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  • 4:35 AM

    The Four Sections

    Steve Reich

    Lyon National Orchestra

    David Robertson, conductor

    23:09
  • 4:26 AM

    Brooklyn Rider

    6:28
  • 4:15 AM

    Kaleidoscope

    Zvonimir Nagy

    Elisa Jarvi, piano

    Andrea Kiefer, accordion

    James Andean, electronics

    10:52
  • 4:06 AM

    Third Coast Percussion

    7:56
  • 4:01 AM

    Night Waltz

    Paul Bowles

    Double Edge: U.S. Choice

    Double Edge

    Edmund Niemann, piano

    4:24
  • 3:34 AM

    Gnarly Buttons

    John Adams

    London Sinfonietta

    John Adams, conductor

    Michael Collins, clarinet

    24:23
  • 3:26 AM

    5 Min. aus dem Leben von W.A.M.

    Alexander Raskatov

    Kremerata Baltica

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    5:09
  • 3:22 AM

    M is for Man, Music, Mozart: The Eisenstein Song

    Louis Andriessen

    Louis Andriessen: De Stijl, M is for Man Music Mozart

    Orkest de Volharding

    Jurgen Hempel, conductor

    Astrid Sereise, vocals

    3:35
  • 3:07 AM

    Now Ensemble

    13:23
  • 3:01 AM

    Waltz after Lasse in Lyby

    Traditional

    Wood Works

    Danish String Quartet

    4:37
  • 2:40 AM

    Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    18:39
  • 2:18 AM

    Shakespeare's Tempest

    John Knowles Paine

    John Knowles Paine: Orchestral Works

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    20:00
  • 2:13 AM

    Far and Away: Donnybrook Fair

    John Williams

    Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles

    John Williams, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    3:46
  • 2:06 AM

    Waltz No. 1 "Grand Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    6:06
  • 2:01 AM

    Paul's Steeple and Stingo

    John Playford

    Apollo's Banquet

    4:42
  • 1:45 AM

    Concertino for Oboe

    Lille Soderlundh

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Alf Nilsson, oboe

    13:13
  • 1:20 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suites

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Richard Egarr, conductor

    23:36
  • 1:06 AM

    Violin Sonata

    Claude Debussy

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    Li Jian, piano

    11:54
  • 1:01 AM

    Concierto en Flamenco: Alegrias de Cadiz

    Federico Torroba

    Torroba: Guitar Concertos 1

    Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra

    Manuel Coves, conductor

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    4:43
  • 12:25 AM

    Pictures at an Exhibition

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    33:00
  • 12:24 AM

    Fascinatin' Rhythm

    George Gershwin

    Klap Ur Handz

    Lark Quartet

    :57
  • 12:13 AM

    Symphony No. 4: 2nd movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    9:29
  • 12:06 AM

    Etude No. 3 "Un Sospiro" (A Sigh)

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: My Piano Hero

    Lang Lang, piano

    5:24
  • 12:01 AM

    Summer in the High Grassland

    Zhao Jiping

    Silk Road Ensemble

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:33
  • 11:46 PM

    Delights and Dances

    Michael Abels

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    13:03
  • 11:45 PM

    Delights and Dances

    Michael Abels

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    13:03
  • 11:34 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 6

    Arcangelo Corelli

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    11:09
  • 11:24 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    London Sinfonietta

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Richard Watkins, horn

    8:33
  • 11:04 PM

    Irish Rhapsody No. 4

    Charles Stanford

    Stanford: Symphony No. 5

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    18:27
  • 11:01 PM

    Cello Suite No. 1: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Essential Bach

    Janos Starker, cello

    2:26
  • 10:54 PM

    Polonaise No. 3 "Military"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Art of Ashkenazy

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    5:02
  • 10:39 PM

    Charterhouse Suite

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Israel Chamber Orchestra

    Dalia Atlas, conductor

    13:32
  • 10:30 PM

    Das Rheingold: Entry of the Gods into Valhalla

    Richard Wagner

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    7:32
  • 10:23 PM

    A Little Chaos

    Peter Gregson

    Pulsations

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    5:31
  • 10:07 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Polish": Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    The Tchaikovsky Project

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    9:31
  • 10:01 PM

    Festive Overture

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Ballet Suites; Festive Overture

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:51
  • 9:49 PM

    El Salon Mexico

    Aaron Copland

    100 Fiedler Favorites

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    10:10
  • 9:24 PM

    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
  • 9:17 PM

    O Magnum Mysterium (O Great Mystery)

    Morten Lauridsen

    Lux Aurumque

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    5:33
  • 9:06 PM

    Years of Pilgrimage: The Fountains at the Villa d'Este

    Franz Liszt

    Water

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    7:38
  • 9:00 PM

    Danse (Tarantelle styrienne)

    Claude Debussy

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    5:07
  • 8:44 PM

    En voyage

    Elizabeth Lutyens

    Box of Delights: British Light Music Gems

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Simon Joly, conductor

    14:49
  • 8:24 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    18:45
  • 8:17 PM

    Girl Crazy: Overture

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin: An American in Paris, etc.

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    5:46
  • 8:03 PM

    Sonata for Cello and Guitar

    Radames Gnattali

    Histoires

    Claremont Duo

    11:09
  • 8:00 PM

    Hansel and Gretel: Evening Prayer

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Classical Jukebox, Vol. 1

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    3:00
  • 5:23 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances I & Iii, Etc

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    16:34
  • 5:21 PM

    Overture, Scherzo and Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann, R.: Overtures

    Polish National Radio Orchestra

    Johannes Wildner, conductor

    17:16
  • 5:18 PM

    On a Quiet Lake

    Florence Price

    Florence Price: Piano Discoveries: Excursions

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:01
  • 5:06 PM

    Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: La Mer, Images, Prelude

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    11:43
  • 5:01 PM

    Minuet No. 1

    Giacomo Puccini

    Puccini: Chrisantemi/3 Minuetti, etc.

    Orchestra of the Auvergne

    Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    4:38
  • 4:36 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    Vladimir Spivakov, violin

    Mikhail Milman, cello

    Alexei Utkin, oboe

    Marc Minkowski, bassoon

    22:12
  • 4:23 PM

    The Song of Hiawatha: Overture

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    11:22
  • 4:19 PM

    Sekstur from Vensyssel/The Peat Dance

    Traditional

    Wood Works

    Danish String Quartet

    3:58
  • 4:06 PM

    Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4, Hebrides Overture

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    10:51
  • 4:01 PM

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

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Music for Wind Ensemble

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    4:32
  • 3:52 PM

    Kamarinskaya

    Mikhail Glinka

    Kabalevsky, Prokofiev, Glinka, Tchaikovsky

    San Diego Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Barra, conductor

    6:09
  • 3:13 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, Piano Sonata No. 28

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Vladimir Jurowski, conductor

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    38:09
  • 3:06 PM

    French Suite No. 6: Allemande; Courante

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Short Stories - Music For Harp Duo By Carlos Salzedo

    Salzedo Harp Duo

    4:37
  • 3:01 PM

    The Color Purple: Main Theme

    Quincy Jones

    Cinema Serenade

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    4:30
  • 2:55 PM

    Brian Boru's March

    Traditional

    Dances for Flute

    Harp Ensemble

    Marisa Robles, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    2:18
  • 2:50 PM

    An Rogaire Dubh

    Traditional

    Brooklyn Rider

    Martin Hayes, Irish fiddle

    4:14
  • 2:45 PM

    Froissart Overture

    Edward Elgar

    Victorian Concert Overtures

    English Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    13:16
  • 2:36 PM

    Froissart Overture

    Edward Elgar

    Victorian Concert Overtures

    English Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    13:16
  • 2:31 PM

    Radetzky March

    Johann StraussSr.

    New Year's Concert 2012

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    3:41
  • 2:17 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 10

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Fazil Say, piano

    12:57
  • 2:07 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Elegy

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    The Tchaikovsky Project

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    8:55
  • 1:59 PM

    Concerto No. 2

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    6:04
  • 1:51 PM

    Black Swan

    Bright Sheng

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    6:45
  • 1:38 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Early Symphonies and Stage Music

    Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    4:57
  • 1:32 PM

    Mlada: Procession of the Nobles

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    4:45
  • 1:25 PM

    Symphony No. 83 "The Hen": 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 83 & 87

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    4:48
  • 1:19 PM

    Saul and David: Prelude to Act II

    Carl Nielsen

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    4:56
  • 1:11 PM

    La Cambiale di Matrimonio (The Marriage Contract): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures, Vol. 2

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    5:25
  • 1:04 PM

    Dreams of Love No. 3 (Liebestraum)

    Franz Liszt

    Virtuose Harfenmusik

    Jutta Zoff, harp

    5:14
  • 12:52 PM

    Debra Wendells-Cross, flute

    Robert Alemany, clarinet

    JoAnn Falletta, guitar

    6:09
  • 12:45 PM

    The Ball of Beatrice d'Este: Lesquercade

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Poulenc: Aubade, Sinfonietta; Hahn: Le Bal de Beatrice d'Este

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    Julian Evans, piano

    3:39
  • 12:37 PM

    Symphony No. 7: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    7:03
  • 12:29 PM

    The Red Pony Suite: selections

    Aaron Copland

    Aaron Copland: Four Dances from Rodeo

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    7:21
  • 12:24 PM

    Petite Suite: En Bateau (Boating)

    Claude Debussy

    Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloe Suite No 2, Etc; Debussy / Paray

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    3:01
  • 12:19 PM

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    3:50
  • 12:09 PM

    Ballet Scenes: Mazurka

    Alexander Glazunov

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    3:55
  • 12:04 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 3 "Il gardellino" ("The Goldfinch"): 1st movement

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Flute Concertos

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    3:47
  • 11:51 AM

    Karelia Overture

    Jean Sibelius

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    8:09
  • 11:47 AM

    Mysterious Barricades

    Francois Couperin

    Elizabeth Hainen, harp

    2:36
  • 11:40 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Richard Strauss

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    William Caballero, horn

    5:20
  • 11:36 AM

    Serenade No. 7 "Haffner": 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenades 5 & 6

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    3:35
  • 11:30 AM

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers Awake)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Water Is Wide

    Mark Small, guitar

    5:01
  • 11:20 AM

    Moravian Dances

    Leos Janacek

    Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antoni Wit, conductor

    8:56
  • 11:16 AM

    Your Hands In Mine

    Florence Price

    Florence Price: Piano Discoveries: From the Heart

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:15
  • 11:07 AM

    Three Short Pieces

    Jacques Ibert

    Athena Ensemble

    6:59
  • 11:04 AM

    Song without Words No. 25 "May Breezes"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    2:18
  • 11:03 AM

    Serenade No. 1: Scherzo

    Johannes Brahms

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Istvan Kertesz, conductor

    2:37
  • 10:48 AM

    Symphony: 4th movement

    Alice Mary Smith

    London Mozart Players

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    10:03
  • 10:40 AM

    String Quartet No. 10: 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Albion Quartet

    6:51
  • 10:36 AM

    Keep Your Hand on the Plow (Hold On!)

    Spiritual

    Then And There, Here And Now

    Chanticleer

    3:47
  • 10:28 AM

    Three Dances: Divertissement

    Maurice Durufle

    Sinfonia of London

    John Wilson, conductor

    7:12
  • 10:13 AM

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    12:58
  • 10:06 AM

    Eugene Onegin: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Staatskapelle Dresden - Hans Vonk

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Hans Vonk, conductor

    6:36
  • 10:01 AM

    Two Bits

    Henry Cowell

    Jeanne Baxtresser, flute

    Margaret Baxtresser, piano

    4:23
  • 9:50 AM

    Suite dramatique

    Lou Koster

    Koster: Orchestral Music

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    8:15
  • 9:27 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Le Mozart Noir

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Linda Melsted, violin

    21:08
  • 9:09 AM

    Wood Notes

    William Grant Still

    Still: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3; Wood Notes

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    16:27
  • 9:06 AM

    Remote Shangri-La

    Ma Jinfeng & Zhang Nan

    Yundi Li, piano

    2:36
  • 9:01 AM

    O salutaris hostia

    Pierre de la Rue

    Hilliard Ensemble

    Jan Garbarek, saxophone

    4:29
  • 8:50 AM

    Capriccio for Orchestra

    Nancy Dalberg

    Danish Philharmonic Orchestra

    Frans Rasmussen, conductor

    8:09
  • 8:36 AM

    Trio Sonata No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Works for Trumpet

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    13:35
  • 8:21 AM

    Little Concert Suite

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. 1

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    13:37
  • 8:06 AM

    Music in Four Sharps (on Dowland's Frog Galliard)

    Ian Krouse

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    13:58
  • 8:01 AM

    Romance

    Bent Sorensen

    Full Circle

    Seunghee Lee, clarinet

    4:30
  • 7:40 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Alexander Borodin

    Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

    Bramwell Tovey, conductor

    18:08
  • 7:17 AM

    Summer Concerto (Concerto de estio)

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    Michael Guttman, violin

    21:33
  • 7:11 AM

    Playground Dreams

    Ed Bland

    Judith Olson, piano

    5:22
  • 7:06 AM

    Cell Fone Blues

    Ed Bland

    Judith Olson, piano

    4:56
  • 7:01 AM

    Voyevoda: Trust me, my dear

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    4:24
  • 6:48 AM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Theme and Variations

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    New York Philomusica

    Robert Johnson, conductor

    9:59
  • 6:30 AM

    Seascapes

    Alexey Shor

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Parry, conductor

    David Aaron Carpenter, viola

    18:07
  • 6:16 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Ocean": 1st movement

    Anton Rubinstein

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Stephen Gunzenhauser, conductor

    11:46
  • 6:06 AM

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Bjarmason, conductor

    9:31
  • 6:01 AM

    Two Poetic Waltzes

    Enrique Granados

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    4:39
  • 5:40 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 8

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Midori Live At Carnegie Hall

    Midori, violin

    18:02
  • 5:15 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American"

    William Grant Still

    Still: Symphony No. 1/Ellington: River Suite

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    24:08
  • 5:06 AM

    Four South African Folktunes

    Traditional

    South African Music

    National Symphony Orchestra of the S.A.B.C.

    Peter Marchbank, conductor

    7:43
  • 5:01 AM

    Jousting Dance

    Lucas de Ribayaz

    Harp Consort

    Andrew Lawrence-King, conductor

    4:33
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