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  • 5:33 AM

    Suite for 13 Wind Instruments

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Sinfonia Domestica, Suite for Winds

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    24:31
  • 5:28 AM

    O sacrum convivium

    Thomas Tallis

    Passion And Resurrection

    Stile Antico

    4:12
  • 5:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 2

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: String Quartets, Op. 41

    Doric String Quartet

    20:45
  • 5:01 AM

    Concert Study

    Felix Godefroid

    Valerie Milot, harp

    4:46
  • 4:49 AM

    Ashley Bathgate, cello

    8:43
  • 4:17 AM

    Serenade (after Plato's Symposium)

    Leonard Bernstein

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    Phillippe Quint, violin

    31:15
  • 4:06 AM

    The Sweetness of Epicurus

    Lou Harrison

    American Composers Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    8:38
  • 4:01 AM

    Arcana: Search

    Alex Shapiro

    Adam Marks, piano

    4:34
  • 3:47 AM

    Symphony No. 5: Adagietto

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler: Symphony No. 5

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    10:46
  • 3:15 AM

    Summer Day on the Mountain

    Vincent d'Indy

    D'Indy: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    30:41
  • 3:11 AM

    Aleksander Szebesczyk, horn

    2:40
  • 3:06 AM

    Memories of the Alhambra

    Francisco Tarrega

    Into the Light

    Kaori Muraji, guitar

    4:09
  • 3:01 AM

    L'incoronazione di Poppea: Pur ti miro

    Claudio Monteverdi

    Axioms: Moments of Truth

    Axiom Quartet

    4:35
  • 2:53 AM

    Impromptu No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    Marie-Pierre Langlamet, harp

    5:10
  • 2:12 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    39:41
  • 2:06 AM

    A Small Piece

    Hilding Rosenberg

    A Swedish Pastorale

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor

    Elemer Lavotha, cello

    3:37
  • 2:01 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Florence Price

    Janacek Philharmonic

    Ryan Cockerham, conductor

    Er-Gene Kahng, violin

    4:33
  • 1:54 AM

    Danza negra

    Ernesto Lecuona

    Caracas Clarinet Quartet

    Anat Cohen, clarinet

    3:56
  • 1:13 AM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World"

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    39:43
  • 1:06 AM

    Jocelyn: Berceuse

    Benjamin Godard

    Duo Similia

    5:04
  • 1:01 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1: Gavotte

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Suites Nos. 1 And 2

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    4:40
  • 12:41 AM

    Symphonic Variations

    Cesar Franck

    Ravel: Piano Concertos/Faure/Franck

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, conductor

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    16:50
  • 12:26 AM

    Concerto for Two Mandolins

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: 6 Double Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    James Tyler, mandolin

    12:25
  • 12:20 AM

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

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Ein Deutches Requiem

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    5:42
  • 12:13 AM

    Folk Songs for Orchestra: Little Blue Flower

    Huang Ruo

    Into the Vast World

    Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra

    Liang Zhang, conductor

    5:51
  • 12:06 AM

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Bela Bartok

    Dancing For 100 Years

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    6:44
  • 12:01 AM

    Der Erlkonig (The Elf King)

    Franz Schubert

    Valerie Tryon, piano

    4:36
  • 11:41 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain"

    Alan Hovhaness

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    17:00
  • 11:32 PM

    Homestead Dances: Quilters' Dance

    Don Ray

    Home For The Harvest

    Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra

    Derek Gleeson, conductor

    7:58
  • 11:26 PM

    Canon and Gigue

    Johann Pachelbel

    Daniel Hope: Air

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe Soloists

    Daniel Hope, violin

    5:09
  • 11:09 PM

    Lady Radnor's Suite

    Hubert Parry

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    15:27
  • 11:06 PM

    Allemande: L'Ausoniene

    Francois Couperin

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    2:09
  • 11:01 PM

    The Merrymakers

    Eric Coates

    Boult conducts Coates

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    4:34
  • 10:46 PM

    Jeromita Linares

    Carlos Guastavino

    "Impresiones"

    Camerata Bariloche

    Pablo Cohen, guitar

    11:43
  • 10:39 PM

    Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Liszt - Solti

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    6:23
  • 10:31 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Song of a New Race": 4th movement

    William Grant Still

    Still: Symphony No. 2/ Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:20
  • 10:20 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    English Baroque Soloists

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    9:57
  • 10:08 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor": Rondo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    Evgeny Kissin, piano

    10:02
  • 10:06 PM

    Rondeau

    Jean-Joseph Mouret

    Ceremonial Music for Trumpet & Symphonic Organ

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    1:45
  • 10:03 PM

    Marriage of Figaro: Voi che sapete

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    James Lockhart, conductor

    Margaret Price, soprano

    2:50
  • 9:45 PM

    Symphony No. 3: Finale

    Aaron Copland

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    13:20
  • 9:32 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Grand Pas de Deux

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty

    Kirov Orchestra

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    11:17
  • 9:26 PM

    March Militaire No. 1

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Piano Music for Four Hands, Vol III

    Yaara Tal, piano

    4:45
  • 9:14 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 8

    Bruce Haynes

    Montreal Baroque Orchestra

    Eric Milnes, conductor

    11:05
  • 9:06 PM

    Norwegian Dance No. 6

    Johan Halvorsen

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Ari Rasilainen, conductor

    Harald Aadland, violin

    7:20
  • 9:01 PM

    Ruslan and Ludmila: March of Chernomor

    Mikhail Glinka

    Glinka: Capriccio Brillante / Overture in D Major / Souvenir D'Une Nuit D'Ete A Madrid

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vassily Sinaisky, conductor

    4:31
  • 8:51 PM

    Prague Waltzes

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends, Prague Waltzes

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    7:35
  • 6:40 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Sonatas for Piano & Violin

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    18:45
  • 6:22 PM

    Irish Rhapsody

    Victor Herbert

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    15:46
  • 6:09 PM

    Trumpet Concerto No. 1

    Johann Molter

    Trumpet Concertos

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Elgar Howarth, conductor

    Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet

    10:50
  • 6:06 PM

    Lieutenant Kije: Troika

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Pops a la Russe

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:04
  • 6:01 PM

    West: 1st movement

    Michael Torke

    Albany Symphony Orchestra

    David Alan Miller, conductor

    Peter Kolkay, bassoon

    4:37
  • 5:42 PM

    Piano Trio No. 39 "Gypsy"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Beaux Arts Trio

    16:38
  • 5:26 PM

    Cockaigne Overture (In London Town)

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance Marches, Cockaigne

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yehudi Menuhin, conductor

    14:13
  • 5:18 PM

    Symphony: Scherzo

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite; Symphony No. 1; Fireworks; Scherzo Fantastique

    Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    5:41
  • 5:06 PM

    Quartet No. 4

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    11:54
  • 5:01 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 3: 1st movement

    Alexander Reinagle

    Sylvia Glickman, piano

    4:51
  • 4:51 PM

    Seattle Slew: Belmont Bouree

    William Bolcom

    Louisville Orchestra

    Lawrence Leighton Smith, conductor

    6:45
  • 4:20 PM

    Symphony No. 4 "Tragic"

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Douglas Boyd, conductor

    28:13
  • 4:16 PM

    Danza Brasilera

    Jorge Morel

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    3:10
  • 4:06 PM

    Concerto for Violin and Cello "Il Proteo o sia il mondo al rovescio"

    Antonio Vivaldi

    I Musici

    9:55
  • 4:01 PM

    Ladies in Lavender

    Nigel Hess

    Claire Jones: Royal Harp Strings

    London Mozart Players

    Stuart Morley, conductor

    Claire Jones, harp

    4:42
  • 3:47 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 4

    John Field

    John Field: Piano Concerto No. 7

    Benjamin Frith, piano

    11:33
  • 3:47 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 4

    John Field

    John Field: Piano Concerto No. 7

    Benjamin Frith, piano

    11:33
  • 3:35 PM

    String Quartet

    Luigi Boccherini

    Cremona Quartet

    10:41
  • 3:32 PM

    Que Rico el Mambo

    Damaso Perez Prado

    Mozart y Mambo

    Havana Horns

    Sarah Willis, horn

    2:34
  • 3:16 PM

    Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Don Quixote, Don Juan, Till Eulenspiegel

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    15:00
  • 3:04 PM

    Concerto for Two Oboes

    Tomaso Albinoni

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    Gail Hennessy, oboe

    Rachel Chaplin, oboe

    11:00
  • 3:00 PM

    Peer Gynt: In The Hall Of The Mountain King

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2, etc.

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    2:41
  • 2:52 PM

    The Ballerina in Love: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Patrick Gallois, conductor

    6:36
  • 2:40 PM

    Benvenuto Cellini: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:12
  • 2:34 PM

    Italian Concerto: Presto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Baroque Moments

    Amadeus Guitar Duo

    4:28
  • 2:28 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 1; Beethoven: Egmont Overture

    Munich Philharmonic Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    5:15
  • 2:22 PM

    Bartered Bride: Dance of the Comedians

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: The Bartered Bride & From My Life

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    5:39
  • 2:18 PM

    Scenes from Childhood

    Robert Schumann

    Mozart, Chopin, Schumann

    Mieczyslaw Horszowski, piano

    16:17
  • 2:11 PM

    Piano Trio No. 1: Scherzo

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Faure, Saint-Saens, D'indy

    Horszowski Trio

    3:40
  • 2:05 PM

    Abduction from the Seraglio: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Overtures

    Norwegian National Opera Orchestra

    Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor

    5:23
  • 1:52 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Romantic": Finale

    Howard Hanson

    Howard Hanson Symphonies 1, 2; Elegy in Memory of Serge Koussevitky

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    7:06
  • 1:48 PM

    Harp Sonata: 3rd movement

    Sophia Dussek

    Judy Loman, harp

    2:40
  • 1:40 PM

    Demetrio e Polibio: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    6:30
  • 1:29 PM

    Symphony No. 7: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8

    Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

    9:21
  • 1:24 PM

    Schwanengesang, Book 1: Standchen (Serenade)

    Franz Schubert

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    James MacMillan, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    4:08
  • 1:20 PM

    Czech Suite: Prelude-Pastorale

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenade, Bagatelles, Czech Suite

    National Chamber Players

    Lowell Graham, conductor

    3:42
  • 1:16 PM

    Sketches in Sepia

    Florence Price

    Meditations: Florence Price Piano Discoveries

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:35
  • 1:10 PM

    String Symphony No. 7: 3rd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    Damon Gupton, conductor

    3:55
  • 1:04 PM

    Symphony No. 6: Intermezzo

    Alexander Glazunov

    Alexander Glazunov: Symphony No. 6, Lyric Poems

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:00
  • 12:48 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphonies 1 & 4

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    8:43
  • 12:45 PM

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    2:51
  • 12:40 PM

    Minuet No. 1

    Giacomo Puccini

    R. Strauss, Verdi, Puccini: String Quartets

    Enso String Quartet

    3:44
  • 12:32 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 4

    Antonio Vivaldi

    I Musici

    Aurele Nicolet, flute

    6:44
  • 12:27 PM

    Crystal Sky

    Ola Gjeilo

    Ola Gjeilo: Night

    Ola Gjeilo, piano

    3:42
  • 12:23 PM

    Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye): Laideronnette, Empress of the Pagodas

    Maurice Ravel

    French Impressions

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    Jean-Bernard Pommier, conductor

    3:48
  • 12:15 PM

    Symphony No. 85 "The Queen": 2nd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Mozart Coronation Mass

    Handel and Haydn Society

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    7:11
  • 12:07 PM

    The Fairy Queen: Act IV Symphony

    Henry Purcell

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    6:26
  • 12:04 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 16

    Johannes Brahms

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    2:20
  • 11:47 AM

    Violin Concerto in the Style of Vivaldi

    Fritz Kreisler

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Gil Shaham, violin

    11:12
  • 11:39 AM

    Karelia Overture

    Jean Sibelius

    Land of a Thousand Lakes, The Beauty of Finnish National Romanticism

    Tampere Philharmonic

    Tuomas Ollila, conductor

    6:56
  • 11:28 AM

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    10:18
  • 11:24 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
  • 11:10 AM

    Chimney of King Rene

    Darius Milhaud

    Milhaud: Music for Wind Instruments

    Athena Ensemble

    12:53
  • 11:06 AM

    Consolation No. 3

    Franz Liszt

    Mariam Batsashvili, piano

    3:33
  • 11:01 AM

    Flowers from Froso: Entry to the Summer Meadow

    Wilhelm Peterson-Berger

    Nordic Spring

    Christian Bergqvist, violin

    4:33
  • 10:47 AM

    The Leopard (Il Gattopardo): Selections

    Nino Rota

    Nino Rota: Music For Film

    Philharmonic of La Scala

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    11:43
  • 10:30 AM

    Ports of Call (Escales)

    Jacques Ibert

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    14:52
  • 10:23 AM

    Secret of Mana

    Hiroki Kikuta

    Angele Dubeau & La Pieta: Game Music

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    5:59
  • 10:07 AM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: 5 Piano Concertos

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Ramin Bahrami, piano

    15:30
  • 10:01 AM

    A Downland Suite: Minuet

    John Ireland

    Music of John Ireland and Frank Bridge

    English Chamber Orchestra

    David Garforth, conductor

    4:26
  • 9:31 AM

    Romantic Suite

    Franz Schreker

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vassily Sinaisky, conductor

    27:23
  • 9:20 AM

    Paganini Variations

    Eugene Ysaye

    Capriccios

    Capriccio Quartet

    10:09
  • 9:15 AM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Florence Price

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    3:35
  • 9:06 AM

    Trio No. 1 "London"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Laurel Zucker, flute

    Renee Siebert, flute

    Samuel Magill, cello

    8:26
  • 9:01 AM

    Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens: Adagio

    John Williams

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    4:31
  • 8:30 AM

    Evgeny Kissin, piano

    28:40
  • 8:27 AM

    Philadelphia Gray's Quickstep

    Francis Johnson

    Symphony Orchestra of America

    Matthew H. Phillips, conductor

    2:05
  • 8:06 AM

    Wind Quintet

    Jean Francaix

    20th Century Wind Quintets

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    19:20
  • 8:01 AM

    The Planets: Mercury

    Gustav Holst

    G. Holst: The Planets; E. Elgar: Serenade op. 20

    Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    4:19
  • 7:38 AM

    La Boutique fantasque (Fantastic Toy Shop)

    Ottorino Respighi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    20:30
  • 7:25 AM

    15 Original Dances

    Franz Schubert

    Gil Shaham, violin

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    11:45
  • 7:06 AM

    Magnolia Suite

    Nathaniel Dett

    Denver Oldham, piano

    17:25
  • 7:01 AM

    Legend No. 5

    Antonin Dvorak

    Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    4:28
  • 6:26 AM

    String Quartet

    Edvard Grieg

    Emerson String Quartet

    32:03
  • 6:24 AM

    An Old Music Box (Une vieux boite de musique)

    Deodat de Severac

    Piano Rarities, Vol. 2 - Compositeurs

    Cyprien Katsaris, piano

    1:13
  • 6:01 AM

    Poem

    Zdenek Fibich

    Claire Jones: Royal Harp Strings

    London Mozart Players

    Stuart Morley, conductor

    Claire Jones, harp

    4:21
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