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  • 4:11 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Edward Elgar

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vladimir Jurowski, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    47:35
  • 4:06 AM

    Lu

    Tim Ries

    Dedication

    Prism Quartet

    2:36
  • 4:01 AM

    Aleko: Women's Dance

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    4:36
  • 3:48 AM

    Lake of the Woods

    Robert Farnon

    Farnon: Capt. Horation Hornblower

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Douglas Gamley, conductor

    9:54
  • 3:15 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Robert Schumann

    For Love of You

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    Lara Downes, piano

    31:33
  • 3:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 3: 2nd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: String Quartet No. 3 - Piano Quintet in F Minor

    Hagen Quartet

    7:31
  • 3:01 AM

    Winter Serenade (Serenade d'Hiver)

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Asbury Brass Quintet with Adolph Herseth, soloist

    Asbury Brass Quintet

    4:33
  • 2:41 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique": 1st movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    17:51
  • 2:15 AM

    Der Rosenkavalier: Suite

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    24:33
  • 2:06 AM

    Suite for Violin and Piano: Mother and Child

    William Grant Still

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    Matthew Hagle, piano

    6:18
  • 2:01 AM

    Sure on this Shining Night

    Morten Lauridsen

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    4:32
  • 1:41 AM

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 2

    Edvard Grieg

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    17:03
  • 1:32 AM

    The Meaning of Water

    Andrew Schultz

    Bolmimerie

    Seven Harp Ensemble

    Alice Giles, conductor

    7:34
  • 1:15 AM

    Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra No. 1 "Sant Angelo"

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto Koln

    Martin Frost, clarinet

    15:53
  • 1:06 AM

    Variations on "I Got Rhythm"

    George Gershwin

    Fazil Say

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Fazil Say, piano

    7:56
  • 1:01 AM

    Romanza Andaluza

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Berlin Guitar Ensemble

    Hans Maile, violin

    4:33
  • 12:47 AM

    The Song of Hiawatha: Overture

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    11:22
  • 12:15 AM

    The Firebird (L'oiseau de feu) Ballet

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky: The Firebird; Liadov: Baba-Yaga

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    30:46
  • 12:06 AM

    Italian Serenade

    Hugo Wolf

    Brodsky Quartet

    6:47
  • 12:01 AM

    Piano Concerto: 2nd movement

    Luise Adolpha Le Beau

    Emilie Mayer - Symphony No. 5

    Berlin Chamber Symphony Ensemble

    Jurgen Bruns, conductor

    Katia Tchemberdji, piano

    4:41
  • 11:50 PM

    Javelin

    Michael Torke

    Javelin - the Music of Michael Torke

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    8:29
  • 11:23 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 2

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Eurasian Soloists Chamber Orchestra

    Sherniyaz Mussakhan, conductor

    Christoph Croise, cello

    24:52
  • 11:15 PM

    Ruy Blas Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream

    Orchestral Ensemble of Paris

    John Nelson, conductor

    7:28
  • 11:06 PM

    Monteverdiana

    Claudio Monteverdi

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    7:08
  • 11:01 PM

    King Carotte Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    4:44
  • 10:56 PM

    Scaramouche: Brazileira

    Darius Milhaud

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Branford Marsalis, saxophone

    2:37
  • 10:46 PM

    String Quartet No. 4

    Maddalena Laura Sirmen

    Allegri String Quartet

    9:44
  • 10:37 PM

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

    Maurice Ravel

    Gerhard Oppitz, piano

    7:58
  • 10:18 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "Great": 1st movement

    Franz Schubert

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    16:36
  • 10:12 PM

    Handel in the Strand

    Percy Grainger

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    3:49
  • 10:06 PM

    Concerto for Two Oboes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerti Virtuosi

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    6:04
  • 10:01 PM

    Czech Suite: Sousedska

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Czech Suite; Nocturne; Serenade for Strings

    Padua Chamber Orchestra

    David Golub, conductor

    4:36
  • 9:39 PM

    An English Suite

    Hubert Parry

    Finzi; Parry; Bridge

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    19:07
  • 9:29 PM

    Goyescas: Los requiebros (The flatterers)

    Enrique Granados

    Xiayin Wang, piano

    8:07
  • 9:19 PM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Potsdam Chamber Academy

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    Shalev Ad-El, harpsichord

    9:34
  • 9:09 PM

    Nonet: 3rd movement

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Mary Ashley Barret, oboe

    Lynn Huntzinger Beck, horn

    Craig Brown, bass

    Michael Burns, bassoon

    Andrew Harley, piano

    Kelly Burke, clarinet

    8:17
  • 9:06 PM

    Carmen: Prelude

    Georges Bizet

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    2:16
  • 9:03 PM

    Frostiana: The Pasture

    Randall Thompson

    A Harvest Home

    Cantus

    2:50
  • 8:33 PM

    Symphony No. 39

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Symphonies 38 & 39

    Sinfonia Varsovia

    Yehudi Menuhin, conductor

    25:54
  • 8:19 PM

    Hungarian Sketches

    Bela Bartok

    Bartok: The Miraculous Mandarin, Hungarian Sketches

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    11:23
  • 8:14 PM

    Up in the Air

    The OK Factor

    The OK Factor

    4:14
  • 8:06 PM

    Images for Orchestra: Iberia: On Highways and Byways

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images, Etc

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    6:50
  • 8:01 PM

    Symphony No. 2: Scherzo

    Charles Gounod

    Gounod: The 2 Symphonies

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:45
  • 7:39 PM

    Partita No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: The Six Partitas

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    19:36
  • 5:46 PM

    Suffolk Suite

    Doreen Carwithen

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    11:34
  • 5:24 PM

    Symphony No. 83 "The Hen"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Karajan Edition: Haydn Symphonies

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    20:46
  • 5:08 PM

    The Lark Ascending

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Janine Jansen

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    Janine Jansen, violin

    14:31
  • 5:06 PM

    Budapest Brass Quintet

    1:28
  • 5:01 PM

    Bees and Bumblebees

    Eugene Arcade Dede

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    4:33
  • 4:51 PM

    La Scala di Seta (Silken Ladder): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jaime Laredo, conductor

    6:25
  • 4:40 PM

    Piano Trio: 1st movement

    Clara Schumann

    Dardington Piano Trio

    11:01
  • 4:18 PM

    Shakespeare's Tempest

    John Knowles Paine

    John Knowles Paine: Orchestral Works

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    20:00
  • 4:06 PM

    Consecration of the House: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Overtures Vol. 2

    Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia

    Bela Drahos, conductor

    10:54
  • 4:01 PM

    Suite: Festival

    Marcel Tournier

    Mirage Quintet

    4:46
  • 3:57 PM

    Sweet William

    John Playford

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

    Toronto Consort

    1:11
  • 3:48 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 4th movement

    Carl Nielsen

    Seattle Symphony

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    8:58
  • 3:28 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 11 "Turkish"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Sonatas and Variations

    Fazil Say, piano

    18:32
  • 3:11 PM

    Suite for Strings

    Arthur Foote

    American Stringbook

    do.gma chamber orchestra

    Mikhail Gurewitsch, conductor

    16:08
  • 3:06 PM

    Hungarian March

    Hector Berlioz

    Marriner conducts Debussy, Ravel, Dukas & Saint-Saens

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:45
  • 3:01 PM

    Amadigi di Gaula: Sento la gioia (I feel the joy)

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    4:33
  • 2:49 PM

    Serenade: 4th movement

    Ethel Smyth

    Smyth: Concerto for Violin, Horn and Orchestra; Serenade

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Odaline de la Martinez, conductor

    9:04
  • 2:49 PM

    Serenade: 4th movement

    Ethel Smyth

    Smyth: Concerto for Violin, Horn and Orchestra; Serenade

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Odaline de la Martinez, conductor

    9:04
  • 2:42 PM

    Canon

    Johann Pachelbel

    "Pops in Love"

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    5:01
  • 2:12 PM

    Cello Concerto

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    29:11
  • 2:06 PM

    Waltz No. 2 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    4:56
  • 1:59 PM

    Serenade for Winds: 4th movement

    Emil Hartmann

    Romantic Wind Serenades

    Consortium Classicum

    5:45
  • 1:44 PM

    Serenade No. 1: Allegro molto

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Serenade No 1

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    13:19
  • 1:36 PM

    Andante for Clarinet and Orchestra

    Alice Mary Smith

    Smith, A.M.: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    Angela Malsbury, clarinet

    7:05
  • 1:33 PM

    Philadelphia Gray's Quickstep

    Francis Johnson

    Symphony Orchestra of America

    Matthew H. Phillips, conductor

    2:05
  • 1:24 PM

    Sextet for Two Horns and Strings: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Mozart, Beethoven, Reicha, J Haydn, M Haydn

    Gewandhaus Quartet

    (Selected members), conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    7:45
  • 1:19 PM

    Candide: Overture

    Leonard Bernstein

    Copland: Appalachian Spring; Barber: Adagio

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    4:18
  • 1:16 PM

    Les Cyclopes

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Debussy | Rameau | Vikingur Olafsson

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    2:51
  • 1:08 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Scottish": 2nd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Woody Allen Classics

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    4:28
  • 1:05 PM

    Four Scottish Dances: Vivace

    Malcolm Arnold

    Arnold for Band

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    2:23
  • 12:45 PM

    Die Meistersinger von Nurmberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg): Prelude to Act III; Dance; Finale

    Richard Wagner

    Reiner Conducts Wagner

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    12:06
  • 12:39 PM

    Symphony No. 1: Scherzo

    Jean Sibelius

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    4:34
  • 12:30 PM

    Symphony No. 40: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    More Mozart's Greatest Hits

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    8:13
  • 12:24 PM

    Gary Steigerwalt, piano

    4:15
  • 12:18 PM

    Roaring Fork Quintet: Whitewater Rapids

    Eric Ewazen

    Borealis Wind Quintet

    4:54
  • 12:16 PM

    Carnival of the Animals: Finale

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Utah Symphony

    Thierry Fischer, conductor

    1:44
  • 12:08 PM

    March Militaire No. 1

    Franz Schubert

    Vladimir Horowitz, piano

    6:09
  • 12:05 PM

    Legend No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    2:45
  • 11:50 AM

    Kunstler-Leben Walzer (Artist's Life)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss: Gala IV

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    8:21
  • 11:45 AM

    Walking Tune

    Percy Grainger

    Music of Percy Grainger

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Kenneth Montgomery, conductor

    3:35
  • 11:37 AM

    Broceliande Overture

    Lucien-Leon Lambert

    Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Rosenberg, conductor

    6:47
  • 11:31 AM

    Symphony No. 1: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

    5:28
  • 11:23 AM

    Appalachian Spring: Variations on a Shaker Melody

    Aaron Copland

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    6:47
  • 11:18 AM

    A Chloris (To Chloris)

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Bonjour Paris

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Mathias Monius, conductor

    Albrecht Mayer, English horn

    4:04
  • 11:09 AM

    Concerto for Two Violins: 2nd movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Hilary Hahn: Bach Violin Concertos

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Kahane, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    6:50
  • 11:04 AM

    Berceuse (Lullaby)

    Frederic Chopin

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    4:26
  • 10:43 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Hans Gal

    Symphony Nova Scotia

    Georg Tintner, conductor

    15:11
  • 10:36 AM

    Legends of the Fall: The Ludlows

    James Horner

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Arnold, conductor

    6:19
  • 10:19 AM

    Harp Concerto

    Jean Eichner

    Kurpfalz Chamber Orchestra

    Stefan Fraas, conductor

    Silke Aichhorn, harp

    15:43
  • 10:17 AM

    Richmond Rag

    May Aufderheide

    Sylvan Winds

    2:00
  • 10:11 AM

    Voyevoda: Burn faster, red skies

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Queen Of Spades Suite; Voyevoda Suite / Breiner, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    Vesa-Matti Leppanen, violin

    4:06
  • 10:06 AM

    Folk Songs for Orchestra: Going to lay down my sword and shield

    George Walker

    Cleveland Chamber Symphony

    Edwin London, conductor

    4:03
  • 10:01 AM

    Intermezzo No. 2

    Vasily Kalinnikov

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:22
  • 9:50 AM

    Variations on a Theme of Valerie Capers

    John Robinson

    Josephine Gandolfi, piano

    Deanne Tucker, piano

    LaDoris Hazzard Cordell, piano

    8:04
  • 9:29 AM

    Duet-Concertino

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Violin Concerto, Oboe Concerto

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    Dimitri Ashkenazy, clarinet

    19:41
  • 9:23 AM

    Hymnus for 12 Cellos

    Julius Klengel

    Elgar

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    5:10
  • 9:06 AM

    Suite in the Old Style

    Alfred Schnittke

    Modern Portaits

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    15:26
  • 9:01 AM

    Reflexoes No. 6: Doloroso

    Jaime Zenamon

    Rupert Boyd, guitar

    Laura Metcalf, cello

    4:35
  • 8:36 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Ester Magi

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Arvo Volmer, conductor

    Ada Kuuseoks, piano

    22:36
  • 8:33 AM

    Praise the name of the Lord

    Cyrillus Kreek

    Vox Clamantis

    Jaan-Eik Tulve, conductor

    2:18
  • 8:14 AM

    Six Epigraphes Antiques

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Orchestral Works 5

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    17:47
  • 8:06 AM

    Distant Green Valley

    Zhao Jiping

    Silk Road Ensemble

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    7:02
  • 8:01 AM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin: Menuet

    Maurice Ravel

    Paris Orchestra

    Josep Pons, conductor

    4:44
  • 7:53 AM

    Improvisation No. 1

    Gabriela Montero

    Gabriela Montero, piano

    5:19
  • 7:43 AM

    Suite for Improvisor and Orchestra: November 22nd

    Kinan Azmeh

    Uneven Sky

    German Symphony Orchestra

    Manuel Nawri, conductor

    Kinan Azmeh, clarinet

    9:34
  • 7:06 AM

    Petrushka

    Igor Stravinsky

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

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    35:16
  • 7:01 AM

    Waltz after Lasse in Lyby

    Traditional

    Danish String Quartet

    4:37
  • 6:40 AM

    Irish Rhapsody No. 4

    Charles Stanford

    An Irish Rhapsody

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    18:30
  • 6:20 AM

    Nocturnes

    Francis Poulenc

    Poulenc: Piano Music

    Pascal Roge, piano

    19:31
  • 6:06 AM

    Serenata for Chamber Orchestra

    George Walker

    George Walker: Orchestral Works

    Cleveland Chamber Symphony

    Edwin London, conductor

    11:45
  • 6:01 AM

    Love's Labours Lost: 3 Soliloquies

    Gerald Finzi

    Finzi: Suite From "Love's Labours Lost", Clarinet Concerto, Prelude, Romance

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    4:30
  • 5:25 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Zdenek Fibich

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    34:13
  • 5:20 AM

    Ave Maria

    Nathaniel Dett

    Got the Saint Louis Blues

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    Ryan French, baritone

    3:29
  • 5:01 AM

    The Last Sleep of the Virgin

    Jules Massenet

    Reveries

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    Anthony Ross, cello

    4:29
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