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  • 4:37 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2 "Narcissus"

    Eleanor Alberga

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Joseph Swensen, conductor

    Thomas Bowes, violin

    21:27
  • 4:32 AM

    Peace

    Jessie Montgomery

    Here With You

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    4:39
  • 4:06 AM

    Symphony No. 9: Adagio

    Anton Bruckner

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Andris Nelsons, conductor

    23:57
  • 4:01 AM

    Four Preludes for Guitar

    Manuel Ponce

    Victoria Drake, harp

    4:45
  • 3:48 AM

    Negro Folk Symphony: Hope in the Night

    William Dawson

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    9:51
  • 3:16 AM

    String Quartet No. 9

    Sergei Taneyev

    Taneyev: Complete String Quartets 4

    Carpe Diem String Quartet

    30:44
  • 3:06 AM

    Memory of the Norwegian Mountains

    Franz Berwald

    Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    8:12
  • 12:49 AM

    Viola Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Ars Antigua

    Rachel Barton Pine, viola d'amore

    9:08
  • 12:41 AM

    Allegro Appassionato

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Jean-Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    Alexandre Kantorow, piano

    6:06
  • 12:21 AM

    Guitar Concerto No. 1

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Miguel Gomez Martinez, conductor

    Eduardo Fernandez, guitar

    19:49
  • 12:08 AM

    Hungarian Sketches

    Bela Bartok

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    10:59
  • 12:06 AM

    Hungarian Dance No. 21

    Johannes Brahms

    Yaara Tal, piano

    Andreas Groethuysen, piano

    1:38
  • 12:01 AM

    Garmoshka

    Ljova

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    Johnny Gandelsman, violin

    Colin Jacobsen, violin

    4:36
  • 11:54 PM

    Dance of the Shepherd Girl

    Hugo Alfven

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra: Portrait

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    4:09
  • 11:52 PM

    A Waltz for Maurice

    Frederic Hand

    Across Time

    Frederic Hand, guitar

    4:32
  • 11:33 PM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Ruth Gipps

    Reawakened

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    Robert Plane, clarinet

    18:41
  • 11:22 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

    10:14
  • 11:19 PM

    Humoresque No. 2

    Jean Sibelius

    West German Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Sondergard, conductor

    Vilde Frang, violin

    2:08
  • 11:10 PM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Ports of Call

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    7:48
  • 11:07 PM

    Lotus Eaters

    Andrew York

    Air and Ground

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:27
  • 10:47 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 2

    Franz Xaver Mozart

    Lukasz Blaszczyk, violin

    Anna Liszewska, piano

    17:57
  • 10:28 PM

    Variations on a Theme by Haydn "St. Antoni Chorale"

    Johannes Brahms

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    18:42
  • 10:12 PM

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 And 2

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    13:55
  • 9:45 PM

    The Lark Ascending

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Nigel Kennedy's Greatest Hits

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    Nigel Kennedy, violin

    17:29
  • 9:34 PM

    Capriol Suite

    Peter Warlock

    English Music for Strings

    Guildhall Strings

    9:30
  • 9:25 PM

    Etude No. 12

    Philip Glass

    Dreaming Awake

    Bruce Levingston, piano

    8:20
  • 9:14 PM

    El Amor Brujo: Ritual Fire Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    L.A. Guitar Quartet

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:33
  • 9:03 PM

    Four Seasons: Autumn

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Il Cimento Dell'Armonia e Dell'Inventione

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    Fabio Biondi, violin

    10:29
  • 8:55 PM

    L'elisir d'amore: Una furtiva lagrima

    Gaetano Donizetti

    Joseph Calleja: The Golden Voice

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Carlo Rizzi, conductor

    Joseph Calleja, tenor

    4:13
  • 8:49 PM

    Thais: Meditation

    Jules Massenet

    Paris: La Belle Epoque

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    5:48
  • 8:29 PM

    Symphony No. 95

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: 12 London Symphonies

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    19:48
  • 8:18 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 7

    Arcangelo Corelli

    I Solisti Italiani

    9:10
  • 8:10 PM

    Wedding Day at Troldhaugen

    Edvard Grieg

    Ballad for Edvard Grieg

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    6:17
  • 8:06 PM

    Cello Suite No. 6: Gigue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Inspired by Bach

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    3:38
  • 8:00 PM

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:27
  • 5:53 PM

    Melodie No. 6

    Charles Gounod

    French Music for Horn and Piano

    Barry Tuckwell, horn

    5:29
  • 5:21 PM

    Serenade for Strings

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenades

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    29:45
  • 5:14 PM

    Two Bits

    Henry Cowell

    41

    Jeanne Baxtresser, flute

    4:18
  • 5:06 PM

    Epic March

    John Ireland

    Sinfonia of London

    John Wilson, conductor

    8:40
  • 5:01 PM

    Pastoral and Reel

    Thomas C. Kelly

    Silver Apples of the Moon

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    4:39
  • 4:44 PM

    Quintet

    Franz Danzi

    Ensemble Wien-Berlin

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    13:36
  • 4:21 PM

    Summer Concerto (Concerto de estio)

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Four Seasons

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    Michael Guttman, violin

    21:34
  • 4:16 PM

    Porgy and Bess: Summertime

    George Gershwin

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    3:25
  • 4:06 PM

    From Italy (Aus Italien): In the Campagna

    Richard Strauss

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    9:54
  • 4:01 PM

    Caprice-Chaconne

    Francesco Corbetta

    Alfabeto

    Ensemble Kapsberger

    Rolf Lislevand, conductor

    4:48
  • 3:42 PM

    Horn Concerto

    Leopold Mozart

    St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble

    Stewart Rose, horn

    16:33
  • 3:38 PM

    Anna Shelest, piano

    3:52
  • 3:22 PM

    Four Characteristic Waltzes

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    13:42
  • 3:12 PM

    Andante and Rondo

    Ludwig Milde

    Judith LeClair, bassoon

    Jonathan Feldman, piano

    8:59
  • 3:06 PM

    Colas Breugnon Overture

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Living Stereo: Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky, Borodin

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    4:48
  • 3:01 PM

    Scherzo-Tarantelle

    Henryk Wieniawski

    Shannon Lee, violin

    Pamela Mia Paul, piano

    4:39
  • 2:12 PM

    Ein Heldenleben

    Richard Strauss

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Thomas Søndergård, conductor

    47:00
  • 2:00 PM

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    8:44
  • 1:56 PM

    Porgy and Bess: Summertime

    George Gershwin

    Dreaming

    Sara Sant'Ambrogio, cello

    2:38
  • 1:41 PM

    Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Lob des hohen Verstandes

    Gustav Mahler

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Klaus Tennstedt, conductor

    Bernd Weikl, baritone

    2:30
  • 1:29 PM

    Pierrot of the Minute: Comedy Overture

    Granville Bantock

    Bridge, Bantock & Butterworth

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    11:03
  • 1:25 PM

    Noble Waltz No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert For Two / Gil Shaham, Göran Söllscher

    Gil Shaham, violin

    2:34
  • 1:17 PM

    Italian Serenade

    Hugo Wolf

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

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    7:19
  • 1:08 PM

    La Cambiale di Matrimonio (The Marriage Contract): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    5:27
  • 1:05 PM

    Trumpet Voluntary (The Prince of Denmark's March)

    Jeremiah Clarke

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    2:46
  • 12:44 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Classical"

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Thomas Sondergard, conductor

    14:01
  • 12:33 PM

    Dances in the Canebrakes

    Florence Price

    Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    9:29
  • 12:28 PM

    String Quartet: Allegretto

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Felix & Fanny

    Ebene Quartet

    3:35
  • 12:22 PM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin: Menuet

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Ma Mere L'Oye, Le Tombeau de Couperin

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    4:33
  • 12:17 PM

    Dreams of Love No. 3 (Liebestraum)

    Franz Liszt

    Yundi Li: Liszt

    Yundi Li, piano

    4:30
  • 12:08 PM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Finlandia, En Saga, The Swan of Tuonela, The Oceanides, Valse Triste, King Christian II Suite

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Thomas Sondergard, conductor

    8:09
  • 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

    Entry March of the Boyars

    Johan Halvorsen

    Russian Fireworks

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Jean, conductor

    5:01
  • 11:48 AM

    Lakme: Flower Duet

    Leo Delibes

    The #1 Opera Album

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    Joan Sutherland, soprano

    5:01
  • 11:41 AM

    Symphony No. 4: Scherzo

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky Symphonies

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    5:43
  • 11:38 AM

    The Shepherd Girl's Sunday

    Ole Bull

    Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    Henning Kraggerud, violin

    2:26
  • 11:30 AM

    Concerto No. 6

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Albinoni: 12 Concerti a cinque, Op.5

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    6:49
  • 11:20 AM

    Concerto Serenade: 1st movement

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Concertos and Orchestral Works

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    Nancy Allen, harp

    8:31
  • 11:16 AM

    Legend No. 1

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends, Symphony No. 8

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    3:23
  • 11:08 AM

    Symphony No. 5 "Reformation": 2nd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Five Symphonies

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    6:55
  • 11:05 AM

    Eine kleine Nachtmusik: Minuet

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphony No. 29, Violin Concerto No. 5, Nachtmusik

    London Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Warren-Green, conductor

    2:11
  • 10:43 AM

    In the Fen Country

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Favourites

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    15:26
  • 10:30 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 2nd movement

    Kurt Atterberg

    Atterberg: Symphonies

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    11:27
  • 10:24 AM

    Jeux d'eau (Fountains)

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Works For Solo Piano

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    5:38
  • 10:20 AM

    Summer Skies

    Leroy Anderson

    The Four Seasons: A Musical Calendar Of Favorite Classics

    Eastman-Rochester Pops

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    3:00
  • 10:11 AM

    Oboe Concerto No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    City of London Sinfonia

    John Rutter, conductor

    Nicholas Daniel, oboe

    8:13
  • 10:06 AM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 2: Laura Soave

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:51
  • 10:01 AM

    Staatskapelle Weimar

    Peter Gulke, conductor

    4:38
  • 9:48 AM

    Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

    Claude Debussy

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    10:10
  • 9:26 AM

    Les Reves de Colombine

    Amy Beach

    Joanne Polk, piano

    20:15
  • 9:11 AM

    The Day Dawn

    Sally Beamish

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Ola Rudner, conductor

    13:19
  • 9:06 AM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Adagio

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart � Salieri

    Armonia Ensemble

    4:36
  • 9:01 AM

    Two Romances

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33, etc.

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    Alexander Kniazev, cello

    4:44
  • 8:49 AM

    Reverie (Nocturne)

    Giulio Regondi

    Reverie

    Dale Kavanagh, guitar

    8:40
  • 8:34 AM

    Knoxville: Summer of 1915

    Samuel Barber

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    David Zinman, conductor

    Dawn Upshaw, soprano

    15:11
  • 8:28 AM

    Valse Lente

    (Marie) Clemence de Grandval

    GRANDVAL: Oboe Works

    Lajos Lencses, English horn

    3:59
  • 8:06 AM

    Three Dances

    Maurice Durufle

    Escales: French Orchestral Works

    Sinfonia of London

    John Wilson, conductor

    21:14
  • 8:01 AM

    Chacony (Chaconne)

    Henry Purcell

    Chaconne

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    4:34
  • 7:18 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Aram Khachaturian

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Teddy Abrams, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    40:00
  • 7:06 AM

    The Dream of Gunnar

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Orchestral Works

    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor

    10:09
  • 7:01 AM

    Lotus Land

    Cyril Scott

    Nancy Ruffer, flute

    Helen Crayford, piano

    4:51
  • 6:42 AM

    Symphonie Fantastique: Reveries

    Hector Berlioz

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    15:29
  • 6:14 AM

    String Quartet

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: String Quartet; Piano Trio, etc.

    Brodsky Quartet

    26:13
  • 6:06 AM

    Symphony No. 1: Adagio

    Emilie Mayer

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    Leo McFall, conductor

    7:36
  • 6:01 AM

    Cello Concerto: Larghetto

    Giuseppe Tartini

    Vivaldi, Tartini, Boccherini: Cello Concertos

    Collegium Musicum Zurich

    Paul Sacher, conductor

    Mstislav Rostropovich, cello

    4:39
  • 5:49 AM

    O'Keeffe Images: Sky Above Clouds

    Elena Ruehr

    Boston Modern Orchestra Project

    Gil Rose, conductor

    9:29
  • 5:42 AM

    Hear the Dust Blow

    Michael Daugherty

    Five MInutes for Earth

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    6:55
  • 5:29 AM

    Prairie Journal

    Aaron Copland

    Aaron Copland: Four Dances from Rodeo

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:53
  • 5:06 AM

    Theme and Variations

    Amy Beach

    Shanghai Quartet

    Eugenia Zukerman, flute

    21:52
  • 5:01 AM

    Summer Idyls: Meadow-Rest

    Herbert Howells

    Matthew Schellhorn, piano

    4:46
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