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  • 4:48 AM

    Sacred and Profane Dances

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy and Takemitsu: Air: Music for Harp, Flute and Strings

    Oberlin 21

    Bridget-Michaele Reischl, conductor

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    10:20
  • 4:42 AM

    Scaramouche: Modere

    Darius Milhaud

    Creation

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Branford Marsalis, saxophone

    5:31
  • 4:07 AM

    Symphony No. 7

    Emilie Mayer

    Emilie Mayer - Symphony No. 5

    Berlin Chamber Symphony Ensemble

    Jurgen Bruns, conductor

    34:14
  • 4:01 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
  • 3:42 AM

    Wand of Youth Suite No. 2

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance Marches

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    15:56
  • 3:26 AM

    Concerto for Two Violins

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Two x Four

    Curtis 20/21 Ensemble

    Vinay Parameswaran, conductor

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    15:08
  • 3:23 AM

    Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro

    Giacomo Puccini

    The Opera Album

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Antonio Pappano, conductor

    Angela Gheorghiu, soprano

    2:07
  • 3:06 AM

    Noble and Sentimental Waltzes

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Piano Concertos, Valses Nobles et Sentimentales, Sonatine

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    15:08
  • 3:01 AM

    Bees and Bumblebees

    Eugene Arcade Dede

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    4:33
  • 2:47 AM

    Cantilena

    Susan Spain-Dunk

    Rediscovered: British Clarinet Concertos

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Ben Palmer, conductor

    Peter Cigleris, clarinet

    11:26
  • 2:42 AM

    Six Pieces: Little Waltz

    Paul Viardot

    Paul and Pauline Viardot: Works for Violin and Piano

    Reto Kuppel, violin

    2:59
  • 2:01 AM

    Morceaux de Fantaisie: Elegie

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Yuja Wang, piano

    4:44
  • 1:51 AM

    Canon and Gigue

    Johann Pachelbel

    Pachelbel: Canon & Gigue

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    6:59
  • 1:27 AM

    West Side Story: Symphonic Dances

    Leonard Bernstein

    National Symphony Orchestra

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    23:06
  • 1:14 AM

    Choir of Westminster Abbey

    Simon Preston, conductor

    11:46
  • 1:06 AM

    Arabesque No. 1

    Claude Debussy

    Reverie

    Carol Rosenberger, piano

    4:25
  • 1:01 AM

    Flute Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johan Agrell

    Scheibe, Agrell, Hasse: Flute Concertos

    Concerto Copenhagen

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    Maria Bania, flute

    4:38
  • 12:43 AM

    The Comedians

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Sir Charles' Precious Music Box 1

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    15:34
  • 12:19 AM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    22:30
  • 12:13 AM

    Evening Song

    Traditional

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Nikoloz Rachveli, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    4:27
  • 12:06 AM

    Piano Sonata: 1st movement

    Elfrida Andree

    Oskar Ekberg, piano

    6:08
  • 12:01 AM

    Battle Suite

    Samuel Scheidt

    American Brass Quintet

    4:49
  • 11:50 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Song of a New Race": 4th movement

    William Grant Still

    Still: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3; Wood Notes

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    7:14
  • 11:33 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 13

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    16:21
  • 11:13 PM

    Minuets and Trios

    Franz Schubert

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    17:32
  • 11:06 PM

    Appalachian Spring: Variations on a Shaker Melody

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Appalachian Spring, Rodeo, Billy The Kid, Fanfare For The Common Man

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    6:47
  • 11:01 PM

    Sylvan Winds

    Boris Baev, oboe

    Mark Dover, clarinet

    Nanci Belmont, bassoon

    Eric C. Davis, horn

    4:37
  • 10:44 PM

    Provence Suite

    Darius Milhaud

    French Favourites

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    14:12
  • 10:37 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Eivind Aadland, conductor

    Baiba Skride, violin

    5:13
  • 10:26 PM

    Die Meistersinger von Nurmberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg): Prelude to Act I

    Richard Wagner

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra: Wagner

    Philharmonia Zurich

    Fabio Luisi, conductor

    10:38
  • 10:14 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Overture

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    10:09
  • 10:06 PM

    The Planets: Jupiter

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    7:32
  • 10:01 PM

    Festival Coronation March for Alexander III

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Pops on the March

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:39
  • 9:50 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Titan": 2nd movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    8:34
  • 9:47 PM

    Waltz No. 6 "Minute"

    Frederic Chopin

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    2:24
  • 9:27 PM

    Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paavo Berglund, conductor

    17:20
  • 9:25 PM

    Les animaux modeles (The Model Animals): The Lion in Love

    Francis Poulenc

    Orchestra of the Society of Conservatory Concerts

    Georges Pretre, conductor

    1:41
  • 9:08 PM

    Ma vlast (My Country): Vysehrad

    Bedrich Smetana

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    15:48
  • 9:06 PM

    Michala Petri, recorder

    Lars Hannibal, guitar

    1:22
  • 9:03 PM

    Louisiana Blues Strut (A Cakewalk)

    Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    2:32
  • 8:48 PM

    In Spring Overture

    Karl Goldmark

    Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andras Korodi, conductor

    10:31
  • 8:29 PM

    Music for the Royal Fireworks

    George Frideric Handel

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:08
  • 8:21 PM

    Kreisleriana No. 2

    Robert Schumann

    Andras Schiff, piano

    7:14
  • 8:18 PM

    Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Greatest Hits: Trumpet

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    1:39
  • 8:06 PM

    String Symphony No. 4

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Gli Incogniti

    Amandine Beyer, conductor

    11:25
  • 8:01 PM

    Three Greek Dances

    Nikos Skalkottas

    SKALKOTTAS: Violin Concerto / Largo Sinfonico / Greek Dances

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Nikos Christodoulou, conductor

    4:50
  • 5:52 PM

    Aladdin Suite: March and Dance

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Symphony No. 2

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    6:22
  • 5:26 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 5 "Spring"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Violin Sonatas

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    25:20
  • 5:19 PM

    Donna Diana Overture

    Emil von Reznicek

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:00
  • 5:13 PM

    Cantata No. 133: Ich freue mich in dir

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Christmas with Septura

    Septura

    4:09
  • 5:06 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 6

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic dances, Opp. 46 & 72

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vaclav Neumann, conductor

    6:03
  • 5:01 PM

    Fantasie Negre No. 4

    Florence Price

    Florence Price: Piano Discoveries: Fantsie Negre No. 4

    Lara Downes, piano

    4:45
  • 4:47 PM

    Soirees Musicales

    Benjamin Britten

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    11:02
  • 4:42 PM

    Divertimento after Couperin: Le Tic-Toc-Choc and La Lutine

    Richard Strauss

    New York Chamber Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    4:27
  • 4:15 PM

    Symphony No. 101 "The Clock"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    26:29
  • 4:06 PM

    Concert Paraphrase of Verdi's "Rigoletto"

    Franz Liszt

    Yundi Li: Liszt

    Yundi Li, piano

    6:23
  • 4:01 PM

    Wedding March

    Johan Halvorsen

    Norwegian Violin Favourites

    Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    Henning Kraggerud, violin

    4:52
  • 3:52 PM

    Three Shanties

    Malcolm Arnold

    Bergen Wind Quintet

    6:36
  • 3:18 PM

    Symphony No. 6

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 6

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Otmar Suitner, conductor

    32:26
  • 3:09 PM

    Introduction and Caprice-Jota

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Sarasate: Music For Violin And Orchestra 3

    Navarra Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Martinez Izquierdo, conductor

    Tianwa Yang, violin

    7:08
  • 3:06 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Nine Hungarian Dances; Dvorak

    North German Radio Symphony

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    2:14
  • 3:01 PM

    El pelele (The Straw Mannequin)

    Enrique Granados

    Granados: Goyescas; Danzas espanolas; Escenas romanticas

    Jean-Francois Heisser, piano

    4:43
  • 2:43 PM

    Serenade for Strings

    Hans Gal

    Late Romantics

    Symphony Nova Scotia

    Georg Tintner, conductor

    15:11
  • 2:38 PM

    Road to the Sun: Part 3

    Pat Metheny

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:29
  • 2:12 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 12

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos No.11 KV413 / No.12 KV414

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    24:59
  • 2:03 PM

    Karelia Overture

    Jean Sibelius

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:46
  • 1:59 PM

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

    Claude Debussy

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Mathias Monius, conductor

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe

    2:40
  • 1:57 PM

    Poeme symphonique for 100 metronomes

    Gyorgy Ligeti

    100 metronomes

    2:00
  • 1:52 PM

    Symphony No. 8: 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    4:05
  • 1:44 PM

    Three American Pieces: Early Song

    Lukas Foss

    The American Album

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    4:56
  • 1:32 PM

    Espana

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Chabrier: Espana

    French National Orchestra

    Armin Jordan, conductor

    6:28
  • 1:27 PM

    Fiddler on the Roof: Sunrise, Sunset

    Jerry Bock

    Jewish Favorites

    Rachel Van Voorhees, harp

    4:00
  • 1:25 PM

    The Humpbacked Fiddler

    Johannes Brahms

    Musica Sacra

    Richard Westenberg, conductor

    2:00
  • 1:18 PM

    Notre Dame: Carnival Music

    Franz Schmidt

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Vassily Sinaisky, conductor

    5:43
  • 1:12 PM

    Song without Words No. 10

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Bach-Busoni, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Liszt: Music without Words

    Murray Perahia, piano

    2:23
  • 1:04 PM

    Sonata for Trumpet and Strings

    Henry Purcell

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    John Wallace, trumpet

    6:42
  • 12:50 PM

    Cuban Overture

    George Gershwin

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    9:47
  • 12:47 PM

    The Fog is Lifting

    Carl Nielsen

    James Galway Plays Nielsen

    James Galway, flute

    2:06
  • 12:38 PM

    Recorder Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Giovanni Antonini, recorder

    7:39
  • 12:31 PM

    Romanze

    Luise Adolpha Le Beau

    Ladies' Night

    Thomas Albertus Irnberger, violin

    5:36
  • 12:19 PM

    Symphony: 4th movement

    Alice Mary Smith

    London Mozart Players

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    10:03
  • 12:16 PM

    Etude No. 1 "Aeolian Harp"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: The Complete Etudes

    Louis Lortie, piano

    2:38
  • 12:10 PM

    Jubilate Deo

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Canadian Brass

    Robert Moody, conductor

    3:52
  • 12:04 PM

    Ruslan and Ludmila: Overture

    Mikhail Glinka

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra: Portrait

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    5:39
  • 11:51 AM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Ports of Call

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    7:48
  • 11:45 AM

    Lara Downes, piano

    4:58
  • 11:36 AM

    Concerto for Two Oboes

    Tomaso Albinoni

    ALBINONI: Oboe Concertos, Vol. 2

    London Virtuosi

    John Georgiadis, conductor

    Anthony Camden, oboe

    6:54
  • 11:29 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

    6:08
  • 11:24 AM

    Waltz No. 1

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Streichquartette Vol. 4

    Stamitz Quartet

    4:03
  • 11:17 AM

    Eugene Onegin: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Ballets Russes

    France Radio Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    6:01
  • 11:09 AM

    Concerto for Two Violins: 2nd movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Hilary Hahn: Bach Violin Concertos

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Kahane, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    6:50
  • 11:04 AM

    Molly on the Shore

    Percy Grainger

    Lincolnshire Posy

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    4:08
  • 10:49 AM

    Polonaise Brillante

    Franz Liszt

    Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue; Addinsell: Warsaw Concerto

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Misha Dichter, piano

    9:27
  • 10:39 AM

    Symphony No. 38 "Prague": Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    W.A. Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 38 & 39

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    8:14
  • 10:30 AM

    Flower Festival in Genzano: Pas de deux

    Eduard Helsted

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    9:03
  • 10:24 AM

    Fiddle Dance Suite for Solo Violin: Nicola's Strathspey

    Wynton Marsalis

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    4:23
  • 10:12 AM

    Overture No. 5

    Carl Friedrich Abel

    Abel: Overtures & Sinfonias

    Il Fondamento

    Paul Dombrecht, conductor

    10:59
  • 10:06 AM

    Wedding Day at Troldhaugen

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg And Andersen: Music For Flute And Piano

    Paula Robison, flute

    5:37
  • 10:01 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Slavyanskaya": Scherzo

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Symphonies 1 & 5

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:48
  • 9:40 AM

    Concert Piece for Four Horns

    Robert Schumann

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    18:14
  • 9:23 AM

    Irish Rhapsody No. 2

    Charles Stanford

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    15:42
  • 9:17 AM

    Nostalgia

    Joe Hisaishi

    Studio Orchestra

    Joe Hisaishi, piano

    3:31
  • 9:06 AM

    Concerto for Two Violins

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concertos For Two Violins

    Venice Baroque Orchestra

    Andrea Marcon, conductor

    Viktoria Mullova, violin

    10:40
  • 9:01 AM

    Wind Quintet: 2nd movement

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Wind Chamber Music

    Bergen Wind Quintet

    4:45
  • 8:24 AM

    String Symphony No. 11

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra

    Scott Yoo, conductor

    34:46
  • 8:19 AM

    Lang Lang, piano

    3:40
  • 8:06 AM

    Pastoral Suite

    Gunnar De Frumerie

    Sun-Flute 2/3

    Stockholm Chamber Ensemble

    Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor

    Gunilla von Bahr, flute

    11:29
  • 8:01 AM

    Lakme: Flower Duet

    Leo Delibes

    London Mozart Players

    Stuart Morley, conductor

    Claire Jones, harp

    4:52
  • 7:49 AM

    Keyboard Suite No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Suites for Keyboard

    Keith Jarrett, piano

    9:30
  • 7:41 AM

    Prelude and Quadruple Fugue

    Alan Hovhaness

    Hovhaness: Celestial Gate

    I Fiamminghi

    Rudolf Werthen, conductor

    7:42
  • 7:20 AM

    Guitar Concerto

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    New York Philharmonic

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    18:30
  • 7:06 AM

    Potpourri on Themes of Mozart

    Louis Spohr

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    13:32
  • 7:01 AM

    Grand Canyon Suite: Sunset

    Ferde Grofe

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:43
  • 6:36 AM

    Wallfisch Band

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, conductor

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, violin

    21:55
  • 6:29 AM

    Rossini on Ilkla Moor Overture

    Eric Fenby

    British Light Music Discoveries

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    6:35
  • 6:07 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Concertos for Trumpet, Oboe & Harpsichord

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Paul Goodwin, oboe/oboe d'amore

    21:14
  • 6:01 AM

    Stephen Hough, piano

    4:39
  • 5:41 AM

    Lincolnshire Posy

    Percy Grainger

    Lincolnshire Posy

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    17:16
  • 5:21 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    19:17
  • 5:06 AM

    Wine, Women, and Song (Wein, Weib und Gesang)

    Johann StraussJr.

    J. Strauss: Waltz Transcriptions/Stravinsky: Chamber Music

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    13:07
  • 5:01 AM

    Pavan-Capriccio

    Isaac Albeniz

    Isaac Albeniz: Four-Hand Piano Music

    Duo Van Dua

    4:37