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  • 4:23 AM

    Symphony

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky: Symphony In E Flat, Firebird Suite

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    35:29
  • 4:10 AM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Maurice Ravel

    Debussy, Ravel: Chansons de Bilitis and others

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    11:06
  • 4:06 AM

    My God is So High

    Moses Hogan

    Seraphic Fire

    Patrick Dupre Quigley, conductor

    3:13
  • 4:01 AM

    The Seawall Song

    Tamezo Narita

    Paillard Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Francois Paillard, conductor

    4:33
  • 3:46 AM

    Suite for Strings

    John Rutter

    Distant Land

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Rutter, conductor

    12:23
  • 3:11 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra

    John Neschling, conductor

    Yevgeny Sudbin, piano

    33:29
  • 3:06 AM

    Venezuelan Waltz No. 3 "Natalia"

    Antonio Lauro

    Affinity

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    2:57
  • 3:01 AM

    The Red Pony Suite: The Gift

    Aaron Copland

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:49
  • 2:47 AM

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    11:10
  • 2:19 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Flute Concertos, Concerto for Flute & Harp

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    26:19
  • 2:12 AM

    Serenade for Strings: 2nd movement

    Josef Suk

    Anima Musicae Chamber Orchestra

    Laszlo G. Horvath, conductor

    5:19
  • 2:06 AM

    Dreams of Love No. 3 (Liebestraum)

    Franz Liszt

    DeGaetano Plays Liszt

    Robert DeGaetano, piano

    5:32
  • 2:01 AM

    Pan Voyevoda: Nocturne

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Russian Adagios

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    4:44
  • 1:53 AM

    A Country Woman

    Bedrich Smetana

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Stankovsky, conductor

    4:34
  • 1:15 AM

    Symphony No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: The Symphonies

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Istvan Kertesz, conductor

    37:07
  • 1:06 AM

    Three Short Pieces

    Jacques Ibert

    Gounod, Poulenc, Ibert: Music for Wind

    Athena Ensemble

    6:59
  • 1:01 AM

    Guitar Sonata No. 2

    Johann Schickhardt

    Johann Christian Schickhardt: 12 Sonata for guitar

    Kristian Buhl-Mortensen, guitar

    4:54
  • 12:38 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Franz Berwald

    Berwald: Orchestral Works

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Ulf Bjorlin, conductor

    Marian Migdal, piano

    20:34
  • 12:15 AM

    String Quartet No. 62 "Emperor"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Amadeus Quartet

    21:12
  • 12:06 AM

    Horn Sonata No. 2

    Luigi Cherubini

    Aleksander Szebesczyk, horn

    6:57
  • 12:01 AM

    Clarinet Quartet No. 2: Pastorale

    Bernhard Crusell

    Osmo Vanska, clarinet

    Pekka Kaupinnen, violin

    Anu Airas, viola

    Ilkka Palli, cello

    4:48
  • 11:41 PM

    Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    Benjamin Britten

    Kansas City Symphony

    Michael Stern, conductor

    17:05
  • 11:19 PM

    In The South Overture (Alassio)

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: 4 Overtures

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    20:37
  • 11:14 PM

    Poker Rag

    Charlotte Blake

    Music of the Gilded Age

    Sylvan Winds

    3:07
  • 11:06 PM

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    7:11
  • 11:01 PM

    Piano Sonata

    Andrea Luchesi

    Roberto Plano, piano

    4:31
  • 10:41 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Carl Maria von Weber

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    17:44
  • 10:31 PM

    Roman Carnival Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

    New York Philharmonic

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    8:49
  • 10:22 PM

    Shotgun Houses: Rome

    Valerie Coleman

    Harlem Quartet

    David Shifrin, clarinet

    7:22
  • 10:12 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique": 3rd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    9:02
  • 10:06 PM

    Bologna Theater Orchestra

    Michele Mariotti, conductor

    Juan Diego Florez, tenor

    5:00
  • 10:01 PM

    Basel Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    Simos Papanas, violin

    4:52
  • 9:48 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 4: Rondo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Complete Piano Concertos

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Andrew Constantine, conductor

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    10:05
  • 9:34 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concertos for Trumpet

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Janos Rolla, conductor

    Maurice Andre, trumpet

    12:15
  • 9:11 PM

    Rossiniana Suite

    Ottorino Respighi

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    20:59
  • 9:06 PM

    Carmen: Gypsy Dance

    Georges Bizet

    French Opera Highlights

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    4:34
  • 9:03 PM

    Tango en Skai

    Roland Dyens

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    2:50
  • 8:50 PM

    ODTAA (One Damned Thing After Another)

    Doreen Carwithen

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    8:16
  • 8:23 PM

    Piano Quartet No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Piano Quartets

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    25:53
  • 8:06 PM

    In Nature's Realm Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, In der Nature

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    14:25
  • 8:01 PM

    Six Short Pieces: selections

    Henriette Renie

    Kyunghee Kim-Sutre, harp

    4:47
  • 7:49 PM

    Wiener Blut (Vienna Blood)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss Waltzes

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    8:50
  • 5:43 PM

    Symphony No. 4: 1st movement

    Florence Price

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    15:09
  • 5:17 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    23:23
  • 5:06 PM

    Old Polish Suite

    Andrei Panufnik

    Polish Chamber Orchestra

    Mariusz Smolij, conductor

    10:03
  • 5:01 PM

    Partita No. 6: Courante

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sergey Schepkin, piano

    4:39
  • 4:45 PM

    Little Concert Suite

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. 1

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    13:37
  • 4:27 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Richard Strauss

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Ingo Metzmacher, conductor

    Marie Luise Neunecker, horn

    15:35
  • 4:21 PM

    Hary Janos Suite: Intermezzo

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Hary Janos Suite; Dances Of Galanta; Peacock Variations

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    5:14
  • 4:06 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 9

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Bernard Roberts, piano

    14:01
  • 4:01 PM

    Sylvan Winds

    Boris Baev, oboe

    Mark Dover, clarinet

    Nanci Belmont, bassoon

    Eric C. Davis, horn

    4:37
  • 3:49 PM

    The Magic Harp Overture (Rosamunde)

    Franz Schubert

    Early Romantic Overtures

    London Classical Players

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    9:37
  • 3:34 PM

    Harp Concerto

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Organ Concertos Op. 4

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Ursula Holliger, harp

    13:07
  • 3:31 PM

    Orpheus and his Lute

    William Schuman

    Paula Robison, flute

    Eliot Fisk, guitar

    2:46
  • 3:16 PM

    Liebeslieder Walzer (Love-Song Waltzes)

    Johannes Brahms

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    12:52
  • 3:06 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 1st movement

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2, 'The Four Temperaments'

    Seattle Symphony

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    9:09
  • 3:01 PM

    London Suite: Covent Garden

    Eric Coates

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Wilson, conductor

    4:38
  • 2:53 PM

    Two Etudes

    Marie Bigot

    Betty Ann Miller, piano

    4:53
  • 2:53 PM

    Two Etudes

    Marie Bigot

    Betty Ann Miller, piano

    4:53
  • 2:49 PM

    Don Giovanni: La ci darem la mano

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The #1 Opera Album

    Vienna Haydn Orchestra

    Istvan Kertesz, conductor

    Lucia Popp, soprano

    3:20
  • 2:11 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    36:46
  • 2:07 PM

    Cantata No. 85: See what His love can do

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Grainger Transcriptions for Wind Orchestra

    Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra

    Clark Rundell, conductor

    3:02
  • 2:00 PM

    Bluestone

    Chris Marshall

    Claire Jones: Royal Harp Strings

    London Mozart Players

    Stuart Morley, conductor

    Claire Jones, harp

    5:50
  • 1:49 PM

    La Marseillaise (Hymne a la liberte)

    Rouget de Lisle

    Berlioz: La Marseillaise, Etc

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    Sylvia McNair, soprano

    9:06
  • 1:42 PM

    Nocturnes: Fetes (Festivals)

    Claude Debussy

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    6:26
  • 1:37 PM

    Cancion de Cuna (Afro-Cuban Lullaby)

    Leo Brouwer

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    3:18
  • 1:31 PM

    Impromptu concertant

    Georges Enescu

    Daniel Hope, violin

    Simon Crawford-Phillips, piano

    5:11
  • 1:21 PM

    Trumpet Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Edward Gardner, conductor

    8:37
  • 1:18 PM

    Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal

    Spiritual

    Chanticleer

    2:09
  • 1:10 PM

    Trumpet Concerto: 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    L'Art de Maurice Andre

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    Maurice Andre, trumpet

    5:06
  • 1:04 PM

    Serenade for Strings: 1st movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    4:20
  • 12:57 PM

    Gaite Parisienne: Can Can

    Jaques Offenbach

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    :00
  • 12:55 PM

    Betty Comdon, vocal

    Adoph Green, vocal

    :00
  • 12:48 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Il'ya Muromets": 3rd movement

    Reinhold Gliere

    Gliere: Symphony No. 3, Op. 42, "Il'ya Murometz"

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Leon Botstein, conductor

    7:04
  • 12:42 PM

    Funeral March of a Marionette

    Charles Gounod

    Classics for Children

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    4:07
  • 12:37 PM

    Whiplash Polka

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:00
  • 12:31 PM

    Brook Green Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    6:16
  • 12:27 PM

    By and By Thou Wilt Return (By and By, Ho'i Mai Oe)

    Queen Liliuokalani

    Songs Of Liliuokalani ?

    Galliard String Quartet

    2:25
  • 12:21 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 3rd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies 5 & 8

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    5:00
  • 12:17 PM

    Les Tendres Plaintes

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Debussy | Rameau | Vikingur Olafsson

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    2:36
  • 12:09 PM

    La Vida Breve: Interlude and Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    6:35
  • 12:04 PM

    Serenade No. 6 "Serenata Notturna": 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenades 5 & 6

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    4:15
  • 11:49 AM

    Symphonie Concertante on Patriotic Airs: 1st mvt

    Jean-Baptiste Davaux

    Concerto Koln

    9:44
  • 11:46 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2: Badinerie

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suites

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Richard Egarr, conductor

    1:41
  • 11:41 AM

    Fanfare on Amazing Grace

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Virginia Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    3:25
  • 11:38 AM

    Amazing Grace

    Traditional

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    Jessye Norman, soprano

    3:21
  • 11:31 AM

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:42
  • 11:21 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Complete Beethoven Edition Vol. 1: Symphonies

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    8:54
  • 11:17 AM

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    Jess Gillam, soprano saxophone

    2:51
  • 11:08 AM

    In the Steppes of Central Asia

    Alexander Borodin

    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

    7:25
  • 11:04 AM

    Carnival of the Animals: Aquarium

    Camille Saint-Saens

    50 Best Relaxing Piano

    Nash Ensemble

    2:41
  • 10:49 AM

    O Garatuja: Prelude

    Alberto Nepomuceno

    Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra

    Fabio Mechetti, conductor

    9:11
  • 10:45 AM

    Apollo Chamber Players

    2:44
  • 10:35 AM

    CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra

    Hartmut Haenchen, conductor

    9:24
  • 10:29 AM

    Jane Eyre: My Edward and I

    Dario Marianelli

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Kirill Karabits, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    4:56
  • 10:15 AM

    Symphony: 1st movement

    Alice Mary Smith

    London Mozart Players

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    13:27
  • 10:06 AM

    Siegfried: Forest Murmurs

    Richard Wagner

    WAGNER 3: Tristan Suite; Music from Siegfried, Lohengrin, Walkure; Faust Overture

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    7:48
  • 10:01 AM

    The Capricious One

    Edward Elgar

    Debut

    Sarah Chang, violin

    4:45
  • 9:47 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Grand Pas de Deux

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    11:48
  • 9:34 AM

    Summer Music

    Samuel Barber

    Marlboro Festival Ensemble

    12:03
  • 9:17 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    Daniel Barenboim, piano

    15:10
  • 9:06 AM

    Symphony No. 4: 2nd movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    9:29
  • 9:01 AM

    The Color Purple: Main Theme

    Quincy Jones

    Cinema Serenade

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    4:30
  • 8:19 AM

    Concerto for Orchestra

    Bela Bartok

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    39:12
  • 8:10 AM

    Friction Quartet

    7:17
  • 8:06 AM

    Tu pauperum refugium (Refuge of the Poor)

    Josquin des Prez

    Beyond Chant

    Voices of Ascension

    Dennis Keene, conductor

    3:15
  • 8:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 4

    Frederic Chopin

    Leif Ove Andsnes: Chopin

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    4:41
  • 7:34 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Robert Volkmann

    North West German Philharmonic

    Werner Andreas Albert, conductor

    24:24
  • 7:23 AM

    Mathis der Maler (Mathis the Painter): Angel's Concert

    Paul Hindemith

    Hindemith: Mathis der Maler, Symphonic Metamorphosis

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    9:35
  • 7:09 AM

    Lonely Angel

    Peteris Vasks

    Jalbert and Bach: Violin Concertos, etc.

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Kahane, conductor

    Margaret Batjer, violin

    12:54
  • 7:06 AM

    Angel Springs

    Joe Hisaishi

    The Bedtime Sessions

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:31
  • 7:01 AM

    Etudes: Adagio

    Knudage Riisager

    Riisager: Violin Concerto & Etudes

    Aarhus Symphony Orchestra

    Andreas Delfs, conductor

    4:45
  • 6:36 AM

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    22:10
  • 6:18 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 17

    Rodolphe Kreutzer

    San Francisco Conservatory Orchestra

    Andrew Mogrelia, conductor

    Axel Strauss, violin

    16:57
  • 6:06 AM

    Alexa Still, flute

    Susan DeWitt Smith, piano

    10:36
  • 6:01 AM

    Prayer of Saint Gregory

    Alan Hovhaness

    Visions - The Alan Hovhaness Sampler

    Manhattan Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Auldon Clark, conductor

    Chris Gekker, trumpet

    4:37
  • 5:31 AM

    Romantic Suite

    Franz Schreker

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vassily Sinaisky, conductor

    27:23
  • 5:26 AM

    The Seasons: Petit Adagio

    Alexander Glazunov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade, Arensky: Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky, Glazunov: The Seasons, Concert Waltzes

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    4:48
  • 5:23 AM

    Elegy

    Ina Boyle

    Cello Abbey

    Staatskapelle Weimar

    Paul Meyer, conductor

    Nadege Rochat, cello

    7:23
  • 5:06 AM

    In a Summer Garden

    Frederick Delius

    Halle Orchestra

    John Barbirolli, conductor

    14:53
  • 5:01 AM

    The Seasons: Petit Adagio

    Alexander Glazunov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade, Arensky: Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky, Glazunov: The Seasons, Concert Waltzes

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    4:48
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