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  • 4:12 AM

    Scheherazade

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    45:59
  • 4:06 AM

    Appalachia Waltz

    Mark O'Connor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:25
  • 4:01 AM

    Lullaby (Berceuse)

    Arnold Bax

    Bax: Viola and Piano Music

    Charles Matthews, piano

    4:34
  • 3:51 AM

    Desert Roads: 1st movement

    David Maslanka

    Illinois State University Wind Symphony

    Stephen K. Steele, conductor

    David Gresham, clarinet

    7:21
  • 3:41 AM

    Negro Folk Symphony: Hope in the Night

    William Dawson

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    9:51
  • 3:24 AM

    Rapsodie espagnole

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Bolero, La Valse, Rapsodie Espagnole; Debussy: Images

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Munch, conductor

    14:59
  • 3:06 AM

    Poeme

    Ernest Chausson

    Poeme

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    16:03
  • 3:01 AM

    Prelude No. 25

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: The Complete Preludes

    Vanessa Perez, piano

    4:51
  • 2:45 AM

    Prisms, Cycles, Leaps

    Derrick Skye

    Prisms, Cycles, Leaps

    Bridge to Everywhere

    14:08
  • 2:17 AM

    Symphony No. 40

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 35 "Haffner", 40 & 41 "Jupiter"

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    26:38
  • 2:06 AM

    Romance for Viola and Orchestra

    Max Bruch

    Mendelssohn, Bruch: Concerto & Romance

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Janine Jansen, viola

    8:23
  • 2:01 AM

    Five Marian Songs: We shall praise You forever

    Henryk Gorecki

    Gorecki: Miserere

    Los Angeles Master Chorale

    Grant Gershon, conductor

    4:32
  • 1:40 AM

    Concerto for Harp and String Orchestra

    Alan Hovhaness

    Music of Hovhaness

    I Fiamminghi

    Rudolf Werthen, conductor

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    18:02
  • 1:23 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 13

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Volume IX

    John O'Conor, piano

    15:15
  • 1:17 AM

    An Evening Song

    Haydn Wood

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    4:08
  • 1:01 AM

    Rondeau dans Zaide

    Michel Blavet

    Nine Notes that Shook the World

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    4:30
  • 12:46 AM

    Georgian Chamber Orchestra

    Lisa Batiashvili, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    12:25
  • 12:29 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Richard Strauss

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Ingo Metzmacher, conductor

    Marie Luise Neunecker, horn

    15:35
  • 12:06 AM

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    20:44
  • 12:01 AM

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    4:46
  • 11:39 PM

    Images for Orchestra: Iberia

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Works for Orchestra, Vol. I

    Radio Luxembourg Orchestra

    Louis de Froment, conductor

    19:12
  • 11:31 PM

    Symphony No. 6

    William Boyce

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    6:50
  • 11:20 PM

    Paganini Variations

    Eugene Ysaye

    Capriccios

    Capriccio Quartet

    10:09
  • 11:06 PM

    Gayane Ballet Suite

    Aram Khachaturian

    Khachaturian: Symphony No. 2; Gayanah Suite

    Royal Scottish Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    12:21
  • 11:01 PM

    Intermezzo

    Enrique Granados

    Violoncello Espanol

    I Musici Montreal

    Yuli Turovsky, conductor

    Yuli Turovsky, cello

    4:36
  • 10:27 PM

    Piano Concerto

    Robert Schumann

    For Love of You

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    Lara Downes, piano

    31:33
  • 10:21 PM

    Superman: Main Theme

    John Williams

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    4:26
  • 10:07 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy: A Midsummer Night's Dream

    Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra

    Helmuth Rilling, conductor

    12:54
  • 10:01 PM

    German Requiem: Wie lieblich (How lovely are thy dwelling places)

    Johannes Brahms

    MDR Radio Chorus Leipzig

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    4:52
  • 9:38 PM

    Sonatina

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Piano Quartet, Romantic Pieces, Sonatina

    Isaac Stern, violin

    19:55
  • 9:12 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    24:35
  • 9:07 PM

    Saibei Suite No. 2: Saibei Dance

    An-Lun Huang

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    4:09
  • 9:01 PM

    Waltz No. 5 "Grande Valse"

    Frederic Chopin

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    4:33
  • 8:49 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Polish": Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    The Tchaikovsky Project

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    9:31
  • 8:37 PM

    Violin Concerto: 1st movement

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin Concertos by Black Composers

    Encore Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hege, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    10:24
  • 8:21 PM

    Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

    Richard Strauss

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    14:51
  • 8:06 PM

    Trio Sonata No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Works for Trumpet

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    13:35
  • 8:01 PM

    Pan Voyevoda: Nocturne

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Russian Adagios

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    4:44
  • 7:21 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Piano Concertos

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    Krystian Zimerman, piano

    37:49
  • 7:18 PM

    A Piece without Title

    John Dowland

    The Renaissance Album

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    :47
  • 7:09 PM

    Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Showpieces

    RCA Symphony Orchestra

    William Steinberg, conductor

    Jascha Heifetz, violin

    8:26
  • 7:06 PM

    Song without Words No. 6 "Barcarolle (Gondola Song)"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Silence Wakes My Song

    Julia Shaw, harp

    2:09
  • 7:01 PM

    Aleko: Men's Dance

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    4:42
  • 6:44 PM

    Six Promenades

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Music for Wind Quintet, Vol. 2

    Athena Ensemble

    14:04
  • 6:22 PM

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    21:25
  • 6:18 PM

    Dances in the Canebrakes: Nimble Feet

    Florence Price

    Asa

    William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    2:13
  • 6:13 PM

    Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes

    Florence Price

    Apollo Chamber Players

    4:10
  • 6:06 PM

    Images, Book 1: Hommage a Rameau (Homage to Rameau)

    Claude Debussy

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    7:14
  • 6:01 PM

    Dardanus: Overture

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Rameau: Suites

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    4:45
  • 5:48 PM

    Capriol Suite

    Peter Warlock

    Warlock: The Curlew

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alan Barlow, conductor

    10:54
  • 5:31 PM

    Tintagel

    Arnold Bax

    Virginia Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    14:48
  • 5:15 PM

    Piano Trio

    Amy Beach

    Her Voice

    Neave Trio

    14:44
  • 5:06 PM

    Der Zigeunerbaron (The Gypsy Baron): Overture

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    7:57
  • 5:01 PM

    The Shining Shore

    Traditional

    Anonymous 4

    4:42
  • 4:37 PM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 1

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lukas Foss, conductor

    Jon Manasse, clarinet

    21:13
  • 4:34 PM

    An Italian Rant

    John Playford

    A Trip to Killburn

    Baltimore Consort

    1:29
  • 4:21 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Classical"

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Classical Symphony

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    13:33
  • 4:10 PM

    Piano Quartet No. 1: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms, Schumann, Mahler: Piano Quartets

    Daniel Hope, violin

    9:10
  • 4:06 PM

    Venezuelan Waltz No. 3 "Natalia"

    Antonio Lauro

    Odyssey

    Alexander-Sergei Ramirez, guitar

    2:03
  • 4:01 PM

    Concerto for Strings "Conch Shell"

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concertos for Strings

    I Musici

    4:35
  • 3:53 PM

    Star Wars: Main Theme

    John Williams

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    5:45
  • 3:51 PM

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Dialogue

    John Williams

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:27
  • 3:44 PM

    Star Trek: Theme

    Michael Giacchino

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    John Morris Russell, conductor

    5:35
  • 3:39 PM

    Star Trek: Main Theme

    Jerry Goldsmith

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Jerry Goldsmith, conductor

    4:14
  • 3:34 PM

    Star Trek: Main Theme

    Alexander Courage

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:40
  • 3:23 PM

    Studio Orchestra

    3:11
  • 3:19 PM

    Studio Orchestra

    3:49
  • 3:12 PM

    The Right Stuff: selections

    Bill Conti

    Star Tracks II

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:42
  • 3:07 PM

    The Right Stuff: Yeager's Triumph

    Bill Conti

    Varese Sarabande - A 25th Anniversary Celebration

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Bill Conti, conductor

    5:12
  • 3:01 PM

    Apollo 13: Re-entry and Splashdown

    James Horner

    The Big Picture

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:34
  • 2:53 PM

    Skipping Stones

    Michael Fine

    Living Music

    Alice K. Dade, flute

    4:53
  • 2:13 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Piano Concertos

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Hannu Lintu, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    38:52
  • 2:06 PM

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:41
  • 1:38 PM

    Ballet de Cour

    Gabriel Pierne

    Prisms

    Chamber Music Palm Beach

    19:55
  • 1:13 PM

    Symphony No. 97

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    23:36
  • 1:09 PM

    Berceuse

    Georges Delbruck

    The Bedtime Sessions

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:09
  • 1:06 PM

    Peer Gynt: In The Hall Of The Mountain King

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 And 2

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    2:08
  • 12:41 PM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin

    Maurice Ravel

    Bizet, Faure, Ibert, Ravel

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    16:51
  • 12:37 PM

    Waltz No. 7

    Frederic Chopin

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    3:16
  • 12:20 PM

    Wood Notes

    William Grant Still

    Still: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3; Wood Notes

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    16:27
  • 12:06 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos - Harpsichord and Violin Concertos

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    11:52
  • 12:01 PM

    London Suite: Knightsbridge March

    Eric Coates

    European Light Music Classics

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    4:34
  • 11:54 AM

    Magic Forest Dances: Finale

    Stefania de Kenessey

    William Meredith, oboe

    Stefania de Kenessey, piano

    4:20
  • 11:49 AM

    Magic Forest Dances: Zephyr

    Stefania de Kenessey

    Stefania de Kenessey ?– Chamber Music: Shades of Light, Shades of Dark

    William Meredith, oboe

    4:45
  • 11:45 AM

    Magic Forest Dances: Flower Nymphs

    Stefania de Kenessey

    William Meredith, oboe

    Stefania de Kenessey, piano

    4:35
  • 11:40 AM

    Magic Forest Dances: Entrance

    Stefania de Kenessey

    William Meredith, oboe

    Stefania de Kenessey, piano

    4:11
  • 11:29 AM

    Aranjuez Concerto: 2nd movement

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuaz

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    Julian Bream, guitar

    10:36
  • 11:12 AM

    Fantasia on Russian Themes

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    TANEYEV, S.I.: Suite de Concert / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, N.A.: Fantasia on 2 Russian Themes (A.K. Gregory, Kiev Virtuosi Symphony, D. Yablonsky)

    Kiev Virtuosi Symphony Orchestra

    Dimitri Yablonsky, conductor

    Annelle Gregory, violin

    15:17
  • 11:06 AM

    Cosi fan tutte: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Cosi fan Tutte Highlights

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    4:36
  • 11:01 AM

    Lakme: Flower Duet

    Leo Delibes

    Claire Jones: Royal Harp Strings

    London Mozart Players

    Stuart Morley, conductor

    Claire Jones, harp

    4:53
  • 10:37 AM

    Theme and Variations

    Amy Beach

    Shanghai Quartet

    Eugenia Zukerman, flute

    21:52
  • 10:25 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 50

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    9:30
  • 10:20 AM

    Tessa Lark, violin

    Michael Thurber, double bass

    3:37
  • 10:06 AM

    Umbrian Scene

    Ulysses Kay

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Arthur Fagen, conductor

    13:33
  • 10:01 AM

    Csardas

    Vittorio Monti

    Avi Avital: Between Worlds

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    4:30
  • 9:46 AM

    Divertissement on a Pastoral Theme

    Gabriel Pierne

    Pierne: Orchestral Works

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    11:49
  • 9:31 AM

    Grand Variations on a Theme by Count Gallenberg

    Louise Farrenc

    European Soloists, Luxembourg

    Christoph Konig, conductor

    Jean Muller, piano

    13:34
  • 9:09 AM

    Louisiana Story: Suite

    Virgil Thomson

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    20:33
  • 9:06 AM

    Louisiana Blues Strut (A Cakewalk)

    Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    Blues Dialogues: Music by Black Composers

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    2:32
  • 9:01 AM

    Liti Kersti: Bjorgulv the Fiddler

    Arne Eggen

    Norwegian Classical Favourites

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    4:33
  • 8:42 AM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Aaron Copland

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    Richard Stoltzman, clarinet

    16:45
  • 8:40 AM

    Tambourines to Glory

    Undine Smith Moore

    Dance Like the Wind: Music of Today's Black Composers

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    1:03
  • 8:37 AM

    We Shall Walk Through the Valley

    Undine Smith Moore

    Dance Like the Wind: Music of Today's Black Composers

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    2:53
  • 8:35 AM

    Mother to Son

    Undine Smith Moore

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    Yolanda Williams, soprano

    2:35
  • 8:12 AM

    that secret from the river

    Joel Puckett

    Reflections

    Northwestern University Symphonic Wind Ensemble

    Mallory Thompson, conductor

    21:06
  • 8:06 AM

    Out of This World

    Ludovico Einaudi

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:58
  • 8:01 AM

    Starlight Express: Waltz

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar and Vaughan Williams

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    George Hurst, conductor

    4:30
  • 7:36 AM

    Concerto Serenade

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    Nancy Allen, harp

    22:55
  • 7:32 AM

    Ragtime Dance

    Scott Joplin

    Joshua Rifkin, piano

    3:13
  • 7:28 AM

    Maple Leaf Rag

    Scott Joplin

    Joshua Rifkin, piano

    3:13
  • 7:25 AM

    Pine Apple Rag

    Scott Joplin

    Joshua Rifkin, piano

    3:27
  • 7:06 AM

    A Downland Suite

    John Ireland

    Ireland: Music for String Orchestra

    Orchestra of the Swan

    David Curtis, conductor

    17:11
  • 7:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 15

    Frederic Chopin

    Philip Hii, guitar

    4:29
  • 6:46 AM

    Romanian Concerto

    Gyorgy Ligeti

    The Ligeti Project II

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Jonathan Nott, conductor

    12:08
  • 6:34 AM

    D'un soir triste (Of a sad evening)

    Lili Boulanger

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    11:29
  • 6:06 AM

    Nonet

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Chamber Music

    Mary Ashley Barret, oboe

    25:57
  • 6:01 AM

    Legend No. 2

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends

    Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    4:26
  • 5:46 AM

    Masques and Bergamasques

    Gabriel Faure

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Emmanuel Krivine, conductor

    12:57
  • 5:41 AM

    Mephisto Masque

    Edmond Dede

    Gary Hammond, piano

    4:24
  • 5:06 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Antar"

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Bergen Symphony Orchestra

    Dmitri Kitayenko, conductor

    32:30
  • 5:01 AM

    Music for Bill and Me

    Lou Harrison

    Music for Harp

    Karen Gottlieb, harp

    4:28
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