
  • 3:01 AM

    Notre Dame: Intermezzo

    Franz Schmidt

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    4:43
  • 2:53 AM

    A Closed World of Fine Feelings

    Graeme Koehne

    Rupert Boyd: The Guitar

    Rupert Boyd, guitar

    5:20
  • 2:22 AM

    Sinfonia Concertante

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, etc.

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Hans Vonk, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    29:18
  • 2:15 AM

    Dracula: Night Journeys

    John Williams

    Across the Stars

    Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles

    John Williams, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    5:30
  • 2:06 AM

    Bishop Rock

    Doreen Carwithen

    CARWITHEN: Piano Concerto / Bishop Rock / ODTAA / Suffolk Suite

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    8:16
  • 2:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 2: 4th movement

    Robert Schumann

    The Schumann Quartets

    Dover Quartet

    4:52
  • 1:44 AM

    Froissart Overture

    Edward Elgar

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    13:49
  • 1:21 AM

    Gaspard de la Nuit

    Maurice Ravel

    Voyages

    Conrad Tao, piano

    22:22
  • 1:14 AM

    Up in the Air

    The OK Factor

    The OK Factor

    4:14
  • 1:06 AM

    Symphony No. 5

    William Boyce

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    7:55
  • 1:01 AM

    Pygmalion: Overture

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Les Arts Florissants

    William Christie, conductor

    4:47
  • 12:49 AM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    German Overtures

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    8:39
  • 12:49 AM

    Manfred Symphony: 2nd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    The Tchaikovsky Project

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    9:42
  • 12:39 AM

    Serenade for Winds: Finale

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenades

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    6:16
  • 12:32 AM

    Sea Suite: Dance of the Walrus

    Bruce Paine

    Gunter Herbig, guitar

    1:55
  • 12:26 AM

    Symphony No. 2: Scherzo

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Three Symphonies, Petite Suite, Polovetsian Dances

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:24
  • 12:23 AM

    Etude No. 1 "Aeolian Harp"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Complete Piano Works of Chopin, Vol. 10: Etudes

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    2:33
  • 12:09 AM

    Symphony No. 101 "The Clock": 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 101 & 102

    London Classical Players

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    9:11
  • 12:01 AM

    Trumpet Voluntary

    John Stanley

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    3:34
  • 11:52 PM

    Huapango

    Jose Moncayo

    Mi Alma Mexicana

    Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas

    Alondra de la Parra, conductor

    8:20
  • 11:44 PM

    Butterfly's Day Out

    Mark O'Connor

    Appalachia Waltz

    Mark O'Connor, mandolin

    4:43
  • 11:34 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Complete Beethoven Edition Vol. 1: Symphonies

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    8:54
  • 11:25 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 2: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Horn Concerto

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Eric Ruske, horn

    3:17
  • 11:21 PM

    Lord of the Dance

    Sydney Carter

    Eternity

    National Lutheran Choir

    David Cherwien, conductor

    2:13
  • 11:10 PM

    Florida Suite: By the River

    Frederick Delius

    Vaughan Williams and Delius

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    6:50
  • 11:01 PM

    Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune (Moonlight)

    Claude Debussy

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    4:22
  • 10:50 PM

    Consecration of the House: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Violin Concerto, Overture "Leonore III

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    9:54
  • 10:39 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: Rondo

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Clarinet Concertos

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Jean-Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    Martin Frost, clarinet

    6:01
  • 10:35 PM

    Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle

    Jacques Offenbach

    Sir Charles' Precious Music Box Ii

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    2:40
  • 10:23 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Julia Fischer, violin

    7:16
  • 10:18 PM

    Mrs. Winter's Jump

    John Dowland

    Lute Music of Dowland

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    :47
  • 10:07 PM

    Alborada del Gracioso (Morning Song of the Jester)

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: La tombeau de Couperin, Pavane pour une infante defunte

    Lyon Opera Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    7:57
  • 10:00 PM

    Sorochinsky Fair: Gopak

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Moussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    1:40
  • 9:53 PM

    Northwest Sinfonietta

    Christophe Chagnard, conductor

    Joel Fan, piano

    6:17
  • 9:42 PM

    Pearl Fishers: Au fond du temple saint (Temple Duet)

    Georges Bizet

    Ultimate Classics

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Robin Stapleton, conductor

    Luciano Pavarotti, tenor

    6:31
  • 9:34 PM

    Dancing Folk: 3rd movement

    Oliver Davis

    Oliver Davis: Dance

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    Kerenza Peacock, violin

    2:15
  • 9:25 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Introduction and March

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    7:54
  • 9:11 PM

    Octet: Scherzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets

    Emerson String Quartet

    4:14
  • 9:00 PM

    Appalachian Spring: Variations on a Shaker Tune

    Aaron Copland

    The Green Album

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    5:38
  • 6:51 PM

    Orb and Sceptre

    William Walton

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    6:49
  • 6:39 PM

    Symphony No. 91: Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

    Rene Jacobs, conductor

    7:10
  • 6:21 PM

    Tales from the Vienna Woods

    Johann StraussJr.

    Mad About the Waltz

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    13:14
  • 6:12 PM

    Humoreske

    Alexander von Zemlinsky

    Wind Quintets

    Vento Chiaro

    4:34
  • 6:08 PM

    Prince Igor: Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens

    Alexander Borodin

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    2:20
  • 6:02 PM

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    2:34
  • 5:49 PM

    Der Rosenkavalier: Waltz Sequence No. 1

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Macbeth, etc.

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    12:06
  • 5:39 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Scherzo

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenades Op 22 & 44

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    5:13
  • 5:31 PM

    Lotus Eaters

    Andrew York

    Air and Ground

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:27
  • 5:24 PM

    Oboe Concerto: Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Horn Concerto No 2 and Others, Haydn: Trumpet Concerto

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Ray Still, oboe

    5:52
  • 5:12 PM

    Walt Whitman Overture

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: Symphony, "The Cotswolds" / Walt Whitman, Overture / Indra / Japanese Suite / A Winter Idyll

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    7:17
  • 5:06 PM

    Waltz No. 2 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Waltzes

    Richard Raymond, piano

    5:19
  • 5:01 PM

    Sweet William

    John Playford

    Mariners and Milkmaids: Ballads and Dances from 17th Century England

    Toronto Consort

    1:11
  • 4:50 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Andris Nelsons, conductor

    9:42
  • 4:41 PM

    Shenandoah

    Traditional

    Evolution Of The Brass Quintet

    Copper Street Brass Quintet

    5:27
  • 4:38 PM

    The Mission: Gabriel's Oboe

    Ennio Morricone

    Best Film Classics 100

    Studio Orchestra

    Ennio Morricone, conductor

    2:13
  • 4:26 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 2: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: Keyboard Concertos Nos. 1, 2 & 4

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Murray Perahia, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    8:00
  • 4:18 PM

    Getting Hitched

    The OK Factor

    The OK Factor

    3:28
  • 4:10 PM

    Images for Orchestra: Iberia: On Highways and Byways

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Orchestral Works

    Paris Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    7:38
  • 4:01 PM

    The Good-humored Ladies: 2nd movement

    Vincenzo Tommasini

    Irving: Glazunov, Scarlatti/Tommasini, Bach/Walton

    Concert Arts Orchestra

    Robert Irving, conductor

    3:14
  • 3:53 PM

    Symphony No. 7: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    7:02
  • 3:46 PM

    Mass: Cum Sancto Spiritu

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Monteverdi Choir

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    3:27
  • 3:34 PM

    String Quintet: 3rd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Epilogue

    Miro Quartet

    Matt Haimovitz, cello

    10:41
  • 3:17 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: 1st movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Warsaw Philharmonic

    Stanislaw Wislocki, conductor

    Sviatoslav Richter, piano

    11:13
  • 3:10 PM

    The Firebird (L'oiseau de feu): Finale

    Igor Stravinsky

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

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    2:59
  • 3:01 PM

    Thais: Meditation

    Jules Massenet

    Chasson: Poeme; Massanet: Meditation de Thais

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    5:16
  • 2:52 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 2nd movement

    Robert Schumann

    Robert Schumann Symphonies 1-4

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    7:29
  • 2:46 PM

    Appalachian Dreams: Darling Cora

    John Duarte

    Dreams of a World

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    1:33
  • 2:40 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 4th movement

    Florence Price

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    4:45
  • 2:27 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 11: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    The King's Violins

    Bernard Labadie, conductor

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    7:47
  • 2:21 PM

    Suite: Gaio

    Randall Thompson

    Kelly Peterson Peral, oboe

    Michael Forte, clarinet

    Elizabeth Derderian-Wood, viola

    2:02
  • 2:11 PM

    Rondo for Violin and Orchestra

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Thomas Zehetmair, conductor

    Thomas Zehetmair, violin

    6:53
  • 2:04 PM

    Rigoletto: La donna e mobile

    Giuseppe Verdi

    The #1 Opera Album

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    Luciano Pavarotti, tenor

    2:20
  • 1:56 PM

    A Hymn to New England

    John Williams

    Utah Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:10
  • 1:47 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Mad About the Waltz

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    3:51
  • 1:39 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 17 "The Tempest": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Essential Beethoven

    Stephen Kovacevich, piano

    6:27
  • 1:32 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Song of a New Race": 3rd movement

    William Grant Still

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    3:40
  • 1:24 PM

    Concerto for Two Flutes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academia Montis Regalis

    Barthold Kuijken, conductor

    Barthold Kuijken, flute

    6:44
  • 1:17 PM

    Danish String Quartet

    2:44
  • 1:11 PM

    Impromptu No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    Marie-Pierre Langlamet, harp

    5:10
  • 1:04 PM

    La Peri (The Fairy): Fanfare

    Paul Dukas

    Greatest Hits: The Ballet, Vol. II

    New York Philharmonic

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    2:24
  • 12:56 PM

    Shimmeree

    Peter Togni

    CBC Vancouver Orchestra

    Arthur Polson, conductor

    3:00
  • 12:46 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Piano Quintets In A, Op.5 & Op.81; Borodin: Quartet

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    7:36
  • 12:38 PM

    Dance Suite

    Tielman Susato

    Ludwig Guttler Brass Ensemble

    Ludwig Guttler, conductor

    7:12
  • 12:27 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 23: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos 21 And 23

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Ingrid Jacoby, piano

    8:13
  • 12:21 PM

    The Running Set

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Elgar and Vaughan Williams

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    George Hurst, conductor

    4:43
  • 12:15 PM

    Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Melodies

    Chen Yi, violin

    3:40
  • 12:09 PM

    Prelude No. 15 "Raindrop"

    Frederic Chopin

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    4:26
  • 12:04 PM

    Cantata No. 29: Sinfonia

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    3:34
  • 11:47 AM

    Jeromita Linares

    Carlos Guastavino

    "Impresiones"

    Camerata Bariloche

    Pablo Cohen, guitar

    11:43
  • 11:41 AM

    My Lord What a Moanin'

    Adolphus Hailstork

    McCullough Chorale

    Donald McCullough, conductor

    3:34
  • 11:27 AM

    Symphony

    Carl Stamitz

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    13:35
  • 11:20 AM

    Paroles - Suite for Clarinet and Orchestra: III. Parole du Matin a la Rose

    Dia Succari

    German Symphony Orchestra

    Manuel Nawri, conductor

    Kinan Azmeh, clarinet

    6:22
  • 11:12 AM

    In the Steppes of Central Asia

    Alexander Borodin

    Ports of Call

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    6:09
  • 11:06 AM

    Romanze

    Luise Adolpha Le Beau

    Ladies' Night

    Thomas Albertus Irnberger, violin

    5:37
  • 11:01 AM

    Suite for Strings: Heading North

    Michael Fine

    Michael Fine: Seasons

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Philip Mann, conductor

    4:24
  • 10:42 AM

    Divertimento for Strings

    Gareth Walters

    Sea Sketches

    Manitoba Chamber Orchestra

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    15:51
  • 10:38 AM

    American Series: Choro (Brazilian Dance)

    Hector Ayala

    David Russell, guitar

    2:13
  • 10:20 AM

    Imagenes

    Candelario Huizar

    Mi Alma Mexicana

    Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas

    Alondra de la Parra, conductor

    16:46
  • 10:06 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 10

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Sonatas K 281, 330 & 333

    Vladimir Horowitz, piano

    13:22
  • 10:01 AM

    Ae Fond Kiss

    Robert Burns

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Rory Macdonald, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    4:36
  • 9:36 AM

    Harp Concerto No. 1

    Ernst Eichner

    Eichner: Harp Concertos

    Kurpfalz Chamber Orchestra

    Stefan Fraas, conductor

    Silke Aichhorn, harp

    22:41
  • 9:26 AM

    The Magic Harp

    Ina Boyle

    Dan Godfrey Encores

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    9:15
  • 9:09 AM

    Ennanga for String Quartet, Harp, and Piano

    William Grant Still

    Videmus

    15:28
  • 9:06 AM

    Swanwhite Suite: The harp falls briefly silent and strikes up a new melody

    Jean Sibelius

    Turku Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    2:21
  • 9:01 AM

    Calmo

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Stanze

    Cecilia Chailly, harp

    4:36
  • 8:44 AM

    Images, Book 1

    Claude Debussy

    Great Pianists of the 20th Century: Emil Gilels I

    Emil Gilels, piano

    14:28
  • 8:19 AM

    Symphony No. 4: 3rd movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler: Symphony No. 4

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    23:02
  • 8:06 AM

    Romance for Violin and Orchestra

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Encore Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hege, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    12:37
  • 8:01 AM

    Sospiri (Sighs)

    Edward Elgar

    Green And Pleasant Land

    English Northern Philharmonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    4:28
  • 7:32 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Ruth Gipps

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Peebles, conductor

    Murray McLachlan, piano

    26:05
  • 7:17 AM

    String Quartet No. 5

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Early String Quartets

    Hagen Quartet

    13:50
  • 7:06 AM

    The Dream of Gunnar

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Orchestral Works

    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor

    10:09
  • 7:01 AM

    Elora Festival Singers

    Noel Edison, conductor

    4:24
  • 6:42 AM

    Philomena: Suite

    Alexandre Desplat

    Philomena: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    Alexandre Desplat, conductor

    16:06
  • 6:27 AM

    Four Piano Pieces

    Elfrida Andree

    Elfrida Andree: Complete Piano Works

    Oskar Ekberg, piano

    15:20
  • 6:18 AM

    Notturno No. 1

    Giuseppe Martucci

    Martucci: Symphony No. 1; Novelletta; Notturno; Tarantella

    Philharmonia

    Francesco d'Avalos, conductor

    6:42
  • 6:01 AM

    Per Flemstrom, flute

    Mats Bergstrom, guitar

    4:34
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