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  • 4:26 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Frank Martin

    Stravinsky, Martin

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Thierry Fischer, conductor

    Baiba Skride, violin

    32:49
  • 4:18 AM

    Nocturne No. 17

    Frederic Chopin

    Artur Rubinstein, piano

    6:50
  • 4:06 AM

    The Dream of Gunnar

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Orchestral Works

    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor

    10:09
  • 4:01 AM

    Tango

    Erik Marchelie

    Nota Del Sol

    Duo Similia

    4:38
  • 3:50 AM

    Nocturnes: Nuages (Clouds)

    Claude Debussy

    Paris Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    8:31
  • 3:42 AM

    By the rivers of Babylon

    Cyrillus Kreek

    Cyrillus Kreek: The Suspended Harp of Babel

    Vox Clamantis

    Jaan-Eik Tulve, conductor

    5:33
  • 3:20 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Ester Magi

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Arvo Volmer, conductor

    Ada Kuuseoks, piano

    22:36
  • 3:06 AM

    Ashley Bathgate, cello

    11:26
  • 3:01 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Andante

    Max Bruch

    Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra

    George Hanson, conductor

    4:34
  • 2:36 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Peter Schickele

    Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    Pamela Pecha, oboe

    22:30
  • 2:13 AM

    Wanderer Fantasy

    Franz Schubert

    Andre Watts, piano

    20:44
  • 2:06 AM

    The Sea: Moonlight

    Frank Bridge

    Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    5:49
  • 2:01 AM

    Figure Humaine: Liberte

    Francis Poulenc

    12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic

    4:34
  • 1:52 AM

    Danish National Chamber Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    7:31
  • 1:32 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Kabalevsky: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Darrell Ang, conductor

    18:48
  • 1:25 AM

    Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Melodies

    Chen Yi, violin

    3:40
  • 1:01 AM

    Il delirio amoroso: Introduction

    George Frideric Handel

    Le Concert d'Astree

    Emmanuelle Haim, conductor

    4:50
  • 12:43 AM

    Simple Symphony

    Benjamin Britten

    Works by Britten, Tippett, Walton

    Guildhall Strings

    15:54
  • 12:27 AM

    Harvest Dance Suite

    Ilmari Hannikainen

    The Music of Ilmari and Vaino Hannikainen

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    14:35
  • 12:21 AM

    Silver Clouds Chasing the Moon

    Ren Guang

    Chinese Dreams

    Lydia Maria Bader, piano

    3:20
  • 12:06 AM

    In Nature's Realm Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, In der Nature

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    14:25
  • 12:01 AM

    From Meadow to Mayfair Suite: Evening in Town

    Eric Coates

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    4:38
  • 11:45 PM

    Rienzi: Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Klaus Tennstedt, conductor

    13:33
  • 11:29 PM

    Gareth Hulse, oboe

    Marcia Crayford, violin

    Roger Chase, viola

    Christopher van Kampen, cello

    14:50
  • 11:19 PM

    Sinfonia spirituosa

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    8:02
  • 11:06 PM

    Helios Overture

    Carl Nielsen

    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    12:01
  • 11:01 PM

    Aleko: Women's Dance

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45, etc.

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    4:36
  • 10:49 PM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

    Franz Liszt

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    9:39
  • 10:25 PM

    Piano Trio No. 5 "Ghost"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beaux Arts Trio

    22:17
  • 10:20 PM

    Romeo and Juliet: The Young Juliet

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    4:03
  • 10:06 PM

    Dioclesian Instrumental Music

    Henry Purcell

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    12:25
  • 10:01 PM

    Starlight Express: Waltz

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar and Vaughan Williams

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    George Hurst, conductor

    4:30
  • 9:48 PM

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Paul Dukas

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    10:31
  • 9:41 PM

    Graceful Ghost Rag

    William Bolcom

    Haerim Elizabeth Lee, violin

    Alex Brown, piano

    6:32
  • 9:16 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 3

    August Muller

    Muller: Flute Concertos

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Timo Handschuh, conductor

    Tatjana Ruhland, flute

    23:44
  • 9:07 PM

    Prague Waltzes

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends, Prague Waltzes

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    7:35
  • 9:01 PM

    Rhine Nymphs: Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    4:25
  • 8:42 PM

    The Leopard (Il Gattopardo): Dances

    Nino Rota

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    16:11
  • 8:20 PM

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    21:00
  • 8:16 PM

    Bless the Lord, my soul

    Cyrillus Kreek

    Cyrillus Kreek: The Suspended Harp of Babel

    Vox Clamantis

    Jaan-Eik Tulve, conductor

    2:20
  • 8:06 PM

    Adagio and Allegro

    Robert Schumann

    Guy Johnston, cello

    Tom Poster, piano

    8:46
  • 8:01 PM

    Minuet

    Andre Gretry

    Gretry: Suites and Overtures

    Bretagne Orchestra

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    4:26
  • 7:41 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 2

    Ottorino Respighi

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:47
  • 7:37 PM

    Sea Suite: Dance of the Walrus

    Bruce Paine

    Gunter Herbig, guitar

    1:55
  • 7:15 PM

    Bassoon Quartet

    Franz Danzi

    Franz Danzi: Quartets Op. 40 for bassoon, violin, viola and cello

    Island

    20:57
  • 7:06 PM

    The Uninhabited Island: Overture

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Opera Overtures

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    7:32
  • 7:01 PM

    Flowers from Froso: Entry to the Summer Meadow

    Wilhelm Peterson-Berger

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    4:43
  • 6:48 PM

    My Home Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 5, etc.

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Istvan Kertesz, conductor

    9:31
  • 6:24 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 11

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Sonatas Opp. 22, 26, 53

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    22:37
  • 6:16 PM

    Three Shanties

    Malcolm Arnold

    Bergen Wind Quintet

    6:36
  • 6:06 PM

    The Wreckers Overture

    Ethel Smyth

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    9:10
  • 6:01 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Jubilee March

    Erkki Melartin

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:32
  • 5:45 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    13:47
  • 5:23 PM

    The Little Trifles (Les petits riens)

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    19:46
  • 5:19 PM

    Pieces of Dreams

    Michel Legrand

    The Bedtime Sessions

    Lara Downes, piano

    1:54
  • 5:06 PM

    Petite Suite

    Claude Debussy

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    12:57
  • 5:01 PM

    Canzon Duodecimi Toni

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass - Live

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass

    4:31
  • 4:49 PM

    Four Seasons: Winter

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi, Piazzolla: The Four Seasons

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Eduardo Marturet, conductor

    Lara St. John, violin

    8:52
  • 4:33 PM

    Festival Suite

    Robin Milford

    Guildhall Strings

    14:15
  • 4:29 PM

    Ubi Caritas

    Paul Mealor

    Lux

    Voces8

    3:42
  • 4:14 PM

    Symphony No. 30 "Alleluia"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    13:33
  • 4:06 PM

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    5:21
  • 4:01 PM

    Two Bagatelles

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata and Other Piano Music

    Pavel Kolesnikov, piano

    4:42
  • 3:53 PM

    Ghost: End Credits

    Maurice Jarre

    Doctor Zhivago: The Classic Film Music Of Maurice Jarre

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    4:27
  • 3:43 PM

    BlacKkKlansman: Photo Opps

    Terence Blanchard

    Studio Orchestra

    3:39
  • 3:40 PM

    If Beale Street Could Talk: Eden (Harlem)

    Nicholas Britell

    If Beale Street Could Talk Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    2:54
  • 3:29 PM

    12 Years a Slave: Washington; Solomon

    Hans Zimmer

    Studio Orchestra

    3:58
  • 3:24 PM

    Amistad: Dry Your Tears Afrika

    John Williams

    Studio Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:18
  • 3:18 PM

    To Kill a Mockingbird: Main Title

    Elmer Bernstein

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:01
  • 3:13 PM

    Ol' Man River

    Jerome Kern

    Columbia Concert Orchestra

    Emanuel Balaban, conductor

    Paul Robeson, bass-baritone

    3:10
  • 3:07 PM

    Gone with the Wind: Tara Theme

    Max Steiner

    Aisle Seat

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:41
  • 3:01 PM

    The Color Purple: Theme

    Quincy Jones

    1985 At The Movies

    Varese Sarabande Symphony Orchestra

    David Newman, conductor

    Belinda Broughton, violin

    4:45
  • 2:41 PM

    Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    Benjamin Britten

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    17:06
  • 2:21 PM

    Concerto for Double Bass

    Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf

    Dittersdorf: Viola and Double Bass Concertos

    Dvorak Chamber Orchestra

    Frantisek Vajnar, conductor

    Frantisek Posta, double bass

    18:28
  • 2:18 PM

    Firefly

    Ola Gjeilo

    Ola Gjeilo: Night

    Ola Gjeilo, piano

    2:37
  • 2:11 PM

    Rolf Lislevand & Ensemble

    5:14
  • 2:06 PM

    Cosi fan tutte: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    4:14
  • 1:31 PM

    Symphony No. 5

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies, Vol. 1

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Edward Gardner, conductor

    27:10
  • 1:19 PM

    Student Concerto

    Friedrich Seitz

    Concertos from My Childhood

    Juilliard Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    9:23
  • 1:16 PM

    Cradle Song

    Alexander Ilyinsky

    The Bedtime Sessions

    Lara Downes, piano

    1:53
  • 1:06 PM

    By the Beautiful Blue Danube (An der schonen, blauen Donau)

    Johann StraussJr.

    J Strauss II: Waltzes

    Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    9:17
  • 12:45 PM

    Bolero

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    13:24
  • 12:18 PM

    Clarinet Quartet

    Johann Hummel

    L'Archibudelli

    Charles Neidich, clarinet

    25:11
  • 12:06 PM

    Gloriana: Courtly Dances

    Benjamin Britten

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    9:56
  • 12:01 PM

    Andante festivo

    Jean Sibelius

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    Damon Gupton, conductor

    4:35
  • 11:48 AM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    David Fray, piano

    10:02
  • 11:28 AM

    Ballad Without Words

    Kurt Atterberg

    Atterberg: Symphony No. 6, etc.

    Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra

    Jun'ichi Hirokami, conductor

    18:31
  • 11:26 AM

    Berceuse

    Alexandre Tansman

    Tansman: Complete Works for Solo Guitar, Volume 1

    Andrea De Vitis, guitar

    2:08
  • 11:15 AM

    Sonata No. 4

    Isabella Leonarda

    Cappella Strumentale del Duomo di Novara

    9:22
  • 11:06 AM

    Images for Orchestra: Rondes de printemps (Spring Rounds)

    Claude Debussy

    Paris Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    7:59
  • 11:01 AM

    Wand of Youth: Slumber

    Edward Elgar

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    4:20
  • 10:41 AM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Nino Rota

    Virtuosi Italiani

    Marzio Conti, conductor

    Paolo Carlini, bassoon

    17:03
  • 10:27 AM

    Japanese Suite

    Gustav Holst

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    11:33
  • 10:10 AM

    Summer Scenes from Hame

    Vaino Raitio

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Tuomas Ollila-Hannikainen, conductor

    15:58
  • 10:06 AM

    Twinkle Variations

    Louise Pratt

    Julia Shaw, harp

    Nora Bumanis, harp

    3:19
  • 10:01 AM

    Chaconne

    Jean-Baptiste Lully

    Chaconne

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    4:21
  • 9:52 AM

    Pavane for a Dead Princess (Pavane pour une infante defunte)

    Maurice Ravel

    12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic

    6:12
  • 9:24 AM

    Wind Quintet No. 3

    David Maslanka

    David Maslanka: Wind Quintets

    Bergen Wind Quintet

    26:45
  • 9:19 AM

    Issam Rafea, oud

    Gao Hong, pipa

    3:33
  • 9:06 AM

    New York Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Midori, violin

    11:54
  • 9:01 AM

    Da pacem Domine

    Arvo Part

    Stabat

    Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

    Graham Ross, conductor

    4:23
  • 8:35 AM

    Concerto in Three Rhythms

    Dana Suesse

    JOHNSON, J.P.: Yamekraw / RESER, H.: Suite / GERSHWIN, G.: Rhapsody in Blue

    Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Rosenberg, conductor

    Michael Gurt, piano

    22:51
  • 8:13 AM

    The Tender Land Suite

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Appalachian Spring, The Tender Land, Billy the Kid

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Aaron Copland, conductor

    20:43
  • 8:06 AM

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    5:45
  • 8:01 AM

    Appalachia Waltz

    Mark O'Connor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:25
  • 7:20 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Scottish"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    37:55
  • 7:15 AM

    Return from Fingal; Irish Jig

    Traditional Irish

    Wild Mountain Thyme: Celtic Music for Guitar

    Scott Tennant, guitar

    4:39
  • 7:06 AM

    Under the Eye of Heaven: The Enigma

    Nick Bicat

    Power

    London Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Warren-Green, conductor

    7:29
  • 7:01 AM

    Scottish Rondo

    John Field

    Miceal O'Rourke, piano

    4:34
  • 6:32 AM

    Nonet

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Chamber Music

    Mary Ashley Barret, oboe

    25:57
  • 6:18 AM

    Musica Celestis

    Aaron Jay Kernis

    Kernis: Colored Field, Musica Celestis, Air

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    12:22
  • 6:06 AM

    Hymn to St. Cecilia

    Charles Gounod

    Leslie Howard, piano

    11:21
  • 6:01 AM

    Canon

    Johann Pachelbel

    The Greatest Classical Show On Earth

    Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

    Karl Munchinger, conductor

    4:31
  • 5:36 AM

    Harlem Symphony

    James Price Johnson

    Victory Stride: The Symphonic Music of James P. Johnson

    Concordia

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    21:44
  • 5:10 AM

    Nights in the Gardens of Spain

    Manuel de Falla

    Falla, Albeniz

    Paris Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    Martha Argerich, piano

    24:54
  • 5:06 AM

    Isabelle Perrin, harp

    Baltazar Juarez, harp

    3:20
  • 5:01 AM

    Let There Be Peace on Earth

    Jill Jackson Miller/Sy Miller

    We Shall Overcome

    Boys' Choir of Harlem

    4:21
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