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  • 4:14 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Jean Sibelius

    SIBELIUS, J.: Symphony No. 2 / Karelia Suite

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Pietari Inkinen, conductor

    43:53
  • 4:10 AM

    The Youth's Magic Horn: Who thought up this little song?

    Gustav Mahler

    Storyteller

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Eivind Aadland, conductor

    Tine Thing Helseth, trumpet

    1:51
  • 4:06 AM

    Two Ritournelles

    Henry Cowell

    Dancing with Henry

    Josephine Gandolfi, piano

    4:10
  • 4:01 AM

    Zambra Granadina

    Isaac Albeniz

    Isaac Albeniz: Spanish Music For Classical Guitar

    David Russell, guitar

    4:43
  • 3:39 AM

    Suite for Large Orchestra

    Helena Munktell

    Helena Munktell: Orchestral Works

    Gavle Symphony Orchestra

    Tobias Ringborg, conductor

    19:18
  • 3:19 AM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Violin Concertos

    English Baroque Soloists

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    Kati Debretzeni, violin

    18:35
  • 3:13 AM

    La Sylphide: Reel

    Herman Lovenskiold

    Lovenskiold: La Sylphide

    Royal Danish Philharmonic

    David Garforth, conductor

    4:20
  • 3:06 AM

    Sonorous Table Suite (Mensa sonora): Part 5

    Heinrich Biber

    Baroque Band

    Garry Clarke, conductor

    6:16
  • 3:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 62 "Emperor": Minuet

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Mozart: Hunt & Dissonance Quartets; Haydn

    Emerson String Quartet

    4:36
  • 2:49 AM

    Leonardo Dreams of his Flying Machine

    Eric Whitacre

    Eric Whitacre: The Complete A Capella Works

    Brigham Young University Singers

    Ronald Staheli, conductor

    8:49
  • 2:25 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Royal Flemish Philharmonic

    Philippe Herreweghe, conductor

    Martin Helmchen, piano

    22:48
  • 2:13 AM

    Albany Symphony Orchestra

    David Alan Miller, conductor

    Weixiong Wang, clarinet

    10:29
  • 2:06 AM

    The Spanish Lady: Suite

    Edward Elgar

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    5:49
  • 2:01 AM

    La Folia/Chi passa

    Anonymous

    Airs Populaires Anglais di XVIIe

    Broadside Band

    Jeremy Barlow, conductor

    4:46
  • 1:47 AM

    Four Seasons: Summer

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Four Seasons

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    11:03
  • 1:34 AM

    Calico Winds

    12:25
  • 1:19 AM

    String Quartet No. 14 "Death and the Maiden": 2nd movement

    Franz Schubert

    The Kernis Project: Schubert

    Jasper String Quartet

    13:21
  • 1:07 AM

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Skaila Kanga, harp

    9:28
  • 1:01 AM

    Tango No. 2

    Astor Piazzolla

    Tali Morgulis, piano

    4:45
  • 12:45 AM

    Divertimento No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Divertimenti KN 113, 137 & 251

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    13:01
  • 12:14 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "The Great National"

    Muzio Clementi

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Francesco d'Avalos, conductor

    29:39
  • 12:06 AM

    Serenade No. 2

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Works for Violin and Orchestra

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Pekka Kuusisto, conductor

    Pekka Kuusisto, violin

    6:05
  • 12:01 AM

    Suite for Strings: Prelude

    Joan Trimble

    Silver Apples of the Moon

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    4:47
  • 11:49 PM

    George Washington Bridge

    William Schuman

    Wind Symphony

    University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    9:00
  • 11:42 PM

    Waltz No. 2 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    6:12
  • 11:32 PM

    Symphony No. 7

    William Boyce

    Boyce: 8 Symphonies

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    9:23
  • 11:23 PM

    Symphony No. 2: Andantino

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Little Russian, Rimsky-Korsakov: Antar

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    7:15
  • 11:07 PM

    The Lark Ascending

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams; Tavener

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    15:55
  • 11:01 PM

    Ca'azapa (Popular Paraguayan Song)

    Agustin Barrios

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    4:35
  • 10:49 PM

    Artaserse: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Cimarosa: Overtures, 2

    Toronto Chamber Orchestra

    Kevin Mallon, conductor

    9:06
  • 10:31 PM

    Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    16:45
  • 10:22 PM

    Serenade No. 1

    Robert Volkmann

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    7:42
  • 10:15 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": Andante

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Piano Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    6:37
  • 10:06 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 5

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    Michala Petri, recorder

    7:46
  • 10:01 PM

    String Quartet No. 11 "Serioso": 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Cypress String Quartet

    4:41
  • 9:47 PM

    Breaking Waves

    Helena Munktell

    Helena Munktell: Orchestral Works

    Gavle Symphony Orchestra

    Tobias Ringborg, conductor

    11:14
  • 9:43 PM

    Humoresque No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Encore

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    3:49
  • 9:32 PM

    Der Rosenkavalier: Waltz Sequence No. 2

    Richard Strauss

    Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavelier; Die Frau ohne Schatten; Burleske

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    8:44
  • 9:27 PM

    Fantasy

    Malcolm Arnold

    Legacy: A Tribute to Dennis Brain

    Ben Goldscheider, horn

    4:43
  • 9:10 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 5

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    15:55
  • 9:07 PM

    Etude No. 1 "Aeolian Harp"

    Frederic Chopin

    Javier Perianes, piano

    2:39
  • 9:03 PM

    Danny Boy (Irish Tune from County Derry)

    Traditional Irish

    Let Your Voice Be Heard

    Cantus

    2:49
  • 8:42 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 2, 3, 5, 6

    Amsterdam Guitar Trio

    15:54
  • 8:30 PM

    Sonata No. 3

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    (Selected members), conductor

    11:09
  • 8:24 PM

    Eugene Onegin: Polonaise

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    4:49
  • 8:17 PM

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits

    Christoph Gluck

    Gluck: Orfeo Ed Euridice

    Insula Orchestra

    Laurence Equilbey, conductor

    6:11
  • 8:06 PM

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    Marc Neikrug, piano

    9:39
  • 8:01 PM

    Gone with the Wind: Tara Theme

    Max Steiner

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:40
  • 7:50 PM

    Invitation to the Dance

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Karajan Conducts Orchestral Favorites I

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    8:35
  • 5:50 PM

    Serenade No. 9 "Posthorn": 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concentus Musicus Vienna

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    8:35
  • 5:36 PM

    Scheherazade: The Festival at Baghdad

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    World Orchestra For Peace: The Credit Suisse Tour 2005

    World Orchestra for Peace

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    11:46
  • 5:27 PM

    Edmonton Symphony Orchestra

    Uri Mayer, conductor

    7:31
  • 5:20 PM

    Six English Tunes

    Peter Warlock

    Warlock: Capriol Suite; The Curlew; Six English Tunes; Serenade; Six Italian Dance Tunes; Ross Pople/London Festival Orchestra

    London Festival Orchestra

    Ross Pople, conductor

    7:11
  • 5:06 PM

    Rebel

    Jorg-Michael Schwarz, conductor

    Matthias Maute, flute

    12:45
  • 5:01 PM

    Silvain Overture

    Andre Gretry

    Orchestre De Bretagne

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    4:43
  • 4:44 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 9

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas 9

    Bernard Roberts, piano

    14:04
  • 4:18 PM

    Symphony No. 87

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor

    24:34
  • 4:12 PM

    Harp Concerto: Joy Ride

    Jennifer Higdon

    Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

    Ward Stare, conductor

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    4:25
  • 4:06 PM

    Les Troyens (The Trojans): Trojan March

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: La Marseillaise, Etc

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    5:22
  • 4:01 PM

    Trio Sonata No. 1: Gigue

    Johann Goldberg

    Bach: Sonates en Trio

    London Baroque

    Ingrid Seifert, violin

    4:37
  • 3:42 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Richard Strauss

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    William Caballero, horn

    16:17
  • 3:28 PM

    The Oak

    Florence Price

    The Oak - Mississippi River Suite - Symphony No. 3

    Women's Philharmonic

    Apo Hsu, conductor

    12:36
  • 3:23 PM

    Silver Clouds Chasing the Moon

    Ren Guang

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    3:33
  • 3:06 PM

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    15:58
  • 3:01 PM

    Flute Quartet No. 1: 2nd movement

    Francois-Joseph Gossec

    Milliere String Trio

    Patrice Bocquillon, flute

    4:42
  • 2:44 PM

    Tintagel

    Arnold Bax

    Seascapes

    Virginia Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    14:48
  • 2:41 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 11

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Concerti Grossi Op 6, 9-12

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    17:10
  • 2:35 PM

    Downton Abbey: The Suite

    John Lunn

    Downton Abbey: The Ultimate Collection

    Chamber Orchestra of London

    Alastair King, conductor

    John Lunn, piano

    7:06
  • 2:15 PM

    Variations on a Rococo Theme

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    19:00
  • 2:03 PM

    Scaramouche

    Darius Milhaud

    Poulenc: Concerto pour 2 Pianos et Orchestre

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos

    9:10
  • 2:01 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 21

    Johannes Brahms

    Dancing For 100 Years

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    1:25
  • 1:52 PM

    Il barbiere di Siviglia (Barber of Seville): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jaime Laredo, conductor

    7:16
  • 1:44 PM

    American Eagle Waltz

    Jacques Offenbach

    Offenbach Music from the Operettas

    Gulbenkian Orchestra

    Michel Swierczewski, conductor

    Nelson Rocha, trumpet

    6:54
  • 1:40 PM

    Our Town: Grover's Corners

    Aaron Copland

    Essential Aaron Copland: 12 Greatest Hits

    London Sinfonietta

    Elgar Howarth, conductor

    2:56
  • 1:34 PM

    Kyunghee Kim-Sutre, harp

    4:10
  • 1:23 PM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Violin Concerto

    Lucerne Festival Strings

    Daniel Dodds, conductor

    Midori, violin

    9:46
  • 1:19 PM

    Etincelles (Sparks)

    Moritz Moszkowski

    Stephen Hough, piano

    2:53
  • 1:10 PM

    An English Suite: Air and Frolic

    Hubert Parry

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    5:56
  • 1:04 PM

    Fidelity Rewarded Overture

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 96 and 102 (The Miracle)

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    3:50
  • 12:48 PM

    Gloriana: Courtly Dances

    Benjamin Britten

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    10:18
  • 12:42 PM

    Picciola serenata: Minuetto

    Antonio Salieri

    Mozart � Salieri

    Armonia Ensemble

    4:57
  • 12:33 PM

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    7:00
  • 12:30 PM

    Jenny's Welcome Home to Charlie

    Traditional

    Brooklyn Rider

    Martin Hayes, Irish fiddle

    2:39
  • 12:27 PM

    Scenes from Childhood: Of Foreign Lands and People

    Robert Schumann

    Carol Rosenberger, piano

    1:45
  • 12:19 PM

    Brook Green Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    6:16
  • 12:15 PM

    Tritsch-Tratsch (Chit-Chat) Polka

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Vienna Boys Choir

    2:36
  • 12:04 PM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

    Franz Liszt

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    10:03
  • 11:54 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 1: Rondo

    Ethel Smyth

    Smyth: Complete Piano Works

    Liana Serbescu, piano

    5:07
  • 11:47 AM

    Vocalise

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    A La Carte

    Abbey Road Ensemble

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    5:49
  • 11:37 AM

    Trumpet Concerto No. 2

    Michael Haydn

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    8:52
  • 11:27 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 2nd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    8:44
  • 11:21 AM

    The Immovable Do

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger Edition Vol. 5: Works for Chorus & Orchestra 2

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:56
  • 11:16 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Air on the G String

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Greatest Classical Show On Earth

    Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

    Karl Munchinger, conductor

    3:42
  • 11:08 AM

    Trio No. 2 "In the Form of a Suite": Entrance

    Vincent d'Indy

    Faure, Saint-Saens, D'indy

    Horszowski Trio

    5:45
  • 11:04 AM

    Dance Suite after Couperin: Entrance

    Richard Strauss

    Kempe Conducts Richard Strauss - 3

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Rudolf Kempe, conductor

    3:31
  • 10:42 AM

    Cockaigne Overture (In London Town)

    Edward Elgar

    The Lark Ascending

    Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra

    Bramwell Tovey, conductor

    16:49
  • 10:34 AM

    String Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Italian Oratorios

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    5:33
  • 10:23 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 1: 1st movement

    Victor Herbert

    Victor Herbert: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 and 2

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Mark Kosower, cello

    11:12
  • 10:18 AM

    Memories of the Alhambra

    Francisco Tarrega

    Serenata Espanola

    Xavier de Maistre, harp

    3:58
  • 10:11 AM

    Andante for Flute and Orchestra

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Flute Concertos

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Susan Palma, flute

    6:03
  • 10:06 AM

    Auf Flugeln des Gesanges (On wings of song)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    My Gift To You

    Antonin Kubalek, piano

    4:04
  • 10:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 2: 4th movement

    Robert Schumann

    Ying String Quartet

    4:43
  • 9:40 AM

    Music for the Royal Fireworks

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Music For The Royal Fireworks

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    17:55
  • 9:22 AM

    Tuba Concerto

    John Williams

    20th-Century Tuba Concertos

    Singapore Symphony Orchestra

    Anne Manson, conductor

    Oystein Baadsvik, tuba

    17:02
  • 9:16 AM

    Christoph Denoth, guitar

    4:05
  • 9:06 AM

    Variations on "I Got Rhythm"

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin: Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra

    Eos Orchestra

    Jonathan Sheffer, conductor

    Michael Boriskin, piano

    8:55
  • 9:01 AM

    Cello Concerto: Finale

    Nicola Porpora

    Concerti di Venezia

    La Folia Baroque Orchestra

    Robin Peter Muller, conductor

    Jan Vogler, cello

    4:30
  • 8:16 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    40:23
  • 8:09 AM

    Nocturne No. 11

    Gabriel Faure

    Louis Lortie, piano

    4:55
  • 8:06 AM

    Album for Children: The Old Nanny's Tale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tranquility, Vol. 2

    I Musici Montreal

    Yuli Turovsky, conductor

    2:54
  • 8:01 AM

    Bees and Bumblebees

    Eugene Arcade Dede

    American Romantics

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    4:33
  • 7:43 AM

    Octet for Winds

    Igor Stravinsky

    J. Strauss: Waltz Transcriptions/Stravinsky: Chamber Music

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    15:04
  • 7:36 AM

    Rosamunde: Entr'acte No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    Masterpieces in Miniature

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    6:51
  • 7:12 AM

    Cello Sonata No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Complete works for Piano and Cello

    David Finckel, cello

    22:47
  • 7:06 AM

    Mysterious Ones

    Patricia van Ness

    Angeli

    Ensemble Pan

    4:49
  • 7:01 AM

    Lachrimae Tristes

    John Dowland

    The Dowland Consort

    Jakob Lindberg, conductor

    4:45
  • 6:36 AM

    Rossiniana Suite

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Orchestral Works

    Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra

    George Hanson, conductor

    21:50
  • 6:32 AM

    La plus que lente (As Slowly as Possible)

    Claude Debussy

    Memory

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    4:13
  • 6:06 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Robert Schumann

    Dvorak and Schumann: Cello Concertos

    Stuttgart Philharmonic

    Radoslav Szulc, conductor

    Pablo Ferrandez, cello

    23:46
  • 6:01 AM

    Symphonic Dance No. 1

    Cyril Scott

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    4:40
  • 5:39 AM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 1

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Neidich, clarinet

    19:05
  • 5:35 AM

    Gnossienne No. 1

    Erik Satie

    The Guitarist

    John Williams, guitar

    3:49
  • 5:07 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos 1 & 4; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    Simon Trpceski, piano

    26:40
  • 5:01 AM

    Summer in the High Grassland

    Zhao Jiping

    Silk Road Journeys: Beyond the Horizon

    Silk Road Ensemble

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:33