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  • 4:15 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Yefim Bronfman, piano

    43:02
  • 4:06 AM

    Cantus in memory of Benjamin Britten

    Arvo Part

    Arvo Part: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    7:08
  • 4:01 AM

    God in Disguise: Prelude

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    LARSSON: Forkladd gud (God in Disguise) / Symphony No. 3

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Sten Frykberg, conductor

    4:31
  • 3:35 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    Vladimir Spivakov, violin

    23:24
  • 3:21 AM

    Sonata for Harp

    Alan Hovhaness

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    12:09
  • 3:16 AM

    The Wise Woman (Die Kluge): Scene with Three Vagabonds

    Carl Orff

    Carl Orff: Kleines Konzert

    Mainz Wind Ensemble

    Klaus Rainer Scholl, conductor

    3:15
  • 3:06 AM

    Concerto for Oboe and Bassoon

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Wind Concerti

    City of London Sinfonia

    Nicholas Kraemer, conductor

    9:14
  • 3:01 AM

    Festival Scherzo for Piano and Strings

    Madeleine Dring

    Peacock Pie: Gibbs, Jacob, Rootham, Milford, Dring

    Guildhall Strings

    Robert Salter, conductor

    Martin Roscoe, piano

    4:32
  • 2:45 AM

    Masques and Bergamasques

    Gabriel Faure

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Emmanuel Krivine, conductor

    12:57
  • 2:45 AM

    Masques and Bergamasques

    Gabriel Faure

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Emmanuel Krivine, conductor

    12:57
  • 2:26 AM

    Four African Dances

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Chamber Music

    John Fadial, violin

    18:07
  • 2:10 AM

    Allegro, from Piano Concerto in F

    George Gershwin

    MN Orchestra

    Ken-David Masur, conductor

    12:00
  • 1:57 AM

    Moderately slow, from Symphony No. 2

    William Grant Still

    MN Orchestra

    Ken-David Masur, conductor

    7:00
  • 1:45 AM

    Wizard of Oz Fantasy for Solo Piano, based on the themes of Harold Arlen and Herbert Stothart

    William Hirtz

    MN Orchestra

    Ken-David Masur, conductor

    John Kimura Parker

    8:00
  • 1:27 AM

    Essay No. 1

    Samuel Barber

    MN Orchestra

    Ken-David Masur, conductor

    7:00
  • 1:21 AM

    Alla sarabande and Alla burletta, from Sinfonietta No. 2, Generations

    Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    MN Orchestra

    Ken-David Masur, conductor

    8:00
  • 1:06 AM

    Allegro con fuoco, from Gaelic Symphony

    Amy Beach

    MN Orchestra

    Ken-David Masur, conductor

    11:00
  • 1:01 AM

    Summon the Heroes

    John Williams

    MN Orchestra

    Ken-David Masur, conductor

    6:00
  • 12:48 AM

    Variations on Mozart's "Bei Mannern"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Cellosonaten Op 5, Variationen

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    9:42
  • 12:23 AM

    Symphony No. 83 "The Hen"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Paris Symphonies Nos. 82, 83, 84

    Tafelmusik

    Bruno Weil, conductor

    24:11
  • 12:14 AM

    Fiesta criolla

    Manuel Gomez Carrillo

    Fiesta Criolla: Latin-American Orchestral Works

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    Gabriel Castagna, conductor

    7:10
  • 12:06 AM

    Overture No. 2

    Louise Farrenc

    European Soloists, Luxembourg

    Christoph Konig, conductor

    7:07
  • 12:01 AM

    Hugh Aston's Ground

    Edward Collard

    Jakob Lindberg, lute

    4:48
  • 11:51 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 3

    Alessandro Scarlatti

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    Fabio Biondi, violin

    7:16
  • 11:34 PM

    Albany Symphony Orchestra

    David Alan Miller, conductor

    Tessa Lark, violin

    23:56
  • 11:24 PM

    String Quartet No. 22

    Josef Myslivecek

    Dolezal Quartet

    8:31
  • 11:15 PM

    This is why we sing

    Joshua Shank

    This Is Why We Sing

    The Summer Singers

    Russell Adrian, conductor

    7:36
  • 11:10 PM

    Starburst

    Jessie Montgomery

    Strum: Music for Strings

    String Orchestra

    3:26
  • 10:44 PM

    Nocturnes

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Pelleas Et Melisande Suite; Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Faun; Three Nocturnes

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    22:29
  • 10:33 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 5 "Concerto Pastoral": 3rd movement

    Ferdinand Ries

    RIES, F.: Piano Concertos, Vol. 4 (Hinterhuber, Grodd) - Nos. 4 and 5, "Pastoral" / Introduction and Rondeau Brilliant

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Uwe Grodd, conductor

    Christopher Hinterhuber, piano

    8:48
  • 10:25 PM

    Je te veux (I want you)

    Erik Satie

    Dance: Works for Piano

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    5:40
  • 10:01 PM

    Guitar Concerto No. 1

    Mauro Giuliani

    Giuliani: Guitar Concertos Nos. 1 & 3

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    22:27
  • 9:54 PM

    Requiem: Pie Jesu

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Requiem; Ravel: Pavane

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor

    Kathleen Battle, soprano

    4:02
  • 9:32 PM

    Suite No. 2 for Two Pianos

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Duo Piano Extravaganza

    Martha Argerich, piano

    20:45
  • 9:17 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Concerti Grossi Op. 3

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    11:11
  • 9:04 PM

    So Happy

    Stanley Woolner

    Houston County

    Ivan Konev, piano

    8:35
  • 8:48 PM

    Symphonie Fantastique: II, IV

    Hector Berlioz

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    :00
  • 8:42 PM

    Libertango

    Astor Piazolla

    Alessio Bax, piano

    Lucille Chung, piano

    :00
  • 8:31 PM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

    Franz Liszt

    Mephisto Magic

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    10:03
  • 8:25 PM

    Valse Vanite

    Rudy Wiedoeft

    Jess Gillam: Rise

    Jess Gillam, soprano saxophone

    4:23
  • 8:21 PM

    Porgy and Bess: Summertime

    George Gershwin

    The Essential Leontyne Price

    RCA Symphony Orchestra

    Skitch Henderson, conductor

    Leontyne Price, soprano

    2:28
  • 8:08 PM

    Four Seasons: Summer

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    Christina Day Martinson, violin

    10:42
  • 8:01 PM

    Ukuthula

    Traditional

    Palissander Chamber Choir

    Sarita Hauptfleisch, conductor

    :00
  • 5:49 PM

    Variations on "I Got Rhythm"

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin: Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra

    Eos Orchestra

    Jonathan Sheffer, conductor

    Michael Boriskin, piano

    8:55
  • 5:16 PM

    Enigma Variations

    Edward Elgar

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    31:24
  • 5:06 PM

    Sinfonia

    Carlo Lonati

    Ensemble Giardino di Delizie

    8:37
  • 5:01 PM

    Piano Trio No. 9: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: 11 Trios

    Beaux Arts Trio

    4:42
  • 4:49 PM

    Vocalise

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2; Vocalise, op. 34

    Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yuri Temirkanov, conductor

    8:52
  • 4:29 PM

    Siegfried Idyll

    Richard Wagner

    German Opera Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    19:14
  • 4:19 PM

    Omphale's Spinning Wheel

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Sinfonia of London

    John Wilson, conductor

    7:24
  • 4:06 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 37

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Rudolf Buchbinder, piano

    12:55
  • 4:01 PM

    Concert Suite No. 4: La Rameau

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Baroque Nouveau

    4:40
  • 3:50 PM

    Sinfonia Varsovia

    Emmanuel Krivine, conductor

    8:20
  • 3:22 PM

    Symphony No. 5

    Franz Schubert

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    26:35
  • 3:13 PM

    Tralala

    Christina Courtin

    The Brooklyn Rider Almanac

    Brooklyn Rider

    7:14
  • 3:06 PM

    Eugene Onegin: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Ballets Russes

    France Radio Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    6:01
  • 3:01 PM

    Stein-Erik Olsen, guitar

    4:34
  • 2:45 PM

    Scherzo fantastique

    Igor Stravinsky

    Petrouchka

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    12:59
  • 2:35 PM

    Songs of a Wayfarer: Ging heut Morgen ubers Feld (Morning Walk)

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler: Orchestral Songs

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Susanna Malkki, conductor

    Katarina Karneus, mezzo-soprano

    4:17
  • 2:01 PM

    Concerto for Two Oboes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerti Virtuosi

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    6:04
  • 1:58 PM

    On the Town: Lucky to Be Me

    Leonard Bernstein

    Kenny Burrell, guitar

    :00
  • 1:54 PM

    Children's Corner: Golliwog's Cakewalk

    Claude Debussy

    Grant Johannesen, piano

    :00
  • 1:46 PM

    True Constancy: Sinfonia

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Opera Overtures

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    8:24
  • 1:38 PM

    Toward a New Life

    Josef Suk

    Pomp & Pizazz

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:48
  • 1:33 PM

    The Road Home

    Stephen Paulus

    The Road Home

    Luther College Nordic Choir

    Craig Arnold, conductor

    4:24
  • 1:22 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 27: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos 27 And 8

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Rudolf Serkin, piano

    9:32
  • 1:17 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Scottish": 2nd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: The Symphonies

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    4:13
  • 1:08 PM

    Four Characteristic Waltzes: Queen's Waltz

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha OVerture / Petite Suite

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    5:14
  • 1:04 PM

    Hary Janos Suite: Entrance of the Emperor and His Court

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Prokofiev: Leiutenant Kije Suite

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    3:05
  • 12:51 PM

    Tancredi: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Schippers, conductor

    7:14
  • 12:42 PM

    L'Heure du berger (The Shepherd's Hour)

    Jean Francaix

    Francaix: Divertissement

    Gaudier Ensemble

    7:23
  • 12:34 PM

    Strike Up the Band: Overture

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin: Overtures

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    7:08
  • 12:27 PM

    Jewels of the Madonna: Intermezzo

    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    5:10
  • 12:22 PM

    The Harmonious Blacksmith

    George Frideric Handel

    Earl Wild, piano

    4:26
  • 12:20 PM

    Vienna Philharmonic Fanfare

    Richard Strauss

    Lake Wobegon Brass Band

    2:00
  • 12:16 PM

    Trumpet Tune

    Jeremiah Clarke

    Baroque Music for Brass and Organ

    Empire Brass

    William Kuhlman, organ

    1:15
  • 12:07 PM

    Oboe Concerto: 3rd movement

    Jan Anton Kozeluh

    Lost and Found

    Potsdam Chamber Academy

    Albrecht Mayer, conductor

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe

    7:28
  • 12:05 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:56
  • 11:54 AM

    Le roi s'amuse (The King Has Fun): Pavane and Scene du bouquet

    Leo Delibes

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:40
  • 11:46 AM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 6: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Murray Perahia plays Bach Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Murray Perahia, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    7:03
  • 11:35 AM

    Fantasy on Themes from Verdi's Rigoletto

    Franz & Karl Doppler

    Wiener Virtuosen

    9:53
  • 11:32 AM

    Swan Lake: Dance of the Little Swans

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    1:31
  • 11:21 AM

    Sonata No. 4

    Isabella Leonarda

    LEONARDA, I.: 12 Sonatas, Op. 16

    Cappella Strumentale del Duomo di Novara

    9:22
  • 11:17 AM

    Highland Fancy

    Marcus Dods

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    John Wilson, conductor

    Alaster Bentley, oboe

    3:12
  • 11:08 AM

    Prince and the Mermaid Suite

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    7:24
  • 11:04 AM

    Song without Words No. 1 "Sweet Remembrance"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Songs without Words

    Ilse von Alpenheim, piano

    2:54
  • 10:51 AM

    Pavane

    Gabriel Faure

    Voyage Central Park

    Lisa Friend, flute

    7:01
  • 10:44 AM

    Rondo for Violin and Orchestra

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Eivind Aadland, conductor

    Baiba Skride, violin

    6:06
  • 10:28 AM

    Wind Quintet

    Franz Danzi

    Danzi: Wind Quintets, Op. 56 Nos. 1 & 2, Op. 68 Nos. 1 & 2

    Academia Wind Quintet

    14:37
  • 10:15 AM

    Norwegian Rhapsody No. 1

    Johan Halvorsen

    Halvorsen, J.: Norwegian Rhapsodies Nos. 1 and 2 / Svendsen, J.: Norwegian Rhapsodies Nos. 1-4

    Trondheim Symphony Orchestra

    Ole Kristian Ruud, conductor

    12:41
  • 10:10 AM

    Legend No. 10

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends, Symphony No. 8

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    3:53
  • 10:06 AM

    Gymnopedie No. 3

    Erik Satie

    The Magic of Satie

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    3:01
  • 10:01 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 2: 1st movement

    William Alwyn

    Alwyn: Concerti Grossi Nos. 2 and 3

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    4:36
  • 9:51 AM

    Italian Serenade

    Hugo Wolf

    Wagner: Siegfried-Idyll/Sibelius: Valse Triste/etc.

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    7:19
  • 9:40 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No 2 / Muti, Philadelphia Orchestra

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    8:59
  • 9:19 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    CPE Bach: Cello Concertos

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    Gustav Leonhardt, conductor

    Anner Bylsma, cello

    19:21
  • 9:06 AM

    Symphony No. 9 "Choral": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 9

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    12:32
  • 9:01 AM

    Gotterdammerung: Closing Scene

    Richard Wagner

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Georg Solti, conductor

    4:33
  • 8:28 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann/Strauss

    German Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    30:28
  • 8:23 AM

    Infancia

    Egberto Gismonti

    Saga dos Migrantes

    Sergio Assad, guitar

    4:20
  • 8:06 AM

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    15:05
  • 8:01 AM

    Rondo for Horn and Orchestra

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Radovan Vlatkovic, horn

    4:36
  • 7:43 AM

    Suite in the Old Style

    Alfred Schnittke

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    15:26
  • 7:34 AM

    Two Melodies

    Edvard Grieg

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    8:20
  • 7:22 AM

    Six Fancies

    Cecil Burleigh

    Burleigh: Music for Violin and Piano

    Zina Schiff, violin

    10:01
  • 7:06 AM

    Afro-Cuban Concerto

    Valerie Coleman

    Imani Winds: The Classical Underground

    Imani Winds

    15:32
  • 7:01 AM

    Figure Humaine: Liberte

    Francis Poulenc

    12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic

    4:34
  • 6:32 AM

    Saudades do Brazil

    Darius Milhaud

    Erik Satie: Gymnopedies

    London Festival Players

    Bernard Herrmann, conductor

    26:33
  • 6:06 AM

    Flute Concerto

    Jerome Moross

    Frankie And Johnny

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Alexa Still, flute

    23:55
  • 6:01 AM

    Seringapatam

    Bruce Paine

    Waitemata Reverie: Music by Bruce Paine

    Gunter Herbig, guitar

    4:34
  • 5:40 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 8

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Isaac Stern - A Life In Music - Beethoven: Violin Sonatas

    Isaac Stern, violin

    17:54
  • 5:36 AM

    Gustavus Adolphus II: Elegy

    Hugo Alfven

    Alfven: Symphony No. 5 Etc.

    Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:08
  • 5:06 AM

    Africa

    William Grant Still

    STILL, W.G.: Symphony No. 1, "Afro-American" / In Memoriam / Africa (Fort Smith Symphony, Jeter)

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    27:44
  • 5:01 AM

    Modern Times: Smile

    Charlie Chaplin

    I Salonisti Play Music from Titanic, Casablanca, the Godfather

    I Salonisti

    4:31