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  • 4:29 AM

    Petite Suite

    Alexander Borodin

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    29:08
  • 4:19 AM

    Sainte-Chapelle

    Eric Whitacre

    Eric Whitacre: Sainte-Chapelle

    Tallis Scholars

    Peter Philips, conductor

    8:29
  • 4:06 AM

    Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    11:36
  • 4:01 AM

    English Suite: Prelude and Round Dance

    John Duarte

    Scott Tennant, guitar

    4:30
  • 3:37 AM

    Forest Scenes

    Robert Schumann

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    21:18
  • 3:18 AM

    Variations on a Rococo Theme

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 7

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    Leonard Rose, cello

    16:51
  • 3:06 AM

    Free Variations and Finale

    Gabriel Pierne

    Netherlands Harp Ensemble

    Netherlands Harp Ensemble

    10:39
  • 3:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 11 "Serioso": 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Middle String Quartets

    Cypress String Quartet

    4:42
  • 2:41 AM

    Piano Concerto for the Left Hand

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel

    Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra

    Lionel Bringuier, conductor

    Yuja Wang, piano

    17:26
  • 2:15 AM

    Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished"

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor

    24:51
  • 2:06 AM

    Fantasie

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Fantasien

    Sivan Magen, harp

    6:48
  • 2:01 AM

    Three Chinese Folk Songs

    Zhou Long

    Shanghai Quartet

    4:43
  • 1:48 AM

    Carnival Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Violin Concerto

    New York Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    9:48
  • 1:30 AM

    The Devil's Trill (after Tartini)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Music of Fritz Kreisler

    James Ehnes, violin

    16:59
  • 1:19 AM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

    Franz Liszt

    International Salute

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    9:43
  • 1:01 AM

    Les Huguenots: Gypsy Dance

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Meyerbeer: Ballet Music From The Operas / Nesterowicz

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    4:40
  • 12:54 AM

    Prelude on an Old Folk Tune

    Amy Beach

    The Solo Piano Music of Amy Beach, Vol. 2

    Joanne Polk, piano

    4:37
  • 12:11 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Jean Sibelius

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    40:54
  • 12:08 AM

    A Prayer of King Henry VI

    Henry George Ley

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    Stephen Cleobury, conductor

    1:39
  • 12:06 AM

    Susann McDonald, harp

    1:22
  • 12:01 AM

    Two Preludes

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: The Complete Preludes; 2 Nocturnes Op. 62

    Rafal Blechacz, piano

    4:40
  • 11:48 PM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    9:55
  • 11:28 PM

    Symphony No. 1

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Kabalevsky: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Darrell Ang, conductor

    18:48
  • 11:08 PM

    Flute Concerto

    Leopold Hofmann

    FJ and JM Haydn: Flute Concertos

    Haydn Ensemble Berlin

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    18:11
  • 11:06 PM

    Flight of the Bumblebee

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The Sound of the Academy

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    1:22
  • 11:01 PM

    Cello Suite No. 5: Gavottes

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Parkening Plays Bach

    Christopher Parkening, guitar

    4:47
  • 10:40 PM

    Souvenirs

    Vincent d'Indy

    D'Indy: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    18:41
  • 10:21 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 8

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    17:35
  • 10:13 PM

    Brazilian Suite: Intermezzo

    Alberto Nepomuceno

    Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra

    Fabio Mechetti, conductor

    6:13
  • 10:06 PM

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    5:49
  • 10:01 PM

    Tanguori

    Jeremy Cohen

    Quartet San Francisco

    4:33
  • 9:51 PM

    Norwegian Rhapsody No. 1

    Johan Svendsen

    Svendsen: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

    Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:46
  • 9:16 PM

    Enigma Variations

    Edward Elgar

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    32:37
  • 9:11 PM

    I Puritani: Son vergin vezzosa (Polka d'Elvira)

    Vincenzo Bellini

    Opera Arias for Trumpet

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    Maurice Andre, trumpet

    3:32
  • 9:06 PM

    Csardas

    Vittorio Monti

    Avi Avital: Between Worlds

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    4:30
  • 9:01 PM

    Modern Times: Smile

    Charlie Chaplin

    I Salonisti Play Music from Titanic, Casablanca, the Godfather

    I Salonisti

    4:31
  • 7:41 PM

    Music for the Royal Fireworks

    George Frideric Handel

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    17:28
  • 7:22 PM

    Concert Piece for Four Horns

    Robert Schumann

    Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardner, conductor

    Robert Montgomery, horn

    Gavin Edwards, horn

    Susan Dent, horn

    Robert Maskell, horn

    17:42
  • 7:17 PM

    Japanese Folk Song Suite No. 2: Yagibushi

    Hajime Komatsu

    Apollo Chamber Players

    3:11
  • 7:06 PM

    Gayane Ballet Suite

    Aram Khachaturian

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    9:56
  • 7:01 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Maria Bergmann, piano

    4:37
  • 6:50 PM

    Rodeo: Buckaroo Holiday

    Aaron Copland

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    8:35
  • 6:14 PM

    Symphonie Espagnole

    Edouard Lalo

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    Chee-Yun, violin

    33:23
  • 6:06 PM

    Concert Paraphrase of Verdi's "Rigoletto"

    Franz Liszt

    Yundi Li: Liszt

    Yundi Li, piano

    6:23
  • 6:01 PM

    Sarabande with variations

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Susato, Moritz von Hessen, Bach, Franke, Sammartini, Mendelssohn, Ewald

    Ludwig Guttler Brass Ensemble

    Ludwig Guttler, conductor

    4:35
  • 5:47 PM

    La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Favorite Overtures

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Schippers, conductor

    11:14
  • 5:30 PM

    Guitar Quintet No. 2

    Luigi Boccherini

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    15:13
  • 5:13 PM

    Capriccio Espagnol

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Great Orchestral Works

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    15:56
  • 5:06 PM

    Spanish Dance No. 4 "Villanesca"

    Enrique Granados

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    5:52
  • 5:01 PM

    Sextet: Rondo

    Luigi Gatti

    Gatti: Chamber Music

    Calamus Ensemble

    4:44
  • 4:50 PM

    Corsair: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    8:44
  • 4:48 PM

    Sweet William

    John Playford

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

    Toronto Consort

    1:11
  • 4:40 PM

    Rhapsodie

    Marcel Grandjany

    Solo Harp: The Best of Yolanda Kondonassis

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    8:02
  • 4:36 PM

    The Dambusters March

    Eric Coates

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    3:47
  • 4:10 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 14

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 13 & 14

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    22:24
  • 4:06 PM

    Peer Gynt: In The Hall Of The Mountain King

    Edvard Grieg

    Norwegian Classical Favourites

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    2:42
  • 4:01 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Alla marcia

    Dag Wiren

    A Swedish Serenade

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    4:32
  • 3:50 PM

    On Your Toes: Slaughter on Tenth Avenue

    Richard Rodgers

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    8:27
  • 3:48 PM

    Singin' in the Rain: Main Theme

    Nacio Herb Brown

    Salute: Gene Kelly, Judy Garland, Fred Astaire

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:38
  • 3:37 PM

    A Chorus Line: Overture

    Marvin Hamlisch

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    9:13
  • 3:33 PM

    'S Wonderful

    George Gershwin

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:03
  • 3:24 PM

    Tribute to Fred Astaire

    Alexander Courage

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    8:29
  • 3:15 PM

    Gigi: Waltzes

    Frederick Loewe

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    6:15
  • 3:11 PM

    Love Is Here to Stay

    George Gershwin

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    3:45
  • 3:06 PM

    Meet Me in St. Louis: The Trolley Song

    Ralph Blane

    Aisle Seat

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:27
  • 3:01 PM

    Madame Bovary: Waltz

    Miklos Rozsa

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    4:49
  • 2:43 PM

    In Nature's Realm Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    14:59
  • 2:19 PM

    La Mer (The Sea)

    Claude Debussy

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    22:27
  • 2:14 PM

    The Waves

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Pulsations

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:27
  • 2:06 PM

    Cantata No. 49: Sinfonia

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Dialogue Cantatas

    Berlin Baroque Soloists

    Rainer Kussmaul, conductor

    Raphael Alpermann, organ

    6:01
  • 1:48 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven For All: Music of Passion, Power and Beauty

    West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    10:39
  • 1:43 PM

    Flowers from Froso: To the Roses

    Wilhelm Peterson-Berger

    Christian Bergqvist, violin

    Mats Bergstrom, guitar

    4:07
  • 1:24 PM

    L'Horloge de Flore (The Flower Clock)

    Jean Francaix

    Bonjour Paris

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Mathias Monius, conductor

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe

    17:04
  • 1:20 PM

    The Chinese Garden: Red Flowers Blooming all over the Mountain

    Stephen Goss

    40 Degrees North

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    2:19
  • 1:12 PM

    The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky - Nutcracker Favourite Selections

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    7:11
  • 1:06 PM

    In the Garden

    Max Richter

    Pulsations

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    5:20
  • 1:01 PM

    Pansies Polka Mazurka

    Josef Strauss

    New Year's Eve Concert 2004

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    4:36
  • 12:48 PM

    On the Town: Three Dance Episodes

    Leonard Bernstein

    Bernstein conducts Bernstein

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    10:16
  • 12:13 PM

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    33:30
  • 12:06 PM

    Roaring Fork Quintet: Whitewater Rapids

    Eric Ewazen

    Borealis Wind Quintet

    4:54
  • 12:01 PM

    Night and Day

    Cole Porter

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    Masao Kawasaki, viola

    Mats Lidstrom, cello

    4:33
  • 11:41 AM

    Rhapsody in Blue

    George Gershwin

    Broadway-Lafayette

    MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Kristjan Jarvi, conductor

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    17:42
  • 11:29 AM

    Schlagobers Ballet: Entrance and dance of the Sugar; Round dance of Sugar, Coffee, and Cocoa; Whipped cream waltz

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Schlagobers Ballet, Op. 70

    Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra

    Hiroshi Wakasugi, conductor

    10:31
  • 11:22 AM

    String Quartet No. 1: 4th movement

    Robert Schumann

    Dover Quartet

    6:09
  • 11:16 AM

    Asturias (Leyenda)

    Isaac Albeniz

    Seraph Brass

    3:50
  • 11:06 AM

    Zigeunerweisen (Gypsy Airs)

    Pablo de Sarasate

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Nigel Kennedy, violin

    9:30
  • 11:01 AM

    Smoky Mountains Concerto: Valley Song

    Richard Addinsell

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Kenneth Alwyn, conductor

    Philip Martin, piano

    4:39
  • 10:51 AM

    Zampa Overture

    Ferdinand Herold

    French Opera Highlights

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    7:26
  • 10:31 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Giovanni Antonini, conductor

    18:05
  • 10:27 AM

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    2:58
  • 10:06 AM

    Symphonic Metamorphosis

    Paul Hindemith

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    20:01
  • 10:01 AM

    Vespers: Laudate Dominum

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    4:40
  • 9:46 AM

    The Seasons: Autumn

    Alexander Glazunov

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    11:46
  • 9:32 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 9

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    12:59
  • 9:20 AM

    Symphony No. 4: Andantino

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    10:14
  • 9:06 AM

    The Fairy Tale: Overture

    Stanislaw Moniuszko

    Moniuszko: Overtures

    Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antoni Wit, conductor

    13:22
  • 9:01 AM

    Cello Sonata: Scherzo

    Frederic Chopin

    Alisa Weilerstein, cello

    Inon Barnatan, piano

    4:40
  • 8:24 AM

    String Quartet No. 1

    Camille Saint-Saens

    SAINT-SAENS, C.: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2

    Fine Arts Quartet

    33:42
  • 8:13 AM

    Larghetto for Horn and Orchestra

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    Ronald Janezic, horn

    9:57
  • 8:06 AM

    Inspiration Waltzes

    Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    6:05
  • 8:01 AM

    Leaving Capri

    Tonu Korvits

    Tonu Korvits: Hymns to the Nordic Lights

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Risto Joost, conductor

    4:35
  • 7:27 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Florence Price

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    31:25
  • 7:23 AM

    Vignettes: Carmela

    William Grant Still

    Get on Board

    Sierra Winds

    (Selected members), conductor

    2:51
  • 7:06 AM

    Lemminkainen and the Maidens of Saari

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Lemminkainen Legends

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    15:37
  • 7:01 AM

    L'incoronazione di Poppea: Pur ti miro

    Claudio Monteverdi

    Axioms: Moments of Truth

    Axiom Quartet

    4:35
  • 6:29 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Sonatas for Violin and Piano

    Pierre Amoyal, violin

    28:27
  • 6:25 AM

    Cancion de Cuna (Afro-Cuban Lullaby)

    Leo Brouwer

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    3:18
  • 6:06 AM

    3 Argentinian Cantilenas and Finale

    Carlos Guastavino

    Camerata Bariloche

    18:07
  • 6:01 AM

    Contemplation

    Henriette Renie

    The Healing Harp

    Naoko Yoshino, harp

    4:33
  • 5:23 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Charles Ives

    Ives: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    35:37
  • 5:17 AM

    Toccata

    Johann Froberger

    Royal Brass: Music from the Renaissance & Baroque

    Empire Brass

    5:08
  • 5:06 AM

    Introduction and Polonaise

    Frederic Chopin

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    9:10
  • 5:01 AM

    Matinees Musicales: Nocturne

    Benjamin Britten

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    4:32
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