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  • 4:37 AM

    Rossiniana Suite

    Ottorino Respighi

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    20:59
  • 4:22 AM

    Terra Incognita

    Wayne Shorter

    Imani Winds

    14:14
  • 4:06 AM

    Songs of the Roses

    Morten Lauridsen

    Romancero Gitano

    Los Angeles Chamber Singers

    14:41
  • 4:01 AM

    Serenade for Guitar and Strings

    Malcolm Arnold

    English Guitar Concertos

    Northern Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Craig Ogden, guitar

    4:31
  • 3:45 AM

    Trio Sonata No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Works for Trumpet

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    13:35
  • 3:14 AM

    Suite for Strings

    Ethel Smyth

    British Music for Strings, Vol. 3

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Douglas Bostock, conductor

    28:50
  • 3:06 AM

    Vladimir Horowitz, piano

    6:21
  • 3:01 AM

    String Quartet "For Art": 4th movement

    Eduardo Toldra

    Andorra National Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Claret, conductor

    4:42
  • 2:52 AM

    Etude No. 3 "Un Sospiro" (A Sigh)

    Franz Liszt

    Andre Watts Plays Liszt, Album 2

    Andre Watts, piano

    5:40
  • 2:15 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto, Souvenir D'un Lieu Cher

    Mahler Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    Janine Jansen, violin

    35:04
  • 2:06 AM

    Epitaph (To Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.)

    Adolphus Hailstork

    African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. II

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    7:38
  • 1:45 AM

    Bagatelles

    Antonin Dvorak

    Neapolitan Cafe

    Quartetto Gelato

    12:54
  • 1:21 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Maurice Ravel

    MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Kristjan Jarvi, conductor

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    22:46
  • 1:15 AM

    Adagetto

    Giacomo Puccini

    Puccini Discoveries

    Milan Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    4:17
  • 1:06 AM

    Over the Waves (Sobre las olas)

    Juventino Rosas

    Valses Mexicanos 1900

    Cuarteto Latinoamericano

    8:14
  • 1:01 AM

    Birds of Spring (Pajaros de primavera)

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Joaquin Rodrigo: Works for Solo Guitar

    Angel Romero, guitar

    4:43
  • 11:52 PM

    Festive Overture

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Gustavo Dudamel: Discoveries

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    5:55
  • 11:39 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 3: Rondo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Complete Piano Concertos

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Andrew Constantine, conductor

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    9:03
  • 11:38 PM

    Waltz No. 15

    Johannes Brahms

    Carol Rosenberger, piano

    1:26
  • 11:27 PM

    Mlada: Procession of the Nobles

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Orchestral Suites

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    4:53
  • 11:21 PM

    Hansel and Gretel: Evening Prayer

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    5:35
  • 11:11 PM

    Colas Breugnon Overture

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Russian Overtures

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    5:30
  • 11:01 PM

    Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance, etc.

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    6:05
  • 10:53 PM

    Don Giovanni: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20, 21; Don Giovanni Overture

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    5:49
  • 10:45 PM

    The Prophet: Coronation March

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    4:15
  • 10:37 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 2: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: 5 Piano Concertos

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Ramin Bahrami, piano

    7:16
  • 10:27 PM

    The Valkyrie: Ride of the Valkyries

    Richard Wagner

    Symphonic Spectacular

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:50
  • 10:21 PM

    Ave Maria

    Franz Schubert

    Marian Anderson: Bach, Brahms, Schubert

    Marian Anderson, contralto

    4:52
  • 10:10 PM

    O Magnum Mysterium (O Great Mystery)

    Morten Lauridsen

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Kristjan Jarvi, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    6:40
  • 10:00 PM

    Espana

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Salon Classics

    Rembrandt Trio

    4:45
  • 9:55 PM

    Valdres-March

    Johannes Hanssen

    Norwegian Classical Favourites

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    3:43
  • 9:45 PM

    Petite Symphony: Finale

    Charles Gounod

    Gounod, Milhaud, Debussy-Faldner

    Sinfonia Orchestra of Chicago

    Barry Faldner, conductor

    5:04
  • 9:39 PM

    Symphony No. 100 "Military": 2nd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: 12 London Symphonies

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    5:40
  • 9:27 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 1 "La Tempesta di Mare" ("Storm at Sea")

    Antonio Vivaldi

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    6:58
  • 9:21 PM

    Children's Corner: Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum

    Claude Debussy

    Steven Osborne, piano

    2:19
  • 9:17 PM

    Hora staccato

    Grigoras Dinicu

    Leonard Bernstein: The Encore Collection Vol. 2

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    2:09
  • 9:00 PM

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

    Bedrich Smetana

    Dvorak: New World Symphony

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Istvan Kertesz, conductor

    11:05
  • 8:54 PM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman: Canario

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Castelnuovo Tedesco - Fernandez

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Miguel Gomez Martinez, conductor

    Eduardo Fernandez, guitar

    4:41
  • 8:43 PM

    Danse Macabre

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 etc

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Emmanuel Krivine, conductor

    7:01
  • 8:36 PM

    String Quartet No. 17 "Hunt": 4th movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Emerson String Quartet: Complete Recordings

    Emerson String Quartet

    6:08
  • 8:29 PM

    Fanfare for the Common Man

    Aaron Copland

    Essential Aaron Copland: 12 Greatest Hits

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    2:41
  • 8:25 PM

    Rustle of Spring

    Christian Sinding

    Christian Sinding: Music For Piano

    Jerome Lowenthal, piano

    2:42
  • 8:12 PM

    The Planets: Mars

    Gustav Holst

    Kansas City Symphony

    Michael Stern, conductor

    7:38
  • 8:00 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Introduction and March

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    7:23
  • 5:55 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 5

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: The Slavonic Dances

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos

    2:57
  • 5:52 PM

    Trumpet Tune

    Henry Purcell

    Trumpet Voluntary - Music for Organ & Brass

    Laird Brass Ensemble

    Peter Hurford, organ

    2:36
  • 5:40 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 5 "Spring": 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Violin Sonatas

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    7:30
  • 5:31 PM

    Mexican Landscape

    Aaron Copland

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:05
  • 5:23 PM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Les Preludes, Mazeppa, Hungarian Rhapsodies

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    7:53
  • 5:14 PM

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    "Pops in Love"

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:36
  • 5:01 PM

    Der Zigeunerbaron (The Gypsy Baron): Overture

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    7:57
  • 4:55 PM

    Symphony No. 36 "Linz": Menuetto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Symphonies 35 Haffner, 26 Linz, and 32

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    4:16
  • 4:32 PM

    An American in Paris

    George Gershwin

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    18:11
  • 4:22 PM

    Cello Sonata: Andante

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff And Chopin Cello Sonatas

    Alisa Weilerstein, cello

    5:42
  • 4:18 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Karajan Forever: The Greatest Classical Hits

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert van Karajan, conductor

    4:09
  • 4:10 PM

    Funeral March of a Marionette

    Charles Gounod

    Classic Marches

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    3:44
  • 4:02 PM

    March Militaire No. 1

    Franz Schubert

    Sir Charles' Precious Music Box Ii

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    4:33
  • 3:52 PM

    Egmont Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven In Berlin - 1991 New Year's Eve Concert

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    8:03
  • 3:44 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1: Carillon

    Georges Bizet

    Leonard Bernstein: The Encore Collection Vol. 1

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    4:27
  • 3:39 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Johan Svendsen

    Svendsen: Symphonies 1 & 2

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    4:45
  • 3:33 PM

    Peek-a-boo Waltz

    Justin Holland

    Jiji Plays Justin Holland: Music for Guitar

    Jiji, guitar

    2:09
  • 3:30 PM

    Songs My Mother Taught Me

    Antonin Dvorak

    Romance Of The Violin

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    2:40
  • 3:19 PM

    Prelude No. 15 "Raindrop"

    Frederic Chopin

    Bach: French Suite; Schumann: Papillons, Op.2; Chopin: Two Preludes, Mazurka

    Mieczyslaw Horszowski, piano

    5:40
  • 3:10 PM

    Orb and Sceptre

    William Walton

    Classical Favorites

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    7:25
  • 3:00 PM

    Symphony No. 4 "Italian": Saltarello

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Gala Concert

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    5:14
  • 2:42 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No 1, Etc / George Szell, Eugene Ormandy

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    16:20
  • 2:35 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Concertos 1, 2, 3

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    4:31
  • 2:30 PM

    Concert Suite No. 6: La Poule (The Hen)

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Rameau: Une Symphonie Imaginaire

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    4:31
  • 2:21 PM

    Cantata No. 208: Sheep May Safely Graze

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Leon Fleisher: Two Hands

    Leon Fleisher, piano

    5:01
  • 2:14 PM

    The Three-Cornered Hat: Miller's Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    3 Guitars 3

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    2:32
  • 2:08 PM

    Pastoral Suite: Villagers' Dance

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Ernest Ansermet, conductor

    4:55
  • 2:01 PM

    L'Heure du berger (The Shepherd's Hour): Les petits nerveux

    Jean Francaix

    Gaudier Ensemble

    3:03
  • 1:48 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 8

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    11:39
  • 1:42 PM

    Swan Lake: Neapolitan Dance

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky Nutcracker & Swan Lake Suite

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    2:12
  • 1:35 PM

    String Quartet No. 67: 4th movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Parker Quartet

    Parker Quartet

    5:41
  • 1:22 PM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Cantatas

    Finnish National Opera Orchestra

    Eri Klas, conductor

    8:23
  • 1:16 PM

    Preludes, Book 1: La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair)

    Claude Debussy

    Serenade

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    James Galway, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    2:24
  • 1:04 PM

    2 Canzons

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    The Antiphonal Music of Gabrieli

    Chicago Brass Ensemble

    5:43
  • 12:43 PM

    Tales from the Vienna Woods

    Johann StraussJr.

    Ein Straussfest

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    King Keyes, zither

    11:02
  • 12:38 PM

    Polka V.R.

    Franz Behr

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    3:40
  • 12:28 PM

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

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Ein Deutches Requiem

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    5:42
  • 12:18 PM

    Symphony No. 3: 4th movement

    Florence Price

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    5:04
  • 12:13 PM

    Serenade No. 12: Andante

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Wind Serenades of Mozart

    New York Philomusica

    Robert Johnson, conductor

    4:24
  • 12:09 PM

    Serenade No. 12: Andante

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Wind Serenades of Mozart

    New York Philomusica

    Robert Johnson, conductor

    4:24
  • 12:04 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3: 3rd movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra

    Peter Schreier, conductor

    4:33
  • 11:52 AM

    Hungarian March

    Hector Berlioz

    Heavy Classix

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    4:52
  • 11:43 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    William Boyce

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    7:10
  • 11:33 AM

    Symphonie Espagnole: Rondo

    Edouard Lalo

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Antonio Pappano, conductor

    Maxim Vengerov, violin

    8:23
  • 11:29 AM

    Morris Dance Tunes: Laudnum Bunches

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: Works for Chamber Orchestra

    New Zealand Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor

    2:48
  • 11:19 AM

    Cello Sonata No. 2: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Complete Works for Cello and Piano

    Jennifer Kloetzel, cello

    9:22
  • 11:15 AM

    The Musical Box

    Anatol Liadov

    Jouer, chanter, danser/Play, sing, dance

    Manon Le Comte, harp

    2:04
  • 11:09 AM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo and Intermezzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    7:33
  • 11:04 AM

    Il mondo della luna (Life on the Moon): Overture

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Opera Overtures

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    3:46
  • 10:51 AM

    La Cenerentola (Cinderella): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    7:44
  • 10:38 AM

    Trumpet Concerto No. 1

    Johann Molter

    Trumpet Concertos

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Elgar Howarth, conductor

    Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet

    10:50
  • 10:20 AM

    A Downland Suite

    John Ireland

    Music of John Ireland and Frank Bridge

    English Chamber Orchestra

    David Garforth, conductor

    17:30
  • 10:17 AM

    Scherzino Mexicano

    Manuel Ponce

    Aire Latino: Latin American Music for Guitar

    David Russell, guitar

    2:34
  • 10:09 AM

    Three Shanties

    Malcolm Arnold

    Bergen Wind Quintet

    6:36
  • 10:06 AM

    Waltz No. 4 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Beethoven: Sonatas; Chopin: Waltzes, Etc

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    2:14
  • 10:01 AM

    Serenade No. 6 "Serenata Notturna": 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    4:31
  • 9:44 AM

    The Plain (La Vega)

    Isaac Albeniz

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Elmer Bernstein, conductor

    Christopher Parkening, guitar

    14:12
  • 9:23 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Carl Maria von Weber

    London Classical Players

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    19:19
  • 9:16 AM

    Prelude and Fugue No. 1

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Dmitri Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87

    Jenny Lin, piano

    5:25
  • 9:06 AM

    Overture (Sinfonia)

    Giovanni Sammartini

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    Fabio Biondi, violin

    9:04
  • 9:01 AM

    Ave Maria

    Gabriel Faure

    Angels of Ecstasy Vol. 2

    Choir of Trinity College

    Richard Marlow, conductor

    Camilla Otaki, soprano

    4:32
  • 8:46 AM

    Sonatine

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Works For Solo Piano

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    11:43
  • 8:20 AM

    Metamorphosen

    Richard Strauss

    Metamorphosen: Strauss Chamber Works

    Oculi Ensemble

    25:30
  • 8:10 AM

    Scherzando No. 3

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    FJ and JM Haydn: Flute Concertos

    Haydn Ensemble Berlin

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    8:07
  • 8:06 AM

    Little Concert Suite: A Love Sonnet

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha OVerture / Petite Suite

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    3:58
  • 8:01 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 3: 2nd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Augustin Dumay, violin

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    4:46
  • 7:28 AM

    Enigma Variations

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar Cello Concerto and Enigma Variations

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    30:24
  • 7:24 AM

    Romance "O pourquoi donc"

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: My Piano Hero

    Lang Lang, piano

    3:02
  • 7:06 AM

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    16:40
  • 7:01 AM

    Paul O'Dette, guitar

    4:41
  • 6:41 AM

    Concerto for Three Violins

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Concertos for One, Two and Three Violins

    Portland Baroque Orchestra

    Monica Huggett, conductor

    Monica Huggett, violin

    16:51
  • 6:27 AM

    Wind Quintet

    Geraldine Mucha

    Mucha: Chamber Music

    Prague Wind Quintet

    13:45
  • 6:06 AM

    An English Suite

    Hubert Parry

    Finzi; Parry; Bridge

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    19:07
  • 6:01 AM

    New Zealand Suite: Milford Sound

    Ron Goodwin

    GOODWIN: Drake 400 Suite / New Zealand Suite

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Ron Goodwin, conductor

    4:50
  • 5:49 AM

    Concert Piece for Clarinet and Basset Horn

    Felix Mendelssohn

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Alun Francis, conductor

    Thea King, clarinet

    Georgina Dobree, basset horn

    9:06
  • 5:32 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 26 "Les adieux"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    16:43
  • 5:18 AM

    Symphony No. 7 "Song of the Night": 4th movement (Nachtmusik II)

    Gustav Mahler

    Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    12:54
  • 5:01 AM

    Siciliano

    Harry Dexter

    RTE Concert Orchestra, Dublin

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    4:47
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