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  • 5:16 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1, Fantaisie op. 49 etc.

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Emmanuel Krivine, conductor

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    41:44
  • 5:06 AM

    Spiegel im Spiegel (Mirror in the Mirror)

    Arvo Part

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    8:23
  • 5:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 10

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: The Nocturnes

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    4:41
  • 4:53 AM

    Blue Curve of the Earth

    Tina Davidson

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    Cory Smythe, piano

    4:53
  • 4:36 AM

    La Creation du Monde

    Darius Milhaud

    London Sinfonietta

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    16:27
  • 4:32 AM

    Hiroko Ishimoto, piano

    3:24
  • 4:23 AM

    The Bells of St. Genevieve

    Marin Marais

    Spectre de la Rose

    8:24
  • 4:06 AM

    Piano Trio "Elegiaque" No. 1

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov: Piano Trios

    Lang Lang, piano

    14:49
  • 4:01 AM

    Lullaby (Berceuse)

    Arnold Bax

    Bax: Viola and Piano Music

    Charles Matthews, piano

    4:34
  • 3:50 AM

    Keymaster

    Caleb Burhans

    Janus: i am not

    Janus

    7:34
  • 3:16 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Three Symphonies, Petite Suite, Polovetsian Dances

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    32:36
  • 3:06 AM

    Sinfonia for 2 Oboes

    Tomaso Albinoni

    London Virtuosi

    John Georgiadis, conductor

    Anthony Camden, oboe

    Alison Alty, oboe

    8:24
  • 3:01 AM

    Scottish Rondo

    John Field

    Miceal O'Rourke, piano

    4:34
  • 2:48 AM

    The Fairies: Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Tristan and Isolde, An Orchestral Passion

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    10:47
  • 2:29 AM

    Fantasie for Piano Four-Hands

    Franz Schubert

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    Zhu Xiao-Mei, piano

    16:50
  • 2:12 AM

    Flute Concerto

    Leopold Hofmann

    WF & CPE Bach, L. Hofmann: Flute Concertos

    Vienna Academy

    Martin Haselbock, conductor

    Christian Gurtner, flute

    16:14
  • 2:06 AM

    Cantabile

    Niccolo Paganini

    Paganini Duos

    Pekka Kuusisto, violin

    4:44
  • 2:01 AM

    Fall River Legend: Hymnal Variations

    Morton Gould

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Sedares, conductor

    4:33
  • 1:57 AM

    The Love for Three Oranges: March

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    1:33
  • 1:34 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    22:42
  • 1:13 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    Samuel Wesley

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    18:21
  • 1:09 AM

    Two Rossetti Songs: Remember

    Stephen Chatman

    Due West - Music of Stephen Chatman

    Vancouver Chamber Choir

    Jon Washburn, conductor

    3:00
  • 1:06 AM

    Memory of Prelude

    Takashi Yoshimatsu

    Mitsouko Kado, piano

    2:15
  • 1:01 AM

    Picturesque Pieces: Pompous Minuet

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    pictures at an exhibition

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    4:33
  • 12:48 AM

    Les caracteres de la danse

    Jean-Fery Rebel

    The Sun King's Paradise

    Palladian Ensemble

    9:19
  • 12:39 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 2

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Etc

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Norbert Hauptmann, horn

    19:07
  • 12:25 AM

    Carnival of the Animals

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    22:00
  • 12:15 AM

    El Manisero (The Peanut Vendor)

    Moises Simons

    Mozart y Mambo

    Havana Lyceum Orchestra

    Jose Antonio Mendez Padron, conductor

    Sarah Willis, horn

    8:33
  • 12:06 AM

    Bamboula

    Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    Gottschalk: Piano Music 3

    Philip Martin, piano

    8:09
  • 12:01 AM

    Henry V: Non nobis domine

    Patrick Doyle

    Henry V: Original Soundtrack Recording

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    4:10
  • 11:43 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Giovanni Antonini, conductor

    16:28
  • 11:34 PM

    Winter, you are nothing but a knave

    Claude Debussy

    Winter Sounds

    Uppsala Academic Chamber Choir

    Stefan Parkman, conductor

    2:09
  • 11:21 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn in Birmingham, Vol. 5: Overtures

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Edward Gardner, conductor

    11:25
  • 11:17 PM

    GoranSollscher

    3:16
  • 11:13 PM

    Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

    George Frideric Handel

    The Handel Collection

    City of London Sinfonia

    John Rutter, conductor

    3:13
  • 11:13 PM

    The Nightingale

    Alexander Alabiev

    Sasha Boldachev, harp

    4:54
  • 11:10 PM

    The Storm is Passing Over

    Charles Albert Tindley

    Forty and Fine

    Minnesota Boychoir

    Mark S. Johnson, conductor

    2:45
  • 11:05 PM

    Air and Simple Gifts

    John Williams

    The Music of America: John Williams

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    4:30
  • 11:02 PM

    Rondeau

    Jean-Joseph Mouret

    Wynton Marsalis: In Gabriel's Garden

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    2:02
  • 10:40 PM

    Symphony no. 1 (Finale)

    Gustav Mahler

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    20:15
  • 10:35 PM

    There is a Balm in Gilead

    Spiritual

    American Spiritual Ensemble

    Dr. Everett McCorvey, conductor

    4:25
  • 10:25 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 4th movement

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    9:02
  • 10:18 PM

    Fantasy-Impromptu

    Frederic Chopin

    The Complete Piano Works of Chopin, Vol 5: Polonaises & Impromptus

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    5:03
  • 10:07 PM

    Star Wars: The Phantom Menace: Duel of the Fates

    John Williams

    Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace: Duel of the Fates: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:14
  • 9:55 PM

    Night on Bald Mountain

    Modest Mussorgsky

    The Fantastic Stokowski

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    8:43
  • 9:48 PM

    Christ on the Mount of Olives: Hallelujah

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Absolute Heaven

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    4:02
  • 9:41 PM

    1812 Overture

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture

    Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    14:49
  • 9:38 PM

    Swan Lake: Spanish Dance

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake; Sleeping Beauty; The Nutcracker: Highlights

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    2:32
  • 9:29 PM

    Symphony No. 26

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies, Vol. 6

    Danish National Chamber Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    8:01
  • 9:15 PM

    Concerto for Two Violins and Two Cellos

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    9:44
  • 9:03 PM

    Variations on America

    Charles Ives

    Organ Odyssey

    Mary Preston, organ

    8:45
  • 9:00 PM

    America the Beautiful

    Samuel Ward/Katharine Bates

    Cantus

    3:03
  • 6:56 PM

    Forgotten Waltz No. 1

    Franz Liszt

    Nelson Freire, piano

    2:38
  • 6:42 PM

    Marosszek Dances

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Budapest Symphony Orchestra

    Gyorgy Lehel, conductor

    13:52
  • 6:17 PM

    Coppelia Ballet Suite

    Leo Delibes

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Heinz Fricke, conductor

    23:30
  • 6:14 PM

    Piece in the Old Style

    Henryk Gorecki

    I Fiamminghi

    Rudolf Werthen, conductor

    1:31
  • 6:06 PM

    Bourree Fantasque

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    French National Orchestra

    Armin Jordan, conductor

    7:02
  • 6:01 PM

    I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Capulets and Montagues): Sinfonia

    Vincenzo Bellini

    Orchestra of St. Cecilia

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    4:40
  • 5:30 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Xaver Scharwenka

    Romantic Piano Concerto Vol. 38

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    27:58
  • 5:19 PM

    Field of Dreams: The Place Where Dreams Come True

    James Horner

    Studio Orchestra

    James Horner, conductor

    9:07
  • 5:06 PM

    Concert Overture No. 1

    Alberto Williams

    Fiesta Criolla: Latin-American Orchestral Works

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    Gabriel Castagna, conductor

    10:10
  • 5:01 PM

    Scotch Strathspey and Reel

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger: Piano Music

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    4:40
  • 4:49 PM

    The Happy Forest

    Arnold Bax

    BAX: Symphony No. 3 / The Happy Forest

    Scottish National Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    9:25
  • 4:45 PM

    In The Bottoms Suite: Dance

    Nathaniel Dett

    William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    2:15
  • 4:21 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American"

    William Grant Still

    Still: Symphony No. 1/Ellington: River Suite

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    24:08
  • 4:06 PM

    Cello Concerto

    Giovanni Platti

    Ensemble Cordia

    Stefano Veggetti, cello

    12:34
  • 4:01 PM

    Chilean Dance

    Andrew York

    Andrew York, guitar

    4:30
  • 3:55 PM

    Le Gaillard-Boiteux (The fellow who limped)

    Francois Couperin

    Couperin: Keyboard Music

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    3:06
  • 3:51 PM

    Sinfonietta No. 1

    Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    Live in Concert

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    Damon Gupton, conductor

    6:34
  • 3:25 PM

    Symphony No. 82 "The Bear"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    25:19
  • 3:19 PM

    The Bear's Dance

    John Playford

    David Douglass, violin

    Paul O'Dette, lute

    Andrew Lawrence-King, harp

    4:25
  • 3:03 PM

    Concerto for Violin and "Echo Violin"

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Concert Recording

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Nina Tso-Ning Fan, violin

    15:21
  • 2:59 PM

    Etude No. 12 "Revolutionary"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes Opus 10, Op. 25

    Murray Perahia, piano

    2:30
  • 2:50 PM

    The Prophet: Ballet of the Skaters: Redowa

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    7:05
  • 2:36 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    English Baroque Soloists

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    Kati Debretzeni, violin

    13:41
  • 2:31 PM

    Minuet

    Luigi Boccherini

    Sun-Flute IV

    Musica Vitae

    Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor

    Gunilla von Bahr, piccolo/flute

    3:55
  • 2:23 PM

    Gold and Silver Waltz

    Franz Lehar

    Viennafest

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:34
  • 2:17 PM

    Gold Dust Waltz

    Erik Satie

    Anne Queffelec, piano

    4:33
  • 2:09 PM

    Conga del Fuego nuevo

    Arturo Marquez

    Gustavo Dudamel: Discoveries

    Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    4:54
  • 2:04 PM

    El Amor Brujo: Ritual Fire Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Symphonic Spectacular

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:00
  • 1:53 PM

    Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye): The Fairy Garden

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Sheherazade, etc.

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    5:24
  • 1:49 PM

    Carnival of the Animals: The Swan

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Inspiration

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestral Cellos

    Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, conductor

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    2:34
  • 1:46 PM

    Hora staccato

    Grigoras Dinicu

    Dances for Flute

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    2:03
  • 1:41 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 3: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart y Mambo

    Havana Lyceum Orchestra

    Jose Antonio Mendez Padron, conductor

    Sarah Willis, horn

    3:43
  • 1:37 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 3: 2nd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart y Mambo

    Havana Lyceum Orchestra

    Jose Antonio Mendez Padron, conductor

    Sarah Willis, horn

    3:29
  • 1:30 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 3: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart y Mambo

    Havana Lyceum Orchestra

    Jose Antonio Mendez Padron, conductor

    Sarah Willis, horn

    7:06
  • 1:18 PM

    Capriccio Brillant

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Sinfonia da Camera

    Ian Hobson, conductor

    Ian Hobson, piano

    10:40
  • 1:14 PM

    March of the Little Lead Soldiers

    Gabriel Pierne

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    3:05
  • 1:14 PM

    Jazz Suite No. 2: March

    Dmitri Shostakovich

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

    Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Dmitri Kitayenko, conductor

    3:00
  • 1:06 PM

    Villanelle

    Paul Dukas

    Gliere, Saint-Saens, Dukas, Chabrier: Works For Horn

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    6:02
  • 1:04 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:56
  • 12:53 PM

    Castor and Pollux: Overture

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Rameau: Castor et Pollux; Purcell: 3 Fantasias

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    5:02
  • 12:49 PM

    March of the Trolls

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Sonata, 7 Fugues, Etc

    Mikhail Pletnev, piano

    3:21
  • 12:34 PM

    Triple Concerto: Rondo alla Polacca

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Christian Zacharias, piano

    12:51
  • 12:26 PM

    Polish Concerto (Concerto Polonois)

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    7:39
  • 12:16 PM

    Introduction and Polonaise

    Frederic Chopin

    Matt Haimovitz, cello

    Itamar Golan, piano

    9:07
  • 12:07 PM

    Serenade No. 1: Rondo

    Johannes Brahms

    Residentie Orchestra of the Hague

    Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor

    6:24
  • 12:04 PM

    Miniatures: Minuet

    Frank Bridge

    Jack Liebeck, violin

    Alexander Chaushian, cello

    Ashley Wass, piano

    2:40
  • 11:52 AM

    Bartered Bride: Overture

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: The Bartered Bride & From My Life

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    6:36
  • 11:32 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suites for a Young Prince

    Sonnerie

    Monica Huggett, conductor

    17:33
  • 11:30 AM

    Brazilian Dance

    Camargo Guarnieri

    Essencia Do Brasil

    Brazilian Guitar Quartet

    2:08
  • 11:16 AM

    Philharmonic of La Scala

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    12:07
  • 11:06 AM

    String Symphony No. 10

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn - String Symphonies 8-9-10

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    9:39
  • 11:01 AM

    Waldesrauschen (Forest Murmurs)

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt Piano Music, 20

    William Wolfram, piano

    4:24
  • 10:57 AM

    Musical Moment No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    Paul Lewis, piano

    1:52
  • 10:49 AM

    Overture "In the Italian Style"

    Franz Schubert

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Edward Gardner, conductor

    7:20
  • 10:32 AM

    Flute and Oboe Concerto

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Janos Rolla, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    Pierre Pierlot, oboe

    15:10
  • 10:18 AM

    Sonatina

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    Serenade to the Dawn

    Andrea Lieberknecht, flute

    12:27
  • 10:06 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 1

    William Alwyn

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    11:17
  • 10:01 AM

    David of the White Rock

    John Thomas

    Sebastien Lipman, harp

    4:29
  • 9:44 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    14:44
  • 9:17 AM

    Four Tone Poems after Arnold Bocklin

    Max Reger

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    25:20
  • 9:06 AM

    Goyescas: Coloquio en la reja (Dialogue at the Window)

    Enrique Granados

    Granados: Goyescas, etc.

    Xiayin Wang, piano

    9:52
  • 9:01 AM

    Return from Fingal; Irish Jig

    Traditional Irish

    Wild Mountain Thyme: Celtic Music for Guitar

    Scott Tennant, guitar

    4:39
  • 8:18 AM

    Harold in Italy

    Hector Berlioz

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    Tabea Zimmermann, viola

    40:18
  • 8:06 AM

    Birds in Warped Time II

    Somei Satoh

    Satoh, Debussy, Messiaen, Takemitsu, Ravel

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    10:22
  • 8:01 AM

    Contemplation

    Henriette Renie

    The Healing Harp

    Naoko Yoshino, harp

    4:33
  • 7:44 AM

    Tintagel

    Arnold Bax

    Virginia Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    14:48
  • 7:36 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 2: Andante

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Hilary Hahn Plays Bach

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    6:31
  • 7:06 AM

    Concerto Antico

    Richard Harvey

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    John Williams, guitar

    28:41
  • 7:01 AM

    Chaconne

    John Blow

    Chaconne

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    4:33
  • 6:54 AM

    Toccata

    Mily Balakirev

    Russian Piano Music

    Margaret Fingerhut, piano

    4:26
  • 6:41 AM

    Snow Maiden Suite

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Great Orchestral Works

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    Roberta Alexander, soprano

    12:18
  • 6:11 AM

    String Quartet No. 2

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin, Smetana: String Quartets

    Cleveland Quartet

    28:35
  • 6:06 AM

    Nocturne "Parting"

    Mikhail Glinka

    Alexei Lubimov, piano

    4:19
  • 6:01 AM

    Pictures at an Exhibition: The Old Castle

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Moussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    4:41
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