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  • 4:33 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 1

    Gabriel Faure

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    24:41
  • 4:20 AM

    Ein Tanzspiel

    Franz Schreker

    Strauss, Liszt, Korngold, Busoni, Schreker

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Kazuki Yamada, conductor

    12:30
  • 4:06 AM

    Icelandic Folk Dances

    Jon Leifs

    Leifs: Geysir and Other Orchestral Works

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    12:25
  • 4:01 AM

    Figure Humaine: Liberte

    Francis Poulenc

    12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic

    4:34
  • 3:41 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Franz Liszt

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Martha Argerich, piano

    17:30
  • 3:19 AM

    Lachian Dances

    Leos Janacek

    Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ondrej Lenard, conductor

    19:26
  • 3:12 AM

    Colonial Song

    Percy Grainger

    Lincolnshire Posy

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    6:11
  • 3:06 AM

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers Awake)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Water Is Wide

    Mark Small, guitar

    5:01
  • 3:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 1: 3rd movement

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Villa-Lobos String Quartets, Vol. 1

    Cuarteto Latinoamericano

    4:51
  • 2:45 AM

    Ballet Suite No. 1

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Ballet Suites Nos. 1 & 3, Jazz Suites Nos. 1 & 2

    Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Dmitri Kitayenko, conductor

    13:45
  • 12:00 AM

    Casanova's Homecoming

    Dominic Argento

    Minnesota Opera

    120:00
  • 11:44 PM

    En voyage

    Elizabeth Lutyens

    Box of Delights: British Light Music Gems

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Simon Joly, conductor

    14:49
  • 11:27 PM

    Capriccio Espagnol

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: 3 Symphonies / Jarvi, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    15:43
  • 11:19 PM

    Soirees de Vienne: Valse-Caprice No. 6

    Franz Liszt

    Horowitz In Hamburg

    Vladimir Horowitz, piano

    6:56
  • 11:10 PM

    Moses Variations

    Niccolo Paganini

    Gil Shaham, violin

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    7:15
  • 11:07 PM

    March of the Little Lead Soldiers

    Gabriel Pierne

    Musique Francaise: La Marseillaise, Etc.

    Paris Orchestra

    Jean-Pierre Jacquillat, conductor

    2:54
  • 11:01 PM

    Schnofler-Dance

    Johann Mayer

    Vienne 1850: Danses

    Ensemble Bella Musica Vienna

    4:36
  • 10:42 PM

    The Love for Three Oranges: Suite

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Hindemith, Prokofiev, Bartok

    Kansas City Symphony

    Michael Stern, conductor

    16:05
  • 10:30 PM

    Benvenuto Cellini: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    10:54
  • 10:22 PM

    The Wizard of Oz Fantasy

    William Hirtz

    Jon Kimura Parker, piano

    7:24
  • 10:08 PM

    The Butterfly's Ball

    Frederic Cowen

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    11:49
  • 10:06 PM

    The Fairy Queen: Act IV-Symphony

    Henry Purcell

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    John Wallace, trumpet

    1:35
  • 10:01 PM

    Sine Nomine

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Composer's Collection: Vaughan Williams

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    4:43
  • 9:47 PM

    Hungarian Sketches

    Bela Bartok

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    10:59
  • 9:32 PM

    Ma vlast (My Country): Vltava (The Moldau)

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: Ma Vlast

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    12:48
  • 9:28 PM

    Peter Kairoff, piano

    3:04
  • 9:16 PM

    Variations on a Swedish Air

    Bernhard Crusell

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    Emma Johnson, clarinet

    11:15
  • 9:06 PM

    Dances in the Canebrakes

    Florence Price

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    9:29
  • 9:03 PM

    Jazz Suite No. 1: Waltz

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    2:42
  • 8:46 PM

    Serenade for Strings

    Edward Elgar

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    11:53
  • 8:22 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 13

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Sonatas

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    22:07
  • 8:14 PM

    Symphony No. 7: Finale

    Emilie Mayer

    Berlin Chamber Symphony Ensemble

    Jurgen Bruns, conductor

    6:06
  • 8:06 PM

    Sinfonia for Four Trumpets

    Giuseppe Torelli

    The Italian Job

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    7:42
  • 8:01 PM

    Calling Home the Cattle

    Veljo Tormis

    Tapiola Choir

    Erkki Pohjola, conductor

    4:42
  • 7:48 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak, Khachaturian Violin Concertos

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Teddy Abrams, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    10:25
  • 5:49 PM

    Die Meistersinger von Nurmberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg): Prelude to Act I

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Orchestral Favorites

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    8:55
  • 5:19 PM

    String Quartet

    Maurice Ravel

    Tesla Quartet

    28:25
  • 5:12 PM

    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
  • 5:06 PM

    Captains Courageous: Suite

    Franz Waxman

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:39
  • 5:01 PM

    Two Bagatelles

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    John O'Conor, piano

    4:33
  • 4:51 PM

    Dancing Folk

    Oliver Davis

    Oliver Davis: Dance

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    Kerenza Peacock, violin

    7:01
  • 4:20 PM

    Sinfonia Varsovia

    Emmanuel Krivine, conductor

    29:05
  • 4:15 PM

    Three French Chansons

    Scott Tennant

    New Renaissance

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:33
  • 4:06 PM

    Concert Piece for Clarinet and Basset Horn

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Works for Clarinet and String Orchestra

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Jorg Faerber, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    8:27
  • 4:01 PM

    King Carotte Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    4:44
  • 3:52 PM

    Shai Wosner, piano

    6:12
  • 3:20 PM

    Scottish Fantasy

    Max Bruch

    Jean Sibelius: Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 47, Max Bruch: Scottish Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 46

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Midori, violin

    30:30
  • 3:09 PM

    Otello: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    8:31
  • 3:06 PM

    Trumpet Tune

    Henry Purcell

    Brass Ensemble

    Ludwig Guttler, trumpet

    2:53
  • 3:01 PM

    String Quintet No. 1: Finale

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: String Quintets, Vol. VI

    La Magnifica Comunita

    4:46
  • 2:46 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Grand Pas de Deux

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    11:48
  • 2:46 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Grand Pas de Deux

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    11:48
  • 2:40 PM

    Rhapsody

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Piano Pieces Opp. 116-119

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    5:02
  • 2:34 PM

    Spirited Light

    Jake Runestad

    The Hope of Loving: Choral Music of Jake Runestad

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    Jason Awbrey, bass

    4:54
  • 2:16 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 4

    Chevalier de Meude-Monpas

    Violin Concertos by Black Composers

    Encore Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hege, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    16:59
  • 2:03 PM

    St. Paul's Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Orchestral Favourites Vol I

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    12:33
  • 2:01 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2: Badinerie

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Orchestal Suites

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    1:23
  • 1:53 PM

    Symphony No. 4: 3rd mvt

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Artur Rodzinski, conductor

    :00
  • 1:42 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 2: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Munich Bach Orchestra

    Karl Richter, conductor

    Aurele Nicolet, flute

    7:48
  • 1:35 PM

    Aranjuez Concerto: 3rd movement

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Fantasía para un gentilhombre & Concierto de Aranjuez

    Spanish Radio and TV Orchestra

    Pedro Amaral, conductor

    Xianji Liu, guitar

    5:04
  • 1:32 PM

    Country Gardens

    Percy Grainger

    Percy Grainger: Symphonic Band Music

    Michigan State University Band

    Keith Brion, conductor

    2:11
  • 1:27 PM

    El Amor Brujo: Ritual Fire Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Sabre Dance

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Sergiu Comissiona, conductor

    4:11
  • 1:17 PM

    Fuquoi in the Sugar Cane

    Henry Lissant-Collins

    South African Broadcast Orchestra

    Peter Marchbank, conductor

    8:39
  • 1:09 PM

    Arion

    Stephen Stubbs, conductor

    5:12
  • 1:04 PM

    Carmen: Seguedilla and Dragoons

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Carmen Suite, L'arlesienne Suites Etc.

    Orchestra of the Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    3:41
  • 12:51 PM

    Symphonie Espagnole: Rondo

    Edouard Lalo

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    6:58
  • 12:44 PM

    Andras Schiff, piano

    5:51
  • 12:38 PM

    Algerian Suite: French Military March

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens, Vol. 1

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    4:18
  • 12:29 PM

    Symphony No. 82 "The Bear": 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 82

    Handel and Haydn Society

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    8:00
  • 12:21 PM

    Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    6:29
  • 12:15 PM

    Hugo and Adelheid Overture

    Friedrich Kuhlau

    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Schonwandt, conductor

    5:31
  • 12:07 PM

    Espana

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Dukas: La Peri; L'Apprenti sorcier/Chabrier: Suite pastorale; Espana

    Ulster Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    6:01
  • 12:04 PM

    Canzon No. 12

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Wallace Collection

    2:30
  • 11:50 AM

    Symphony No. 1: Finale

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Three Symphonies, Petite Suite, Polovetsian Dances

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:24
  • 11:43 AM

    Brazilian Suite: Intermezzo

    Alberto Nepomuceno

    Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra

    Fabio Mechetti, conductor

    6:13
  • 11:39 AM

    Etude No. 9

    Frederic Chopin

    Jan Lisiecki, piano

    2:04
  • 11:31 AM

    Heideland

    Lou Koster

    Koster: Orchestral Music

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    7:48
  • 11:24 AM

    Mandolin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johann Hummel

    Hummell: Mandolin Concerto, etc.

    London Mozart Players

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    Alison Stephens, mandolin

    5:03
  • 11:20 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Hilary Hahn: Bach Violin Concertos

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Kahane, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    3:24
  • 11:15 AM

    From Olden Times: Bouree

    Johan Halvorsen

    Halvorsen: Suite ancienne, Mascarade Suite

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Ari Rasilainen, conductor

    4:21
  • 11:08 AM

    Piano Trio No. 10

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Trios Vol. 1

    Florestan Trio

    4:50
  • 11:04 AM

    Serenade for Winds: Moderato

    Antonin Dvorak

    Romantic Wind Serenades

    Consortium Classicum

    3:50
  • 10:48 AM

    Orpheus in the Underworld: Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    William Tell and Other Favorite Overtures

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    9:59
  • 10:39 AM

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    7:06
  • 10:23 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Richard Strauss

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    Barry Tuckwell, horn

    16:35
  • 10:19 AM

    String Quartet No. 1: 2nd movement

    Nancy Dalberg

    Dalberg: The String Quartets

    Nordic String Quartet

    2:46
  • 10:11 AM

    Andante for Flute and Orchestra

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Flute Concertos, etc.

    Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra

    Juha Kangas, conductor

    Sharon Bezaly, flute

    6:29
  • 10:06 AM

    Impromptu No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    Radu Lupu, piano

    4:39
  • 10:01 AM

    The Honeysuckle; The Fairy Round; The Night Watch

    Anthony Holborne

    Nocturnal

    Jakob Lindberg, lute

    4:46
  • 9:49 AM

    Symphony No. 1: Finale

    Charles Gounod

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    8:54
  • 9:28 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Ernst von Dohnanyi

    Dohnanyi: String Quartet, Serenade, and Sextet

    Nash Ensemble

    19:50
  • 9:12 AM

    Masques and Bergamasques

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Pavane; Pelleas et Melisande, etc.

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    13:42
  • 9:06 AM

    Hary Janos Suite: Song

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Hary Janos Suite; Dances Of Galanta; Peacock Variations

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    5:55
  • 9:01 AM

    English Suite No. 4: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    4:30
  • 8:41 AM

    The Incredible Flutist: Suite

    Walter Piston

    Oregon Symphony

    Carlos Kalmar, conductor

    17:08
  • 8:37 AM

    Angry Birds Theme

    Ari Pulkkinen

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    3:10
  • 8:23 AM

    String Symphony No. 6

    Felix Mendelssohn

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    12:15
  • 8:06 AM

    The Gaelic Flute

    Edward McGuire

    Highlands

    Camerata Bariloche

    Chris Norman, flute

    16:53
  • 8:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 4

    Frederic Chopin

    Ivan Moravec, piano

    4:30
  • 7:29 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 3

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Lalo; Saint-Saens; Ravel

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Antonio Pappano, conductor

    Maxim Vengerov, violin

    29:21
  • 7:25 AM

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    3:47
  • 7:06 AM

    Variations on a Theme of Corelli

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    George Li, piano

    17:48
  • 7:01 AM

    Prayer of Saint Gregory

    Alan Hovhaness

    Visions - The Alan Hovhaness Sampler

    Manhattan Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Auldon Clark, conductor

    Chris Gekker, trumpet

    4:37
  • 6:31 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Romantic"

    Howard Hanson

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    27:54
  • 6:25 AM

    The Colorado Trail

    Marcel Grandjany

    Home

    Elizabeth Hainen, harp

    5:18
  • 6:06 AM

    Printemps (Spring)

    Claude Debussy

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    16:36
  • 6:01 AM

    Two Romances

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33, etc.

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    Alexander Kniazev, cello

    4:44
  • 5:24 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 6

    John Field

    New Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Janos Furst, conductor

    John O'Conor, piano

    33:40
  • 5:14 AM

    Fantasy on a Hymn by Justin Morgan

    Thomas Canning

    Into the Light: Symphonic Expressions of the Spirit

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    8:58
  • 5:06 AM

    Cantos de Espana: Cordoba

    Isaac Albeniz

    40 Degrees North

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    6:58
  • 5:01 AM

    Bass Tuba Concerto: Romance

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    20th-Century Tuba Concertos

    Singapore Symphony Orchestra

    Anne Manson, conductor

    Oystein Baadsvik, tuba

    4:45
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