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  • 4:40 AM

    Three Botticelli Pictures

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances, Etc

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    18:19
  • 4:28 AM

    Sonata for Harp

    Alan Hovhaness

    Music of Hovhaness

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    12:10
  • 4:06 AM

    Lachian Dances

    Leos Janacek

    Janacek: Lachian Dances / Taras Bulba / Sinfonietta

    Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ondrej Lenard, conductor

    19:27
  • 4:01 AM

    Dreams of Love No. 3 (Liebestraum)

    Franz Liszt

    Yundi Li: Liszt

    Yundi Li, piano

    4:30
  • 3:47 AM

    Four Seasons: Autumn

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, etc.

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Nicholas Kraemer, conductor

    Monica Huggett, violin

    11:20
  • 3:15 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: The 10 Symphonies

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    30:03
  • 3:11 AM

    Children's Games: Hide and Seek

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Melody's Mostly Musical Day

    Jenny Lin, piano

    2:59
  • 3:06 AM

    Madrigal

    Agustin Barrios

    Intimate Barrios

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    3:47
  • 3:01 AM

    The Red Pony Suite: The Gift

    Aaron Copland

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:49
  • 2:46 AM

    Miniatures

    William Grant Still

    Oboist Peter Christ

    Peter Christ, oboe

    12:07
  • 2:20 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Florence Price

    Janacek Philharmonic

    Ryan Cockerham, conductor

    Er-Gene Kahng, violin

    24:05
  • 2:10 AM

    Three Spirituals

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Adolphus Hailstork: An American Port Of Call

    Virginia Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    8:08
  • 2:06 AM

    Ride On, King Jesus

    Spiritual

    LORD, HOW COME ME HERE?: SPIRITUALS, FOLK HYMNS, AND ART SONG REIMAGINED

    J'nai Bridges, mezzo-soprano

    3:58
  • 1:50 AM

    Zigeunerliebe (Gypsy Love)

    Franz Lehar

    Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    8:36
  • 1:26 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Flute Concertos, Clarinet Concertos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Eugenia Zukerman, flute

    22:39
  • 1:19 AM

    Troubled Water

    Margaret Bonds

    American Heritage

    Jeni Slotchiver, piano

    5:03
  • 1:06 AM

    Sonatina No. 1 "From an Invalid's Workshop": 1st movement

    Richard Strauss

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    12:00
  • 1:01 AM

    Symphonic Dance No. 1

    Cyril Scott

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    4:40
  • 12:49 AM

    Havanaise

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Paganini: Concerto No. 1 in D

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    Sarah Chang, violin

    9:37
  • 12:15 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring"

    Robert Schumann

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    31:28
  • 12:09 AM

    Red Flowers in Bloom

    Qi Liu

    Chinasong | Shanghai Quartet

    Shanghai Quartet

    4:23
  • 12:06 AM

    Cancion de Cuna (Afro-Cuban Lullaby)

    Leo Brouwer

    Caribbean Souvenirs

    William Kanengiser, guitar

    2:46
  • 12:01 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 22

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Victor Sangiorgio, piano

    4:47
  • 11:51 PM

    Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1

    Edward Elgar

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    6:33
  • 11:48 PM

    Pleasant memories

    Paul Miersch

    American Romantics

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    2:05
  • 11:23 PM

    Symphony No. 96 "Miracle"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: The London Symphonies

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    24:14
  • 11:19 PM

    Dusty Rag

    May Aufderheide

    Fluffy Ruffle Girls

    Virginia Eskin, piano

    2:06
  • 11:06 PM

    12 German Dances

    Franz Schubert

    Ensemble Wien

    12:40
  • 11:01 PM

    New Zealand Suite: Milford Sound

    Ron Goodwin

    GOODWIN: Drake 400 Suite / New Zealand Suite

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Ron Goodwin, conductor

    4:50
  • 10:50 PM

    Fantasia for Viola and Orchestra

    Johann Hummel

    Viola Concertos

    Montpellier-Moscow Soloists

    Gerard Causse, conductor

    Gerard Causse, viola

    7:30
  • 10:39 PM

    Sigurd Jorsalfar: Homage March

    Edvard Grieg

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    9:08
  • 10:35 PM

    Concerto for Strings "Conch Shell"

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concerti & Sinfonie Per Archi

    Venice Baroque Orchestra

    Andrea Marcon, conductor

    3:38
  • 10:20 PM

    Panamanian Dances

    William Grant Still

    William Grant Still: La Guiablesse, Danzas de Panama, Quit Dat Fool'nish, Summerland

    Berlin Symphony Orchestra

    Isaiah Jackson, conductor

    14:02
  • 10:06 PM

    Bartered Bride: Overture, Furiant and Skocna

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: Mein Vaterland

    Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Eliahu Inbal, conductor

    13:27
  • 10:01 PM

    Piano Concerto: 2nd movement

    Luise Adolpha Le Beau

    Berlin Chamber Symphony Ensemble

    Jurgen Bruns, conductor

    Katia Tchemberdji, piano

    4:41
  • 9:53 PM

    Serenade No. 7 "Haffner": 7th movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenades 5 & 6

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    4:28
  • 9:50 PM

    The Entertainer

    Scott Joplin

    Joe Brent, mandolin

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:14
  • 9:39 PM

    Capriol Suite

    Peter Warlock

    Wilson: St. Kentigern Suite

    Scottish Ensemble

    Jonathan Rees, conductor

    9:48
  • 9:24 PM

    Symphony No. 4

    Thomas Arne

    Arne: Four Symphonies / Adrian Shepherd, Cantilena

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    14:18
  • 9:11 PM

    From Italy (Aus Italien): In Rome's Ruins

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Aus Italien, Don Juan

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    11:29
  • 9:06 PM

    Carmen: Gypsy Dance

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Carmen Suite, L'arlesienne Suites Etc.

    Orchestra of the Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    3:55
  • 9:03 PM

    Minuet No. 2

    Giacomo Puccini

    R. Strauss, Verdi, Puccini: String Quartets

    Enso String Quartet

    2:37
  • 8:42 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    15:16
  • 8:38 PM

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    2:56
  • 8:26 PM

    On the Town: Three Dance Episodes

    Leonard Bernstein

    Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, Bernstein: West Side Story

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    10:53
  • 8:15 PM

    Cantilena and Finale

    Carlos Guastavino

    "Impresiones"

    Camerata Bariloche

    9:43
  • 8:06 PM

    Egmont Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No 3

    Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    9:04
  • 8:01 PM

    Scotch Strathspey and Reel

    Percy Grainger

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    4:39
  • 5:57 PM

    Sweet William

    John Playford

    Mariners and Milkmaids: Ballads and Dances from 17th Century England

    Toronto Consort

    1:11
  • 5:50 PM

    Variations on a Theme by Handel

    Mauro Giuliani

    Paganini, Scarlatti, Villa-Lobos, Giulani, Williams

    John Williams, guitar

    6:40
  • 5:16 PM

    Symphonie Espagnole

    Edouard Lalo

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    Chee-Yun, violin

    33:23
  • 5:10 PM

    Mazeppa: Gopak

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    4:09
  • 5:06 PM

    Fugue "Little"

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Transcriptions

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    3:52
  • 5:01 PM

    Piano Sonata: Scherzo

    Franz Schubert

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    4:45
  • 4:51 PM

    Dance Suite

    Tielman Susato

    Ludwig Guttler Brass Ensemble

    Ludwig Guttler, conductor

    7:12
  • 4:47 PM

    Abu Hassan: Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber Overtures

    Hanover Band

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    3:34
  • 4:15 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 25

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Piano Concertos

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Jeremy Denk, piano

    30:35
  • 4:06 PM

    Abdelazar: Incidental Music

    Henry Purcell

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    7:02
  • 4:01 PM

    String Symphony No. 8: 3rd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra

    Scott Yoo, conductor

    4:50
  • 3:48 PM

    E.T.: Adventures on Earth

    John Williams

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    9:48
  • 3:14 PM

    Symphony No. 4

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 3 and 4

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    32:56
  • 3:10 PM

    Primavera (Spring)

    Cecile Chaminade

    Double Trouble

    Bengt Forsberg, piano

    2:34
  • 3:06 PM

    The Return of Maxim: Waltz

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Waltzes

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    3:04
  • 3:01 PM

    Pygmalion: Overture

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Rameau: Pygmalion, Nelee & Myrthis

    Les Arts Florissants

    William Christie, conductor

    4:47
  • 2:51 PM

    Swan Lake: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Pas de Deux - Tchaikovsky: Famous Waltzes

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    7:17
  • 2:38 PM

    Miniatures

    Sulkhan Tsintsadze

    Beethoven: Violin Concertos; Tsintsadze: Miniatures

    Georgian Chamber Orchestra

    Lisa Batiashvili, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    12:26
  • 2:32 PM

    Once Upon a Time in America: Deborah's Theme

    Ennio Morricone

    Labyrinth

    Khatia Buniatishvili, piano

    5:13
  • 2:25 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Military": Scherzo

    Emilie Mayer

    Emilie Mayer: Music From The Shadows - Symphonies Nos. 6 & 3

    Bremerhaven Symphony Orchestra

    Marc Niemann, conductor

    5:50
  • 2:05 PM

    Sextet for piano and winds

    Francis Poulenc

    Lakes Area Music Festival

    19:00
  • 2:00 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dancing For 100 Years

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    3:41
  • 1:52 PM

    Symphony: Finale

    Georges Bizet

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    6:14
  • 1:45 PM

    Go Down, Moses

    Florence Price

    Catalyst Quartet

    5:13
  • 1:36 PM

    Epic March

    John Ireland

    IRELAND, J.: Forgotten Rite (The) / Mai-Dun / A Downland Suite / Epic March / A London Overture / Satyricon Overture

    Sinfonia of London

    John Wilson, conductor

    8:41
  • 1:30 PM

    Suite for 13 Wind Instruments: Gavotte

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Sinfonia Domestica, Suite for Winds

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    4:07
  • 1:21 PM

    Piano Trio No. 3: 2nd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Momentum 1785/86

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    7:53
  • 1:18 PM

    Sinfonia Veneziana: 3rd movement

    Antonio Salieri

    SALIERI: Sinfonias and Overtures

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    2:28
  • 1:11 PM

    Strange Meadowlark

    Dave Brubeck

    Brodsky Unlimited

    Brodsky Quartet

    3:08
  • 1:04 PM

    La Scala di Seta (Silken Ladder): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    5:51
  • 12:53 PM

    Rondo alla Mambo

    Joshua Davis/Yuniet Lombida Prieto

    Mozart y Mambo

    Havana Lyceum Orchestra

    Jose Antonio Mendez Padron, conductor

    Sarah Willis, horn

    6:01
  • 12:46 PM

    Rapsodia Cubana

    Isaac Albeniz

    Boston Cello Quartet

    5:49
  • 12:33 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor": Rondo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The 5 Piano Concertos

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    11:00
  • 12:29 PM

    The New German Waltz

    Sophia Dussek

    Kyunghee Kim-Sutre, harp

    3:52
  • 12:21 PM

    Three Preludes

    George Gershwin

    Summertime

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    6:26
  • 12:15 PM

    Karelia Suite: Alla Marcia

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Karelia and Kuolema (complete versions)

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    4:07
  • 12:10 PM

    Springtime Suite: Fresh Morning

    Eric Coates

    Coates: Springtime Suite - Four Ways Suite - Saxo-Rhapsody

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Penny, conductor

    3:54
  • 12:04 PM

    Flute Concerto: 3rd movement

    Frederick the Great

    Frederick the Great: Flotenkonzerte & Sinfonien

    CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra

    Hartmut Haenchen, conductor

    Manfred Friedrich, flute

    4:27
  • 11:51 AM

    A Fugal Concerto

    Gustav Holst

    Tippett, Holst, Corelli, Bach

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Kathryn Greenbank, oboe

    7:23
  • 11:47 AM

    Sonatina: Scherzo

    Antonin Dvorak

    Roots

    Randall Goosby, violin

    3:01
  • 11:42 AM

    Joyous March

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Tortelier's French Bonbons

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    3:38
  • 11:31 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Georg Anton Benda

    Benda: Sinfonias Nos. 1-6

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    10:02
  • 11:19 AM

    Six Italian Dance 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

    10:39
  • 11:16 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2: Badinerie

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suites

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Richard Egarr, conductor

    1:41
  • 11:09 AM

    Serenade No. 2: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    5:25
  • 11:04 AM

    The Ball of Beatrice d'Este: Courante

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Salute to France: Harmonie Ensemble plays Hohn, Milhaud, Ibert & Poulenc

    Harmonie Ensemble

    Steven Richman, conductor

    4:12
  • 10:46 AM

    El Salon Mexico

    Aaron Copland

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    11:42
  • 10:36 AM

    Clarinet Quintet: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart & Brahms

    Pacifica String Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    9:08
  • 10:25 AM

    The Magic Harp Overture (Rosamunde)

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphony in C Major

    Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    10:00
  • 10:22 AM

    The Lark in the Clear Air

    Peter Hope

    British by Arrangement 2

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    3:05
  • 10:14 AM

    Waltz-Scherzo

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Midori, violin

    6:40
  • 10:06 AM

    Concerto for Two Trumpets

    Antonio Vivaldi

    I Musici Montreal

    Yuli Turovsky, conductor

    James Thompson, trumpet

    Robert Early, trumpet

    7:17
  • 10:01 AM

    Scottish Rondo

    John Field

    Field: 16 Piano Pieces

    Miceal O'Rourke, piano

    4:35
  • 9:44 AM

    Symphony breve

    Louis Theodore Gouvy

    German Radio Philharmonic

    Jacques Mercier, conductor

    14:00
  • 9:29 AM

    Quintet

    Franz Danzi

    Ensemble Wien-Berlin

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    13:36
  • 9:23 AM

    Sinfonietta: Arioso

    Alexander Arutiunian

    Arutiunian: Violin Concerto, etc.

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    4:27
  • 9:06 AM

    Little Concert Suite

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha OVerture / Petite Suite

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    16:03
  • 9:01 AM

    Glowing Red Morningstar Lilies

    Traditional Chinese

    Chinese Dreams

    Lydia Maria Bader, piano

    4:38
  • 8:38 AM

    Cello Suite No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Cello Suites 1-6

    Peter Bruns, cello

    19:46
  • 8:16 AM

    Suite Concertino

    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

    Wolf-Ferrari: Orchestral Works

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

    Karen Geoghegan, bassoon

    21:53
  • 8:06 AM

    Night and Day

    Cole Porter

    Revolution

    Janoska Ensemble

    8:15
  • 8:01 AM

    Detmold Horn Quartet

    4:45
  • 7:35 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Etienne Mehul

    Mehul: The Complete Symphonies

    Gulbenkian Orchestra

    Michel Swierczewski, conductor

    23:34
  • 7:18 AM

    Piano Sonata

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Donna voce

    Anna Shelest, piano

    16:35
  • 7:06 AM

    Trio Sonata No. 2

    Dietrich Buxtehude

    Baroque

    Eroica Trio

    9:47
  • 7:01 AM

    Intermezzo No. 4

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    4:39
  • 6:27 AM

    Enigma Variations

    Edward Elgar

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    31:24
  • 6:22 AM

    Wiegenlied (Lullaby)

    Richard Strauss

    Lise Davidesen | Wagner and Strauss

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Lise Davidsen, soprano

    4:04
  • 6:06 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 7

    George Frideric Handel

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    14:12
  • 6:01 AM

    The Floating One Polka Mazurka

    Josef Strauss

    Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Arthur Kulling, conductor

    4:37
  • 5:55 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 6: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven Piano Sonatas Vol. 4

    Jonathan Biss, piano

    3:47
  • 5:37 AM

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    16:26
  • 5:30 AM

    Prelude Pastoral

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    6:37
  • 5:01 AM

    Waltz No. 3

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Opp. 33-36, 38

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    4:37