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  • 4:34 AM

    Violin Sonatina No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    Emotion Unbound

    Philip Setzer, violin

    24:10
  • 4:30 AM

    Cancion de Cuna (Afro-Cuban Lullaby)

    Leo Brouwer

    Manuel Barrueco, guitar

    3:08
  • 4:06 AM

    Der Rosenkavalier: Suite

    Richard Strauss

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    22:18
  • 4:01 AM

    Lux Aeterna

    Ivo Antognini

    Phoenix Chamber Choir

    4:40
  • 3:45 AM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Edward Elgar

    The Spirit of England

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    13:12
  • 3:19 AM

    Serenade No. 4

    Robert Fuchs

    Fuchs: Serenades Nos. 3, 4 and 5

    Cologne Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Ludwig, conductor

    25:19
  • 3:10 AM

    Impressions of the Puna

    Alberto Ginastera

    Camerata Bariloche

    8:10
  • 3:06 AM

    Hansel and Gretel: Evening Prayer

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Opera without Words

    Andre Kostelanetz Orchestra

    Andre Kostelanetz, conductor

    3:08
  • 3:01 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Entry of the Fairies

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    4:50
  • 2:46 AM

    Romance for Violin and Orchestra

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Violin Concertos by Black Composers

    Encore Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hege, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    12:37
  • 2:20 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 21 "Waldstein"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Alice Sara Ott, piano

    24:44
  • 2:15 AM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman: Dance

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Spanish Radio and TV Orchestra

    Pedro Amaral, conductor

    Xianji Liu, guitar

    2:03
  • 2:06 AM

    Four Norwegian Moods

    Igor Stravinsky

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    8:41
  • 2:01 AM

    Two Aquarelles

    Frederick Delius

    Delius: Miniatures

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    4:35
  • 1:52 AM

    Closing

    Philip Glass

    Philip Glass, Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    5:41
  • 1:11 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Antonin Dvorak

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Raphael Wallfisch, cello

    39:52
  • 1:06 AM

    The Return of Maxim: Waltz

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    3:03
  • 1:01 AM

    Petite Suite: Caprice

    Joseph Lauber

    Rachel Talitman, harp

    Marcos Fregnani-Martins, flute

    4:52
  • 12:47 AM

    Overture to a Picaresque Comedy

    Arnold Bax

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    10:52
  • 12:25 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos 1&2; Symphony No. 5 "Reformation"

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Louis Lortie, conductor

    Louis Lortie, piano

    20:49
  • 12:12 AM

    Four Scottish Dances

    Malcolm Arnold

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    10:51
  • 12:06 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 2: Allegro

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    5:46
  • 12:01 AM

    Picturesque Pieces: Pompous Minuet

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    pictures at an exhibition

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    4:33
  • 11:42 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Richard Strauss

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    16:14
  • 11:26 PM

    Suite for Strings

    Armstrong Gibbs

    Armstrong Gibbs: Dale and Fell

    Guildhall Strings

    Robert Salter, conductor

    14:03
  • 11:17 PM

    Let Thy Hand be Strengthened

    George Frideric Handel

    The Sixteen

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    8:48
  • 11:10 PM

    Three Mexican Folk Songs

    Manuel Ponce

    David Russell, guitar

    5:09
  • 11:06 PM

    Serenade

    Roman Hoffstetter

    Favourite Serenades for Orchestra

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:24
  • 11:01 PM

    Suite of Three Pieces: Idylle

    Benjamin Godard

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Susan Milan, flute

    4:50
  • 10:42 PM

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2, etc.

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    15:43
  • 10:23 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 4

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    17:41
  • 10:15 PM

    Six English Tunes

    Peter Warlock

    London Festival Orchestra

    Ross Pople, conductor

    7:10
  • 10:09 PM

    Jota aragonese

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    4:07
  • 10:06 PM

    Young Soldier's Joy

    Qi-Ming Lu

    Chinasong | Shanghai Quartet

    Shanghai Quartet

    2:54
  • 10:01 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Richard Hol

    Hol: Symphonies

    Residentie Orchestra The Hague

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    4:42
  • 9:48 PM

    Snowflake Ballet

    Jacques Offenbach

    Offenbach: Orchestral Works

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    10:23
  • 9:43 PM

    Sonata: 3rd movement

    Maria Hester Park

    Betty Ann Miller, piano

    4:09
  • 9:30 PM

    William Tell: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures Vol 2 / Benda, Prague Sinfonia

    Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    11:32
  • 9:25 PM

    Toccata, Adagio, and Fugue: Adagio

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ofra Harnoy, cello

    Mike Herriott, brass

    4:19
  • 9:11 PM

    Ma vlast (My Country): From Bohemia's Woods and Fields

    Bedrich Smetana

    Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

    Zdenek Macal, conductor

    12:13
  • 9:06 PM

    Arabesque No. 1

    Claude Debussy

    Pro Arte Guitar Trio

    4:21
  • 9:03 PM

    Philharmonia Virtuosi

    Richard Kapp, conductor

    2:36
  • 8:47 PM

    Carmen Fantasy

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    11:11
  • 8:38 PM

    The Red Pony Suite: selections

    Aaron Copland

    Aaron Copland: Four Dances from Rodeo

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    7:21
  • 8:26 PM

    String Quartet No. 3: 1st movement

    Johannes Brahms

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

    Hagen Quartet

    10:23
  • 8:16 PM

    Scenes d'Enfants

    Federico Mompou

    Children's World

    Mirian Conti, piano

    9:10
  • 8:06 PM

    Roman Carnival Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Roman Carnival Overture, Three Pieces from The Damnation of Faust

    Halle Orchestra

    John Barbirolli, conductor

    9:43
  • 8:01 PM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin: Menuet

    Maurice Ravel

    Pavane

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    4:42
  • 7:38 PM

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Emmanuel Krivine, conductor

    20:13
  • 5:49 PM

    Seven Irish Tunes: Suite for Small Orchestra

    William Alwyn

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    8:48
  • 5:17 PM

    Serenade No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Serenades No 1 & 2

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    31:06
  • 5:11 PM

    Harvest Celebration

    Jing-Ping Zhang

    Shanghai Quartet

    3:24
  • 5:06 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 3

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic Dances

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    4:56
  • 5:01 PM

    Concerto Grosso: 2nd movement

    Henry Cowell

    Manhattan Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Auldon Clark, conductor

    4:41
  • 4:43 PM

    Rapsodie espagnole

    Maurice Ravel

    Rhapsodie

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    14:44
  • 4:22 PM

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    Daniel Barenboim, piano

    19:36
  • 4:15 PM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman: Villano and Ricercar

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Spanish Radio and TV Orchestra

    Pedro Amaral, conductor

    Xianji Liu, guitar

    4:53
  • 4:06 PM

    O Garatuja: Prelude

    Alberto Nepomuceno

    Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra

    Fabio Mechetti, conductor

    9:11
  • 4:01 PM

    The Prince and the Pauper

    Erich Korngold

    Elizabeth & Essex: Classic Film Scores of Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    4:49
  • 3:54 PM

    Impromptu No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert

    Marie-Pierre Langlamet, harp

    5:11
  • 3:19 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    33:32
  • 3:12 PM

    Handel in the Strand

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger, Leighton: Chamber Works

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    4:24
  • 3:06 PM

    Grand Canyon Suite: Sunrise

    Ferde Grofe

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    William Stromberg, conductor

    5:20
  • 3:01 PM

    King Carotte Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    Offenbach: Overtures & Ballets

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    4:44
  • 2:52 PM

    Das Rheingold: Entry of the Gods into Valhalla

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner Without Words

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    6:34
  • 2:35 PM

    Harp Concerto

    Francois Boieldieu

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, conductor

    Marielle Nordmann, harp

    23:00
  • 2:26 PM

    Das Rheingold: Entry of the Gods into Valhalla

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner Without Words

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    6:34
  • 2:05 PM

    Fair Melusina Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Virginia Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:11
  • 1:58 PM

    Sylvia: Procession of Bacchus

    Leo Delibes

    Masterpieces in Miniature

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    6:00
  • 1:44 PM

    St. Paul's Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Orchestral Favourites Vol I

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    12:33
  • 1:34 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 5 "Turkish": 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Hilary Hahn: Mozart 5, Vieuxtemps 4

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    8:47
  • 1:32 PM

    An Italian Rant

    John Playford

    A Trip to Killburn

    Baltimore Consort

    1:29
  • 1:21 PM

    Dance of the Hours

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    Philharmonic of La Scala

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    9:42
  • 1:18 PM

    African Suite No. 2: The Markeplace

    Soren Sieg

    Chips 'n' Chocolate / Ensemble Dreiklang Berlin

    Ensemble Dreiklang

    2:27
  • 1:07 PM

    Don Pasquale: Sinfonia

    Gaetano Donizetti

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    6:43
  • 1:04 PM

    Waltz No. 4 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    2:13
  • 12:48 PM

    Tales from the Vienna Woods

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss: Gala II

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    11:05
  • 12:40 PM

    Symphony No. 1: Finale

    Franz Schubert

    Franz Schubert: Symphonies 1-8

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    5:52
  • 12:31 PM

    Huapango

    Jose Moncayo

    Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra

    Maximiano Valdez, conductor

    7:52
  • 12:19 PM

    Capriol Suite

    Peter Warlock

    Soundscapes

    Mississippi Guitar Quartet

    9:54
  • 12:16 PM

    Sinfonietta: Fanfare

    Leos Janacek

    Dvorak: Legends, Op. 59; Janacek: Sinfonietta

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    2:29
  • 12:09 PM

    Concerto No. 2

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    6:04
  • 12:04 PM

    Fur Elise

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Book

    Lang Lang, piano

    3:24
  • 11:51 AM

    Symphony No. 5 "Western Hemisphere": 4th movement

    William Grant Still

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    6:47
  • 11:44 AM

    Three Short Pieces

    Jacques Ibert

    Syrinx Quintet

    6:24
  • 11:35 AM

    Oboe Concerto: 3rd movement

    Jan Anton Kozeluh

    Lost and Found

    Potsdam Chamber Academy

    Albrecht Mayer, conductor

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe

    7:28
  • 11:31 AM

    Thurber's Dogs: Dog and Butterfly

    Peter Schickele

    Voices from the Gallery: Stephen Paulus/Thurber's Dogs: Peter Schickele

    Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra

    Timothy Russell, conductor

    2:47
  • 11:26 AM

    Funeral March of a Marionette

    Charles Gounod

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    4:20
  • 11:21 AM

    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    3:51
  • 11:15 AM

    Cantata No. 208: Sheep May Safely Graze

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Stokowski Transcriptions

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    5:01
  • 11:08 AM

    The Bourgeois Gentleman: Entrance and Dance of the Tailors

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos (Suite)

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    5:20
  • 11:04 AM

    The Birds: Prelude

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: The Birds, Three Boticelli Pictures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:06
  • 10:43 AM

    Irish Rhapsody No. 5

    Charles Stanford

    Stanford: Symphony No. 3 'Irish'

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    14:27
  • 10:30 AM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    Anthony Marwood, violin

    11:41
  • 10:26 AM

    Impromptu No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Shai Wosner, piano

    3:40
  • 10:24 AM

    Elizabethan Masque

    Fredric Bayco

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    Ruth Scott, oboe

    2:16
  • 10:12 AM

    Quartettino

    Rezso Kokai

    Walter Boeykens Ensemble

    10:15
  • 10:06 AM

    Guitar Concerto: Largo

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Eliot Fisk, guitar

    4:56
  • 10:01 AM

    Perpetuum mobile

    Simon Jeffes

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    4:29
  • 9:45 AM

    Wind Quintet

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Greatest Hits

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    12:44
  • 9:26 AM

    Merry Mount Suite

    Howard Hanson

    Howard Hanson: Symphony No. 1, Merry Mount Suites

    Nashville Symphony Orchestra

    Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor

    17:49
  • 9:21 AM

    Cave of the Winds

    Nathaniel Dett

    My Cup Runneth Over: The Complete Piano Works of R. Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    2:58
  • 9:06 AM

    Rondo for Violin and Strings

    Franz Schubert

    Beethoven, Dvorak, Schubert

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    14:41
  • 9:01 AM

    Song of a Czech

    Antonin Dvorak

    Song of a Czech: Dvorak and Janacek for Men's Voices

    Cantus

    4:26
  • 8:35 AM

    String Quartet

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Vermeer Quartet

    23:10
  • 8:26 AM

    Bachianas Brasileiras No. 9

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    8:20
  • 8:09 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Barry Tuckwell, conductor

    Barry Tuckwell, horn

    16:10
  • 8:06 AM

    Over Laughing Waters

    Cecil Burleigh

    Zina Schiff, violin

    Mary Barranger, piano

    1:42
  • 8:01 AM

    Four Etudes

    Fernando Sor

    Norbert Kraft, guitar

    4:36
  • 7:27 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Max Bruch

    Bruch: The 3 Symphonies, Swedish Dances

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    31:42
  • 7:23 AM

    Basque Folk Song

    Clarence Cameron White

    Marcus Eley, clarinet

    2:33
  • 7:06 AM

    Sonata No. 6

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Minna Pensola, violin

    Antti Tikkanen, violin

    Tuomas Lehto, cello

    Niek de Groot, double bass

    15:36
  • 7:01 AM

    Symphonic Dance No. 1

    Cyril Scott

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    4:40
  • 6:30 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Edouard Lalo

    French Cello Concertos

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Scott Yoo, conductor

    Hee-Young Lim, cello

    28:12
  • 6:22 AM

    Folk Suite No. 2

    William Grant Still

    Sierra Winds

    7:10
  • 6:06 AM

    Concert Rondo "Krakowiak"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Complete Piano Works of Chopin, Vol 9: The Orchestral Works

    Warsaw Philharmonic

    Kazimierz Kord, conductor

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    14:17
  • 6:01 AM

    Wiegenlied (Lullaby)

    Richard Strauss

    Storyteller

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Eivind Aadland, conductor

    Tine Thing Helseth, trumpet

    4:27
  • 5:57 AM

    Hungarian Peasant Songs: Scherzo

    Bela Bartok

    Return

    Sonora Slocum, flute

    :50
  • 5:49 AM

    Fantaisie

    Georges Hue

    Sonora Slocum, flute

    John Wilson, piano

    7:58
  • 5:44 AM

    Little Concert Suite: A Love Sonnet

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    3:58
  • 5:01 AM

    Les Soirees d'Auteuil: Scherzo

    Napoleon Coste

    Anabel Montesinos, guitar

    4:28
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